Double Fine Adventure updates rewards, thanks fans for support
In light of the booming success Kickstarter has brought Double Fine Adventure, the new point-and-click adventure game with Tom Schafer firmly at the helm, Double Fine has upgraded a few of their reward tiers. For those unaware, DF had attached rewards to various dollar-amount contributions, and their upgrades are nothing to sneeze at. It is physically impossible for me to word these upgrades as well as whomever penned this release, so I won’t even try:
The Digital Soundtrack of the Documentary ($30 reward tier) Listen to the awesome game soundtrack at the same time as the awesome documentary soundtrack! I don’t know if that makes sense, or if it’s even medically advisable, but at least this way you have the option!
Special edition box containing both the game disc and a DVD/Blu-Ray of the documentary ($100 reward tier) Perhaps you’re not hip to this digital download craze. Or maybe you just like really nice boxes to put on your mantel so that your guests might linger and admire them while you pour another scotch. Either way, this is gonna be suuuper rad.
The Double Fine Adventure Book ($60 reward tier for a digital PDF, $500 reward tier for a physical copy) WTF? ART? In your MFing HANDS? Whoa Nellie, this is an exciting new development! Filled with concept art, developer bios, excerpts from the game’s script, and deep dark secrets, this book will further expand on this entire adventure. It will be made available both as a super nice, mantel-ready hardcover book in the $500 reward tier, and as a digital PDF in the $60 reward tier for people who just want to read it on the crapper with their iPads. (By the way, never ask to borrow my iPad.)
In addition to these new rewards, Double Fine also included a 35-minute video featuring an interview of Ron Gilbert by Tim Schafer. You can view the whole thing here, or check out the five-minute clip below. Gilbert is one of the front-runners of the adventure genre, and his insight is as sharp as you would expect. My favorite answer is contained within the clip below, in which he speculates on why the adventure genre is seen as “unpopular.” There’s a nice sense of perspective and history involved. Also, in your best Dr. Doofenshmirtz voice, curse you Call of Duty!!
Jen lives with her husband, daughter and super-villain kitty. An avid gamer since the Atari, she honed her skills on Doom 2, Daggerfall and System Shock. A bonafide 360-convert, she plays more than is humanly healthy and is determined to find a decent horror game this generation if it kills her.
