About

It's always hard to write your own about pages. I should have my mom do it, she always has nice things to say about me.

I started making games because I loved to program and I loved to tell stories and the two seemed to intersected nicely.

I wrote a program for the Commodore 64 (greatest computer ever made) called GraphicsBASIC that extended the rather boring built-in Basic that includes commands to gain access to the graphics and sound.

In 1985 I got a job working at Lucasfilm Games (now called LucasArts) porting Koronis Rift and Ballblazer from the Atari 400/800 to the Commodore 64.

In 1986 Gary Winnick and I created and designed Maniac Mansion.

During its production, I developed the SCUMM System (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion).

I co-designed the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade adventure game with Noah Falstein and David Fox.

I am also the creator and designer of The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. A game about a pirate.

I am the co-founder of Humongous Entertainment where we made some amazing adventure games for kids like Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam.

I was the producer of Total Annihilation.

I co-created DeathSpank with Clayton Kauzlaric and was the designer of the first two DeathSpank games.

I worked at Double Fine for a bit making a game I've had rolling around in my head for close to 25 years called The Cave.

I released Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match-3 Pirate RPG (or SSITVTDTUSS:AMMTPRPG for short) for iOS and Android.

I just finished a new point & click adventure game called Thimbleweed Park.

Deivid

Jun 11, 2018

Hi, I love your work, you MI is an inspiration to me since I was a kid until this days. I´m a scriptwriter now, I´m live in Argentina and I saw you on 2016. I´m working in a pirate comic book that has a few MI homage and I´m glad to send to you.
Greetings, and thank you!!
http://escritopordeivid.blogspot.com

Beernerd81

Mar 04, 2019

Hello Ron Gilbert! My name is Rob, I am 37 years old, and I live in a VAN down by the RIVER! Well, the first two things are true, anyway. I just finished Thimbleweed Park and it really took me back. Games like Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and D.O.T.T. along with a plethora of other point & click adventures (ask me about Loom) really helped define my nerdy childhood. Thimbleweed Park brought that fun back for me. As a matter of fact, I've started writing the script, dependency charts/graphs, and even working on concept art for a game of my own using the AGS engine. It's going to suck, but I'm having fun all the same. Anyway, thanks for over three decades of fun and for inspiring me to focus my midlife crisis on attempting to relive my childhood by making my own crappy game. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than a Corvette.

Eugene Cloete

Mar 25, 2019

Hi Ron Gilbert
My name is Eugene, age 41, from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I loved playing the Monkey Island and Indiana Jones games in the 1990s. The adventure puzzles were so enjoyable with an incredible sense of humour. Thank you for all the hours of entertainment.
Also: thank you for listing the games you've worked on above. I look forward to checking them all out.
I recently played thimbleweed on Nintendo Switch and really enjoyed it.
I hope there are many more similar projects in the pipeline for you and look forward to it.
Best Regards,
Eugene

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SparkySaurus Rex

Jun 08, 2019

I just finished my first run of Thimbleweed Park. Awesome awesome awesome. The nostalgia feels ran deep, coupled with neat new features and awesome character toggling. I love that the ending isn't spoon fed either, deep thinking required! Love eeeeeet.

-SSR

Sam

Dec 21, 2019

I am so thankfull for your work. Even my kids learn the magic of guybrush actually. Ok, and DOTT, but mostly MI I-IV. :)

Riccardo Rispoli

Dec 24, 2019

Hi Ron, I have a partially sealed copy of Maniac Mansion first edition for C64. It's so good to have a physical copy of it (although it was only possible to save once :] ). I have copies of all LucasArts games.
Is there a physical copy of Thimbleweed Park?

Thanks thanks thanks a lot for all your games!

Riccardo

Riccardo Rispoli

Jan 10, 2020

Sorry, I found the answer myself (yes it does) :)

Christian

Feb 17, 2020

Ron, I just wanted to write and thank you for all the game you brought to mankind.

Monkey Island.....I mean there is not even a description of how important that game still is to me. Monkey Island is a feeling, a warm emotion in my heart! Its like I am thinking of a child <3 The music, the game............... pure Love. And of course Michael Lands work is godlike too

Greetings from Germany

Chris

Jessica Mooney

Mar 04, 2020

Hey Ron,
I just wanted to say thanks. I grew up with the Humongous Games, and I use them daily as examples of masterful game craftsmanship. I'm in school for interface design and game design, and Pajama Sam in particular is a huge influence to me as a designer. The principle that everything in the background *does something* if clicked on, that the world itself is so engaging and beautiful that it makes you want to explore it. I hold everything I make next to Pajama Sam in order to test its quality and cohesiveness. Thank you for the fun the games brought me as a kid, and thank you for the consistent inspiration as a designer.
- Jess

L.A.Wolfman

Apr 14, 2020

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Víctor Parejo

Apr 24, 2020

Hi Ron!
We would like to introduce you to something we think you might love. We are developing a new graphic adventure inspired by all your HUGE adventures. It's called The Adventures of The Black Hawk. We leave you our networks and our email in case you are interested in taking a look and knowing more;) Take good care of yourself
https://twitter.com/blackhawkadvent
https://www.instagram.com/halconnegroaventura/
https://www.facebook.com/theblackhawkadventures

We look forward to hearing from you wishing you like our idea

Víctor Parejo Medina

Tiffany

May 10, 2020

Hiya Ron!

I wanted to say thank you for the Humongous Entertainment games. Those games were a major part of my childhood, and they got me into the adventure game genre.

Stay safe,
Tiffany

Manu

2d ago

Hey Ron, I've played a "pirate" version of Monkey 2 in a friend's 386 back in 92 when I was 12 yo. Was there when I learnt english just to play your game. I've utter memories about monkey and maniac mansion, day of the tentacle was the last game I remember from my childhood. I was just playing the new MI 2 version right now, so many good memories! And I never realized the name of the creator of my fondest memories from my childhood. Now I'm 40yo, I'm a developer since my 20s, I love computers since my earliest contact with basic, clipper and MI 2. I just wanted to share how big place your creation has in my life. Thank you so much for this sweet memory I have, <3 much love

PS: now I'm a buddhist and haven't remembered the philosophic part of Herman Toothrot, I was too young to understand.... where all that came from? Also I'm very curious how it was being a game developer in the 80s, and create a framework like SCUMM, I'm now craving for knowing more about all that and what was on your mind at that time. It's weird for me being in touch with this almost 30 years later. Also, I'm a grumpy developer as I suppose you claim yourself as a grumpy gamer :P cheers!