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Updates to Thimbleweed Park Allow Characters to Talk to one Another Plus an Inbuilt Hint System

posted by martyb on Saturday July 01 2017, @10:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-for-you dept.

bootsy writes:

Ron Gilbert's newest game, "Thimbleweed Park", has been out for a few months now but the latest patch is pretty neat.

https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-update-917-is-live/833

The most interesting parts are allowing the playable characters to talk to each other and recognition of each other when they walk past.

In a sign of the changing nature of gamers the game now includes a phone helpline but the helpline is called from phones within the game itself and it has an awareness of your progress so can give more tailored hints.

It is discussed in more detail here
http://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/hints_and_dialogs

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 02 2017, @01:24AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 02 2017, @01:24AM (#534049)

    Agreed. Comes off as an advertisement.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 02 2017, @03:45AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 02 2017, @03:45AM (#534075)

    Appears to be some kind of video game. But no one has asked the most important question: "Does it run on Linux?"

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 02 2017, @06:30AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 02 2017, @06:30AM (#534102)

      Yes it does.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @04:39AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @04:39AM (#534341)

        Yes, it appears to be a video game, or, yes, it runs on Linux?

        Mission Control: Buckaroo, The White House wants to know is everything ok with the alien space craft from Planet 10 or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia?
        Buckaroo Banzai: Tell him yes on one and no on two.
        Mission Control: Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia… or number 2?