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The Intersection of Puzzle and Story (with Ron Gilbert)
2024-07-05
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Your nice hosts welcome famed designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park) into the clubhouse to discuss the virtues of inexperience, friction for its own sake, and how it's all about story and puzzles all the way down.
The Intersection of Puzzle and Story
Game Design
Narrative
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Return to Monkey Island will have a hint system because the internet exists now
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Joshua Rivera
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Polygon
Verdant Skies
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Steam
Classic Game Postmortem: Maniac Mansion
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GDC
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YouTube
The phrase "confederacy of dunces" derives from a Jonathan Swift quote.
Examples of movies that feature a poorly-received genre twist include Serenity (2019), Remember Me (2010), and Safe Haven (2013).
Ron Gilbert
Guest
Owner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.
External link
Mastodon - @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place
Blog - Grumpy Gamer
Studio - Terrible Toybox
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