Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus could get the remake treatment as well
Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning is open to remaking another one of the series’ entries, Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus.
Lanning told Wired that it may very well be the next project the team takes on depending on success. If New ‘n’ Tasty sells well, we should eventually be seeing Abe’s Exoddus in HD.
Lanning said:
With success, yes. The number one thing is selling games — when they profit, we can make more games. With success, Exoddus will be the next game we make and with a LOT of success we’ll start making new IPs.
Also while speaking with Wired, Lanning discussed why it wasn’t possible for Oddworld Inhabitants to make a new IP. The studio ended up rebuilding Abe’s Oddysee since that’s what fans requested the most.
We had to be honest with our audience in that we don’t have enough money to make a new IP. We asked them what they wanted us to do, and they told us to rebuild Abe’s Oddysee. We were really surprised at how many people saying they wanted classic platforming, not all that modern free-roaming stuff. And we had to think about how that would all work with modern dynamic lighting, ragdoll physics and 3D animation. How do we do that in a true 3D world while staying true to sidescrolling platforms?
There are a lot of reasons why people say they want the old 2D style back. I think mobile had a lot to do with that. People got familiar with that style of game again and remembered why they loved it. It led us to say we think we can do it. Then we asked the audience what it should be called and through internet voting they called it New ‘n’ Tasty, which we loved. This is something I think we embraced the community early with. They shone light on the possibility for us and showed passion. It took a few years and a few million dollars of self investment, but we hope it will resonate well.
