Sometimes miraculous things happen in the video game community.  Double Fine Productions, creators of cult favorite games like Psychonauts, Costume Quest and most recently Double Fine Happy Action Theater wants to return to their roots and produce a simple “point-and-click” adventure game that they are aptly calling Double Fine Adventure.  Usually a developer would have to rely on a publisher, investors or bank loans to bankroll such a production, but Double Fine has instead decided to reach out to the community to fund the game.

Last night Double Fine announced that they would be using crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter to collect pledges from those that want to see this game become a reality.  A simple pledge of $15 would secure a steam copy of the game upon release as well as access to a documentary series being produced by 2 Player Productions.  Larger pledges garner more elaborate tokens like original art used in the game.

Double Fine’s goal was to raise $400,000 before March 13^th at 8pm EST.  As I write this the project has already exceeded that goal, bringing in over $580,000.  All funds in excess of the $400,000 goal will be dumped straight into production of the game, allowing for better voice over talent, higher music budgets and perhaps even additional platforms of release.

The game is expected to be finished in October of this year, but we’ll report a more concrete date as details arise.  If you are interested in pledging your support to Double Fine Adventure, visit the project's listing over at Kickstarter.

UPDATE: In less than 24 hours, Double Fine's Kickstarter has reached one million dollars!