Commander Keen: Xmas 2010

Post by **Levellass** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:23

Quality vs quantity?

Great! It seems this will go down in history as a pioneering Dreams mod!

Not if Keen Meets the Meats gets produced first!

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:06

Not if Keen Meets the Meats gets produced first!

I don't think the production's even started

QU3TZ4LC04TL · Post by **QU3TZ4LC04TL** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:15

How is this project coming along szemi?

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:20

Working on levels.

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:17

Update:
I'm still working on the levels. + Levellass made new tiles(especially the house tiles,but

i share you the Cake Canyon level:

It'll be the 4th level. Well,it's almost done, i just need to fix(or put) things.

The Keen Commander · Post by **The Keen Commander** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:15

I like it! Looking good!

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:54

Great idea for a level, I hope the world map sprite will be a giant, sliced cake

Also I like the Milky Way background, and the giant candle

Post by **tulip** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 13:57

Awesome graphics!

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 14:44

Very nice! If I'm allowed to give feedback, Keen's hat needs a bit more proper fitting.

(By the way, you may want to consider using PNG files for screenshots... Better quality and usually lower file sizes.

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Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 15:30

Better quality and usually lower file sizes.

In fact, you can get as good quality as PNGs with half the size if you use JPGs with compression level 11 (out of 12 levels)

RivaStyle · Post by **RivaStyle** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 20:03

Very good, keep working!

Post by **Levellass** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:23

(By the way, you may want to consider using PNG files for screenshots... Better quality and usually lower file sizes.)

You can tell him this as many times as you like, believe me, he never listens. I believe he sticks to 24-bit bitmaps like I cling to QBASIC.

In fact, you can get as good quality as PNGs with half the size if you use JPGs with compression level 11 (out of 12 levels)

16 color PNGs compress very well, especially if you use PNGOut, an awesome little utility. I can get a 16MB 256 color bitmap with dithering down to 2,300Kb, without the slightet bit of data loss.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 18:41

Grimson wrote:
Better quality and usually lower file sizes.
In fact, you can get as good quality as PNGs with half the size if you use JPGs with compression level 11 (out of 12 levels)

The quality will never be "as good" as PNG, because JPG pics always throw away data (lossy) where PNG never will (lossless). The trick is into optimizing the pic, LLa mentioned PNGOut, which is indeed very good.

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:25

Update:

Well, I want to finish(at least trying) the mod as soon as possible.
I'm working on the igloo level right now.

I gave idea to Levellass and i'm thinking about sledging field,where the kids are at the background and sledging as a background animation.

So that's all for now.

RoboBlue · Post by **RoboBlue** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:09

This reminds me of the Lemmings Christmas Edition that I used to play a lot as a kid. Good work so far!