Friday Questions Questions

Looking back to the start in 2014 - what is THE one thing that you would do differently?

I'm curious to know where people got stuck most when playing through game.
I recently finished it and the longest time I was stuck was when I didn't know to use the toxic waste in the puddle. This took me a few days to get past.

In your Talks at Google video (loved it!), you mentioned the mansion in Maniac Mansion as being sort of the main character in that game. Would you say you and the team thought of and designed the town of Thimbleweed Park as the sort of main character in this game? Or if not, do you think of it as such now looking back on the game post-development?

Randy

When will there be an update that makes the arcade machines playable as a "game within a game"?

What is your position on decompiling and decrypting the game, assets or savegames?

What did you realize about the game only after you read the reviews? I guess most things that were written about the game you had already thought about, but most probably not all of them.

How is business going? Are you selling enough to produce part 2, or a completely new game?

Thanks a lot for Thimbleweed Park, I had lots of fun!

What are your plans for the near future? Will you guys keep working together to make another game? (Please tell us there'll be more of this)

Ron, why did you use the verbs in imperative mood in Russian version of the game. Isn't it obvious to use an infinitive form?.. It's sad for me as for an interpreter ..

The Box. We need The Box. Box is essential. When will we get The Box?

How happy are you with sales exeeding the Kickstarter?

Grumpy-this-is-what-we-worked-for-?-Happy?

Kind-of-fine-o-happy?  

Let's-start-another-game-tomorrow-rino-happy?

Can you give us *any* hints what the kidnapping scene meant?
How much backstory exists that will be kept secret?

How much of Thimbleweed Park was playable in wireframe before the real art was added in? Did Gary initially do every room in wireframe?

I was wondrring if you'll do more posts about audio recording? In particular, I'm curious about how you did the phrases that change depending on my actions (like the names you can check in under) or are random (like the gazette riddle). Did you insert words? Did you record the entire phrase? Did they work out theway you hoped?

How did you handle choices in-game in general? What were the difficulties? How did this affect the engine, savegames, art? I mean, changing the tube shop sign probably involved drawing each choice by hand, or is that a font?

How much content did you cut from the final game?

Any plans to include the blog posts in the game? You could add an "Extras" section to the menu with behind-the-scenes info. Would even fit the meta-ness of the game.

How's the IOS version coming along? I will be honest, long time fan holding out because I want it for the iPad.

Any chance that Thimbleweed Park  gets a "Director's Cut" update with a bunch of new content?

Who killed Ze German?

This is your first crowdfunded game, and you've been very open about the progress and decisions that you've made throughout the project, which gave us a lot of insight into the creative process.

Is this public, anonymous feedback better or worse than the interaction you had with superiors back at Lucasfilm Games?

Who was the killer if not Willie? Did you guys leave this part open on purpose to add mystery or is this one of the deeper secrets of the game that gamers have to figure out through clues? I'm guessing it was Willie on mushrooms, which is why he doesn't remember but something doesn't add up.

So, what's next?   Do you have plans to make another game with this same engine?

Besides the nostalgic aspect, the other thing that impressed me the most is the narrative technique: How the player can go at will and trigger different parts of the story in different order (mainly the flashbacks), and how this makes replayability so enjoyable. Have you designed with replayability in mind? Or is a bonus for having a complex game and multiple PCs?

Hi TWP-Team,

I'd be more than interested in how you the launch went.
Were you happy with the numbers and the feedback (press/media and gamers)?

Taking only the PC platform and all distribution channels (Steam, Humble, etc.),
can you please tell us the numbers between Windows/Mac/Linux usage?
I'm fine with percent, if you don't want to share absolute values.
AFAIK, at least Steam should allow for such an analysis.

There is one part of the plot that I still don't understand after playing several times. At some point in the game it appears that Reyes is laying on the morgue table and is unplayable for a period of time, but then he is fine later on. Were they performing an operation on him or did he die temporarily or something else?

How much of the reviews and online comments do you try to read about the game? All of it, some of it, none of it?

