Double Fine asks fans for donations to make a new game. Fans donate over $1,500,000

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Double Fine (Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Costume Quest, Stacking, The Secret of Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle,) wanted to secure backing to create a new adventure game. Asking fans for donations in advance, with any denomination accepted, and rewards starting at $15 (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).

Double Fine, originally hoping to achieve $400,000 in 30 days, was overwhelmed with support, reaching the lofty sum of $1,500,000 in one day. Holy Toledo!


Double Fine is also discussing beginning work on Psychonauts 2, with the unabashedly gushing Tim Schafer fan Notch (minecraft) pledging support for the game. (Nothing official yet)



Also: Stacking is coming to PC via Steam soon
 
Wow, that's really awesome of their fans. Double Fine makes some really cool, fun, and innovative games... I can't wait to see what they do with that money!
 
I've never really liked Double Fines games but there fan base is pretty awesome. I still hear things about Psychonauts even though its a pretty old game.
 
People can give away 1.5m$ in a day for video games, but people are still starving and charities are still asking.
 
shan^K said:
People can give away 1.5m$ in a day for video games, but people are still starving and charities are still asking.
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The difference is we know where this money is going, as they can hardly make it disappear without telling anyone, and we're the ones getting the benefit here. Whereas with charities, it's a bit sketchy, as Peta sends about 90% of their donations to advertising.
 
SirFormidio said:
The difference is we know where this money is going, as they can hardly make it disappear without telling anyone, and we're the ones getting the benefit here. Whereas with charities, it's a bit sketchy, as Peta sends about 90% of their donations to advertising.
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If you do your homework, you'll know where your money is going when you donate to charities. PETA is largely a group based around creating an awareness, so the fact that they spend the majority of their donations on advertising is not surprising.

I am with shan^K on this one. While it is cool they'll be making a new game and have a devoted fan base, the response is also just as disappointing.

In reality, unlike what is pointed out in the article, creating a video game costs nothing (assuming you have a computer and software already). If the person or persons are really committed (or in this case are knowingly successful) the game could be developed only at the cost of spare time - the knowledge and talent is already there, sitting, doing nothing. Or they could simply do as other people do and a quire business loans. A question remains though that if they were so wildy successful in the past, why could they not back themselves.

The consolation is that you get the game when it's done (if you pay $15+). The anti-consolation is that you may not like the end product, but you've already paid.

Expect to see this funding method growing into a trend now.
 
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