Notch offers to fund Psychonauts 2.

[Token]

Yes. Good. (http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/07/tim-schafer-says-hed-love-to-do-psychonauts-2-notch-offers-to-fund-it/)

Did you love Psychonauts? Have you often wished for a sequel that would continue Raz’ adventures? You’re not alone. Psychonauts creator, Tim Schafer mentions to Digital Spy that he’s pitched Psychonauts 2 several times to different publishers, but “no-one has taken the bait so far.”

“I’d love to do that game,” he says. “But I’d have to convince someone to just give me a few million dollars, that’s all.”

A few million dollars? If only there were some sort of successful indie developer. One who loved the original, someone with the kind of dosh to prop up development on a sequel. Perhaps someone with a nice hat and a name that rhymes with “scotch.”

Enter Notch. After reading about Schafer’s attempts to nab funding for Psychonauts 2, he put forward an offer of his own on Twitter. “Let’s make Psychonauts 2 happen, adding later in a tweet to RPS, “I’m serious.”

Tim Schafer hasn’t responded yet. He’s probably in bed, and it’s just an offer for now, but what a great story it would be to see Mojang funding a second game in the much-loved Psychonauts universe.

[Seil]

While I will commit heresy in the second paragraph, here I'll just say "WHOOOOOO!"

I don't think it'll be as good as the original. It might turn out to be really good, but with all the expectations people have, as well as how long ago the first one was released.... The first one was also good because of how out of right field it was - there were all sorts of terrible games, and then there was a game about a psychic summer camp. It might be a Duke Nukem Forever thing.

[EVILNess]

I literally can't stop giggling. Notch has literally become my most favorite rich eccentric person.

And before you say he isn't rich or eccentric, I point to you two things:

1. Minecraft's sales figures times 10 = his money
2. He just offered to fund a game for millions of dollars cause he wants to play a sequel.

[Marc v4.0]

This is why I couldn't have that much money, it would all be gone because I would just do this with it

[Osterbaum]

I want more Grim Fandango :(((

[Fifthfiend]

This makes up for his next two Reddit spergouts at least.

Four, if it actually happens.

[Osterbaum]

Why would you read those?

[Fifthfiend]

Why would I run a minecraft server?

Why would I post on NPF?

Why anything I fucking do with my life.

[EVILNess]

Why would I run a minecraft server?

Why would I post on NPF?

Why anything I fucking do with my life.

Bile, hate, spite, and a smug sense of self superiority?

[Aerozord]

What I love most is Notch is doing what I hope any successful game developer does, help out other developers by offering them a ride on his big boat made of money. As opposed to what most do and basically just sit on it.

[Osterbaum]

Why would I post on NPF?
Yeah I have no idea.

[Seil]

Why would I post on NPF?

Well, we've got Betty Elms now, so... yeah.

[Ramary]

What I love most is Notch is doing what I hope any successful game developer does, help out other developers by offering them a ride on his big boat made of money. As opposed to what most do and basically just sit on it.

Well he has basically been sitting on it up to this point besides the couple times he threw money at fellow indie guys. Plus it was all talk via Twitter between the two so obviously nothing is not set in stone.


Don't get me wrong, it will be joyous days in Villa'Ramary if this actually comes to past.

[Doc ock rokc]

If Tim REALLY wanted to make psychonauts he could have asked Many of the numerous rich actors that CONSTANTLY (according to him) ask him if he will make a sequel

[Aerozord]

If Tim REALLY wanted to make psychonauts he could have asked Many of the numerous rich actors that CONSTANTLY (according to him) ask him if he will make a sequel

To answer this, say you have a great idea, and people agree its a great idea, but suddenly become a heck of alot more unsure about it when you are asking them to seriously give you money for it. We are talking about a few million, and Double Fine is kind of known for having trouble getting funding

[Kim]

To be honest, I don't really feel like Psychonauts needs a sequel.

[EVILNess]

To be honest, I don't really feel like Psychonauts needs a sequel.

Except for the part where it totally did.

[Darth SS]

Psychonauts needs a sequel like Resident Evil needs to have never had a movie made. In other words, BADLY.

Seriously, superlatives fail to describe the smile this brought to my face. Superlatives also fail to describe the boner I have after reading this news.


