Abe Speak - Revision history

Max at 00:54, 28 February 2011

2011-02-28T00:54:27Z

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			[[File:AbeSpeakScreen.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|The first screenshot posted by [[Stewart Gilray]]]]
	'''''Abe Speak''''' is a free [[Oddworld]] app for iOS under development by [[Just Add Water]], expected to be released in the next couple of months.<ref name="fourprojectsnot"/> It is not counted as one of the four ‘Oddworld Inhabitants-based projects’ JAW expect to release in 2011.<ref name="fourprojectsnot"/><ref name="fourprojects"/>		'''''Abe Speak''''' is a free [[Oddworld]] app for iOS under development by [[Just Add Water]], expected to be released in the next couple of months.<ref name="fourprojectsnot"/> It is not counted as one of the four ‘Oddworld Inhabitants-based projects’ JAW expect to release in 2011.<ref name="fourprojectsnot"/><ref name="fourprojects"/>

	== Speculation ==		== Speculation ==
			[[File:AbeSpeakAppLogo.jpg\|\|thumb]]
	In August 2010, [[Xavier]] speculated on the [[Oddworld Forums]] that one of the five projects Just Add Water were claiming to be working on was an iPhone port of ''[[Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee]]'',<ref name="XavSpec"/> refering as evidence to an image [[Twitter\|tweeted]] by JAW in June,<ref name="iconTweet"/> and to the July ''PSNation Podcast'' interview with [[Stewart Gilray]].<ref name="psnation"/> Gilray commented in Xavier’s thread saying only ‘I love speculation :-)’.<ref name="StewSpec"/>		In August 2010, [[Xavier]] speculated on the [[Oddworld Forums]] that one of the five projects Just Add Water were claiming to be working on was an iPhone port of ''[[Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee]]'',<ref name="XavSpec"/> refering as evidence to an image [[Twitter\|tweeted]] by JAW in June,<ref name="iconTweet"/> and to the July ''PSNation Podcast'' interview with [[Stewart Gilray]].<ref name="psnation"/> Gilray commented in Xavier’s thread saying only ‘I love speculation :-)’.<ref name="StewSpec"/>

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	== Reveal ==		== Reveal ==
			[[File:AbeSpeakLoading.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|The second screenshot posted by Stewart Gilray]]
	In February 2011, Stewart Gilray tweeted two images of ''Abe Speak''.<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/><ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2"/> The first shows Abe chanting on an adaptation of the ''Abe’s Oddysee'' GameSpeak menu screen. The GameSpeak words have no buttons next to them (being presumably activated using touchscreen), and there is an information symbol in the bottom-right corner. The second image shows the loading screen from ''Abe’s Oddysee'' adapted to say ‘''Abe Speak'' is loading so get over it!’.		In February 2011, Stewart Gilray tweeted two images of ''Abe Speak''.<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/><ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2"/> The first shows Abe chanting on an adaptation of the ''Abe’s Oddysee'' GameSpeak menu screen. The GameSpeak words have no buttons next to them (being presumably activated using touchscreen), and there is an information symbol in the bottom-right corner. The second image shows the loading screen from ''Abe’s Oddysee'' adapted to say ‘''Abe Speak'' is loading so get over it!’.

Max at 00:29, 28 February 2011

2011-02-28T00:29:51Z

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	'''''Abe Speak''''' is ~~an unreleased~~ [[Oddworld]] app ~~(thought to be a soundboard)~~ for iOS under development by [[Just Add Water]], as ~~confirmed on 26 February~~ 2011.		'''''Abe Speak''''' is a free [[Oddworld]] app for iOS under development by [[Just Add Water]], expected to be released in the next couple of months.<ref name="fourprojectsnot"/> It is not counted as one of the four ‘Oddworld Inhabitants-based projects’ JAW expect to release in 2011.<ref name="fourprojectsnot"/><ref name="fourprojects"/>

	== Speculation ==		== Speculation ==
	In August 2010, [[Xavier]] speculated on the [[Oddworld Forums]] that one of the five projects Just Add Water were claiming to be working on was a port of ''[[Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee]]'' ~~to the iPhone~~,<ref name="XavSpec"/> refering to an image [[Twitter\|tweeted]] by JAW in June,<ref name="iconTweet~~"/><ref name="iconTweetImg~~"/> and to ~~a moment during a podcast~~ interview with [[Stewart Gilray]] ~~in July~~.<ref name="psnation"/> Gilray commented in Xavier’s thread saying only ‘I love speculation :-)’.<ref name="StewSpec"/>		In August 2010, [[Xavier]] speculated on the [[Oddworld Forums]] that one of the five projects Just Add Water were claiming to be working on was an iPhone port of ''[[Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee]]'',<ref name="XavSpec"/> refering as evidence to an image [[Twitter\|tweeted]] by JAW in June,<ref name="iconTweet"/> and to the July ''PSNation Podcast'' interview with [[Stewart Gilray]].<ref name="psnation"/> Gilray commented in Xavier’s thread saying only ‘I love speculation :-)’.<ref name="StewSpec"/>

	The tweeted image, published with the hashtag ‘#secretproject’ three weeks earlier than JAW’s announcement of working with [[Oddworld Inhabitants]],<ref name="OWIJAW"/> appears to depict the corner of what Xavier interpreted as an app icon using an image of [[Abe]] in front of [[Abe’s Moon]] published on the home page of JAW’s website.<ref name="AbeImg"/>		The tweeted image, published with the hashtag ‘#secretproject’ three weeks earlier than JAW’s announcement of working with [[Oddworld Inhabitants]],<ref name="OWIJAW"/> appears to depict the corner of what Xavier interpreted as an app icon using the image of [[Abe]] in front of [[Abe’s Moon]] that was published on the home page of JAW’s website.<ref name="AbeImg"/>

	When asked in the ''PSNation Podcast'' what Just Add Water were doing apart from ''Gravity Crash'', Gilray produced the sound of ''Abe’s Oddysee''’s main menu and Abe saying ‘Hello’ and ‘Follow me’. Xavier and [[Nate]]<ref name="NatePhone"/> interpreted this as ~~Gilray~~ generating the sounds on his iPhone.		When asked in the ''PSNation Podcast'' what Just Add Water were doing apart from ''Gravity Crash'', Gilray produced the sound of ''Abe’s Oddysee''’s main menu and Abe saying ‘Hello’ and ‘Follow me’. Xavier and [[Nate]]<ref name="NatePhone"/> interpreted this as Gilray’s generating the sounds on his iPhone, which has been confirmed by Gilray.<ref name="psnationconfirm"/>

	== Reveal ==		== Reveal ==
	In February 2011, Stewart Gilray tweeted two images of ''Abe Speak''.<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/><ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2"/> The first shows Abe chanting on an adaptation of the ''Abe’s Oddysee'' GameSpeak menu screen.~~<ref name="AbeSpeak1"/>~~ The GameSpeak words have no buttons next to them (being presumably activated using touchscreen), and there is an information symbol in the bottom-right corner. The second image shows the loading screen from ''Abe’s Oddysee'' adapted to say ‘''Abe Speak'' is loading so get over it!’.~~<ref name="AbeSpeak2"/>~~		In February 2011, Stewart Gilray tweeted two images of ''Abe Speak''.<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/><ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2"/> The first shows Abe chanting on an adaptation of the ''Abe’s Oddysee'' GameSpeak menu screen. The GameSpeak words have no buttons next to them (being presumably activated using touchscreen), and there is an information symbol in the bottom-right corner. The second image shows the loading screen from ''Abe’s Oddysee'' adapted to say ‘''Abe Speak'' is loading so get over it!’.

	~~Responding to replies,~~ Gilray ~~exlained~~ that the images were from a free iOS app called ''Abe Speak''<ref name="freeAbeSpeak"/> that had been finished for over a year<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/> but remained unpublished because planned changes to it were put to one side in favour of more important jobs (likely referring to the [[Oddboxx]]).		Gilray has further revealed that the images were from a free iOS app called ''Abe Speak''<ref name="freeAbeSpeak"/> that had been finished for over a year<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/> but remained unpublished because planned changes to it were put to one side in favour of more important jobs (likely referring to the [[Oddboxx]]).

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="XavSpec">Xavier (6 August 2010). ‘[http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=19469 Abe on the Iphone?]’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>		<ref name="fourprojects">Just Add Water (24 February 2011). ‘[http://www.jawltd.com/?p=698 Positions Available for Oddworld Projects]’. News. Just Add Water website.</ref>

			<ref name="fourprojectsnot">Gilray, Stewart (27 February 2011). [http://www.formspring.me/stewartgilray/q/166292618089629229?1298848052618 Answer to question] by The Brewmaster. Formspring.</ref>

			<ref name="XavSpec">De Coster, Xavier (6 August 2010). ‘[http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=19469 Abe on the Iphone?]’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>

	<ref name="StewSpec">Gilray, Stewart (6 August 2010). [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?p=454592#post454592 Post 12] in ‘Abe in the Iphone?’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>		<ref name="StewSpec">Gilray, Stewart (6 August 2010). [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?p=454592#post454592 Post 12] in ‘Abe in the Iphone?’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>
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	<ref name="iconTweet">Just Add Water (24 June 2010). ‘[http://twitter.com/jawltd/status/16967212579 http://twitpic.com/1znf1g hmmmm #secretproject]’. Twitter.</ref>		<ref name="iconTweet">Just Add Water (24 June 2010). ‘[http://twitter.com/jawltd/status/16967212579 http://twitpic.com/1znf1g hmmmm #secretproject]’. Twitter.</ref>

	<ref name="~~iconTweetImg~~">~~Just Add Water~~ (~~24 June~~ 2010). [http://~~twitpic~~.~~com~~/~~1znf1g Image~~]. ~~Twitpic~~.</ref>		<ref name="psnation">Gilray, Stewart (15 July 2010). Interview by Glen Joel Josh. ‘[http://www.psnation.org/2010/07/15/episode-173-portable-gravity/ Portable Gravity]’, 22·00. Episode 173 of ''PSNation Podcast''. PSNation Podcast.</ref>

	<ref name="~~psnation~~">Gilray, Stewart (~~15 July 2010~~)~~. Interview by Glen Joel Josh~~. ‘[~~http~~://~~www~~.~~psnation~~.~~org~~/~~2010~~/07/15/~~episode-173-portable-gravity~~/ ~~Portable Gravity~~]’~~, 22·00. Episode 173 of ''PSNation Podcast''~~. ~~PSNation Podcast~~.</ref>		<ref name="psnationconfirm">Gilray, Stewart (27 February 2011). ‘[https://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41918184764346368 @Buncible yup :)]’. In reply to William Bunce-Edwards (27 February 2011). ‘[https://twitter.com/Buncible/status/41894957312643072 @stewartgilray When you made those Abe noises on your interview with PSNation, was that you using Abe Speak?]’. Twitter.</ref>

	<ref name="OWIJAW">Just Add Water (16 July 2010). ‘[http://www.jawltd.com/?p=546 JAW & Oddworld - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.]’. News. Just Add Water website.</ref>		<ref name="OWIJAW">Just Add Water (16 July 2010). ‘[http://www.jawltd.com/?p=546 JAW & Oddworld - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.]’. News. Just Add Water website.</ref>
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	<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41458557886922752 Here's another ... http://yfrog.com/h2sgbcvj]’. Twitter.</ref>		<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41458557886922752 Here's another ... http://yfrog.com/h2sgbcvj]’. Twitter.</ref>

	~~<ref name="AbeSpeak1">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). [http://yfrog.com/hsq4dafj Image]. yfrog.</ref>~~

	~~<ref name="AbeSpeak2">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). [http://yfrog.com/h2sgbcvj Image]. yfrog.</ref>~~

	<ref name="freeAbeSpeak">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41564559810637824 @russianbox that pick is from a FREE iOS app called "Abe Speak"]’. Twitter.</ref>		<ref name="freeAbeSpeak">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41564559810637824 @russianbox that pick is from a FREE iOS app called "Abe Speak"]’. Twitter.</ref>
	</references>		</references>

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'''''Abe Speak''''' is an unreleased [[Oddworld]] app (thought to be a soundboard) for iOS under development by [[Just Add Water]], as confirmed on 26 February 2011.

== Speculation ==
In August 2010, [[Xavier]] speculated on the [[Oddworld Forums]] that one of the five projects Just Add Water were claiming to be working on was a port of ''[[Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee]]'' to the iPhone,<ref name="XavSpec"/> refering to an image [[Twitter|tweeted]] by JAW in June,<ref name="iconTweet"/><ref name="iconTweetImg"/> and to a moment during a podcast interview with [[Stewart Gilray]] in July.<ref name="psnation"/> Gilray commented in Xavier’s thread saying only ‘I love speculation :-)’.<ref name="StewSpec"/>

The tweeted image, published with the hashtag ‘#secretproject’ three weeks earlier than JAW’s announcement of working with [[Oddworld Inhabitants]],<ref name="OWIJAW"/> appears to depict the corner of what Xavier interpreted as an app icon using an image of [[Abe]] in front of [[Abe’s Moon]] published on the home page of JAW’s website.<ref name="AbeImg"/>

When asked in the ''PSNation Podcast'' what Just Add Water were doing apart from ''Gravity Crash'', Gilray produced the sound of ''Abe’s Oddysee''’s main menu and Abe saying ‘Hello’ and ‘Follow me’. Xavier and [[Nate]]<ref name="NatePhone"/> interpreted this as Gilray generating the sounds on his iPhone.

== Reveal ==
In February 2011, Stewart Gilray tweeted two images of ''Abe Speak''.<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/><ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2"/> The first shows Abe chanting on an adaptation of the ''Abe’s Oddysee'' GameSpeak menu screen.<ref name="AbeSpeak1"/> The GameSpeak words have no buttons next to them (being presumably activated using touchscreen), and there is an information symbol in the bottom-right corner. The second image shows the loading screen from ''Abe’s Oddysee'' adapted to say ‘''Abe Speak'' is loading so get over it!’.<ref name="AbeSpeak2"/>

Responding to replies, Gilray exlained that the images were from a free iOS app called ''Abe Speak''<ref name="freeAbeSpeak"/> that had been finished for over a year<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1"/> but remained unpublished because planned changes to it were put to one side in favour of more important jobs (likely referring to the [[Oddboxx]]).

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="XavSpec">Xavier (6 August 2010). ‘[http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=19469 Abe on the Iphone?]’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>

<ref name="StewSpec">Gilray, Stewart (6 August 2010). [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?p=454592#post454592 Post 12] in ‘Abe in the Iphone?’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>

<ref name="iconTweet">Just Add Water (24 June 2010). ‘[http://twitter.com/jawltd/status/16967212579 http://twitpic.com/1znf1g hmmmm #secretproject]’. Twitter.</ref>

<ref name="iconTweetImg">Just Add Water (24 June 2010). [http://twitpic.com/1znf1g Image]. Twitpic.</ref>

<ref name="psnation">Gilray, Stewart (15 July 2010). Interview by Glen Joel Josh. ‘[http://www.psnation.org/2010/07/15/episode-173-portable-gravity/ Portable Gravity]’, 22·00. Episode 173 of ''PSNation Podcast''. PSNation Podcast.</ref>

<ref name="OWIJAW">Just Add Water (16 July 2010). ‘[http://www.jawltd.com/?p=546 JAW & Oddworld - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.]’. News. Just Add Water website.</ref>

<ref name="AbeImg">Just Add Water (16 July 2010). [http://www.jawltd.com/pics/odd1.png Image]. [http://www.jawltd.com/ Home]. Just Add Water website.</ref>

<ref name="NatePhone">Nate (27 February 2011). [http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?p=486773#post486773 Post 37] in ‘Just Add Water releasing four Oddworld titles this year’. Oddworld Discussion. Oddworld Forums.</ref>

<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet1">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41425314391404545 Thought I'd share something that has been finished for almost a year now. #Oddworld http://yfrog.com/hsq4dafj]’. Twitter.</ref>

<ref name="AbeSpeakTweet2">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41458557886922752 Here's another ... http://yfrog.com/h2sgbcvj]’. Twitter.</ref>

<ref name="AbeSpeak1">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). [http://yfrog.com/hsq4dafj Image]. yfrog.</ref>

<ref name="AbeSpeak2">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). [http://yfrog.com/h2sgbcvj Image]. yfrog.</ref>

<ref name="freeAbeSpeak">Gilray, Stewart (26 February 2011). ‘[http://twitter.com/stewartgilray/status/41564559810637824 @russianbox that pick is from a FREE iOS app called "Abe Speak"]’. Twitter.</ref>
</references>