Suburb Shenanigans

Suburb Shenanigans

Modded episode	Keen 5
Protagonist	Commander Keen
Author(s)	Bubbatom
Status	Complete
Release date	2018-12-24
Latest update	2020-11-25
Discussion(s)	Development Thread Release Thread
Number of levels	23
Secret levels	0
New gameplay?	No
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	Yes
New music?	Yes
Download	newest (v.1.2) (unofficial) v.1.1 v.1.0.3 (unofficial) v.1.0
Vote	4.50 (2 votes)

Suburb Shenanigans is an Keen 5 mod by Bubbatom and was first announced on Keen Day 2012.

It takes place on Earth and specifically in Keen's hometown's suburbs, more specifically backyards, houses and also Keen's house along with a few extras, like a burger joint on the corner.

Story

Billy Blaze's home life was like any other eight-year old kid's living in the suburbs. School was a chore and kids gave him a hard time about his outstanding intellect.
The only time Billy could escape it all was when he became Commander Keen defender of Earth! Billy had had many adventures in space. He'd saved the Earth, he'd saved the Galaxy and recently he'd saved the Universe. The two lives contrasted each other nicely.
Today isn't just another school day though, it's the day of the school's annual IQ test, and to top it off, Billy's lost his bag and missed the bus...

Actors

• 
  Ant Hill
• 
  Auto Vac

  Robo Red replacement.
  
• 
  Billy Blaze

  Commander Keen replacement.
  
• 
  Bully

  Shockshund replacement.
  
• 
  Gardener

  Korath replacement.
  
• 
  Hound

  Sparky replacement.
  
• 
  Janitor / Cleaner

  Shikadi replacement.
  
• 
  Old Man

  Little Ampton replacement.
  
• 
  Pogo-Sticker

  Spindred replacement.
  
• 
  Remote Controlled Helicopter

  Spirogrip replacement.
  
• 
  Sugar Child

  Volte-face replacement.
  
• 
  Susan Blaze
• 
  Swarm O' Bees

  Shelley replacement.
  

Items

• 
  Liquorice Allsort

  100 points.
  
• 
  Macaroni & Cheese

  200 points.
  
• 
  Lasagne Square

  500 points.
  
• 
  Gyro / Yiros / Kebab

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Jelly / Jello

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Lemonade Bottle

  2,000 points.
  
• 
  Pot O' Gravy

  5,000 points.
  

• 
  Keys

  Keys to open doors.
• 
  Torrent by DareDevil

  The latest in caffeinated energy drinks. 100 cans will make you feel like you can get up from anything!
• 
  Vat O' Torrent

  Extra Keen.

Levels

Some of the levels listed below aren't accessible in the world map, but mostly through another level.

• 

  0: The Suburbs

  Keen races around the Suburbs

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  1: The Blaze's Place

  Keen awakens to his Bedroom

  Required? Yes

  Points 53,300

  Ammo 1

• 

  2: The Sewer System

  Keen wades through The Sewer System

  Required? ??

  Points 74,300

  Ammo 5

• 

  3: Scudders Burger Bar

  Keen pigs out at Scudder's

  Required? Yes

  Points 35,900

  Ammo 2

• 

  4: Scudders Burger Bar

  Keen reaches the Checkpoint

  Required? Yes

  Points 42,600

  Ammo 1

• 

  5: The Deserted Block

  Keen darts through the Deserted Block

  Required? ??

  Points 33,500

  Ammo 2

• 

  6: The Unoccupied House

  Keen slinks into The Unoccupied House

  Required? ??

  Points 22,400

  Ammo 3

• 

  7: The Unoccupied House

  Keen reaches the Checkpoint

  Required? ??

  Points 12,900

  Ammo 2

• 

  8: Casey's Place

  Keen calls into The Casey's Place

  Required? ??

  Points 19,400

  Ammo 2

• 

  9: Casey's Place

  Keen calls into The Casey's Place

  Required? ??

  Points 29,000

  Ammo 3

• 

  10: The Backyard Clubhouse

  Keen takes a break in the Backyard Clubhouse

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 2

• 

  11: Golden House

  Keen barges into the Golden House

  Required? ??

  Points 51,100

  Ammo 4

• 

  12: Bleached House

  Keen jumps the fence to the Bleach Colored House

  Required? ??

  Points 66,300

  Ammo 3

• 

  13: The Bus

  Keen clambers onto the Bus roof to find Mortimer

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 1

• 

  14: The Mansion

  Keen intrudes in on The Mansion

  Required? ??

  Points 114,300

  Ammo 3

• 

  15: High Scores

  The Player cheats their way into the High Scores

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  16: The Neighbor's

  Keen ends up at the Neighbor's Backyard

  Required? ??

  Points 16,300

  Ammo 1

• 

  17: The Neighbor's

  Keen reaches the Checkpoint

  Required? ??

  Points 54,700

  Ammo 3

• 

  18: The Neighbor's

  Keen arrives at the Neighbor's Front Yard

  Required? ??

  Points 42,300

  Ammo 4

• 

  19: The Neighbor's

  Keen reaches the Checkpoint

  Required? ??

  Points 13,300

  Ammo 2

• 

  20: Cosy Dwelling

  Keen tramples over the Cosy Dwelling

  Required? ??

  Points 26,900

  Ammo 3

• 

  21: The Garden

  Keen reaches the Checkpoint

  Required? ??

  Points 24,200

  Ammo 2

• 

  22: Mr Jenkins Yard

  Keen trespasses into Mr Jenkins Yard

  Required? ??

  Points 14,300

  Ammo 1

• 

  23: Mr Jenkins House

  Keen reaches the Checkpoint

  Required? ??

  Points 79,000

  Ammo 2

Technical Information

• Tools used: CK456DTli, CKPatch, KeenGraph, KeenScr, KeenWave, LNAMES, ModKeen, LModKeen, Startext, The Neural Stunner, TOM, UNLZEXE

Known Issues

This mod pushes the engines capacity to limit in terms of unique graphics and sprite memory usage per level. Due to insufficient memory the mod might crash in the following levels: Scudders Burger Bar, Golden House, The Mansion, Cosy Dwelling and/or Mr Jenkins House. This has been addressed in version 1.0.3 and 1.1.
The save state crash is also a known bug. Somehow the save files themselves get irrepealable corrupted after a couple of loading times.

External Links

• Video footage on Youtube