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

The whole Brutal Legend publisher circus probably contributed a lot to the desire of attempting unconventional methods of funding a game they wanted to make.
 
1 mill in under 24 hours...? Wow. This is unbelievable. Double Fine deserves all of this and more, especially because Brutal Legend and Psychonauts shouldn't have bombed! Viva la Double Fine.
 
Alchemy said:
Minecrafts model isn't the same as putting up a pitch and requesting money from random people on the internet. Minecraft actually delivered a product initially that you could play with so people saw an immediate return.

Scale of the project is also a huge concern. Minecraft would have been ruined if it was a large scale project following the same business model.

I'm not saying these things can't be successful to some degree, just trying to temper enthusiasm that publishers are somehow going the way of the dodo.
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Most publishers don't disappear over night, only THQ. Give them time! ;)

Now seriously. I agree with you and I already posted in this thread something very similar that this has a very limited scope. And I really think that the pay-for-alpha model and the kickstarter model are just incidental here. I know they are not the same, they just show that there are a lot of people that can make these kind of strategies viable.
 
Natiko said:
The point is Double Fine has proven they don't need a kick starter to get a game developed and published. Simple as that. I would prefer supporting someone who can't realize and fulfill their dreams and aspirations as opposed to a group that already has.
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Then go fund them and stop telling me how to spend my money. We do not share the same opinion. Are you really expecting to convince someone who loves double fine's work that they should abstain from helping Double Fine fund a new game? You seem a little dense and out of touch.
 
Deepo said:
I think the business with Notch yesterday kind of kick started the Kickstarter. I wonder if we would have seen the same kind of insane support if it weren't for him bringing Double Fine into the limelight right before they announced this campaign.
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I was wondering the same. Kind of incredible (yet totally coincidental I'm sure) timing for Notch there.

This whole thing has made me very happy. I've been F5'ing twitter a lot today with a stupid grin on my face. Hope this takes of as a model, I know of plenty other projects I'd like to fund.
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I'm sure there is at least one or two companies out there wondering about the possibility of having a dedicated site for funding gaming projects exclusively. The thing I love about it is that in essence it is not necessarily about maximizing profits for the developer or publisher, but allowing fans to choose what gets made, and developers work on what they like to do with much more creative freedom.

The greater issue from now on will be the delivery. Double Fine can pitch just an idea to people and run it on their track record alone. I doubt many other indie game studios could get away with that. There are a stupid amount of things that could go wrong in game development and in fact I actually am kind of excited to see how it will go wrong for them. This thing is running on hope and trust from now on and hopefully it turns out well for everyone because I'm with you, there are a stupid amount of games I would like to see get made. Not necessarily big projects either, just riskier less publisher driven, nostalgic ones by big talent like DF.
 
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Zefah said:
What is with people like you?

Why do you think people are funding this instead of donating to a charity?
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FlyinJ said:
You paid $15 to see Hangover 2? My god there are STARVING CHILDREN IN THE WORLD.

Get out of here.
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Zefah said:
You're not really saying "to each their own", though, you're just throwing it at the end of your post as a way to avoid responsibility for the rest of your drivel. It's just the same as the other bullshit escape that cowards use--"just saying, man." What you're really doing here is telling people how you think they should spend their money.

What makes you think that people funding this don't also donate to charities?

Whenever anyone makes a purchase for their own enjoyment, do you make snide remarks about how children are starving in Africa?
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kylej said:
lol enough of this Holier-than-thou horseshit. You're spending your free time (luxury) posting on a video game (luxury) message board (free speech, luxury) on your personal computer (luxury) on your high-speed internet connection (luxury). Gimme a break.
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Felix Lighter said:
You read his post wrong but I guess you were probably blinded by your own self righteousness.
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inky said:
It is exactly the same thing. You are being all self righteous about people raising money for a frivolous cause the same way I'm sure you frivolously spend money on things for you instead of donating all of your extra cash to charity and "good causes." Get off your fucking high horse.
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morningbus said:
If it helps, just label the things people are saying to you as opinions as well. Just, you know, opinions about your opinions. Now everyone has a right to tell you anything, no matter how nonsensical, negative, or pointless they may be!
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EatinOlives said:
You must've completely missed early this week when Schafer gave an interview exactly saying that no publisher would back up his pitch for Psychonauts 2.

But no, keep thinking they're an overly privileged big-box studio that are gaining completely undeserved amounts of backing from gullible fans. You're pissing in your own cereal just to hear yourself scream about it.
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Yoritomo said:
Then go fund them and stop telling me how to spend my money. We do not share the same opinion. Are you really expecting to convince someone who loves double fine's work that they should abstain from helping Double Fine fund a new game? You seem a little dense and out of touch.
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Keep in mind that I'm the bad person here even though my original post clearly stated "it's cool that their experiment paid off" and at no point did I ever say people SHOULDN'T have supported them, that they were wrong for holding a kick starter, or that nobody should spend any money except on charity. I like how I'm expected to get off my 'high horse' when I specifically stated that it was good that this paid off for them. It seems to me like the hive mind of this thread are the ones acting holier than thou.
 
Sciz said:
The entire point of this is that they can't get this game developed or published under traditional methods.
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Exactly. Because the "industry" deemed the genre dead, despite the fanbase, no publisher wants to invest in it. This has given voice to the cause of the fans in a great way and made the point that the market exists, despite the haters and non-game-playing executives who deemed it dead.
 
Ravidrath said:
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That's a joke, right? Because there's a reason the game on the right has been never before seen - it sounds BORING.

