Ron Gilbert sheds more light on returning to Monkey Island in new interview – IGN

“I think the more important thing, rather than owning it, was that I really wanted creative freedom. I did not want to make a game and have someone tell me what to do. It’s not a job. for- So it was probably more important than owning it, it was being able to make the game we wanted to make. “

Two years ago, the whole situation came into play when Gilbert met a Digital Devolver representative, who again put him in touch with the license manager at Lucasfilm. Shortly after that meeting, Gilbert flew to Grossman to seriously discuss what they would do with yet another Monkey Island game.

“We just beat all sorts of ideas and talked about what the themes are and what we want to say in the game, all that,” Gilbert said.

To the sequel, Gilbert says he wants to take a more practical approach to the game’s development. Right now, he has a team of twenty-five people working on Return To Monkey Island who want a “modern” art style. Gilbert explained that the reason for changing the art style was that he wanted to “embrace something new.”

Gilbert also explained how it has always been important to him that Return To Monkey starts where Monkey Island 2 ended, so it continues in the amusement park where the other Monkey Island escaped.

Return To Monkey Island will retain the classic point-and-click style, but with a more sophisticated interface. It is set to release later this year.

Luis Joshua Gutierrez is a freelance writer for IGN.