1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobs_game.png]] |
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3 | ->''"It's a game, about a guy making a game, who is in a game, but is also making a game, and his marketing campaign is like a game, and that's about a game, in a game, but also outside the game, where he is making a game, about him making a game, which is about the game industry, and you play other games. In the game."'' |
4 | -->-- Inanimate ([=TIGsource=] forum) |
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6 | "What is 'bob's game?'" |
7 | |
8 | Short answer: An ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''-style {{RPG}} developed by one man, Robert Pelloni. |
9 | |
10 | Long answer: It's actually three "games": |
11 | |
12 | # The aforementioned indie RPG. |
13 | # A competitive puzzle game ''inside'' the RPG, which is ''also'' called "bob's game," and is developed by Bob's in-game alter ego, "bob." Are you confused yet? |
14 | # The "ViralMarketing" campaign for both "bob's games," which is called...you guessed it..." bob's game." |
15 | |
16 | Since almost nothing is known about the video game yet, this article will focus mainly on the viral ad. |
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19 | !!Tropes from "bob's game" (the RPG) include: |
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21 | * AffectionateParody: [[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Tetrid]], [[VideoGame/{{Pong}} Ping]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Ramio]]. |
22 | * AllLowercaseLetters: The title of the game. |
23 | * AuthorAvatar: One of the main characters is a self-taught developer named "bob", a ''delusional, egotistical maniac'' who also happens to be the game's BigBad. |
24 | * BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The final boss fight against "bob" involves doing this. In the most literal sense possible. |
25 | * ChildProdigy: |
26 | ** Yuu's little brother is studying Advanced Mechanical Engineering, and he's only six! |
27 | ** Yuu is a video game prodigy, easily beating Tetrid when he was very young (which not even the developer could do) and beating the world record on Ping [[GameplayAndStorySegregation supposedly]] on the first try. |
28 | * FakeLongevity: The InUniverseGameClock really serves no purpose other than forcing you to wait for things to happen. |
29 | * FetchQuest: The very first quest you get in the game is to get some batteries for Yuu's mother. |
30 | * AMinorKidroduction: The game starts with Yuu's family moving in when he was a young child, making a friend, and playing Tetrid before fast-forwarding to when he is 12 years old. |
31 | * NintendoHard: |
32 | ** Tetrid is insanely difficult. |
33 | ** Ping. |
34 | * {{Pun}}: Bob seems to ''really enjoy this.'' The main character is called "Yuu" and his portable game system is called the "Gantendo BS", for starters. |
35 | * OverlyLongGag: "bob"'s LaughingMad at the end of the demo lasts over a minute. |
36 | * SanitySlippage: Flashbacks show "bob"'s descent into madness over five years in his room making his game. |
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38 | !!Tropes from www.bobsgame.com include: |
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40 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted. They use telepathy. |
41 | * ArcWords: |
42 | ** "What is 'bob's game?'" |
43 | ** '''''REGGIE!''''' |
44 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Bob ends up like this. |
45 | * {{Determinator}}: Bob. ''Both of them.'' |
46 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Love ''of Nintendo'', no less! |
47 | * MadArtist: "bob," although he's less homicidal than most examples. |
48 | * MindScrew: To the point where Bob's reveal that the whole thing was a viral ad was [[spoiler: just another plot twist in the viral ad. He was brainwashed to say it was a viral ad by aliens.]] |
49 | * PoesLaw: The viral ad pissed so many people off that many insist that the real Bob is just like Viral!Bob. |
50 | * RoomFullOfCrazy: "bob's" [[strike: office]] ''TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED UNDERGROUND FORTRESS!'' No "writing on the wall," per se, but he ''does'' have that LED counter... |
51 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Viral!Bob is the embodiment of this. To the point that some people refuse to listen to the fact that it was viral marketing. |
52 | * StealthParody: Is Bob mocking egotistical indie game developers? Or is he one of them? |
53 | * ViralMarketing: Or so he claims. |
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