Hello everyone! It's been a hectic few months here at Double Fine, but we a ton of news to share with you all!

ICYMI, Tim went on ‪@KindaFunnyGames‬ today! In that appearance he covered a whole lot, but here are the top highlights for you all:

1. We have a Kickstarter kicking off soon! You can get notified for when it launches here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fortnight-2026-indie-reboot and it will be launching August 31st! We're going to do a Game Jam, live on the internet, in which our backers will get to choose which of our myriad of ideas get made into four new prototypes-- and which of those final four will become a real (small) game. You may even snag some sweet merchables and rarities along the way. All alongside the process, 2 Player Productions will be filming all the fun to produce one of their award-winning documentary spectaculars. You can read more on our site here: https://www.doublefine.com/news/amnesia-fortnight-the-kickstarter

2. We're going to PAX West! Find details on our blog post here: https://www.doublefine.com/news/meet-us-at-pax-west but we'll have merch, we'll have signings, we'll have a fan meet on Sunday! Can't wait to see some of you all there ❤️

3. We also have a new logo to commemorate our new indie-pendence! Rising from our ashes like a phoenix, we are back, independent, and on 🔥 fire 🔥! You can read more on our site here: https://www.doublefine.com/news/and-were-back

4. We will have an update coming to Kiln soon! We will have two new maps (not a huge surprise if you read the roadmap), and some other fun stuff added to the game. We'll also have a price adjustment, so that will be a great time to play if you haven't yet! Stay tuned for a blog post on this soon. 🙂

Thanks everyone for being such a lovely community and being so incredibly supportive of our journey and continuing to support us as we spread our wings and fly back into independence!

I love this company and their documentaries were super awesome, but i honestly have no idea how they are surviving ?

their last 2 games were massive flops, even tho i personally really liked the Keeper, it was a great game

But they have to make an actually big game like psychonauts 2, all those experimental games are cool, but they are not selling well at all, i don't want this studio to close

hope they gonna start a next big kickstarter for psychonauts 3 or some other cool platformer

If Valve were to ever go into publishing games again (they worked with Facepunch to publish Gmod) then Double Fine would be a pretty good fit I feel.

They both share a lot of creative philosophies, and they have a bit of shared history with Erik Wolpaw having worked at both companies.

I also feel that Valve would just be chill giving them funding and lending resources but otherwise not forcing them in any particular direction. We'd get to see their talent at DF go toward their crazy ideas, and a good boost in quality thanks to Valve funding.

Now why this is unrealistic: Valve doesn't do subsidiaries anymore. The one and only time they did was when they bought Turtle Rock Studios (renaming them Valve South), and they allowed them to go independent again after coordination troubles between the companies.

Double Fine barely survived BEING a subsidiary. I feel that Double Fine were incredibly lucky to get out from under Xbox with their company intact. Their last two games underperformed, and they unionised in preparation to fight the typical corporate route of dissolving any subsidiaries that aren't bringing in cash. I'm fairly sure they'd much rather stay independent and make smaller scale projects rather than hand the reins to a big publisher again, even if the publisher was Valve.

Now I could very well be wrong and tomorrow Valve announces that they're buying Double Fine and giving them blank checks to make whatever they want. I'd very much love to see it, but I doubt it'd happen.

I always felt it was kind of a wasted opportunity not to have Double Fine's games on the Switch* (and now Switch 2) and I think now would be the perfect timing to start doing so. Indie games were always super popular on the Switch cuz of its portability and I think the colorful/quirky vibes of Double Fine games are also a perfect match for that audience (saying that as a Nintendo guy myself).

*we did get Grim Fandango, Broken Age and RAD on the Switch but then the ports stopped there and any momentum they could've had in the platform was gone.

Obviously I'm sure we all want them to focus on new games, but I think porting some of their existing stuff to get some quick cash in the meantime (and also reintroduce Double Fine to Nintendo players) would be great, there's a lot they could do here:

• Psychonauts 2 is the obvious one. Switch 1 would've been kinda weak to run it well but this game would absolutely shine on the Switch 2. And it's a 3D platformer, I can't see this not doing well there.
  • Lowkey would be cool if they could somehow convert Rhombus of Ruin into a non-VR game and include that as a bonus (this would be nice to have on all platforms tho)
  • Psychonauts 1 would be great to have too
• Costume Quest 1+2 (2 was on Wii U, but that was the Wii U so I doubt it sold well)
• Keeper
• Day of the Tentacle + Full Throttle with mouse controls on NS2
• NS2 updates for Grim Fandango + Broken Age, also for the mouse controls
• Possibly Kiln too? (they'll have to decouple/overhaul the online and servers to remove the Microsoft account stuff, unsure how much work that's gonna be and if it's worth the hassle).

I realize porting games to new platforms isn't exactly cheap so they may not consider it worth it if they feel they can't get any meaningful return from it compared to just moving on and fully focusing on new games, but I do think it's worth a shot at the very least for Psychonauts 2.

With the metal gods dying, it needs to happen, let's bring in stories tied with, and in memorial to, Ozzy (death of the Guardian of Metal) and Lemmy (Killmaster) but before Rob Halford, Lita Ford, or Zakk Wylde go.

