# \---- Is Ron working on a Monkey Island 3a? ---- **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [May 13, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275 "2020-05-13T22:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Blondebeard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/blondebeard/32/12774_2.png) [@Blondebeard](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Blondebeard)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/82 "2022-04-06T16:19:24Z")
It seems he had to lie to protect the secret! We forgive you Ron šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [April 6, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/83 "2022-04-06T16:38:56Z")
Imagine you had been hired. Imagine you trying to convince Ron Gilbert that some puzzle should be changed in some way, and he refuses to listen. Not very nice,right? Now youā€™re happy that you havenā€™t worked on it. You can thank me later. ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/84 "2022-04-07T08:38:28Z")
> [@seguso](#): > > Imagine you had been hired I imagine you or @Guga had been hired. I imagine you trying to gliss my questions on what you are working on. No details. And then suddenly, you telling ā€œOh, itā€™s the MI3a. Nothing more, nothing lessā€. Headlines: "Seguso escapes from ~~Monkey Island~~ Zak Phoenix McKracken ---
**Author:** ![Aractus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/aractus/32/13579_2.png) [@Aractus](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Aractus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/85 "2022-04-10T07:16:03Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > I hope itā€™s an Aprilā€™s fool though, because if itā€™s a new Monkey Island Iā€™ll be mad for eternity because when they had an opening I applied but never got an answer and since working with Ron on a new Monkey Island is literally my childhood dream, the idea of having the chance but never getting to it would make me way more mad than the knowledge that itā€™s an unreachable dream Ahahahahaha. I would have loved the opportunity myself to write a puzzle - but this isnā€™t a _fan game_ itā€™s a big-boy game. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/86 "2022-04-10T08:29:54Z")
> [@Aractus](#): > > itā€™s a big-boy game. Well, even they ā€œput their pants on one leg at a timeā€. šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/87 "2022-04-11T06:06:33Z")
> [@Aractus](#): > > but this isnā€™t a _fan game_ itā€™s a big-boy game Hey, Iā€™m a legit developer šŸ˜› you may have mistaken me for someone else. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/88 "2022-09-05T18:23:01Z")
Anyway, I was right šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [June 22, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/89 "2023-06-22T19:34:21Z")
Actually I am pretty sad @RonGilbert did not give me credits to be the one who knew that first! wrrrr ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/90 "2023-07-05T13:00:44Z")
Saw this being shared around recently, not sure where itā€™s from or who made it, but Iā€™d love to play it - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ln8Af9A8KsM/maxresdefault.jpg "MI3a - Monkey Island 3a") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln8Af9A8KsM) ---
**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 5, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/91 "2023-07-05T13:25:00Z")
@Paul But thatā€™s amazing! ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/92 "2023-07-05T14:27:06Z")
This is amazing. Whatever it is, it took a lot of effort, starting with the visuals. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/93 "2023-07-05T14:34:43Z")
I suspect whoever made itā€¦ is Italian. ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/94 "2023-07-05T14:36:11Z")
His name is Signor Ronaldo Gilberto šŸ¤­ ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/95 "2023-07-05T15:04:57Z")
Iā€™ve followed a few breadcrumbs and it _might_ be this one: [http://www.gigi77.altervista.org/progetti.html](http://www.gigi77.altervista.org/progetti.html) Iā€™m not sure, though. Link to a forum thread that contains also a screenshot: [https://community.telltale.com/discussion/3338/prisoner-of-monkey-island](https://community.telltale.com/discussion/3338/prisoner-of-monkey-island) ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/96 "2023-07-05T15:12:22Z")
Art seems to be pretty different, unless it got updated sometime during productionā€¦ ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/97 "2023-07-05T15:18:47Z")
Yes, itā€™s very different, but on their website they say that they changed their graphic designer in 2010. ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/98 "2023-07-05T15:25:10Z")
Why do I keep getting sucked down these bottomless rabbit holes? I have things to do. šŸ™„ ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/99 "2023-07-05T15:35:33Z")
I am in the same rabbit hole, haha, I even tried to load some old fan demo from 15 years ago, but my computer refused ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/100 "2023-07-05T16:08:12Z")
Looking at it more, I feel like it was made pretty recently, as the fonts used for the verbs are more in the style of TWP, rather than an older style, and also from the general level of detail. Edit: and we can see the art through the verbs, which I think was introduced in TWP ---
**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 5, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275/101 "2023-07-05T16:36:03Z")
I also have the impression that this game can only be the result of a quite ā€œmatureā€ approach to adventure game development. Not mainly because of the fonts used or the user interface (which could have easily been chosen after the release of TWP or the Delores engine) but because of the level of attention and details it has. Itā€™s interesting to note that the texts in the backgrounds are (intentionally, I suppose) unintelligible, which is also a choice made by the developers of RTMI. I wonder how many first-class backgrounds and visuals are locked up in fan productions that may never see the light of day. These are MI2-level visuals. The first thing they reminded me of was a pixelated version of an RTMI background that a fan created and posted on Reddit before the gameā€™s release. [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/is-ron-working-on-a-monkey-island-3a/4275.md?page=6)