Commander Keen: Tower Defense

Lava89 · Post by **Lava89** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:01

I like Tunchara!

lemm · Post by **lemm** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:13

MoffD wrote:
Wow, soon we'll have a keen game in every genre

One could easily make a Captain Quazar style adventure shooter with these graphics.

DoomJedi · Post by **DoomJedi** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:06

Lava89 wrote:Something related to what it is? Its a lake monster...so lake-ster might be too corny. But that's the idea I would start with. Don't be shy to use a thesaurus either.

Well, wiivn decided it's a lake monster...so I'll just flow with that...if that's how wiivn interpreted it...though it might be just the need to make him as a hidden "easter egg" in the April's Fools image...to sink him down, as it's too big and obvious fullsize.
But now it's forever lake associated, so I can't change that

If you can't beat them - join them

I only gave general permission to use my art in unspecified April's Fool pun, I took no part in any of the image design of the pun.

There's alot of algae in a lake, so algaer? (algae + monster)

I don't even know what algaer is...maaan you don't make it easy on non-native english speakers....

Using Lockness as a reference to monsters works too (which I assume Messie was in reference to back in Keen 3).

Good idea....Loki?

LokNees? Neslok?

DoomJedi · Post by **DoomJedi** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:08

lemm wrote: One could easily make a Captain Quazar style adventure shooter with these graphics.

Last time I counted your instances - you are one...person...

You are the One, Neo!

...I'm still sad you said you won't make NetBomberKeen

This has nice potentials.

lemm wrote:I always thought of it as an inverted Arachnut.

Arachnut was indeed the main inspiration for this one, yes, it was made to fit as Arachnut replacement. But visually, I think it pretty much stands on it's own....clawlegs....or whatever that is.
I think I've made it my avatar after it was not included in ckcm - despite deserving to be there in my opinion.

DoomJedi · Post by **DoomJedi** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:15

Tunchara

Why? What's the words it implies?

I liked the Lockness monster ideas so far the most.
Neslok, Loknees...Loknees I like the most so far. Any objections?

StupidBunny · Post by **StupidBunny** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:48

DoomJedi wrote:
Tunchara
Why? What's the words it implies?

Well, think about the "inverted Arachnut" part especially...

MoffD · Post by **MoffD** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 13:21

Name suggestions:

Gooscythe
Clawplant

DoomJedi wrote:I don't even know what algaer is...maaan you don't make it easy on non-native english speakers....

Heh, I guess we don't really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae

troublesomekeen · Post by **troublesomekeen** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 23:22

It's a great looking creature. Especially well-drawn with excellent pixel placement. I'm quite fond of it. And though it's your creature, here are some suggestions from me based on its dangerously sharp appearance:
Brambler
Prickely
Stickler
Creature-from-the-backyard-lagoon
Meetroid
Pokipine
Shredlock(ness)
Needleless
Ooch
Tearific (who lives in the Pacific, if it is indeed a water-creature)
Cissers
Deargodwhatisthatthing
Well done, well done. Post#314

MoffD · Post by **MoffD** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 23:29

troublesomekeen wrote: Well done, well done. Post#314

Quick! make a wish for a title change.
only 94 to go for me

Post by **Levellass** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:45

troublesomekeen wrote:It's a great looking creature. Especially well-drawn with excellent pixel placement. I'm quite fond of it. And though it's your creature, here are some suggestions from me based on its dangerously sharp appearance:
Brambler
Prickely
Stickler
Creature-from-the-backyard-lagoon
Meetroid
Pokipine
Shredlock(ness)
Needleless
Ooch
Tearific (who lives in the Pacific, if it is indeed a water-creature)
Cissers
Deargodwhatisthatthing
Well done, well done. Post#314

*Scribbles down enemy ideas*

DoomJedi · Post by **DoomJedi** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:52

troublesomekeen wrote:It's a great looking creature. Especially well-drawn with excellent pixel placement. I'm quite fond of it.

Oh, thank you

It has animation frames too.
I've made alof of creatures for the CKCM, but those just gain dust unused by other modders. I love the foot creature and quite some others. I know some might think it's just for CKCM - but that's not much progressing as I see (?). Maybe someone will just uze those for their mods...ckcm can use those later legardless....
I loved the Beegmoz (inventing names on the fly

, the Big Mouth ), the Leezmonk (lizard + monk), the Scoorp (scorpion), the Bolseye (EyeBalls Hopper, pun on "bullseye"), Froogle (frog + bubble)........

And though it's your creature, here are some suggestions from me based on its dangerously sharp appearance:

It's amazing and very interesting to see how different modders interpret/see the same Sprite in such different ways...maybe we'll give names for other ckcm monsters I've made

Some funny ideas -
Notaclaw (pun on "not a clue")

- or Lotaclaw
Clawless (pun on clueless)

or Clawmore/Clomor
Clawlimb
Limboclaw/Leemboclore

Shredlock(ness)

Maaan, TMNT meets Lockness

Ooch

Ouchlimb?

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:26

I don't know why, but the word Behemoth come to my mind. I didn't saw it particularly for a lake monster though.

Where can we see your monsters?

DoomJedi · Post by **DoomJedi** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:30

wiivn wrote:I don't know why, but the word Behemoth come to my mind.

Behemoth reminds me russian word "Beghemot(h)" - Hippopotamus...which is a water animal as well.
The word itself is Bible inspired.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behemoth

I didn't saw it particularly for a lake monster though.

Me neither

Where can we see your monsters?

CKCM threads on Keen modding forum.

Some of them (there are more frames and creatures etc)

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 13:16

Wow! You've made half of the mod!

DoomJedi · Post by **DoomJedi** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 14:42

wiivn wrote:Wow! You've made half of the mod!

Yeah

Don't know why this mod is stalled then.
Memory problems? Latest SDL Keen 1 has none (?)

Probably got stalled for lack of mappers and tilemakers.