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Hotline Miami and Shadow Warrior publisher Devolver Digital will be publishing the crowdfunded, point-and-click adventure Dropsy, a game starring a well-meaning, but terrifying-looking clown.The brainchild of indie developer Jay Tholen and programmer Justin Warnes, Dropsy follows the exploits of a down-on-his-luck clown whose mother died after his family's circus burned down. Dropsy's special talent is that he can communicate with animals, but when it comes to people he's lacking in social graces - something not aided by his nightmare fuel appearance. To simulate Dropsy's communication barrier, there will be almost no text in the game and dialogue will be handled via images. Their meaning won't always be clear, but neither is Dropsy's grasp of the English language.
Despite Devolver signing on for publishing duties, Dropsy is primarily a crowdfunded effort with a still running Kickstarter. Actually, this is Dropsy's third Kickstarter as the first only asked for $225 for a software package and the second only acquired half of its $25K goal. The current Dropsy Kickstarter has raised $21,264, overcoming its modest $14K ask. There's still three days left in the campaign too, with a 24th November deadline.
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