Robert Pelloni announced the end of his 100 day sit-in protest today, leaving his former prison in shambles. With a toppled desk and chair, drawers, and a seemingly carefully placed computer monitor chair and desk overturned and papers everywhere, the once busy workstation is no more. In his final post he vents one more quiet frustration at Nintendo, and bemoans the stunt became regarded as some sort of viral ad.
I’ve had enough. I’m ending the protest. I give up on getting the SDK. I really tried my best. Show’s over. It’s just not going to work.
Although Pelloni may feel like a failure now, ending his protest may actually bring him closer to the SDK than he thinks. Nintendo, after all, is a place of business – they do things in a business-like manner, and protest is not a common or well respected tactic in negotiation. Unjailed, Pelloni is now free to resume the sort of tactics he should have stuck with in the first place: polite emails, daily phone calls: persistent contact. If 2Dboy, a company of two that started their humble beginnings in a San Francisco coffee shop can get a developer’s license for WiiWare, then Pelloni has a chance. If Bob can get over the failure of this stunt and keep trying, we may see a DS, DSi, or WiiWare release of Bob’s Game somewhere down the line – if he doesn’t give up. It’s all in Bob’s hands.
UPDATE: The site received another small update later suggesting that Robert Pelloni’s office was raided by police while he was “faking his own death on webcam.”
Check out the full post over at Bob’s Game.
For some strange reason, I find this funny.
well written, sean.
Knob’s parents are gonna be pretty mad when they see the mess he made D:<
i doubt it. this game will go to a different platform. maybe xbox live marketplace.
Honestly I don’t think this guy should get the SDK. No matter what your game consists of, if you’re trying to get the attention of a business, you must remain professional. Throwing a huge hissyfit like this only makes you look like an immature little crybaby. ESPECIALLY leaving your “office” after giving in to a fit of rage.
That being said, his game looked incredibly lame and boring, I don’t know who would want to play it, let alone pay for it.
@Neko
Everybody has different opinions about what makes a game fun. A lot of people like Twilight Princess, but I think it’s boring and tedious. I figure at this point it’s too early to tell – we haven’t seen much of the game except the overworld map – and if all we ever saw of other RPGs (like final fantasy or chrono trigger) was walking around and talking to towns people, they probably woulden’t look that interesting either. I’d like to see the game come out just so I can see what it’s really like.
@William Fancypants
I agree. However this protest of his might stop his dream from coming true. I think his best chance right now is to release the game on WiiWare. The SDK for that is a little easier (from what I hear). Maybe after it is released on WiiWare and people actually enjoy the game then Nintendo might give him the SDK for the DS. He just needs to take it one step at a time. Look at World of Goo, it was originally a PC game which I believe Shigeru Miyamoto played and enjoyed then allowed it to come to WiiWare where thousands of people have downloaded, played, and enjoyed it.
So I guess this is the real Bob. When he doesn’t get his way he throws a tantrum and destroys his work area (see webcam). So why again should Nintendo give you a license, why should studio’s be interested in working with you? Yes 5 years of your life is a long time and it’s admirable. But your recent actions have put into question if you truly want to make a great game or if you want to be famous. It doesn’t matter which platform it starts on, Cave Story started out being on the PC (it also took 5 years to make) and it’s getting ported to WiiWare in 2009. I’d suggest to stop blaming Nintendo, stop these 100 day protests, take a long hard look at your game to make it better and finally stop the woe is me attitude. Radiohead said it best “You do it to yourself, you do and that’s what really hurts. Is that you do it to yourself, just you, you and no-one else”
“RAIDED BY THE POLICE WHILE FAKING HIS OWN DEATH ON WEBCAM AND DOESN’T AFRAID OF ANYTHING!”
- Bob
@Joe
So true. However I have a feeling that this isn’t over yet. I bet he isn’t going to make posts for a few more days and then suddenly he’ll be back. I admire his effort when it came to making this game, however his methods to get it on the market are unprofessional, maybe he should have taken some business classes while making this game.
Thanks for the head’s up Damien – that wasn’t there this morning. Given the ALL caps, weird grammar, and the speaking in the third person – this could be the work of a friend with access to his computer, a family member, a hacker, or even Robert himself from his phone at the police station. Interesting either way – I updated the post.
Wow this story is getting more and more bizarre. I hadn’t even heard of Bob’s Game until I saw the original article on Infendo. Good coverage guys!
I was siding with this guy when the first article came out and thought the game seemed pretty cool. The more coverage I see though, the stranger this story becomes. I saw the webcam shots of his “destroyed” office.
