FINALLY I can start posting this!!! Welcome to EFS-116, and say hi to Skip, Hanz and Louie, who sit on the industrial side of the A Plague of Smoke arc. Check in tomorrow to see where page 2 takes us…
Thank you all for your support and backing during the Kickstarter campaign.
It was a great success, not only in terms of funding but also in the response we saw to the project, the passion shown by the Oddworld community and the desire to make everything the very best it could be.
So thank you all for your enthusiasm, stories, support and backing!
What happens next?
Kickstarter spends a couple of weeks collecting pledges and contacting people whose pledges could not be collected (due to bounced payments, expired cards and the like).
A great many pledges have already been collected. However, there were also a number of these failed payments, and so we would like to ask anyone whose card has not already been charged to check to that the card information held by Kickstarter is up to date.
This will ensure your card is charged, your pledge collected, your backer number preserved and, most importantly, that your rewards can be delivered next April!
CrowdOx Pledge Manager
We are very pleased to be partnering with CrowdOx for pledge management services for this campaign.
In a couple of weeks, all backers will receive an email inviting them to access their pledge details via CrowdOx. It’s here that you’ll be able to select your rewards, manage your add-ons, submit benefactor names and manage your shipping details.
Shipping will be charged closer to completion of the book, and you’ll also have the opportunity to confirm or change your shipping details at that point if you’ve moved, for example. Again, this will all be dealt with through CrowdOx.
Late Backers
Throughout the campaign we had a great many people ask if they could pay via PayPal. As many of you know, Kickstarter does not support this payment method.
As such, we’ve taken steps to offer those that missed out on the campaign the option to back the project and receive the same rewards for a very limited time only.
Our Kickstarter page has been updated with a “Pre-Order Now” button, which will take you to our website where you can register as a Kickstarter late backer.
This offer will expire at 11:59pm BST / 6:59pm EDT on Friday 4th May.
After this offer expires, all further pre-orders will switch to the standard pre-order process and will not include the Kickstarter-exclusive rewards. In both cases, pledges will be handled via CrowdOx.
Thank you, everyone, for your support.
We look forward to updating you again in May to let you know how work is progressing!
“The spikes on its back are coated with poison. It can use the tail to throw them at an enemy, poisoning them straight away. Alternatively they can jump down and chase the enemy, clinging onto them and poisoning them at the best time.”
A concept for Sting Rings, a jellyfish-like creature that lives in the water. They have skullhead graphics on top to warn possible predators, and long tendrils that look like lightning bolts. Their antennae generates lightning so they can give a nasty shock to anyone coming too close.
Freshly unearthed concept art, original game design documents, brand new interviews with the Oddworld creators and more, presented in a lovingly-crafted, premium hard cover book.
Join us as we uncover the creativity, artistry and ingenuity that spawned this most unlikely of heroes.
Book Specification
Case bound hard cover
280mm x 215mm
Litho print
Section sewn 16pp, separate ends
Multiple finishes on cover, including foil blocking and engraving
Premium 160gsm matte art paper
240 pages (approx)
A note on Kickstarter exclusives
This project features a number of Kickstarter exclusives:
Our Kickstarter prices are all ’early bird’ and exclusive in nature. The book will retail at a higher price upon its general release next year.
Oddworld: Abe’s Origins Game Collection is exclusive to this Kickstarter and pledge manager pre-orders. It has been created in conjunction with Limited Run Games exclusively for our campaign.
Only backers who pledge during the Kickstarter campaign will be eligible to have their name featured in the book, this option will not be available via pre-orders placed via the pledge manager.
If our campaign is funded in seven days, the unlocked bookmark will be exclusive to Kickstarter backers and will not be available via the pledge manager.
Unlocked stretch goals may feature further rewards that are exclusive to Kickstarter backers. See ’Stretch Goals’ below for more info as the campaign unfolds.
“Today’s lost archive image- Even Vykkers need some down time.“
“Vykker poses. The top left is waving, the vykker in the middle is panicking, and the one leaning on the wall is hoping no one notices he isn’t working”
He is ugly and smol, and his name is Norbert. Norbert is good at mixing chemicals and making them ‘splode. He doesn’t mean to but that’s what happens. He also has a very low self asteem so he cries in his closet at night. He has a secret pet Fuzzle because it is the only one that appreciates him, or so he likes to believe. The bite marks it likes to leave say otherwise.
This cheeb came out cuter that I thought it would.
So, I used to have an Oddworld RP blog and honestly I kind of miss it. Wonder if I should do that again with lil’ Norbert here. Or I could think up a Mudokon OC but I feel like it might be more fun to do something that isn’t as frequented.
