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Here are some score pickups based on "Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold": https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/z3v1yy18ny2he0b/CKItems-BStoneTheme.png?dl=1 Beverage: 100 points Candy Bar: 200 points Sandwich: 500 points Food Item: 1000 points Raw Mear: 2000 points Steak: 5000 points Small Bowl of Water: +1...

Not exactly. Just experimenting with graphics.

The score items and extra life pickups probably have something in common other than being junk food among other stuff. The Keen 1 items are based mainly on food items that the ID Software team consumed while they developed the game (not sure about the book and teddy bear though). The Keen 2 and 3 it...

Yep, the information was copied from old catalogs. I'm not very familiar with the code used for TXT2COM. If I had some source code from the catalogs to work with, I could probably do it. I'm more familiar with the C# language on windows applications.

You probably remember Commander Keen being advertised in Apogee's on-disk catalogs. Apogee had mainly the blue background catalog with white text like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVl2LltXFY . Then in the mid-90s they had 16-color catalogs like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbgKl...

Haven't posted any stuff in a year. Nothing too exciting, but I think Keen 3 may also look good in 4-color CGA. Cyan-purple isn't the prettiest color scheme, but with the aid of composite video, it may look just as good as EGA. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ro96lk3hbozfdny/Level8CGAEGA.png?dl=1

Afraid I don't have the means and skills to make even a demo of the mod. However I can continue to whet your appetite with additional shots. Any skilled modder who is willing to take on the making of the mod, I can provide graphics and sprites as best I can. Feast your eyes on these: https://dl.drop...

Three new screenshots, what a treat: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/umnlde9ah26yvfq/Level7Screenshot.png?dl=1 A tower in Level 7. There are two easter eggs in the picture. If you can translate them, you might know what they allude to. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/o9vznov3ttler7d/Level9-2...

Playing as one of the creatures. That's a neat idea. If I had to choose which creature to play as it would be the Treasure Eater. Mind you it would cool to play as a Vorticon, maybe Lieutenant Barker or a Baby Vorticon.

Two new screenshots that are making the levels take new shape. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/lec4en5be76ggqj/Level10-2Screenshot.png?dl=1 Level 10 again, with grass that hides Keen's feet. Also you see new looking Meeps. Their singing is no better than their new look. https://dl.dropboxusercon...

XkyRauh wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:11

"Call Apogee Cay Aardwolf"?

Yep! That's right. Wondered what it would be like in SGA. I supposed Aardwolf might be closely related to Vorticons.

Two new screenshots I had time to cook up. So here they are: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ampbijfrk85a0ag/Level9Screenshot.png?dl=1 Ever wondered what happened to the Vorticon Mothership in Episode 3? It never appears after Earth Explodes. Did the Grand Intellect disassemble it and turn parts...

Nisaba wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:55

ready for round two? here we go:

First Question: Would be interesting if someone made mods with those names and made them the real things.

Second Question: Is there a creature called Ed in the Keeniverse?

One of the most difficult things I've tried to recreate is the Mangling Machine in Mortimer McMire's fortress, but here is my sample. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/su899swktfqixdi/ManglingMachine.png?dl=1 I did my best to make it believable and not like some giant-sized figure from a toybox li...

Roobar wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 22, 2019 18:23

Is this a reference to Duke 2?

The floating messenger indeed is a reference to Duke Nukem II.

55Aavenue wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 23, 2019 0:33

I love the city backdrop

The city backdrop is a recolored version of the one in the third episode of "Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure".