Broken age stick5/18/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() First is Vella, a girl living in a fantasy world. It’s also a bit different from both those categories: It’s Schafer reflecting on his own life and trying to impart something to his audience.īroken Age has you playing as two characters in very different settings. Broken Age is something from the aging father Tim Schafer, who wants to make whimsical little games alongside his black comedies. The bad business decisions hurt the company’s reputation with some, and the resulting game wasn’t the new classic people expected.īut that doesn’t mean Broken Age is bad, mind you. ![]() It did not help that the game was released in two halves, as Double Fine went over budget and instead used profits from selling the first “act” to fund the second (though they were kind enough to make the second act a free update for those who had the first upon its completion). However, because the campaign had no concrete information on what the game could end up being, people went wild with ideas and expectations for the title, so when it finally released in 2014, it was scorned by many. Broken Age was the end result, and this game ended up making crowdfunding a viable option for game developers, both indies and old vets trying to get back into the scene. Ironically, Schafer’s goal was to fund a game development documentary, with the production of a new game as a side part of that larger project. With his name on the likes of Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle, people went nuts over the thought of one of the greats returning to his genre of choice, and his $400,000 goal was broken apart by a $3.45 million finish. In February 2012, Tim Schafer launched a kickstarter campaign for a Double Fine adventure title, marking his return to the genre after fourteen years. ![]()
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