Double Fine follows ‘Broken Age’ Kickstarter success with strategy game ‘Massive Chalice’

With Broken Age — formerly known as Double Fine Adventure — Double Fine had one of the first big gaming hits on Kickstarter, raising more than $3.3 million after aiming for just $400,000. Now the studio is returning to the crowdfunding platform with Massive Chalice, a turn-based strategy game for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This time Double Fine has set its sights a little bit higher with a funding goal of $750,000. According to the studio, the title is inspired by classic strategy games like X-COM, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem, and will take place in a fantasy realm and span multiple generations. It will also include permanent death, as heroes will die both in battle and of old age.

“I really love the emotional attachment that you have to your soldiers in XCOM,” project lead Brad Muir tells Polygon, “and I think it’s so awesome that those soldiers are not really involved in the actual narrative of the game, but I care way more about these soldiers that I’m actually moving around on the map.” No word on a release date yet, but Double Fine says that the game is still “in its earliest stages.” Broken Age, meanwhile, is slated to launch in September.