There's Gary Winnick's flat scenery and big-headed art style. There's Ron Gilbert's verb-heavy actions and chunky inventory boxes in the lower half of the screen. If you pull up side-by-side Google images of Thimbleweed Park and Maniac Mansion, you'll notice the family resemblance immediately. I think Thimbleweed knocks it out of the park. It's made to be the real deal, stepping out of a Reagan-era time machine with steam trailing off its Air Jordans and a Stussy S drawn on a Pee-Chee folder. This isn't supposed to be a contribution to the 8-bit renaissance. Thimbleweed Park is meant to look, act, and play like some long lost 5.25-inch floppy disk you stumbled across in your old computer desk still at your parents' house. Thimbleweed Park doesn't just 'capture the spirit' of 1987's Maniac Mansion it's not just a hat tip or even just a respectful homage to those early Lucasfilm games. A legacy which Maniac Mansion basically crafted. Thimbleweed Park isn't borne of the Sierra On-Line body of work, as it's quick to point out in the occasional jab. I disliked those games, but didn't know any better. I don't know what inspired my 'Quest' brand loyalty. Instead, in the 1980s, I was banging my face against Sierra On-Line adventure games like King's Quest and Space Quest. Thimbleweed Park is the Kickstarted creation of Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, co-designers of classic point-and-click adventure games Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island. A murder victim lying face down in the river. An 8-bit town with a Twin Peaks backdrop.

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