Jane Jensen's Kickstarter

Jane Jensen, the writer of Gabriel Knight and Grey matter has started a Kickstarter campaign with an interesting model. Read more over here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005365109/jane-jensens-pinkerton-road-2012-2013-csg

Funding adventure games via Kickstarter is really becoming a trend. I think Jensen is a great writer, that's why I'm backing the project myself.

I heard great things about Gabriel Knight but I never played it myself. Although, I have played Grey Matter and I thought that was a wonderful game. I will pledge to this project.Elann2008

Good to hear. You can get the Gabriel Knight games on www.gog.com. Played through 1 and 2 not too long ago. While 1 is a very traditional adventure, 2 is probably one of the few good FMV games.

I tend to pay for games after they're made.

I tend to pay for games after they're made.

-Unreal-

You're pledging not paying. If the project isn't funded by may 19th then you don't pay. Also, you get the game from the $15 pledge.

I heard great things about Gabriel Knight but I never played it myself. Although, I have played Grey Matter and I thought that was a wonderful game. I will pledge to this project.Elann2008

Gabriel Knight 1 is up there with the Monkey Island games, in my opinion. They're definitely not as funny or charming, but they're really well-designed with some very interesting mysteries to boot.

Count me in on this one.

She's to me the greatest storyteller videogame industry ever had. Pledged 110 dollars, the empress of adventure genre is worth this kind of support :)

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]I heard great things about Gabriel Knight but I never played it myself. Although, I have played Grey Matter and I thought that was a wonderful game. I will pledge to this project.G-Lord

Good to hear. You can get the Gabriel Knight games on www.gog.com. Played through 1 and 2 not too long ago. While 1 is a very traditional adventure, 2 is probably one of the few good FMV games.

Colour me interested. Again.

Are we finally looking at the revival of classic PC gaming? :o

Colour me interested. Again.

Are we finally looking at the revival of classic PC gaming? :o

RobertBowen

I was hesitant at first, but it starts to look that way. Both the indie movement (see Legend of Grimrock) and Kickstarter have a part in this.

I love Jane Jensen, the Gabriel Knight series was amazing and Gray Matter is the first good Point and Click adventure game I've played in a really long time. I'm definitely going to pledge for this one.

Hopefully this won't mean more cats and moustaches puzzles... This is probably one of the few kickstarter projects which I'm not interested in... And I like adventure games!pilouuuu2004

Also, as hilariously bad as that puzzle was, it wasn't her who designed it. They had to cut one of her complex puzzles and the team need something to replace it quicly, thus the infamous mustache puzzle was born.

Yesterday when I first saw it: they had 45 thousand. Now: almost 68!!

Kickstarter just discovered a HUGE potential lying dormant in the community. I myself am astounded! I guess it's not just me and another one here and there who really misses the good old games (no pun intended with gog.com).

Gamers of the world, congrats are in order! :cool:

EDIT: I said almost 68? Well, 68 it is now. In just a few seconds!! :D

I tend to pay for games after they're made.

-Unreal-

I never asked for this.

Yesterday when I first saw it: they had 45 thousand. Now: almost 68!!

Kickstarter just discovered a HUGE potential lying dormant in the community. I myself am astounded! I guess it's not just me and another one here and there who really misses the good old games (no pun intended with gog.com).

Gamers of the world, congrats are in order! :cool:

EDIT: I said almost 68? Well, 68 it is now. In just a few seconds!! :D

Lithos_

[QUOTE="pilouuuu2004"]Hopefully this won't mean more cats and moustaches puzzles... This is probably one of the few kickstarter projects which I'm not interested in... And I like adventure games!AdrianWerner

Also, as hilariously bad as that puzzle was, it wasn't her who designed it. They had to cut one of her complex puzzles and the team need something to replace it quicly, thus the infamous mustache puzzle was born.

This is good news. Jane Jensen is one of the best writers in the whole industry, and I enjoyed every game she has made so far.

I didn't ask for this.

Am_Confucius

It's "I *never* asked for this" :evil: !!!

I think that Jane Jensen's last game was kind of a fail, wasn't it?pilouuuu2004

[QUOTE="Lithos_"]

Yesterday when I first saw it: they had 45 thousand. Now: almost 68!!

Kickstarter just discovered a HUGE potential lying dormant in the community. I myself am astounded! I guess it's not just me and another one here and there who really misses the good old games (no pun intended with gog.com).

Gamers of the world, congrats are in order! :cool:

EDIT: I said almost 68? Well, 68 it is now. In just a few seconds!! :D

RyviusARC

And 90k now. It'll be a piece of cake. ;)

[QUOTE="pilouuuu2004"]I think that Jane Jensen's last game was kind of a fail, wasn't it?fovlet

GS: What are your thoughts concerning Gray Matter 1? JJ: It was a different kind of process for me. I had the script for that game. And basically it was developed by a German publisher, and the development team was originally Czech, and then it moved to Paris. And I was working full time at Oberon at the time, so I had a limited amount of time to really spend on that project. And towards the end, they kind of ran out of time and money and were just trying to get the game out. I'm very proud of that game; I think it's a good game, but part of the impetus behind this new studio is I want to make sure I have control over the production. And that I can make sure the games have the quality that I really want to see them have. So the story is not sort of marred by production flaws. I didn't have as much oversight on the project as I would have liked to have had. GameSpot

Indeed. I just hate when devs trash their former games while promising that everything will be better next time. She just made an honest analysis.

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

I didn't ask for this.

N30F3N1X

It's "I *never* asked for this" :evil: !!!

Jane posted a video with answers to the most urgent questions:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005365109/jane-jensens-pinkerton-road-2012-2013-csg/posts

News: The backers of the project can vote how interested they are in the three projects. As a backer, you get a nice concept PDF file, then you can go fill out a survey. I love to take part in the project that early on.

FYI if you want to check out Gray Matter on the cheap we've got it on sale for $4.99 for the next 8 hours or so :).

http://www.amazon.com/Viva-Media-40588Gray-Matter3-Download/dp/B004NNVE8M/

Cheers,

Tony

FYI if you want to check out Gray Matter on the cheap we've got it on sale for $4.99 for the next 8 hours or so :).

http://www.amazon.com/Viva-Media-40588Gray-Matter3-Download/dp/B004NNVE8M/

Cheers,

Tony

Amazon_DVG

Thanks for the info. Might be a good time to pick it up for everyone who didn't yet.

The voting has ended for the Pinkerton project. Moebius won, so that will be the first project.

Thanks for bumping guys. 450k would be excellent as they would record more dialog and an orchestral score.