Double Fine seeks to cut out publishers with Kickstarter-funded adventure

Rather than trying to pitch a point-and-click adventure game to traditional publishers, and face the likely prospect of being laughed out of the office, Tim Schafer and the team at Double Fine have decided to go straight to the players.

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In short, what is the chance of a modern Schafer being able to distinguish himself?

Very good. There are several devs with little or no name recognition who've already been successful in raising funds for their projects on Kickstarter.

Actually, Schafer is the first dev with name recognition I've seen on Kickstarter.