 Due to Stewart Gilray's crowdfunding support during the development of "Thomas Was Alone", the creator named a game character after Abe from the Oddworld franchise.Lanning hinted at plans to release a game that involved action figures from the Oddworld universe in a pamphlet released at E3 in 1999.Called "Oddwars", Lanning still has all the material he created for the game and may release it in the future.