Thimbleweed Park 2 to open early in 2028

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Follow-up to the 2017 Ron Gilbert/Gary Winnick adventure "not really a sequel, not really a prequel"

To paraphrase Ransome the Clown: Holy beep, there's a beeping sequel to Thimbleweed Park coming!

That's right, Thimbleweed Park 2 is now officially a thing, though production has only "just started." The new game, described as "not really a sequel, not really a prequel" to the acclaimed 2017 Ron Gilbert/Gary Winnick comedic mystery, promises to start off with a bang – again – as another dead body is found, this time at the Edmund Mansion. (Looks like that "Population: 80" sign is going to need another update.) Fortunately, Agents Ray and Reyes are "back to investigate... or are they?" The culprit is someone in the mansion, and over the course of one "long, strange night," it'll be up to you to determine which of the suspects is the killer if you can. Of course, you should expect the unexpected in Thimbleweed Park, and prepare yourself to end up with "more questions than answers," because in this town, "a dead body is the least of your problems."

Along with the two dubious investigators, this "spoof of a classic whodunit" will feature other familiar faces, including Delores, Franklin, and the foul-mouthed Ransome, who will no doubt be much more mild-mannered this time. (Okay, probably not.) The team behind the scenes will be largely the same as well, with Gilbert joined by "Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone, and others from the original team" to deliver another stylish point-and-click pixel art adventure. No further story details have yet been revealed just yet, but one thing's for sure: the game will be "more Thimbleweed Park than ever ... and just as weird." 

We're still a long way off from release, naturally, but the project is being self-published "with the help of a private investor" and is due to arrive on Steam sometime in early 2028. In the meantime, Gilbert announced on his Grumpy Gamer website that he will be "starting up a Thimbleweed Park 2 dev blog ... and posting regularly to keep everyone up to date."