There are 22 days left on the Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Kickstarter campaign, and more than 12,000 people have already chipped in over $790,000 of the targeted $850K. I think it's a safe bet to say we'll be seeing world-hopping explorer April Ryan again in 2014. And if you want an early look at the heroine in action, you can check out the new prototype video footage released by Red Thread Games.

You could almost hear the angelic chorus when Red Thread released the god-beam-filled first screenshot of Dreamfall Chapters earlier in the week. Now we get to see just how bright and shiny the game world is.

That's a prototype, all right, but it does a nice job conveying how Red Thread is improving on the familiar adventure controls and UI from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

In addition, Red Thread announced its Kickstarter stretch goals. Mac and Linux will be supported at $900K, the overall game will be expanded with new locations and characters at $1M, and right in the middle is my personal favorite: at $950K the Great Library of Marcuria will be added, bringing a location packed with readable The Longest Journey lore.

Interested? Chip in at the Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Kickstarter.