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Thimbleweed Park

Platform(s): Android, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Terrible Toybox
Release Date: March 30, 2017

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'Thimbleweed Park' (ALL) Gets Release Date - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 27, 2017 @ 8:04 p.m. PST

Industry legends Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick (creators of Maniac Mansion) return with Thimbleweed Park, a point-and-click adventure in the old-school style with pixelated bobblehead characters, clever puzzles, and verbs.

Thimbleweed Park is a brand new, old-school adventure game by Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. Lost along a dusty stretch of highway, the town of Thimbleweed Park once boasted an opulent hotel, a vibrant business district, and the state's largest pillow factory, but now teeters on the edge of oblivion and continues to exist for no real reason. When two washed up detectives are called in to investigate a dead body found floating in the river just outside of town... well, that's when things get interesting.

Just after midnight, police discovered a body floating in the river outside of Thimbleweed Park -- a development Police Chief Whitmire has called "perplexing," "mystifying," and "a real head-scratcher." Police at the scene were observed scratching their heads.


Lacking the resources to tackle such a murder investigation, the Thimbleweed Park police department has reached out to federal agents for assistance. With a preliminary forensic analysis of the body revealing no conclusive evidence, the authorities are now turning to the public in hopes of locating an eyewitness, raising necessary funds, and ultimately finding the killer.

With five playable characters, multiple endings, deliciously retro 2D graphics, classic verb-based point & click gameplay, inventory items, and a bizarre comedy storyline swaddled around a grisly murder, Thimbleweed Park is the game that might have immediately followed Maniac Mansion if only Ron hadn't gone off on a pirate kick.

Thimbleweed Park will launch on Steam, Xbox LIVE, and GOG, with other stores to follow and iPhone/iPad/Android versions later this year.



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