Skater Squirrel

Skater Squirrel

Modded episode	Keen 4
Protagonist	Skater
Author(s)	Ziblink, Levellass
Status	Beta
Release date	2017-10-19
Discussion(s)	PCKF
Number of levels	5
Secret levels	0
New gameplay?	Yes
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	No
New music?	Yes
Download	newest
Vote	3.00 (one vote)

Skater Squirrel, more properly Skater Squirrel's Cherry Cake Caper is a heavily patched Keen 4 mod released by Levellass. It stars a certain squirrel who has appeared in a few other trivial projects, with modified physics and Skater's starting position changing depending on the difficultly.

This mini-mod of a handful of levels was made both as a small prize for the InsaLevs II competition and is a demo based on the core of a yet unreleased larger, complete mod.

Story

Skater D. (for 'Danger') Squirrel is the only surviving pup of Scatter and Skitter Squirrel, typical red squirrels living in typical holes in typical trees in typical forests in the very atypical US of A, greatest country in the world. (According to the squirrels that live there.) A somewhat weird fellow he spends his summers in Ohio and his winters in the frozen wastes of the arctic.

Due to these trips (And Russian Tinder) he found himself romantically involved with a wolf called Deathbringer (Or White' to her friends.) Their relationship was rocky but Skater was always too skinny to eat and was always willing to lead innocent creatures to her lair.

However one fine spring day it dawns on the buck that is will soon be the 1-year anniversary of their relationship. It would be wise to do something special, both out of love and to avoid being consumed.

As such he resolves to bake her a cake. Cakes are nice. Everyone loves cake.

Four hours and one multi-state forest fire later Skater had to admit to one stark fact: He could not cook. He would have to look elsewhere for a cake (and to avoid the wrath of Smokey the Bear.)

In fact, while enjoying a Foray in the Forest the squirrel happens upon a human bearing one of the famous Cakes of Roib; confectioneries of legend from the bountiful planet of Roib, whose beauty will never see ruin.

Actors

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  Bat

  Schoolfish replacement.
  
• 
  Bee

  Skypest replacement.
  
• 
  Bird

  Schoolfish replacement.
  
• 
  Bunny

  Lick replacement.
  
• 
  Dog

  Foot replacement.
  
• 
  Egg

  Blue Bird Egg replacement.
  
• 
  Ferret

  Arachnut replacement.
  
• 
  Hawk

  Blue Bird replacement.
  
• 
  Hellhound

  Inchworm replacement.
  
• 
  Scampster

  Poison Slug replacement.
  
• 
  Skunk

  Sprite replacement.
  
• 
  Snapsnake

  Thundercloud replacement.
  
• 
  Spider

  Mad Mushroom replacement.
  
• 
  Toad

  IF Ammo replacement.
  

Items

• 
  Hazelnut

  100 points.
  
• 
  Three-Tooth Gum

  100 points.
  
• 
  Peanut

  200 points.
  
• 
  Fruits

  200 points.
  
• 
  Ruby

  500 points.
  
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  Nut Cluster

  500 points.
  
• 
  Shikkers Candy Bar

  500 points.
  
• 
  Kiwi

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Walnut

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Doughnut

  2,000 points.
  
• 
  PB&J Sandwich

  2,000 points.
  
• 
  Moneybag

  5,000 points.
  
• 
  Pecan Cake

  50,000 points.
  

• 
  Acorn

  Gives one extra shot.
• 
  Coin

  Collect 100 to get an extra life.
• 
  Heart

  Two extra lives in easy, one in normal, 10,000 points in hard.

Levels

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  0: First Foray

  Skater's First Foray

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo 0 + 0

• 

  1: Forest Followup

  Skater's Forest Followup

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo 0 + 6

• 

  2: Tree Spree

  Skater's Tree Spree

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo 0 + 7

• 

  3: Height Fight

  Skater's Height Fight

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo 0 + 16

• 

  4: Final Findings

  Skater's Final Finding

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 0 + 0

• 

  12: Stumbledark

  Skater stumbles about in The Dark

  Required? No

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  18: Demo Level

  Skater Squirrel DEMOnstrates Fudge Packing

  Required? No

  Points 21,500

  Ammo 1 + 1

• 

  19: High Scores

  Skater climbs the High Scores

  Required? No

  Points 2,600

  Ammo 0 + 0

Technical Information

• Stand-alone mod with little connection to the Commander Keen universe
• Graphics: custom graphics with some taken from various sources (such as Episode 59 - Underworld Ultimate!)
• Levels: 5 levels, 1 inaccessible level (High Scores), no worldmap
• Tools used: TED5, The Omegamatic (TOM), Abiathar, CKPatch, Keengraph, CK456DTli, IMFCreator, IMFCrush, Startext, KeenWave