On one episode of your podcast, you mentioned that some of your puzzles were more difficult for people to figure out than you expected, and others were much quicker than you expected. My question is whether there were any puzzles that you purposely designed to be deceptively easy. For me, I was stuck forever on the "jewelry tools in the hotel room" puzzle. I eventually became convinced that I had to find a way to get the glue from the radio station and squirt it into the card reader so Sexy Ryker's card would get stuck in the door. When I figured this puzzle out, I facepalmed because I had been making it much harder than it actually was. Was this intended here or anywhere else in the game?

Do you have an ETA for the uncensored version and the arcade? Also, I don't know if it's too early to tell, but was Thimbleweed Park the success you expected to it be or more, so you can keep at doing what you do best ?

That ending.  When did you come up with the idea?  Was that planned from the beginning, or was it an idea that came later?

Did this level of fanatism (before the launch and after it) and how eager people was to participate IN the game (writting books, recording messages, etc) were expected by you or was a surprise?

Reading the comments and reviews, would you think that you should do anything different in the history?

Thanks a lot for such a wonderful game

When did you know it was done, and how could you tell? Was there a particular milestone or critical mass of content that you reached, or did it just feel ready?

Amazed, how many fu*beep* bast*beep* can't read and drop spoilers here. >:(

Is Doug based on a backer who pledged at that level?

I am loving the game, it is everything I wanted from this, so thanks again guys =)

And toadying over and done with ..... my question!

What's been the most surprising feedback about from players so far?

The game is amazing, really well thought out puzzles and really funny. I know there was 2 main writers (Ron & Lauren) and additional writers (David & Jenn), do you remember which key scenes, puzzles, cutscenes or game sections were written by who?

Please answer all of the questions above: they are the same I wanted to ask!
If I wanted to buy a boxed version of the game, can I still do it?

PS: I'm loving the game. Still going through it for the first time at a slow pace in hard mode, appreciating every single pixel in the process: it's just stunning. I hope you guys keep making new ones!

PPS: The soundtrack is amazing.

Ciao.

Thanks for making another fantastic game! How's the Xbox Play Anywhere feature coming?

What are your favorite songs in the game?

May we have more, sir?

I'd like to know roughly how many man-hours it took to develop the game. (if possible, divided into coding, backgrounds, animations, scripting, promoting, customer support, music, other).

I'd also like to hear you talk in general of the cases where you had to redesign a puzzle or the story because of some problems that arose during development which you hadn't initially thought about. (like the wrench puzzle that was moved from one part to another, or cases where you realized the story flow was wrong and led you to do some change).

I love you guys. I hope the sales justify a new episode of this great game.

Hi,

is there any change in utilizing the engine you build form Thimbleweed Park? Is there a way of modding or reusing the engine to do other games like SCUMM?
The world would be amazed if we have the tool which you build Thimbleweed Park.

How are sales doing chow are doing the sales  compared to your expectations?

Playing the game was fun, but I did not understand the story. Who killed Martin Schulz? Why s/he was killed?

Will we ever be able to get into the arcade? Will there ever be an alternate ending? Please tell me there'll be a sequel/prequel/followup. Thimbleweed park is a work of art!

Whats next?

What are you (Team TWP) going to do next?
Do you want to do another project together, something completely different,…?

I’m hoping that you’ll continue making great games!

Now that this is all well and out of the bag.
And i am truly having a blast-a-roo playing this adventure gem.

What are the chances of the Monkey Island rights will be pursued and fought back where IT belongs?

I have signed a pertition (somewhere) to Get Ron and the team back the rights to pursue this World class Brand.
And.
I bet navarro, David, gary and the rest of the team would happily work on MI III

Yours point and Click  Faithful-a-roo
Torkill

As a developer, I am curious -- how hectic has the recent few weeks of the post-launch process been as compared to the last few weeks of the pre-launch process?

If you won't explain the mysteries: Can you at least tell us about secret planned things that are not in the game and were changed?

After release:
What was the best thing that happened?
What was the worst thing that happened?

P.S.: I love Thimbleweed Park! :)

Can you each discuss some of the memorable items that ended up on the cutting-room floor.

SPOILER!!!

