Less than a day after announcing Psychonauts 2 on the The Game Awards show, the fans of Double Fine Productions’ Psychonauts franchise have responded by generously pledging over $1M of their $3.3M goal to the crowdfunding campaign on Fig.
The Psychonauts 2 crowdfunding campaign is the first video game campaign to offer traditional crowdfunding reward tier as well as investment opportunities for both accredited and unaccredited investors.
Psychonauts was released back in 2005 to much critical acclaim, and has since become a cult classic, with a huge fan base around the world. It follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin in his quest to join the Psychonauts—an elite group of international psychic secret agents — as he runs away from the circus and breaks into their secret training facility: Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp.
In Psychonauts 2, Raz will realize his dreams and visit the Psychonauts Headquarters as a fully established agent. But when he gets there he finds it’s not the perfect place he expected and he quickly realizes that the Psychonauts need him, more than he needs them…
Psychonauts 2 will feature a new hub world inside Psychonauts HQ. You’ll access new mental worlds as Raz peeks inside the minds of a host of new characters who need his help to combat their inner demons and unravel their deep-seated emotional issues. Raz will hone his secret agent PSI-abilities—and learn new ones too—using them to solve mysteries and uncover evil plots.
The sequel will be developed in house by the award winning team at Double Fine Productions, with Tim Schafer as project lead, alongside original collaborators including co-writer Erik Wolpaw, artists Peter Chan, Scott Campbell, and Nathan Stapley, composer Peter McConnell, voice actors Richard Horvitz and Nicki Rapp, and voice director Khris Brown.
People interested in backing for rewards, or investing in Psychonauts 2 can check out the campaign at www.fig.co
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