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<h1>Welcome to The Oddworld Encyclopædia</h1>
<h1>Welcome to The Oddworld Library</h1>
<p class="lead">The unofficial Oddworld wiki, hosting [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and counting.</p>
<p class="lead">Hosting [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and counting.</p>
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<h2>About Oddworld</h2>
<h2>About The Oddworld Library</h2>
<p>[[Oddworld]] is a fictional universe presented in video game form, created by game developers [[Oddworld Inhabitants]] under the direction of [[Lorne Lanning]]. The series has been released on various platforms like PlayStation, Xbox, PlayStation 3, Windows, Wii U and PC.
<p>Known more affectionately as TOL, The Oddworld Library is the definitive fansite dedicated to Oddworld. TOL provides fellow fans with comprehensive art, music, and video downloads, archives of developer interviews and official websites, and a growing encyclopædia of Oddworld knowledge as well as covering the other intellectual properties of [[Lorne Lanning]]. The site is divided in two main parts:</p>


Throughout games set in the Oddworld universe, Oddworld's peaceful nature is in danger of being consumed by the industrial ambition of sadistic corporations. Oddworld, as a planet, is measured as ten times the size of Earth, a fraction of which has been featured in the games.
<p>The '''Oddworld Encyclopædia''', also known as '''TOE''', an unofficial compendium of [[Oddworld]] knowledge hosting in-depth articles on the fictional Oddworld universe, the games and films that feature it, its creators, and even its own fan base. It is home to all the material Wil (aka Max), our resident Oddworld expert, has written over the years.</p>
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<p>The '''Oddworld Archives''' preserving all the raw Oddworld related material that was published through the years and that Xavier, our resident Oddworld archivist, thought might be interesting. This includes text documents such as Press Releases, Designer Diaries, Interviews but also pictures in [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/togg/ The Oddworld Graphics Gallery (TOGG)] or even full websites in [http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/web/ The Odd Wide Web].</p>
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Revision as of 08:40, 8 April 2017

Welcome to The Oddworld Library

Hosting 172 articles and counting.

Pardon Our Dust - Site currently in Alpha Phase.


We're having issues with registration process, please contact Xavier on the Oddworld Forum if you don't get the confirmation email.

About The Oddworld Library

Known more affectionately as TOL, The Oddworld Library is the definitive fansite dedicated to Oddworld. TOL provides fellow fans with comprehensive art, music, and video downloads, archives of developer interviews and official websites, and a growing encyclopædia of Oddworld knowledge as well as covering the other intellectual properties of Lorne Lanning. The site is divided in two main parts:

The Oddworld Encyclopædia, also known as TOE, an unofficial compendium of Oddworld knowledge hosting in-depth articles on the fictional Oddworld universe, the games and films that feature it, its creators, and even its own fan base. It is home to all the material Wil (aka Max), our resident Oddworld expert, has written over the years.

The Oddworld Archives preserving all the raw Oddworld related material that was published through the years and that Xavier, our resident Oddworld archivist, thought might be interesting. This includes text documents such as Press Releases, Designer Diaries, Interviews but also pictures in The Oddworld Graphics Gallery (TOGG) or even full websites in The Odd Wide Web.

What's new

08/04/2017 - Migration of the content of the Oddworld Scriptures to the new platform has begun.
26/05/2015 - All the content of the Oddworld Encyclopædia's previous version has been migrated to the new platform.
01/05/2015 - After years of hibernation it was decided to wake up the Oddworld Encyclopædia project.

Guidelines

Structure proposal can be found in the Guideline.

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