Article doesn't go into detail about that, but for anyone that missed it - it may be not the only game from Tim Schafer that is funded by unconventional means.
In recent interview, he said that he'd love to make sequel to Psychonauts (game that was acclaimed by critics, has huge fanbase, but didn't sold well), he even pitched few publishers, but nobody would give him money to do it.
When notch (creator of Minecraft) read that article, he tweeted to Tim: 'Let’s make Psychonauts 2 happen'.[0] He later confirmed he was deadly serious - but of course neither him or Tim confirmed anything.
You can probably dig relevant tweets at [1] and [2].
In recent interview, he said that he'd love to make sequel to Psychonauts (game that was acclaimed by critics, has huge fanbase, but didn't sold well), he even pitched few publishers, but nobody would give him money to do it.
When notch (creator of Minecraft) read that article, he tweeted to Tim: 'Let’s make Psychonauts 2 happen'.[0] He later confirmed he was deadly serious - but of course neither him or Tim confirmed anything.
You can probably dig relevant tweets at [1] and [2].
[0] https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/166838426207924224 [1] http://twitter.com/#!/timoflegend [2] http://twitter.com/#!/notch