Commander Keen’s creator, industry veteran Tom Hall, is announcing his return to fun, funny sci-fi platforming, and he wants to bring you ALL with him! Not just to play but to CREATE A GAME EASILY yourself! WORLDS OF WANDER is a PLATFORM GAME CREATION TOOL that lets you build and share levels, worlds, and whole game experiences with other players. But making a game can be daunting, so it starts with a COMPLETE GAME for you to mess with -- the spiritual successor to Commander Keen -- SECRET SPACESHIP CLUB!
Tom is making SECRET SPACESHIP CLUB with this tool and then giving you the game to play, AND all the data to play with! This game will return to the quirky, funny, clever Tom Hall universe in style, and give you lots of concrete, useful data to start with. It's easy to make a game when you start with one! You never leave the game environment -- the editor is built in! Start in easy mode and just mess with something already made for you. It’s that simple!
Creston wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 13:20:it's Commander Keen! The PC's Mario.
Where exactly is the "oh cool" factor of Commander Keen
.net_Drifter wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 02:56:Creston wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:15:
I can just see Tom sitting there, going "Goddammit, I've GOT to get in on this sweet nostalgia money! What other games have I done that I can bring out? COMMANDER KEEN!"
When this one fails, maybe he'll finally realize he needs to kickstart a sequel to Anachronox.
Creston
As much as I'd love to get a sequel to Anachronox . . . I doubt a Kickstarter would be successful. No one really seemed to care about it, beyond the hardcore fans of the game.
That being said, if he does kickstart an Anachronox sequel, my money's ready.
MoonSpook wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 05:39:Quinn wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 05:20:
Yeahhh
It's like the guy reads Bluesnews! It's exactly what I was wishing in
this thread!
Next up: Another World!
There has been an Another World remake already - whether it's what you're looking for is another matter.
Quinn wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 05:20:
Yeahhh
It's like the guy reads Bluesnews! It's exactly what I was wishing in
this thread!
Next up: Another World!
Creston wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:15:
I can just see Tom sitting there, going "Goddammit, I've GOT to get in on this sweet nostalgia money! What other games have I done that I can bring out? COMMANDER KEEN!"
When this one fails, maybe he'll finally realize he needs to kickstart a sequel to Anachronox.
Creston
Creston wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:15:He has been wanting to do Keen FOREVER. If you knew anything. id software never gave up the rights, which is strange because they never did anything with it and never will.
I can just see Tom sitting there, going "Goddammit, I've GOT to get in on this sweet nostalgia money! What other games have I done that I can bring out? COMMANDER KEEN!"
When this one fails, maybe he'll finally realize he needs to kickstart a sequel to Anachronox.
Creston
Orogogus wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:45:
You're still off the deep end. The type of game is platformer. The controls are platformer controls. The audience is people who play platformers. The iPad has about as much influence on a platformer as it does on tic-tac-toe. Might as well stop using web browsers since they run on tablets, too.
ItBurn wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:35:DrEvil wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:31:ItBurn wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:25:
A generic platformer made for the lowest common denominator, the ipad. No thanks.
I do think that having an editor is cool. I would have liked that when I was a kid.
I don't know that working on an iPad has any bearing on "lowest common denominator". A 2D platformer isn't exactly demanding on hardware.
I wasn't talking about hardware. I was talking about controls, target audience and the types of games that make sense on a tablet. Three things that I don't want.
DrEvil wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:31:ItBurn wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:25:
A generic platformer made for the lowest common denominator, the ipad. No thanks.
I do think that having an editor is cool. I would have liked that when I was a kid.
I don't know that working on an iPad has any bearing on "lowest common denominator". A 2D platformer isn't exactly demanding on hardware.
ItBurn wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 21:25:
A generic platformer made for the lowest common denominator, the ipad. No thanks.
I do think that having an editor is cool. I would have liked that when I was a kid.