Dave Grossman on Return to Monkey Island, LucasArts, TellTale Games and more!
235Cressup speaks to the legendary LucasArts and TellTale developer Dave Grossman on Return to Monkey Island (including that ending!), Day of the Tentacle, working at LucasArts and Telltale Games and which other adventure games he'd love to see remastered.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:59 When were you told about Return to Monkey Island?
00:02:55 What did you want to achieve with Return?
00:04:14 Were there things you got rid of completely?
00:05:33 Elaine and Guybrush in earlier drafts
00:07:50 Did you both agree on what the ending should be (no!)
00:10:14 The letter in the game
00:11:53 What would you say to some people who found the ending anti climatic?
00:14:26 Return's UI
00:19:20 Writing Guybrush
00:22:02 Guybrush being emotional
00:23:13 Memories of LucasArts
00:25:53 His interview for LucasArts (by Ron Gilbert et al!)
00:28:57 Why choosing design + writing over programming?
00:32:02 Implementing voice acting in Day of the Tentacle
00:34:14 Any strange auditions?
00:36:50 The time travelling mechanic in DOTT
00:39:50 New Maniac Mansion?
00:40:15 Tim Schafer
00:40:39 Pajama Sam
00:45:36 Joining Telltale Games
00:47:40 Working on Telltale's Sam and Max
00:51:45 Crunch issues at Telltale
00:56:15 The day Telltale shut down (mostly)
00:58:40 Tales of Monkey Island Season 2?
00:59:31 Some of the weirder licensing properties pitched for Telltale
01:01:01 Working on Tales of Monkey Island
01:04:03 Will you work on another Monkey Island?
01:06:00 Has your son played your games?
01:08:11 How do you make puzzles in easy and hard mode
01:10:01 Return's To Do List
01:11:16 Could 2004 Sam and Max ever be remastered?
01:13:20 What's your fav chocolate bar!
01:14:50 Was insult swordfighting cut in Return?
01:18:00 Favourite character you've designed?
01:19:01 Advice for game developers starting out
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