# Why people still believe that Ron made DOTT? **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475 "2017-08-23T22:31:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/1 "2017-08-23T22:31:50Z")
Why the _beep_ are some people still think that Ron made Grim and DOTT? I’m talking about people that follow Ron on Twitter and exactly know who he is! ---
**Author:** ![asterothe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/asterothe/32/550_2.png) [@asterothe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/asterothe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/2 "2017-08-23T22:39:02Z")
Not everybody is die hard like us. ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/4 "2017-08-23T22:54:30Z")
DOTT is a great point’n’click adventure game and as it is with every great point’n’click adventure it is very likely it was made by this Ron Gilbert guy. * * * Additionally it’s really based on a game of him. It was called “Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle”. He was credited in the game and there is actually a whole game in the game to which he contributed like, a lot. Also when I say “Doom 3” I’m sure some people think of John Romero although of course he has not a lot to do with it. Well, that’s my explanation. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/5 "2017-08-23T23:28:39Z")
Why do people say that Nor Treblig is Ron Gilbert? ---
**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:** [August 23, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/6 "2017-08-23T23:45:57Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Why the beep are some people still think that Ron made Grim and DOTT? He didn’t?!? 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/7 "2017-08-24T00:31:49Z")
> [@seguso](#): > > Why do people say that Nor Treblig is Ron Gilbert? Have you ever seen Clark Kent and Superman in the same room? That’s why 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/8 "2017-08-24T00:33:39Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > He didn’t?!? 😲 Btw. regarding Grim Fandango: I’ve never seen such a claim in contrast to DOTT which I’ve observed multiple times on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/9 "2017-08-24T07:02:26Z")
Someone-not-someone wrote it on Twitter yesterday - I noticed it too. But much more common with DOTT. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/10 "2017-08-24T08:28:16Z")
> [@asterothe](#): > > Not everybody is die hard like us. From what I have observed, these people are somewhat “die hard”. 🙂 They follow Ron on Twitter and read every Tweet. Ron stated several times on Twitter that he didn’t made DOTT (and Grim). So they should know that Ron didn’t make DOTT. But maybe it’s because today people first tweet and then think … > [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > Additionally it’s really based on a game of him. Yes, but not Grim. And I have read only very few times that MI3 and MI4 should be made by him. So DOTT and Grim seem to be a special case/extremely confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Ignacio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ignacio](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ignacio)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/11 "2017-08-24T18:19:11Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > But maybe it’s because today people first tweet and then think … A couple of months ago someone (not @Someone) congratulated him on twitter for Pirates! [Sid Meier’s] ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/12 "2017-08-24T18:46:49Z")
We should thank Ron for: 1. [Hook](http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/hook_/screenshots) 2. [Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island](http://store.steampowered.com/app/344030/Ghost_Pirates_of_Vooju_Island/) and 3. [Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler](http://store.steampowered.com/app/472420/Duke_Grabowski_Mighty_Swashbuckler/). ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/13 "2017-08-24T23:20:23Z")
Never heard of Hook, is this a recommendation? (Of course it is, obviously it was made by Ron Gilbert!) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/14 "2017-08-25T01:51:40Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > Never heard of Hook, is this a recommendation? I never finished that game because I didn’t like it very much. But I recommend it to you nontheless; I mean, it’s a game by Ron. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/15 "2017-08-25T08:31:21Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > Never heard of Hook, is this a recommendation? Never played it myself, but the German magazine [PowerPlay gave Hook](http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1992-10) only 48%. To sum up: The game is a Monkey Island clone, has weird puzzles and is too short. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/16 "2017-08-25T20:17:52Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > The game is a Monkey Island clone If you took Monkey Island, disfigure it, bleach it to remove any color and atmosphere and ultimately beat it until it becomes a geometric pulp of square pixels, then and only at that point “Hook” might be considered a clone of Monkey Island. > [@Someone](#): > > 48% That number has an unrealistic generous quantity of digits. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/17 "2017-08-25T20:31:44Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > If you took Monkey Island, disfigure it, bleach it to remove any color and atmosphere and ultimately beat it until it becomes a geometric pulp of square pixels, then and only at that point “Hook” might be considered a clone of Monkey Island. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/a/a2488e48d9018d142f2a9b5dd9527b2777e46298.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/18 "2017-08-25T20:50:27Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > If you took Monkey Island, disfigure it, bleach it to remove any color and atmosphere and ultimately beat it until it becomes a geometric pulp of square pixels, then and only at that point “Hook” might be considered a clone of Monkey Island. Then you’ll probably obtain this, instead: [Hook](http://store.steampowered.com/app/367580/Hook/) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/19 "2017-08-25T20:51:50Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > If you took Monkey Island, disfigure it, bleach it to remove any color and atmosphere and ultimately beat it until it becomes a geometric pulp of square pixels, then and only at that point “Hook” might be considered a clone of Monkey Island. Just to clarify: I haven’t played Hook, the reviewer compared it with Monkey Island. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/20 "2017-08-25T20:55:35Z")
> [@Gffp](#): > > Then you’ll probably obtain this, instead: Yes, that matches the description quite well. ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/why-people-still-believe-that-ron-made-dott/1475/21 "2017-08-25T21:54:34Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > The game is a Monkey Island clone, has weird puzzles and is too short. This summary sounds actually like the perfect game for me! > [@LowLevel](#): > > If you took Monkey Island, disfigure it, … Oh, OK > [@Gffp](#): > > Then you’ll probably obtain this, instead: > > [Hook](http://store.steampowered.com/app/367580/Hook/) Oh I’ve seen this one recommended before: > [@Puzzle-based games: have you played them?](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/puzzle-based-games-have-you-played-them/626/55): > > In these days I’m playing mostly casual puzzle games, because I don’t want to invest time into the usually long playing sessions required for adventure games. The one that I have enjoyed a lot and that I have just finished is “Hook”: It’s a game that requires observation and some “circuit logic”. The goal is to identify the removable pieces on the screen and to route the “remove command” so that it reaches only the pieces that can be removed. It’s a very short game (only… (Stupid ambiguous names!)