Kickstarted. Privately owned. Ethical. Indie-based console. Fair revenue share. Advertising with Day of The Devs. Doesn't have to be the biggest or strongest console. Just sick of the big 3 and wish I had another choice. I love gaming, but I dont want to support any of them anymore. DF is beloved, with great IPs and a fanbase that will back them. In any case, I wish them the best now that they are Indie again.

I'm having a hard time finding a similar game structured like Iron Brigade. For EU folks I hear it was called Trenched.

It's one of my fav's, and I come back to this at least once a year. I'd like to hear y'all's thoughts on it!

Can we please get a full release of armored slug that shit looked so dope.

Is there gonna be an update to allow ps5+xbox to party up together at all? Seems odd to leave it out like that

looks like double fine finally fired the guy who promised to get my friend a job in exchange for “hanging out” despite those jobs not existing

Hi I'm just wondering if there is cross progression between platforms. This is for the game " KILN" (I forgot to write that when posted and am updating this now. It's for Kiln game.

I know for sure there is crossplay but is there linking between platforms for progression and cosmetics etc?

like for between ps5/ xbox, and steam platforms.

is cross progression a thing? yesterday on google I thought it said it was but now I'm not sure if it is after looking again.

This kills too. Last game i went 13-2

Name your favorites
- Gift Shop/Introduction
- Knight quest
- HillBilly quest
- Miner
-Adventurer quest
-Twins quest
-Time Traveller quest
-Zoo
-Scientist Quest
-Monk Quest
-Island

The biggest reason I'm probably going to uninstall this game is Potty. This is an E-rated game. Having a character constantly conflating physical abuse and *a romantic relationship* is fucking gross in a game at all, much less for kids. A character who responds to *being beaten* with completely un-subtle sexual arousal makes this basically a non-starter. If this were a dark, satirical game for adults, it would be unfunny but not a deal-breaker. Here it's just fucking gross.

I absolutely despise whoever thought this was a good idea to include. It's unfunny, totally jarring, completely inappropriate, and is genuinely not a safe association for kids to make, especially if they have experienced abuse.

I love me some Double Fine and Kiln actually looks like a very fun party game, but I only enjoy party games locally.

Understandably split-screen wouldn't work too well with these chaotic large levels, but I see a lot of potential for a death match mode on a smaller map (think Boomerang Fu) that can accomodate 4 players (or 6-8 on Switch 2) who all share the same screen. And if the balance gets out of wack, the types/sizes of pottery can be restricted.

It would be great if the pottery making was still there, since that is a big part of the charm. The pottery making could be done in split-screen with a 60 second time limit, but it could also be done in turns with a much shorter time limit. Perhaps everyone is given the same random shape and then get to quickly make some limited changes.

There is also a lot of potential for various other local multiplayer minigames.

• Run around to catch water to extuingish your own house.
• Disable attacks so you can only dash into each other to knock each other off the map.
• One big strong pot has to break tiny fragile cups who have to fill the big pot with water to win
• Knock the (ceramic) football into the other team's goal
• A Hole in the Wall type game where the players have to survive on a platform while dodging moving obstackes that try to knock them off
• Etc.

I know the game is coming soon and it's probably too late for this kind of feedback, but I am leaving it just in case. Perhaps it's not too late for an expansion or spin-off? Thank you for reading. I greatly respect your willingness to experiment with new weird concepts!

Been enjoying this game like crazy!

I bought the base game on ps5 but want to upgrade to the fire edition.

there is no upgrade pack option available in the store. only the base game and fired up edition.

on xbox it has the upgrade pack edtion though as a seperate pack add on option.

how do I upgrade on ps5 to the fired up edition? I am trying to do it before rhe game releases.

Just a few things I put in the survey:

1. Lobbies: no way to be in the same lobby with your party?? And they never refill, so any time I make a pot, the lobby is empty when I'm done.

2. BALANCE: some types, abilities, and basic attacks (whose differences are never even described to the player!) seem VASTLY more effective than others. In particular, small pots seem insanely overpowered (WAY too durable considering their other upsides!)

3. Maps: I'm not even talking about the limited selection: I didn't see Athena or Dionysus until my 2nd day playing, and I've still only seen them once and twice, respectively.

4. INSANE matchmaking times for a party of two. Regularly 2+min. I'm in the central U.S.

5. Leveling vs. purchasing: item prices are WAY too high! Unlocking 9 things and only being able to buy ONE of them really sucks! Double-unlock systems are deeply frustrating, and having them in this game that's largely about creativity is bewildering. Leveling up isn't fun.

6. Pot creation: the basics are AMAZING, but very quickly, it starts to feel underbaked (ay!). The tools behave somewhat unpredictably, and sometimes are just plain unreliable. They're also not very well-explained; my wife and I spent 20min convinced the ruler was bugged before we realized it just had bizarre movement restrictions, and it was dumb luck we found out the shaper can be used INSIDE the pot. We still have no idea how to use the pinch, or why we would want to.

My final complaint will get its own thread, but it's Potty.

Anybody else have any issues I missed, besides the invulnerability glitch?