Is there any truth to the rumor that the end of Thimbleweed Park is similar to the original ending of Monkey Island 2 in that the characters learn that they are just characters trapped in a game?

Are you all happy with the resulting game? Do you regret haven't done something, or having done some thing too much? As I can say for myself, the game catches really well the charm of Maniac Mansion, being much more beautiful than in the good ol'days. Thanks.

If you still had $large_ammount that you could spend on TWP, what would you do?

Translations (Voice actors for different languages, more languages)
Ports (Switch, PS4,…)
Additional Content
a TWP branded Amiibo for the upcoming Switch Version
TWP the Movie
A trip to Vegas for Team TWP
…?

I don't want to ask you anything related to the game itself (i.e.: why Ray/Reyes suddenly are on the examination table, who has killed Boris, is the sheriff-a-reno the same one who killed Franklin, video killed radio stars...), because I think to understand everything, after having played the game a few other times.

Instead, I want to ask you:
- is the game's finale by any chance inspired by the movie "The Lawnmower Man", published in 1992?

P.S.: Thimbleweed Park is currently placed at position #3 in my personal list of the best adventure games ever! Congratulations!

What happened to the higher backer levels? Which characters or items are based on backers?

Did you purposefully leave the ending just vague enough so that you would have more to go on should you make TWP2 or do you already have a second story in mind?

Dear Thimbleweed Park Team,

My request/wish is that I would like to ask if I can buy a Boxed version of this game.

I'm 38 years young and loved the Commodore C64 and Amiga times. I still have my old Amiga and my old games among others Monkey Island 1 & 2 and Indy, all the classic games. For me I connect these games with my childhood/youth and a better time of gaming. A time where the humor and imagination was more important than the graphic and effect monsters I find in modern games. These old games like Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Indy or Monkey Island had (and still have!) a soul for me, also the boxes! It's a piece of time and art I just would love to see with shining (child) eyes again. A modern Steam, GOG key can not give me this feeling.

I don't want to bother you and I hope you understand what I want to say with my broken English. Can you make it possible somehow please that I/we can buy a boxed version of your Thimbleweed Park?

I'm not at Facebook, I'm not using Steam or GOG. I think I'm really kind of retro myself ;-) But this is how I want to be and this/your game is something special in this fast moving day and age (like a game from a better time) which I identify much and would love to see and have it physically. That would emotionally count a lot for me (and surely many other fans of your artwork worldwide).

Many (hopeful understandable) words...
Thank you so much for all your work and many happy hours. Please never stop!


All the best,

Christian

PS: I also wrote this to Jenn who was kind to answer. Thank you too Jenn!

Is there any chance to have Maniac Mansion and/or Zak McKracken "remastered" on TP engine? I can't imagine any other problems than legal ones...

Question for Ron: what version control setup did you use and why?

Why did you make the decision to not be able to "look at" people?

Will you please fix my books in the library like I've asked you to several times?!

When will you release the patch to open the arcade?

What is your favorite question?

It looks like you didn't implement dynamic fog that reacts to the playable character's movements... :-(

Thanks Ron for making this awesome game! ;)
I have 1 question about the story:
*SPOILER*
Did Agent Ray survive the deletion of the game? What happened to her/where did she end up?

If you had unlimited finances and a year you could dedicate to just that, what would be the top 3 on your priority list to add/remove/change ?

Thanks for making a great game!

Is there a particular puzzle or feature that has a small or negligible impact on the game that you (or anyone else) INSISTED to implement even knowing it would be minor or even unnoticeable to most players?

I'm currently doing a Phd and I have a lot of discussions in seminars about the topics "fourth wall", "meta level" and "postmodernism". I would say: The end of Thimbleweed Park is a fourth wall meta level postmodernistic moment. The question ist: Why are you useing a fourth wall meta level postmodernistic ending? It's a little bit like Lewis Carroll meets Douglas Adams, some kind of Alice's Adventures in Galaxy. The end is very much Alice - like.

you mentioned there are hidden endings. how hidden are they? can you give us a hint on how to find it/them? I'm assuming these are well hidden, not small variations on the "normal" endings.

