Ron Gilbert started production on Thimbleweed Park 2

Ron Gilbert just dropped a nostalgia bomb on his blog: Thimbleweed Park 2 is officially in production, aiming for early 2028, with much of the original creative crew back and a self-published release backed by a private investor. He teased “good news and bad news,” then pulled the rug in the nicest possible way: there is no bad news. Naturally, the comments instantly turned into a digital pep rally, with fans posting everything from “WOOOOOO!” to keyboard-smashing joy and one person simply mourning the long wait: the real tragedy, apparently, is having to survive until 2028.

But this wasn’t all confetti. The community reaction has a delicious little split right down the middle. The loyalists are thrilled that the old gang is back, already dreaming about dev blogs, collector’s editions, Italian dubbing, phone replays, and the confirmed GOG version for players who like owning offline installers forever. Then the skeptics arrived with sharpened memories of the first game’s ending. Some said they cannot imagine how a sequel works after that finale, while others went much harder, calling it one of the worst endings in games and accusing Gilbert of trolling fans with too much fourth-wall stuff. One grump even dragged old Monkey Island disappointment back into court. Meanwhile, Gilbert’s deadpan reply to one sale question — “We forgot” — may be the funniest accidental comic beat of the whole announcement. In other words: the sequel is real, the fandom is loud, and the comments are already a better roller coaster than some game endings.