Double Fine Adventure

Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert want to make a modern classic-style point & click adventure game. If you are not familiar with Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert, beat yourself over the head with a monkey wrench, and then continue reading.

Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert go way back. Ron Gilbert may not have invented the adventure game genre, but he revolutionized it with LucasArts' 1987 cult classic, Maniac Mansion. A game that dropped the archaic command line interface found in earlier games for a much improved verb-based point & click interface. Maniac Mansion was unique in that you could choose two additional characters to accompany the main character from a group of six. Each character had his or her own set of skills, and because of this diversity, the game also contained several different outcomes. Ron Gilbert would go on to develop The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, and if you have not played either of those games, you should do yourself a favor and locate them on iOS, PlayStation Network, Steam, or Xbox Live.


Maniac Mansion Longplay

Tim Schafer is best known for Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, and most recently, Brütal Legend. Games that were all a stroke of creative genius in their own right. Definitely worth checking out. As of this writing, only Psychonauts is readily available via digital distribution channels, but you can probably still find boxed copies of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango on eBay or Amazon.


The Psychonauts Trailer


Brütal Legend - Official Story Trailer

Anyway, back to the point of this whole shibobble. In order to make this modern classic-style point & click adventure game, Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert need money. Your money to be precise. They have started a Kickstarter campaign to do just that. If you donate just $15, you get the game upon its release, access to the early beta, a documentary series, and insider forums. That is right. For just $15, you can be part of the game's development process. Pretty cool, huh?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure


Double Fine Adventure

UPDATE: Double Fine has raised more than one million in just 24 hours! They only needed $400,000 to make the game, but fans have said, "$400,000? Psssh. I want this game to be the best fucking game ever."