Monkey Island's Ron Gilbert Is Making a New Roguelike RPG Where the Scrolling Screen Is Trying to Kill You (Again)

Monkey Island's Ron Gilbert Is Making a New Roguelike RPG Where the Scrolling Screen Is Trying to Kill You (Again)

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Turns Out Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert's Zelda-Style RPG Is The Rogue-Like 'Death By Scrolling'

Update: Not so much like Zelda in the end, it seems.Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert is working on a new game which takes inspiration from the likes of Zelda, Diablo and Thimbleweed Park.The currently untitled RPG has been in development since the start of the year, and Gilbert has been posting regular updates on his Mastodon account.Read the full article on timeextension.com

Death By Scrolling is the next game from Ron Gilbert of Terrible Toybox and publisher MicroProse

MicroProse Software are on a bit of a roll lately for their publishing, now they've announced Death By Scrolling from Ron Gilbert of Terrible Toybox..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Ron Gilbert's next game revealed as Death by Scrolling

Ron Gilbert, the prolific creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, has revealed his new game, Death by Scrolling, at Gamescom 2025’s opening night. Departing from Gilbert’s usual puzzle adventures, this new venture is a pixel-art roguelike vertically scrolling RPG where the player kills enemies and collects gold while avoiding the borders of the screen and the Grim Reaper long enough to pay for their trip to the afterlife. The game is being …

Monkey Island designer and point-and-click legend Ron Gilbert moving to the roguelike mines feels like my personal hell, but the trailer looks fun enough that I'm trying to keep an open mind

Gilbert himself admits that Death By Scrolling is "not going to be everybody\u2019s cup of tea"