Ron Gilbert explains Thimbleweed Park's character dialogue, hint system additions

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Retro-themed adventure game Thimbleweed Park has gained a couple of big additions - dialogue between player characters and an in-game hint system.
But, rather than just popping these changes in patch notes, creator Ron Gilbert has gone into detail on why the additions were necessary. Or, in the case of chatter between characters on the same screen, part of the game's original scope.
"This was something I attempted during initial production but abandoned due to me being unable to think about it as anything more than an a overly complex hint system," Gilbert wrote in a new blog post.
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