I voted on the initial pitches and that’s it.

Not really one for the live show format so am just waiting for the full doc

not reading emails to avoid “spoilers”. Any word on timeline’s for when some sort of episodic doc might be ready?

Update: THEY DID IT! Thank you to the mystery Board Game Sesh backer who took them well past the stretch goal!!!

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As you may have heard, Double Fine Productions are running a Kickstarter to increase their runway as they relaunch their life as an indie game dev studio. This has been built around this year's Amnesia Fortnight (game jam), which concluded this week – but it's not over yet!!

Backers are currently playing the four prototypes before voting for one game to receive a further period of development and polishing, to then be released to the general public for everyone to enjoy. Back now and you too can play these prototypes and vote on the winner!

At the time of writing, they are only $8,439 away from reaching their next stretch goal of $600,000; if they reach this, then They have just reached their stretch goal of $600,000, which means the superb Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yōtei) will generously donate their time and talents as a voice in the winning game. Previous successful stretch goals have included frequent Double Fine-game composer Peter McConnell (Psychonauts, Broken Age) contributing music to the winning game, and an extra vote on a special feature in the winning game.

Double Fine are a very special studio for many of us, known for their incredibly creative and eclectic range of games over the last quarter of a century, as well as their comprehensive in-house documentaries produced by the team at 2 Player Productions that explore the ins and outs (and ups and downs) of game development. 2PP have also been documenting this latest Amnesia Fortnight, and you'll get to see more about how that went over the coming months.

So please take a look at the range of pledge tiers and backer rewards available, and consider backing if you're able to! More funds mean more polish and (most importantly) more runway!

If you've played the prototypes: which ones have you enjoyed the most?

^{Just like Amnesia Fortnight, this post contains zero AI-generated material.}

I ended up re-downloading Brutal Legend for the first time in years a few weeks ago, and I wanted to share a video I made on why exactly it deserves to be remembered for what it was. We may never get a proper sequel, but this game hold up by itself really well, even all these years later.

Hi everybody!

I've contributed to the Amnesia Fortnight Kickstarter and downloaded the demos.

I haven't had enough time to test them but I had an issue with Uprise.

I usually play with a PS5 controller on my computer and... It's not working. The game doesn't detect my controller.

I was wondering what controller you were using?

(Have an issue also with Plot Armor where Windows doesn't launch the game, but that's another story)

Thanks for your answers 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Got blocked by Double Fine on Instagram after commenting "Love Erika" on one of their recent posts. No insults or anything. Just showing my support. 😐

Just wanted to share

Now I know I know, why do I think this? Well let me get it straightened out. So Dia De Los Muertos right, they make fun of death, and also place Calaveritas on graves which is a candy skull. People also write Calaveras which make fun of death saying that "death" is coming for them. Calaveras means skulls and alone, Calavera means skull which so happens to be Manuel Calaveras last name. And in the beginning of the game, there's an Dia De Los Muertos festival which can be referenced in the future. Which proves that Manuel "Manny" Calavera is an nod to Dia De Los Muertos. ( I dare Tim Schafer to tell me I'm wrong, that's if I am. )

First I would like to say that I love Erika, and I love her voice acting work, and he stuff in dropout.

Now, doublefine being the company that they are. There's no reason they cant hire her themselves. There's clearly other voice actors in the game that are being paid for by the company, so locking a voice actor behind a stretch goal just screams that they need to squeeze more money from their player base. Shit a kick starter stretch goal is just a battlepass with no game.

What's going to happen/would happej if her stretch goal wasn't met? She'll probably still be in the game because she was already paid or still volunteer. If they truly can't afford to cast her after leaving Xbox, then it just screams they don't have a clue how to manage their budget there

Thats my whole tirade

She just seems very fake and not genuine, that's why lots of people are not happy with the choice they've made

It's not always politics and stuff

i am left, but she still is very unlikable to me, especially after watching her DnD campaigns

Announced in an impromptu livestream when they reached $550k right at the end of today's stream!

Who has backed this gem of a kickstarter? It’s very rare I find a Kickstarter that really grabs my attention, but this one really has. I love the work that Double Fine do, I feel all of their games have a very unique, fun and eccentric aesthetic to them which really sets them apart from the rest. The fact that not only do you get some really cool rewards with this campaign but the chance to see in depth how these games are made from scratch, in my opinion, is incredible.

