Thimbleweed Park 2 dev blog

Aug 22, 2026

Big news. We got someone to help us edit the podcasts. Thanks to everyone who offered support and help.

First, the old podcasts are back. You can get them here:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Amazon Music

Here is Thimbleweed Park podcast #1 just to get your nostalgia going.

We’re going to start up the podcast again as soon as my people talk to David’s people and Gary’s people talk to my people. It might be a few weeks to get everything set up.

One suggestion I get a lot is wanting to hear from the other team members, so we we’ll do that more.

We’re also bringing back Friday Questions, so be on the look out for those.

– Ron

P.S. I redid the Thimbleweed Park website and added a newsletter sign-up. This isn’t for new dev blog posts, but larger events and news closer to release.


Comments:

Variskuu Aug 21, 2026
Just like that? Don't rules mean anything anymore?! Now, when I was young... *grumble mumble*
synlogic4242 Aug 21, 2026
saw typo in footer:

"Use of content of *.[link removed] train AI"

assume should be a "to" before train

unless that is literally part of your anti-AI caltrops/watermarking, and therefore I have blown your cover, doh!
David Fox ✔ Aug 22, 2026
Wait, I thought you wanted my people to talk to Gary's people first!
Brian G Aug 22, 2026
Sweet! Looking forward to it. Btw, don't these captcha things train AI?
ClutchAbuse Aug 22, 2026
Yes!
Pixel Prophecy Aug 22, 2026
Sweet! Will there be an RSS feed to the cast? Like in the old times?
Moonpie Aug 22, 2026
Saturday morning, I just woke up, turned on the computer, blog was already loaded in Brave, the coffee is dark and hot. It's gonna be a good day :)
tcmsurfer Aug 22, 2026
At least you don't have the Kickstarter overhead this time.

Thanks for bringing back the podcast to share the process. Looking forward to it.

Ans yes, podcast episode 1 was very rough around the edges. Personally I did like it a lot when it was all of you together in those streams.

While you do not have a Kickstarter following this time, it just feels like most of the people here are just still from that group. (Hi to the new people!)
Gins Aug 22, 2026
The opening music takes me back ❤️
El Barto Aug 22, 2026
I'm counting on Noah Falstein to play through Thimbleweed Park 2 before it's released so that you can have him on the Thimbleweed Park podcast.

Reuniting the "Indy3 Amigos" for a fresh podcast would be a dream come true.
drado Aug 22, 2026
I would like to hear in some of podcast yours thoughts about this use case:
using llm-s for creating background chatter between npc-s - just to make game world a little bit more lively

ps. I am not an ai hyper, I think this is what llm-s are for :)
drado Aug 22, 2026
I was thinking about local llm-s (slm?) which would run inside a game.
birenbergg Aug 22, 2026
Thank you! Old dev blog still has embedded podcasts from SoundCloud though.
And by the way, the embedded Vimeo videos are now shown too.
birenbergg Aug 22, 2026
*are NOT shown
Patricio Martinotti Aug 22, 2026
Beautiful 2017 memories: Thimbleweed Park, OKNOTOK, Blade Runner 2049, Cuphead, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Ron Gilbert ✔ Aug 22, 2026
Thank you! Old dev blog still has embedded podcasts from SoundCloud
I had to export the old blog as html a few years ago, I'm afraid media links will slowly rot.
Ron Gilbert ✔ Aug 22, 2026
You can have [Noah] on the Thimbleweed Park podcast
That would be fun. A Indy Crusade reunion.
Katie B Aug 23, 2026
I'm digressing off topic here, but I'm still blown away by all this. I know you're working on TWP2, but for me this is keeping the generation of C64 fans alive. I don't want to sound like a broken record, but how many people are here today because of Maniac Mansion? (forgive my ignorance, I'm from Australia and the game never got the recognition in Oz that it deserved.
Sushi Aug 23, 2026
I remember both records in Maniac Mansion!
Xykon Aug 23, 2026
Please state your name at the top of your turn so we can associate a voice with a your name. Thanks
Hop Aug 23, 2026
Wonderful! Will they be available on Podcast Addict?
Ron Gilbert ✔ Aug 23, 2026
Wonderful! Will they be available on Podcast Addict?
Podcast Addict and others probably aggregate Apple (most do), so probably.
Xykon Aug 23, 2026
Any way to randomly generate the victims, murders, weapons, rooms, clues, opportunities, motives, all wile maintaining voices, quirks, personalities, etc? ;)
Francesco Favia Aug 24, 2026
Would be cool to have again the Quicky Pal but full of people this time.
Johan Windh Aug 25, 2026
Awesome! Can't wait to listen !
Ema Aug 27, 2026
Speaking of voices... The recent announcement that Thimbleweed Park 2 is in development gave us the perfect opportunity to publish a complete playthrough of the game with the Italian unofficial voiceover, allowing anyone to enjoy the Italian dub without having to replay the entire game. This is especially useful for those who are not native Italian speakers but are nevertheless curious to explore the quality of the work that went into the project.
Here’s the link to the first video:

[Link removed]

At the end of each video, you’ll find a link to the next one.
There are 9 videos in total, and the game is long, so watching them all would be quite a commitment.
However, I recommend exploring them a little to hear some of the performances... some of the actors are genuinely excellent surprises, and you may recognize many of them!
Ema Aug 28, 2026
Looks like the link was removed. Anyway, interested people can find it easily on YouTube. :-)
DZ-Jay Sep 23, 2026
Nice stuff. One thing, though. Among the options to buy, you offer "Buy Steam." I did not know Valve put it up for sale ... but good for you. 😁

dZ.

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