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Pay $1.00 or more to vote on which 3 prototypes Double Fine makes!
10 finalists will be announced Monday February 10th

Lets discuss the 29! entrees:

Humans: A Study Guide
Kee Chi
~Humans: A Study Guide, is a life and relationship simulation where you control a person from childhood to old age, leveling up life skills, making critical choices, and fostering meaningful connections with people that lasts a lifetime.

ether
Andrew Wood
~Ether is a game about the joy of exploration; skimming over the ruins of derelict ships scattered across a lonely, desolate island.

Derelict
Oliver Franzke
~Derelict is a exploration game in which you'll have to find out what happened to the crew of an abandoned spaceship drifting through outer space.

What Could Go Wrong
David Gardner
~A summer camping slasher horror adventure game that captures the aesthetic of the films from the 70's and 80's.

Dum Sim
Lydia Choy
~Dum Sim, a dim sum dining game with Kairosoft, Warioware, and Cooking Mama mechanics.

Reentry
Drew Skillman
~Bionic commando meets the movie Gravity in Reentry, a zero-g physics thriller.

Headlander
Lee Petty
~Headlander is a third person action adventure game set in a retro future world where you can launch your head from its body, fly it around, land into- and take control of, the bodies of enemy forces.

Breach
Geoffrey Soulis
~Breach is a space sim 3rd person shooter.

Oscillate
Ben Peck
~A rhythm-based shoot 'em up inspired by Ikaruga and Ridiculous Fishing, where you explore the mysterious depths of the ocean.

Dear Leader
Anna Kipnis
~An emergent narrative game, where you play a despotic ruler guiding the future of a post-revolution Republic.

Project 行
Duncan Boehle
~Project 行 (xing) is a spell-casting fighting game, based on the five Chinese elements.

ExtraTerrarium
Asif Siddiky
~An open-world Action Puzzler where you observe the behavior of alien wildlife and adopt their abilities to survive in a hostile ecosystem.

Fathomless
Paul Levering
~Terrifying, atmospheric first person cave exploration tapping into the wonder of discovery and the fear of the unknown.

GREAT SPIRITS
Elliott Roberts
~Great Spirits is a 3D Adventure where you play a down-and-out stage magician who gains the power to summon spirits from beyond the grave to help him on a supernatural quest.

Gone Astray
Paul Owens
~A 3D action adventure game where you play a house cat exploring the outside world for the first time.

Scavengers
Matthew Franklin
~Scavengers is League of Legends crossed with survival games such as Day Z and State of Decay.

Mega Rad Karate Troopers
Jeremy Natividad
~Mega Rad Karate Troopers is a turn based strategy game with epic battles that scale up in size.

Buried Metropolis
JP LeBreton
~Explore a lost robot civilization in Buried Metropolis, a roguelike-like game where every wireless access point you visit in the real world holds its own unique, randomly generated dungeon.

The Last Missile Commander
Brian Min
~The Last Missile Commander is a global tactical strategy game on an epic scale! Set in an alternate 1984 Earth, you are charged with guarding the world's last seed bank. Imagine the Norad Scene from the movie Wargames, with Civ 5 game mechanics!

Timagotchi
Brandon Dillon
~Timagotchi is a pet simulator where you nurture an adorable little Tim Schafer and help him bring his ideas to life.

Bad Golf 2
Patrick Hackett
~Bad Golf 2! Sequel to the Greatest Golf Game never made! Bad Golf 2!

Steed
John Bernhelm
~In Steed, you play a horse-for-hire and save a storybook land full of inept heroes

The White Witch's Gnome War
Levi Ryken
~Seven gnomes and a shape shifting witch hack through an army of un-dead, craft awesomer weapons, cut down more un-dead, then relax and drink ale (gnomes LOVE ale).

Astro Helmet
Jeremy Mitchell
~Astro Helmet is a fast-paced and hyper-stylized space shooter focused on MASSIVE boss battles - Star Fox meets Shadow of the Collossus.

Parabolic
Chad Dawson
~A microphone operator listening in on the quarterback's plays overhears something sinister in the crowd and must use his wits and skills to save the world.

Jet Girl & Ghost Dog
Ben Burbank
~Jet Girl & Ghost Dog is a co-op action RPG where you control either a girl with a cool jetpack or her ghost dog friend as you seek out what, exactly, killed the dog.

