# Disney is open to indie devs using its IPs **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [June 17, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778 "2021-06-17T18:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greeny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/greeny/32/6465_2.png) [@Greeny](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Greeny)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/1 "2021-06-17T18:12:43Z")
I wonder if this could be the opportunity window for Ron to make MI3a: The secret revealed, or your money back? > **[Disney Is Open to Indie Game Developers Using Its Properties - IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-open-indie-game-developers-using-properties)** > > Disney has given its blessing for its Pirates of the Caribbean IP to be used in Sea of Thieves for a new expansion. It's open to handing off more of its IPs in the future -- and not just to big studios. ---
**Author:** ![nihilquest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nihilquest/32/645_2.png) [@nihilquest](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/nihilquest)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/2 "2021-06-18T01:31:13Z")
How about sequels to Maniac Mansion / DOTT, Zak, Loom, Full Throttle… As long as they got some of the original blood back, I’m all for it. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/3 "2021-06-18T08:55:17Z")
> [@Greeny](#): > > the opportunity window for Ron But I don’t think that he designers are free to do what they want. Even if indie game developers are allowed to use the IP, Disney would have an eye on what they are doing. So I fear that it doesn’t help (at the moment) … ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/4 "2021-06-18T10:40:04Z")
So I can finally make that Simpsons point&click adventure game I’ve been dreaming of? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/5 "2021-06-19T00:50:09Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > that Simpsons point&click adventure game I’ve been dreaming of? ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/0/026c32d5cca591e0d4ffdf7b642ec77de2aaa483.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/6 "2021-06-19T11:36:27Z")
May I suggest “The Simpsons VS the Three Caballeros: X-Wing fight Challenge”? But please, make it an arcade. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/7 "2021-06-19T14:08:13Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > “The Simpsons VS the Three Caballeros: X-Wing fight Challenge”? Does everybody in Italy have a “Random IP Combining Generator” in their basement or something?! And does Disney have one too? ---
**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 19, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/8 "2021-06-19T15:58:59Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Three Caballeros Are they popular in Italy? That seems like some deep classic Disney lore. Although I suppose new Ducktales dug it up too. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/9 "2021-06-19T19:49:32Z")
Not quite, actually. My daughter loves that movie, though. Anyway, I just tried to pick up the three titles that looked the most striking with each other to me. About “new ducktales”… Are there newer ducktales than the 90es ones? Anyway I liked those, since I was a big Carl Barks fan as a kid. Too bad I was quite grown up when Ducktales came out ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/10 "2021-06-19T20:16:51Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > About “new ducktales”… Are there newer ducktales than the 90es ones? Yes, and they are a bit weird. ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/0/06a302aa5148d8ff126208453ada3f0edbc67b42.jpeg) > [@Ema](#): > > Anyway I liked those, since I was a big Carl Barks fan as a kid. Too bad I was quite grown up when Ducktales came out My cousin was 14 when they came out and he still enjoyed them a lot. Me being quite a bit younger it was just the right time and I loved the first season. The Nintendo game is an absolute classic, as well! ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/5/537b0e9763bc03214663e77d4011a4533eaaa1b3.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ignacio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ignacio](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ignacio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/11 "2021-06-20T12:00:31Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > The Nintendo game is an absolute classic, as well! The C64 game was great too, although I believe it was quite different from the NES one. ![duck_tales_04](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/a/a4095c5a07ec5d3ae67ba07d66baaf70b0986f0d.png) ---
**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 20, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/12 "2021-06-20T17:12:35Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > Not quite, actually. My daughter loves that movie, though. I meant mainly that it’s not something most people even know about. And I understand it’s not available on Disney+ to boot. > [@Ema](#): > > About “new ducktales”… Are there newer ducktales than the 90es ones? Yes, and they are a bit awesome. Here’s a guy who’s very, very, _very_ happy about the show. But I agree with the spirit of it. 😉 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zayy95q1w2U/maxresdefault.jpg "Ducktales: The Town Where Everyone was Nice! | Three Caballeros | Review | Reaction") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zayy95q1w2U) > [@Ignacio](#): > > The C64 game was great too, although I believe it was quite different from the NES one. I played that one on PC. Judging by the screenshot it’s the one where you go around photographing animals, platforming in jungles and stuff like that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/13 "2021-06-20T18:14:06Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > I played that one on PC. Judging by the screenshot it’s the one where you go around photographing animals, platforming in jungles and stuff like that, right? I don’t know if it’s the same as the C64 version, but I played that one and I loved it. Even if I always crashed my plane. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/14 "2021-06-20T19:52:38Z")
> [@Ignacio](#): > > The C64 game was great too, although I believe it was quite different from the NES one. > [@Guga](#): > > I don’t know if it’s the same as the C64 version, but I played that one and I loved it. Even if I always crashed my plane. I never heard about that! 🤯 I think the only Disney / Duckburg game I played was Donald Duck´s Playground and that is one of the first video games I ever played! ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/2/2f76b59c66b3c373cfe7d939de7e4190d37d38ff.png) ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/1/1846892844a70227e412f9741cbfde4c5dfca024.png) ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/e/ea026dab10649f4e3d1793a146cef3550feea7c2.png) Guess I need to check that Ducktales Game out on my “TheC64”! > [@Frenzie](#): > > I meant mainly that it’s not something most people even know about. And I understand it’s not available on Disney+ to boot. I only been on Disney+ for two months last summer but I seem to remember it was on there. I also remember the trailer for it in front of other Disney cassettes I had as a kid. _Edit:_ Yeah the NES and C64 Ducktales are entirely different. ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/9/96476c5a8fa67b5e10f51676989118adc3b658ed.jpeg) ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/2/2e9bcfebb34dc3e58194577daeed8345df5bb80d.jpeg) ---
**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 20, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/15 "2021-06-20T22:10:43Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > I don’t know if it’s the same as the C64 version, but I played that one and I loved it. Even if I always crashed my plane. I became quite good at plane flying… eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/16 "2021-06-21T08:04:26Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Guess I need to check that Ducktales Game out on my “TheC64”! As we are off topic and on an adventure game forum, I would like to add “Mickey’s Space Adventure”. It was a Sierra game and made by Roberta Williams. It was available on several platforms - for example C64 and DOS. It has a simple point and click interface (but more like Labyrinth). [![](https://cdn.mobygames.com/screenshots/2044094-mickeys-space-adventure-commodore-64-oops-landed-in-the-wrong-lo.png) ](https://cdn.mobygames.com/screenshots/2044094-mickeys-space-adventure-commodore-64-oops-landed-in-the-wrong-lo.png) > **[Mickey's Space Adventure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Space_Adventure)** > > Mickey's Space Adventure is a graphic adventure game for a number of platforms. It was designed by Roberta Williams and released by Sierra On-Line in 1984. It features the Disney characters Mickey Mouse and Pluto. > The plot involves an alien race losing a precious crystal that contains all of their recorded history, split into nine pieces and hidden throughout Earth's solar system. While out walking Pluto, Mickey Mouse stumbles upon a spaceship sent by the aliens and is charged with searching the... btw: Sierra developed several games for Disney, for example an adventure game for the movie “The Black Cauldron”. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/17 "2021-06-21T10:21:51Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > I would like to add “Mickey’s Space Adventure”. It was a Sierra game and made by Roberta Williams. Donald Duck´s Playground was also by Sierra (not sure who was the lead there, though.) But that was more of a simulation. And not a very difficult one either, as I found replaying it. None of the playtoys are very expensive and it doesn´t take very long before the playground is filled with them, rendering the game practically over. 😅 > [@Someone](#): > > As we are off topic Oh that´s right! So…some people are apparently _still_ clinging on to the thought that Ron Gilbert will _ever_ make a Monkey Island 3a…huh? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Im0i7JDJ-cI/hqdefault.jpg "get a life") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im0i7JDJ-cI) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/18 "2021-06-21T10:32:30Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Donald Duck´s Playground was also by Sierra (not sure who was the lead there, though.) Al Lowe > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > And not a very difficult one either, as I found replaying it. It was meant as a game for kids (same with Mickey’s Space Adventure, btw). But I’ve played it as a kid and haven’t found it difficult too at that time… 😉 ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/19 "2021-06-21T11:38:03Z")
Here’s a link to play the DOS version btw. > **[Disney's Duck Tales - The Quest for Gold : Incredible Technologies, Inc. :...](https://archive.org/details/msdos_Disneys_Duck_Tales_-_The_Quest_for_Gold_1990)** > > Also ForAmiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64Developed byIncredible Technologies, Inc.Published byWalt Disney Computer Software,... ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778/20 "2021-06-21T11:49:33Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Al Lowe Uh-oh…there may be a missing link between that and his more famous game series, then! ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/9/9c3cf933835b462902a01661ecea0a2e3ebfadcd.jpeg) > [@Someone](#): > > It was meant as a game for kids (same with Mickey’s Space Adventure, btw). But I’ve played it as a kid and haven’t found it difficult too at that time… Clearly, and I´m sure the emulated gameplay that was a lot faster had a lot to do with me “finishing it” in less than an hour on replay. Whereas back then I probably would have decided I had enough fun and would have gone on to do something else. 😄 > [@Frenzie](#): > > Here’s a link to play the DOS version btw. And the Amiga version looks really great! ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/8/8383d1d766036594e42928350eb9c9630b763a32.jpeg) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/disney-is-open-to-indie-devs-using-its-ips/4778.md?page=2)