Public Commander Keen Forum

I'm impressed by the amount of positivity in these forums. I have to tell you. Seriously, it's kind of amazing. I am fairly familiar with the inner workings of Keen... I just haven't posted much in here. I've kind of just sat back and watched and read and experimented. I have spent time ready for wh...

I would advise reading Tom Hall's tips for level design. Also avoid lots of long hallways to prevent LHS. (long hallway syndrm) :P Maybe compare Keen 10's first version to the final version to see what not to do. Yeah. I actually watched an entire play through of Keen 10 on youtube side by side, fi...

Thanks for the reply! I have quite a bit of experience in coding and working with computer related things. My degree is in Computer Engineering and while in the Air Force, my main job was programming various simulations (can't get too detail specific). And I've played the living crap out of Keen 1-9...

I want to start by introducing myself. My name is Wayne and I have been a huge fan of Commander Keen since I was barely old enough to talk. One of my dad's friends brought it over and installed it on our first computer (CK6) and it was the first platformer I had ever played. I must have been about f...

Interesting suggestion for the wetsuit, but I'd prefer Keen has to accomplish some task that doesn't directly involve the wetsuit or swimming itself. What about a giant beached fish of some kind? Maybe he's hungry and you need to find him a snack (but that's too similar to Keen 6 perhaps). Maybe a ...

I don't plan on getting rid of any current levels or changing how any of them are beaten unless a compelling argument is made for something being very unkeenish. In the six other Keen games (not including Keen Dreams), the standard galactic alphabet can be found twice. One was in the secret level a...