Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter project by Double Fine [ended, $3.3 Million funded]

I really hope an iOS and Mac version materialize. Still donated $15 even though I have no way to play the Steam PC version. Best of luck to them.
 
Yaboosh said:
What is to stop someone from just running with any money they raise for their "project"?
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They will lose their reputation and in the information age we currently live in, that's worth more than anything else to an entrepreneur.

A fool and his money are soon parted, so if you give money to someone who has no reputation that's on you.
 
I wonder if this would work on large scale projects, just the amount of games i'd want to donate to.. Sequels to Rare titles, BGE2, shenmue 3, skies of arcadia 2, this could be a big problem for my budget if it takes off in a direction i'd want.

Really cool though.
 
$30 bucks in for me.

He'd said he'd listen to fans and they would help shape the game.

I don't know how I feel about that. Hopefully it doesn't turn into some sort of "I donated 100 dollars you should listen to me! WAHHHH".

I really hope they aren't pressured into stupid shit they don't want to put in just because now their funding might be from a more vocal audience.

Also holy shit!
www.doublefine.com said:
Pledge $150,000 or more:
Tim Schafer (that’s me) will give last four remaining Triangle Boxed Day of the Tentacles, in original shrink-wrap.” (Limit of 1) (Holy crap, what am I thinking? I only have four of those!)
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The video is amazing.

I'm mostly just interested in the documentary but might consider going for $100 to get my name in the credits and for the poster.
 
If this succeeds you can bet we'll see it happen more and more often in the future.
 
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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You get a copy of the game if you donate 15 bucks, which is the normal price of the game I'd guess, what's the problem?
 
FateBreaker said:
I think that you're missing the point of this....[snip]... For this particular genre, this is the only way to get it produced--and more to the point, solid evidence that people would really pay for another one of these games.
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Stumpokapow said:
You don't need to worry.....[snip]...To me, this Kickstarter is very promising news because it basically says "We're at the point where we have enough breathing room to try to work without publishers, rather than desperately going hat in hand to every publisher out there"
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That's probably a much more accurate read on the whole situation. I do feel like I was looking at it too pessimistically (cynical is the wrong word). I want them to succeed, it's just that gut reaction it is a forewarning as opposed to a unique opportunity that they have the freedom and ability to pursue. But yeah, the more I think about it, it definitely feels like the only way to get a Point and Click Adventure going. The genre's not as bad off as it was years ago, but it's not exactly the most fertile and risk-averse arena to develop for.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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Or maybe people donate to the cause because they want to. Also, a donation buys you the game. It's like pre-ordering.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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I don't think I quite understand what you're going for here.

I don't think you understand what you're going for.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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Not really. All you're doing is paying for the game before you get it.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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.... wow, you're cynical.

This is the new economy, dude.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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I look at it as an experiment and way to show those professionals at said successful corporations that these kind of games do have a market.

Also, adding quotation marks to words that aren't quotes just makes you look silly.
 
Jocchan said:
If this succeeds you can bet we'll see it happen more and more often in the future.
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Yup. To quote Tim: "So basically I’m just talking about changing the entire world forever for the better" Haha :D

Seriously, this is an amazing idea. Wouldn't be surprised if it had GAF's full support!
 
I stopped to watch the movie then refreshed the page when it ended. Another $10,000 was pledged while I was laughing at Tim.
 
butter_stick said:
Has it really come to this? I suppose Schafer is sensible to try and leverage his "gamer cred" to get "support" from "fans", but can't he just approach other Internet gaming celebrities to finance his flops? Obviously notch is choking on his innovation money to the point he'd waste $$$ on Psychonauts 2, but rather than fleece hrdcore NeoGaffers and social media followers can't he go to Michael Pachter or a successful gurl gamer? I'm sure David Jaffe would like some of this indie buzz too. Twisted Metal is lacking in credibility as an art game.

In a recession should you really be going to your fan base to finance something financial professionals at successful corporations have said is "unprofitable, Tim"? I guess when all you have to pay people for their investment is dinner with your celebrity game designer profitability shouldn't be a problem. Maybe that's the point. To take the "business" out of "business" and turn it in to a charity. Like when those companies send you Christmas cards and then tell you you should pay them for sending them to you. That'll work one or two times, but I can't imagine dinner with any male is good enough to pay $10k for more than once or twice.
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We the funders are investing money to get a Tim Schaffer adventure game, not to make profit. You seem to be missing the point. No one is going to "lose money" from this.
 
Fucking A, it's almost at 100k already. Whoever said it was going to hit 400k tomorrow... looks like it.

Now the game is to try to figure out where it will end.

B-Genius said:
Yup. To quote Tim: "So basically I’m just talking about changing the entire world forever for the better"
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Let's not sugarcoat it.

It's still just a video game.
 
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