@Ron: In January you said:

"The anticipation for the game is high in the small circle of traditional adventure game fans, but virtually unheard of for most gamers, even gamers that like narrative games. For the game to be successful, we need to attract that audience and so far, we have failed to do that."

My question is: did you reach that audience or are you still selling the game mainly to traditional adventure game fans?

Thanks for the beautiful game!

Kinda wish i knew what was in that white square when I launch the game.. before the menu appears.....
Still havent gotten around to d/l the soundtrack I bought...

Thanks for a great game..

-J

well ok...I've solved the game.....but still don't really understand who knocked down the agent ;-) So...what/who was it?

Why did you choose to have the Playable Characters not be able to talk to each other? (Besides the cutscenes)

Despite being an awesome game, the characters' stories feel somehow disconnected. BUT, this could be a great way to introduce another playable character in a DLC, like Willie, El Paulo or the Lawer. All of them with an interest to get into the factory and find out what happened to Chuck.

Is this something that has crossed the team's mind? How much work would it be puzzle-wise to accommodate this?

Gary, is that your voice at Thimblecon'87 or an actor's? Unlike David and Ron, you sound quiet different from the podcasts.

How long post release do you expect to continue working on Thimbleweed Park? Is that comparative to other games?

Is the gardener made by PillowTronics?

Was there any aspect of the game that you really wanted to change during dev - but could not because of your Kickstarter promises?

How are sales going? Are you satisfied? Can you give us some numbers? Thank you!

How many more references to Zak McKracken are in the game? :) Besides seeing Annie and Zak in the audience of the ever ranting Ransome? :)

How's the game doing out there? In the world of us, the gamers? The players? The real world! :D

Any chance you could tell us if you are going to be making another new adventure game? :)

Do you think you are likely to return to Kickstarter or other crowdfunding options for your next project?

Having gotten Thimbleweed Park out the door, and in such a high quality, you've shown people what you're capable of and I can't imagine you'd raise any less than you did last time. Personally, I'd be willing to donate above what I did before for TWP, and I'm sure many fans would feel the same.

Either way, keep up the great work!

How the sale goes? did that bring up money for another game? how will you approach license for Monkey Island and when?  thanks! :)

Are there any things you noticed AFTER the release of the game that you wish you had done different and that you can't correct with a patch (i.e. storywise)?

When is the restart of grumpygamer.com?

The plot reminded me of "Simulacron-3" (aka. movie titles: "World on a Wire", "The Thirteenth Floor")
Was this on purpose or coincidence?

What's the strangest complaint / criticism you've seen so far?

Hi there, nice game!
My question is: Why does the final game only have nine savegame slots?
Retro is cool and all, but this feels more like an arbitrary restriction.
Hard drive space can't be the limiting factor in modern times.

Did you at any point regret having started a new engine from scratch (a move I appreciate ALOT)?
Would you do that again?

end-of-question

Best wishes to all of you! Take a rest (once porting is completed) and enjoy :-)

Absolutely LOVE Thimbleweed Park! Now that the game has come out and had a few weeks to be received and digested by the public, do you have any insights on the likelihood of another point and click adventure game in the near future, be it Thimbleweed Park 2, a whole new game idea, *cough* or Monkey Island 3a *cough*?

When will the physical edition be available?

I have more than just one question, let me ask three of them:

1) Are the puddle on the trailhead and the x-marked site (navigator-head) positioned in line by intention, in order to give you a hint (showing the puddle to you, every time you're passing by)? I was on my way trying to dig with the radioactive waste instead of a shovel and maybe to 2/3 through the puddle-scene when I had this Heureka-moment, turned around and solved the puzzle. This way it had something special.

2) The signal situation reminded me of Zak (the alien signals, 60Hz via the phone, Circus on Mars, ...). Putting the simulation aspect aside for a moment: Does TWP exist in its own universe or are there connections to the world of Zak (apart from TWPs' obvious references to old adventures, and sorry but what is the huge fountain representing? It reminded me of Sam&Max). At some point I really was into the idea,, imagining the things which could arise from such a situation, stuff happening, places to go ...

