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Does anyone else actually believe that this guy developed a WHOLE game by himself? Originally, he decided to make this game for the GBA, but since the DS came out, he took advantage of the touch screen feature. The game looks better than 80% of the crap we get on the Wii. Gaming companies need to hire this guy.. 5 yrs and over 15,000 hours..

Hello.
My name is Bob, age 25.

This is my game for Nintendo DS, a 20-hour-long retail-size,
retail-quality adventure title by a single human being-
The largest console game ever made by one person.

“bob’s game” is a simple 2D adventure game, with focus on
story, puzzles, item collection, and communication instead
of repetitive battles with palette-swapped enemies.

Many characters (over 200 completely unique characters!)
have deep personalities that evolve, and many things
depend on the in-game time, day and weather.

It’s the game I wanted to play when I was younger,
a vision I’ve been following since then.

-

The game industry is evolving rapidly into a new era where
titles are made by teams of more than a hundred developers.

I saw a window of opportunity quickly closing- what may be the
last chance for making a console game to be possible by a single individual.

Even on a portable platform, singlehandedly creating something
generally made by large, well-funded teams was no small effort.

All concepts, story, code, sprites, tiles, music, samples,
fonts, etc. were created entirely from scratch by me-
and I had to teach myself the skills as I went along.

The code is straight C, the music is tracked, and the art is all
completely hand-clicked tiles and sprites- done the right way,
pixel by pixel, like the classics we all know and love.

-

“bob’s game” is a sort of masterpiece for me.
I’ve invested well over 15,000 hours into
its development over 5 years of dedication-
That is no exaggeration, and it shows.

I hope this to become one of the last great old-school
2D retail console games- truly the vision of a single mind.

-bob
20080808

SOURCE: Bob’s Site

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