Keen Dreams Bugs
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This page lists all the bugs, odd behaviours and unexpected actions that have been discovered in Keen Dreams.
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Jumping through dangers
When you find fire or radioactive floors, you can pass them unharmed by holding the jump key when hitting the ground (you can hold the key several seconds before landing, so no hurry) -- and Keen will bounce up normally. Remember to release the jump key between every bounce and then press it again before landing again.
Climbing up nothing
If you are on a pole and move down on to a Melon Minecart, it will drag you along still in the climbing position. If you then proceed to move upwards, you will escape the mine cart but be climbing an invisible pole. You can climb as high or as low as the original pole goes, passing straight through any solid tiles along the way, though enemies will still kill you. The only place this can be done is alongside the right edge of The Melon Mines, as it is the only place in the game with both Mine Carts and poles nearby.
Quick level exits
If there isn't a wall in your way, go against the right edge of the level, and die! If Commander Keen's head goes through the right edge of the screen, you'll complete the level (and if you miss, it's your problem).
Dropping enemies
It is possible to make the Squash jump off of cliffs out of the level, thus 'killing' them; this can be done especially well in Squash Swamp. In Horseradish Hill you can 'kill' all five Carrot Couriers by shooting them as they jump cliffs.
It is also possible to stun enemies with Flower Powers so that they fall of logs, lillypads or other 'one way up' tiles. Any enemy can be manipulated in this manner. The trick is to shoot them just as they reach the very edge of the platform; the stunned sprite has different clipping and will fall off of the platform. For some other enemies, the sprite will only fall off after it has reverted back to its original shape. This can be used to 'push' several enemies off of the bottom of the level, though with difficulty. The simplest way to do it is to stand under the platform edge and throw Flower Powers up into the air just past the platform's edge. It is also possible to stand on the platform and shoot an enemy off, though you have to have good timing. A third possibility is to cheat and stand at the platform's edge with God mode and toss Flower Powers into the air. With this, you can even force them to fall off the level boundaries. However, this may eventually crash the game due to memory leaks if too many sprites are 'killed'.
