Suburb Shenanigans

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:09

VikingBoyBilly wrote:
krodacian02 wrote:HAPPY KEEN DAY
A bit late for the party there, kro

EVERY DAY IS KEEN DAY IN MY HOUSE, KROSEPH!

Post by **Levellass** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:13

Paramultart wrote:
VikingBoyBilly wrote:
krodacian02 wrote:HAPPY KEEN DAY
A bit late for the party there, kro
EVERY DAY IS KEEN DAY IN MY HOUSE, KROSEPH!

And that is why the neighbors got that restraining order.

Bubbatom · Post by **Bubbatom** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:52

Hey lass, have you checked your pms lately? Seems like you haven't checked them in a while?

Benvolio · Post by **Benvolio** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:53

What is this, "Keeping up with the Krodacians"?

Post by **Levellass** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:46

Bubbatom wrote:Hey lass, have you checked your pms lately? Seems like you haven't checked them in a while?

Why I checked them not six months ago!

Bubbatom · Post by **Bubbatom** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:34

Alrighty. Today, last year I released The Eight Accumulators. Today last year I began work on Suburb Shenanigans. So today is the (hopefully only) annual Suburbs update, which doubles as the Christmas update, as I won't be here for Christmas.

Heaps of work has been done on the project since I first announced it.

Tiles are almost all there, enemies are getting there patches are coming together and graphics are being completed.
Most of the original issues that arosed have been fixed and the only pain left is 'screen tearing', which happens differently depending on the computer used to run the game due to massive amounts of graphics used in each level.
_mr_m_ has done an outstanding job with the tunes, and has recently had an extended break due to school. TheHackerCat (also in the music department) has done a great job on the one and only song that they have produced (so far, not sure what the story is here).
Lass has supplied me with many little and not so little patches along the way and I'm very greatful for that!

I was hoping to have a demo video ready by this date, but after handing up my school notebook, I'm left with a slow internet-less windows 2000 PC running XP. Although I still managed to get a pile of screenshots together for the update.

New and improved version Keen's bedroom:

Hope you're keen and hang in there!

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:39

I have a keengasm.

Wow. Thanks for this awesomeness. what an update!

troublesomekeen · Post by **troublesomekeen** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:50

Oh....my...great...gurgling...gargs...
So many unique tiles! Levels must be crashing all over dah place!
The people are look great! There's even whats-his-face from Monster Bash!
I especially like Library, Bees, Lava Lamp and Point Items!
O this is too grand to be looked upon by mine eyes!

StupidBunny · Post by **StupidBunny** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:49

You owe me a new keyboard. I got drool all over mine.

Post by **Ceilick** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:16

Visually, this is astounding. I can barely believe this is a galaxy mod; it looks more like an adventure game.

My favorite thing is the pantry

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:06

And the dog is very well done. The garbage sack needs more work on shadings. It just doesn't look right.

And just for the comparison:
OLD VS NEW

NY00123 · Post by **NY00123** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:39

Well well, it is astonishing to see how can an existing game be modified to look very different! The same could be said in regards in the earlier shots from March, but now there is even more to see, obviously. I think it's mainly about the feeling of an actual neighborhood on earth not often seen in the Keen realm.

Bubbatom wrote:the only pain left is 'screen tearing', which happens differently depending on the computer used to run the game due to massive amounts of graphics used in each level.

If it is the issue I'm thinking of, usually solved in modern games by toggling "Vertical Sync" on, then I'd say it's a current limitation of DOSBox. You can force it if you choose output=opengl or output=openglnb in DOSBox and force VSync for DOSBox externally (by the GPU drivers). However, some things like the Keen 4 title screen pixelation effect are probably going to be slower than expected.
The reason? Well, DOSBox will try to output about 70 different frames per second (like an actual (S)VGA card used to run Keen4 with no modifications), while your display's refresh rate is probably no more than 60Hz.
I have a feeling it is problematic to solve this while not potentially lowering performance due to waits for VSync (thinking of cycles=max). Maybe a multi-threading approach could be applied (so while waiting for VSync the DOS machine emulation itself can keep doing something), but there are very great chances it is simply not going to happen.

VikingBoyBilly · Post by **VikingBoyBilly** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:08

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:16

VikingBoyBilly wrote:

Same here.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:29

Oh my Glob. Everything looks astonishing! But what's Johnny doing, hiding under the table? It would be cool to see him play with Tex on the yard through the window.

It's so beautiful. All the little details transfer me back to the 90s, man.

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