Well I suppose I should thank Fil for being so direct in his opinion ^^""" I prefer that no one gets to circle me as to not say what they think directly, but I won’t change the factions for the 1.0 version. I will accept creature designs and anything that is NICELY designed, this means:
A creature, species, etc... that is nicely created, with details for anything that any Oddworld fan may like which means a weird form, not overpowered (but that can kick ass, that is good) and, of course, that is odd.
Also I want to say that the XP system will be a bit different than most in the sense that you will not have ARMIES, you will have group of dudes (I don’t know how much I will allow, I am still working on that) that you may name up and customize a bit (also working on it).
The XP system works with cogs and spooze. Each enemy you down gives you one of the two things (You can decide after battle) that will be added to your pool after battle so you can upgrade any dude you desire to the next level when you have enough (Industrials use Cogs, Tribal use Spooze) with the only requirement that the unit in question survived the battle (Yet if you are killed you still gain the *XP*, but can’t use it, sowwy, better luck next time and use that brain!).
This is something in development that I created since it is sometimes STRESSFUL to level up any unit in the strategic RPG games since they can die (usually easily) when you are leveling them up... Does this mean you can level up units that don’t move? Nope, you have to risk everything to win and if your units don’t engage in combat they are simply counted as “dead” in the sense that they can’t be upgraded (Which is why I encourage a 3º party if anyone plays, so a friend that watches over that also would like to play latter a fair game) but if you have any of them surviving (fleeing, wining is cooler ^^) they can use up what you acquired :3
Now the game will see the light of day, of that you can be sure Oddey ^^ as far as no one forces me to stop or the people simply show their disinters or dislike for the game. The people liking my work and wanting me to continue is the only payment I can get and the only payment I WANT :3 Also is the only I can give so you may find yourself playing a game that is made by squares painted in somewhere with papers with a name or number meaning what is what... But I do hope any artist or programmer may want to join and we could create a pretty decent game ^^ If not I will still finish this and post it here bit by bit (As well as when fully developed in my DA page as a HUGE archive for download).
If this doesn’t finish as a game with drawings or anything you can copy with a printer (at least) you can always use your imagination. If this ends up as a PC game, I simply can ask you to tell me what you thought of it AND (if possible) enjoy it and thank everyone that helped ^^ Well, I won’t ask you to thank them, it is mostly an order because this is a free fan work where I don’t even think of asking for money so I can get any benefit. Sadly this means I will not offer either (mostly cause I don’t have) which labels this as a free work so you must want to work on it because you DO want to, not because you want a pay (That I would gladly give if I could… I hate being “poor”). So seriously, if anyone helps and you like the game, please, thank the dudes, they deserve at least that.
So with this I want to say that probably you will have to use the imagination option, but still I may get a cool game out of it :3
Asides that, here you have the SECOND (well, first) batch of information! The story! In beta format, so probably there will be changes... or not.
Chapter 1: Story
In a time unknown in a far away planet where creatures of all kind and shapes, theologies and mentalities roam around freely in a constant fight for survival it is not strange to see powers struggling for the control of the land they claim as theirs.
The world is Oddworld; here you will find the strangest creatures in existence living so close to each other that it generates conflict every so often.
Mudokon tribes, usually peaceful and mystical creatures that would hardly mind to befriend anyone that shows respect for nature now try to retain their jungles and sacred grounds while using the power of the mind and ancient magic to protect everything they have from the industrialized Glukkons and most intelligent species. They are trapped, caged and forced to work if they don’t want to be the newest tasty snack for the whole family.
Glukkons, fearful and envious of the Mudokon, but brighter and with a more aggressive approach with a technological and mischievously dark mind use their power to mass money in order to obtain the once free land and exploit it almost to the brink of killing everything for profit and a snack. Right now they seem to back down, but that only means to use what they have at full capacity and would hardly mind in expanding by force capturing Mudokons and any wild life possible while employing any other species, by force if necesary.
Sligs are a slave race even if they don’t know it. The queen breeds to gain profit while caring literally nothing for her children except as a food source… These poor creatures fight and die either inside mechanical constructions or in the wild being assaulted by Mudokons trying to defend their land, trampled or eaten by wild animals and, worse of all, being ordered around by Vykkers and Glukkons alike with hardly any word on it. They have lived for so long in those circumstances that there seems to be the future for any intelligent species. Either be dominant… or be dominated like the Sligs.
Vykkers are intelligent egg heads that use the money from the Glukkons to create the worst things ever seen… They are even worse than humans creating things to destroy anything as well as experimenting on living creatures so much that our tortures seem child’s play in comparison. They are cruel, ruthless and only show love to their work and the passion placed on it as well as over the testing table. Vykkers usually look down on everything, including Glukkons… But you could say they developed a symbiotic relationship with the last ones as they also desire to claim everything possible from everyone.
