Bob Ross Video Game Announced
by Joseph Hatcher · in General Discussion · 03/18/2006 (10:30 pm) · 9 replies
Hello Everyone,
It has been a REALLY long time since I have posted on here. I've been very busy.
Besides my day job as a QA tester, I've been working slowly but surely on my indie projects when I'm not buried in overtime.
Below is the press release for my latest news. I would like your feedback and comments on it. BTW, I will be at the GDC this week, working it again as a volunteer.
-Thanks,
Joseph Hatcher
www.agfrag.com
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In Production.
Bob Ross Video Game.
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."
The Joy of Painting is seen on nearly 300 public television stations throughout the United States, and is broadcast in Japan, Mexico, The Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Turkey, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Costa Rica, Canada, Colombia, Iran, Greece and others.
It has been a REALLY long time since I have posted on here. I've been very busy.
Besides my day job as a QA tester, I've been working slowly but surely on my indie projects when I'm not buried in overtime.
Below is the press release for my latest news. I would like your feedback and comments on it. BTW, I will be at the GDC this week, working it again as a volunteer.
-Thanks,
Joseph Hatcher
www.agfrag.com
===
In Production.
Bob Ross Video Game.
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."
The Joy of Painting is seen on nearly 300 public television stations throughout the United States, and is broadcast in Japan, Mexico, The Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Turkey, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Costa Rica, Canada, Colombia, Iran, Greece and others.
#2
03/19/2006 (8:00 am)
He's the happy cloud guy. He was probably the only white guy I've ever seen with a 'fro. It's hard not to smile when watching one of those old episodes. :)
#3
03/19/2006 (8:01 am)
By the way, congrats Joseph.
#4
03/19/2006 (10:27 am)
Awesome! I love Bob Ross! 
#5
"Now lets pull out some of that crimson red from our pallette..."
Bob ross made me a fan of fan brushes.
- Eric
03/19/2006 (11:58 am)
"And lets put a happy little tree here, and a happy little tree there...""Now lets pull out some of that crimson red from our pallette..."
Bob ross made me a fan of fan brushes.
- Eric
#6
If you all would like to suggest things you'd like to see in the games (we're going to aim to make the games good for each platform, not the "make it and port it" crap.), please visit www.agfrag.com and join our Yahoo Group.
03/19/2006 (5:00 pm)
I'm glad you guys like the idea. We have been getting generally good feedback on the announcement, and I hope to do well this week here at the GDC, line up a publisher, and bring Bob's fantastic way of painting to the NDS and Revolution.If you all would like to suggest things you'd like to see in the games (we're going to aim to make the games good for each platform, not the "make it and port it" crap.), please visit www.agfrag.com and join our Yahoo Group.
#7
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I remember before Bob Ross there was another guy, older, maybe German or Swiss. He used to say all this kind of Happy Little stuff before Bob Ross came on the scene. Before I look him up on Wikipedia I'll wager he watched the other guy on PBS, and that's how he hooked up with him. He learned the technique and impressed the previous painter enough that he recommended Bob Ross as his successor before he died. Bob Ross's vocalizations are an homage to his predecessor.
If it isn't true, well -- it should be.
03/19/2006 (5:22 pm)
Bob Ross would be a good video game designer. "Now just put a happy little RPG Launcher over here.... And maybe there's a cute little corpse behind this pillar...." Best of all, he'd make all his graphics with one sweep of the palette-knife. "Just load up a little Susquehanna Green, and let's put a nice Reptilian Hoard over here..." -- **SQWOORTCH!**--
I remember before Bob Ross there was another guy, older, maybe German or Swiss. He used to say all this kind of Happy Little stuff before Bob Ross came on the scene. Before I look him up on Wikipedia I'll wager he watched the other guy on PBS, and that's how he hooked up with him. He learned the technique and impressed the previous painter enough that he recommended Bob Ross as his successor before he died. Bob Ross's vocalizations are an homage to his predecessor.
If it isn't true, well -- it should be.
#8
Indies really make everything possible :) It's a really good idea though!
Please sample Mr. Ross saying 'White', with so much emphasis on the wh that the space-time continuum starts folding back upon itself.
03/19/2006 (5:28 pm)
...Am I dreaming? I remember a late-night party, where we were all reallllllllly drunk and suggested that 'they' should do a Bob Ross game....Indies really make everything possible :) It's a really good idea though!
Please sample Mr. Ross saying 'White', with so much emphasis on the wh that the space-time continuum starts folding back upon itself.
#9
Bob Ross was a pimp!
Painting games could be the new rhythm game. I liked the idea back when i saw Paint Defense which was arguably a painting game.
03/19/2006 (8:14 pm)
Bob Ross was a pimp!
Painting games could be the new rhythm game. I liked the idea back when i saw Paint Defense which was arguably a painting game.
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