When Mojang boss Markus “Notch” Persson offered to fund development of a Psychonauts sequel, he was serious. So serious, in fact, that he’s apparently ready to hand over $13 million to make it happen.<\/p>\n
“I was like, ‘I don’t think you can make [it] for a million dollars.’ The original game was, I think, $13 million, I think you have to match the original game,” Psychonauts creator Tim Schafer told Kotaku.<\/p>\n
“As soon as I mentioned the amount of money he said, ‘Yeah, I can do that.'”<\/p>\n
That little game with the blocks really worked out for Notch, huh?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been pretty successful. And, when you look into it, it\u2019s a really inspiring story. He\u2019s just a regular guy. He didn\u2019t do anything sleazy to get it. He just made it himself, distributed it himself, it\u2019s a great story,\u201d said Schafer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we have a lot to learn from him, so I\u2019d like to do something with him. And I\u2019d like to make Psychonauts 2.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tim Schafer’s studio, Double Fine, recently raised almost $2 million from fans to fund their next game, Double Fine Adventure. So if the deal with Notch falls through, there’s always that option.<\/p>\n