Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
For what it's worth, they don't sign up and randomly throw any damn number up there. The project is pitched to Kickstarter along with the funding needed; KS has to approve the proposal and the target.
Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter project by Double Fine [ended, $3.3 Million funded]
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For what it's worth, they don't sign up and randomly throw any damn number up there. The project is pitched to Kickstarter along with the funding needed; KS has to approve the proposal and the target.
Which is good since it's been made clear that they only actually need 200k and are just scamming the internet for the other half.
I hope this isn't in lieu of the whole Psychonauts 2 thing. Hopefully they realized how much certain people still care about them and decided to just go whole-hog with it.
Yep. let's just call it here, shall we? Anyone donating after this point is just getting shafted. It's a good thing we have people around here who think of these things.
Yep. let's just call it here, shall we? Anyone donating after this point is just getting shafted. It's a good thing we have people around here who think of these things.
Technosteve
Banned
This woukd be funnier if this game was a txt adventure game, god damn now I need to know if infocom ever had concept art for the gru and the white picket fence.
Incendiary
Banned
Welp, I put my $100 down. If I get a job between now and when the project ends, I may bump it up to $250.
harriet the spy
Member
How are they going to make one game with 200k? That sounds dramatically little. I am assuming paying a programmer for a year, benefits/taxes included, goes to 150k (and that's probably being pessimistic). So that's like one programmer and a half, for a year?
Anyway, donated my share.
Anyway, donated my share.
outunderthestars
Banned
Awesome!
bigtroyjon
Member
To add to that, employee expense to a company is much higher than the actual salary by a decent amount, probably 20-40% but I don't know much about taxes in California or the benefits that DF pays.
SteveWinwood
Member
Yeah you'd still need to be somewhat big to pull this off. This isn't going to happen to indie starters anytime soon, because they'll have no history to look off to see what they can do. The big companies will stick with publishers because they'll still make more money that way.
This really only works with someone the right size. Right now.
EatinOlives
Member
a Master Ninja
Member
Donated $100. Feels good, man. Looking forward to the behind the scenes videos.
Actually, there are quite a few game projects on kickstarter.
harriet the spy
Member
Yeah, i think doubling a person's salary to account for cost of office, taxes, benefits (health care) is a good rule of thumb.
Amazon payments? but but but im Mexican...im only have Paypal
You should still be able to send money? I thought the US restriction was only for receiving.
My game was partially funded through Kickstarter.
Admittedly, on a hundredth of this scale.
Bomber Bob
Banned
You can use Amazon Payments worldwide.
It's not actually on the front page of Reddit yet. It's on the front page of Reddit GAMING, but not the actual main site. ...it's coming though.
Just because you made the numbers fit doesn't mean they're right.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Got its own category.
Cydonian__Knight
Member
$200,000 in a matter of hours. That's damn impressive.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I'm in for $15. I'm not a huge fan of Double Fine's more recent work, but having two of the god-kings of adventure games on the project makes me feel good about my bet.
Plus, as much joy as I got out of Maniac Mansion I'll consider it just my way of paying them back if it all goes south.
Plus, as much joy as I got out of Maniac Mansion I'll consider it just my way of paying them back if it all goes south.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
outunderthestars
Banned
Yep. Both board and videogames.
I ended up funding two more board games tonight thank to this thread and my constant refreshing of the DF page...
Something like this would've been in the works well before Notch came out of the blue with his proposal.
tetrisgrammaton
Member
Nintendo's Kickstarting Wii U.
Yeah... I would *love* for Volition to do a Freespace 3, but since they belong to THQ (for now at least) is hard do imagine them "cut out publishers all together" as Tim says in the video. Which is sad because I imagine the cost of decent space sim is probably not that high in comparison with the current popular genres.
Which is why I love this project by Tim Schaffer. As you said, the key here is "capable independent developer" and to me you probably can't get a lot better the Double Fine. There games are never perfect, but I always end up having a very good time playing them.
And holy crap at reaching the 50% mark so fast.
Yeah, you just need an Amazon account. I'm from Mexico as well and gave my $15 hours ago.
bigtroyjon
Member
What the hell are you talking about? Employees cost a company an awful lot more than just the salary. Unemployment, workman's comp and SS/Medicare alone is going to be over 10%.(probably closer to 20%, but again, I don't know California) If they pay benefits you are getting closer to at least 40% without even factoring the overhead of running a business.
You know, I'd give Double Fine a few thousand dollars to hire Yahtzee on as a freelance writer/designer. I think he gets game design and writing more than anybody in the industry today. Wish a company like DF would make him an offer he can't refuse.
Schafter + Gilbert + Yahtzee would be my dream adventure game for the ages.
Schafter + Gilbert + Yahtzee would be my dream adventure game for the ages.
Vire
Member
Felicia Day has that kind of dough? Jeez...
tetrisgrammaton
Member
Sony's Kickstarting PS4
SteveWinwood
Member
But not of even close to this scale.
Granted I was still wrong.
But I guess I sort of meant releases with teams of people from an established company.
It's already the most funded project of the category of all time after 2 hours.
Technosteve
Banned
Someone donate 10K go to dinner with them and slip Gabe truth serum, we most have Halflife 3 answers
yahtzee's games are pretty great, wish he'd go back to making them instead of doing sarcastic game reviewing for the millionth time for an escapist pay check
charlequin
Banned
Quite a few completely unproven indies are having successful Kickstarters; they're just for $5,000 to pay one person (or whatever) rather than $400,000 to fund a moderate-sized studio for three months. I have a friend who raised $7,500 for a tabletop RPG project.
tetrisgrammaton
Member
Double Fine is big enough to raise their own capital. Give me a fucking break.
Somebody should tell Gabe video games don't cost that much to make, and Schafer's out to steal his monies.
That 10K could be going towards Half Life 3, and instead it's going to expand Double Fine's corporate yachtclub!