[Many Arms of Odd]

5. Do not post requests for people to make a game you cannot make yourself.

Oh no no no. I'm not wanting to request people on this forum to make this game. This is a game I want to make myself, but I would love to see to become an official Oddworld Inhabitants game. I was just discussing the ideas with you all on what I would need to do to make it more Oddworldian when I am drawing concepts for it, writing the story, working on the gameplay, and actually develop it. There's no harm in that.

Well screw what I said. Everyone just found multiple ways to make this story fit perfectly in the oddworld universe. I think what threw me off was that the descriptions of other characters was done with earth things.

Weren't the Clackers in Stranger's Wrath count as creatures done with Earth things? They're the only creatures in Oddworld so far who are based on Earth creatures, so why not have a species that is an amalgam of cows and elephants.

But I am really glad that others find it really Oddworldian.

But there are a few things that bother me. I think Devine being very old makes it hard for me to buy that he'd be doing all this extreme tough work. I also find it hard to believe that he'd have time to hone his combat skills if he's forced to work so much. There's also something about it that doesn't seem quite right, but I can't put my finger on what exactly. Still, it'd be cool to see

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Okay, maybe not too old. Still, there some very old people in reality who have been able to keep themselves fit for a long time. Old Tai Chi Masters still have enough inner strength to throw people across the room. But maybe I should make Devine into a middle-aged Gandhi-Mudokon. The reason why I think he would be able to find the time to hone his skills is because the Blessed Dudes Guards don't even realize he's doing martial arts. Yoga, after all, is one of those martial arts which we are least likely to think of as being a fighting style. That's why it's so perfect. What is at first seen as a harmless exercise and fitness routine for an obedient slave is actually the slave's secret weapon for his liberation. How do you think Abe learned how to chant open portals or possess Sligs, when he was far removed from his heritage all his life?

I live in a Northern England Mining Town, where's my extra set of arms?

Also on the topic of arms, would this make Chroniclers one of the "Blessed Dudes" as they're the only sentient Oddworld Species I know of that has an extra set of arms.

This is awesome. Thank you, J_dude320 for making me feel like this story could work and reach out to the different countries the setting is based off of. If this ever became an Oddworld game, you will get the chance the grow extra arms, and enact "Devine" retribution upon the Glukkons of your coal mine.

Actually, Chroniclers might well fit in as Blessed Dudes, provided that they grow two extra arms. Otherwise, they might serve as the Middle Class merchants in this part of Oddworld, who are nearly Blessed but not quite to get the privileges as the cow-elephant critters.

The reason why I wanted to create new creatures is based on the same reason why Oddworld Inhabitants created a new setting and characters for Stranger's Wrath. To explore other parts of Oddworld, and come up with fresh ideas that don't meddle with the main Abe series, or with the Stranger series (which I hope it grows to become).

Vykkers too, possibly the Ickiest of Thingies.

They would be the lowest of the lower middle-class caste. They have have four arms, but they are too icky to even be considered Blessed. But a few may have evolved through some bribery with the Blessed Dudes.

I'm all for helping people begin game design. I can give advice on what engine would be best for what kind of game you want, what colour scheme to use for particular moods, and basic music structure. If you want advice, feel free to PM me.

I hope you do well in creating your game, as well as hopefully reworking the story.

I definitely would appreciate your advice, Job. I'd love to know which kinds of engines you'd recommend.

All in all, I'm glad that no one asked me to change the species of Devine from a Mudokon to something new. I was worried that him being a Mudokon would make him to similar to Abe, while Stranger and Much were done to be different from Abe.

If this ever became an official Oddworld game, I'd want a whole cast of Indian actors to voice all the characters. That would be quite a feat if that was ever pulled off.