Ron Gilbert's wilfully retro point-and-clicker Thimbleweed Park might be excellent, but it's not - thanks to its precisely structured narrative - an experience that felt like it would benefit from additional story DLC. Which is probably how we've ended up with Ransome *Unbeeped*.
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Thimbleweed Park sets release dates on Switch, iOS and Android
Add this pocket-sized adventure to your inventory.
Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion co-creator Ron Gilbert's retro point-and-click detective comedy Thimbleweed Park is coming to Switch, IOS and Android in the next few weeks.
First off is its iOS premiere on 19th September.
Then comes the Switch version on 21st September. This will feature optional touchscreen controls in addition to the standard button scheme.
Thimbleweed Park coming to Nintendo Switch
UPDATE: PS4 version due in August, Switch release planned for September.
UPDATE 09/08/2017 9.54pm: Thimbleweed Park should arrive on Switch in September, probably.
Ron Gilbert explains Thimbleweed Park's character dialogue, hint system additions
"It wasn't a matter of me writing or hanging out at the beach."
Retro-themed adventure game Thimbleweed Park has gained a couple of big additions - dialogue between player characters and an in-game hint system.
Thimbleweed Park, the new adventure game from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion's Ron Gilbert, will launch on 30th March.
New Thimbleweed Park trailer channels Maniac Mansion
Special Agent Ray of sunshine.
Thimbleweed Park, the old-school point and click adventure game from the creators of Maniac Mansion, continues to look promising.
Ron Gilbert, who's working on the game alongside fellow LucasArts alum Gary Winnick, released a new trailer, below, which does a decent job of setting the scene. Special Agent Ray, one of five playable characters, narrates.
A quick refresh, via the official blurb:
Monkey Island developer Ron Gilbert breaks down the funding of an indie game
"Seeing $500,000 in your bank account can make you cocky."
Monkey Island and The Cave creator Ron Gilbert has detailed the potential problems and possibilities of developing a game on an indie budget.
Thimbleweed Park ends its Kickstarter campaign at over $626K
Achieves iOS and Android stretch goals.
Thimbleweed Park - the ode to late 80s point-and-click adventure games by Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick - ended its Kickstarter campaign at $626,250.
Thimbleweed Park succeeds its $375K Kickstarter goal in six days
Announces stretch goals for mobile ports and voice acting.
Thimbleweed Park - the recently announced throwback to late 80s point-and-click adventure games from Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick - has surpassed its $375K Kickstarter goal in only six days.
Maniac Mansion creators launch Kickstarter for spiritual successor Thimbleweed Park
"Welcome back to 1987."
Ex-LucasArts legends Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick have launched a Kickstarter for what they're calling "the true spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island."
"Thimbleweed Park is a new game that cuts to the core of what made classic point & click adventure games so special, and done by the actual people who spawned the genre," the Kickstarter proclaimed. "It's deep, it's challenging, it's funny, it's everything you loved about adventure games."
It's easy to draw a connection between Thimbleweed Park and Double Fine's trendsetting Kickstarter-based point & click adventure Broken Age, but this is different in that it's actually trying to pretend that all of the advancements in technology and game design over the last 25 years never happened.