Grumpy Gamer

This one hits a little too close to home. Like Tim Cain, I am done with making other people rich off my IP. I enjoying making small games like Death By Scrolling and I’m going to keep making games and having fun.

You may like the games, you may not, but I’m making what I want. I’m not rich but I can pay for food and rent and make what I want.

People often ask about a Thimbleweed Park 2.

Thimbleweed Park cost around $1.1M to make. $600k came from Kickstarter backers and $500k came from private investors I found later. Kickstarter for digital games is all but dead. I could not raise the money to make Thimbleweed Park 2 on Kickstarter today. I couldn’t even raise the full amount back then.

I have spoken to publishers and they have been willing to fund Thimbleweed Park 2, but they get rich and I get very little and have to do most of the work.

I am done with that.

From now on I’m going to make the small games I want and have fun doing it.

I’ve been in the games industry for 40+ years. I think I’ve earned that.

P.S.

MicroProse is publishing Death by Scrolling, but unlike other publishers they offered an very fair deal. Also, unlike a game like Thimbleweed Park 2, there wasn’t a lot of upfront money and that probably helps.