Keen Awards 2019: Nominations
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 13:59
(Yorp trophy by Lava89)
A while ago, I created a KeenWiki article on the Keen Awards, which contains lists of all the winners. The event was held three times during the PCKF's early years to honour Keeners for the great stuff they create. There were no Keen Awards 2005 because "2005 sucked" (I don't think that's true, but whatever). Since then, there have been several unsuccessful attempts for new Keen Awards, which were usually intended to cover multiple years.
Many amazing things have been done in recent years, I think it would be cool to revive the annual Keen Awards. Works released in 2019 could be nominated, or something that received a major update in said year. The KeenWiki article contains links to the archived threads, you can see the whole process for the Keen Awards 2002 (nominations, polls, results).
I think it could work the same way again in early 2020. It's feasible as this board doesn't have hundreds of active members. The categories could be like this (only minor modifications):
EDIT: This is the list of nominees. Nominations ended on February 29. The polls can be found in the Other Keen Stuff forum. The voting will end on March 14, around 12:00 UTC.
1: Programming
1.1: Best Vorticon Mod (incl. level packs)
- The Mortrix by Quillax
- Planet of the Pandas by proYorp
1.2: Best Galaxy/Dreams Mod (ditto)
- Keenball by Levellass
- The Prisoner's Dilemma by Kohntarkosz_
- Atroxian Realm v.1.3 by Gridlock
- Bounty Hunting Brouhaha by Kohntarkosz_
- Keen Dreams 2: Another Helping of Veggies by Szemi
1.3: Best Fangame
- Super Mario in Marooned on Mars by Ryan Silberman
- Planet Cloudius IX by Roobar
1.4: Best Level (from any 2019 mod, level pack or fangame)
- Drawing (Secret Level 01) from Planet Cloudius IX by Roobar
- Cell Block Alpha (Level 01) from The Prisoner's Dilemma by Kohntarkosz_
- Level 13 from Planet of the Pandas by proYorp
- White Carrot Path (Level 13) from Keen Dreams 2: Another Helping of Veggies by Szemi
1.5: Best Tool
- Customized Screen Update Code by K1n9_Duk3
- KEENGINE's map editor, tileset editor and type info tools by K1n9_Duk3
2: Fan Art
2.1: Best Graphical Artwork (e.g. an individual piece of art or a series of comics)
- Commander Keen by Emyl-Eikenaar
- Redrawn Keen 1 sprites by aintnofuntime
2.2: Best Narrative (fanfic, story of a fangame/mod/comic etc.)
- The Prisoner's Dilemma by Kohntarkosz_
- Bounty Hunting Brouhaha by Kohntarkosz_
- The Commander by Dean Smyth
2.3: Best Music (e.g. an individual remix or the soundtrack of a work)
- "Ancient Ruins" by Ted Kerr 2017 from "Ancient Ruins" level in Planet Cloudius IX by Roobar
- "Almost Out of Breath" remix by kvee
- "Too Hot To Handle" remix by troublesomekeen
- "Goodbye summer, Hello winter 'Spooky' Remix" by Waterflame from "Guardian Post 1" level in Planet Cloudius IX by Roobar
2.4: Best Animation
2.5: Best Non-Computerized Art (pencil drawing, sculpture, cosplay etc.)
- Yorp and Garg cosplay by Computing History visitors
- Keen Meets Mario on Fribbulus Xax by Quillax
2.6: Best Gameplay Video (speedruns, playthroughs etc.)
- Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy playthrough by GHostLPs
- Paul's Gaming - Commander Keen mods playthroughs by Piece of Pie Software
3: Web
3.1: Best Website
- Sierra Death Generator by Foone
- Quillax Ship by Quillax
3.2: Best Online Entertainment (e.g. games with online support and browser games)
- Chocolate Keen in WebAssembly by James Mackenzie
- Commander Keen mods at Jimage by Commander Spleen
3.3: Online Community Service Recognition (for the hard-working admins, moderators and website owners)
- Malvineous
- Fleexy
- KeenRush
4: Miscellaneous
4.1: Keenest Person of the Year
- Grandy02
- Nisaba
- K1n9_Duk3
- Quillax
4.2: Really Keen Stuff (something great that came out of the blue)
- How to tackle the Standard Galactic Alphabet by Pixelmusement
- Discovering that the jump height in Keen 1-3 depends on the CPU speed and that all of the lolipops in Keen 1 Level 4 can be collected. (by NY00123)
- Finding the potential origin behind Keen's death animation from Keen 1-3 (by proYorp)
4.3: Most Promising Project
- The Crazy Komet by Awesome-Keener
- Foray in the Forest by Nisaba
- The Prisoner's Dilemma by Kohntarkosz_
- Keen 4 levels from WolfenDoom - Blade of Agony by the Realm667 team (incl. Tormentor667, DoomJedi, Ozymandias81, Afadoomer, Nisaba, Crimson)
- Commander Keen Remastered by Kajuby
4.4 Best Official Keen Product
- Commander Keen T-Shirt
- Nintendo Switch port of Keen Dreams
- Commander Keen mobile game
There were also one-shot categories. Nothing comes to mind for 2019, but for the Keen Awards 2020 (in case it happens), I'm thinking of something like "Best 30th Anniversary Tribute".
What's your opinion? If you have any suggestions (for example,if you think that the number of categories should be reduced), please post them.