Having created Rotoshop, the software behind uniquely-animated films like Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, Bob Sabiston is no stranger to new ways of manipulating media. His latest project, Fatbits Pocket Painter, takes advantage of the Nintendo DS' hardware features to create both pixel-based and vector-based illustrations.The DS' top screen shows the entire canvas while the touchscreen displays a close-up view for editing.
Fatbits won't replace your copy of Adobe Photoshop, but with features like color palette mixing, variable thickness paintbrushes, and opacity sliders, the program is a lot more sophisticated than MS Paint. The application even supports an animation mode and playback for recorded sound effects (via DS mic) just like Mario Paint. Users will be able to share their complete creations or works-in-progress by uploading them to a web server with the DS' WiFi feature.
While Nintendo is aware of the project, there are no cemented plans for a commercial release. Sabistan admits that he might eventually cast the program loose for the homebrew community to play with if he is not able to find a publisher. For now, a brief user manual and a gallery of images created with Fatbits are available.
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3-12-2007 @ 6:43PM
Nushio said...
That guy is amazing. I browsed his gallery and they are trully impressive. Be aware that these were made with the DS, so that makes them even more valuable IMO.
I hope Nintendo notices him and help him out releasing the title.
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3-13-2007 @ 1:14AM
adam said...
this seems like a win-win situation. either i get a cool paint game or i get a free cool paint game.
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3-13-2007 @ 4:37AM
RupeeClock said...
This is awesome, I would definitely buy a legit copy of that game, I LOVE doodling stuff like Mario Paint.
Let's make that known to Nintendo!
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3-13-2007 @ 12:41PM
Ethan Duffy said...
Might not buy it, hope it's released though.
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3-13-2007 @ 1:01PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Agree with RupeeClock.
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3-14-2007 @ 3:56AM
Lita said...
Awesome! I really hope this gets released. I'd definitely buy it.
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3-15-2007 @ 9:48PM
james said...
I think this is officialy my most anticipated DS "game"... I really hope this gets released.
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