Mnemonic
Derek Brand
~Mnemonic is a surreal, first-person noir adventure where you explore and rearrange memories in order to solve the murder of the woman you loved. Along the way you'll discover the impermanence of your remembered experiences and uncover secrets that are found only in the deepest realms of your consciousness.

Eras of Adventure
Justin Bailey
~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.

Cat in a Box
David Farrell
~You are a cat jumping through boxes to other worlds!

As a recap of 2012 (Which I didn't take part in), I think they only released one game, Spacebase DF-9
Post edited February 06, 2014 by gbaz69
Fathomless and Steed both look really fun.
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Melhelix: Fathomless and Steed both look really fun.
Agreed. You play Steed from the aspect of the horse right? (reminds me of the Family Guy scene about Brokeback Mountain from the horses perspective, haha)

For Fathomless, they can go a different route, like you can't climb out, and have to survive in a network of underground caves! Light source is limited! Food is scarce.

And I think Double Fine can NOT do Breach, it seems beyond their abilities.

Mnemonic, if done well, can be revolutionary :/, kind of like the movie Memento, but as either an adventure/puzzle/point-click super hybrid.

ps. I don't like this weeks weekly. space base was $12.49 not too long ago, why pay $16.74 for it?
(yes you get 4 other games, but they have been in bundles before, and even less then the difference in price)
Post edited February 06, 2014 by gbaz69
EDIT:: Got them to work now.

I quite like Buried Metropolis, Timagotchi, Reentry and What Could Go Wrong.

Although I do like Double Fine games they do seem to spend a lot of time in sales these days.
Post edited February 06, 2014 by 011284mm
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011284mm: How do you look at the games? Do I need to buy in on the weekly or not? (I am on Android if that could be the issue)
Each prototype, has a div or box around it that when clicked, reveals a youtube video, where a person pitches you the game.
(some are no pitches and just text/music... like stupid golf one, they need to pitch the idea, not spin text around)
Right now I'm feeling Steed, Great Spirits, and What Could Go Wrong the most, although Gone Astray is tugging at me. Then again, I don't think any of the ones I liked in the last AF were voted into production (I still love you, Kaiju Piledriver) so what do I know about good game pitches? :)
Not gonna vote, but I like Breach, Project Xing and Dear Leader (I just love games where I can be a ruthless communist dictator).
Post edited February 06, 2014 by Fesin
Still need money to finish the games that were already funded? ;-D
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keeveek: Still need money to finish the games that were already funded? ;-D
Was just thinking that. They have been in a lot of sales recently. Cynic would say they need the money. Surely most people have at least one copy of most of their games by now?
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keeveek: Still need money to finish the games that were already funded? ;-D
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Niggles: Was just thinking that. They have been in a lot of sales recently. Cynic would say they need the money. Surely most people have at least one copy of most of their games by now?
They even have a humble bundle weekly. They're in humble bundle for like gazillionth time ;-)
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Niggles: Was just thinking that. They have been in a lot of sales recently. Cynic would say they need the money. Surely most people have at least one copy of most of their games by now?
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keeveek: They even have a humble bundle weekly. They're in humble bundle for like gazillionth time ;-)
So much for no repeats on HB ;)
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keeveek: They even have a humble bundle weekly. They're in humble bundle for like gazillionth time ;-)
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Niggles: So much for no repeats on HB ;)
Hey, repeats are good for my wallet. :p
Eras of Adventure
Justin Bailey
~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.
I read/watched that Eras of Adventure pitch, and it reminded me of a post from over a year ago. Had to smile about that one and am really glad someone is giving the idea a shot!
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Fesin: Not gonna vote, but I like Breach, Project Xing and Dear Leader (I just love games where I can be a ruthless communist dictator).
You might as well vote for them as you never know who else might like those games too. At the current time there are 4105 sales, so your votes could just as easily tip the balance as be negated.

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Also it is just like a ruthless communist dictator to say they are not voting to keep things balanced whilst twisting others to do their bidding, but I already voted for those that sound nice to me.
Post edited February 06, 2014 by 011284mm
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keeveek: Still need money to finish the games that were already funded? ;-D
It's not cheap to have the entire studio work on prototypes for two weeks. Last time AF was on Humble Bundle, it almost paid for the whole affair.