14 DAY TRIAL // Jordan Weisman, the main developer working on Shadowrun Returns at Hairbrained Schemes, says that nostalgia is one of the main elements that contribute to the success of projects that are looking for funding via Kickstarter.
The designer tells GamesIndustry.biz that, “It tends to be an older audience, ones you can afford to take a little risk, and who have an emotional attachment. I think the majority of games that have been funded there to large numbers are people or properties that have an emotional tie to the audience in some way.”
He then goes on to mention projects from developers like Double Fine, which is creating an old-school adventure game, inXle with its Wasteland sequel and Obsidian, which is currently working on Project Eternity.
Shadowrun Returns is based on a tabletop game and will be launched on the PC and on tablets during the second quarter of the year.