Return to Monkey Island

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Post by dmoreno » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 4:17 PM UTC

Return to Monkey Island
grumpygamer.com

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by bombcar » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 5:35 PM UTC

An April fools where the Fools is that it was real?

This has happened before.

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by awill » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

This is fantastic news. I love that LucasGames is now collaborating in this way.

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by acomjean » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

The original post:

https://grumpygamer.com/april_fools_2022

Ron is developer of the Monkey Island adventure games, while at lucas arts, now the IP is owned by Disney.

So he made another adventure game (similar but different) called "thimbleweed park". I played through. It was fun. He made a development blog, while making it (it was a kickstarter).

https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com

but now I have no idea if this new thing is real or not...

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by weinzierl » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 5:52 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #2

An April fools where the Fools is that it was real? This has happened before.

"In 2021, Glibert explained that his Grumpy Gamer blog "has been and always will be April Fools' Day free" for 17 years running." [1]

It has been a joke long in the making.

[1] https://gamerant.com/monkey-island-ron-gilbert-return-teaser...

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by Geee » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 5:55 PM UTC

Official web page: https://returntomonkeyisland.com

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by egypturnash » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 6:04 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #2

An April fools where the Fools is that it was real? This has happened before.

The unique news here is that the director of the first two games in a popular series is returning to it. This may be a GenX/early Millenial nostalgia thing given that these two games are from 1990/1991; the "point and click adventure" genre has fallen from favor over the intervening decades.

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by muterad_murilax » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 6:05 PM UTC

Discussion from 2 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30907731

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by adamrezich » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 6:08 PM UTC

with Gilbert back on board, are we finally going to get acknowledgement of and/or a follow-up to the mindfuck ending of LeChuck's Revenge?

Re: Return to Monkey Island

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Post by stuckinhell » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 6:08 PM UTC

I'm excited, I played my first monkey island game on the ipad, and it was great!

I wonder what game engine they are using ? I'd love to figure out how to make my own telltale or monkey island style game!