Ron Gilbert has announced on Mastodon that he has decided to put the in-development game “RPGTBD” on hold and instead focus on a new game that he started developing a few years ago.
Anyone know what other game it could be? 
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I hope it’s a point-n-click adventure game.
Maybe Thimbleweed Park 2.
He also says, “Good news is we’re planning on releasing it in the next few months,” which suggests he either did a lot of work on it previously, or it’s something that doesn’t require that much work.
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Then, as much as it saddens me, I don’t think it can be Thimbleweed Park 2. 
I remember Ron saying in an interview that he only had an idea for the plot, but nothing more.
But I also hope that it’s a PnC adventure game!
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Why not? He still uses the (modernized) engine, had an idea and the assets are still there from the first game. Maybe he made a prototype already.
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Well, I don’t know… I didn’t get that impression when he talked about it.
A year ago he said “just kind of writing stuff”, referring to writing, not coding/wireframing. And for at least the last 12 months he has been working on RPGTBD.
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Yes, same here. I really don’t have an idea of what he is doing. But after the surprise with Monkey Island everything could be possible. 
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I am definitely interested in anything Ron produces. 
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I don’t expect an adventure game. That would not be possible to do in a few months without dropping voice acting and play testing and using crude art like in the 80s… so one person can finish making that game in a couple of months.
Unfortunately Ron simply can’t afford putting out an adventure game that would look/feel/play literally like Maniac Mansion did. *
My guess it will be something more procedurally constructed, like his match-3 Scallyways game.
Or something like the Thimbleweed Park Desktop adventures. That might be more plausible using an RPG engine.
* I would be really happy with something like that, but I am a niche of a niche.
Either way I look forward to any new game by Ron. You can’t accuse him of milking his previous successes by only releasing another director’s cut or HD remaster - as other franchises cough Broken Sword cough seem to do.
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And maybe he was just kidding and he is still working on his RPG …
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Or the few RPG screenshots might have just been a ruse to hide the development of a new point-n-click game.
He kept RtMI under wraps for a long time and I think even denied the game he was working on was a Monkey Island game a few times during that time. And we know he’s big on secrets.
I’m hoping for a Stan solo adventure.
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