Jane Jensen's Kickstarter (Creator of Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter)

[nOmArch]

Already into Tex for $100, Jane for $100 and Larry for $40 so shelling out any more this month is not possible but I almost certainly will up my pledge for Tex next month.

[inm8#2]

Less than $5k. Amazing!

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by inm8#2

Less than $5k. Amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewfIvKbuRUg&t=3s

[inm8#2]

^ Hehe nice.

Now for $450k! That will add a full orchestra for the main theme and 1000 lines of dialogue!

14 hours to go.

[Woodsyblue]

At the rate it's going, $450k might not be out of the question!

[inm8#2]

With $3k coming from Paypal and one of the top backers committing to putting in $5k if we are that close to the goal at the end, we really just need something like $34k. Doable!

[Woodsyblue]

Only 3 hours to go, this is the last chance to support this project!

Edit: Aaaaaaaaand it's closed! The final tally is $435,316.

[inm8#2]

^ Plus about $4.5k from paypal. $440k total.

With late pledges through http://pinkertonroad.com/join-csg/ I think we'll still see $450k.

For the above link, you can still pledge and get all the same kickstarter reward tiers through May 25. After May 25 you can pledge but some of the rewards may not be available!

[puzzlebox]

Awesome. Moebius is now probably my most anticipated game for the coming year.

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by puzzlebox

Awesome. Moebius is now probably my most anticipated game for the coming year.

I have to admit it's right up there for me too. Right now I'm even a little more excited for it than Double Fine Adventure, though that will likely change when we learn the story and start seeing concept art for DFA.

[puzzlebox]

Originally Posted by Woodsyblue

I have to admit it's right up there for me too. Right now I'm even a little more excited for it than Double Fine Adventure, though that will likely change when we learn the story and start seeing concept art for DFA.

Totally. I've also backed DFA, the reason I'm more excited for this one right now is because we actually know what it is.

It feels SO GOOD to have not just one, but a number of exciting adventure games on the horizon.

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by puzzlebox

Totally. I've also backed DFA, the reason I'm more excited for this one right now is because we actually know what it is.

It feels SO GOOD to have not just one, but a number of exciting adventure games on the horizon.

I know the feeling. I haven't been this excited about the state of Adventure Games since Telltale announced ToMI

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by Woodsyblue

I know the feeling. I haven't been this excited about the state of Adventure Games since Telltale announced ToMI

Definitely. It feels weird to have a enhancement of SCUMM by LucasArts for remakes of their IP and a new game in a LucasArts IP by Telltale. Plus an upcoming new adventure game by LucasArts veterans at Double Fine, a new game in a Sierra IP by Telltale (with Sierra veterans possibly returning), an upcoming remake of a Sierra IP by Replay (with Sierra veterans definitely returning), a return of Sierra veterans in two original adventure games, and a return of Tex Murphy (not to mention Telltale themselves being founded by LucasArts veterans, with special note to their Sam & Max games)! The fact that we've gotten all of this nostalgic goodness within the last 5 or so years, and that it's still coming, is astounding!

I just hope that the modest (in modern publisher's eyes) success of these new adventure games lead to publishers to be willing to at least grant modest budgets to developers who want to make new adventure games.

[inm8#2]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

I just hope that the modest (in modern publisher's eyes) success of these new adventure games lead to publishers to be willing to at least grant modest budgets to developers who want to make new adventure games.

I'm with you in spirit but disagree strongly on this last point. Let's not forget it's all these publishers who ignored adventure games and relegated the genre to a dark corner. Now with kickstarter the developers can completely bypass publisher approval and take a project right to their target fanbase. In the long run the kickstarter crowdfunding is probably not a sustainable business model.

That's where I think people are underrating and not fully appreciating what Jane Jensen is doing - funding her own game AND starting her own development studio. If all goes well for Jane she won't need kickstarter in a couple of years. Her studio will be self-sustaining and financed through commercial success of the games she produces.

I don't want to see the same publishers who turned their backs on adventure games be able to benefit or profit off their resurgence. The whole spirit of this movement is telling publishers, "Well, looks like we don't need you after all." If adventure game developers seek mainstream publisher support in the future, it undermines the very nature of what we're doing right now.

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by inm8#2

I don't want to see the same publishers who turned their backs on adventure games be able to benefit or profit off their resurgence. The whole spirit of this movement is telling publishers, "Well, looks like we don't need you after all." If adventure game developers seek mainstream publisher support in the future, it undermines the very nature of what we're doing right now.

That's a very good point.

EDIT: How is the Paypal funding going?

[inm8#2]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

That's a very good point.

EDIT: How is the Paypal funding going?

Thanks .

I'm not sure how Paypal is going. Jane posted a video today thanking fans but only reported the Paypal tally of $5k from yesterday.

Another $10k should be possible!