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Psychonauts 2 Announced (Crowdfunding on Fig, PC/PS4/XB1, UE4, $3.3M goal--funded!)
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Admiral Woofington
Member
It's said that she had earned every merit badge before Raz even shows, so she should have those powers. Of course, she doesn't have much of a reason to harness them all throughout the game.
Fair enough, Raz's acrobatic background did play well into the platforming mechanics of the original. But I still enjoy the idea of having a few areas where platforming isn't key or required much at all while the enclosed plot of the level took over. I'm not going to pretend adding another character model is easy pumpkin pie, but tossing Lili at least a few would be appreciated.
speaking of her I liked the implication in the first game that
she dated a bunch of guys in the camp before Raz showed up
Girl's got game yo
Girl's got game yo
Lili does seem like that type of girl considering she made moves on Raz first haha, I love her personality so much.
Messofanego
Banned
I got a bit emotional watching that Psychonauts retrospective. Seems like lots of universal truth to game development. The struggles of finding funds to finish a game, worrying about sales, getting a publisher to sign off on your atypical game.
"I wonder why this game just didn't take over the world because I worked so hard on it."
It also reminded me that Psychonauts did the insides of character's minds better than Pixar's Inside Out.
"I wonder why this game just didn't take over the world because I worked so hard on it."
It also reminded me that Psychonauts did the insides of character's minds better than Pixar's Inside Out.
Admiral Woofington
Member
man the funding has slowed down almost to a standstill. It's like almost there too.
I noticed this too. I'm still confident it'll hit its mark since its still got 25 days left. I'ed honestly be absolutely heartbroken if it doesn't make its funding. I've been waiting for this game for ten years now and to see it disappear would be devastating for me. But I still have hope they'll pull through.
Admiral Woofington
Member
it'll reach it as shit will pick up again after christmas.
But at the speed it was going it seemed like it would reach it before christmas
Do like every crowdfunding project ever then. Seriously, this is normal, most of the action is at the beginning and end.
psychotron
Member
How do you get that as an add-on? I kept seeing PC everything.
liliththepale
Banned
Some of the guys (and Anna) did a short stream earlier tonight of Lungfishopolis and Black Velvetopia. I'd have posted the link to the live stream earlier but I was at work and watching/listening on mobile. Luckily the broadcast is saved for now:
http://www.twitch.tv/doublefine/v/30495288
So cool! Tim said on the live stream earlier that Psychonauts 2 will be mostly new characters, but luckily Lili will still be there.
http://www.twitch.tv/doublefine/v/30495288
So cool! Tim said on the live stream earlier that Psychonauts 2 will be mostly new characters, but luckily Lili will still be there.
Admiral Woofington
Member
You can't have Psychonauts 2 starring Raz without Lili in there, since they were hilarious together.
Raz' obsession with making out after she mentions that one time and then bringing it up in the most inappropriate situations was amazing. Oh young love.
Raz' obsession with making out after she mentions that one time and then bringing it up in the most inappropriate situations was amazing. Oh young love.
liliththepale
Banned
No joke, my text alert noise for years now has been Lili telling Raz "you're so immature." Though I usually keep it on vibrate.
Ultimadrago
Member
Some of my favorite lines from the game involve their mushiness.
Oh man, need to check this out later.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I gotta admit that when the game came out I was still fairly new to the US and didn't get the name goggalor.
Now that I replayed the title again for the first time in ages I got it and almost hated myself for never realizing it back then.
Now that I replayed the title again for the first time in ages I got it and almost hated myself for never realizing it back then.
Add-ons are only offered after you've clicked one of the rewards (Basic Braining and up).
CecilRousso
Member
$2.8m.
85% funded.
85% funded.
Almost there
KiteGr
Member
Do you people think Double Fine still has the Unrendered cutscenes of the original Psychonauts?
Their resolution is pretty crappy, and if they where to remaster the game with better textures, lighting and widescreen support, they would stand out a lot! They'll need some proper re-rendering to work better.
Their resolution is pretty crappy, and if they where to remaster the game with better textures, lighting and widescreen support, they would stand out a lot! They'll need some proper re-rendering to work better.
liliththepale
Banned
No. I can't remember where it was stated but in either the retrospective or the recent live stream they remarked that all they have are the uncompressed renderings, not the original animation files.
