Tim Schafer Raises $1.3 Million - Update Again

[Illessa]

So... no Psychonauts 2 then? D:

Oh well, I'd rather have an adventure game in the vein of Grim Fandango than nothing at all, these guys are amazing

Doesn't mean they're not looking at Psychonauts 2 as well! I mean Notch only offered to fund it a couple of days ago, last I heard was "They're talking, who knows what where this will go?" and it takes a lot of organising and a looooooong time to get from surprise angel investor to putting out a AAA game. I'm mostly putting it out of my mind except as a neat possibility that makes me smile when I think about it.

Besides Schafer said just recently that the main reason he'd even consider sequels is because Double Fine is big enough to work on multiple games so they can do it without compromising on generating awesome new IP when the ideas and opportunity come along.

 

[Morbira]

Sooooo... Anyone else think we might be able to get Megaman Legends 3 back on track if we propose this same idea to Capcom?

 

[Guffe]

Well, maybe I'll donate. Who knows.
I'd be a part of gaming history, people will get 2 more great games and then hopefully Psychonauts 2 which would be absolutely awesome.

 

[Radioactive Kitten]

I'm really interested in seeing what they can do with this since they can develop it however they want, free from the influence of publishers. Of course small indie developers do that all the time, but Double Fine is a large game studio, so I eagerly await the documentary to see how the lack of a publisher breathing down their collective necks effects the development of the game.

 

[Rorschach II]

This makes me happy As a UK citizen, can I also donate to the project as well or is it US exclusive? Would love to say I funded a Tim Schafer game

 

[DiMono]

I've put in my $30. As I type this, he's raised just shy of $900,000 from over 23,000 backers in 21 hours and 35 minutes. All for a game that doesn't even exist yet. If that's not a testament to how rabid gamers are about wanting adventure games, I don't know what is.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I kicked about $250 their way. I can't wait to see what comes of this. If you haven't seen the Kickstart video yet


Best video ever. The humour, the humour! Pretty much sealed the deal for my donation. lol

Edit: Yay for 1 million!

 

[Furtled]

Haven't been this excited about a game in years, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango are two of my all time favourites and the video was brilliant. Maybe this will help some publishers remember that gaming's not about profit, it's about the games.

Waheyyy!

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

Saw this exact same idea on the Dark Souls forum for porting costs to PC and thought it was a good idea then.
http://forums.namcobandaigames.eu/showthread.php?t=97595

See developers. You ***** and moan about how we consumers just want to steal from you. But if you treat people fairly, give us good quality products and give us a bit of incentive you can get us to throw money your way before we even know what you have in mind.

That was awesome! I don't even have a interest in point and click adventure games but now want to donate just to see the development process.

And HOLY SHIT. I checked it a couple hours ago and it was 440,000. Now its 910,000

 

[Amaror]

Damn, why only Credit card everywhere.
I hate this, maybe in the US everyone has a credit card but in other countrys it's not the case.
A real shame i would really like to support this.

 

[duchaked]

well that was...fast
last I checked Notch was just proposing the idea of chipping in

 

[asacatman]

It's great and all, but...don't think it would be better if the million pounds or whatever went to charity, or something? Rather than an adventure game for rich americans? Ah, well, I guess it's like any entertainment product. I pay money for other games...Still, it seems a little off.

 

[Taunta]

Just dropped in and gave $30. As of right now they nearly have 950k. Whatever it takes to get us Psychonauts 2 eventually, man.

Also, holy shit someone bought the 10k pledge. The generosity of the video gaming community has once again amazed me. I haven't seen this much since Allison's robot arm.

I just hope Tim is laughing in those publishers' faces right now.

 

[Radioactive Kitten]

It's great and all, but...don't think it would be better if the million pounds or whatever went to charity, or something? Rather than an adventure game for rich americans? Ah, well, I guess it's like any entertainment product. I pay money for other games...Still, it seems a little off.

This fund exists because there's virtually no other way they could get the money needed to develop this game. Like he said in the video, he'd get laughed out of the building if he actually tried pitching an adventure game to a publisher.

Also, I'd hardly call a game with a $15 price tag "an adventure game for rich Americans."

 

[Farther than stars]

The project has raised nearly a million dollars already and it still has over a month left to be funded. Do I smell AAA adventure game?

 

[Taunta]

It's great and all, but...don't think it would be better if the million pounds or whatever went to charity, or something? Rather than an adventure game for rich americans? Ah, well, I guess it's like any entertainment product. I pay money for other games...Still, it seems a little off.

Well, look at it this way. To many people (myself included), Double Fine is like a breath of fresh air and originality in a stale developing world, and as someone who really enjoys adventure games, it's disappointing how little of a market big name publishers think there is.

And like Kitten said, $15 for a game is hardly for rich people. That's a fourth of the average AAA game on a console. Supposedly, the excess money will go to getting it localized and stuff, so it won't just be for English speakers.

 

[AndyRock]

Nearly hit 1 million lol, happily pledged $15 here

 

[sordcooper]

...sooo yeah, i headed over and chipped in 15 bucks... then i saw the counter on my way out... its just a little under 46k to a million bucks... that is unbelievably good!

seriously though, this is awesome, and the only way i could see this going even the slightest bit wrong is if all these people essentially buying the game ahead of time would eat into the games end profit by a significant amount...then again who cares since this thing is basicly guaranteed to brake even on launch day