Does anyone know if he tried faking his death on the site? I’m thinking the police raid is just another stunt.
I doubt he’s going to get a SDK from Nintendo at this point. He said they do background checks and I’m sure they don’t want 1 man teams where the person is unstable making games for them. Nintendo would get too much bad press if he were to do something or something were to happen to him.
Keep us posted on this story Infendo!
This guy is just a big douchebag, pay him no attention please.
And I probably wasn’t the first to say it, but I knew that this wasn’t going to last 100 days.
Yes, can we please ignore Knob and his amazingly awesome game of epicness from now on?
Bob’s Game looks BORING AND FREAKING HELL!!!!
Maybe some people like crappy games like that, but it does not look fun AT ALL.
the biggest idiot i have ever seen, i wonder what he learned from this epic failure. now he wont get the SDK cuz nintendo thinks he is a moron that tried to prove a point by stop living. DOH!
Epic fail.
I doubt anyone on here even knows someone that has put that kind of effort and time into anything. all bob has known for the last 5 years of his life is his game. and now that he can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, nintendo is halting his efforts by withholding his sdk, or even just a fair response. bob is not childish or insane. i doubt hes even looking for publicity. his blog is his only real outlet to the world..can you really call him out and claim he doesnt deserve an sdk because he has a little fun with his blogs..from what it looks like bob tried doing it the professional “nintendo” way. obviosly that wasnt even loud enough to get a response or even a good direction of action. if i were bob, id be raising just as much hell..stay strong bob..dont ever let jelousy blind you from destiny.
@Jay: You must be Silent Bob’s partner. A viral partner at that….
— I doubt anyone on here even knows someone that has put that kind of effort and time into anything. —
If putting an effort into anything involves having the police raid your office when the guy is faking his death; then you just created evidence that laziness is a GOOD thing. Nice backfire there creep.
— all bob has known for the last 5 years of his life is his game. and now that he can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, nintendo is halting his efforts by withholding his sdk, or even just a fair response. —
Here’s some quick advice: SHOW ME A FREAKIN BUSINESS PLAN FIRST! And one that doesn’t put him into bankruptcy. If Bob wants his dream to come true; he should learn how to do actual business planning and accounting before even speaking to Nintendo. Otherwise; Bob should stay in homebrew forevermore; because that is as close as he’s getting. The burden of proof is on Bob to prove that he can provide a stable business. Bob hasn’t even proven that he is even sane in mind; let alone business.
— Bob is not childish or insane. i doubt hes even looking for publicity. —
So in other words; faking your own death and having the police raid your office isn’t looking for publicity; let alone childish and/or insane. You are just talking out of your ass.
— his blog is his only real outlet to the world..can you really call him out and claim he doesnt deserve an sdk because he has a little fun with his blogs..—
Yes I can because he is supposed to be a professional and he acts like a mentally ill man you jackass. He doesn’t deserve an development kit because he is acting like an unprofessional jackass and provides ZERO evidence that he has ANY business plan whatsoever. If he has one; I would like you to produce the evidence for me. You know my e-mail address; you can e-mail it in any format you want since I have OpenOffice.
— from what it looks like bob tried doing it the professional “nintendo†way. obviosly that wasnt even loud enough to get a response or even a good direction of action. if i were bob, id be raising just as much hell.—
But Bob has yet to show evidence that he has done it the professional way. Like release an actual stable business plan. I don’t give a damn if Bob is talented in video game design (He might be for all I know; so I’m not going to call his game crappy just because he’s a jerk); if he doesn’t provide a stable business plan; then Nintendo is going to refuse giving him an SDK/License. 2D Boy did that at least and that’s why we got World of Goo and they barely had two people at the time; so they must have one hell of a business plan to get that license.
—-stay strong bob..dont ever let jelousy blind you from destiny. —-
Unless Bob provides a stable business plan; then I say: Drop Dead. You are in home brew forevermore which is where you belong. You want to be with the big boys; then it’s time to learn accounting my friend. And it’s funny that you say that people are jealous of him when he’s jealous because it’s clear that he has no business plan. Otherwise; he wouldn’t be doing these unprofessional and moronic stunts! You see 2D Boy doing THAT?! NO! Do you see Frontier Developments doing that?! No! I have only one thing to say to Bob: Silent Bob was the more talented part of the duo; so stop using jay to defend your lack of business sense.
You truly earned that Waleg Idiot of the Month award for January after all this bullcrap. If Nintendo somehow manages to give you an SDK; I’ll be SHOCKED. Bob may have the video game design talent; but he certainly doesn’t have the professionalism or business sense.