Update: Incredibly, in just under 8 hours, the Kickstarter project has already hit the goal of $400,000. Schafer remarked that additional contribution would be used to further improve the game or to bring it to extra platforms.
Tim Schafer cut his teeth doing traditional graphic adventures and many people would like to see him return to these sorts of games. Since publishers are highly reluctant to fund old-school adventure game, Double Fine is turning to crowd funding.
“At Double Fine we try to be as creative with our business and funding ideas as we do with our games. So we are happy to announce that we will be using the crowd funding innovators Kickstarter to fund an honest to goodness adventure game,” said Double Fine's Greg Rice. “Double Fine will use Kickstarter to gather funds for the game, offering the project’s Backers rewards in exchange for their contribution. Rewards include advance access to the game, original art from its development, and a bowling night out with the team.”
“2 Player Productions, creators of the Kickstarter-funded documentary Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, will be filming the team throughout the process,” continued Rice. “They will create a unique, serialized documentary available only to Backers. The 2 Player crew has been granted full access to the Double Fine studios, and their documentary will provide never-before-seen look at the real game production process at Double Fine.”
More information can be found at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure.
