In 2022, followers of the Nineteen Nineties journey sequence Monkey Island lastly received one other recreation with Return to Monkey Island, which notably marked creator Ron Gilbert’s first time directing a Monkey Island undertaking in 30 years. Now, it appears like Gilbert has one other undertaking up his sleeve that is due out simply two (or possibly three) years later.
As identified by Time Extension, Gilbert has been sharing progress on an untitled RPG that is described as “traditional Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park,” in keeping with studio Horrible Toybox’s website.
Screenshots of the sport shared on Gilbert’s Mastodon account exhibit a top-down pixel artwork type harking back to traditional Zelda titles, flaunting a few quaint houses in a woodsy area in addition to some classic dungeons, spooky forests, and a cemetery full of skeletons.
Earlier this week, Gilbert additionally announced that Elissa Black is becoming a member of the workforce as a quest designer. “This ups the prospect by 37% that I am going to end the sport earlier than turning into bored and disillusioned,” his publish reads.
In line with writer Horrible Toybox’s web site, the untitled recreation will probably be launched in “late 2024 (or possibly early 2025, that is gamedev in any case).”
IGN gave Return to Monkey Island a 9 in our evaluation, saying Gilbert’s return to directing a Monkey Island recreation “meant a lot to me earlier than I ever clicked to start out a New Game, and it meant much more after the tip credit rolled.” We additionally topped it as the very best puzzle recreation of 2022, and it lastly made its solution to cell final summer season.
Amelia Zollner is a freelance author at IGN who loves all issues indie and Nintendo. Outdoors of IGN, they’ve contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun, and so they’re presently creating a recreation known as Garage Sale. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.