Keen 3 in Galaxy style

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Keen 3 in Galaxy style

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I've seen and tried out Dr. Colussus' great remakes of "Marooned on Mars" and "Earth Explodes". However a remake of the third game is not going to be created. I'm not skilled at modding and I'm no way a skilled artist, but I was able to put together a map that puts quite a fews things in 3D perspective. Can you spot the Easter Egg in the level?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6fxreiopb3jv ... e.png?dl=0

Sorry that there aren't any enemies in the picture, but I don't have the skills to draw them Galaxy style. The Stranded Fish was based on a killer fish from Monster Bash.
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OK That's actually looking really cool. Here's the Keen 3 map for comparison.
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Kayburt wrote: Tue Nov 27, 2018 21:10 I've seen and tried out Dr. Colussus' great remakes of "Marooned on Mars" and "Earth Explodes". However a remake of the third game is not going to be created. I'm not skilled at modding and I'm no way a skilled artist, but I was able to put together a map that puts quite a fews things in 3D perspective. Can you spot the Easter Egg in the level?

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Sorry that there aren't any enemies in the picture, but I don't have the skills to draw them Galaxy style. The Stranded Fish was based on a killer fish from Monster Bash.
Roobar wrote: Tue Nov 27, 2018 22:07 OK That's actually looking really cool. Image Here's the Keen 3 map for comparison.
out now (link) : Image
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Great job, this looks really cool and succeeds at what it tries to do. I especially like the stairways.
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KeenRush wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 5:21 Great job, this looks really cool and succeeds at what it tries to do. I especially like the stairways.
When I did the stairs, I lined each step three pixels apart. Took several minutes to calculate the bottom step from the top one. If the stairs were connected on-screen, the pattern would be perfect. It truly gives the perfect angle.
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Here a few more screenshots to whet your appetite on what the mod remake would look like.

* https://www.dropbox.com/s/id1bb7yg00117 ... 3.png?dl=0 In game instructions showing new enemy
* https://www.dropbox.com/s/8s29sesyzzopb ... t.png?dl=0 The start of Vorticon VI
* https://www.dropbox.com/s/0u44zts46f5ia ... t.png?dl=0 Part of Level 10
* https://www.dropbox.com/s/5iodf6bryx1z6 ... t.png?dl=0 Part of Level 12 with lighting effects
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wanna display images? easy!

convert this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/id1bb7yg00117u6/CK3-Screenshot3.png?dl=0

into that:
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/id1bb7yg00117u6/CK3-Screenshot3.png?dl=1[/img]

Kayburt wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 18:51 Here a few more screenshots to whet your appetite on what the mod remake would look like.

* In game instructions showing new enemy
Image

* The start of Vorticon VI
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* Part of Level 10
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* Part of Level 12 with lighting effects
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out now (link) : Image
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wow these look awsome! I wish this mod existed right now so I could play it.
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I'm not entirely sure, but he said he's not skilled at modding, so what we're seeing here is photoshop or something, illustrating what Keen 3 would look like and not an upcoming mod.

But if this is a mod, then it already looks really advanced.
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Dang, this is looking pretty sweet. I'd play it.
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I love what I see
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With the Easter holidays here, I've had time to come up with a couple of more exciting screenshots:

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Level 8 - Hal's Kitchen

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Level 14 - Cape Canavorta

The first screenshot is supposed to be Hal's Kitchen, but I couldn't exactly replicate the complicated kitchen maze into an isometric platform layout, so I tried something different. There's also an obvious Easter Egg in it.
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Is this a reference to Duke 2?
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I love the city backdrop
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Roobar wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2019 18:23 Is this a reference to Duke 2?
The floating messenger indeed is a reference to Duke Nukem II.
55Aavenue wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 0:33 I love the city backdrop
The city backdrop is a recolored version of the one in the third episode of "Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure".
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