Can you not look so closely as to notice bugs, please and thank you.

Interesting they're mechanical but have also been described as characters. This would seem to discount pure machines like snoozers, greeters, chant suppressors etc that are essentially objects.

I suppose that could narrow the search down a bit? I'm thinking a mechanical variation to an existing character, so flying sligs perhaps? Though Wil did say they weren't in motion :confused:

Mechanical doesn't even necessarily mean Industrial either, so along with obvious industry I found my self staring at gas bladders in Scrabania and windmills in Paramonia.

Maybe I'm just looking too hard.

Nothing new here? Please, post photo of steef-stone from NNT too!

If it is a variation of something we already know in Scrabania and Paramonia... Is it the Elum Traps?

You're a year late, mate.

The 2 "kind of characters" are so disappointing.

Stop trolling.

No joke.
https://twitter.com/AbeFromOddworld/...73264632111108
Hopefully this directs you to the right twitter conversation. Unless it is another two characters, it is two floating mines at the beginning and the end of the game with a blue and pink skull instead of their regular color. They also appear in Scrabania and Paramonia.

You're right...

I was really disappointed. It has nothing to do with any other oddworld games, just some OC's for inanimate objects. Oh well, lol.

O.o I can't say I was expecting that.

I do remember the devs saying it's not really a big thing, more like just a little joke. You can only blame yourselves for being hyped for that.

Fans won't get fooled again!

I wasn't particularly hyped. I was just interested to follow it and see the outcome. I'd never have guessed it would be named mines.

Liar. You're hyped for the ARG, etc.

The ARG is a different thing to this. I am extremely hyped for the ARG "etc.". I was not hyped to find out about these hidden characters.

Being hyped for one thing doesn't mean you have to be hyped about anything else vaguely to do with that topic. That would just be silly now.

Also, outright calling someone a liar can come across as extremely rude. Luckily I'm made of stronger stuff so I'll let it slide ;)

Are there any screenshots of these?

This is a screenshot of one of the mines that appears in the beginning. Apparently they're called Bomas and Carmine and appear at the start of RuptureFarms, one each in Paramonia and Scrabania, and then one last time together in The Boardroom. The blue one gets stuck at the start of RuptureFarms and I've gone through Scrabania and Paramonia too many times searching for these two "characters" but here's some screenshots with the gamma up so it's clearer to see.



E:Getting that Boardroom one was hell, I hope they fix the timing on meat saws/bone drills and UXB bombs in Soulstorm, and why Abe falls on his face in the Boardroom between the two sligs leaving basically no time to activate Shrykull before getting shot I have no idea.

I don't remember dying as the Shrykull if the gas was activated in the original, seems that now you actually have to kill everyone and shut the sprout gas off or you'll die from it.

I went back to look for them. I lied. I need to know where these are. I must know. As soon as I saw that they were mines I remembered this little spot, when I zoom in this mine appears to have a little purple splotch so I'm guessing this is either Bomas or Carmine.



E: Matt confirmed this is one of them on Twitter. Since I found the mine and Matt can't remember which is which I get to pick. The pink one is Carmine Bomas Carmine.
EE: Also OWI posted my previous two screenshots on their Twitter, the hunt for Bomas begins!

I don't understand the point of this easter egg... In-joke or something?

You don't even *need* to become Shyrkull in AO at the end

You don't? I thought you had to shut the gas off and kill the glukkons/sligs to avoid being shot.

In the original AO you can just pull the lever quickly enough and even if the sligs kill you the ending still plays.

And I think it's just supposed to be a fun little easter egg, nothing more than two mines mineding their own business.

Also I can't for the life of me find Bomas in Paramonia, I've been through three times since I found Carmine and nothing.

Sorry for double post but I also found Bomas, guess that wraps up this mystery.

Yes, that ^. That's actually how I did it the first time.

I guess I just never pass up a chance to use the Shrykull and blow things to smithereens.

I didn't even have Shrykull. I just pulled the gallows-like switch first, before saving the mud.

Is it just me who can't see the mine in that picture whatsoever? Haha

Carmine is visible through the little hole in the cave, they're both easier to see if you right-click to view the image then zoom in due to the formatting.

Oh my god, well done on spotting that!! I Was looking for so long haha.

Thanks! It was a weird little thing I noticed whilst I was searching for actual "characters" so as soon as I heard they were floating mines I knew where to go for Scrabania.

If I was mean, I would say that they even screwed the easter eggs.

What would have been a good easter egg?

You did a good job finding it. For example, in Alf's Escape, the albino Slig is a nice easter egg. You know, something meaningful.

To be honest when I was first looking for a "mechanical variant character" I was hoping for a busted up Greeter or a Vykker Dropship somewhere

Well, you did just say it, so...

Nice work, J Dude!

Thanks! After I'd already spent so much time not looking for floating mines, actually looking for floating mines was considerably easier!