Sarcasm, attempt at humour, misinformation or new information?Andy Chalk said:
Not sure but I think I could fit most of the double fine team in my house and maybe use the carport for overflow. I got the idea they aren't that big.Brad Shepard said:
I think the update was made at $800,000.Vrach said:
I saw the "oh look, loads of money, thanks, all extra cash is gonna go on stuff like this, this and this", but I never saw them actually saying what they're gonna do specifically and for sure, last I saw was a statement that basically read "don't worry, we're not gonna spend everything over the 400k mark on punch and pie".2fish said:
I have not see specifics such as the ipad 200 HD edition but they did say EFIGS and say they were looking into ios other devices. Probably can't say it 100% until they have ended the drive and started working. Why dedicate X dollars to ios when you have no idea how many dollars there will be total?Vrach said:
I love them too, but with that kind of time schedule (a few months) and budget, the only place it can go is a 2 and a half hour long, pretty entertaining, point and click adventure game, NOW ALSO WITH TOUCH FEATURES ON iOS! In my opinion, they should have used the kickstarter buzz to secure funding by a publisher on top of that, so they can make an actual game.Radioactive Kitten said:
They are a game developer. Game developers do not always have the kind of money necessary to make a game by themselves. The fact that Double Fine is a company doesn't mean that they make billions of dollars annually, and race sailboats off the coast of Monaco every weekend. Developers often rely on publishers and other corporate investors for funding. Publishers obviously don't often want to bother greenlighting a game that takes a substantial risk. This is why many AAA titles are often first-person shooters or formulaic RPGs. They have been tested, and proven to sell. Innovative titles do come out every now and again, but it can be an uphill battle, unless the developer has proven time and again, like Valve for example, that pretty much everything they touch is a hit. Think of this kickstarter thing as a type of investing. Educated consumers are putting up their own money, with a risk, to get something made that they believe in. This is at the heart of what investment should be.Brad Shepard said:
I won't mind a short length if the writing is good and the puzzles are fun. I'm certainly not expecting a massive epic adventure considering they've scheduled it to release in October and it's priced at only $15.Carnagath said:
To be fair in this case most people are just doing the 15$ to buy the game. It's not like Double Fine is a charity, and while you can give more the majority of people are basically buying the game up front, with the belief that the people behind it can make a good product.Brad Shepard said:
Honestly, everyone I know who's given them money is "pre-ordering" the game, so to speak. The Yahtzee thing was just sending Yahtzee to... what was it, PAX? I can see where people view it differently. Since the basic gift for donating is getting a copy of the game for a price I would expect to pay for an adventure game like that ($15 is less than I paid for my Sam & Max game) it has a bit of a different feel to it.Brad Shepard said:
