Slacker Heroes has an interview with InXile CEO Brian Fargo, mostly peripheral stuff about Kickstarter and what this means for developers.<blockquote>Tim Schafer stated that he felt it was impossible to get a traditional point-and-click adventure game published today, yet obviously there was enough market interest to far surpass his budget. I know the same is often said of isometric or turn-based RPGs, that there simply isn’t a market for those games today. Do you think there will be a revival of niche genres?
I believe that this project is more than just bringing back Wasteland, it is about bringing back a lost genre of party based, turn-based RPGs. Tim is right when he says the point and click adventure couldn’t get published today. Yet when you ask any gamer about the point and click adventures from the past they light up when they talk about them. It is an awesome style of game that many people love to play. It is obvious by his success and the success of our Wasteland project that there are fans out there who agree with us both. I could see this happening to other genres too, I hope we are experiencing a revival of sorts.</blockquote>
I believe that this project is more than just bringing back Wasteland, it is about bringing back a lost genre of party based, turn-based RPGs. Tim is right when he says the point and click adventure couldn’t get published today. Yet when you ask any gamer about the point and click adventures from the past they light up when they talk about them. It is an awesome style of game that many people love to play. It is obvious by his success and the success of our Wasteland project that there are fans out there who agree with us both. I could see this happening to other genres too, I hope we are experiencing a revival of sorts.</blockquote>
