Double Fine Will Publish The Adventure Last Life

Double Fine has announced that they will now be publishing titles developed by other independent game developers. One such title is Last Life, a three part episodic adventure game based on modern adventure games such as Kentucky Route Zero and Telltale's The Walking Dead series, where a detective must investigate his own murder. The first episode will be funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign. If you missed the Kickstarter, you can still back the game through Paypal.

The other game that Double Fine announced they are publishing is the puzzle platform game Escape Goat 2, which is available to purchase now.

And, while we're on the subject of Double Fine, Brandon Dillon's amnesia fortnight prototype joins turned full release, Hack 'n' Slash, joins Spacebase DF-9 as a full release in the making on Steam Early Access, and is available from the Steam store for $20 USD, or $25 USD including the soundtrack.

Vote on the Top 10 Amnesia Fortnight Pitches

The 2014 Amnesia Fortnight Top 10 Finalists have been announced. They are:

Breach - a space sim 3rd person shooter by Geoffrey Soulis.

Dear Leader - An emergent narrative game by Anna Kipnis, where you play a despotic ruler guiding the future of a post-revolution Republic.

Derelict - an exploration game by Oliver Franzke, in which you'll have to find out what happened to the crew of an abandoned spaceship drifting through outer space.

Eras of Adventure - an adventure game by Justin Bailey that journeys through the different eras of adventure games - begin in a text based adventure, move to the 8-bit graphics era, through points & click, and finally arrive in the modern day renaissance of the genre.

ether - a game by Andrew Wood about the joy of exploration; skimming over the ruins of derelict ships scattered across a lonely, desolate island.

ExtraTerrarium - An open-world Action Puzzler by Asif Siddiky, where you observe the behavior of alien wildlife and adopt their abilities to survive in a hostile ecosystem.

Mneumonic - a surreal, first-person noir adventure by Derek Brand, where you explore and rearrange memories in order to solve the murder of the woman you loved. Along the way you'll discover the impermanence of your remembered experiences and uncover secrets that are found only in the deepest realms of your consciousness.

Project 行 - a spell-casting fighting game, by Duncan Boehle, based on the five Chinese elements.

Steed - a game by John Bernhelm, in which you play a horse-for-hire and save a storybook land full of inept heroes.

What Could Go Wrong - a summer camping slasher horror adventure game by David Gardner that captures the aesthetic of the films from the 70's and 80's. 

Now you can vote on the top 10 prototypes, and the three with the highest votes will be made into Amnesia Fortnight prototypes. The three winning prototypes will be announced on Thursday.

You still can vote on the four prototype pitches by Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward, to decide which prototype game project he will lead as well. To get a chance to vote on the prototypes, all you have to do is head over to The 2014 Amnesia Fortnight and pay a minimum of $1 to vote on and get the three Double Fine prototypes or pay more than the average to vote on and get Pendleton Ward's prototype as well. Or you can pay $35 to get to vote and download all of the prototypes, plus get all of the prototypes on DVD plus the 2-Player Productions documentary of the event on Blu-Ray.

Amnesia Fortnight 2014 JAM + Humble Weekly Sale

The Amnesia Fortnight 2014 Jam is on now! Pay $1 or more and get to choose which three prototypes will be made between these prototype pitches:

David Ferrell's Cat in a Box, Brandon Dillon's Timagotchi, Levi Ryken's The White Witch's Gnome War, Jeremy Mitchell's Astro Helmet, Matthew Franklin's Scavengers, Duncan Boehle's Project 行, Patrick Hackett's Bad Golf 2, Drew Skillman's Reentry, Derek Brand's Mnemonic, Lydia Choy's Dum Sim, Chad Dawson's Parabolic, Ben Burbank's Jet Girl & Ghost Dog, Paul Owens' Gone Astray, Elliott Roberts' GREAT SPIRITS, Asif Siddiky's ExtraTerrarium, Justin Bailey's Eras of Adventure, Brain Min's The Last Missile Commander, Oliver Franzke's Derelict, Geoffrey Soulis' Breach, Lee Petty's Headlander, Andrew Wood's ether, JP LeBreton's Buried Metropolis, David Gardner's What Could Go Wrong, Kee Chi's Humans: A Study Guide, Ben Peck's Oscillate, Jeremy Natividad's Mega Rad Karate Troopers, Paul Levering's Fathomless, Anna Kipnis' Dear Leader, and John Bernhelm's Steed.

10 finalists will be announced on February 10th. If you pay more than the current average (just over $7 at the time of writing), you also get to choose a prototype to be led by Adventure Time's creator Pendleton Ward (Cupid, You Fat Little Scamp, Damnit Jerry, No More McDonalds, or Little Pink Best Buds).

In addition, the whole thing will once again be documented by 2 Player Productions. Everyone who pays for the Amnesia Fortnight 2014 gets the Amnesia 2012 prototypes. Plus, if you pay $35 or more, you'll get a Blu-Ray Collector's edition of Amnesia Fortnight 2014.

That's not the only Double Fine Humble Bundle that's going on though. The Humble Weekly Sale is all about Double Fine, with Psychonauts, Costume Quest, Stacking, and Brutal Legend up for PC, Mac, and Linux (for Steam or DRM-free) for whatever you wish to pay, including their soundtracks. If you pay more than $16.74, you'll also get Spacebase DF-9 (for PC, Mac, or Linux through Steam Early Access).

Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight Humble Bundle

The Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight process is going on again this year, only this time they are making the whole process public through a Humble Bundle. If you pay a minimum of $1, you'll get to vote on which game pitches Double Fine will turn into prototypes. There are all kinds of game styles available to choose from in the pitches, from puzzle games, to platformers, to action adventures, and even a text adventure!  The four pitches with the highest number of votes will be made into prototypes in a two week period.

Everyone who donates $1 or more will get access to the four chosen prototypes and also get downloads of two prototypes from the first Amnesia Fortnight that were made into games: Happy Song (which became Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster) and Costume Quest.

If you donate more than the average (currently at just under $7 USD), you will also get a prototype of Brazen, a Monster Hunter inspired game with Ray Harryhausen inspired stop motion animation.