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The Benefits of 20 Years in the Brain Tumbler
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 02/17/2023
‘Psychonauts’ was the inaugural IP that launched Tim Schafer’s Indie studio, Double Fine Productions, which was assembled by Schafer and a number of other ex-LucasArts developers in the magical Year 2000. Five years later, the first “Psychonauts” launched to critical acclaim but fairly dismal sales, likely due to it being something of a holdover from an earlier time when colorful, cartoonish 3D Platformers were the order of the day.
Because of its less than impressive performance on the market and Double Fine’s lack of publisher rights (which would be corrected later), the studio moved onto other projects, leaving the ‘Psychonauts’ IP to lie fallow for a decade, before determining that the Nostalgia Window had moved to a point where a sequel to a colorful, cartoonish …
