# a 50k grant request to epic garmes dear epic garmes hello! you might of heard that hot new indie developer robert what is writing to request a cool $50,000 grant from you to develop entirely new and cutting edge forms of play the wide range of ideas at republic of bob symbolize these strange new play-forms ir's developing. indeed the whole site could be considered a garme please feel free to drop by and check out the fantastic variety of wildly imaginative and groundbreaking concepts available there for free and ir's sure you'll say "whoa - cool/weird" robert fully intends to use this grant money to **+** finally pay off ir student loan **+** take ir g.f out for a really nice vegetable curry **+** buy a nintendo 3dsxl and play "flower sun and rain" **+** pay other devs to help make what ey terms 'abstract encounters' **+** help your company radically re-think your engine's user interface and be hired as unofficial "play philosopher in residence" remember the potential returns on this small investment in robert's uncommon brilliance could make $50k look like virtual pocket change you know what's really odd about this funding request? it's that rob's just crazy enough to think you might actually consider ir request seriously (ie. play the idea through in your heads) - for at least the time it takes you to read it but seriously do allow ir this grant - your both incredibly smart people and it's great fun to collaborate with rob - in many ways a truly unreal garme developer direct from the near future now sincerely robert what // republic of bob