# Farbs > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Farbs > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Farbs.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farbs > Source revision: 1288333674 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Farbs** is the pseudonym of Jarrad Woods, an [indie game developer](/source/Independent_video_game_development) who gained media attention when he quit his job at gaming firm [2K Australia](/source/2K_Boston/2K_Australia) using a [video game](http://www.farbs.org/?p=46).[1][2] When asked in an interview where the idea had come from to quit via video game, Woods stated "At the time there were a lot of articles touting indie games as a form of expression, and I hate writing so I wanted to express my goodbye to the team in some other way. I had planned to leave for a few months, but the message was more spontaneous".[3] ## Education Farbs studied at the [Academy of Interactive Entertainment](/source/Academy_of_Interactive_Entertainment) in [Canberra](/source/Canberra), [Australia](/source/Australia). ## Games After eight years in commercial game design, Farbs started creating independent projects as a sideline in 2006. Farbs has created several games including Polychromatic Funk Monkey, Fishie Fishie, ROM CHECK FAIL, [Captain Forever](/source/Captain_forever) and most recently, Captain Jameson. He also contributed work to [Card Hunter](/source/Card_Hunter). ## ROM CHECK FAIL ROM CHECK FAIL was created for and won the 2008 [Video Game Name Generator](http://www.tigsource.com/features/vgng/) competition run by [Derek Yu's](/source/Derek_Yu) site [The Independent Gaming Source](/source/The_Independent_Gaming_Source).[4] It went on to be listed in [Gamasutra's](/source/Gamasutra) top 5 indie games of 2008.[5] Farbs presented ROM CHECK FAIL at the 2009 [Experimental Gameplay Workshop](/source/Experimental_Gameplay_Workshop), run by [Jonathan Blow](/source/Jonathan_Blow).[6] Following interest from the art community it was, or is to be, included in a number of exhibitions such as at the [Powerhouse Museum](/source/Powerhouse_Museum), Finland's [ManseDanse09](https://web.archive.org/web/20091018074915/http://mansedanse.com/) and Spain's [Intermediae](http://intermediae.es/project/intermediae_en/blog/estacion_futuro__inauguraction_of_espacio_tiempo_y_emocion_space_time_and_emotion) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091211191204/http://intermediae.es/project/intermediae_en/blog/estacion_futuro__inauguraction_of_espacio_tiempo_y_emocion_space_time_and_emotion) 2009-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.[7][8] In 2011 Farbs made the [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)) [source code](/source/Source_code) of *ROM CHECK FAIL* [freely available](/source/Open-source_software) under a [public domain like license](/source/Public_domain_like_license).[9] ## Captain Forever Main article: [Captain Forever](/source/Captain_Forever) *Captain Forever* is Farbs' most recent release, for which he won the Best Game award at the 2009 China [Independent Games Festival](/source/Independent_Games_Festival).[10] ## References 1. ["Game over! Funk Monkey developer quits in style"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090430101857/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/29/2556084.htm). *[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)*. 29 April 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/29/2556084.htm) on April 30, 2009. 1. ["Developer resigns via computer game"](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/29/1240982265730.html). 29 April 2009. 1. Courtney, Timothy (18 March 2016). ["Game Talk: Developer of Card Hunter & Captain Forever, Jarrad "Farbs" Woods Interview with Timothy Courtney"](http://timothycourtney.io/interview/game-talk/card-hunter-and-captain-forever-developer-jarrad-farbs-woods-interview-with-timothy-courtney.php). *timothycourtney.io*. Retrieved 9 July 2016. 1. ["TIGSource » TIGArchive » ROM CHECK… SUCCEED!"](http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/04/09/rom-check-succeed) 1. ["Gamasutra's Best of 2008: Top 5 Indie Games"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081214204048/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21369). Archived from [the original](http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21369) on December 14, 2008. 1. ["GDC: Inside the Experimental Gameplay Sessions 2009"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/gdc-inside-the-experimental-gameplay-sessions-2009) 1. ["Rom Check Fail, ultimate videogame remix - Neural.it :: Media culture, hacktivism"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090709090924/http://www.neural.it/art/2008/04/rom_check_fail_ultimate_videog.phtml). Archived from [the original](http://www.neural.it/art/2008/04/rom_check_fail_ultimate_videog.phtml) on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-12-06. 1. ["Powerhouse Museum Website"](http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/exhibitions/80s.asp) 1. [ROM CHECK YOURSELF](http://farbs.org/rom-check-yourself) by Farbs on October 1, 2011 1. ["Farbs wins 2009 GDC China Independent Games Festival competition | tsumea"](http://www.tsumea.com/australasia/australia/news/141009/farbs-wins-2009-gdc-china-independent-games-festival-competition) ## External links - [Farbs' homepage](http://www.farbs.org/) - [Interview with Farbs at DIYgamer](http://diygamer.com/2009/10/we-have-a-winner-captain-forever-creator-farbs-talks-to-diy-interview/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091126090933/http://diygamer.com/2009/10/we-have-a-winner-captain-forever-creator-farbs-talks-to-diy-interview/) 2009-11-26 at the Wayback Machine - [Interview with Farbs on ABCTV's Good Game](http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/video/default.htm?pres=20090622_2030&story=8) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Farbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farbs) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farbs?action=history)). 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