Keen after TUIT: what now?

Deltamatic · Post by **Deltamatic** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:06

Now that the Universe is Toast trilogy is up for free download, that great moment of keening we were waiting for is over. What happens in the setting? Mortimer, and therefore the series's conflict, is dead. What happens in the fan projects? The epic confrontation with Mort has been done, leaving us to retell the stories in other media (as in Mr. M's comic and Arjak's novelization), make interquels (the most popular form of in-verse mod, I believe), try to figure out what Keen would do next, or maybe make games about non-Keen characters.
tl;dr
Reread the topic name.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:15

oman, spoilers. Keen kills Dumblemort? :00

I really should finish BotB already, but every time I play it I find some inspiration to work on my own mod. So prolonging it = productive;

This is an interesting question. Policing smaller quarrels throughout the galaxy and thwarting 8-year-old geniuses from other species are possibilities. But they're pretty much same-old.

I'd be inclined to say that the Mort conflict is now irrelevant to mod stories. It doesn't even need to be mentioned. Much like you don't need to mention the Vorticons in the Keen:Galaxy story. Although it would be interesting to have a common background story to build up for upcoming mods.

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:52

"What now?"

An entire Keen episode placed on Earth, as opposed to "Burginflorg IV" or "Zorgiflomp XI" and various other boring sci-fi settings.

Nobody has really done it, which is why I started the project "Where is Everybody?", which is now safe in the hands of Levellass.

The story hasn't been developed too far, but there was talk of it taking place directly after Keen 9. I'm not sure where Lass is taking it, though.

PandoricaShark · Post by **PandoricaShark** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:53

Prequels only.

Keen is chronologically done forever.

Also, as for earth keens, there's going to be several earth levels in Ghost Ship of the Dead Ghosts, and I'm pretty sure Alpha Manhattan was going to be on Earth too.

Post by **Levellass** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:05

Whelp, I've got a mod trilogy involving a mirror universe (Possibly totally reversed physics where Keen falls up and pogos off the ceiling, things implode instead of exploding...) and a threat to the multiverse.

You know, like Marvel Comics does.

The story hasn't been developed too far, but there was talk of it taking place directly after Keen 9. I'm not sure where Lass is taking it, though.

It's on Earth, affecting only his town and isn't Mortimer (Should I have Mort in it? That's the big question, he'd be a supporting character like Lt Barker.) The villain will involve a lot of used tissues.

PandoricaShark · Post by **PandoricaShark** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:54

In all honesty, There can be a series conflict without mortimer. Everyone was pretty sure that mortimer wasn't involved with the shikadi until it turned out he was. Why can't we just have something like that, minus mortimer?

Also, we have had earth levels before by the way - Mortimer's workshop.

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:36

'Where is Everybody' was a project from last year.
I'm not sure when that level was added to Keen 9, but it certainly predates your ghost ship thing.

"The villain will involve a lot of used tissues."

... Is the villain... PARAMULTART?!?

TerminILL · Post by **TerminILL** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:03

He's not saying they did it first, merely that they exist, that we aren't totally devoid of them.

KeenEmpire · Post by **KeenEmpire** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:23

Now that the big threat has been dealt with, go for the more local conflicts closer to home

aka Enterprise

DHeadshot · Post by **DHeadshot** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:40

PandoricaShark wrote:Prequels only.

Since a prequel to Keen 1 would be without the Pogo Stick, this fits perfectly with the recent trend for Keen Dreams mods...

KeenEmpire · Post by **KeenEmpire** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 13:53

DHeadshot wrote:
PandoricaShark wrote:Prequels only.
Since a prequel to Keen 1 would be without the Pogo Stick, this fits perfectly with the recent trend for Keen Dreams mods...

And prequel where keen and mortimer are still friends fits perfectly with smallville

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 14:10

What happens in the setting? Mortimer, and therefore the series's conflict, is dead. What happens in the fan projects?

Nothing. Modders and fangame makers can keep making whatever, since TUIT isn't canon anyway.

mortimer · Post by **mortimer** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 16:28

Eros · Post by **Eros** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 17:19

hayro revival.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 17:30

Keen hasn't saved the multiverse from a paradox in the space-time continuum yet, has he?

SPOILER: And who says Mort is dead? Clearly it was his plan all along to "escape" via one of the wormholes.