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Double Fine Crowdsourcing

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A Kickstarter campaign to fund development of a new adventure game from Double Fine has immediately taken off, following recent indications from Minecraft creator Notch that he was willing to help fund Psychonauts 2, though the Psychonauts IP is not mentioned by name. This has already raised considerably more than its $400K target, with a single $10K spot sold out, seven out of ten $5K pledges sold, and more than a half-million dollars already in the budget. Here's a explanation:

Keeping the scale of the project this small accomplishes two things. First and foremost, Double Fine gets to make the game they want to make, promote it in whatever manner they deem appropriate, and release the finished product on their own terms. Secondly, since they’re only accountable to themselves, there’s an unprecedented opportunity to show the public what game development of this caliber looks like from the inside. Not the sanitized commercials-posing-as-interviews that marketing teams only value for their ability to boost sales, but an honest, in-depth insight into a modern art form that will both entertain and educate gamers and non-gamers alike.

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Re: Double Fine Crowdsourcing

Feb 9, 2012, 20:36

jdreyer

creatorswhim wrote on Feb 9, 2012, 17:30:
How long do you guys think it will take for Bobby Kotick to start crowdsourcing Activision's games?

I mean, get the money up front then sell DLC on the back end... sounds like he just doubled Activision's profits.

Bobby doesn't have the good will to earn any crowdsourcing cash. Tim Schafer does. It's really that simple.




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Comment [quote="jdreyer"Feb 9, 2012, 20:36][quote="creatorswhim"Feb 9, 2012, 17:30]How long do you guys think it will take for Bobby Kotick to start crowdsourcing Activision's games? I mean, get the money up front then sell DLC on the back end... sounds like he just doubled Activision's profits. [/quote] Bobby doesn't have the good will to earn any crowdsourcing cash. Tim Schafer does. It's really that simple. [/quote]

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