Double Fine Adventure Will Be Available DRM Free For IOS, Android 117
New submitter Garth Smith writes "Tim Schafer has a video update for his crowdsourced project, Double Fine Adventure. Because of the nearly $2 million in funding, the budget is now large enough for language translations, voice acting, music, and more platforms. The XBox and PS3 are absent. I wonder what would the chances of a DRM-free release have been if funding had come from a traditional publisher?"
Re:IOS, Android and (Score:5, Informative)
Mac, Linux, and PC. With both Steam and DRM-free versions to be available for all-purpose platforms.
Re:Both DRM free and DRM'ed versions. (Score:5, Informative)
Steam games don't necessarily have DRM -- not even the kind that Steam itself provides. See for example DOSBox games on it, Witcher 2, VVVVVV, and a few others that allow you to copy the game files and play without Steam, without the need to crack them.
Re:Both DRM free and DRM'ed versions. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:What about investors? (Score:5, Informative)
If you bothered to check out the Kickstarter page, the "returns" start at getting a copy of the game. They even had a level of $10,000 donation which would get you lunch with Tim Schaffer. If you went to Double Fine's site, they had even higher levels than that. $15,000 would get you dinner with the dev team and Tim Schaffer. $20,000 would get you dinner and bowling.
Re:Its the least a begger could offer. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Traditional Publisher (Score:5, Informative)
As it turns out, there's a current push to change this situation. It sounds like the illegal bit is soliciting investments in return for equity "from unaccredited investorsâ"defined as investors with less than $1 million in assetsâ"who are not friends or family."
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120111/SMALLBIZ/120119980# [crainsnewyork.com]
It sounds like a great idea to me.