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[Mabase]

I wonder how many people have donated to this not because they're fans of adventure games, but because they're just tired of the publishers running the industry the way they do.

I'll be one of them. (Don't get me wrong I loved the old Lucasartsgames. I just don't enjoy them as much anymore) I guess at the moment it's mostly DF-/Adventuregame-fans; in the coming days, when the structural beauty behind this whole thing truly hits, it could be hordes of pissed oldschool gamers that are sick of seeing this industry going the Hollywood route.

Interesting times, indeed.

 

[petethepanda]

Tim should be listening to this while watching the Kickstarter money rolling in

Need a gif of Tim at the drumset, stat

 

[Spectacular Dr Dawg]

Funny you should mention that.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller

It's not Gabriel Knight, and she's not fully involved, but it's something!

Thanks for posting that. I'll have to "invest" in that too since Gabriel Knight 1 is my favorite point & click game ever.

Edit: Aww shit just noticed that it's already over.

 

[sonicmj1]

Old men, running the world -> A NEW AGE

-> hey if we reach a million dollars on kickstarter we'll give you access to the battlefield 4 beta

I'm not a huge adventure game fan, and Psychonauts is the only Doublefine game I own, but I really love that studio, so I pitched in $15. Considering revising it upward to $30.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

i was wondering last night, but what is the current record?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter#Top_projects_by_funds_raised

This campaign should end up being at least #2

 

[CrAzY FiNgErS]

They are not the first to break a million. It's rare, but not unheard of.

Looks like wikepedia states $942,578 as the top fund raiser. Maybe Double Fine will break this.

 

[TheBear]

I really hope it's just a pure point n click, as in you only use the mouse. I hated the controls of Grim Fandango and I think BTTF had similar controls as well.

 

[Garcia]

What what! Just about to break the $900k line.

:O

 

[EVIL]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter#Top_projects_by_funds_raised

This campaign should end up being at least #2

They have 33 days left, they will get the #1 spot easily, my estimate, around 2 million.
edit: they are at almost 900.000 now, I mean.. why stop? you don't only put your money in the hands of the people making the game, you also pre-order it for dirt cheap with awesome bonuses.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

i was wondering last night, but what is the current record?

Actually, I thought the watch one made over $1 million. Turns out it only made $942k. That's the current highest on Kickstarter.

The current highest video game is 171k.

 

[Card Boy]

3million calling it now. I'm telling you like 30-40% of the funds from these things come in the last couple of days where people go into last miniute panic mode.

 

[Ceebs]

I wonder if they have enough to fully voice the entire game with real voice actors yet.

 

[thcsquad]

For a studio DF's size it's actually not. Buuuuuuuuut it's till awesome to see this happening.

Keep in mind that DF is not putting their whole studio on this game. They mentioned in the kickstarter campaign that a small team within the company will be working on it.

 

[Alchemy]

This whole thing has made me all warm and fuzzy inside. Humanity has come so close to redeeming itself. So close.

 

[Suairyu]

Actually, I thought the watch one made over $1 million. Turns out it only made $942k. That's the current highest on Kickstarter.

The current highest video game is 171k.

Tim Schafer is going to break two records in one go as part of his impressive hobbies.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

If it hits $2 or $3 million, then even WITH the Kickstarter and Amazon cuts, this game just became as profitable as some of BioWare's recent titles.

EDIT: Wait, no, that logic does not work.

 

[Bebpo]

I wonder if they have enough to fully voice the entire game with real voice actors yet.

I'd be surprised if real voice actors don't volunteer to work for charity in order to keep the costs of the game down. A lot of them are gamers too and many have donated already.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

It's broken 900K! Oh god oh man!

I'm sure that, with all of this pledged dough, Tim and co. can hire all the actual voice talent they'd so love to have.

 

[SovanJedi]

....and now $900k is go! EEEEE!

 

[wonderkins]

Actually, I thought the watch one made over $1 million. Turns out it only made $942k. That's the current highest on Kickstarter.

The current highest video game is 171k.

A little clicking after your attempt at correction shows that an iphone dock, elevation dock, will close the highest at ~ $1.03 million.

 

[rainking187]

Actually, I thought the watch one made over $1 million. Turns out it only made $942k. That's the current highest on Kickstarter.

The current highest video game is 171k.

There's actually one for an iPod dock that's over a million currently, it just hasn't ended yet. It's linked on the wiki page though.

 

[SomeDude]

Does anyone here know how much bastion cost to make? I'd really like to know the answer to that question.

 

[Card Boy]

With under 4 days left out of a 80 day campaign, the AVGN: Movie had 240K raised, then it finished at $325,927. I predict a similar percentage increase in the last couple of days.

 

[Sutton Dagger]

I'm really excited about the implications of this for the industry at large, some games (even larger ones) could potentially be funded entirely by the community without the need for publishers (and their interference).

Who would be interested in funding Shenmue 3?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

A little clicking after your attempt at correction shows that an iphone dock, elevation dock, will close the highest at ~ $1.03 million.

Nice.

 

[Danthrax]

$900,000 has been broken with 23,222 donators! Average donation has dropped since last night to $38.75.

 

[Falagard]

Who would be interested in funding Shenmue 3?

Holy shit you're right. Shenmue 3 should do this.

 

[Tempy]

Looks like wikepedia states $942,578 as the top fund raiser. Maybe Double Fine will break this.

The Elevation Dock (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-best-dock-for-iphone) has 2 days left and has broken $1M. That will be the next #1 until Double Fine breaks it.

EDIT: beaten

 

[Celine]

If it hits $2 or $3 million, then even WITH the Kickstarter and Amazon cuts, this game just became as profitable as some of BioWare's recent titles.

EDIT: Wait, no, that logic does not work.

It does work if Tim escape to to Monkey Island with the treasure chest.

 

[Vire]

900k...

100k to hit 1 million!

23,000 backers. wow

 

[sixghost]

Does anyone here know how much bastion cost to make? I'd really like to know the answer to that question.

That is a very different type of cost. Since I don't think the 5 people at supergiant were taking salaries, you'd need to measure most of the expense in opportunity cost, since they could have been earning a salary elsewhere.

 

[Bebpo]

The Elevation Dock (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-best-dock-for-iphone) has 2 days left and has broken $1M. That will be the next #1 until Double Fine breaks it.

EDIT: beaten

I would say they probably feel bad about losing the record only days after achieving it, but considering the INSANE amount of money they are going to make...I don't think they mind

 

[Suairyu]

I'm tempted to chip in the $15 for the documentary. Though having HD resolution at a higher cost is a little poor, in my opinion.

That nets me a copy of the game as well, right?

 

[GavinGT]

I'm really excited about the implications of this for the industry at large, some games (even larger ones) could potentially be funded entirely by the community without the need for publishers (and their interference).

Who would be interested in funding Shenmue 3?

Suzuki would really have to convince me that he even has a team capable of doing that at this point. Plus, that would require many millions of dollars to be raised before such a project would cease to be a risk.

 

[Wildesy]

Now that they've increased their budget so much I'm sure they'll be able to upgrade this from a point and click adventure. Phew!

 

[Dog Problems]

Now that they've increased their budget so much I'm sure they'll be able to upgrade this from a point and click adventure. Phew!

Not sure if you're joking or not.

 

[Azih]

I'm tempted to chip in the $15 for the documentary. Though having HD resolution at a higher cost is a little poor, in my opinion.

That nets me a copy of the game as well, right?

15 gets you the game and streaming video series.

30 gets you the HD download of doc with extras, soundtrack.

From site:
Pledge $15 or more
12179 Backers

The finished game in all of its awesome glory on Steam, exclusive access to the PC Beta on Steam, access to the video series, and access the private discussion community.
Estimated Delivery: Oct 2012
Pledge $30 or more
8345 Backers

HD download of the documentary series with extras, Digital game soundtrack, and all previous reward tiers.
Estimated Delivery: Oct 2012

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I'm tempted to chip in the $15 for the documentary. Though having HD resolution at a higher cost is a little poor, in my opinion.

That nets me a copy of the game as well, right?

Yes it does.

 

[Corto]

3million calling it now. I'm telling you like 30-40% of the funds from these things come in the last couple of days where people go into last miniute panic mode.

I think that people that would pledge money more enthusiastically will do so in the first few days. Though I can see a small spike at the tail end of the 33 days (another month, another salary, bills already payed). I can even see myself putting an extra 15$ next month. But who knows where this will end really?

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Amazing. Now go kick-start Planescape 2 Chris!

 

[Suairyu]

Does anyone know what's included in the $30 'extras'? More documentary stuff?

 

[Celine]

Amazing. Now go kick-start Anachronox 2 Tom!

Fixed ( both would be awesome actually )

 

[Wildesy]

Not sure if you're joking or not.

I'm leaning towards a first person shooter. Thoughts?

 

[trinest]

Does anyone know what's included in the $30 'extras'? More documentary stuff?

HD and you can download it.

Sounds not worth an extra $15 to me.

 

[Svafnir]

Well looks like it will hit 1 million tonight easily

 

[Dog Problems]

I'm leaning towards a first person shooter. Thoughts?

As long as we get that adventure game I really don't care what else they do with the money.

 

[thefro]

HD and you can download it.

Sounds not worth an extra $15 to me.

You get the Game's OST too.

 

[bernardobri]

HD and you can download it.

Sounds not worth an extra $15 to me.

It includes the game soundtrack in digital distribution, too.

 

[Garcia]

Well looks like it will hit 1 million tonight easily

I think it'll reach 1 million in a couple of hours since it's moving so quickly.

 

[Bebpo]

HD and you can download it.

Sounds not worth an extra $15 to me.

Most of the "prizes" aren't worth it tbh, what's worth it is the quality of the game that the extra money funds.