Fatty Bear is a fictional teddy bear

Teddy bear

The teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear. They are usually stuffed with soft, white cotton and have smooth and soft fur. It is an enduring form of a stuffed animal in many countries, often serving the purpose of entertaining children. In recent times, some teddy bears have become collector's items...

 from game developer Humongous

Humongous (game developer)

Humongous Inc. is an American video game developer. The company is known for its line of educational games for children. Atari now owns Humongous Inc.-History:...

. Fatty Bear starred in a children's adventure game, (Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise), as well as appearing in a solo activity pack (Funpack) and an activity game alongside another Humongous character named Putt-Putt

Putt-Putt (game character)

The Putt-Putt series is a collection of children's adventure and puzzle computer games created by Humongous Entertainment. They primarily involve clicking to get to a destination, although some sub-quests and mini-games involve the keyboard...

. Like other Humongous games, his starring game is intended to teach problem solving

Problem solving

Problem solving is a mental process and is part of the larger problem process that includes problem finding and problem shaping. Consideredthe most complex of all intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as higher-order cognitive process that requires the modulation and control of...

. Fatty Bear wears red overalls and comes to life when everyone else is asleep.

In his adventure game, Fatty Bear's owner – Kaila – has a birthday in the morning. With the player's help, Fatty Bear needs to get everything ready for the big day (activities include wrapping the gift, baking the cake, etc.).

Characters

• Fatty Bear

The main character of the game, Fatty Bear is under the control of the player, who must guide Fatty Bear around Kaila's house performing tasks in order to ultimately prepare Kaila's birthday cake. Voiced by Scott Burns

• Kaila

She is Fatty Bear's owner. She spends most of the game asleep, waking up at the end to discover the birthday preparations. Voiced by Devinne Jackson

• Kaila's parents

They play an extremely minor role in the game. Only Kaila's father is actually seen during the game when he says goodnight to Kaila, and at the end when he presents Kaila with her surprise present.

• Gretchen

Gretchen is a rag doll that gives Fatty Bear tasks, such as blowing up balloons and finding missing letters. She wears a Dutch-style blue dress and a white hat. Voiced by Kjerstin Ramsing

• Matilda Rabbit

A stuffed rabbit in a pink dress who flies by using her ears like a helicopter. She helps Fatty Bear with tasks such as baking a cake.

• Clown

A toy clown who loves to be tickled.

• Moose

A toy moose who says "Watch It." He stands on a ball and has Gretchen stand on his antlers.

Software titles

Though other characters from Humongous

Humongous (game developer)

Humongous Inc. is an American video game developer. The company is known for its line of educational games for children. Atari now owns Humongous Inc.-History:...

 (such as Putt-Putt

Putt-Putt (game character)

The Putt-Putt series is a collection of children's adventure and puzzle computer games created by Humongous Entertainment. They primarily involve clicking to get to a destination, although some sub-quests and mini-games involve the keyboard...

 and Freddi Fish

Freddi Fish

Freddi Fish is an award-winning series of children's software from Humongous Entertainment.Freddi Fish is an anthropomorphic yellow fish who takes on detective investigations throughout the series of games. She has her own pal, the green-colored Luther, who is her best friend and goes with her on...

) continued to release on a fairly regular timescale, and new characters were introduced (e.g., Spy Fox

Spy Fox

Spy Fox is a series of software for five to ten year old children from Humongous Entertainment starring a fictional anthropomorphic fox of the same name. The characters live in a world of anthropomorphic animals who live like humans...

), the Fatty Bear series was not continued after the first adventure.

• Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise (DOS, 3DO, (Macintosh) (1993)

The scenario t of the game is making and decorating the birthday cake

Birthday cake

The birthday cake has been an integral part of the birthday celebrations in Western cultures since the middle of the 19th century. Certain rituals and traditions, such as singing of birthday songs, associated with birthday cakes are common to many Western cultures. The Western tradition of adding...

 for Kaila.

• Fatty Bear's FunPack (DOS, (Macintosh) (1993)

In this single-player product, you play against Fatty Bear 3 board games (Reversi, Lines & Boxes, Tangrams) or the card game Go Fish, most with several difficulty levels. There's also an electronic coloring book with over 30 pages - interesting variation here is that players can mix their own colors and shades, which seemed to work pretty well.

• Putt-Putt & Fatty Bear's Activity Pack (DOS, (Macintosh) (1994)

This is a re-packing of two other titles: Fatty Bear's Funpack and Putt-Putt's Activity Pack, with a few updates and 5 new games with Putt-Putt.

These games are supported by ScummVM

ScummVM

ScummVM is a collection of game engine recreations. Originally designed to play LucasArts adventure games that use the SCUMM system , it now also supports a variety of non-SCUMM games by companies like Revolution Software and Adventure Soft. It was originally written by Ludvig Strigeus...

and can be played on additional platforms to those for which they were released.