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Hi @gerstrong.

Cool that you like these new tilesets edits that I've made for Keen 1-3, even though those new tilesets are indeed quite subtle compared to the already existing tilesets for Keen 1-3 in the HQP.

Feel free to include those as a part of the HQP if you like them

I've never been able to enjoy Keen 3 before playing these level edits for that game. Keen 3 was by far my least favorite Keen game, I'd much rather prefer playing Keen Dreams than Keen 3 (I have a rather soft spot for Keen Dreams). That being sad, I'm finally able to enjoy Keen 3 as of now, by using...

Now for some screenshots of those tilesets in action: Keen 1: https://i.imgur.com/r3FBZiR.png https://i.imgur.com/l0WGC0h.png https://i.imgur.com/kCTURCS.png https://i.imgur.com/F8JN80Q.png https://i.imgur.com/t3MXiRp.png Keen 2: https://i.imgur.com/dq6ZvtV.png https://i.imgur.com/aTiQlJP.png https:...

A couple of years ago, I made my own custom VGA tilesets for Keen 4-6 that's compatible with Commander Genius. This was quite a challenging task. It was also fun & rewarding, although I've had none experience doing that kind of work before. My initial plan back then was to jump straight to the o...

This looks awesome! I wonder if this in any way could be compatible with the unofficial VGA tilesets for Keen 4-6 in the High Quality Pack 2.7 for Commander Genius?

I have & can now complete Keen 4-6 without saving once in CGenius. I have also played CGenius with a friend in multiplayer, in Keen 4 with him being inexperienced with older platforming games such as the Commander Keen series. Here are some of my newer found personal experience with those games ...

Good points / analysis regarding the checkpoints by door Quillax; some levels like the last level of Keen 6 have all the gem doors stacked by the very end of the level which could be a huge flaw in this case. In a scenario with a supposed checkpoint by opening locked doors setting, maybe levels such...

Thanks, glad you like the Tilesets.

I never thought about the Keen games having a Looney Tunes vibe (I watched those cartoons in my childhood on Cartoon Network), but I suppose a richer color palette can enhance the cartoony vibes in the Tilesets

Thanks; I'm glad you like it

Thanks. It would be nice if you would want to put those pictures on the webpage, feel free to do so

For the users here wanting to see a big compilation of how the Keen 4-6 tilemap updates look compared to the original graphics, here are some before & after pictures: Commander Keen 4 https://i.imgur.com/1HWidUp.png https://i.imgur.com/M0gFHdK.png https://i.imgur.com/tdFtqvO.png https://i.imgur....

Sorry to keep you waiting, I've done a bit experimenting with the blue skies now. https://i.imgur.com/ycvOjjd.png I haven't applied dithering to the skies, but I instead used a few more blue colors just to see how it looks. I haven't as of yet done anything more with the turquoise colors on the floo...

Thanks for feedback, I couldn't put my finger on what was wrong here. I'll try to change the sky up, maybe the same way as I did with some of the world map in Keen 5 (blend the dithering with an online tool to make it a smooth 32bit blue gradient, then import it in Aseprite and then make Aseprite re...

I have now done major updates to my Keen 6 tilemaps, now with an improved color palette. Fixed most of the remaining dithering, including world map (some improvements there as well). The red ground texture has its original brightness now, as I now have added more red colors in my palette to compensa...

I learned something new regarding the VGA color palette (at lest news for me), which gives me an opportunity to remove the last of the dithering in Keen 6 once I modify the standard VGA palette I'm currently using in Aseprite: http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/VGA_Palette I was naive and thought th...