gamingeek said:

Monkey Island creator stops new RPG due to lack of funding

12/02/25 - Ron Gilbert is ending the development of his Zelda-like 2D RPG after he failed to receive viable funding despite intensive talks. This is reported by Eurogamer.

He says that offered contracts were economically unattractive and publishers currently classify a pixel-based action role-playing game as not very profitable. Gilbert points to the high resource requirements of an open role-playing project and emphasizes that he has neither the means nor the time to implement such a project on his own.

He also does not currently consider crowdfunding to be a reliable option, as corresponding platforms such as Kickstarter have lost much of their effectiveness: In his estimation, the industry is increasingly oriented towards data-driven business models, which leads to more standardized production

Ravenprose said:

Mario kart World free Roam feels like it's missing something. It's cool to drive around and see the the tracks from a different perspective, but it gets boring pretty fast (and I'm someone who enjoyed spenting dozens of hours just randomly wandering the world in Zelda BOTW).

I ran through all the 50cc knockout tour tracks. As usual for 50cc, it's way too easy, but I do like the concept a lot. Looking forward to playing it on harder difficulties.

gamingeek said:

You dont like the P switch missions?

I think it needs a story mode.

P missions are okay. MKW version of Korok seeds challenges.