Author Topic: Major new title announced for Revolution (Read 9148 times)

Fro · « **on:** March 31, 2006, 08:24:31 AM »

http://www.bobross.com/news.cfm

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Bob Ross Inc. has announced in March 2006 that they have filed a letter of intent to license to Joseph Hatcher's AGFRAG Entertainment Group to develop exclusively worldwide video/computer games based on Bob Ross' creative, unique and easy to learn painting techniques and TV show properties.

The Bob Ross video game, currently untitled, is planned to be developed for PC, the Nintendo DS handheld & on Nintendo's next-gen system coming later this year, code named Revolution. Release date was not announced. AGFRAG is currently seeking a publisher.

AGFRAG's Director of Development, Joseph Hatcher, has this to say about the announcement:

"I grew up watching Bob Ross on PBS and was always in awe of how quickly and smoothly he made these beautiful paintings, which helped inspire my creativity. There are generations that know Bob Ross and his painting techniques, and I want to share his talent with future generations in a new medium.

The Bob Ross game will utilize the unique inputs that the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Revolution have that can truly immerse the players while they learn to paint like Bob Ross and can play the addictive and fun games that we have planned for the title. I believe that Bob Ross Inc's and AGFRAG Entertainment Group's similar beliefs in independence, creativity, and teaching others will benefit how the game is developed and how the players of all ages will be able to enjoy this game.

I want the community to share with us their favorite Bob Ross shows, painting techniques, and what they’d like to see in the NDS and Revolution games. We want to keep the brush going."

Arbok · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2006, 08:40:09 AM »

lo...l?

Killer ap ahoy it looks like, PS3 pretty much better close the doors before they are even open as 2007 will be marked as the year when the world collectively fired up their Revolutions to learn to paint like Bob Ross...

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2006, 08:49:27 AM »

I've seen your trees Arbok. They're not happy trees. You need to get this game so you can paint those happy trees.

Bob Ross for the WIN.

vudu · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2006, 08:52:36 AM »

I know someone's going to quote it, so it might as well be me.

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All right, we are going to use a fan brush here and uh why don't you take some hunter green and we are going to put a happy little bush right down over here in the corner there and that'll just be our little secret and if you tell anyone that that bush is there I will come to your house and I will cut you.

antman100 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2006, 08:58:01 AM »

Uh...does the Revo have HD support? I need to see happy trees in HD. I'm sorry this is sad...you want to paint? Go and get some watercolors and a canvas.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:04:18 AM »

Wow. This sounds so much like an April Fool gag that it's unbearable, but bobross.com appears to be legitimate, unless it was hacked. I'm still suspicious.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:05:07 AM »

It seems to me this game would require actually painting skills in order to be any good at it. So if you're good at painting why not just paint for real?

It's a creative idea but I sure as hell wouldn't buy it.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:13:26 AM »

Now I can honestly say I have no freaking clue what this is about.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #8 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:16:25 AM »

well Ill chime in as a fan of the show and as a painter myself (yeah Im artistic all the way around)
I hope this is a real game, its sure as hell gonna be better than Mario paint.

EDIT

I forgot to mention in resoinse to whynot just buy canvacas and paints, cuz tehy are a lot more expensive thana video game. Beleive me painting is a seriously expensive hobby.

Rhoq · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:16:44 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Now I can honestly say I have no freaking clue what this is about.

Wikipedia entry for Bob Ross

or you can visit

http://www.bobross.com/

Now get to painting me some "happy little trees"!

Fro · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:35:03 AM »

http://gonintendo.com/?p=1777

Appears to be real!

Pale · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2006, 09:37:51 AM »

God dammit I hate April Fools Day....

Who ever started this damned tradition on the internet needs to be smacked.

BigJim · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:18:06 AM »

Very funny that it seems to be real. The joke was on us afterall, for thinking of April 1st.

Pale · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:21:51 AM »

I still can't help but be skeptical, and I've read the confirmation that Jonny got before posting the article.... it's just too strange.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:34:56 AM »

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Originally posted by: animecyberrat
well Ill chime in as a fan of the show and as a painter myself (yeah Im artistic all the way around).

Is your avatar representative of that?

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:43:34 AM »

His website is legit and is WAY too elaborate to be a hoax.

