Marius

Federico Maggiore just released the italian version of the film and it‘s so good!! He is super talented, I love his voices.

I just noticed that LeChuck still wears that hat with the dead crow on it. Considering the game takes place a good amount of years after LR, the bird is in a relatively good shape. Or maybe it‘s a fake bird. A rubber crow with a hat in the middle?! Anyway, I‘m glad the crow (which maybe was a throw-away-gag by Steve Purcell in the box art?) is back, and I hope we can ask LeChuck about it in ReMI. If the game still „ignores“ it I‘m happy too though. It‘s a unique, weird and fun design choice.

It’s a duck!

I bet it’s Murray. I would make the same face if my skull gets blasted out of a cannon. (I think it’s cartoon logic and he looks normal after the shot)

They look amazing!

I just shared a buggy, trippy version of the end of the film. Something went wrong in Adobe Animate, and my camera layer broke. The result is amazing. And it's hard to find my favorite glitch. Maybe this one. I call him Goybrosh. nullnull

@Vainamoinen Wow, thank you for that post, that warmed my heart. Thank you for taking the time, and give me more perspective on all of this. I feel even better now. ☺️

This was so fun! I spent this morning trying to find all the jokes, but I don’t think I was succesful. This game is huge! My favorite bits: - The CodeWheel actually works! - I can throw water at Stan forever. - I laughed out loud that I was actually able to clean the cups. - Oh, hi Carla. Ok bye! - Best surprise: The hell-part was surprisingly effective. The thought of Return not existing this year was a chilling bummer to me. This year (like every other year) is extremely challenging, and it’s hard to avoid bad news overload. The Return of Monkey Island is a huge positivity boost that gives me so much strength and energy, that the thought of your “hell” made me even more grateful that we are here right now, having fun sharing our excitement for Monkey Island again. Super cool game, thank you for making this! P.S.: Can I find money for the grog machine?

Thank you so much for sharing this!! I also hope the kids move on to shouting "Spit on the candle!" soon. And thanks everyone for reacting to my last post. Generally I know that I am not responsible for their behaviour, and don't need to feel a burden to "convince them to change their minds" bla bla. Right now, I chose not to remove those comments, since they are only few, and they are not blatantly rude... ... ... Hmm, but to be honest, I mostly don't throw them out because I still suffer from worrying what others think, and my head spirals into the thought of them noticing how I remove their comments and eventually I get flooded by more angry comments about censorship... You know, the kind of overthinking fear. But it's ok, like I said, I don't feel pressure to do anything right now. Also, I downvoted their comments, which I am seriously proud of, because even that took a bit of courage. Anyway. What I wanted to say is: Thank you for this platform here, where I can just share my feelings and feel heard. That alone makes my day much better. 😊 Also, while the views are steadily rising, these comments are still in the minority. So, all is great right now.

I would LOVE another Maniac Mansion that is closer to the first game. Since Resident Evil 7 I wish for a new MM with an advanced "resident AI", where everyone inside moves around and you feel that constant tension that you have when breaking into a place. That was my favorite part of Maniac Mansion.

An very tiny detail that excited me the first time I saw it. When Murray lands on that other ship, we can see him jump up and down from a distance. And this far away, his animation looks kinda oldschool pixel arty, you know, as if the animator had to deal with a low resolution. Do you know what I mean? See the gif below. (Sorry for posting my twitter thread. I couldn't figure out how to make that GIF small enough for the forum )

This is SO GOOD! I love the magenta rim light 😍

Thank you all for the kind words ☺️ Online, people are nice as well, but slowly I’m getting comments like “Looks better than Return to Monkey Island”, and this just drags me down. The general criticism of the game bums me out already, but getting these comments on my video is just too much. I feel like I added another platform for these rude commentators. It’s never “Personally, I like you art style better.”. It’s always stated as a fact: “This is better.” I’m paraphrasing, there are more detailed comments, but you can just feel that they are less interested in sharing their thoughts, but more interested in giving Return to Monkey Island another slap. I’m super emotionally invested and my mind colors these things more dramatic then they maybe are. And luckily, there are only few comments like these. But I can’t help but feeling sad because of this. Also: My art style better?! It’s ridiculous! I’m not talking myself down, I’m proud of the looks of the movie, but people don’t know what they are talking about. I hope it doesn’t become more in the future.

Let's form a Mix N Mojo crew!!

Oh man. While we are saddened by the ugly wave of hateful comments, here and there are beautiful, hopeful shines of love that give me so much joy and hope! While haters rant, others create art. They make things. It's wonderful. 🥰

Are here other Sea of Thieves players? When that add-on with the Monkey Island easter egg got released I jumped in, and I love this game. Mostly because of its wonderful atmosphere and lack of UI. I love having long journeys on the sea, listening to the amazing sound and music, and the thrill of not being alone. It's amazing how, 80% of the time, I never encounter another player. But suddenly you see a ship on the horizon, and your heart stops, and you hope they didn't see you yet. (I suck real bad at sea battles, I loose all the time) Aah, I love it, and it's a great companion while waiting for Return to Monkey Island.

No no, you got it all wrong. If you tilt your head slightly, you realize it‘s a hand giving a thumbs up.

Now that you mention island designs: I can’t wait for the map screens 😍

Haha, or just: “Monkey Island”. Technically none of the previous games have that title.

I only watched the trailer a couple times and try to forget most of it’s content until release. I wish I could play the game blind (not literally!). Hey, how is the IRL timeskip technology these days? Is cryostasis still cool? Sigh. Anyway. *watches the trailer again*

Yeah, when the trailer didn't showed up at that Devolver keynote, I thought: OK, maybe I have enough time to finish the movie before the trailer comes out, that would be incredible! And I think soon after a rumor of a Nintendo Direct popped up. This "maybe deadline" motivated me to get the movie done soon, which I really needed. (Without a deadline it's production was kinda dragging.) I actually wanted to release it earlier, on June 22nd (15th anniversary of the first flash film). Also, if you are part of a Nintendo Direct you have to keep it super hardcore secret. We almost got a slot for our Say No! More release last year, and were told to shut our mouths big time... Oh oh, I don't know if I was allowed to say that... I have to go! If they find me, I--

There are so many animals in this game, I love it!! Hey so, it looks like we play as Elaine at some point, but... looking at this image: What if we also can play as LeChuck? I'd love that!

(ReMI Trailer spoiler inside)

Hello everyone. I cannot not do Monkey Island art while waiting for ReMI, so I made this. Please enjoy. ❤️ Marius

Distracting Monkey fans from the lack of trailers with a little animation would make me really happy. I can't wait for you all to see it, I put a ton of love into it. It's decades of my Monkey Island passion compressed into 5+ minutes.