Thimbleweed Park Podcast #68

I've missed these!

Yay! Thanks for taking the time to do this :)

Oh man, this was great! I'm of the generation that was able to witness the development of Thimbleweed Park, and play it fresh out of the oven. My physical copy of the game is still in wraps, and I suspect it's worth thousands now.

thanks for this podcast!

@Ron Re: Talk About Things You F’d Up
Frame it as advice for people new to managing projects to give them a structure for being successful. You can explain how you came to some of your conclusions by giving the detail of what you learned from to reach that understanding. An area of the talk can be focused on recognizing issues and how to deal with them when they arise.

By the way, you guys are the best. Hope you keep making games together!

I think Thimbleweed park is one of the most atmosphere-heavy games Ive played for years. That is I feel I am transported to another universe. I love that. The music, art and sounds really did a lot.

And I really loved how we all could contribute to the game, in terms of book titles and such. Loved it.

The only think I didnt like, was that it took me way too long to figure out to use radioactive water to track foot prints. That was my monkey-wrench-moment.

Awesome! I will gladly listen to it hoping there's no spoilers...

Oh-oh. He really pictured them naked!

Happy anniversary! I really enjoyed this game.

@Ron: What event in Norway are you going to?

Hard to believe it's been a year.  I've played through the game twice and never had  to get a hint...  Except once, for that damn book.  (Damn you, ladder!)

I really hope it isn't 25 years before the next game from you guys.

Great! Thank you! Happy birthday, TWP!

It's a little surprising to hear the criticism of the DLC. I've always been a big supporter because I see it as an extension of expansion packs which have existed for a long time pre-digital downloads. DLC is the digital version of those, with the advantage that now you can have DLC for very small low-cost expansions to the game such as new costumes for your next playthrough, new missions, new game modes... In open world games like Fallout the DLC seems especially well suited.

With that said, now that you have the DLC mechanism coded into TWP, it would be great to see a mini-adventure released. There were some areas of TWP that seemed tragically underused in my opinion, such as the sewer areas and the wire frame world. It also seemed like there was a lot happening with the Uncle Chuck character that we never got to see. Maybe it would be relatively painless to give us a new adventure using a different set of characters and the existing art assets and game engine without voice-over (do it true old school). I bet every single backer would pay in the range of $5 to $10 for a new adventure lasting 3-5 hours.

It's been a long time to hear from you since last years release. I think everybody expected that you do new plans for a new Terrible Toybox Adventure Game, especially after the Germany Tour, but there is still no plan for a new game. I hope that Ron, Gary and David will do something after Thimbleweed. Great expectations.

Why would you cut out the donkeyyyyyy! nooooooooooo! I demand the donkey talk!
Now you have to come up with one!

Congratulations. I don't understand why some diversity, critics or other peoples' opinions seem to upset you. I browsed through the steam reviews and it's mostly positive with only a few, sometimes also valid, critics. Nice A4 fadeout.

Great to hear from you guys again! Do another game!

Thank you guys. PLEASE make another game together. Whatever it is, I'll buy it, promised!