Double Fine donations pass $1.2 million, breaking Kickstarter records. 32 days to go

My word. If I'd known how easy it was to raise a million dollars in a day, I'd be updating the website from a roaming limousine right now. Of course, it helps to be a successful game developer headed up by the brains behind Monkey Island. Even so, the response has been stunning. After passing their target in just eight hours, donations for Double Fine's new adventure game now stands at $1,236,374, and it's still rising.

Double Fine say that the extra money will be used to make the new game even better, and to fund the documentary that will record development progress from start to finish. "Additional money means it can appear on more platforms, be translated into more languages, have more music and voice, and an original soundtrack for the documentary."

The Kickstarter twitter feed confirms that Double Fine have broken Kickstarter records for most backers and most funds raised in a day. There are still 32 days to go if you fancy throwing some money into the pot. If you're just sat there wondering "how? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?" then don't panic. Tom Francis has drawn a graph to help .

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.