Ron Gilbert has shared a curious fact about how long the compilation process takes in his new development.
With Return to Monkey Island, it’s not just fans of the classic adventure games are in luck, but also many players who grew up in the nineties with a saga as iconic as this one. Its creator has already answered different questions about the new release, but continues to leave us small details every week.
Through a message published in his official account of Twitter, Ron Gilbert wanted to highlight a notable difference between developing the original Monkey Island and the new release he is working on. In particular, the creator has talked about the processes at the time of putting the code ready.
We were going out to dinner and hoping it wouldn’t failRon Gilbert“Fun fact: Monkey Island 1 took hours to compile. We’d put all the day’s code together, start compiling and go to dinner and hope it didn’t fail. Return to Monkey Island takes 3 to 5 seconds the same process,” says Gilbert, who has also revealed to a follower that he uses a self-built language called Dinky, used for Delores.
Return to Monkey Island does not yet have a specific date on the calendar, but is expected to be released on PC. sometime in 2022 by Devolver Digital. The game will solve outstanding mysteries and will seek to please fans who, after a long wait, have high hopes for it.
