And that man is Tim Schafer.
Not much was revealed at the Develop conference today, but apparently Double Fine nixed development of a Brütal Legend 2 in favor of making smaller games. Four of them.
According to IGN, Lee Petty, the man behind much of the Brütally awesome art of their previous game, will work on a retro title "with a twist." Programmer Nathan Marts, meanwhile, is doing something more technologically "cutting edge." Brad Muir and Tasha Harris are also heading up projects. The games all have publishers.
So. This is kind of cool. While Psychonauts and Brütal Legend were awesome, I can't help but think that this new approach will benefit both Double Fine and us. Four games? Come on!
More to come soon, I'm sure.
Source: IGN
Kroms
Exciting. I wonder what Schafes himself is doing, though.
Probably this, with all his Psychonauts & BL royalties.
speon
Working on smaller projects sounds like it would free up the opportunity for more experimentation as well...perhaps even working some more adventure game-like qualities into the titles.
Totally agree here. Even if they probably won't be adventure games, I think they might try to find some alternative ways to make the games technically. I mean, a game can be epic even if it's not a huge cinematic 3D game. Monkey Island 2 is damn epic and it's "just" a "simple" 2D game.
Granted, the latter is more of a personal preference (but hey, this is Mojo right?), I understand if thos games aren't necessarily Double Fine's or Tim's M.O. anymore.