The game will use the concepts as the 1988 original

Mar 14, 2012 13:10 GMT  ·  By

Brian Fargo, who is one of the founders of Interplay and the Chief Executive Officer of InXile, has launched the Kickstarter project that is designed to raise the money needed to start development on a sequel to Wasteland, a role-playing game from 1988 that many regard as the main inspiration for Fallout.

The Kickstarter page aims to raise about 900,000 dollars (690,000 Euro) for the cause and so far the project has managed to get more than halfway to its goal.

The same page states, “This is probably the last chance for a Wasteland sequel. We have tried to pitch this game multiple times to game publishers, but they’ve balked. They don’t think there’s any interest in a solid, old school type of game.”

It adds, “This is our shot at proving them wrong. And more importantly this could help bring back an entire genre of RPGs. The power of the indie scene continues and we see this as all part of a bigger trend of bringing control back to the developers.”