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Hey guys, I don't know if any of you remember me, I was making a CK remake in the style of CK4-6 in Game Maker a few years back (ROCK: Recreation Of Commander Keen). I got busy with life and such and sort of forgot about it but I feel compelled to start work on it again. The game engine is mostly done so i basically need to make a few more baddies, levels, a story, and it's done! :)

Anyway, I read in one of these threads that someone had sounds from 4-6 and was wondering if I could acquire those. I recorded a few sounds myself off an old PC I have but that was a pain. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :D


Edit: Here's a little page I just made for this project on my website: http://henrock.net/rock.html

There is a link to download a little demo too. :)
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A piece of it to try, anywhere?
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Hey I remember that game! Actually it was quite good and enjoyable! It was in my personal top 3 Keen fan games. Good to know you've decided to continue working on it :).

As for the sounds, I'm quite sure there are 1-2 topics concerning Keen sounds. You may want to browse through the topics to find them.
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Is this a remake of Invasion of the Vorticons with Goodbye Galaxy graphics? Sounds like a keen idea :)
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Looks like Kazuhiro's project is stirring up some competition!

BTW Henrock, what version of GM did ROCK use?
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Shadow Master wrote:A piece of it to try, anywhere?
Just made a little site and uploaded a demo! :)
http://henrock.net/rock.html
Iv4n wrote:Hey I remember that game! Actually it was quite good and enjoyable! It was in my personal top 3 Keen fan games. Good to know you've decided to continue working on it :).

As for the sounds, I'm quite sure there are 1-2 topics concerning Keen sounds. You may want to browse through the topics to find them.
Glad to know you liked it. :) I'll take a look around for those sounds..
VikingBoyBilly wrote:Is this a remake of Invasion of the Vorticons with Goodbye Galaxy graphics? Sounds like a keen idea :)
This is no mod.. it's completely programed from scratch! (minus a few tutorials i used to learn about gravity and such.) This might be needless work as it plays much like the Keen 4-6 engine, but it opens up the possibility to add any new feature or enemy that can be imagined.
MortimerInBlack wrote:Looks like Kazuhiro's project is stirring up some competition!

BTW Henrock, what version of GM did ROCK use?
I'm currently using version 5.3a. I know it's a bit out dated, (I think they're up to 7 now?) but i started this thing in version 4 or 5 something and when I converted up last time i had to tweak a lot of my code. :dead Probably won't be doing that again.
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im sure this has been asked before...but what is this? is it a remake of vorticons in the style of galaxy? what?
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I remember this fangame! It was a while back, but I absolutely loved it! Continue it by all means!
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jonnyspeight wrote:im sure this has been asked before...but what is this? is it a remake of vorticons in the style of galaxy? what?
That was answered in the post right above yours.
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Nice game you're making there :)
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I'm just adding a KeenWiki entry about your game, so I thought I'd ask,

How's your project coming? Are you still working on it?
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Oh wow, I'm in the KeenWiki? Sweet! Interesting you should ask, the project got put on the shelf again shortly after that first post up there, but I just dusted it off and having been making a new level the past few days! I'm going to try to finish that up in the next week or so and hopefully put it up for testing out soon.
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Ah, neat. I happy it's continued. In my eyes this is the best fan-created Keen game so far.
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tulip wrote:Ah, neat. I happy it's continued. In my eyes this is the best fan-created Keen game so far.
This fangame does show promise. It is definitely an exception to the rule. I have played quite a few Keen fangames, but I was not impressed with any of them. I feel the same way about many of the levelpacks as well (With a few exceptions of course.) Please do not think I am trying to say all these famgames and levelpacks are crap. I can tell you all right now that all these people are more creative than I could ever hope to be.

Back to the topic on hand, like I said, I think this game shows promise and I would definitely like to see it finished. Of course, greatness takes time... ask "the Dude"! :crazy
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Glad to see there is still interest in my project! :) I'm working on it now.. just found a note I left in the Keen object, it says I started the project in January of 2004! I didn't realize it's been so long!

I'm having some issues with vertical moving platforms at the moment, if anyone has any advice or expertise it would be greatly appreciated!
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