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title: And then this happened…
date: 2010-08-10T22:03:00-07:00
author: Tim Schafer
canonical_url: "https://www.doublefine.com/news/and-then-this-happened"
section: News
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# And then this happened…

August 10th 2010

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/cq_key_art_786x786_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/cq_key_art_786x786.jpg)  
Excitement! Terror! Sweets! Double Fine! We have announced the first of our four new games! It’s Tasha’s awesome Halloween RPG, COSTUME QUEST!  
Hit “read the rest” for all the spooky details!

I love making smaller games! It seems like only yesterday, Tasha said to me, “I think it would be fun to make a game about trick or treating…

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/TrickOrTreating1_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/TrickOrTreating1.jpg)

...where your homemade costumes would transform into awesome versions of themselves to do battle…

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/KnightBeingAttacked_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/KnightBeingAttacked.jpg)

...and it would have all the fun stuff in it that I love from Halloween, like candy and bobbing for apples…

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/TalkingToBob_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/TalkingToBob.jpg)

...but also awesome RPG combat…

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/RobotLibertyBattle2_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/RobotLibertyBattle2.jpg)

...oh, and it would be super cute.”

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/ReynoldEverett_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/ReynoldEverett.jpg)  
And I said, “Sounds great! How big will my name be on the box?” And Tasha said, “THERE IS NO BOX.”

To which I said nothing because my head exploded.

But I still managed to give it the thumbs up, and settled in for what I thought would be a nice four- to five-year nap while Tasha and her team slaved away on the game.

But NO. Here it is, just about done all ready! And awesome.

[![An image from the Double Fine archive.](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/VictoryScreen_thumb.jpg)](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/VictoryScreen.jpg)

Wooo! Go Costume Quest team!

Now I just have to figure out when I’m going to take that nap.

\*\*\*BONUS EXCLUSIVE CONTENT!!!\*\*\*

This picture of Tasha!!!  
[![](//assets.doublefine.com/archive/images/tasha_small.jpg)](https://www.doublefine.com/comics)

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## Tags

[halloween](https://www.doublefine.com/search/tag/halloween)[costume quest](https://www.doublefine.com/search/tag/costume-quest)

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## Associated games

[Costume Quest 2](https://www.doublefine.com/games/costume-quest-2 "Costume Quest 2")

[Costume Quest](https://www.doublefine.com/games/costume-quest "Costume Quest")

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