Double Fine to Release Thank You Bus Driver on October 14

Overview

• Double Fine confirmed on Monday that Thank You Bus Driver will launch on October 14 on Steam, GOG and Itch.io and that the game is available to wishlist.
• The game is a black-and-white, chaotic bus-driving simulator where players ferry passengers on a schedule and enforce rules with exaggerated actions such as turning around to slap unruly riders.
• Thank You Bus Driver is the studio’s first release since it was spun out of Xbox this summer and follows internal cuts of roughly a quarter of Double Fine’s staff.
• Double Fine Action Labs is a new label the studio created for finished but compact experimental games, a model Tim Schafer says sets lower expectations than a full-scale Double Fine title.
• The release grew from the studio’s Amnesia Fortnight jam culture and could let Double Fine sustain output and creative risk with smaller, quicker projects that suit a leaner team.