Keen 1 mod "Get my stuff" public beta

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Keen 1 mod "Get my stuff" public beta

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Hi. I would like to present a playable early access beta version of my mod titled "get my stuff".

It contains 5 playable levels and can be completed.

getmystuff0.1

I plan to continue working on this in the future though I'm also not entirely sure how much.

I would be interested if anyone has ideas for improvement. If people send in tiles or levels to add to this mod I will be happy to consider them. Feel free to post it here. This can also be graphics that are not new.

The difficulty should not be so excessive to deter too many players especially in the early levels. I will be willing to reconsider things here and there to improve playability.

I don't really have a story and I'm not sure how much I care about it. But the premise is keen visits another planet. Somehow they stole all his important items (pogo, raygun, teddy bear) and now he has to get them back before leaving. Somehow the vorticons are involved again.

The current title is not great and might get replaced at some point.

I already have a plan for a garg replacement. The tank bot is still open technically, I think I will make it similar to a normal tank bot or make it a shootable enemy.



Most of the graphics are taken from other games, other keen mods or from the original keen. This will probably stay this way but some of it might be more polished later.

vorticons can be stunned by landing on them and the butler robot replacement disappears when shot. (it also flies with a patch from keen wiki).
These features are actually a challenge in terms of letting the player know that you can do that. In that case showing the video may help with that. the same with letting the player know the butler replacement is shootable. because often players tend to assume that a creature has the same features as the one it replaces in the original game.

video preview:

https://youtu.be/BGGLevHhv6E

Showing this is a kind of spoiler but it's a good way to show what it's about.
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Re: Preview of my keen 1 mod I'm working on. "Get my stuff"

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Ooh! Definitely looking forward to this!
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Re: Keen 1 mod "Get my stuff" public beta

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Update:

Beta version is now available from playing:

getmystuff0.1
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Re: Keen 1 mod "Get my stuff" public beta

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This is great! Keep up the amazing work going on with this one. :)
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Looks great from what I can see in the video, looking forward to trying the beta!

Keep thinking of more original graphics and you might end up with an all time classic on your hands!
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