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Congrats to the whole team and all the backers , here and everywhere….

and now Doug , make an incredible experience.

Bonsai - 26 June 2013 07:30 PM

Believe it Doug:

$ 900,000

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE

WE DID IT!!!

You know what I get to do when I wake up tomorrow? DESIGN A BIG HONKIN’ GAME!

Thanks to everyone for your donations, and Bonsai, I’ll never forget you defending me. You’re a rare person.

Advie - 26 June 2013 08:08 PM

TenNapel - 26 June 2013 07:47 PM

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!!!!

 

YES
This Is just AWESOME ....

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Side Note: QUEST1 I know you can see this post but can Not interact ...
So Give yourself Pat on the shoulder and celebrate it this you deserved it(anyway) ...
ahh and.. ,you can find my email at ma profile here so send me an Email please

I also want to thank Q1. Can you pass that along for me? I don’t know how to get a hold of him.

Still can’t believe this really happened. Congratulations, everyone.

Can adventure fans work a miracle for Bill Tiller, now?

Udvarnoky - 26 June 2013 09:16 PM

Can adventure fans work a miracle for Bill Tiller, now?

We could have if Bill Tiller had given the people what they want, and that is traditional animation style like the games that got him famous have.

This basically completes my dream lineup for future adventure games. The wait for all these KS adventures is unbearable, but it’s amazing to have so much to look forward to.

There’s almost nothing else out in the adventure genre that could get me more excited at this point. Neverhood was the last one I really wanted to see a sequel/follow up to.

AdorableMogwai - 27 June 2013 06:07 AM

We could have if Bill Tiller had given the people what they want, and that is traditional animation style like the games that got him famous have.

I assume you’re talking specifically about paper-drawn animation for 2D characters, since A Vampyre Story remains a 2D adventure game with gorgeous hand-painted backgrounds, with 3D models being used for characters and props only.  And by “games” I assume you mean “game,” since as far as I know The Curse of Monkey Island is the only title on Bill’s resume that actually boasted that kind of character animation, being a super-expensive project from the genre’s golden era specifically intended to rival an animated film in production values.  And I assume that by “famous” you really mean “not famous,” because his name hasn’t proven capable of generating even a fraction of the press/financing that Schafer/Lowe/Tørnquist have.

It is my informed guess that characters are 3D because it accelerates (and consequentially curbs the cost) of the animation process and he has better access to experienced 3D animators.  Frankly of AVS’s flaws I can’t say the character animation is among them.  It’s expressive and quite high quality.  I don’t know how much doing the character animation like CMI would have upped the budget, but considering that AVS1 undersold, Ghost Pirates maybe broke even, and this Kickstarter has raised a little over $50k, I daresay upping the budget to satisfy such a specific and baffling requirement from you (even though you speak for everyone) isn’t the most strategic move Bill can make at this juncture.