Interns, no one knows anymore how they look normally, they are another example of what a possibly peaceful species can transform into when forced to work under one of the Industrials’ gaze for so long. They hate their jobs, they hate their bosses, but they don’t have anything else they could do besides shut up (as if they had another chance) bang their heads with music and do their work. If there was any memory of living in the wild and enjoying life… most of these guys don’t retain it, even their queen most surely…
From the wild lands, away from the main industrial cities, the wild west runs amok as steam power as much as electric energy mix when the Outlaws, Clakkerz and other species live in constant fighting over old quarrels already forgotten but still fought until the last of them dies. These species are so diverse you hardly could describe them all, but they cannot be seen without one another anymore for the time spent in these lands is now the only way for them… However, who said these guys would need to fight between each other all the time? Vykkers and Glukkons look down on them and they have many a reason to decide it would be nice to kill everyone else before going over the basic shooting each other again.
These and more are living in a place that expands, crumbles and is destroyed so fast that it was something rather easy to have a lot of them traveling over the whole continent of Mudos to conquer other places in search for more resources… This is where “No Man’s Land” gets the name.
Many tribes of Mudokons and great loads of Industrials traveled to a side in the continent where everything was present: Water for lakes and rivers as well as the coast of the sea. Mountains, rocks, ore, they were the money for the industry and the weapons of the war. Plains, forests and jungles with places to live, create the most beautiful or hideous constructions and, of course…
Battle!
It ensued as fast as the first colonies were made for all the species. Everyone that had seek for a home in the northwest of Mudos found a place to live, it included three young Slig queens that had escaped away from the clutches of their mother, a very young and inexperienced Glukkon queen that did care little to nothing for the whereabouts of her children and, of course, a few young Mudokon queens and lots of families of intelligent species while a great deal of queens or families of wild beasts roamed the land.
It was impossible to not thing of battle having so much ammunition…
The main land did thought of little to nothing of the place since it had its own problems, that, and with so many queens and other effectives in the equation they thought they would obliterate each other sooner or later. This may come to happen soon enough since there were new problems threw in that nobody had experienced yet in the main land.
A wild Mudokon warrior called Daihë rose as a warlord to lead a proper fight against the industrials while having shamans always ready to teleport and resurrect the fallen warriors as soon as possible. The warlord has been fighting from the mountains, the hills, plains, the sea, rivers, lakes… The Mudokons are praying at him like their god of war as they pray the Shrykull for the battles to finish with them as winners so peace returns for the land.
Handsan, a very greedy Glockstar, united many factions of Glukkons and Vykkers while adding Sligs and Mudokon slaves to their lines of defense with the intention of killing everything that would stand in his way as he ordered the Vykkers for a cheap way of getting the lost units back. They found a way of creating a exact copy as far as the units always had a bit of equipment that could take back a sample of their blood taken before their demise.
There was a problem there, Yatal, a young Slig with vision of future (like… no Slig ever, they don’t have…) thought it was already unfair to *employ* them the way they did. Their species was a slave as much as they paid them; they were easy hooked into anything, easily trilled with the hate they could bring upon the Mudokons, maybe the only thing under them… Yatal decided to rebel and show his mother, one of the three queens, that they could rule over the land if they were to bring their own intellect and their own army to show their masters what could happen. One assault at a Vykkers’ lab ended up freeing a Mudokon queen that accepted (or so it is said… but probably was forced) to help them as another queen, one very young and still inexperienced Intern queen, fearfully agreed to help.
This new faction made one very powerful (and intelligent, which was surprising) Outlaw to team up with one of the few Clakkerz that had the guts to enforce the law and show anyone that bothered his town the respect they deserved. Julios Ironmaw and Major Z. Cluck formed one army with any rejects from the industrials and the wild inhabitants’ armies as also with their own and more common fellow men from within the Outlaws, Clakkerz and species of animals they breed asides Wolvarks and others that desired money, fame, girls (I suppose) and other things only they can think off, because they aren’t that bright…
The weirdest thing, and the most dangerous as far as anyone had seen, is the arrival of a young wealthy Glukkon that bought with him not only workforce, but also a small team of Interns (with even a queen he bought! His wealt was unlimited some say) and Vykkers to work in this chaotic and cheap land with not really intentions of killing anything else than needed… Gitax, as he was called, was a strange Glukkon that desired a relaxed living, working with his employees and enjoying free time, that is the only reason he came to such a dangerous place where no one would see his “dark side”.
When a young Mudokon Shaman called Fituxgäa got inside his facilities and possessed him he saw a creature unlike most other Glukkons, and a chance for a possible peace… He freed the Glukkon and told him a plan, a plan to end the wars and maybe join everyone together, with his approval he did the same with the council of the Mudokon queens where only a young queen (Only recently she got to lay eggs) showed approval.
Few people desired to change things like this faction wished, everyone feared it and despised so weird creation… But to add to their fear and to the possibilities these oodbals had, one of the three Slig queens decided to team with them for whatever reasons she had.
Creatures from all around Mudos had been driven here in masse by the Glukkons and Vykkers from one or other team as well as from the mainland in hopes of killing everyone and everything, including the ecosystem if needed! But they have adapted, giving each one of the faction new animals, new ideas for their units, weapons and more…
The Power Struggle has just begun…
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And no, I won’t make a story of this... at least not until I finish Odd Mutation. There may be backgrounds and s*** but you won’t get any story done… yet.