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Was that really almost four years ago that I said I was meaning to fix that? How is that possible? Anyway, I checked, and apparently the mistake exists in version 1.2 as well, so you might as well play version 1.4 for now.

I'm really out of the loop with the CK Source configuration that was done ...

The 10th anniversary of AR's release did put me in a Keen mode, so I guess I'll say a few more things that I haven't previously mentioned.

The original plan from 5+ years ago was to build a new Keen engine in Unity with significantly altered gameplay. I envisioned a game with the galaxy art style ...

Some news on the update. Given how much has changed, I'm going to go ahead and call the next version 3.0 rather than 2.1.

Right now, I'm ready to get this out, but I'm finding the QA process to be a little overwhelming given that this mod has 24 huge levels spanning three difficulty levels. There ...

I admit that I didn't think of this either, though it is a logical explanation. Are there any other levels with this kind of Stunners?

It's a pretty common practice to add at least one of these "IF" stunners to the start of a level. Most levels in The Alphamatic do this.

About the future: have ...

I do appreciate the feedback and interest!

Thus I've decided to play it, also with the intention of collecting everything (literally) and updating the KeenWiki's respective pages.

Fair warning, several levels are going to be receiving minor tweaks in the upcoming version.

the intended way to ...

Speaking of getting stuck, it is actually possible to get stuck on Surge Protection.

I can't believe this never occurred to me. Yeah definitely worth addressing.

Dynamo Access Shaft is actually another one that you can get stuck on.

Yeah there's nothing I can do about this one. I can't even ...

Yeah, that's the intended way to solve that section, just extremely tricky. You're supposed to backtrack through the secret passage on the right and use a ledge grab to bypass the blocked piston. I'm adding some arrow signs in 2.1 that might make it a little easier to understand. The intent was to ...

Thanks for the notes, this is very helpful!

There's a secret area near the spindreds about middle-right of the level with the two bags of sugar. It's doable to enter the secret area, but nigh-on impossible to leave the secret area again without getting killed by the Spindreds. I'm not sure if it ...

Well, they wouldn't exactly be secret if there wasn't the possibility of missing them.

I did recently catch some of breakdownhouse's playthrough. It's been fun to watch and gotten me thinking about this mod again. In fact, I actually fired it up for the first time and years... and noticed at least ...

Appreciate the kind words! Hard for me to believe that the 10 year anniversary isn't far off. Even though it's been almost as long since I last played it myself, I still go back and listen to the soundtrack often. A remaster of all the music tracks would be such a cool thing to have, but I lack the ...

I've occasionally wanted to get back into Keen modding, or at least experiment a little, but I've never really broken through the barrier of getting a project environment set up. I don't have a lot of free time or energy, so it's kind of hard to push through the more archaic aspects. For example, I ...

Since I actually had some free time over the holidays (I'm sure it won't last), I thought it would be fun to poke around this a bit. I've peeked at the source code a few times over the years out of mild curiosity, though it always seemed challenging. For a while, I'd gotten complacent with C# in ...

This is a fun idea. I occasionally get nostalgic about making Keen 5 levels, so I put myself down for the QED. I can't guarantee I'll finish it before the deadline since I have a lot of other real life commitments, but I'll try.

What I am talking about is an actual release of the mods on Steam, PS4/PS5, Xbox (whatever system), real 'published' digital and/or physical releases.. Switch... And it goes back to what I said years ago about this being done with Sonic Mania. I know chances are very slim, but we can at least try ...

Thought I'd chime in on this one. Ultimately, I think it's a fairly trivial discussion of semantics. But, if I had to make a binary choice, I'd say source code projects are much more related to modding than fangames.

I personally draw a core distinction between modding and fangames (specifically ...