I even did a whois:

Registrant:
Bob Ross, Inc.
4206-A Technology Court
Chantilly, VA 22021
US

Domain Name: BOBROSS.COM

Administrative Contact:
Kowalski, Joan info@BOBROSS.COM
Bob Ross Co.
4206-A technology Ct.
Chantilly, VA 20151-1214
US
703-803-7200 fax: 703-803-8793

Technical Contact:
Hostmaster, Frontline hostmaster@frontline.net
Frontline Communications
PO Box 98
Orangeburg, NY 10962
US
(888) 376-6854 fax: (845) 623-8669

Record expires on 09-Mar-2008.
Record created on 08-Mar-1996.
Database last updated on 31-Mar-2006 16:35:28 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS3.FRONTLINE.NET 66.59.64.59
NS2.FRONTLINE.NET 63.250.9.59
NS1.FRONTLINE.NET 66.59.75.59

Looks like this is reality after all.

All I can say is "Wow". This is exactly the sort of thing Nintendo was aiming for with the new direction they're trying to take gaming.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:46:12 AM »

As much as all of you are joking about this game. I seriously think this will be an awesome game.

Just think for a second. It's a painting game, that with the Revolution controller you can actually paint with "true" preasure allowing very deep and complex paint design.

Also since the Revolution supports SD Cards you can save your paintings and print them out on your computer or take to KINKOS and print professional quality creations.

Bob Ross can just be used for a tutorial on how to paint.

ThePerm · « **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:55:26 AM »

iansane painting is easier than people think, mosto fthe time people think they need to be an artist to be a great painter, really you simply have to have a brush, a canvas, and some paint

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:56:35 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane It's a creative idea but I sure as hell wouldn't buy it.

Tell that to Mario Paint.

Strell · « **Reply #19 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:57:42 AM »

Unless the Revmote gets a happy little afro wig shell, I'm not interested.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #20 on:** March 31, 2006, 11:01:16 AM »

Yeah, I did a whois query, too. I also tracked down AGFRAG's site, and read the announcement there. Joseph Hatcher is listed on Moby Games, too. I just have difficulty believing anything I read this time of year.

If it is real, it's a good idea.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2006, 11:06:18 AM »

"I forgot to mention in resoinse to whynot just buy canvacas and paints, cuz tehy are a lot more expensive thana video game. Beleive me painting is a seriously expensive hobby."

Fair enough. I'm just pointing out that there's no fantasy element here like with most games. A lot of people say "why don't you just play football?" in regards to Madden. The obvious response is that most people aren't good enough to play on an NFL team in real life. Madden's a fantasy because you don't have to be good at football to play it. But here it's like you have to be good at painting to be good at this game. It's not a fantasy. It's just another way to enjoy an activity you already are familiar with.

This is something I've been a little worried about regarding motion control if it's done really accurately. A golf game that responded realistically to how you swing would be a good way for a golfer to play without paying to go out to a real course. But it would be totally useless for the "I suck at golf but want to play a videogame where I'm a golf pro" crowd. Now painting is different than a sport but there's still concern. If a game has motion control that is too subtle and too realistic then a game no longer becomes a fantasy but a simulator that requires real skill. One advantage of a button press is that it's so easy to do you can suck at something in real life and pull it off effortlessly in a game.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #22 on:** March 31, 2006, 11:09:40 AM »

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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Yeah, I did a whois query, too. I also tracked down AGFRAG's site, and read the announcement there. Joseph Hatcher is listed on Moby Games, too. I just have difficulty believing anything I read this time of year.

If it is real, it's a good idea.

Ah, the Bear speaks "webhosting".

Yeah, it's an excellent idea. It worked with Mario Paint and with Bob Ross' name behind it, it'll have the credibility it needs to sell Revs to people who wouldn't DREAM of touching gaming.

And yeah, painting is monstrously expensive. I might buy this and give it a try...

darknight06 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2006, 02:25:38 PM »

Not to mention all the chemicals you end up using to do it and the ventilation your space better have if you don't wanna pass out on the floor. This game will be TONS more user friendly just on that account alone.

Arbok · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2006, 03:51:10 PM »

From a serious point of view, I actually assume the main pull of this, if done right, would be a way for painters to easily correct mistakes (Undo, Erase). Still be interesting to see how this all develops.

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