# A new mysterious game from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574 "2024-12-04T12:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/21 "2025-02-09T13:15:07Z")
> [@kaiman](#): > > If the game scrolls the character off-screen, it’s game over. I think that’s correct… Looking at the screenshot he showed, I assume you have to keep going up, with the screen scrolling and pushing you up. ![deathbyscrolling](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/f/f349c06597f44d77836ac043822fcb45c3ca1bfa.png) There are arrows on both sides of the bridge pointing up, which would seem to reinforce this… if you could come back down the bridge, I’d assume there would be a down arrow at the top of the bridge, but they both point up. If you went on the path on the left that just ends, I guess you could be screwed, depending on how fast the screen is scrolling, or maybe you have just enough time to get over there, pick up some item and then make it over to the bridge in time. ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/22 "2025-02-09T15:35:47Z")
> [@kaiman](#): > > Maybe give Disco Elysium a try. It’s on the other end of the spectrum. Thank you for this recommendation! It seems to be an interesting game - with original characters, nice settings… ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/23 "2025-02-09T20:02:04Z")
If you find it interesting, there seem to be some similar games in development, although it is perhaps a bit early to tell how similar (or how good) they’ll turn out to be: - Rue Valley - Travelling at Night - Esoteric Ebb And, of course, there’s Planescape: Torment, though that is a more traditional cRPG and right now I’m not certain if the Enhanced Edition added options to tone down combat in favor of just the story and writing. But our new AI overlord thinks so: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/7/78e1e37135131bc1a84462de23a5db846ce7d447.png) ---
**Author:** ![bongobrain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bongobrain/32/13926_2.png) [@bongobrain](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/bongobrain)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/24 "2025-02-14T03:54:28Z")
> [@BigRedButton](#): > > Thank you for this recommendation! It seems to be an interesting game - with original characters, nice settings… Disco Elysium is amazing. The story, characters, mechanics, writing and voice acting are all top notch. ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/25 "2025-02-15T19:12:50Z")
There’s a lot of unpack in this new screenshot - ![deathbyscrolling2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/c/c460862cbbc962bb28379c1e7b8fa8aad46246de.png) ---
**Author:** ![ephialtes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ephialtes/32/11961_2.png) [@ephialtes](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ephialtes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/26 "2025-06-03T20:08:17Z")
According to Google AI Overview the release date is May 26, 2025 🤔 ![Screenshot 2025-06-03 at 23.02.47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/7/7aa1659825ae8c3f05c51d103e5133aeab0bb7d9.png) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/27 "2025-06-04T09:13:59Z")
I didn’t know that Ron was responsible for The Legend of Zelda! 😃 And does Ron know that the release date was on May 26? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/28 "2025-06-04T12:41:15Z")
Lol, I put in the same thing and got the same result. I clicked the source link and it’s [this page](https://adventuregamehotspot.com/game/1449/death-by-scrolling) on Adventure Game Hotspot, where it says: “An open-world, Legend of Zelda-styled action-adventure game by Ron Gilbert.” In the “You might also like” section is a game called “Rewinder 2” coming out May 26 by Misty Mountain Studio. So it’s sort of mashed together info from that webpage to create a completely inaccurate summary. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/29 "2025-06-04T17:07:12Z")
> [@Paul](#): > > So it’s sort of mashed together info from that webpage to create a completely inaccurate summary. I love AI! We’ve recently enabled Github Copilot at work, and just the other day, when I was writing some code for a change, it suggested a comment like `// DevName 20070503 Some wildly inaccurate description of what my new code was supposedly doing` The code-base is littered with nearly 20 year old comments with the authors initials, a date and whatever change they made, so it must have picked up on that, not understanding that (a) it’s not 2007 any more and (b) the code is long since under version control and no longer requires such shenanigans. We laughed and assumed that before long, our now retired colleagues will come to fame in code-bases all around the world. ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/30 "2025-06-05T11:49:39Z")
Looks like the game is now in beta testing, and there is a form if you want to be a beta tester! > **[Ron Gilbert Pat. Pend. (@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place)](https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer/114627709668570255)** > > Attached: 1 image > > The day you've been waiting for is finally here. The Death by Scrolling sekrit beta sign up. We will randomly select a handful of people every few days to join (as to not overwhelm the team). If you're interested in joining, do not... ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/31 "2025-06-13T13:06:44Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > And does Ron know that the release date was on May 26? 🤔 It’s the 2038 problem. It’s actually scheduled many decades from now. 😇 ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/32 "2025-07-08T09:03:43Z")
Ron has started writing weekly blog posts about “Death by Scrolling.” He says he misses updating the community like he did during the Thimbleweed Park days, via blog and podcast. 🙂 > **[Death By Scrolling part 1](https://grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrolling1/)** > > Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry ---
**Author:** ![FrancescoF](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/francescof/32/13500_2.png) [@FrancescoF](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/FrancescoF)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/33 "2025-07-11T20:24:58Z")
I lived when they used to do that in Thimbleweed Park ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/34 "2025-07-17T20:59:40Z")
There’s a new post about Death by Scrolling, this time about betatesting: > **[Death By Scrolling part 2](https://grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrolling2/)** > > Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry Also, he mentions the Discord server. Have you joined it? ---
**Author:** ![bongobrain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bongobrain/32/13926_2.png) [@bongobrain](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/bongobrain)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/35 "2025-07-18T00:15:21Z")
anyone have the discord link? ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/36 "2025-07-18T01:01:29Z")
I assume it’s this one, which was posted in this forum in the past: [https://discord.com/invite/TerribleToybox](https://discord.com/invite/TerribleToybox) ---
**Author:** ![bongobrain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bongobrain/32/13926_2.png) [@bongobrain](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/bongobrain)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/37 "2025-07-18T01:40:44Z")
Thanks for the link but I think that’s a dead end for the new game. I guess I should have read that blog post more closely because it seems like he might be inviting names he already collected from a previous mastodon post and the discord link is probably in that invite: > I asked for beta testers on Mastodon and got close to 300 sign-ups. I didn’t want to invite everyone all at once. There is an old saying that you can only make a first impression once. > > Every time I make a new beta version I invite 25 more people. > > I’m about to invite the next group of 25 testers. If you’re among this group, please visit the Discord. ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/38 "2025-07-18T10:55:08Z")
Do you think the gameplay is similar to anything out there already? I wanted to watch something on YouTube to see if I’d like the game. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/39 "2025-07-30T16:20:47Z")
There’s a new post on Ron’s blog! This time, he talks about the need of optimizing code for handheld consoles. > **[Death By Scrolling Part 3](https://grumpygamer.com/deathbyscrolling3/)** > > Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry ---
**Author:** ![Pouyan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/pouyan/32/15256_2.png) [@Pouyan](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Pouyan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574/40 "2025-08-19T19:25:14Z")
well, [here it is!](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3773590/Death_By_Scrolling/) [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/a-new-mysterious-game-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox/5574.md?page=3)