Beloved X-Files-Meets-Maniac Mansion Adventure Game Is Finally Getting a Sequel
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Beloved X-Files-meets-Maniac Mansion adventure game is finally getting a sequel
It's been nearly a decade since point-and-click mysteryThimbleweed Park was released to critical acclaim. While the game did receive a small spinoff in 2020 that wrapped up some loose threads, the classic adventure game seemed finished. So it came as a surprise on Thursday when creator Ron Gilbert announced a sequel is in development.
Death by Scrolling, Ron Gilbert's previous game, doesn't seem to raise the crowds exactly. That good old Ron returns to what he knows best, the adventure game. He and his studio Terrible Toybox just announced Thimbleweed Park 2. According to the Steam page, it won't be a sequel (logical given the end of the first opus) or an episode 0, but we'll find the same characters in the same universe. It'll be a kind of whodunit, in which you'll have to...
It’s Official: Thimbleweed Park 2 Is Real, With Another LucasArts-Style Murder Mystery
Ron Gilbert has confirmed that a follow-up to the classic point-and-click adventure is now in development, sending Agents Ray and Reyes after the culprit behind another murder. Thimbleweed Park 2 will retain the humour, unconventional puzzles, and mysterious atmosphere of old LucasArts games, although its release is not planned until early 2028. Agents Ray and Reyes are returning, while Ron Gilbert is once again developing a graphic adventure …
Ron Gilbert makes a surprising turnaround: Terrible Toybox is working on Thimbleweed Park 2. The classic pixel adventure should appear at the beginning of 2028 and bring back numerous developers of the original.
Thimbleweed Park 2 is "not really a sequel, not really a prequel," but it is in development and due out in 2028
Hark! I bring word of some good news for those of you with an appetite for adventure games with tasty pixel art. You may remember that Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert was working on a game that was described as "Classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park." That got canned at the end of last year, unfortunately, but the spirit of Thimbleweed Park lives on. Literally! As Thimbleweed Park 2 is in the works.
Thimbleweed Park 2 Announced, Launching In 2028
2017’s Thimbleweed Park was a successful throwback to the LucasArts point-and-click adventures of yesteryear helmed by Manic Mansion co-creators Gary Winnick and Ron Gilbert (the latter of whom also created the Monkey Island series). Nine years later, the team at Terrible Toybox has announced a sequel.Thimbleweed Park 2 once again stars Agents Ray and Reyes, who take on a murder mystery at the Edmund Mansion. In true “whodunit” fashion, each of …
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