3) Will you open source the engine?

Will there be any additional in-game content in the future (like a DLC). Maybe more character stories or playing as the villain.

Dear Ron Gilbert,

First of all: Thank you for this wonderful adventure game - hopefully it won't be the last one!

One question remains (for me): Did you always intend to have minimal dialogues _between_ the main characters or did you change that in light of the voice recording situation? I sometimes missed the possibility to talk to each other...
...of course the other witty dialogues more than made up for that!

Thanks for your time,
Martin

What's the deal with Doug? Was he originally created to have more story? Is his only purpose not to let other characters in the mansion, if so why have him dig in the house? This is one question since they all pertain to the "what's the deal with Doug?"

What is the secret to writing and designing a good adventure game? I swear, I'm not a spy for Japanese game developers.

I was recently reminded through a personal experience that toilet paper rolls cannot only be arranged parallel to the wall in "over" or "under" configurations, but also perpendicular to the wall in configurations that might be called "towards" and "away". Is there a chance that this could be supported in a future release or are you going to prioritise the arcade?

Are ALL screens in the game "rooms", I mean managed by the engine and all, coded in JSON and Squirrel, or the main menu / options menu is coded in C++ and the engine takes care only of the gaming scenes?

Are sales meeting or exceeding your expectations?

I've seen Thimbleweed Park in the featured games on Steam, GoG and even on the Mac App Store. Hope that means good news!

Dear Ron & Gary,

Loved the game and following the development process was great fun to.

I'm looking forward to your next game, whatever form it takes.

Please do another kick-starter.

Thanks

Many criticisms that are made to the game concern the ending. What do you think
And about the the ending is how you planned or changed it during development?
Thanks

Do you guys have a date for the Android release?  I'm waiting with baited breath!

The clue to one puzzle in the game is to watch the Kickstarter video. How will you preserve that in the future, if and when Kickstarter will take the video down in the future? Personally, I think you should make that beta tape as a means to access the video in some future release..

I'd like to know if you are going to work again with such a dream team, I recently discovered the pixel artwork of Octavi Navarro and it's pure magic. I've seen also an interesting video of Mark Ferrari explaining the background process (just some tips) for Thimbleweed. Since you have the 2 best pixel artists in the world are there any chances to see another "big pixel" game in the retro style of Monkey Island? Creation of a game like this can take long long time, but the result is an instant classic. We need more...

Played it and totally loved it :)
Will have a second run in a few Weeks :)

Looking for the Fingerprint Tape got me stuck for HOURS, but let me find many many many Eastereggs (and pieces of Dust) :)

But i´m curious ... When is the Releasedate for the VR Version ??? :) :) :)

Best Kickstarter Game Back Ever :)

Thank you Guys ! Seriously !
If you want Money for the next Game ... Just give me a Call :)

Thank you for a great gaming-experience. First game I really sat down and played since Monkey Island 2 I think. Loved every minute of it, will play through it again real soon. Would really like to hear the story behind the specks of dust.

- Why no ultra-hard mode without questlogs?
- Who was able to switch the radio antenna three times in the first scene?
- Was ze german guy Boris Schneider-Johne? Who ambushed him?
- Who is the ghost, which slapped Boris and (probably) one of the agents? Is that you, Ron?
- Who ordered Ray? Sierra-on-Line?
- Why disappeared Reyes for a few minutes in the mid-game?
- Who was the sender of Ray´s strange tool, Reyes` watch, etc. ?
- What about all these well known paintings?
- Where is cousin Ted??
- What´s your speed run record time?
- What about @MMucasFlemGames and @MMucasFlem on Twitter? Free riders?
- Did Quentin Tarantino-o-reno already mention the chapter titles?
- How comes the white crystal from TP to mars and Willie to Seattle airport?

See ya!

1. Which bug gave you the worst headache/nightmare? Has it got to do with concurrency or is it some other issue?

2. Percentagewise in relation to pre release how much work is still going into the game?

3. From what I can tell, you have received a lot of love from the gaming community. The needle of your karma meters must have deflected towards infinity. Can you already make an estimate whether the game will be a commercial success, as well?

