Oddworld: Abe’s Origins Gets Fully Funded On Kickstarter

<p><em>Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Origins<&sol;em>&comma; a new book and game collection that delves into the beloved games of Oddworld Inhabitants has been met with enthusiasm by fans upon the launch of its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign&period; The project&comma; which includes a premium hard cover book and an exclusive&comma; physical PC release of <em>Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Oddysee <&sol;em>and <em>Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Exoddus&comma; <&sol;em>launched at 4pm UTC on March 20 and achieved its £45&comma;000 funding target within 48 hours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lorne Lanning&comma; CEO of Oddworld Inhabitants spoke about the collaboration with Indie By Design&comma; saying&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Origins is a wonderful opportunity to give a more detailed view into the deep Oddworld story&period; The team at Indie By Design bring passion and quality to their work and I’m psyched that they’re going to bring a new&comma; beautiful and richly detailed book to our fans&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136932" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;23095935&sol;Oddworld-Abes-Origins&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Oddworld&colon; Abe's Origins" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A cache of original art&comma; concept sketches&comma; design documents and level design notes have recently been unearthed by Oddworld co-founder Lorne Lanning after sitting untouched for years&period; This material&comma; alongside new interviews that shed fresh light on the origins&comma; themes and goals of the Oddworld franchise&comma; is being used to create the ultimate insight into this unique gaming universe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Origins Game Collection<&sol;em> features &OpenCurlyQuote;big box’ PC packaging&comma; a booklet that includes further art and design documents and a DVD case housing both games that matches the cover design of the hard cover book&period; As well as the <em>Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Oddysee <&sol;em>and <em>Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Exoddus <&sol;em>PC DVD&comma; the game collection includes digital download keys for both games&period; Speaking of its launch and initial progress&comma; Stace Harman and John Robertson of Indie By Design said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re proud to be working with Oddworld Inhabitants on Oddworld&colon; Abe’s Origins&comma; our second Kickstarter campaign&period; The response by fans of the Oddworld series has been extremely positive&comma; and to get off to such a strong start is both heartening and exciting&period; We’re looking forward to revealing further plans for this book and game collection as the campaign unfolds&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Oddworld Inhabitants Press Release&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;