Hand of Odd began production at the same time as Munch's Oddysee, and to illustrate the two projects being side-by-side, OWI reinvented their logo to depict two embryos inside some kind of egg. However, as time progressed, OWI focused their efforts on Munch's Oddysee, Hand of Odd was put on the back-burner, and all official mention of it slowly fizzled away.
True to Oddworld form, gameplay would probably not have involved menus and forms to get in the way of the action. Also, there were going to be three sides to play with, although what those three sides were is not known. Most likely it would have been the Natives, the Magog Cartel and the Vykkers Conglomerate. Early press releases highlighted the use of co-operative strategies - the latter two parties could of course work out business deals. Or, of course, they could have eliminated each other as competition. So there were going to be three sides.
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