Simulator Keen

Simulator Keen

Modded episode	Keen 3
Protagonist	Commander Keen
Author(s)	shikadi
Status	Complete
Release date	2023-03-21
Latest update	2023-03-25
Discussion(s)	PCKF
Number of levels	10
Secret levels	0
New gameplay?	Yes
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	No
New music?	No
Download	newest (v1.1) v1.0
Vote	0.00 (0 votes)

Simulator Keen is a Keen 3 mod by shikadi, based on Multimania's Keen 1 Randomiser. This mod is notable for levels that are randomly generated in each startup. Because of the random nature of the levels, the player may have to cheat to get through or quit and reload the game to scramble the levels again. The setting is Blue Mars, a distorted version of Mars that has altered versions of a couple Keen 1 creatures.

Story

In his ship, the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket, Keen dispenses galactic justice with an iron hand!

While Keen is out exploring the mountains of Mars, the Vorticons steal vital parts of his ship and take them to distant Martian cities! No wait, his entire ship is gone. He doesn't even remember how he got here? What are Vorticons again? Blue mars doesn't have them. So how can they steal ship parts of a ship that's not here. Commander keen feels confused and worried.

With no ship around and no clue how he got here, commander keen goes around to explore this hazy world. Everything seems vaguely familiar, yet unknown. Sometimes, when he looks away and then focuses again, things don't quite appear as he remembered. Is his memory failing him? Or is it the reality that's failing?

Actors

• 
  Extra-dumb Garg

  Foob replacement.
  
• 
  Fireball

  Meep replacement.
  
• 
  Homing Mine

  Jack replacement.
  
• 
  Mine Layer

  Vorticon Woman replacement.
  
• 
  Three-eyed Yorp

  Vorticon Grunt (red) replacement.
  

Items

• 
  Melon Slice

  100 points.
  
• 
  Pretzel

  200 points.
  
• 
  Drumstick

  500 points.
  
• 
  Piece of Pie

  1,000 points.
  
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  Jug of Fruit Juice

  5,000 points.
  

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  Ammo

  Five extra shots.
• 
  Keys

  Keys used to unlock doors.

Levels

Only 10 in-game levels are created and loaded after starting up the game, but due to their randomness, they are not shown here. Otherwise, there would be an infinite amount of maps listed to show all the different possible combinations per level number.

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  80: Blue Mars (world map)

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

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  81: (unused)

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

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  90: Title screen

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

Technical Information

• New standalone story
• Graphics: mostly taken from various users on itch.io, some recolors and edits of Keen 1 graphics
• Levels: 10 levels (randomly generated at each game startup), 1 world map (Blue Mars)
• Tools used (incomplete list): CKPatch, Keen 1 Randomiser (modified version)