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Is Bobs Game Crowdfunded and Unfinished

“bobs game”
Crowdfunded, unfinished
Confidence: High Checked on June 29, 2026

Summary

Bob's Game is an EarthBound‑style indie RPG created by Robert Pelloni that reached its Kickstarter funding goal in May 2014. Despite the successful campaign, Pelloni placed development on indefinite hiatus, and the game has not been released. The project remains dormant.

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en.wikipedia.org
  • Bob's Game - Wikipedia

    On April 23, 2014, Pelloni launched ... Bob's Game, saying that if the crowd-funding venture was successful, he would invest the money to work from a "hack-van" in order to complete development on the title, and if not, he would put development on indefinite hiatus. On May 22, 2014, with 17 hours left, it was successfully funded. Pelloni acknowledged this success shortly thereafter on his ...

  • B.O.B. (video game) - Wikipedia

    B.O.B. (known in Japan as Space Funky B.O.B.) is a run and gun video game for the Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was published by Electronic Arts in 1993. A sequel, B.O.B. II, was in development but never released. The player can choose from a wide variety of weapons and ...

  • Microsoft Bob - Wikipedia

    The Washington Post called the home environment "sterile" and "lifeless," wrote that the characters' cuteness wore thin quickly and criticized the scarce customization and access to Windows components. According to PC Data, the real sales from Bob's release until its discontinuation amounted ...

tvtropes.org
  • "bob's game" (Video Game) - TV Tropes

    "What is 'bob's game?'" Short answer: An EarthBound (1994)-style RPG developed by one man, Robert Pelloni. Long answer: It's actually three "games": The aforementioned indie RPG. A competitive puzzle game inside the RPG, which is also called " …

news.ycombinator.com
  • Bob's Game | Hacker News

    I looked at it a few weeks back and it's really strange. It has really weird restrictions that don't make any sense regarding the license - I'm not even sure if they even are legal. The author claims he is sharing the source but that nobody else can fork it, unless they fork it on GitHub · ...

kotaku.com
  • Bob's Game, One Of The Strangest Stories In Indie Gaming, Is Back - Kotaku

    First he said he would lock himself in a room for 100 days to protest Nintendo’s decision to deny him a DS development kit; then he created a video of himself and a few friends putting Bob’s Game posters all over the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Later, Pelloni claimed that all of his actions were part of a fake viral marketing plan, and as his statements and videos got stranger and stranger, it became difficult to sort out reality.

gamicus.fandom.com

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