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AlphaLurker wrote:Viking: yeah, I hadn't beaten Keen 3 when I drew these, so I hadn't seen the ending image which gives a clear look at the vorticons, I'll try harder next time to make the males look right
Woah, seriously?
No, no, don't do that. I like these first-impression interpretations.
I guess my "kangaroo" impression nobody agrees with comes from the first time you meet them and they jump so high, but then the keen 3 end screen shows their face is more dog-like.
AlphaLurker wrote:you mentioned 3D gameplay is there a 3D keen fangame out there?
Well, there's a commander keen 64 in the works. I just thought the 2nd fanart looked like what keen 3 would be if keen 64 ever makes it that far.
DaVince wrote:I think you should totally work together with Lava89 to do the art direction for Keen 64. Your colour palettes are very pretty.
Your forgetting that keenishness is dependently fixed to the EGA palette, so even if keen 64 were to go full 256 VGA, it would just be for the distance shading, which are all gradients of each of the 16 EGA colors based on light saturation (and all WHITE light saturation; none of those naughty hues to screw up the genuine article)
Fair point, but in 3D you're still going to have some slightly toned down colours or at least a larger collection of shades in order to make it more palatable on the eye. I suggested it exactly because the smoother colours in the fan art still work very well and identifiable for the Keen look.
trouble: Wow 2.5D keen looks amazing! like a real pro game! ID should try and hire Ronnie to remake the whole series!
Viking: oh that's super neat! I'm really feeling the 64bit era vibe!
Davince: Thanks! though I think Lava89's doing an excellent job on his own, some ambient light, and a nice martian skybox and your concerns would be fixed in a flash I think
Levellass: I'm really sorry about that, I shouldn't be arting when I'm so tired
All those 3D games looks so cool I felt inspired to make a Yorp!