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K1n9_Duk3 · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 16:54 Post subject: Aliens Ate My Little Sister!

Just finished my very first Commander Keen Fangame:

Aliens Ate My Little Sister!

Download:
Version 1.0
Version 1.1

Version 1.1 (mirror)
Please note that I might delete the mirror file once the ohost.de server is back online.

I've already posted some of the materials used over here and here

I'ts basically "The largest Keen level ever!" that wiivn posted, with some modifications so that you can actually play through it without getting stuck or having to cheat.

It's funny to see, that this playable Fangame version of the level is actually a lot smaller in filesize than the JPEG wiivn posted. Poindexter

I also took my time and wrote a lot of help texts and a short story for this game. See for yourself.

Screenshots:

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VikingBoyBilly · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 17:31 Post subject:

Hahahah, so that fixed tree limb thing was actually a prelude to a grand map. I don't think anybody even guessed that it wasn't bloogwaters crossing or even any other official keen 6 map Crazy

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K1n9_Duk3 · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 18:27 Post subject:

Well, I didn't want to make any big announcements until I knew what I was gonna do with the map. I even made a post on the other thread, saying that I wasn't gonna finish the map at all. But then I thought it would be nice to see a small Fangame that demonstrates the abilities of KEENGINE, the engine that we (the Fan Site Celle community) are working on. I guess it will still be quite some time before we actually get to finish the Fangame that we started it for.

As a bonus, this small Fangame might even help to improve the engine, as I think it will be tested by a few more people that a simple TechDemo would. So if you find any errors or are experiencing crashes, tell me about it.

I know that there are still some bugs in the game. One of them will even produce a "BAD MOVEMENT" warning and put some additional information on this in the logfile. This usually means, that an Actor is moved further than he was supposed to, causing Actors to magically move through solid walls. But that should get fixed in one of the next versions of the engine.
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Mink · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 19:25 Post subject:

Truly epic, and nice to see your engine in action (and haha, the iWrist was a nice inclusion). It'd be great to see even more levels added to this.

A couple bugs, though:
- Blooglets move way too fast, as does Keen while pogoing.
- I died a couple times (and once even somehow triggered the ending), seemingly at random, and I have no idea how it happened - one minute I was walking along, and the next I was bouncing off the edge of the screen. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get this bug to repeat reliably.

And I know the current title's probably an offshoot of this, but I would've gone with 'Aliens Ate My Baby Sister!' Cheeky

K1n9_Duk3 · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 20:29 Post subject:

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K1n9_Duk3 · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 20:42 Post subject:

Well, since you can edit all the texts displayed in the game AND you've got the title image, go ahead and change it if you like! I don't mind.
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tulip · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 21:27 Post subject:

Man this is truly awesome. iWrist, Skulls and Bones.. all nice gimmicks. And the level is really challenging.
You'll use that engine for the CKFSC Fangame if I didn't get that wrong. It's great, you should work a bit on the physics though, the steerability while pogoing is too much.
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Ceilick · The Dude Joined: 22 Sep 2008 Posts: 1308 Location: Seattle

Wow! Awesome job! The menu is great and so are the physics! Really impressive. As far as keen's movement, everything feels right except the pogoing. Basically what Mink and Tulip said: too fast and too much maneuverability (which makes it harder to control for me).

Also, how do you get to the second yellow gem? I can see it above the sloped hill, but can't find a way up there!
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DaVince · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 21:44 Post subject:

Aw, it doesn't work in Wine (shows static instead of game content). Ah well. I'll boot into Windows later and try it out then. Happy

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Mink · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 22:19 Post subject:

K1n9_Duk3 · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:31 Post subject:

Shilor · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:59 Post subject:

Wow this is fantastic! I love what you have done. Even the new iWrist was a nice touch. An awesome challenging large level. I like how friendly this was to run in Windows 7. Also the options to change resolutions was very neat. I also loved the Yorp from keen 6. it was a nice touch.

Cant wait to see more in the future. Happy

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wiivn · Vorticon Elite Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 1407

Wow! That's so awesome man! You engine is working great! It's smooth and fast and all. And good job with recreating my map Happy

. It's really cool playing on it.

As a notice, when I configured my controls, the left ctrl is displayed as key 165.

Also, this by far, is the easy-est keen level editor! I may come up with a new level. But I have some questions.

Is there an undo option?

Can you grab something that you've already build, cut it and move it?

In [LEVELS] can I add additional maps (i.e. when finish a level, next one to starts) or only the worldmap can be changed with another one?

Is there a full screen mode for the level editor or can the window be re-sized for larger view? Is there a zoom option?

I didn't try this yet, but I suppose the game supports 32 bit graphics. So it should support larger tilesets?

Thanks!