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Looks cool, but 3.3 million dollars is really a lot!

Actually it's really small amount of money for making game. Original was released 10 years ago and cost $11.5 million.

I think that is one of the reasons they are using this new kickstart platform "fig" they helped to build. So that they can get external investors in along with the crowdfunding.

$3.3 million was the same final budget for Broken Age, the previous crowdfunded game. Apparently, it was very obvious that funds ran out mid-development. (haven't played the game yet)

Yea as much as I'd love a new psychonauts game, I have some trust issues after kickstarting some money to Broken Age.

I dunno, I backed broken age and got months of entertainment (such as it is) from the vlog updates, followed by a beautiful but ultimately flawed game.

Isn't that way Kickstarter is all about? Boundless optimism, unrelenting hype, followed by an uneasy sense of disappointment?

Full disclosure: I backed ouya too. I even played on it once or twice before consigning it to The Shelf of Regret, alongside the Atari jaguar and the PIs I could never be bothered to do anything useful with.

I backed ouya too! I actually enjoyed it a lot as a developer testing my own prototypes, but definitely not as much as end user though.

I was exceptionally pleased by shovel knight though. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/shovel-k...

$3.3 million was about the amount Double Fine raised from Kickstarter for Broken Age. They then went on to commit a few million of their own funds. So, if you're trying to calibrate expectations in terms of quality versus funding you should think of Broken Age as being a Double Fine game in the $6 million range.

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