Keen Meets the Meats

Modded episode	Keen Dreams
Protagonist	Commander Keen
Author(s)	DoomJedi, Szemigi, Levellass, troublesomekeen, VikingBoyBilly
Status	Complete
Release date	2015-03-16
Latest update	2015-05-21
Discussion(s)	PCKF: development ; demo ; April Fools' demo 1 ; April Fools' demo 2 ; full version
Number of levels	16
Secret levels	0
New gameplay?	No
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	Yes
New music?	No
Download	newest ; (mirror)
Vote	5.00 (one vote)

Keen Meets the Meats is a Keen Dreams mod by DoomJedi, Szemigi, Levellass, troublesomekeen, and VikingBoyBilly. Its title is taken from the planned sequel of Keen Dreams that never went into production.

Story

The story involves Keen awakening in a prison cell on the planet Grund-Bief after he got a stomachache due to too much fast food during his sister's birthday party. Keen has been snatched by an Abduct-o-Beam of the organization known as McZargalds, MZ for short, which is led by the Mad Butcher, serves tenderized children and has lax hygiene standards. Not only that, the food on Grund-Bief is so putrid that it has gained sentience.

The protagonist is initially unarmed, but soon finds a weapon called Ultra-Spicy Arcturian Megameatballs that allows him to reduce enemies to piles of ashes. However, to defeat the Mad Butcher, he has to obtain an even more powerful weapon, namely thousand-year old Bloog Eggs. Keen must explore Grund-Bief to find the necessary Bloog Eggs so that he can confront the Mad Butcher and rewire the Abduct-O-Beam to save the Earth once again.

Release Info

The production of the mod was announced in September 2013. The first demo version with one level came out in 2015 as a belated Mort Day release. It was soon followed by a slightly modified demo on April Fools' Day, where Keen is changed into a creeping sausage. Another April Fools' demo was released in late April, which already reflects a more advanced state of the mod in terms of graphics. In that "censored edition", Keen is nude, but a certain part of him is covered by a censor bar. The finished mod was made available in May.

Map of McZargalds

Evolution of the Titlescreen

Original demo version title screen
"Censored Edition" title screen
Full version title screen

Creatures and other meatifications

Some of the creatures below are new and do not replace anyone.

	Beefburgarian Tater Trooper replacement		T-Bone Broccolash replacement
	Manic Weenie		Skreedish Meatball Tomatooth replacement
	Quarter-Ton Zargburger with Cheese Pea Brain replacement		Frankenfurter Frenchy replacement
	Fowl Meat		Splatty Sour Grape replacement
	Mach Pizza		Sausinch Squasher replacement
	Walking Liverbug Apel replacement		Lambchopper Melon Lips replacement
	Shishkaboob Asparagusto replacement		Black Pudding
	Crazy Little Chef		The Mad Butcher King Boobus Tuber replacement