We’ve seen plenty of “classic point-and-click adventure games” hit Kickstarter, most notably Tim Schafer’s Broken Age, but Ron Gilbert, the creator of the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion series is taking it a step further. Gilbert and Maniac Mansion co-creator Gary Winnick are looking for funds to make Thimbleweed Park, which they’re selling as lost LucasArts adventure game Gilbert just so happened to re-discover in a dusty desk drawer somewhere.
So that means 80s VGA graphics, the classic “Push, Pull, Use, Ect.” SCUMM system and that incomparable Maniac Mansion sense of humor. Here’s a to-the-point Kickstarter pitch video…
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The rest of the Thimbleweed Park Kickstarter page is also refreshingly straightforward. No unrealistic funding goal with all the good stuff locked away in stretch goals bulls*t here.
I’m a little tired of the whole Kickstarter thing, a lot of us are, but Thimbleweed Park is getting all my money (or at least $20 of it). You can toss your money into the hat here.