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• Developers Double Fine announced on Wednesday a $400,000 Kickstarter campaign

  thewall.com | 5:24 am Feb 9, 2012

  • Developers Double Fine announced on Wednesday a $400,000 Kickstarter campaign
  • Schafer who is founder of CA-based Double Fine,is also known for LucasArts adventure games such as Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle
  • Studio has to raise $400,000 for the project, to gets the funds

• The Double Fine Adventure-Adventure is here!

  doublefine.com | 5:14 am Feb 9, 2012

  Publishers tell us that adventure games are dead. Our fans tell us they aren’t. Who is right? Well, I think it’s about time we found out! Into the THUNDERDOME!And by THUNDERDOME, I mean KICKSTARTER!Kickstarter allows regular people to pool their money to…

• Double Fine Adventure

  kickstarter.com | 5:14 am Feb 9, 2012

  The world of video game design is a mysterious one.  What really happens behind the closed doors of a development studio is often unknown, unappreciated, or misunderstood.  And the bigger the studio, the more tightly shut its door tends to be.  With this…

• Kickstarter Project for Adventure Game Raises $600,000 in One Day

  mashable.com | 5:51 pm Feb 9, 2012

  A video game developer’s Kickstarter project has raised more than $600,000 in just 24 hours. When game veteran Tim Schafer put up a Kickstarter Wednesday night, he wanted to answer the question: are adventure games still viable and popular? Adventure…

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  gamasutra.com | 5:14 am Feb 9, 2012

  Psychonauts developer Double Fine announced on Wednesday a $400,000 Kickstarter campaign that aims to crowdfund development of an "honest to goodness adventure game" led by designer Tim Schafer. It's a surprising move for an established studio with major…

• Meet the New Kings of Kickstarter: How Double Fine Gamified Game Funding

  readwriteweb.com | 2:48 am Feb 10, 2012
• HopeMob.org | 3:30 am Feb 10, 2012
• New Kickstarter Record Set As Double Fine Game Hits $400K In 8 Hours, $900K In 16

  techcrunch.com | 1:44 am Feb 10, 2012

Most Popular Tweets (51)

• Announcement! Double Fine and 2 Player Productions will use Kickstarter to fund an Adventure Game + documentary! Whoa. http://t.co/GrmDNcjf

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  2:03 am Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine raises $1m in less than 24hrs on Kickstarter http://t.co/UeG2Fn6G

  @newsycombinator - news.yc Popular
  

  3:05 am Feb 10, 2012
• OFFICIAL! Just 7 days left & 17% to go @ http://t.co/Y9E4yFBl in our KickStarter campaign to BUILD HOPE from the ground up! #DT @hope

  @ChinuaHawk - Chinua Hawk
  

  2:54 am Feb 10, 2012
• Editorial: Double Fine Kickstarter: Is it fair? http://t.co/paTy7dvL

  @OneOfSwords - Dan Amrich
  

  2:47 am Feb 10, 2012
• OFFICIAL! Just 7 days left & 17% to go @ http://t.co/hkVEVfED in our KickStarter campaign to BUILD HOPE from the ground up! #DT @hope

  @cindyrobuck - cynthia robuck
  

  2:46 am Feb 10, 2012
• Today a Kickstarter project raised over 1 Million in one day. That's going to change things.

  @brubaker - brubaker
  

  1:19 am Feb 10, 2012
• Congrats to @TimOfLegend and @2PProductions from all of us at Kickstarter HQ! http://t.co/oZJHsQC5

  @kickstarter - Kickstarter
  

  12:30 am Feb 10, 2012
• Double Fine Kickstarter passes $1 million in under 24 hours, breaking yet another record http://t.co/2yHPHxpB

  @joystiq - Joystiq
  

  12:18 am Feb 10, 2012
• The first Kickstarter project to hit over $1M took 60 days. Double Fine did it in less than 24 hours http://t.co/177DIVqn

  @amotion - Andrew Cornett
  

  11:47 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Wow! Double Fine just raised $1 million with Kickstarter to fund its new game! Congrats @TimofLegend and Co.

  @xplay - X-Play
  

  11:45 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine's Kickstarter has raised over $1,000,000 in under 24 hours! http://t.co/DgaNLcvB

  @rockpapershot - Rock Paper Shotgun
  

  11:43 pm Feb 9, 2012
• And, the Double Fine Adventure game Kickstarter is about to hit 1 million in funding, folks. http://t.co/02nde2ma #woah

  @annlemay - Ann Lemay
  

  11:36 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Deep Thoughts: Maybe we should try getting Money from Kickstarter to Purchase an Ad for the Xbox that says "Indie Games Here!" #XBLIG #XBOX

  @FreelanceGames - Sean Doherty
  

  11:27 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Kickstarter is a good idea. So is The Luminary. Match them up. http://t.co/tQYiTbUI #fgs

  @MayorSlay - MayorSlay.com
  

  11:26 pm Feb 9, 2012
• This Kickstarter Project Raised Nearly $1 Million in One Day http://t.co/JJNrGNMN

  @businessinsider - Business Insider
  

  11:24 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Seems to me that Kickstarter is the most important tech company since Facebook. Maybe more important in the long run.

  @timoreilly - Tim O'Reilly
  

  10:46 pm Feb 9, 2012
• HEY SO WE'RE FUCKING DOING THIS BOOK TOUR KICKSTARTER save some of hte money youre giving to doublefine for us alirght http://t.co/gn7N5ctj

  @daphaknee - daphny
  

  10:32 pm Feb 9, 2012
• US Postal Service looking to fund their new adventure game on Kickstarter, titled "Deliver Your Fucking Mail". Goal: $100,000,000

  @manveerheir - Manveer Heir
  

  10:00 pm Feb 9, 2012
• This iPhone dock is the first project to raise $1 million on Kickstarter. Pretty incredible: http://t.co/eZuCnGv5

  @erinbury - Erin Bury
  

  8:43 pm Feb 9, 2012
• This Double Fine stuff is interesting, but did you know that Canada has its own Kickstarter? It's called a "grant"

  @Daniel_Joseph - Daniel Joseph
  

  7:22 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Do you think if Hollywood had to raise funds for Transformers 9: The Fartening or whatever via kickstarter that they'd get their money?

  @wileywiggins - Wiley Wiggins
  

  7:10 pm Feb 9, 2012
• . @charlesrandall Double Fine negotiating with publishers next time: This deal is bad, we'll just kickstarter fund it! *leaves meeting*

  @ChristinaCoffin - Christina Ann Coffin
  

  5:59 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine's victory with Kickstarter has to be one of the most positive things to happen to the videogame industry in years.

  @stillgray - Ian Miles Cheong
  

  5:45 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine breaks Kickstarter funding records http://t.co/dBTLNbia

  @joystiq - Joystiq
  

  5:37 pm Feb 9, 2012
• @3iLL @Rob_guillory Its a good idea! I'd be down with doing a pic/print. I think even a kickstarter with a 17000 goal would be hilarious!

  @RyanOttley - Ryan Ottley
  

  5:32 pm Feb 9, 2012
• I love how @TimOfLegend's kickstarter has more backers (17k) than fb likes (12k). too busy paying, to fb-like, man!

  @mmalex - mmalex
  

  5:25 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Day of the Tentacle Creator wants to Kickstart a New Game http://t.co/Lw4QBM6z

  @geeksaresexy - Geeks are Sexy
  

  5:02 pm Feb 9, 2012
• UGH, I didn't wake up to DF doubling its kickstarter goal?! DISAPPOINTED! http://t.co/KbW3T4AC

  @fullbright - Steve gaynor
  

  4:10 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Doublefine's kickstarter breaking $600k is proof that there is still good in this world. Seriously. @doubleanna @TimOfLegend

  @johntv - John Ricciardi
  

  3:58 pm Feb 9, 2012
• God I hate Kickstarter and similar apps. The internet isn't your personal piggybank.

  @DonLinn - Don Linn
  

  2:19 pm Feb 9, 2012
• I choose to assume that anyone complaining about Double Fine's Kickstarter is just John Riccitiello with a fake handle.

