Hype!
So in an interview, Double Fine lead Tim Schafer mentioned that they wanted to make Psychonauts 2 happen, but that nobody had been willing to fund it so far. Being a big fan of the first one, and thinking a sequel could probably be profitable, I semi-jokingly tweeted Tim about me funding a sequel.
And then the internet exploded. (Or at least my inbox did)
And then Double Fine did their highly successful kickstarter.
Here are the facts of what’s happening now, from my perspective:
* Tim and I haven’t spoken much at all other than
a couple of emails.
* We mentioned meeting at GDC, I hope that will happen
* I assume Double Fine will be very
busy for many months with the kickstarter project
* The budget for doing a Psychonauts 2 is three times higher
than my initial impression
* A couple of other parties have mentioned also being interested in investing in
it
* I would not be investing in this as a charity. It would be because I think the game would be profitable
*
And naturally, I wouldn’t want to have any creative input in the game. It would be purely a high risk investment in
a project I believe in.
I have NO idea if this is actually going to happen. The kickstarter stuff obviously changes the playing field a lot. Investing that incredibly high amount of money also requires a lot of planing and discussion, and I’ve never done anything like that before, but I do have contacts and advisors to help me out.
All I know is that IF the numbers work out and IF they still want to do it and IF they don’t decide to self fund a sequel by doing more crowd funding (which is honestly what I would’ve done if I were them), I would be most interested in doing this type of investment.
Point is, stop hyping over this, internet! You’re going to scare me into doing things secretly instead of being open and transparent via twitter. I am incredibly scared of the very real risk of people feeling let down just because I took a chance at something that doesn’t end up panning out.
Also, I realize you won’t stop hyping, so I’ll just go into hiding for a few years if it falls through.
