Kickstarter darling Double Fine is at it again.

The company has a new project on the crowdfunding site: a tactical strategy PC game "on an epic fantasy timeline” called Massive Chalice.

“We're inspired by classic tactical strategy games like X-COM, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem, as well as Game of Thrones’ array of noble families,” reads the game’s Kickstarter page.

“With these influences in mind we’re creating an epic, replayable turn-based tactics game where you train generations of heroes to repel a demonic invasion.”

The game will feature two main layers: in the strategy layer, players oversee their kingdom, arrange royal marriages, conduct research, and make the far-reaching decisions that will determine the fate of their legacy.

In the tactics layer, players will fight turn-based battles to defend their kingdom using small squads of customisable heroes.

It will feature permadeath (including death from old age), as well as modular and randomised content.

Development on Massive Chalice will be led by Brad Muir, creator of Iron Brigade, programmer on Psychonauts, and a designer on Brütal Legend.

It will run on Double Fine’s Buddha engine.

The company is seeking US$725,000 (NZ$897,431), and has thus far gathered US$231,605 (NZ$286,689) with 28 days to go.

For months, Double Fine held the Kickstarter record for most funded game with February 2012's Double Fine Adventure (now known as Broken Age), which raised US$3,336,371 and sparked a Kickstarter boom.