Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator (Ron Gilbert) Brings us a new graphic adventure:
Thimbleweed Park, here I bring you my review done with all the love that deserves :)
Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick were the creators of Maniac Mansion and were one of the
pillars for the development of multiple games of the missing LucasArts (Monkey Island,
Indiana Jones, Loom ...). In 2014 they joined forces and created a Crowfunding campaign on
the famous kickstarter platform for an old-style graphic adventure project called
Thimbleweed Park, after a while, they create the game and it's ... great.
The expected time
has come, March 30 is a date marked in the calendar of lovers of graphic adventure, it's
the release date of Thimbleweed Park, it will be available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS
X, iOS, Android, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
It's a point and click graphic adventure in the
style of Maniac Mansion, with touches of humor Monkey Island (Gilbert brand), graphics are
pixel art, in which has collaborated Octavi Navarro (@pixelhuh) a great Spanish artist of
the noble art of "pixel art".
Graphically they have treated with a lot of respect to their
referring Maniac Mansion, the graphics are old style but renewed and without losing sight
of the older aspect. The engine of the game was developed with Ron Gilbert, based on the
one he used for The "Big Big Castle! Scurvy Scallywags" it's adapted to the needs of
Thimbleweed Park.
In the graphic aspect , Gilbert have contacted with Octavi Navarro
(@pixelhuh), a Spanish artist of pixel art, I recommend you to see his works on your
youtube channel. The game is seen in the third person, with a part of the screen occupied
by the actions that can be done by the character, in addition to the inventory of objects
available to him. We can choose 5 characters, which we can change in the middle of the game
(as in Maniac Mansion).
The game begins with a murder in the city of Thimbleweed Park (that
gives name to the game). To solve the case, two detectives are assigned (Angela Ray and
Antonio Reyes). Meanwhile, outside the city, Delores Edmund and his family are gathered to
read the last wishes of his deceased uncle. In another order of things, we have Ransome, a
clown who can not take his make-up (for a curse) and wakes up on the 13th floor of a hotel
to find out ... that he is DEAD !!
All these characters are mixed in a hilarious plot,
sprinkled with Monkey Island style humor that Ron Gilbert himself admits to laughing a lot
seeing the jokes he has included (he does not know if it is good or bad to lend jejeje).
Thimbleweed Park, here I bring you my review done with all the love that deserves :)
Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick were the creators of Maniac Mansion and were one of the
pillars for the development of multiple games of the missing LucasArts (Monkey Island,
Indiana Jones, Loom ...). In 2014 they joined forces and created a Crowfunding campaign on
the famous kickstarter platform for an old-style graphic adventure project called
Thimbleweed Park, after a while, they create the game and it's ... great.
The expected time
has come, March 30 is a date marked in the calendar of lovers of graphic adventure, it's
the release date of Thimbleweed Park, it will be available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS
X, iOS, Android, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
It's a point and click graphic adventure in the
style of Maniac Mansion, with touches of humor Monkey Island (Gilbert brand), graphics are
pixel art, in which has collaborated Octavi Navarro (@pixelhuh) a great Spanish artist of
the noble art of "pixel art".
Graphically they have treated with a lot of respect to their
referring Maniac Mansion, the graphics are old style but renewed and without losing sight
of the older aspect. The engine of the game was developed with Ron Gilbert, based on the
one he used for The "Big Big Castle! Scurvy Scallywags" it's adapted to the needs of
Thimbleweed Park.
In the graphic aspect , Gilbert have contacted with Octavi Navarro
(@pixelhuh), a Spanish artist of pixel art, I recommend you to see his works on your
youtube channel. The game is seen in the third person, with a part of the screen occupied
by the actions that can be done by the character, in addition to the inventory of objects
available to him. We can choose 5 characters, which we can change in the middle of the game
(as in Maniac Mansion).
The game begins with a murder in the city of Thimbleweed Park (that
gives name to the game). To solve the case, two detectives are assigned (Angela Ray and
Antonio Reyes). Meanwhile, outside the city, Delores Edmund and his family are gathered to
read the last wishes of his deceased uncle. In another order of things, we have Ransome, a
clown who can not take his make-up (for a curse) and wakes up on the 13th floor of a hotel
to find out ... that he is DEAD !!
All these characters are mixed in a hilarious plot,
sprinkled with Monkey Island style humor that Ron Gilbert himself admits to laughing a lot
seeing the jokes he has included (he does not know if it is good or bad to lend jejeje).
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