American McGee's Kickstarter campaign for The Wizard of Oz-inspired steampunk game OZombie goes live

American McGee is gaming's very own Tim Burton.

McGee just loves putting dark twists on childhood classics and smearing them in black. Minus Helena Bonham Carter.

Last month, McGee admitted that he was toying with the idea of putting zombies in a steampunk version of The Wizard of Oz.

McGee also confirmed that he was thinking about Kickstarter tiers for his so-called OZombie project.

Guess what? Yep, McGee's Spicy Horse studio has just launched its Kickstarter campaign for OZombie. The funding goal? $950,000. Woof.

The OZombie story will focus on Dorothy's great-great-granddaughter, who travels to Oz and helps the Lion and the Tinman fight the Scarecrow.

You see, the Scarecrow is deeply dissatisfied with his 'current' brain and has been turning the inhabitants of Oz into mindless brain-hungry OZombies.

American McGee and Spicy Horse are promising a huge single-player campaign and additional multiplayer ("PvP, guilds, raids, quests, and more") in OZombie.

The game itself will be powered by the Unity engine, and will be available on Linux, Mac, PC, and tablets initially. Providing the Kickstarter campaign is successful, of course.

If all of this grabs your interest, head on over to the OZombie Kickstarter page right this second and make a donation.

By pledging $15, for example, you will get you access to a digital DRM-free copy of the single-player campaign. Don't expect delivery of this until the estimated shipping date of the game in March 2015, mind.

Spicy Horse's OZombie Kickstarter campaign will run until August 5th. What are you waiting for?