Unless...it features a band of bloodthirsty ninja ladyboys imported from Thailand to take down the leader of the political cartel running world affairs and taking a cut of illicit weapons trade while running the Fed, headed by the deep cover mastermind Dick Clark. I want to see the battle with sidekick Robo-Seacrest taking a balls-out beating from the ladyboys before he's dispatched and the real battle for world supremacy with Dick Clark begins with the alien hordes he commands swooping in.

It THAT's what they're talking about, they need a better copy writer, and I'm all in.
 
Natiko said:
Keep in mind that I'm the bad person here even though my original post clearly stated "it's cool that their experiment paid off" and at no point did I ever say people SHOULDN'T have supported them, that they were wrong for holding a kick starter, or that nobody should spend any money except on charity. I like how I'm expected to get off my 'high horse' when I specifically stated that it was good that this paid off for them. It seems to me like the hive mind of this thread are the ones acting holier than thou.
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Except you actually did suggest such a thing.
 
Natiko said:
Keep in mind that I'm the bad person here even though my original post clearly stated "it's cool that their experiment paid off" and at no point did I ever say people SHOULDN'T have supported them, that they were wrong for holding a kick starter, or that nobody should spend any money except on charity. I like how I'm expected to get off my 'high horse' when I specifically stated that it was good that this paid off for them. It seems to me like the hive mind of this thread are the ones acting holier than thou.
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"Hivemind"? Ah, yes, another cowardly escape tactic that the crazies like to use when they discover that their horrible opinion is (naturally) in the minority.

You're in here saying that you'd rather see money go to charity or unproven developers. That's suggesting that people spend their money in a different way. You are on a high horse, because you think your ideas for spending money are superior to that of others. It doesn't matter how many times you write "to each their own", you obviously don't mean that.
 
Feep said:
Girl on the left is super cute!
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I totally see people I know in that picture. Awesome. I'm Super Special.

kylej said:
lol enough of this Holier-than-thou horseshit. You're spending your free time (luxury) posting on a video game (luxury) message board (free speech, luxury) on your personal computer (luxury) on your high-speed internet connection (luxury). Gimme a break.
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Basically this.
 
Ravidrath said:
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Lol... what is this garbage?

I know nothing about the game on the right, but if their main selling point was activism bullshit, then I can see why they didn't get their funding.

edit: I found their website... The art style looks lifted straight from a typical J-RPG/K-RPG. Why do they think that they are special? Their "white people suck!" attitude is very off-putting, too.
 
Tempy said:
Except you actually did suggest such a thing.
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Zefah said:
"Hivemind"? Ah, yes, another cowardly escape tactic that the crazies like to use when they discover that their horrible opinion is (naturally) in the minority.

You're in here saying that you'd rather see money go to charity or unproven developers. That's suggesting that people spend their money in a different way. You are on a high horse, because you think your ideas for spending money are superior to that of others. It doesn't matter how many times you write "to each their own", you obviously don't mean that.
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I really don't think you want to go down the 'majority opinion=fact' road. Also, I specifically said that I would have preferred to see something different. Unlike some people in this thread, I have the ability to hold my own opinion without trying to beat down other's for theirs.
 
vireland said:
Exactly. Because the "industry" deemed the genre dead, despite the fanbase, no publisher wants to invest in it. This has given voice to the cause of the fans in a great way and made the point that the market exists, despite the haters and non-game-playing executives who deemed it dead.
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Hey Vic, would this work for a localization deal? What do you think?
 
Natiko said:
Keep in mind that I'm the bad person here even though my original post clearly stated "it's cool that their experiment paid off" and at no point did I ever say people SHOULDN'T have supported them, that they were wrong for holding a kick starter, or that nobody should spend any money except on charity. I like how I'm expected to get off my 'high horse' when I specifically stated that it was good that this paid off for them. It seems to me like the hive mind of this thread are the ones acting holier than thou.
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For the benefit of everyone else, in a sentence or two, just calmly and cleanly explain what your point was.

Or do you not even have a point anymore?
 
Natiko said:
Keep in mind that I'm the bad person here even though my original post clearly stated "it's cool that their experiment paid off"
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Yeah, right after you sarcastically noted: "A million dollars? That's wonderful! I can't wait until they release it and it's mediocre just like *insert any game Double Fine's ever made*!"

Sorry if I don't believe you were being honest the second time around. And I don't think you are a bad person, just misguided. These kinds of "that money could've gone to charity or something better" comments always appear when people gather up and do something cool like this. The fact is that ALL MONEY we ever spent could have gone to a better cause, it's a dumb point to make.

and at no point did I ever say people SHOULDN'T have supported them
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Except for the part where you did and went on about how there are more worthy causes in the world to give money to, as I'm sure you do.

It seems to me like the hive mind of this thread are the ones acting holier than thou.
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The good 'ol hivemind post. LOL. You done?
 
Sciz said:
The entire point of this is that they can't get this game developed or published under traditional methods.
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I kinda have to disagree. If Tim REALLY wanted to do an adventure game, he easily could have gotten $400k from a publisher to make one. He would be talking with Focus Home Interactive, or someone along those lines. That really isn't a lot of risk at $400k.

Your comparing it as if Tim is going to publishers with a 50 man team and a $10m budget and tell them he plans on doing an adventure game. Of course, he would never get support for that.
 
Natiko said:
I really don't think you want to go down the 'majority opinion=fact' road. Also, I specifically said that I would have preferred to see something different. Unlike some people in this thread, I have the ability to hold my own opinion without trying to beat down other's for theirs.
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I didn't say, nor imply that.

All I said is that that lots of crazies who have awful opinions tend to go into victim mode and start grouping everyone else into one big bunch of "aggressors" and use words like "hivemind" to dehumanize them.
 
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