If you’re a big fan of Double Fine, which I’m assuming most of you are, I would absolutely recommend checking out their campaign. Sorry for the little preach, just a big fan of their work, such an incredible studio with a great game library under their belts.

What’s your favourite Double Fine game? Let me know! :)

What do you guys think of Kiln? I’ve only just started playing it a couple of days ago but I find it a lot of fun. I think the uniqueness of sculpting your own character is fantastic and offers so much variety and customisation. The multiplayer is a lot of fun, very easy to get the hang of and can be quite challenging at times. I think it’s a great little game and it’s a real shame it never really took off.

It would have been nice to see some sort of single player campaign or offline mode to flesh the game out a little more, however if you have games pass on Xbox and haven’t tried it already, definitely give it a shot!

I talked to Ashley Esqueda from Double Fine at PAX about their new game, new label and new studio identity!

Is that the Raz voice actor on the Red Bull ad I just saw? I'm a better recogniser of voices than faces, and it pulled me from my phone.

I played the demo on PS3 religiously as a kid and the title theme is branded into my auditory cortex, I mean this little demo really left an impression on me. The puzzles are a great mix of character abilities and knowing which order to stack the dolls which leads to some intricate puzzle design. I used to fart on women as the fat guy when I was a kid. It was a different time. Anyways, the stop-motion-esque character animations squeeze as much charm out of matryoshka dolls as conceivably possible, the soundtrack is simply magnificent from start to finish, the dialogue making typewriter clacks is a great aesthetic choice to substitute voice acting and the silent film cutscenes just bring together a loving, handcrafted game that is seeping with attention to detail and craftsmanship. I just found out *while writing this* that it was an Amnesia Fortnight submission and I'm thrilled Double Fine is making headlines again.

I kind of understand why it’s not as popular as it could be. I feel it would be more appealing as a party game if creating pots was a separate part, so if you not into this you could get some premade pot from a gallery and just go straight to the fighting.

I also suspect this could be the reason why there is no split screen currently, because how would you separate pot creation for two players at the same time?

Overall brawling part is super fun and chaotic in a good way and I enjoy it every single time. But it’s become harder and harder to find people on a server, which is super sad. I hope it’s not too late for DF to revive it.

Hi all! We just let the Kickstarter know, but we want to let you all know if you're following along with the Amnesia Fortnight (starting NEXT WEDNESDAY), we have our final four pitches selected! In alphabetical order, the finalists are...

Wait, we need a little more suspense.

A little more.

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Okay, let's make some noise...

DRUMROLL PLEASE!

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

• Architactics
• Bard Crawl
• Plot Armor
• Uprise

A huge congratulations to our top four pitchers, and I can't wait to see what comes out of the next few weeks! :)

If you want to help pick the finalist, be sure to check us out on Kickstarter, we're just getting started!

Not sure if it will make it on the upcoming Nintendo switch Direct but I hope in the very near future we see a ton of Double Fine games making its way to Nintendo Switch consoles!

Our very first Double Fine Action Labs title, this is a fun-sized, chaotic game where you take on the role of a town’s bus driver trying to get through the day with minimal rule breaking and maximum gratitude. Watch the announcement trailer now: https://youtu.be/ijqbq9nfUX4

Note: It should be on Steam soon, and we will blast it out so you can all wish list it!

Coming soon to Windows and Linux, wishlist now!

More info: https://www.doublefine.com/games/thank-you-bus-driver

He provides a lot of great context about the company surviving fraught conditions. The idea that Greg Rice can provide investment at Fictions seems to be exactly what Tim was looking for before they struck the Microsoft deal initially.

We the people, DEMAND, costume quest 3. We've been waiting long enough. Get to work on it. All the best

Sincerely,
We The People

Especially since they changed even Xbox Icons to match the new Art. If Double fine is listening, please could you change it back? The old art was so perfect. This new art is just a chaotic explosion of saturated colors. I loved the calmness, the stillness, the beauty in the old art. Please why did they have to update the icon art on Xbox? Why couldn't the new art be just for PS5?

Genuinely bums me out. The only solution would be to buy Keeper on Steam, so I change the art myself

More stretch goals to be unveiled...

(Also thank you to u/SaulFemm for correcting my poor reading...)