....raging? Maybe?

[PCD]

Yeah I don't... there are no words. None of them can properly convey the overwhelming amounts of WANT I have for this.

[Kim]

Tim Schafer is doing a kickstarter for an old school point and click now.

[Jagos]

ITT: Old school publishers are shitting bricks about the power of crowdsourcing.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I have never played Psychonauts, but the thought of it getting funding for a sequal by a very rich man who loved the first, really touches my heart.

I love these cinderella moments, they bring joy-filled tears to my eyes with each dream the comes true.

If this becomes a thing, I might just out right hunt down the first and play it in one big marathon during my days off.

[Seil]

Available now on Steam.

[Locke cole]

Yeah, it could totally use a sequel. God knows the original had enough sequel hooks.

[Ramary]

I have never played Psychonauts

Let us fix that problem. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/)

[Aerozord]

Let us fix that problem. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/)

bigger problem is the whole being poor thing.

[Lost in Time]

Tim Schafer is doing a kickstarter for an old school point and click now.

A kickstarter that met it's goal in only 8 hours proves that he should have no problem getting a backing on funding a game for a long time now.

[Ryong]

bigger problem is the whole being poor thing.

I was able to afford it and I live in Brazil. You have no excuse.

[Doc ock rokc]

bigger problem is the whole being poor thing.

its Fucking Ten Bucks. Eat in for a night and buy this shit.

[Melfice]

bigger problem is the whole being poor thing.

I was able to afford it and I live in Brazil. You have no excuse.

Aerozord, you have just been slapped in the face, consecutively, by both a flaccid penis and a huge trout.

(Of course, you could REALLY be dirt poor, but seriously. Ten bucks should be doable for nearly anybody...)

[Seil]

Hell, you could receive it as a gift from someone.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I was able to afford it and I live in Brazil. You have no excuse.

its Fucking Ten Bucks. Eat in for a night and buy this shit.

Okay, okay I'll buy it.

[Aerozord]

I was able to afford it and I live in Brazil. You have no excuse.

dude, I do not have ten dollars in my wallet. I ration my christmas money so I can afford food. Zero income, and thanks to student loans I still need to pay over 5000 dollars a year in debt thats crippled me financially to the point I needed to take out another loan just so I didn't instantly default.

So yes, I think I have an excuse

As a rule I dont buy anything that doesn't either
A) Feed me or
B) Have potential for making me more money

[Jagos]

This is why squarreling away $5 bucks every two weeks is very important...

[Aerozord]

This is why squarreling away $5 bucks every two weeks is very important...

I dont get five bucks every two weeks.

[Kim]

Yeah, you guys are kinda being jerks. Guy can't afford a game, then he can't afford a game, and repeatedly telling him, "Buy it anyways, dummo," is more likely to drive him away from buying it than convince him to get it.

[Fifthfiend]

One of you fucks be a decent human being and do a nice thing and buy him the game like i'd have done by now if my Steam had been working last night

[BitVyper]

This is why squarreling away $5 bucks every two weeks is very important...

Really? We're going with bullshit financial "smarts" bragging? Really?

Like... seriously?

[Fifthfiend]

DOC, specifically you, you buy Aerozord this game to pay me back for all the playin you've done on my minecraft servers that I spend my real-life money for you to enjoy playin on.

[EVILNess]

I bought it for you last night. I just kinda fell asleep at my keyboard before I could let you know and ask for your steam id. So uh give me your steam id.

Edit: then wait two hours cause I at work

[Aldurin]

Don't give the id to evilness, he'll just use it to hack into your account and take your credit card info.

[Aerozord]

I bought it for you last night. I just kinda fell asleep at my keyboard before I could let you know and ask for your steam id. So uh give me your steam id.

Edit: then wait two hours cause I at work

oh, well, thank you. I actually have been curious about the game.

Its Aeroz
I think I'm on your friends list somewhere. can be hard to tell as alot of NPF members use different handles on steam

[Doc ock rokc]

DOC, specifically you, you buy Aerozord this game to pay me back for all the playin you've done on my minecraft servers that I spend my real-life money for you to enjoy playin on.