And finally, are you sick and tired of creating adventure games for the time being or are you dying to get started on another project asap?

PS
Is it just me getting it wrong every other time or is there an actual bug in the Seckrit Question algorhythm? :)

Finished the game last week. Really enjoyed it. Only figured out that I could use the map to quickly get between places when I had aprox. 20 minutes left.. spent a lot of time backtracking :)

My question. Why were there so many red herrings in the game? Felt like a had a lot of inventory items that were never used and a lot of (mis leading?) objects that lead to nothing. The CCTV footage from the Quick-In store for example. I really thought that I would have to finda a Betamax tape (which I finally did) but there were no use for it.

Was this by design or was this all because you had to cut the game down?

A lot of people were complaining about the map? Would you consider looking at maps done by us the fans?

Not reading this. Must remain pure!

Hi! I've read one of your initial blogs post, and i've read that you were going to code the game in some several languages, but can you tell what game engine you use? Or are you doing it all by the code?

Hug,
John

Would any of you consider adding in any of the cut content or imagining all new content for the game either as free or as paid DLC (with the emphasis on it being optional additional content, especially if it was the latter)?

I was wondering if Thimblecon was cut down from the original idea, as I recall there was discussions in the podcast of Delores dressing up to attend, and a few other concepts that didn't make the final game?

1) You mentioned that you are using Squirrel for scripting. So are you compiling the whole script to c-code and then compile again the whole thing into one monolithic binary? Interested about the engine architecture, that's why I'm asking.

2) If you are going to make another game (maybe MI3a :D ) are you going to look for programmers? Companies in Germany don't pay a lot for CS ppl so I am fine with little salary. I am highly motivated, though and I rather slave away for a product I am actually interested in than in something soulless. Thanks!

When will the next game come? Will it be a Kickstarter again?

Why does "David the game developer" not like Chuck?

The sheriff, coroner and hotel manager were robots? IA instances?

What about a super hard mode where there is no todo list? Some puzzles became too easy because of it.

What's the deal with the X mark in the forest? Maybe a reference to the treasure of Monkey Island?
Once I found the Sekrit meeting I'm unable to enter the forest because it will go straight to the electric fence-pizza truck area.
Also I didn't find any shovel in the town, so I don't know if it was a puzzle after all or the puzzle ends with the players finding the place and enjoying the texts.
I really want to dig in the X.

Ooh, I just realized were the shovel is, going back to see if I can get it... see you later...

Are you going to release any info on the game file formats for people interested in modding? (byack, bnut, wimpy, fnt, nut etc. files)

Are you still going to repair the bug, where at the end of the ending credits you should install a virus that will delete all partitions and clear my BIOS?

Could you describe how the story evolved during the development?
How much of the plot did you have already worked out, when you pitched the game on kickstarter?
When did you come up with the ending?
Were there alternative endings you were thinking about?

What's the Terrible Toybox going to do now?!

I seem to remember you lamenting the current common(?) practice of software publishers pushing to hit their release date and then releasing the patches that actually make their game "final". How do you feel you did? And how do you think release went compared to the days of "unlimited budget" at Lucasfilm?

Extracting the prototype doll for Ransom in the Pillow factory was a really difficult hidden puzzle, were there any more of those in the game?

Is there any possibility to buy the card game?
I would stand on my head to get it!
No, really, I would pay a lot of money.

Oh my, this might be the last chance to ask THE question!

How's the weather?

(And after all the time - others and me asking again and again and again - how funny is this on a scale from -128 to 127?)

A lot of things are easier in TWP than in the old games, like you have todo lists and the game is full of hints.
Was this an "acceptable malady" to win a new audience or had you wanted to do it anyway and you felt good with it?

Why did you put relatively many red herrings into the game (whil p.e. in MI2 there are virtually none)?
I want a red herring pros and cons discussion.

Did you put parts of your own personalities into the characters?
Maybe even unconscious.
That's imaginable cuz there are so many playable characters and it feels like every REAL person, me included, borrows a bit of them all.

I want a giant poster of the complete cemetary!

