Oddworld Questions & Answers VIII

[STM]

What if Squeek has no hands? No moon, problem solved. (rhetorical question)

No it's not, they put Munch's face on his moon, not his hand

@Nate - I just think it seems a bit of a stretch for it to happen five times, unless they've worked it well into the story, I don't know if it'll be a good idea for OWI to do...we'll have to see I suppose.

[Bullet Magnet]

What if Squeek has no hands?

Then it would be a butt-print, you know how this works.

With Abe the moon seemed to fit because of the arcane and spiritual undercurrent of his journey. But that was an element wholly lacking in Munch, even counting the Raisin and his meditation buddies.

No it's not, they put Munch's face on his moon, not his hand

That's his foot.

[STM]

Then it would be a butt-print, you know how this works.

With Abe the moon seemed to fit because of the arcane and spiritual undercurrent of his journey. But that was an element wholly lacking in Munch, even counting the Raisin and his meditation buddies.



That's his foot.

Oh wow...now I see. For three years I thought it was his face...

[Wil]

... what?

Are you for real?

[Nepsotic]

To be fair, it's face does look a lot like a foot.

[STM]

... what?

Are you for real?

Aye, I thought the bits in-between the webbed toes were eyes and my bad memory filled in the rest.

[Jbot123]

It would be cool if Munch's foot is used as the M in Munch's Exoddus.

[Wil]

And his fins can be the X!

[Jbot123]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...s/highfive.jpg

EDIT: I just can't embed.

[Bullet Magnet]

I did think it was his face on my first viewing. As far as I'm concerned the print is upside-down. I guess Munch was just unlucky with his timing and geographical location. Same thing could have happened to Abe, but it didn't.

[Jbot123]

Should fuzzles, chippunks, and Gabbits be considered wildlife? They seem to be intelligent.

[Bullet Magnet]

They are life. In the wild.

[Wil]

They have vocal communication and social culture, but lots of wild animals on Earth have that. What they don't have is architecture, tools, political hierarchy or cultural customs. I'm going to chalk them up as wildlife.

[Fred The Fuzzle]

I have a question, was the Fuzzle design change in Stranger's Wrath universal or is that just the appearance of Fuzzles of Western Mudos?

[Wil]

I don't think there is an answer to that question, and won't be until brand new Fuzzle-featuring games are made.

Personally I prefer the Stranger's Wrath ones purely in terms of plausible bodyshape, and that's the generally shared opinion in the office. If we do Munch-style Fuzzles in the future, they'll probably be a little shifted towards SW proportions, but still keeping their cuteness.

I have a fondness for the early Fuzzle designs where they had whisker, kitten noses and big floppy ears, but that's a pretty big change, and fans tend to not like big changes. It's a delicate balance.

[Jbot123]

I always thought of it as a wilder breed of fuzzle, like how javelinas (sp?) are to pigs, and coyotes are to wolves.

[Bullet Magnet]

Peccaries?

I have a fondness for the early Fuzzle designs where they had whisker, kitten noses and big floppy ears, but that's a pretty big change, and fans tend to not like big changes. It's a delicate balance.

Use them for juveniles.

[Fred The Fuzzle]

Use them for juveniles.

I always imagined undeveloped fuzzles as a quarter of the size with less discernible features (very round, almost a perfect sphere). Make it happen Wil, chop-chop.

[Nepsotic]

Who cares that much about fuzzles?

[Slog Bait]

Fuck off. Fuzzles are great.

Well, SW ones are, anyways. I always assumed it was a slight regional difference. The appearance between the MO and SW fuzzles, that is.

[STM]

I don't remember there being that much of a difference between MO fuzzles and SW fuzzles. I'd like to see juvenile fuzzles like the concept art though, that'd be cool. Maybe the whisker thing atrophies with age.

That...or maybe it's a giant sheathable penis.

[Bullet Magnet]

Or an ovipositor. Maybe they're like seahorses. Or facehuggers.

[Jbot123]

If those were juveniles, that would mean that there ears fall of and seal up as they age, which would just be gross.

[Wil]

No wonder you have to yell at seniors to get through to them, for crying out loud!

[Bullet Magnet]

A tadpole's tail shrivels away to nothing. Amazingly, they can still swim.

[Jbot123]

It's still gross. Do mudokons have a sense of smell? How?

[Slog Bait]

I think they made it clear enough muds have a sense of smell in AE. Why else would they say, "Phew!" and take a step away when you farted?

[Nepsotic]

I think if they can taste they can smell.

[Bullet Magnet]

I wonder how they breathe without their mouths hanging open all day.

[Slog Bait]

OBVIOUSLY they breathe through their ears.