The Kickstarter for Tim Schafer's Double Fine Adventure project has concluded, and it's a resounding success. The final tally: $3,335,265 from 87, 138 backers.

Ever since Tim Schafer broke every record on Kickstarter, there's been a lot of speculation about just what game Double Fine would be working on. A lot of people were wondering if the oft-demanded Psychonauts 2 would be the end result, especially since the Kickstarter project was launched so soon after Markus "Notch" Persson publicly tweeted his willingness to help fund a Psychonauts sequel.

Over the last few years, Kickstarter has proven to be a real boon for the indie games development community. No longer fearing that their projects won’t make back the initial investment, the crowdfunding model has become all but a must for any financially sensible indie developer. So how do you take this business model and make it even more viable? You tie a big project to it that gets everyone talking.

The story of Psychonauts is the stuff of video game legend. It's the tale of a game that almost didn't get made — thanks to one publisher dropping out — and managed to failed to sell when it initially launched, despite near-universal critical praise (because its new publisher utterly failed to properly promote). Since then, the game's become a cult classic and fans have been clamoring for a sequel from developer Tim Schafer. Now, after a particularly big week, it looks like Schafer might get to make the sequel with some help from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson.