MMGN.COM writes: Double Fine Productions have just released the first update surrounding their Kickstarter funded, adventure game via YouTube.
The Humble Day of the Devs Bundle 2022 just launched. It includes sixteen items including Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Broken Age, and more.
Find out why ScreenCritics Joe is full of praise for 'Double Fine Adventure' - and why more developers should allow gamers look behind the curtain.
I (Robin Ek, The Gaming Ground) had a lot of mixed emotions when I found out that Tim Schafer and Double Fine had launched a crowdfunding campaign for "Psychonauts 2" yesterday. And this is the reason why (pros Vs cons, past scandals and expectations).
Don't worry, he will ask for more money soon, lol.
I'm a huge fan of the original Psychonauts, but i will not be able to donate for the crowfunding campaign because so many great games are coming next year.
But let's see how much the Feminist Frequency will donate for his campaign now...
I understand where you´re coming from, since I bought the original game for myself and my two brothers on release. I´m very tempted to do that, but since Tim has said (and done) some really "not so smart" things in the past. I´ll just wait until the game launches instead. To be fair, she probably couldn't spare a dime. As she´s begging her "fans" for money on Twitter several times per day.
Just checked out the crowd funding page and looks like it will be a success, good on you to whom ever gave but he aint getting a dime from me. Hasn't he made enough profit from previous games to be self sustaining by now yet?
I sometimes think it might be better to try and sell your IP to another company rather than ask the community for funding. I am a big fan of the first Psychonauts (got a complete OG Xbox copy) and of course I want a sequel. But is 3.3 million enjoy to match the quality and production value of the first game?
Edit: 3.3 million is 1/3rd of the games budget.
It´s a risky move for sure, and since the "Broken Age" crowdfunding campaign had quite a "few" problems along the way. One might wonder how smooth things will go for "Psychonauts 2"? True, Tim did state that they would pay for most of the costs themselves though (time will tell).
Did anyone listen to what Tim said? If true based on how much money you give you actually get a percentage of money back. So this seems different than Kickstarter where you are actually investing into the game. I swear that's what he said. Did I hear wrong?
Yes, I did listen to what he said. That would be the idea yes, and no you didn´t hear it wrong. However, it remains to be seen how well that will turn out in the end.
3.3 million dollars? Why do I have a feeling that Tim will be asking people for more money once the campaign is over?...
They also has a major investor and are putting a lot of their own money into the project, altogether it adds up to $13m. With no publisher and them using their own crowdfunding website it might be enough.
I won't pledge though because although Psychonauts is one of my fave games ever I was a little burned on Broken Age, it took way too long and it wasn't the game I expected it to be.
Even if Tim had 30 million dollars, that wouldn´t mean a whole lot if he can´t make the best out of the money (thus the out come of "Broken Age"). Yes, that´s where I lost my trust for him. I agree on that, I actually thought that "Broken Age" would give me the same awesome vibes as MI, Grim Fandango or Manic Mansion gave me. I was wrong.
"Double Fine Adventure coming to multiple platforms, DRM 'FREE' option available"
I like how 'free' was left out of the n4g article title.