Psychonauts 2 is one step closer to becoming a reality after Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson tweeted Double Fine studio's Tim Schafer to say he's genuinely keen on putting up his own money to get the sequel off the ground.

Earlier this month, Tim Schafer told Digital Spy he's been interested in developing a sequel to Psychonauts for some time, but has had no luck finding the financial backing, noting, “I’ve actually pitched that to publishers several times and no-one has taken the bait so far… I’d have to convince someone to just give me a few million dollars. That’s all.”

As it turns out, a millionaire was listen. In a recent tweet spotted by Eurogamer , Notch responded to Schafer directly, stating, “Let's make Psychonauts 2 happen.”

Notch later confirmed his intentions to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and his Twitter feed has since been updated with numerous messages indicating he and Schafer are in talks and plan to discuss things further at this year's Game Developers Conference.

For his part, Schafer told Kotaku the partnership could happen, noting, “I have found funding on Twitter before.”

This is in reference to Double Fine's previous partnership with investor Steven Dengler, who helped the studio bring Costume Quest to PC and Psychonauts to Mac. Interestingly enough, Dengler has also inserted himself into the conversation, asking Notch and Schafer to “move this discussion offline.”

Psychonauts 2 has been on Schafer's radar. Now that he's got the stated support of an “indie” millionaire, maybe there's hope for Raz and the Whispering Rock campers yet.

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This will never happen. The first game cost $15m, and even if a sequel cost a similar amount, it probably wouldn't break even.

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Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has said he could stump up the $13 million budget Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer thinks is necessary to fund Psychonauts 2.

Talks between the two parties over the potential game largely remain private - Notch apparently apologised to Schafer for making public comments on the situation that subsequently blew up on the internet - but the Double Fine man did tell Kotaku how he responded to Notch's offer.

"I was like, 'I don't think you can make [it] for a million dollars.' The original game was, I think, $13 million, I think you have to match the original game. As soon as I mentioned the amount of money he said, 'Yeah, I can do that.'"

Schafer added of Notch and Minecraft: "He's been pretty successful. And, when you look into it, it's a really inspiring story. He's just a regular guy. He didn't do anything sleazy to get it. He just made it himself, distributed it himself, it's a great story. I think we have a lot to learn from him, so I'd like to do something with him.

"And I'd like to make Psychonauts 2."

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has revealed his frustration at his every word being taken as fact, saying that unless people "stop hyping" he'll stop being "open and transparent on Twitter."

You can't just match the original budget, making games is much more expensive now due to rising costs and inflation. Psychonauts 2 is going to be more expensive to make if it ever is made.

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