Who do these madmen have on staff you ask.
Oh, just, Tim Schafer(founder) and motherfuckin' Ron Gilbert. If you've never heard of them, gfy
How are they attempting this herculean feat, you wonder. Surely the evil mafia that is the publishers will thwart their valiant attempts.
True, that's why they're doing direct fuckin' donations via kickstarter.
But surely, you nag, even if it gets funded, it will just be a last spasm rather than a revival of the rotting decays of Adventure games.
Maybe, but it's more than a game. The people who donate will be involved in the whole game creation process and provide feedback and shit. Also they're filming the whole game dev process as well. These things + showing the cowardly, evil, publishers just how much interest there still is in games that emphasize PLOT over shooting things in overly realistic ocean scenes might actually accomplish that necromantic feat.
Ok, fine, but surely there aren't that many adventure game fans left, I hear you moan. And the ones who exist are fat broke and miserable. So isn't this going to fail?
Well, their funding goal was 400k. They met it in 8 hours.
They raised $1mil and became the most funded project ever on kickstarter in under 24 hours. There's 32 more days left.
Edit: Now up to 2 mil still 20+ days left
Whether you want to take part in this historic event or not, go check out the kickstarter page. It has a funny video and everything.
Adventure games may be dead, but who says the dead can't have fun?
) --- it's got SHIELDS!
