Let me get this straight... (Keen X, Y, Z, Dash & Null)

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Let me get this straight... (Keen X, Y, Z, Dash & Null)

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Do all of these games fit together?
Is this the correct order?

1) Episode X (XkyKeen 1)
2) Episode Y (By Grelphy)
3) Episode Null (XkyKeen 2)
4) Episode Dash (XkyKeen 3)
5) Episode Z (By Ceilick)

I've played X, Null & Dash, but I never payed much attention to the storyline and how these all fit together.
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The correct order is X, Y, Z, Null, Dash

Keen Y was made by Grelphy before it was known that Xky had Keen Null planned (If I recall correctly). Keen Y is more or less an extension of Keen X and has basically the same plot and leaves Keen in more or less the same predicament he was in at the end of Keen X.

Keen Null, if I recall, vaguely references Keen Y happening in the timeline, but doesn't really connect Keen Y's (or X's for that matter) ending to itself.

I made Keen Z years after all this, which connects Y and Null.
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Ah, thank you! They should really be grouped together and re-released in some kind of "special edition" package to emphasize the continuity.
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Paramultart wrote:Ah, thank you! They should really be grouped together and re-released in some kind of "special edition" package to emphasize the continuity.
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StupidBunny wrote: Complete with 17 hours of bonus footage!
That reminds me, the level packs should be in there as well.
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Yeah, I had an idea like this a while ago. I actually started working on a deluxe re-release for a mod you all know with level pack included. I also started polishing its graphics a bit that's why it wasn't released yet.
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Something I don't understand why more people don't do is stylize their batch files with nice menus, or even go a step further by creating launcher programs with extended intros and whatnot.
I've seen people include various difficulty levels that are chosen by launching separate .BATs, but never have I seen one consolidated .BAT file with a menu to choose between these options.

Out of curiosity, Tulip, would this deluxe re-release happen to be your Silcar series?
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I believe Levellord did that and ruined it for everyone.
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Back in the day I wanted to make a menu for Vox together with a bug free release. I might come back to that come to think of it.

And no it's not Silcar, I don't believe levelpacks were released for my mods. It's a mod that has seen a levelpack already.
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tulip wrote:And no it's not Silcar, I don't believe levelpacks were released for my mods. It's a mod that has seen a levelpack already.
Alright, NOW I think I know what is it... will leave others to guess :)
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