[Update: Tim Schafer of Double Fine has contacted us to explain the mysterious video. "It’s an art tech test out of context. Not images from the game. Part of a larger post on our DFA backer forums." Unfortunately not a part of a new project, but neat nonetheless!]

What appears above is a video which was uploaded to a Vimeo account connected to the Twitter account of Double Fine Productions, which sent out an automated tweet once the video published. The video and the tweet have both since been removed but not before it was snatched up and retweeted, proving once again that nothing ever escapes the internet once released.

The video itself is, well... it's something. I don't know exactly what, however. The thirty second clip features no audio, just an animation of a a gentleman walking through a forest foreground, then walking up a path to a cottage. Judging by his facial hair, cap and flannel, I'm assuming he's a woodcutter by trade, but that's just me guessing.

Could this be early, rough footage of the upcoming Double Fine Adventure or perhaps something else altogether? It could just be the errant uploading of someone who happened to be logged in to the wrong account or it could be much, much more. The possibilities are endless!

We've sent an e-mail to Double Fine asking for comment. In the meantime, what do you think of this little oddity?

Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)

TurboKill

Maybe it's a loading screen for Psychonauts 2! /wild speculation

Brett Zeidler

WHOOPS

snipehockey

It's just concept pieces done by an artist that accidentally got released to the public. It's meant for backers only.

AvianFlame

Thank you for not writing an endlessly speculative article titled "Reported Double Fine Adventure Game Footage Leaked" or something to that effect.

Sir Tobbii

"Could this be early, rough footage of the upcoming Double Fine Adventure."

Nah, pretty sure they haven't gotten this far yet.

Levi Elwood Myers

Double Fine or not, looks pretty ugly.

TheEdge

This is part of a larger post about visual styles on the backers-only part of the doublefine forums.

The assets used are from existing work by an artist, so have nothing to do with the final product.

joeypina

Mysterious? Shame on you, you didn't back DFA's Kickstarter...

aldrenar47

Yikes, I hope that's not the art style they use in the final game. I'd take limited frames of sprite art over that creepy flash looking stuff any day.

prox

like some have already said, this is from DFA backer forums. video shows shadow/lighting test + parallax scrolling test. the visuals have nothing to do with the game.

The Random One

I'm a backer and I know what this is about, so too bad I can't dream about the adventures of the hipster lumberjack.

VitaminShoe

Haha that is Timmy on an adventure

KestrelPi

Also, this is two days work. And a test. It's got nothing to say about the fidelity of the final art.

Bobthecatlol

I doubt its from the new Double Fine Adventure, they made it clear they would be ruthlessly enforcing backer privacy.

Bobthecatlol

*exclusivity even. /brainfart

solidturtleman

That man is extremely frightening.