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Article doesn't go into detail about that, but for anyone that missed it - it may be not the only game from Tim Schafer that is funded by unconventional means.

by klausa 15y ago

Article doesn't go into detail about that, but for anyone that missed it - it may be not the only game from Tim Schafer that is funded by unconventional means. In recent interview, he said that he'd love to make sequel to Psychonauts (game that was acclaimed by critics, has huge fanbase, but didn't sold well), he even pitched few publishers, but nobody would give him money to do it. When notch (creator of Minecraft) read that article, he tweeted to Tim: 'Let’s make Psychonauts 2 happen'.[0] He later confirmed he was deadly serious - but of course neither him or Tim confirmed anything. You can probably dig relevant tweets at [1] and [2]. [0] https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/166838426207924224 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/166838426207924224 [1] http://twitter.com/#!/timoflegend http://twitter.com/#!/timoflegend [2] http://twitter.com/#!/notch http://twitter.com/#!/notch

citricsquid 15y ago
current status: https://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend/status/167414243858202624 https://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend/status/167414243858202624 "These things take time to figure out--if they can be figured out--so please don’t expect any Psychonauts 2 announcements any time soon."
teamonkey 15y ago
Notch was also the $10k donator on this kickstarter project. https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167551424396394496 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167551424396394496
- citricsquid 15y ago
  He isn't. Notch selected the paintings option (reference: https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167449996323586048 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167449996323586048 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167450558259666944 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167450558259666944). You can pledge an amount and then select any reward below the value, so you can pledge $10k and only take the $15 reward if you like, only the person who selected the $10k reward (no matter their pledge value) will show as the $10k reward person.

by klausa 15y ago

citricsquid 15y ago

current status: https://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend/status/167414243858202624 https://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend/status/167414243858202624 "These things take time to figure out--if they can be figured out--so please don’t expect any Psychonauts 2 announcements any time soon."

teamonkey 15y ago

Notch was also the $10k donator on this kickstarter project. https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167551424396394496 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167551424396394496

citricsquid 15y ago
He isn't. Notch selected the paintings option (reference: https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167449996323586048 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167449996323586048 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167450558259666944 https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/167450558259666944). You can pledge an amount and then select any reward below the value, so you can pledge $10k and only take the $15 reward if you like, only the person who selected the $10k reward (no matter their pledge value) will show as the $10k reward person.