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Bob Was Hungry Release Date Announced
August 11, in the year of our Lord 2015 --
The very definition of a hardcore platformer, BOB WAS HUNGRY
demands the utmost precision from players looking to help bobs
in their interplanetary search for food. Developed by Shorebound
Studios, Bob Was Hungry launches Wednesday, August 19 on Steam
(Windows-only for now).
GAMEPLAY
In Bob Was Hungry, players take on the role of a particularly
hungry bob -- and it’s up to them to find the meal that will
finally satisfy their bob’s insatiable appetite.
They will need to scale plateaus, dive into caves, explore the
Arctic, island hop -- you name it -- in search of yummy food.
Traversing environments may require dealing with spinning saw
blades, climbing spiked walls, jumping through laser grids, and
traveling through gravity wells without being being torn to
pieces (and thus making a beeline back to the beginning of the
map). Collecting each level’s condiment makes bobs happy, and it
also allows players to record their time and unlock each map’s
insanely harder counterpart. (Disclaimer: Not for the faint of
heart!)
A single-player mode is available, but Bob Was Hungry also
supports up to eight players in each of the game’s four frantic
multiplayer modes:
-- Co-op
-- “Shared death” co-op
-- Competitive race
-- Competitive survival race
In a co-op game, players need to work together and split a baked
potato. In a competitive race, the last hambone in the universe
is up for grabs.
BUT WHY ARE BOBS SO INCREDIBLY HUNGRY?
We thought you’d never ask :)
Bobs have been scouring the universe for food for millions of
years. For the most part, food had been plentiful and easy to
acquire. Planets made entirely of cheese were abundant, and
finding one could leave a Bob full for a lifetime. However, time
has passed -- and food has become scarce. Greedy Bobs carelessly
ate two or three cheese planets at a time, and now cheese
planets are as rare to find as a Bob with a full stomach.
Bobs unable to stumble upon one of the last extremely rare
cheese havens were forced out into the unknown. Now they travel
across as many planets as they can in hopes of finding a scrap
of food to survive. Unfortunately, their trips are dangerous --
and the planets are treacherous. Finding food is not like it
used to be….
KEY FEATURES
-- 2-8 player online cooperative and competitive modes
-- Online game modes include co-op, shared death co-op,
competitive race, and competitive survival race
-- Challenging precision platforming
-- More than 150 levels
-- Steam achievements and trading cards
-- Full controller support
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Bob Was Hungry will be available on Steam for just $9.99
(Windows) on August 19, 2015.