Double Fine's bid to raise funding for an old-school PS point-and-click adventure came to a close last night, raising a total of $3,336,371 from over 87,000 backers. The project began last month, with Tim Schafer's studio asking for a modest $400,000 to fund development of the game. That total was passed within hours, and hit a million within a day. More >
Double Fine Adventure, Tim Schafer's Kickstarter bid to fund development of a PC point-and-click adventure, has raised more than $3 million (£1.9 million) - and there are still ten hours to go. At the time of writing the project has raised $3,027,728 from a total of 79,698 backers. Double Fine is to count down the final two hours in a live web stream. More >
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has told Tim Schafer he would have no problem stumping up $13 million to fund development of a Psychonauts sequel. Last week, Schafer revealed he had pitched Psychonauts 2 to publishers but had been knocked back, saying someone would "just have to give me a few million dollars" for it to happen. Enter Persson, who offered on Twitter to fund it out of his Minecraft war chest. More >
1Double Fine head Tim Schafer has said that independent developers are drifting away from the "closed" console download services because of prohibitive costs, claiming that patches alone cost $40,000. Speaking to Hookshot Inc, Schafer said that while Xbox Live Arcade and PSN were genuine options for indies when their host platforms launched, the likes of Steam and the App Store, as well as the Minecraft model, are now much better routes to market. More >
Leading developers on what Double Fine Adventure means for the game industry's future.
Double Fine's Kickstarter project has raised $1.2 million, three times the amount the studio originally sought from fans to fund development of a PC graphic adventure. The project raised a million dollars within 24 hours of launch, and has more than trebled its funding target with 32 days to spare. More >
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Tim Schafer's studio has raised $400,000 to fund development of a game most publishers would have dismissed out of hand. Where do we go from here, asks Nathan Brown.
5Tim Schafer's Double Fine studio is financing its new project through crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Double Fine seeks $400,000 for its game, a classic point-and-click currently titled Double Fine Adventure, and has already raised over $300,000 from over 6,000 backers. In return, the studio promises to develop it "in the public eye." More >
1Double Fine founder Tim Schafer has said that he wants to make a sequel to 2005 platformer Psychonauts. "I would love to do Psychonauts 2, I've actually pitched that to publishers several times and no-one has taken the bait so far," Schafer told Digital Spy. "So it is hard because fans don't often know how the business works, with the difference between a developer and a publisher, it's hard to explain that. "I'd love to do that game, but I'd have to convince someone to just give me a few million dollars, that's all." More >
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The Double Fine founder tells us why working with young children and hot lava results in fertile creative ground.
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From heavy metal to Sesame Street, the studio that’s so much more than just ‘what Tim Schafer did next’.
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Formerly known as Trenched, Double Fine's mech game finally gets a European release. We hunker down to see how it fares.
Ron Gilbert has revealed two pieces of concept art from the game he is working on with Double Fine, the studio run by his Secret Of Monkey Island co-creator Tim Schafer. More >
4Iron Brigade, known outside Europe as Trenched, will be released on Xbox Live Arcade on November 30. The European release of Double Fine's mech tower defence game was held up due to a trademark dispute, with a Portuguese designer claiming that, under the name Trenched, the game would violate his trademark for a war-themed board game called Trench. More >
Double Fine has blamed the ongoing delay for the European release of Iron Brigade on Microsoft's famously arduous certification process, which has been further complicated by the change from its original name, Trenched, amid fears of a protracted trademark battle. Trenched - released in the US in June - was delayed in Europe due to a potential violation of a trademark held by a Portuguese designer for his board game Trench. The name was changed in August and was due for release the following month, but it is yet to appear on the Xbox Live Marketplace. More >
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2In an unexpected move, Double Fine has released a significant update to its much-loved 2005 platformer Psychonauts. The update, available now to Steam users, adds achievements and cloud saving, and makes some subtle tweaks to the notoriously exacting Meat Circus level. More >
Double Fine's mech battler Trenched, recently blocked from release in Europe due to a board game designer's ownership of the trademark Trench, will be renamed Iron Brigade worldwide when it launches in Europe this month. Speaking on Whiskey Media's Big Live Live Show Live Double Fine's Greg Rice and Brad Muir said that the decision was to ensure that players of all versions could play online together, and that the update would include a new survival mode, weapons, costumes and gestures. Muir also confirmed that additional DLC is currently being worked on.
"Most kids' games are cheaply made," says Warner's Jon Katz, who plans to break the pattern with Double Fine's Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster.
The studio's founder tells us Double Fine wouldn't be here today if it had continued to focus on large-scale projects.