Why so few save slots?
To give Sierra a *beep*?

I laughed so hard when Ransom talked with Ricki about "Freud inspirations". Who developed this gag - really "Al Bundy" like!!!  LOL  :D

It might be cheating but I have a two part question.  Firstly, I called Edna for a good time...  I never got a good time..  Is this a bug?  Secondly, any idea when can we expect to hear about your next game?  Do you think you'll use Kickstarter again?

Could we have the hostile takeover song from the game to the OST? It's better than the one with lyrics :)

*spoilers* Loved the ending and it was truly moving, and as a fan of the simulated universe theory it was also quite trippy. The finale with the final wireframe sequence was a great concept but it seemed a little empty. Could you tell us if you were able to fully realize your vision for the ending?

Any idea on when will fan translations be available? I can't wait to (try to) translate the game to catalan! How many words / lines are more or less there to be translated?

Hi Ron! First of all thank you for Thimbleweed Park !!!

I wanted to ask you: are there any hopes to have an "Enhanced edition" of the game in the future with the cuts made in the final restored and with greater clarity of the plot?

Hello and thanks,

Filippo da Firenze

About to boot up this game for the first time, and get swept back into my childhood when you and I had more hair on our head than expanding belly

Getting old sucks

Anywho, I missed the Kickstarter, anyway you'll be a box collector's edition in Merch later on?

Question: I'm somekind of bookworm outside of the matrix, so naturally I spend a couple of hours in the library having a great time reading all what the fanbase provided. Are you planning to patch the game to give credit to all these guys? Would be great if you do something special with all that material, like a voting contest.
  
Thank you for this amazing game, can feel the love and effort in there.
See you on your next project and I will gladly open my wallet again in front.
I would love to see a new science fiction adventure game... Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders will always have a special place in my heart.

How did the idea of the sheriff, coroner, and the hotel manager's speech "tick" (for lack of a better word) come about?  Was that something the voice actor ad-libbed or was that specifically written into the script-a-reno?  

ps:  When do we get to play in the arcade?!

What is the secret of Thimbleweed Park?

1) Did Steven Spielberg call you and ask for help?

2) Since the whole TWP-Team is in Ransom’s show: Did you make an exclusive version for the team, where Ransom is insulting the team members?

Thank you guys for making this game. It’s really awesome!

Hi from Abruzzo, ( Find out where it is! Doug in the mansion mansion speaks abruzzese dialect in the Italian translation... ah ah ah!!! ),

What could be the future of the adventure games genre with TWP?

Could be them think as exemplar or model for next generations of game developer in which teories, programming, art and architecture design are taken as base to future games of this genre and why not to use them for other purposes? (es. http://e-adventure.e-ucm.es/ ).

I'm seeing Ron Gilbert & Co. as  theachers to the future generations  where the world will be a better place because everybody will be able to playing and to learning with to the adventure games invented by Ron Gilbert & Co. and they will be remembered in the history books of the AI. ! :-)

I absolutely loved Thimbleweed Park, but like many others around didn't care for the ending. For me at least, the fun of the game far outweighed the disappointment from the ending, but I've certainly read quite a few scathing comments from people who felt the ending completely wrecked the experience. What I'd really like to ask is: How do you deal with the negative comments and stop them from getting to you personally?

I'm going to miss this blog and the podcast! I've been eagerly following development since just after the Kickstarter ended, and I think I've (cumulatively) had as much entertainment from this blog as I have from the game itself!

why the main characters can't talk between them?

Developer Question:

  What are you (all of yoU) doing with all your free time?

Or to phrase it differently:

  When will TP 2 be released? :-D

Hi Team Thimbleweed,
do you think it's possible to use the programming Language Max Msp for Realtime Sound in Games: https://cycling74.com/
Best,
Julian

If you do another Point and Click Adventure, could you talk to Mark to do a lot of Color Cycling, pleeeeasssse!!!! I adore his Color Cycling Examples on his Website. Soooooo beautiful!

So Chuck, Boris and Franklin got murdered. And we didn't get a solution to any of them!?

This feels quite unfullfilling. Am I missing something?