Oddworld's next project -

***Wil*** · #31 06-29-2005, 01:14 PM

Why this autumn? What if you compltely lose interest because of your own deadline, and then OWI launches their next project. It's obviously going to take some time for Lorne to be able to confirm whatever will come next, so just keep yourself busy in the meantime and don't spend each day waiting for an announcement, is my advice.

Just seems a bit silly to lose faith after no stimulus.

Oddish · #32 06-29-2005, 01:15 PM

It's probably hard for Lanning, becuase he take his visions and ideas and storys very serously, and badly dosn't want to mess up. He probably thinks something might work, but then it might not. Giving us offcial information on something Lorne is planning and it dosn't work out , then he'll have lots of complates becuase he didn't promise us what he had planned. Lorne dosn't want to do something which he thinks is not going to turn out great, so he dosn't do that idea at all. He dosn't tell us offocial information becuase he isn't sure if it will be succesful, if he tells us ,then he's taking risks that oddworld fans will think he's broken too many promises becuase he didn't make these plans happen. Lorne like us, want these ideas to happend like us fans want (well most of us) ,but he's the one who's gunna work for it and make it happen. Lorne lanning has crazy big ideas, which will not be easy to pull in todays industy's, hence the dissapointment and loss of MO lanning visioned.

panuru · #33 06-29-2005, 02:58 PM

I'm not losing faith in Lorne, but I do believe it's starting to seem as though he's lost his vision.

He's getting caught up in new things and distracted by others. This might very well be for the better, but it seems true none the less.

***Xavier*** · #34 06-30-2005, 12:53 AM

I'm thinking the politic in his country made him realize he wanted to do something more controversial, thus "Citizen Siege".

he will come back after having spit his anger back to Oddworld.
but I think he can handel more than only one project at a time.

and I agree with oddish, if Lorne tells us what's in his mind now and then can't do it, some will complain about the fact he didn't end up doing them.

The thing we have to do now is keep ourselves busy until there is news
and news wont come before many months I suspect.

Scrab Watcher · #35 06-30-2005, 02:41 AM

It's a lose-lose situation really with the official announcements on the site. If he doesn't tell us possible plans, then there will be complaints of him leaving us in the dark. If he does tell us possible plans which don't work out, then there will be complaints of him lying.

Until anything is completely rock solid then I think he would be best not to say anything on the site. There is a difference in having something announced on the site and talking about it as a possibility in an article.

Munch's Master · #36 06-30-2005, 08:01 AM

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Why this autumn? What if you compltely lose interest because of your own deadline, and then OWI launches their next project. It's obviously going to take some time for Lorne to be able to confirm whatever will come next, so just keep yourself busy in the meantime and don't spend each day waiting for an announcement, is my advice.

Just seems a bit silly to lose faith after no stimulus.

No, I think you might have misunderstood me. What I meant was if I don't get some news by then, I'll doubt that the movie will apear anytime soon. And I do keep muyslef busy, I am not just waiting for an announcement. Although I do want to hear something official from OWI soon.

misty · #37 06-30-2005, 09:30 AM

wow, I really hope they go through with the oddworld movie. It sounds good, and I would hope that it would be good. I'll go to OWI tomarrow and see if Bonnie can tell me anything.

***Xavier*** · #38 06-30-2005, 09:55 AM

you lucky being... I wish I lived so close too
so there still Bonnie working for OWI?

misty · #39 06-30-2005, 10:05 AM

Heck yea, Bonnie Teuton is still there. I'm glad that I live so close aswell. I really dont know what I'd do if I didnt (other than wish I did). lol.

***Xavier*** · #40 06-30-2005, 10:12 AM

How many people are still there?
They are busy moving to Bay Area right?

misty · #41 06-30-2005, 10:31 AM

Mea, so so. Their movment has been rather slow... seeing that they are in the middle of SLO and all, but there are enough ppl there to say that its still oddworld in San Luis rather than oddworld near the bay. ^_^ I wish they werent moving though.

fatmanintweed · #42 06-30-2005, 11:01 AM

I'm not going to lose faith just yet. I'd be happy to hear any news, but I understand why he might not want to say anything at this stage.

misty · #43 07-11-2005, 01:06 PM

True true... I could never loose faith in oddworld.... unless they totaly cut loose and didnt even build their own games anymore... then I would just never leave my room.

But untill that is confirmed, I dont think I'll be lookin for canned food just yet.^_^
Love and metal,
Misty

big bro boogie · #44 07-11-2005, 02:03 PM

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True true... I could never loose faith in oddworld.... unless they totaly cut loose and didnt even build their own games anymore... then I would just never leave my room. But untill that is confirmed, I dont think I'll be lookin for canned food just yet.^_^
Love and metal,
Misty

LOL, I think I'd be looking for loads o' nacho bags (from your "lucky tip") in that case.
But I'd have to leave my room now and then (you know, the bathroom...).

But anyway, my faith in Oddworld will never die,... completely.

*DUHN, Duhn, duhn.*

misty · #45 07-11-2005, 10:32 PM

hey man, I swear thats good luck. And its not just because I love nachos... and due to my recent cleaning, I just found that there is a bathroom in my room. wooo, so i guess you can Im all set!^_^
Love and metal,
Misty

Abeguy · #46 07-12-2005, 06:01 AM

Don't worry people, If Lorne stops OW all together (which he won't) or stops making games, I'll make OW based fangames. Not as good as if they were made by OWI themself, but the upside will be you guys could help me with story lines and characters and have a say in it.

Even if the continue making games OW related, I'll still make games

Software Bug · #47 07-12-2005, 12:15 PM

See,
Even if oddworld stops Abeguy will entertain us with some great games ,
That means , if they dont end up like my movie of couse

big bro boogie · #48 07-12-2005, 12:31 PM

LoL. Yeah. I'll support him, as long as it doesn't suck ass. (For that'd be Oddworld unworthy.)
But anyway. Quit thinking about losing faith in OW. It isn't that far (yet.)
*slaps himself*

Rehabber #9 · #49 07-14-2005, 12:37 AM

in reply to panuru i think its a good idea that they stick to their roots but i do think that ur looking to inward i mean ya they shouldnt make an entirely new thing so soon but i mean they could just go totally away from most of the main characters and they could do like the story of the Grubs long before or long after theyve been freed or sumthing like that

But im not a huge insider on oddworld so could sombody let me in on the whole no more games thing???

***Xavier*** · #50 07-16-2005, 01:04 PM

well OWI did shut down their game departement...
now they are basicly supervising projects made with different outside studios