Jay G.

Developer Double Fine has a (near) annual tradition where they take a 2 week break from their normal development to pitch and produce a number of game prototypes. Many of their recent games have come from these two-week jams.

In 2012, they opened up the process to the public, letting us vote on what games get prototyped, and documenting the 2 week development process with daily videos. They're doing it again this year, with special guest Pendleton Ward (creator of Adventure Time) heading one of the projects.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHDpmCpTZuA

It's pay what you want, and for as little as $1 you can vote for which pitches get developed, see the daily videos, and play the final prototypes. If you pay more than the average, you also get to vote on which of 4 pitches Pendleton Ward makes.

See all the details, and individual pitch videos here:
http://www.humblebundle.com/doublefine

Voting is open until 2/13, with finalists announced on Monday 2/10.

3 of the 2012 prototypes turned into full-fledged games that Double Fine developed or is developing. You get the 2012 prototypes included in this deal, but not the final games.

Jay G.

I posted about the 2012 Amnesia Fortnight in the indie bundle thread, but seeing as this may be a recurring event now and is a bit different than a standard bundle, I'd thought I'd create a new thread for the new one. Previous info here:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-...l#post11474749

You can also buy the 2012 Amnesia Fortnight stuff on DVD, if so inclined:
http://www.doublefine.com/fortnight

Double Fine is also running a Humble Weekly Sale of their games to promote the Amnesia Fortnight, including Early Access to one of the 2012 Amnesia Fortnight winners, Spacebase DF-9.
https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Decker

Can we vote that they get back to work on finishing Broken Age instead?

Jay G.

I actually think the reason why they didn't have an Amnesia Fortnight in 2013 was because they wanted to get Broken Age Act 1 out as soon as possible.

The Amnesia Fortnights work as a kind of "breather" for the studio and their existing projects. They're mentioned that afterwards, the staff returns to their ongoing projects refreshed and with a new vigor. So it's not like taking 2 weeks off for this means that Broken Age Act 2 will be released 2 weeks later than otherwise.

Jay G.

Doube Fine has published all of the documentary series of the 2012 Amnesia Fortnight on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...cSfPUVM8RnGwcl

Jay G.

Double Fine announced the 10 finalists. In alphabetical order:

• Breach - a space sim 3rd person shooter.
• Dear Leader - An emergent narrative game, where you play a despotic ruler guiding the future of a post-revolution Republic.
• Derelict - an exploration game in which you'll have to find out what happened to the crew of an abandoned spaceship drifting through outer space.
• ether - a game about the joy of exploration; skimming over the ruins of derelict ships scattered across a lonely, desolate island.
• Eras of Adventure - Journey through the different eras of adventure games - begin in a text based adventure, move to the 8-bit graphics era, through points & click, and finally arrive in the modern day renaissance of the genre.
• ExtraTerrarium - An open-world Action Puzzler where you observe the behavior of alien wildlife and adopt their abilities to survive in a hostile ecosystem.
• Mnemonic - a surreal, first-person noir adventure where you explore and rearrange memories in order to solve the murder of the woman you loved.
• Project Xing - a spell-casting fighting game, based on the five Chinese elements.
• Steed - play as a horse-for-hire and save a storybook land full of inept heroes.
• What Could Go Wrong - A summer camping slasher horror adventure game that captures the aesthetic of the films from the 70's and 80's.

Winners announced on Thu 2/13 at 12:00PM PST.

Jay G.

Less than 4 hours left for voting. I noted for Derelict, Steed, and Eras of Adventure, as well as for Little Pink Best Buds for Pendleton Ward's project.

Jay G.

The 4 game designs that will be prototyped are:

• Dear Leader
• Mnemonic
• Steed
• Pendleton Ward's Little Pink Best Buds

First episode of the documentary is up, for all to see, on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTzTjf-I-A8

Jay G.

Day 1 documentary is up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF6RYLM3BQc

I expect the Day 2 documentary to go up later today. It appears to be about a 3 day delay for the videos (for example, Day 1 covers the events on 2/17, but was posted on 2/20).

There's also the live Twitch feed that starts at 10:30AM PST (1:30PM EST) every weekday:
http://www.twitch.tv/doublefine

Jay G.

I haven't been keeping up with the videos, but Days 2-6 are up on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...1wDPtdNPjZ-tw0

Jay G.

Only 4 hours left to buy in on this. The documentary videos are up to day 8 on Youtube.

Jay G.

The prototypes are out. They've extended the buying period until the end of the month.
http://www.humblebundle.com/doublefine

Youtube now has documentaries on all 10 days. The day 10 documentary is a double-length one:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...1wDPtdNPjZ-tw0

Jay G.

Only 3 days left to buy the prototypes. They released a trailer containing gameplay footage:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMaPthBemU