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The announcement of a new Eddsworld game was made in late May of 2009. Edd stated: "I have also formed a group with Psycosis91 (Who codes Edd games) and TheWaves (Who made the intro music for the Eddsworld episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqEIxlv0UTE MovieMakers]) for the Newgrounds ‘[http://www.newgrounds.com/powerofthree/ Power of three]‘ summer event - which basically means we shall be making a game together over the next few months, hopefully meaning it will be an awesome game!"
'''''Kid Thulhu and the Jan Ken Bunch''''' was a Flash game being developed for the Newgrounds "Power of Three" event by Psycosis91, TheWaves, and Edd Gould in 2009.


Word continued to be released on this game until mid August of 2009, when the game was officially dubbed "Kid Thulu" and was destined to be a platformer. Unfortunately, shortly after this announcement, word on Kid Thulu was all but made; the updates stopped around late September of 2009. Not one screenshot was released to the fans.
==Gameplay==
The gameplay would follow a kid version of Cthulhu fighting in ''Mega Man'' style combat against the "Jan Ken Bunch", which were based on Rock-Paper-Scissors.<ref name="Psy"/>


However, this has not stopped them from hoping. a thread was made on Eddsworld Forums concerning the mystery game and its future. This thread is no longer available now.
==History==
The game was announced, late May 2009 through Edd Gould's blog: <blockquote>"I have... formed a group with Psycosis91 (Who codes my games) and TheWaves (Who made the intro music for Moviemakers) for the Newgrounds "Power of Three" summer event - which basically means we shall be making a game together over the next few months, hopefully meaning it will be an awesome game!".<ref name="Edd">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090723013431/http://www.eddsworld.co.uk:80/ Archived copy of Edd's blog.] Retrieved 10 May '18</ref></blockquote> There was little discussion of it afterwards.


Although the debate continues, the majority agreement is that an Eddsworld game would fare better on a browser as a flash game rather than anything else. Regardless, word on the game has not been released in several months and until it happens, nobody expects anything from the Eddsworld gaming industry.
In the final posts mentioning the game, Edd named it ''Kid Thulu'' and said it was about half-finished. No content from the game was ever shared.<ref name="Edd"/> Edd passed away from leukemia in 2012.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkEvbOsr138 YouTube video by the official ''Eddsworld'' channel on Edd's death.] Retrieved 24 Apr '19</ref>


There has been rumor that production has stopped for the game.
Shortly after the release of "The End (Part 2)", Pycosis91 made a post on Newgrounds about his time working with Edd. In the post, he said the game was cancelled because he was starting university and Edd began to focus more on his series, ''Eddsworld''. Three of the six planned levels were completed before development ended.<ref name="Psy">[https://psycosis91.newgrounds.com/news/ Pycosis91's post on Newgrounds.] Retrieved 30 Jan '18</ref>
 
==Status==
In his blog post, Psycosis also stated that he hoped to complete the project someday as he had promised Edd he would.<ref name="Psy"/> In 2020, ''Eddsworld'' showrunner Matt Lobster commented on The Tomme Bear's "''Eddsworld'' Video Games - Every ''Eddsworld'' Flash Game Reviewed" that he had found a test version of the game.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vj8EY-ooeU The Tomme Bear's video on ''Eddsworld'' games.] Retreived 16 Sep '20</ref> It may be released as part of the Archive Project through the ''Eddsworld'' Patreon.
 
==External Link==
*[https://www.patreon.com/Eddsworld ''Eddsworld'' Patreon.] Retreived 16 Sep '20
 
==References==
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Revision as of 22:26, 3 October 2020

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Kid Thulhu and the Jan Ken Bunch was a Flash game being developed for the Newgrounds "Power of Three" event by Psycosis91, TheWaves, and Edd Gould in 2009.

Gameplay

The gameplay would follow a kid version of Cthulhu fighting in Mega Man style combat against the "Jan Ken Bunch", which were based on Rock-Paper-Scissors.[1]

History

The game was announced, late May 2009 through Edd Gould's blog:

"I have... formed a group with Psycosis91 (Who codes my games) and TheWaves (Who made the intro music for Moviemakers) for the Newgrounds "Power of Three" summer event - which basically means we shall be making a game together over the next few months, hopefully meaning it will be an awesome game!".[2]

There was little discussion of it afterwards.

In the final posts mentioning the game, Edd named it Kid Thulu and said it was about half-finished. No content from the game was ever shared.[2] Edd passed away from leukemia in 2012.[3]

Shortly after the release of "The End (Part 2)", Pycosis91 made a post on Newgrounds about his time working with Edd. In the post, he said the game was cancelled because he was starting university and Edd began to focus more on his series, Eddsworld. Three of the six planned levels were completed before development ended.[1]

Status

In his blog post, Psycosis also stated that he hoped to complete the project someday as he had promised Edd he would.[1] In 2020, Eddsworld showrunner Matt Lobster commented on The Tomme Bear's "Eddsworld Video Games - Every Eddsworld Flash Game Reviewed" that he had found a test version of the game.[4] It may be released as part of the Archive Project through the Eddsworld Patreon.

External Link

References