Thimbleweed Park hits crowdfunding goal in one week

Thimbleweed Park has very quickly become the latest big videogame success on Kickstarter. Just a week after it went live, the collaboration between veteran developers Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick on a new adventure in the style of the LucasArts classics of the 90s has easily blown past its not-insubstantial goal.

It's really not a surprising outcome. Kickstarters by established developers seeking a return to the days of old have traditionally done well, and that's a paradigm Gilbert and Winnick, whose past credits include Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, and The Secret of Monkey Island, fit very well. Thimbleweed Park also came out of the gate very strongly, raising more than $71,000 in its very first day.

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