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XkyRauh · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 17:16 Post subject: XkyKeen4: Surrender

Hey guys. I'm not particularly proud to do this; I'm officially admitting that I will never be able to complete XkyKeen4.

In the interest of Keenmunity service, I'm releasing what I've got here:
http://files.commanderkeen.org/users/xkyrauh/XkyKeen4.zip
If you're interested, please check it out.

I'm sorry I couldn't find the time to make it happen--but after five years, enough is enough, and it's stupid to hold on to the files with false hope. Reality sucks sometimes.

Thanks for the support and the encouragement. :)

KeenRush · Android Dummy Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 2120

First of all: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! #�%/&Q%/�)(Q/�)(#� Garg

Nooo!

Then: So, so, so, Awesome, gonna try it as soon as I can!! Grin

But really, really too bad XkyKeen4 didn't come true in full. Sad

I hope there'll be some other Keen 1-3 Xky mods, still. Wink

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q 90 · Vortininja Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 115

It definitely had promise!!! And whoa?! A Keen 4 mod? Only one other full K4 mod exists!

It's a sad sad day. Sad

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StupidBunny · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 21:14 Post subject:

I will play it soon. It's too bad you couldn't finish it, but then, I've been there. Life gets in the way, and full mods of Keen 4 are not easy to do. (Hence their rarity.)
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KeenRush · Android Dummy Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 2120

Oh man, I'm crying blood! Bloody

The graphics are so brilliant!! The best Keen sprite ever, I would have loved to jump and run through places with this one. This captured the magic of Keen or something so well! Damn! Awesome animations, especially when you go in through doors! Grin

The nature backgrounds in the first levels, so tasty. It is so pity this kind of thing takes too much time and all that, it would have been a brilliant mod.
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Toomuchsparetime · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:15 Post subject:

Ah well, you're still more man than all the guys "working on" DNF, Xky. Wink

(ZING, 3DR! ZING!!!!)
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elecdude33 · Mad Mushroom Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 398

It's a shame, but I can understand. Thanks for releasing the unfinished version.
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Djaser · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:02 Post subject:

Unfortunately there isn't a single level playable. Damn shame with all those awesome graphical goodness.
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Mink · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:04 Post subject:

Thanks for releasing what you finished, Xky. These graphics, specifically the Keen sprite, are incredible.

StupidBunny · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 17:38 Post subject:

Amazing work...I must say that your Keen sprite is of phenomenal quality. I also love some of your enemy replacements, and the natural background.
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XkyRauh · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 19:10 Post subject:

Genius314 · Vorticon Elite Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 843

Too bad you didn't get to finish it. But it's amazing what's done so far.

It's also cool to see how you worked on it... The little notes in the tilesets, the doodles. Happy

It'd be great if someone else finished this. but I don't think it'd still have that Xky feel to it.

Ceilick · The Dude Joined: 22 Sep 2008 Posts: 1309 Location: Seattle

Stopping by to say I'm really sorry to see this one go. Xky, your graphics rock and the way you've reimagined the enemies is brilliant. The planets environment looks absolutely bizzare. Would have loved to explore that.

I think my favorite part was howlick replacement swings the wrench, looks fantastic. Same goes for the Berkloid ax swinger guy.

The idea for keen to jump down chutes instead of going through doors really just blew me away; I wish I had been that creative when modding.

Anyway, sorry to hear it won't be completed, but awesome work nonetheless Happy

tulip · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 20:36 Post subject:

So it's official... well maybe you'll someday be missing the whole modding thing and you'll find your way back... maybe do a little Keen 1-3 mod, that isn't so much work.
Be sure to play our mods in the future, will you?

Thanks for your unfinished mod.
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StupidBunny · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:01 Post subject:

I remember I tried to do a mod of Keen 4 a few years back...I actually replaced a lot of the sprites and some of the tiles, but what I did wasn't really that good. In any case, the main thing I discovered about modding Keen 4 is that it is REALLY time-consuming, and working with the masking tiles, especially back then, coupled with slopes was an utterly mind-numbing task. I couldn't have done as well as either Xky or Ceilick if I tried. (I probably still couldn't. Cheeky

) In any case, that mod really had no direction at all and I don't even know if I still have the work I did.
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