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by XkyRauh
Thu Mar 31, 2022 15:05
Forum: Other Keen Stuff
Topic: Where your Keen world and IRL intersect!
Replies: 4
Views: 4865

Re: Where your Keen world and IRL intersect!

In fourth grade there was a boy in my class named Jesse. He found out I liked Commander Keen (I talked about it incessantly) and he told me about an episode of Keen titled "Keen Dreams," where Keen was "in his pajamas," had "no pogo," and had to "collect Boobus Bom...
by XkyRauh
Sat Mar 05, 2022 1:26
Forum: Unofficial Keen Games
Topic: Operation Station Infiltration
Replies: 69
Views: 35028

Re: Operation Station Infiltration

If Robo Yellow's shot is a wave, I'd love to see the robot slump over to the side a bit, like he's leaning on his weapon a bit, or something. I really appreciate that you made the base colors cycle into each other! :D
by XkyRauh
Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:32
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Similarities between Vorticon and Galaxy series and episodes
Replies: 6
Views: 5061

Re: Similarities between Vorticon and Galaxy series and episodes

I've definitely thought about this exact parallel, with all the criteria you listed, multiple times. :) I suspect it's why the notion of "Do the Vorticons trilogy in the Galaxy engine" comes so easily to mind. The only thing that doesn't work for me with the comparison is the Vorticons AI-...
by XkyRauh
Tue Dec 21, 2021 16:06
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: What is the hardest place/level for you in Keen 4?
Replies: 6
Views: 4857

Re: What is the hardest place/level for you in Keen 4?

The Well of Wishes was one of the first contributions to my fear of being underwater in games.
by XkyRauh
Sat Dec 11, 2021 16:58
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Keen 5 Least Favorite Level?
Replies: 9
Views: 6663

Re: Keen 5 Least Favorite Level?

SECURITY CENTER. Ugh. It's the second level in the game, but it drives me nuts. I don't like the design of the first area, where there are two there-and-backs you have to do, and the second area is a long there-and-back. The upper half of the level is great because it's much more linear, but I feel...
by XkyRauh
Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:43
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Treasure Eaters and Shikadi Masters
Replies: 19
Views: 11084

Re: Treasure Eaters and Shikadi Masters

@Ceilick The Treasure Eater behavior, elaborate as it is, is also pretty hacky and definitely feels overly specialized--I wonder if it really was designed specifically for one level (and the item placement, accordingly, tailored for the weird behavior of the smirky boi)? I feel like they could've c...
by XkyRauh
Sat Dec 04, 2021 16:30
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Least favorite Keen game?
Replies: 14
Views: 9028

Re: Least favorite Keen game?

Keen 1's worst element, I feel, is that the pogo stick can be missed entirely. It's technically only required to beat the final level, and it is possible to obtain a back-up pogo stick within said level, but the fact that it is possible to miss it entirely feels like the weakest part of the episode....
by XkyRauh
Sat Dec 04, 2021 16:16
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Favorite Keen game? Take Three!
Replies: 11
Views: 5838

Re: Favorite Keen game? Take Three!

I played Keen1 as the free shareware demo that came with the full/registered version of Crystal Caves, and I remember being offended at how clumsy Billy Blaze was relative to Mylo Steamwitz. Mylo started and stopped moving on a dime, with no acceleration/deceleration! Mylo jumped up without a wind-u...
by XkyRauh
Sat Nov 27, 2021 16:48
Forum: Other Keen Stuff
Topic: What would Billie do different?
Replies: 6
Views: 5664

Re: What would Billie do different?

I feel like there was a time when having multiple characters in a game with differing abilities was just a thing (Lost Vikings, Donkey Kong Country/64, Contra Hard Corps, etc.) and from that perspective, it seems like Billie would/should be designed with a different toy item. Billy's got the Pogo St...
by XkyRauh
Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:18
Forum: Other Keen Stuff
Topic: MILDLY NEAT -- For all your random Keenery needs!
Replies: 94
Views: 69409

Re: MILDLY NEAT -- For all your random Keenery needs!

That's very interesting, Pandakeen! Whenever I look at the map for the secret level of Keen 1 , I swear there's an optical illusion at the bottom-right corner. It's the area with the red diamond-shaped formation of blocks and zigzag formations around it. It looks as if the red diamond and the surro...
by XkyRauh
Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:17
Forum: Unofficial Keen Games
Topic: First Keen mod you played
Replies: 32
Views: 14565

Re: First Keen mod you played

Yorphius II for me! I remember what really astounded me about that mod was the color scheme, and the art style (a lack of black outlining) being so different from Keens 1-3; it really made it feel alien and new! The level design was great as well; the difficulty felt on par with the original games....
by XkyRauh
Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:14
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: OFF TOPIC THREAD: Where derailing the thread is impossible!
Replies: 2369
Views: 971834

Re: OFF TOPIC THREAD: Where derailing the thread is impossible!

I was browsing through The Mushroom Kingdom (nostalgic, good ol' Mario fansite!), and in the list of SMB3 MIDIs, I found a MIDI from the one and only Xky Rauh ! Check it out! It's a really good MIDI! I wonder when it was made -- I might've heard a portion of it in some old TGF/CNC Mario fangame. I ...
by XkyRauh
Sat Oct 09, 2021 14:18
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Keen6: Discovered a glitch
Replies: 9
Views: 3371

Re: Keen6: Discovered a glitch

I originally thought Keen was just naturally able to stand on Blooglets the same way he does on Giks. I remember running into (hah) this glitch quite a few times when I was a kid playing on actual MS-DOS machines, without being aware it was not actually supposed to happen. I always enjoyed "Bl...
by XkyRauh
Mon Sep 06, 2021 14:07
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Keen 4 Most Favorite Level?
Replies: 25
Views: 13343

Re: Keen 4 Most Favorite Level?

This is so hard for me to answer, because Keen4 is one of my least-favorite Keens to begin with. I voted for Cave of Descendants and Sand Yego, if only because they were the two Keen4 levels that came to mind first when thinking of levels from the game. I like that 'the cave of descending' has a pre...
by XkyRauh
Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:51
Forum: Official Keen Games
Topic: Keen 4 Least Favorite Level?
Replies: 48
Views: 27857

Re: Keen 4 Least Favorite Level?

The thought did occur though that this topic seems just like some old threads Xky started on Keen:Modding from like 2006 haha. :lol Yeah! When I was searching for a way to make XkyKeen4 happen, I was thinking a *lot* about level design and how to keep it interesting. This poll really made me realiz...