The concept's successful pitch was built on the reputation of two game design veterans, Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert, who worked together on several beloved adventure titles in the 1980s and 90s: Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2.

Originally shooting for a $400,000 budget raised via crowd-funding site Kickstarter, some of the extra cash will go into expanding the game's availability both in terms of hardware platforms and native languages, Tim explained.

Voice actors will be brought in for the English version, with subtitled translations in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

The project's backers, of which there are currently over 50,000, will be privy to a private beta test held via the Steam network, and will be able to obtain a version free of copy-protection once the finished product is released.

Since the Double Fine Adventure appeal was launched on February 8, role-playing designer Chris Avellone ( Fallout 2, Baldur's Gate, Fallout: New Vegas) asked fans what they'd like to see should his Obsidian Entertainment team take a similar course, with a sequel to Planescape: Torment topping the list of responses.