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- Sun Nov 21, 2021 19:53
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: A Dopefish card-game!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3848
Re: A Dopefish card-game!
How does the game go? The rules, the limitations and the goal to win.
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:02
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: What would Billie do different?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5686
What would Billie do different?
It was not until 2019 that we see that Billy Blaze has a sister called Billie. So far as the smartphone game goes, we seen both siblings do nothing but jump around on arcade style platform levels. But if it were up to Billie, what would she do different? How would she fare against the Martians and V...
- Mon Oct 25, 2021 16:46
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: MILDLY NEAT -- For all your random Keenery needs!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 69856
Re: MILDLY NEAT -- For all your random Keenery needs!
How many people have actually noticed that Keen 4 has a different map sprite than Keens 5 and 6? https://i.postimg.cc/3RmgsZgS/map-sprites.png I didn't notice till you made this comparison. Not sure why they would use different sprites instead of reuse the same one. Improvement? Different perspecti...
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:45
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Modded Music that goes well with a Commander Keen game
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2625
Modded Music that goes well with a Commander Keen game
Commander Keen has great music, but very little in the way of variety. This is understandable that id Software needed the games to fit on 5.25 floppy disks. Keen 4 had six tracks, Keen 5 had thirteen tracks (not including the unused track) and Keen 6 had nine tracks (including one reused from Keen 4...
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:29
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Misconceptions
- Replies: 129
- Views: 145998
Re: Misconceptions
https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/i/d/d6/Castle_of_the_Grand_Intellect.png Does/did anyone else think that the Grand Intellect's castle looks a lot like a cat sitting upright? I thought that structure was the Mangling Machine itself. A very close look shows that its a tower with a spiralling staircase a...
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:17
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
- Replies: 42
- Views: 54160
Re: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
Made them in paint. Used a 16x16 grid squares to guide me as I drew and coloured some of the tiles.
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:55
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Themed Items
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5494
Re: Themed Items
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...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:29
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Themed Items
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5494
Re: Themed Items
Not exactly. Just experimenting with graphics.
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:04
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Themed Items
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5494
Themed Items
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...
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:50
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Commander Keen Catalog
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3090
Re: Commander Keen Catalog
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.
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 19:43
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Commander Keen Catalog
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3090
Commander Keen Catalog
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...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 18:40
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
- Replies: 42
- Views: 54160
Re: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
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
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 18:24
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
- Replies: 42
- Views: 54160
Re: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
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...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 16:53
- Forum: Other Keen Stuff
- Topic: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
- Replies: 42
- Views: 54160
Re: Keen 3 in Galaxy style
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...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 13:55
- Forum: Unofficial Keen Games
- Topic: Need art help for big Keen easter egg/tribute
- Replies: 277
- Views: 159558
Re: Need art help for big Keen easter egg/tribute
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.