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The Thing? (the 2011 prequel)

Could you use one of the other game pitches I sent you?
I didn't save them elsewhere.

If not, I'll just think of something new.

Then at Woodstock 1969,

Let's have another!

+1!

+2!

After reading what Monsieur OUXX wrote, I feel compelled to apologise for my previous comment, and give you some actual feedback.

What you've drawn is definitely not a viable option for pixel art. For starters it's much too big. You can certainly have pixel art of that size, but to qualify as pixel art, you need to have a lot more attention to detail. (Most people define pixel art as having each pixel purposefully place, which is certainly not the case here.)
Next, why did you scan in your drawing and trace over it? I could make something like that with nothing but a mouse and MSPaint. And I'm pretty bad at drawing.

My best advice is either to draw an entire background, scan that in, trace over it, and then come back to us with that. Since that should look like a viable option.
Or lower your scanned in drawing of the guitar to about a quarter of the resolution you used here, and then trace over it again, and then come back to us with that.

Good luck!
And sorry if I was too harsh.

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around him, and causing

Ghostbusters?

A blinding light emanated

Disregarding the imperfections, it is perfect.

Chronicles of Narnia?

One thing that strikes me is that there were very few gimmicks or unique selling points presented; people were generally happy to share a nice idea for a story. Adventure games are a bit special in that respect; a game pitch can be basically a nice story.

But quite a few of the pitches that I sent it, were about gimmicks and unique selling points.

I have never liked the "retro" modes that are just reduced quality backgrounds because I don't consider them "pixel art" as each pixel wasn't placed by hand.

Same here. I'm not a pixel purist or anything, but those "retro" modes only ever make things look terrible, rather than making things look like something that's actually retro.
I think they could work... but to make it work would require way more effort than anyone would ever be willing to put in.

Ok, I've had this theory for six to eight years now, but I've mostly kept it to myself because it was just a stupid idea, and 10 times out of 10, game theories are wrong. But after finally playing Thimbleweed Park, I'm 100% certain my theory is correct. I'm going to put the rest in spoiler tags, because it contains spoilers for Thimbleweed Park (and Monkey Island 1 and 2).

Spoiler

I think the ending and twist Ron Gilbert had for Monkey Island 3, was repurposed for Thimbleweed Park.
Which is that The Secret of Monkey Island is a game. It's clever word play, because it is a game, and that's also the secret.
The usual theory is that Monkey Island all takes place in the imagination of Guybrush Threepwood, but I remember (hopefully I'm remembering correctly) reading that Ron Gilbert straight up refuted that, and also said that the actual answer is quite obvious when you know what you're looking for.
And if you think about it, there's nothing more obvious than Monkey Island being a game, Guybrush even says it at the end of The Secret of Monkey Island. And everything that could be interpreted as children breaking character (the swordfighting pirate on SoMI telling Guybrush to play along with the pirate speak), could just as easily be interpreted as game characters breaking character.

But the real reason why I think this theory is true, is because I came up with it six to eight years ago. Waaaaaaaay before Thimbleweed Park was even a concept. And lo and behold, the latest game from the same creators just so happens to have the twist I theorised for a game that they never got to make.
It wouldn't be the first time a game creator has reused a concept they came up for a game, in a completely different game. A recent example I learnt about was the time mechanic in Prince of Persia Sands of Time originally being conceived (and refused) for Donald Duck Quack Attack.
And let's not forget that Thimbleweed Park has five characters because of reusing an old idea. The whole game seems to be about reusing old ideas.

Also, it's a theory I've never heard anyone come up with before. And once again, I think I remember Ron Gilbert saying somewhere, that no one had ever come to the correct answer.

Whether or not this was going to be the end of Monkey Island 3, the Secret of Monkey Island, or just an unrelated twist, I'm not sure. But I am 100% confident that the idea came from that never-to-be-made game. And I wouldn't be posting this if I had a shred of doubt (which is why I've never once mentioned it on these forums before.)

Also, I think this would have been a terrible twist and/or ending to the Monkey Island series, and now I'm glad we got CoMI instead. (It kind of sort of works for a single game like Thimbleweed Park, but definitely wouldn't work for a trilogy) I still want to go into an alternate dimension where MI3 exists though.

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Michael Jackson's Ghosts?

#7 Danvzare

Yep, that one's mine!

I'll come clean now and admit that I didn't even enter. I voted for #7. Even though it was too long for the contest and was full of spoilers I felt it would be a great game.

Since you're the only one who voted for my pitch Mandle, you're now my best friend forever!

Star Trek Enterprise?

I have no idea what the game is, but it looks like that detective is flipping off that house.

Dorian Gray?

there was a goat