Return to Monkey Island

BaronGrackle · August 24, 2022

But seriously, I bought the KOTOR and KOTOR 2 rereleases on Switch, even though KOTOR 2 came out with all kinds of bugs. Those were games from the 2000s. Portal and Portal 2 now have a Switch rerelease pack also. I wonder how sales for all those went?

madmardi · August 24, 2022

1 hour ago, MichaelSon said:

Just preordered on Steam the MAC version.

Seems like my 2012 MBPro will still be able to handle it nicely.

Still, I would like to have a Big Box release.

Hope that someone is already working on it.

I had troubles figuring this out myself. Am I okay? (Sorry for the repost as I also put this in another thread!)

Edited August 24, 2022 by madmardi

Udvarnoky · August 24, 2022

My guess about a boxed version is that it will ultimately happen, but as a boutique thing through Limited Run or iam8bit well after the fact, Psychonauts 2 style.

Toymafia88 · August 24, 2022

I'm probably going to take a breather from all things Monkey Island and avoid future Monkey Island Mondays, want to go in as blind as possible.

I'll be back on when we are days from release 😁 see you all soon!

Manny · August 24, 2022

Does anyone else get DOTT vibes from this guy?

Edited August 24, 2022 by Manny

Remi · August 24, 2022

32 minutes ago, Manny said:

Does anyone else get DOTT vibes from this guy?

Definitely see your point, but I get more of a Wally vibe from him. An academic stuck in a pirate world.

Jake · August 24, 2022

1 hour ago, Manny said:

Does anyone else get DOTT vibes from this guy?

Scummbuddy · August 24, 2022

I was thinking more of John Hancock shivering looking like this poor unfortunate soul.

And...

After 10 years, we all will finally be able to play the next game in the series by the original creators on September 16th.

I'm talking of course about "Space Venture" from the makers of Space Quest. Undercutting some silly pirate adventure game release day by 3 days.

But really, their Kickstarter campaign for Space Venture started over 10 years ago, and they spent the last two years on the Save-Load system if you were to take their spaced-out updates as any indication. While I've never played a Space Quest game beyond a few minutes, I did back their campaign. There have been plenty of backer complaints throughout the years.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que/posts/3590050

I'm so happy that we haven't been dragged through ten years of a Kickstarter campaign to get our hands on another Monkey Island.

Edited August 24, 2022 by Scummbuddy

ThunderPeel2001 · August 24, 2022

I also backed that Kickstarter. I'm far more sanguine about the whole affair. Some Kickstarters don't amount to anything. I'm amazed they bothered to finish the game at all.

EDIT: Actually it just struck me. All Kickstarters launched before 2014 are legally bound to deliver their rewards... maybe that's what's going on.

That's what happened with the David Lynch: Art Life documentary I funded. They makers got 600% the money than they asked for. And then signed with Criterion as an extra bonus. I backed $50 for a "Special Edition DVD" with exclusive backer extras.

Then after it finished and they had all our money: Barely any communication. And no exclusive special edition DVD. After much complaints, we eventually received a printed-at-home DVD in a plastic slipcase with zero extra features, and a picture quality so poor you couldn't even read the credits.

Just enough to legally fulfil their obligations...

Those guys are assholes. I digress.

In other news, TT have an answer to every question you have:

Edited August 25, 2022 by ThunderPeel2001

Garystu · August 24, 2022

1 hour ago, Scummbuddy said:

After 10 years, we all will finally be able to play the next game in the series by the original creators on September 16th.

I'm talking of course about "Space Venture" from the makers of Space Quest. Undercutting some silly pirate adventure game release day by 3 days.

But really, their Kickstarter campaign for Space Venture started over 10 years ago, and they spent the last two years on the Save-Load system if you were to take their spaced-out updates as any indication. While I've never played a Space Quest game beyond a few minutes, I did back their campaign. There have been plenty of backer complaints throughout the years.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que/posts/3590050

I'm so happy that we haven't been dragged through ten years of a Kickstarter campaign to get our hands on another Monkey Island.

I feel so bad for all involved, the development cycle for Spaceventures sounds like its been an absolute nightmare.

I hope the devs make a good number of sales, enough to take a nice vacation. I hope RTMI doesn't overshadow it, but raises interest in all adventure games around it. If the two games end up having any relationship to each other, I hope it can be a positive one.

OK so I'm also not going to buy it lol. I'm also just not a Space Quest fan. I might, either if I hear its good or if its an interesting trainwreck.

BaronGrackle · August 24, 2022

Possible responses to using the Horse Armor:

"I want to keep it in mint condition."

"It's not my size."

"It's out of gas."

"They can get their own armor."

"That's not a horse!"

"I don't think it's fungible."

"Nope. But I hope it was worth it for you."

"Hey, there's a hidden compartment here. I think I can get it open..." <Install Update 22> <Update Not Found>

Manny · August 24, 2022

2 hours ago, Jake said:

Scummbuddy · August 25, 2022

6 hours ago, BaronGrackle said:

Possible responses to using the Horse Armor:

"I want to keep it in mint condition."

"It's not my size."

"It's out of gas."

"They can get their own armor."

"That's not a horse!"

"I don't think it's fungible."

"Nope. But I hope it was worth it for you."

"Hey, there's a hidden compartment here. I think I can get it open..." <Install Update 22> <Update Not Found>

Clearly it will be:

"I think I can live without that particular piece of junk."

Marius · August 25, 2022

10 minutes ago, Scummbuddy said:

Clearly it will be:

"I think I can live without that particular piece of junk."

I can see Guybrush trying to brag with the horse armor.

Maybe it‘s the new „Rubber Chicken with a Pulley in the Middle“. Remember how often you can offer it to people in Monkey 1, who mostly say something like „Oh I already have one.“?

I look forward showing Stan the horse armor.

demone · August 25, 2022

50 minutes ago, Marius said:

I can see Guybrush trying to brag with the horse armor.

Maybe it‘s the new „Rubber Chicken with a Pulley in the Middle“. Remember how often you can offer it to people in Monkey 1, who mostly say something like „Oh I already have one.“?

I look forward showing Stan the horse armor.

I can almost see it being similar to the money from the start of MI2, where Guybrush brags about how he will be sailing in first class. Only this time, he says things like "I'm sure this invaluable silver horse armor will be crucial towards discovering the Secret of Monkey Island (TM)", or "Only an idiot would order this in advance unless it did something useful."

Edited August 25, 2022 by demone

Laserschwert · August 25, 2022

And he'll lose it five minutes into the game.

BillyCheers · August 25, 2022

1 hour ago, Laserschwert said:

And he'll lose it five minutes into the game.

With a commentary by Guybrush like “You really must be feeling ripped off right now. Ah, memories…”.

BaronGrackle · August 25, 2022

Let the hype continue. EDIT: This is a Ron tweet, but I'm still no good at copying them right. The Horse Armor will have interactions.

https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/1562564868359995393?s=20&t=KWXe-3Pa2PnmOyacF2qDZg

Edited August 25, 2022 by BaronGrackle

ThunderPeel2001 · August 25, 2022

BaronGrackle · August 25, 2022

Yeah! I'm guessing some unique comments other than "That doesn't seem to work" on everything and everyone.

ThunderPeel2001 · August 25, 2022

18 hours ago, Guybrush Transmasc said:

I feel so bad for all involved, the development cycle for Spaceventures sounds like its been an absolute nightmare.

Not sure what happened behind the scenes, but they're probably only releasing something because they're bound by Kickstarter rules to do so... I forgot that all Kickstarters launched before 2014 are legally bound to deliver their rewards... so that's probably what's going on 😬