Update #1
So, er, we kind of knew there are some people interested in our endeavours and possibly frustrated with some aspects of original Pathologic, but we're floored. We never thought we'd manage to collect more than $60,000 in our first few hours—more than 1/4th of the required sum! (Things are moving so fast that we actually had to correct the number while writing this update. More than once.)
Thank you so much! Each and every one of you. We don't want to say something posh and cliche here, like "it's an honor" or "we'll do our best to be worthy of the faith you've put in us". Just bear in mind that there's a bunch of folks somewhere in Russia who keep refreshing the Backers page, reading every name and smiling giddily.
Thank you. There'll be updates with more substance very soon.
(We're also very grateful to The Chinese Room, Tale of Tales, and Brian Fargo for their support. We love their games, and it's nice to know the feeling is mutual.)
Oh, and here's another nice thing: a feature by Adam Smith of Rock, Paper, Shotgun on what exactly and why exactly we're remaking (or rather reimagining). Hopefully you'll find it insightful!
up to $75,000
From the RPS article and comments:
“Like Russia, in Pathologic, everybody dies in the end?”
Isn’t that true everywhere in the world?
“Yes, but in Russia – faster.”
Then someone in the comments linked this, proving that this is actually statistically and sadly true:
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/sep/02/dying-russians/