Sounds like a pretty good idea, the game gets made, and the fans are happy. I reckon they'll get that 400k, and it'll be interesting to see how the game turns out.

I think it's really exciting. The idea that studios could go, "we have a really cool idea, what do you think" and get immediate feedback from fans and their financial support and emotional involvement from the get-go, is exciting. It could be an insurance policy in these times when things seem to be getting more and more expensive for the studios and less certain about their successes.

Exactly. It looks like they've met their goal already, never underestimate the gaming community.

Ok, so they've completely gone over their goal. Over $1 million raised by 27,569 people!

Yep, I've backed it! Genius idea by them. I'm sure they're kind of blown away by what they've done. I think most people who've been in to games for a long time really love Schafer and Gilbert's stuff. While Double Fine doesn't always have mainstream appeal, this is a kind of targeted sale. No need to advertise the shit out of it, the Kickstarter is enough really. They'll be making news everywhere. Not to mention they start off with a huge amount of sales. Rather than painting with a wide brush - advertising to a whole bunch of people, and rather than shipping in lots of brick and mortar stores (the costs of these two things would kind of contribute to a few of their old games flopping pretty hard) it's  a very directed and cheap way for them to make and sell the game.

Ummm... what I'm trying to say is 'cool'

I donated to the cause, even though I'm not sure I'm interested in a point and click adventure game. The video content should be worth it, at least.

That's true, and you never know, you might even like he game as well. It's certainly a good cause.

They just hit $1.5 million. In two days. Pretty crazy. They're talking all kinds of SKUs now - Mac, PC, iOS, and maybe Wii U according to Schafer.