Woah woah woah. I don't play on it nearly as much as I am stereotyped. I just do one or two experiments on there. but yeah I would have bought him it (student loans are fucking robbery) If i wasn't already beaten to the punch.

[EVILNess]

While I am glad that they raised a million dollars for this one game, I am kinda torn between them using the excess to super-polish this one game versus just making two games. A bigger voice acting budget or better graphics (The increase to the music budget might though) isn't going to tweak the sweet spot of why I love Double Fine's games.

I adore the sheer amount of joy and love they put into their works. It really bleeds through to me, as a player. I can tell they lovingly crafted this game, not to make millions of dollars, but because they had an idea that they thought was genuinely cool and wanted to share.

Double Fine has always been a personal favorite company (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQCP85FngzE) of mine, ever since I picked up this weird looking platformer on a whim for my PS2 about a psychic summer-camp.

Like I said, I adore the sheer amount of joy and love they put into their works. I loved the world and detail in Brutal Legend, I adored the imaginative Costume Quest, and when Stacking hits the PC I will buy that with a DON.

(Although on the other hand, I do kinda hate Tim Schaefer for the cliffhanger Costume Quest DLC ended on.)

[Seil]

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[Fifthfiend]

So now that we've solved the critical problem of Zord's Psychonauts ownership does anyone know anything else about Notch funding Psychonauts 2 / not funding Psychonauts 2 / waking up in a pile of hookers and blow not remembering and going WHOA WHAT I FUNDED PSYCHONAUTS 2?

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Fuckt hat, Grim Fandango 2.

[Flarecobra]

"Fuckt Hat?" Is that a hat for when you just don't care?

Is it like a bucket hat?

[Professor Smarmiarty]

No it's a post-coital hat.

[Osterbaum]

I want more Grim Fandango! Atleast do like an anniversary edition or something.

[Fifthfiend]

Fuckt hat

Smarty plays TF2?!

[Magus]

I'm confused, is the point-and-click game going to be Psychonauts 2 despite that being an action game (I mean, not to say the storyline/acting/plot elements weren't also important and hilarious but the actual gameplay was that of an action game...) or is it just a different game that he decided to get funding for the day after Notch offered to fund Psychonauts 2, or...?

[Kim]

The latter.

[Aerozord]

Its possible he just isn't aware of Notch's offer, or maybe he doesn't take it seriously. This wasn't from any official channel, just a comment from him. While it wouldn't surprise me that Notch meant it because he's random like that, the folks at Double Fine might not know this and just dismiss it.

Like I said earlier how many people go, I'd totally fund it, but never actually follow through

[Fifthfiend]

Last I heard about it was that "theyre talking" or something.

I figure the whole thing just made Tim look around and go hey nerds love the fuck out of me, maybe there's some money in that.

[stefan]

it might just be that Schaefer doesn't actually realize how stupid rich Notch is, so he takes "sure I'll fund it!" as "I'll throw together a fundraiser for you or something," rather than "hang on, I need to find a crane so I can fill a dump truck with all this money."

[Kim]

Last I heard about it was that "theyre talking" or something.

I figure the whole thing just made Tim look around and go hey nerds love the fuck out of me, maybe there's some money in that.

Talks about Psychonauts 2 are apparently going on behind closed doors, last I heard.

[EVILNess]

Double Fine, and by extension anyone using Kickstarter, don't get nearly as much money as they raise.

Apparently any money raised on Kickstarter is considered a "gift," and if you don't know anything about taxes that means that half the money goes straight to the government.

Also, Kickstarter itself takes a 5% cut off the top.

[Kim]

Last I checked they were at 1.5 million. They've still got like thirty days to go.

[Jagos]

The graph of the projection in just a few hours (https://sites.google.com/site/jansenjfa/DFAG.jpg)

[Doc ock rokc]

Fuckt hat, Grim Fandango 2.

I played Grim Loved it but I don't think you COULD do a sequel. The ending was just perfect. There is little that could done to actually improve it.

[Osterbaum]

Yeah, I wouldn't want a direct sequel either. Maybe another story set in the Land of the Dead about a different dude/dudette or something.

[Osterbaum]

How about what Sal did during the two years Manny was doing his thing or something, I don't know.