UPDATE: 18/06/12
A year ago to the day, I started working on the first iteration of the project. It was being done on the OWF multiplayer server in survival mode with help from people, and later creative mode, first as fun building project, then as a filmset, then later with the idea of turning it into an adventure map.
What I said about it can be found here, including a list of the people who helped me.
This recreation of Abe's Oddysee's intro FMV was what came out of that.
In May 2012, after much stalling and experimentation, I re-started the project offline using the MC Edit map editor and creative mode, with the purpose of creating a fully-fledged adventure map with its own texture pack. To play it, all you'll need is an up-to-date copy of Minecraft.
Progress is ongoing although it's still in very early stages. Most of the work so far has been in the texture pack, planning player paths, and creating the groundwork for making the map function as a playable map. Of course I can't show any of that without revealing too much, but early WIP screenshots and media is shown below (textures/level design/mob skinning subject to change):
Story:
The map makes use of editable books to tell a heavily modified version of AO's story, spread throughout the map in small instalments. Here is a version of the first part:
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You are a Mudokon slave, raised by the Glukkons. All your adult life you've been ordered to clean their offices and do other jobs as a personal assistant. You are frequently shipped between thier industrial facilities with them as they move between them for meetings.
However, while you wonder what life is like for the groups of native Mudokons spotted in the large expanses of wilderness that the airships frequently pass over, the Glukkons feed you well, give you shelter, and don't work you too hard. Overall, you think you have a good life.
You are certainly privaleged over those of your brethren who are assigned to dangerous mantainance and machinary operation jobs in the bowels of the facilities, while the Slig overseers do not treat you as harshly either, or beat you to make you work harder.
Recently, you've been assigned to help maintain the executive offices of Rupture Farms 1029 - They say it's the biggest meat factory on Oddworld. You think you've been given a privileged, cushy job in a massive, important facility - But that's before you stumble across sinister plans for their new meat product while you clean the floors around the boardroom...
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Some planned features:
- Custom industrial-themed texture pack, made specially for the map, heavily inspired by the Oddworld games (will be available once the map is finished).
- No mods required for basic functionality - Only the required texture pack! However some basic cosmetic and audio mods are planned to be made available to enhance immersion (if feasible).
- Explore the depths and traverse the many catwalks of a fan version of the notorious meat factory featured in the first Oddworld game!
- Dodge enemies, navigate piston contraptions and obstacles (with solid, hopefully fail-safe simple circuitry, done in a way to prevent lag), complete puzzles...
- Get to the bottom of the Glukkons' sinister plot!
This map uses content made by the following people:
(All other content & graphics made by me - This list subject to be added to later)
Mojang - Developers of Minecraft and original Minecraft content featured in the map.
Oddworld Inhabitants - Some textures derived from Abe's Oddysee, poster graphics. It's also based on their amazing and unique game, setting and universe.
Blackgaze - Base slig skin.
Phylum - Base glukkon skin
Mudokon_Master - Base mudokon skin, skin improvements
Carnix - "Mudokon Pops" graphic trace.
Codewarrior/TKtech - Responsible for MC Edit
Sethbling - Developer of the set biome filter for MC Edit
Special thanks to the regulars of Oddworld Forums for their support & feedback!
There's also a WIP thread here on the Minecraft forums! Show your support!
Stay tuned to this topic for further updates. I have lots of free time, keep regular backups, have a plan which doesn't include anything too ambitious for me to complete, and I finish most of my projects. I intend to be one of the few people to actually finish an Oddworld fangame in one form or another, even though it may take me a while.