Fan-funded Wasteland 2 gets off to flying start
Posted On Apr 3, 2012 at , 6:47 AM by SyahrizalAs the Double Fine team celebrates fan generosity in raising US$3.3mil (RM9.9mmil) for its next game project, Wasteland 2 sets out on a journey towards US$900,000 (RM2.7mil) of development funding.
The drive is proposed by Brian Fargo of inXile Entertainment, and Fargo had a hand in producing staples of the role-playing genre such as Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, and the Fallout series's 1988 inspiration, Wasteland.
The sequel will be a post-apocalyptic adventure with an old-school, top down viewpoint, and inXile is asking backers not only for their funds but also for their ideas - just like Slightly Mad Studio's work-in-progress racing sim Cars.
After 24 hours and with pledge rewards encouraging donations of between US$15 (RM45) and US$10,000 (RM30,000), backers had donated a total of US$600,000 (RM1.8mil).
Meeting the US$900,000 (RM2.7mil) target would make Wasteland 2 Kickstarter's sixth most successful project, behind three iPod-friendly gadgets, a comic book reprint, and the Double Fine Adventure.
Of course, both Double Fine's Tim Shafer and inXile's Brian Fargo have a rich game development history to fall back on.
Smaller studios aim for more modest amounts with some success: Quebecois team Nine Dots Studio found US$16,700 (RM51,000) via RocketHub for February's Xbox Live Indie Game Brand, while Cardinal Quest managed to make US$5,000 (RM15,000) of a target US$6,000 (RM18,000) via 8-Bit Funding.
Other hot game projects on Kickstarter include space sim FTL: Faster Than Light, light and sound puzzle Auditorium: Duet, and iPhone adventure Monster Guru. - Relaxnews 2012
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