  @JimSterling - Jim Sterling
  

  1:57 pm Feb 9, 2012
• If Obsidian Entertainment said, "hey, we want to make Planescape Torment 2, but we need help on Kickstarter" I'd jump on it right away.

  @stillgray - Ian Miles Cheong
  

  1:55 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Considering starting a Kickstarter to fund the PS4. Donate $599 and you get a PS4 or $5990 and I'll say "Riiiidge Racer" to you on the phone

  @KazHiraiSCE - CEO Kaz Hirai
  

  10:35 am Feb 9, 2012
• Inspired by @TimOfLegend and his hugely successful fundraising efforts, I am doing a Kickstarter to raise money for some gummi bears.

  @JhonenV - Jhonen Vasquez
  

  10:22 am Feb 9, 2012
• Hmm. Are kickstarter funded games the ultimate form of DRM? Impossible to play and impossible to pirate as they don't exist yet?

  @kierongillen - Kieron Gillen
  

  10:20 am Feb 9, 2012
• Hooooly nuts, the Double Fine kickstarter just hit its goal of 400k in.. not many hours.. wow. http://t.co/0pWy7AWr

  @notch - Markus Persson
  

  10:14 am Feb 9, 2012
• By the way, if the @Double_Fine Kickstarter were to keep up its (roughly) $50,000/hr rate for the full 33 days, it'd make... $40.75 MILLION.

  @SamitSarkar - Samit Sarkar
  

  8:27 am Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine Adventure's Kickstarter reached $300,000 (75% of the goal) in 6 hours. http://t.co/hpsoaTw4 33 days left to get the other $100K.

  @SamitSarkar - Samit Sarkar
  

  8:19 am Feb 9, 2012
• Guys: go back @timoflegend and the rest of Double Fine as they kickstarter a game! It's important and it'll be FUN! http://t.co/zWpvh3Vs

  @johntdrake - johntdrake
  

  6:21 am Feb 9, 2012
• Biggest duh in forever -- Double Fine is funding a new game on Kickstarter, back it, yo: http://t.co/xM6pVKTF

  @irondavy - David Cole
  

  5:49 am Feb 9, 2012
• So how long until we see the $30mil FF7 remake Kickstarter? At $60/preorder, that would only be 500k backers. :)

  @werezompire - Robert Boyd
  

  5:39 am Feb 9, 2012
• about that Phantasy Star V Kickstarter, SEGA...

  @ShaneWatch - Shane Bettenhausen
  

  5:36 am Feb 9, 2012
• It's official: the Elevation Dock is the most-funded Kickstarter project of all time, and easily on track to hit $1M. http://t.co/0ntcdW3z

  @waxpancake - Andy Baio
  

  4:54 am Feb 9, 2012
• Kickstarter indeed changes the way games are founded, but only if you have made The Secret Of Monkey Island before

  @giordanobc - GiordanoContestabile
  

  4:48 am Feb 9, 2012
• Just did my duty as a human and backed the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter! http://t.co/brv2xlCZ

  @heymadeleine - Madeleine Flores
  

  4:38 am Feb 9, 2012
• The Tim Schafer/Double Fine Kickstarter project launched! They're making a new adventure game and hit $100k in 2 hours! http://t.co/5qN6OZ7j

  @waxpancake - Andy Baio
  

  4:29 am Feb 9, 2012
• Wow, thanks to all the Backers of our Kickstarter project! You guys are going to make me tear up. If I weren't so damn tough, I mean.

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  4:05 am Feb 9, 2012
• Here's a handy link that will take you directly to our adventure game Kickstarter project! tinyurl.com/doublekick

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  3:48 am Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine launches $400K Kickstarter for Schafer-led adventure game http://t.co/KLYWsdaW

  @gamasutra - Gamasutra
  

  2:27 am Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine has raised $11,000 in 25 minutes on Kickstarter. Anyone taking bets on how long before they reach $400k? http://t.co/BOO77AAb

  @pkollar - Philip Kollar
  

  2:25 am Feb 9, 2012
• A Kickstarter project to fund an old-school adventure game made by Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer? Yep, I'm in: http://t.co/BOO77AAb

  @pkollar - Philip Kollar
  

  2:00 am Feb 9, 2012