Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

The name might be long but it's in reference to a set of shorts that he made for halloween a few years back, Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets. You can find it on his website. The blog says that he really enjoyed the style, even calls it his style and when he was approached about the game, decided that was the direction he wanted to go with the visuals.

ITSP is easy enough to say, but I wouldn't change the name!

As for 360 or PC or both, apparently they are having difficulty finding a publisher that will allow them to retain some of the rights to the game after initial distribution, which means to me that it's important for them to be able to make sequels and to release on many platforms. If they had folded to publishers whims earlier in development, they probably would have been locked into an agreement that would have locked them to one platform. A game as good as this one is looking, deserves to be released on as many platforms as possible, though I'm not sure why getting a publisher is as big a deal as it seems to be making out. Would they really be limiting themselves if they were to release the game via their own digital distribution? Is there some precedent where something like that locks you out of releasing on other channels or am I missing something here?

I mean, if they release it via their own system of DD online for PC first and it sells well, are they less likely to get other publishers to allow them to release a port on their platforms? Is there some "if it's released for PC first it's not going to sell many copies on my platform and wont be worth the expense" mentality?