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I've shared plenty of technical demonstration videos lately, but not much of actual real gameplay outside Shadowlands (which of course is covered far better by the demo than it could be by a video). So here's some footage of Guard Post I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJLhTud5BL4

I went on an enemy implementing spree and finished implementing all remaining enemies the other day. Sparky, Slicestar, Spindred preview: https://youtu.be/byPxEUpU9_g Shikadi preview: https://youtu.be/s_siLyd30SE Shockshund preview: https://youtu.be/nPXg-RwsEtc I've also begun working on some of the...

Just finished implementing the last Keen 6 enemy (the Bipship).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSLHxVBg_0

I've got half the levels for the Fribbulus Xax segment done so far. Still haven't done much on the Omegamatic segment, and a couple of levels for Shadowlands still need doing as well.

We have Bloobs. And Fleexes.

I feel like a fool. How do I even load this game? Extract the ZIP and run KeenGame.exe (I need to give it a proper filename). It runs on its own engine; no need to supply a copy of any official game or use CKPatch etc. You do need to install .NET 7.0 to run it. It's likely you already have this if ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WseiVP-BU9Y

Blooglets, Bloogs and Blooguards in action!

Ceilicks, Bobbas and Babobbas have also been implemented now.

The Fribbulus Xax world map is complete. I took things a bit more in my own direction for this one than I did for Shadowlands. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/307596248620335104/1199290105572106280/map_2024-01-23_22-49-35.png Shadowlands now has 7 completed levels (the 6 included in the demo ...

Development is now starting to extend beyond just Shadowlands.

Everyone's favorite fish is finally implemented, also meaning that every Keen 4 enemy is now implemented (except the treasure eaters, which I'm not planning to implement). https://youtu.be/6ZNKWOOltN0 The Dopefish is unique among hazards so far in that it's an instant kill regardless of how many liv...

Customized Lemmings (as well as Cheapo, if anyone remembers that) is long considered obsolete now. NeoLemmix is generally the platform of choice, including that it's what all my 2D Lemmings content is on (I have one 3D Lemmings level pack that's compatible with both the clone engine Loap and the act...

Glad to hear you liked the levels. I don't have much experience with making platformer levels so far (my level design experience has mostly been Lemmings) so it's good to know I'm doing well. I felt that being able to see ahead of Keen was more important than following the mechanics exactly. I'm ope...

I feel this game has now progressed enough to release a demo version. Download link: https://nv.wtf/GalaxyReimaginedDemo-240117.zip This demo allows you to play six Shadowlands levels (plus the Shadowlands world map and its BWB Megarocket level) - Slug Village, Crystalus, Hillville, Lifewater Oasis,...

Just dropped another preview video. This one shows a small segment starting about 1/3rd of the way through Crystalus (to be precise, it starts from the first checkpoint), and also includes the pogo and stunner, which (depsite having been implemented already) weren't shown in previous videos. https:/...

if you restart from [a checkpoint], your lives start again from 5, but your ammo only resets to what you had when you reached the checkpoint. Score / items collected will be preserved, but all enemies will respawn. As development has progressed, I've decided to change how ammo works here, and inste...

I preliminarily (as in, testing is still needed and that may lead to tweaks) completed Crystalus now. Here's a screenshot (already shared in Discord) of it in Tiled, which I'm using to create the maps. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/307596248620335104/1196401127684591706/image.png Notice how...