This is Bobby the Stranded Skeleton. He’s the man (or skeleton) behind our new menu, walking around and sharing his thoughts on being stranded and life in general. So the menu is really a map in the game, only without the player. I’m sure you modders out there will love this, as you can make the menu background a heated battlefield, or a flowing volcano.
So back to Bobby. I don’t have too many quotes for him just yet, so if you’re reading this, share your own sentences in the comments. My only requirements are that it’s a really short text, and it must fit into being said by a stranded skeleton called Bobby. 
The best ones will get into the game!
Here’s what I’ve written myself, to start you up:
- I’m a poor lonesome skeleton.
- Is that a boat?
- Maybe I’ll plant a tree here.
- Well look at that. A new seashell!
- Man, I wish I could swim!
Bobby the stranded skeleton.
I’m afraid you are attracting a hive with that!
Anyways, here are my first (and possibly last) suggestions:
“I was told in my dreams to draw a map.”
“I think I broke another bone.”
“This sun is killing me.”
Great ville, a comical menu
!
Well, some suggestions made by me (Be warned, these are not guaranted to be good):
“Hey wait, we can have some coconut tea!”*
“A boat!… Oh, it is a turtle, nevermind.”
“Maybe I can have a coconut burger.”
“Of all the food, it had to be the coconut.”
“I think I am going to make myself a palm-tree house”
“This island must be Bobby-traped.”
*Maybe, when the cursor is next to the exit button?
Some more:
“That turtle is looking at me.”
“Hey, that looks like a galleon!”
“Mmh, those birds are planning something.”
“Perhaps if I lashed together some… no, wait, what would I use for rope?”
“963 bottles of beer on the wall, 963 bottles of beer…”
“Well, it looks like I’m well and truly boned here.”
Ville wrote: “I’m sure you modders out there will love this, as you can make the menu background a heated battlefield, or a flowing volcano.”
Well, my head just imploded.*
As for the skeleton,
“I’m bored.”
“Damn player, dumping me on this island…”
“Well look at that. A new seashell!” could be followed by “No, wait, that’s my foot.”
“Looks like rain. Can I still feel cold?”
“This island isn’t that big. A strong gust of wind could probably blow me off.”
“If only I had a dead dog for company.”
“Is that an opal? No, that’s my toe… I’ve been here way to long.”
* Idea#0 for menu background.
“No body to talk to!”
Geddit?
Sounds good, everybody! It’s a great thing Bobby has such verbally talented friends. And I’ve got to tell you, the Bobby-menu looks even better in real life, as does the rest of the game! My productivity might have slightly clouded my judgement, but here goes:
“Anybody out there?”
OR “Any body out there?”
“I could swear somebody’s watching me…”
“Boy, have I got a bone to pick with the map maker.”
“You’d think after all this sun, I’d at least get a tan!”
“I don’t think I can stand this much longer…Better take a seat.”
“Aargh, this sun. Where’s a pair of eyelids when you need one?”
“I guess this is not what they mean when they dream of private beaches?”
“Would you look at that sunset!”
“Hey birdie! No, don’t fly away, I don’t even have a stomach!”
“Well, at least I have time to think.”
“All that milk certainly did wonders: No signs of osteoporosis.”
“If I just had a boat, this would be a regular paradise island.”
“Good day, Bobby! (Oh great, now I’m talking to myself…)”
“Hello Mr. Coconut. What’s cooking?”
“I wouldn’t mind someone breathing down my neck.”
“Nice weather we’re having today.”
“Hmm. Maybe I should build a great big fire?”
“You are looking mighty handsome today, Bobby. (Oh no, I’m doing it again…)”
“Where’s a ghost ship when you need one?”
…Waiting to read more of yours!
hehe, nice
, keep up the good work!
Oh, and what about:
“I wonder what happens when I loose my head…”
“This…. is…. SPA… uhm.. BORING!”
“Some people have brains. I have my spider up there.”
“234 billion, 234 billion and 1, 234 billion and 2, …”
“My best parts are gone…. but i had so beatiful eyes!”
“How does it come that I can talk but not eat! Stupid afterlife.”
*That cloud looks like a butterfly…* etc
*I wonder how those oysters would taste; wait… no tounge…*
*I wonder if anyone will ever find me?…*
*why am I talking to myself?*
*a hermite crab! I shall call thee steve!*
“A hermit crab? Burgit!”
“Oh, an Unidentified Seafaring Object!”
“What is *that* thing?!”
how’d i get here?
Where’s my Kidneys!?
At least i won’t starve!
Now where’d i put my cell phone??
Can you hear me now?
“wait, how am i talking without vocal cords?”
I hereby present the following to your cruel, merciless judgement.
“Bobby, Bobby, how do you get yourself into these messes…”
“Good thing I dont have to eat.”
“How DO you use the three silver seashells?”
“I wonder if I could WALK to land.”
“How did I die again?”
“*whistle*”
“Life is cruel. Good thing Im dead.”
“As soon as I find a rock, youre going down, tree.”
“To be or not to be, I wish I was asked that question.”
“Hey birds, quess why is my head so white! Go on, quess.”
Thank you everyone! I will probably end up using most of these, they’re just so good.
Special thanks to Pete, whose “Bobby, Bobby, how do you get yourself into these messes…” got into the first trailer!
“I’m so glad there are not any dogs out here.”
He is a skeleton, right?
Yes, Bobby is our very own stranded skeleton. Quite a special guy.
Great! Bobby wont be left speechless, thanks to you!
Hint: If you’re still holding on to new ideas, don’t keep them to yourself for long. They have a better chance of ending up in the game, if presented sooner. (This doesn’t mean you can’t still keep them coming though: we might give Bobby more to say later, if we remember.)
“Bobby, your such a numbskull”
OR
“Bobby, your so Boneheaded sometimes”
“great! now i can’t get that tattoo i wanted”
“mother always said i was destined for great things, i finally learned how to whistle!”
“what i wouldn’t give for a Klondyke bar right now”
“i should start up a resort”
“dead men tell no tales, what a load of baloney”
“i really wish i could see where i’m walking”
“ok you guys i was just joking about the whole mutiny thing… guys?”
just throwin stuff out there..
“It’s almost as if i’d been put here by some greater being to be looked and laughed at or something.”
“…and that was the fourth time i died.” (er, Unskippable in-joke, nevermind)
“I don’t even have hair to make a sea turtle raft…”
Or even better, “Hey, a sea turtle! Oh snap, no hair to tie to it.” “Maybe mocking ol’ Davy wasn’t the best idea I’ve ever had.”
Maybe when you are mousing over the ‘exit button’…
“Hey don’t leave me alone here!”
“Fine then, leave. I’m sure you have better things to do than to help out poor ‘ol me.”
My 2 penneth.
I hope you like.
“This place looks different than in the brochure.”
“All I need now is a Replicator Cell and i’m set!”I
“Hey, is that a Fuel Cell lying over there?”
“The boat will come back aaannnyy minute now…”
Nice!
“Where are those damn Mere-people?”
“Maybe I should write a book, publish and sell it, and use the money too… No, wait…”
“If only I had an Long Iron Rod… I could fly off with my escape pod…”
“… But I guess I would have to destroy the 2 giant crabs, or they will shoot me down!”