Double Fine's Kickstarter Project earns $1 million in a day

**NintendoNut** · 02-09-2012, 06:21 PM

Tim Schafer (that lovely man who worked on Monkey Island games, Psychonauts, etc) started a Kickstarter project for a new adventure game with his company, Double Fine. It went live earlier today and not only did it exceed its $400,000 goal in just eight hours, it's received over $1 million in funding. By the time the 30-day window has passed, it's expected to have raised between $3-5 million. This is insane.

If they make many millions of $ on this, I hope they use some of that to set about the process of making a Grim Fandango HD remake (which may include having to buy the rights or some such) or a new Monkey Island game. I can dream, can't I?

Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions — Kickstarter

Rainbow Dash · 02-09-2012, 07:41 PM

I hope the Psychonauts 2 thing goes through.

***Cosmonautical*** · 02-13-2012, 11:56 PM

Shafer has the power to make some really awesome games. Let's hope he uses it wisely.

Kargath · 02-14-2012, 02:29 AM

I find the idea of donating money to a corporation kinda weird.

***Ace Mercury*** · 02-14-2012, 08:31 AM

When you phrase it like that, yeah, that sounds kind of weird. But, the "donators" do get something out of it; they get the game when if/when it's done. On the whole, their donation makes it more likely that there is another Tim Schafer game rather than no Tim Schafer game. I think it's called a donation for legal reasons; you don't really have a guarantee that something will fall out of it. It's like the old-timey patronage model for the arts except the Consumer is King.

Irregardless, I think this is the best way to get around the big publisher business model we have. Arguably, this only works with already-established names though (I doubt $1mm could be raised by a Tim Horton). It's nice that there are places where some indie game devs could pitch their design doc for a game, get backers from the general gaming public, then use that funding to actually develop the game.

***Cosmonautical*** · 02-14-2012, 08:37 AM

Here's a short but very cool and interesting interview with and article about Schafer:

Interview: Schafer’s Millions | Hookshot Inc.

Personally, I think it's awesome that he's not only doing this, but roped Gilbert into it!

***Ace Mercury*** · 02-14-2012, 09:16 AM

Nice interview. You did a good job there, Internet, giving that nice man millions of dollars.

02-09-2012, 06:21 PM	#1
NintendoNut PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,655 Thanks: 108 Thanked 85 Times in 56 Posts	Double Fine's Kickstarter Project earns $1 million in a day Tim Schafer (that lovely man who worked on Monkey Island games, Psychonauts, etc) started a Kickstarter project for a new adventure game with his company, Double Fine. It went live earlier today and not only did it exceed its $400,000 goal in just eight hours, it's received over $1 million in funding. By the time the 30-day window has passed, it's expected to have raised between $3-5 million. This is insane. If they make many millions of $ on this, I hope they use some of that to set about the process of making a Grim Fandango HD remake (which may include having to buy the rights or some such) or a new Monkey Island game. I can dream, can't I? Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions — Kickstarter

02-09-2012, 07:41 PM	#2
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,398 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	I hope the Psychonauts 2 thing goes through.

02-13-2012, 11:56 PM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Shafer has the power to make some really awesome games. Let's hope he uses it wisely.

02-14-2012, 02:29 AM	#4
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	I find the idea of donating money to a corporation kinda weird.

02-14-2012, 08:31 AM	#5
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	When you phrase it like that, yeah, that sounds kind of weird. But, the "donators" do get something out of it; they get the game when if/when it's done. On the whole, their donation makes it more likely that there is another Tim Schafer game rather than no Tim Schafer game. I think it's called a donation for legal reasons; you don't really have a guarantee that something will fall out of it. It's like the old-timey patronage model for the arts except the Consumer is King. Irregardless, I think this is the best way to get around the big publisher business model we have. Arguably, this only works with already-established names though (I doubt $1mm could be raised by a Tim Horton). It's nice that there are places where some indie game devs could pitch their design doc for a game, get backers from the general gaming public, then use that funding to actually develop the game.

02-14-2012, 08:37 AM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Here's a short but very cool and interesting interview with and article about Schafer: Interview: Schafer’s Millions \| Hookshot Inc. Personally, I think it's awesome that he's not only doing this, but roped Gilbert into it!

02-14-2012, 09:16 AM	#7
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Nice interview. You did a good job there, Internet, giving that nice man millions of dollars.