<s>
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ron	O
Gilbert	O
and	O
Gary	O
Winnick	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Gilbert	O
and	O
Winnick	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
and	O
The	B-Application
Secret	I-Application
of	I-Application
Monkey	I-Application
Island	I-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
games	O
released	O
in	O
that	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
both	O
visually	O
and	O
in	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
operates	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
principles	O
of	O
early	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
games	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
players	O
navigate	O
various	O
scenes	O
from	O
a	O
third	O
person	O
perspective	O
,	O
using	O
various	O
"	O
verb	O
commands	O
"	O
to	O
perform	O
actions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
use	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
pick	O
up	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
talk	O
to	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
around	O
five	O
different	O
player	O
characters	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FBI	O
agents	O
Angela	O
Ray	O
and	O
Alberto	O
Reyes	O
arrive	O
at	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
to	O
investigate	O
a	O
murder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ransome	O
apologises	O
to	O
the	O
citizens	O
of	O
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
clearing	O
his	O
reputation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delores	O
enters	O
the	O
"	O
wireframe	O
world	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
prototype	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
with	O
simplistic	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
shuts	O
down	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Gilbert	O
posted	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
his	O
blog	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
revealed	O
that	O
talks	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
begun	O
"	O
several	O
months	O
ago	O
"	O
while	O
he	O
and	O
Winnick	O
had	O
been	O
discussing	O
how	O
fun	O
their	O
time	O
developing	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
at	O
LucasArts	O
(	O
Lucasfilm	O
Games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
they	O
liked	O
the	O
"	O
charm	O
,	O
simplicity	O
and	O
innocence	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
adventure	O
games	O
of	O
that	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winnick	O
proposed	O
that	O
they	O
should	O
make	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
their	O
old	O
ones	O
;	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
designed	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
in	O
1987	O
and	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
"	O
an	O
undiscovered	O
LucasArts	B-Application
adventure	I-Application
game	I-Application
you	O
've	O
never	O
played	O
before	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
managed	O
to	O
raise	O
US$	O
626,250	O
from	O
15,623	O
people	O
;	O
they	O
had	O
also	O
managed	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
"	O
stretch	O
goals	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
allow	O
German	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
Italian	O
localizations	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
full	O
English	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
ports	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
German	O
localization	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
Boris	O
Schneider-Johne	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
German	O
localization	O
of	O
Monkey	B-Application
Island	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kickstarter	O
took	O
a	O
5%	O
cut	O
,	O
and	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
who	O
handled	O
the	O
payments	O
,	O
took	O
a	O
3	O
–	O
5%	O
cut	O
;	O
this	O
added	O
up	O
to	O
$	O
57,198	O
of	O
fees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Gilbert	O
,	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
failed	O
transactions	O
were	O
from	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
problems	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
who	O
then	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
pledge	O
money	O
via	O
PayPal	O
instead	O
;	O
because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
he	O
suggested	O
that	O
perhaps	O
only	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
$	O
4,890	O
had	O
been	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
already	O
had	O
a	O
2D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
written	O
in	O
C/C	O
++	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
used	O
for	O
his	O
non-adventure	O
games	O
The	O
Big	O
Big	O
Castle	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Scurvy	O
Scallywags	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
;	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
was	O
used	O
for	O
handling	O
window	O
creation	O
and	O
input	O
,	O
while	O
Gilbert	O
's	O
own	O
code	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
rendering	O
the	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
other	O
thing	O
that	O
was	O
needed	O
for	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
;	O
Gilbert	O
had	O
looked	O
at	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
and	O
while	O
he	O
considered	O
it	O
"	O
easy	O
to	O
integrate	O
and	O
highly	O
optimized	O
"	O
,	O
he	O
disliked	O
its	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
considered	O
making	O
his	O
own	O
scripting	O
language	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
time	O
concerns	O
,	O
he	O
chose	O
the	O
language	O
Squirrel	B-Language
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winnick	O
mostly	O
used	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thimbleweed	B-Application
Park	I-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
garnering	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
84	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
possible	O
100	O
on	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
59	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
