Erkki Posted March 13, 2012 Amazon is pretty clever, and they know the dates that the payment is valid from and until -- if your card expired before the from date, I imagine it would probably be flagged. Probably not. In fact, I have 3 cards there (all the 40-day ones) and they always pick the oldest and most expired one by default for some reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted March 13, 2012 Probably not. In fact, I have 3 cards there (all the 40-day ones) and they always pick the oldest and most expired one by default for some reason. Yeah, same here... but have you ever tried to pay with one? In other news... the video link is (almost) live! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/double-fine-adventure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 13, 2012 Yeah, same here... but have you ever tried to pay with one? oh, sorry, I think i misread your previous post. Yeah, they send you an e-mail if it fails. I think I was removed as a backer from some thing when it failed and I was too lazy to create a new card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted March 13, 2012 i think the stream is live now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 13, 2012 I'm working at ten-thirty p.m., and it's nice having a stream of happy, celebrating people in the background. Hooray for them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 13, 2012 Whoa. Tim Schafer mentioned Idle Thumbs (as a kickstarter project he is going to back) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 13, 2012 It's such a joyous thing! Pity about the poorly behaving audience in the live stream, but that's easy to ignore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erwin_Br Posted March 13, 2012 It's such a joyous thing! Pity about the poorly behaving audience in the live stream, but that's easy to ignore. What audience? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiN Posted March 13, 2012 Ha, this is hilarious! And yeah, resizing the window to hide the chat audience helps. Haha, Tim is yoyo-ing. [edit] Tim: "Hey, don't step on Lilly Bean" awwwwwwwww <33333 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 14, 2012 Yes, resizing the audience out: Their stream had crashed which is why they're all looking puzzled in this, but I got the closest moment I could to them hitting 3.3 million: This is such a lovely moment compared to the closed door pitching and crass parties in some other bits of the industry. Some bits that made me laugh from Tim's improvised closing speech: "There are still going to be publishers making some games, a couple of games"[if you've ever been told you're a niche market, and you can organise, you can make things happen, you're a super-niche.] "Super-niche isn't a very glamourous sounding name". "Here's the hot dog suit, put it on or you're fired". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiN Posted March 14, 2012 Best ending: "Say bye, Lilly Bean" "byyyyyyyye" HEART MELTED. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 14, 2012 Awesome! It's going to be 10% better than Grim Fandango. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 14, 2012 Grim Fandango was quite well known for exploding over budget due to the engine and stuff though, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 14, 2012 There's inflation (which makes Grim's budget around $4m), and also the fact that game assets need to be higher-fidelity than they did in 1998 so budgets aren't directly comparable, and also about $335k of this will go to Kickstarter and Amazon, and some amount will go to the documentary people, etc. It's a super incredible amount and clearly their plans will get to be a lot bigger than they originally intended, but don't infer that raising this much money in 2012 means they're working with a budget comparable to Grim Fandango's in 1998. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted March 14, 2012 It might also be that they're willing to pump in some of their OWN money if they need to. Although, given their initial goal, I really doubt they need to, unless they magnificently increase the scope of the project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted March 14, 2012 Don't forget the 200k+ that Tim mentioned from the premium backers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiN Posted March 14, 2012 Put it all on black! No, red! No, start a poll on the backers board! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted March 14, 2012 I really enjoyed Tim's impromptu speech about not letting companies decide what we watch, listen to, play -- I really hope this is the game-changer people are suggesting it might be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted March 14, 2012 So, now the dust has settled, it seems the final total was: $3,746,371 (including money from the premium backers). Not too shabby! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted March 14, 2012 damn.. you people are wealthy...I should talk to my boss to give me more moneys I feel buyer's remorse already, but I know this is going to be worth it. (I also didn't tell my girlfriend I put in so much.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
castorp Posted March 14, 2012 $3,746,371Where'd you get that number? In the DF-Action-News it says: "Raised on Kickstarter: $3,335,355 Premium Backers: $110,000 Total raised for Double Fine’s Kickstarter Adventure: $3,445,355!!!!!!!" The more the better, I'm just curious where the additional $300.000 come from. Btw, I wonder whether there will be a clean end result published (the number on the kickstarter-page minus bounced cards, etc). I'd be interested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 14, 2012 The Kickstarter fund has risen at least a few times since it ended yesterday. How's that happening? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites