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I really would like to see a proper successor of Commander Keen. Although I have no idea how it would look like with modern technology. Afaik, 3D Realms has th

I really would like to see a proper successor of Commander Keen. Although I have no idea how it would look like with modern technology. Afaik, 3D Realms has the rights on it, right? https://legacy.3drealms.com/keenhistory/ https://legacy.3drealms.com/keenhistory/

godzillabrennus 6y ago
Purists might hate me but an open world commander keen has been something I’ve wanted for a while. They have a lot of foundation for a great universe. Hopefully they go Mario 64 style and don’t get gritty/realistic. It could be awesome.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
You're in luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpneMd8xTFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpneMd8xTFw It looks like they went for a cartoon aesthetic similar to Fairly Odd Parents & co.
- Narishma 6y ago
  Not much luck. That's a mobile game and probably cancelled since there hasn't been any news about it for more than a year.
  - thih9 6y ago
    Cancellation seems likely, the "gokeen.com" link from the trailer now points to https://bethesda.net/en/dashboard https://bethesda.net/en/dashboard , with no information about the game.
rektide 6y ago
Someone on social mentioned that one of the main current IP holders was an individual who is racist or white supremacist or some grossly ugly thing. I just did some fast searching to try to suss out how BS this is but didn't get anywhere. Apologies for passing on rumors I couldn't even find to cite. But that would change my interest, for sure. Also yeah I'm struggling to imagine what we'd do with modern graphics technology here.
baud147258 6y ago
Isn't Commander Keen just a 2d platformer, something that is abudantly available on most platforms nowadays? Though I've never played it, so I might be missing something
- eps 6y ago
  Commander Keen was a fallback game for the smoothing side-scrolling engine that Carmack made and that iD pitched to Nintendo for porting their games onto PCs. Nintendo refused (surprise!), so the engine was use to make Commander Keen instead. That is, the notable thing about CK was its engine, which as innovative as it aged very quickly. There's still some nostalgic value there I guess but the target audience is probably quite limited.

godzillabrennus 6y ago

Purists might hate me but an open world commander keen has been something I’ve wanted for a while. They have a lot of foundation for a great universe. Hopefully they go Mario 64 style and don’t get gritty/realistic. It could be awesome.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

You're in luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpneMd8xTFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpneMd8xTFw It looks like they went for a cartoon aesthetic similar to Fairly Odd Parents & co.

Narishma 6y ago
Not much luck. That's a mobile game and probably cancelled since there hasn't been any news about it for more than a year.
- thih9 6y ago
  Cancellation seems likely, the "gokeen.com" link from the trailer now points to https://bethesda.net/en/dashboard https://bethesda.net/en/dashboard , with no information about the game.

rektide 6y ago

Someone on social mentioned that one of the main current IP holders was an individual who is racist or white supremacist or some grossly ugly thing. I just did some fast searching to try to suss out how BS this is but didn't get anywhere. Apologies for passing on rumors I couldn't even find to cite. But that would change my interest, for sure. Also yeah I'm struggling to imagine what we'd do with modern graphics technology here.

baud147258 6y ago

Isn't Commander Keen just a 2d platformer, something that is abudantly available on most platforms nowadays? Though I've never played it, so I might be missing something

eps 6y ago
Commander Keen was a fallback game for the smoothing side-scrolling engine that Carmack made and that iD pitched to Nintendo for porting their games onto PCs. Nintendo refused (surprise!), so the engine was use to make Commander Keen instead. That is, the notable thing about CK was its engine, which as innovative as it aged very quickly. There's still some nostalgic value there I guess but the target audience is probably quite limited.