Re: Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Cancelled His Pixelated Zelda-Esque RPG Because Old-School Zelda "Isn't The Big, Hot Item" 1TomatoMustardThu 4th Dec 2025 @MARl0 Yup, that was the point of the article.He wanted to create something that wouldn’t take him ten years so he needed capital (money to pay for development).Since investors didn’t view his original idea as profitable, he needed to change things to something they liked.Such is the world. 0
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Re: Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Cancelled His Pixelated Zelda-Esque RPG Because Old-School Zelda "Isn't The Big, Hot Item"
@MARl0
Yup, that was the point of the article.
He wanted to create something that wouldn’t take him ten years so he needed capital (money to pay for development).
Since investors didn’t view his original idea as profitable, he needed to change things to something they liked.
Such is the world.