BomberKeen

Description

This is a "Bomberman" based game in C++ that brings "Bomberman" gameplay to Commander Keen universe - with related characters, themes and more.

Started by DoomJedi in February 06, 2013, the project went over the years through numerous development attempts/iterations under a few engines - C++, Game Maker, one of which with the help of Dr. Kylestein, who eventually abandoned the project at some point sending it to a long freeze.
The project was revived on January 06, 2025 by DoomJedi with K1n9_Duk3 joining to help on coding/development side, based on old coding core made by unknown coder, that DoomJedi kept on his computer since the 90s (and already added to it since random theme and character support).
Original source was reorganized, fixed and vastly improved since.
Since the revival - alpha 1.01 was released.
The project is in active development.

2 basic classic powerups - Bomb+ and Blast+
2 player support (with aim to support up to 4 players).
Customizable characters and themes via external files/subfolders
Set of 43 playable characters (and still growing) from across Keen 1 to "Keen 9" (aka Battle of the Brains) and notable Keen mods.
Set of 19 themes (and still growing) from across Keen 1 to "Keen 9" (aka Battle of the Brains)

Vorticon Trilogy Characters:

Keen 4 characters:

Keen 5 characters:

Keen 6 characters:

Unofficial Keen 7-9 characters:

Notable Keen mod characters:

Additional Non-Keen characters:

Dr Kylestein - Menu and font art resources