I usually like Wombat playing devil's advocate, but Costume Quest and Stacking didn't cost $400k to make. The budget for each were around $2 million according to Tim Schafer and he's made it clear that no publisher would fund a point and click adventure game. That and they rather not have to pander to the wishes of a publisher to make the game more mainstream friendly. The point of the Kickstarter was to make a point and click adventure game and they only wanted to make it if people wanted it.

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