Finale Fireworker
Member
Psychonauts is in a terrifying need of a modernized remaster. Kickstart that along with this, if you have to. Even the PC version would benefit from a clean up.
Without the original animation files, is a remastered edition of Psychonauts (à la GRIM FANDANGO) feasible?
Bear Force One
Banned
Good to see this is pretty much a lock. I was really worried they weren't going to even hit halfway, and I need this!
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'm still confused on backers/investors.
As in once we hit 3.3 mill with backers do investors need to reach their own separate 3.3?
As in once we hit 3.3 mill with backers do investors need to reach their own separate 3.3?
liliththepale
Banned
Sweet! I was wondering when this would come out. I'm watching it now.
Psychonauts is a much more involved game to begin with. A couple of changes would be easy, like improving the lighting system. That would actually be easier than Grim Fandango since Grim wasn't designed to have shadows or anything, so new geometry had to be placed in each of the scenes. But everything else would be more difficult. Many more textures, more models and more detail in the models (and an art style not quite as forgiving as Grim of being low-poly), and much more intricate scenes.
Re-animating the cut scenes would be a lot of work, but remastering the whole game would be a lot of work to begin with. Then again, it also depends on how much you actually want upgraded. For example, in the Ratchet & Clank and Jak PS3 remasters, they just basically ported everything over and upscaled the textures and called it a day. So you still have low-poly models and low particle counts for effects and even a few effects that went missing because they weren't able to be ported over well enough in time.
A combined total of 3.3m from Fig investment backers and traditional backers. Click the (i) under the funding bar to see the current breakdown.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Man it's going really slow. Hopefully they will make it, no?
No doubt, it doesn't surprise me its gotten alittle slow over the Christmas holiday.
With 440k to go, and over half of the campaign length left (21k/day; current rate is greater even without the final bump), there would have to be some kind of disaster for it to fail.
A leak that reveals that the true goal of the crowdfunder is to start a research program to give Tim Schafer psychic powers.
Im not so sure that would fail
Ghost_Messiah
Member
I think they're too close to their objective with too much time left for this to fail. Failure should be impossible at this point. The recent slowness however is worrying.
StoppedInTracks
Member
A disaster like, say, Christmas Holidays with people out on vacations skiing/ visiting their families? Hopefully they have their mobiles with them
I just wish it had been funded already. Don't really care about any extra goals but the main $3.3M one.
Solid Samus
Banned
oh fuck
I didn't know about this at all
I didn't know about this at all
HellBlazer
Member
I would back that.
AtomskEater
Member
Seriously, there's no need to get even a little worried. Even without the holiday hubbub, I don't know of a single crowdfund where the middle wasn't slower than the beginning and the end. There's 0 chance that it won't make the remaining 440k in 3 weeks after making 2.8 mill in less time than that.
New video today! Sands of Time with Patrice Désilets is up!
Oh man, Alex Hirsch (of Gravity Falls fame) just tweeted that he's interested in writing for a video game and a bunch of people immediately suggested he work with Tim Schafer and Double Fine.
https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/679432124005400576
Can you imagine if Alex contributed to Psychonauts 2? If you've seen Gravity Falls, you know his style would be the perfect fit for the game. And even if it's not Psychonauts 2, he and Tim could work some real magic if they both brought their A game.
https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/679432124005400576
Can you imagine if Alex contributed to Psychonauts 2? If you've seen Gravity Falls, you know his style would be the perfect fit for the game. And even if it's not Psychonauts 2, he and Tim could work some real magic if they both brought their A game.
wow this is worse than i remember drawing it
okay after bayo smash art i gotta do some more gravity falls x psychonauts
That is great news
! I tweeted him suggesting he help Double Fine out with Psychonauts 2, as his writing style would perfectly complement the world of Psychonauts
.Spyder_Monkey
Banned
I'm so glad this is going to get funded.
LucidMomentum
Member
That is great news
I tweeted him suggesting he help Double Fine out with Psychonauts 2, as his writing style would perfectly complement the world of Psychonauts
Oh snap! Tim Schafer himself favorited this tweet!
Oh snap! Tim Schafer himself favorited this tweet!
Now we wait until Alex works with Double Fine in the future hopefully
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