Lego Keen

Modded episode	Keen 1
Protagonist	Captain Keen
Author(s)	Ilsoap
Status	Complete
Release date	2003-12-12
Latest update	2003-12-18
Discussion(s)	PCKF Keen: Modding
Number of levels	17
Secret levels	1
New gameplay?	No
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	No
New music?	No
Download	newest (v1.1); v1.0
Vote	4.00 (7 votes)

Lego Keen is a Keen 1 mod created by Ilsoap. The levels are entirely built out of Lego blocks of various colors, and the sprites, including Captain Keen, look purposefully blocky as if they were Lego figures or blocks as well. It takes place at a huge model set up by Billy Blaze, who is presumably four years old, which would make this game chronologically predate the original Keen 1 by four years.

Lego Keen won the "Best Mod of an original Keen game" award in the 2003 Keen Awards.^[1]

Story

Christmas morning, 1986. Children across the world are opening Christmas presents and jumping for joy with what they find, and the Blaze household of Madison, Wisconsin is no exception.

"Wow, Dad, a professional-grade football! Thanks!" The oldest of the three Blaze children tosses his football in the air with joy. The youngest child is happy with her toys, too, although after five minutes she throws them to the ground and plays with the wrapping paper instead.

The middle Blaze child, however, looks sad. "What's wrong, Billy?" his mom asks.

"All I got were sweaters and socks." Billy says, grumpily.

"Are you sure you looked EVERYWHERE around the tree, Billy?" Billy looked up at his mom, who was supressing a small grin.

Billy came closer to the Christmas tree, and noticed a bow peeping out from behind the couch next to the tree. He crawled towards it as fast as he could, and pulled out the most enormous Christmas present he'd ever seen. He tore off the wrapping paper. "WOW! THE TURBO XL MAXIMUS 10,984 PIECE LEGO SET!!!"

"Well, your mom and I have been noticing your remarkable ability at building things, and so even though it says 'KIDS 6 AND UP' on the box, we think you can handle it."

"Awesome! I'm gonna start building stuff in my room right away!!!" Little Billy dragged the huge box into his room.

And build he did. Over the next month he created a miniature kingdom, complete with castles, walls, trees, rivers, and anything else he could think of. He called his kingdom "BLAZETOWN".

As he was placing people in his kingdom, he noticed a Lego character that was different than the others. Helmet, purple shirt, blue pants... something about it moved Billy. "I think Blazetown needs a hero. But not just any hero... no, a special hero! A super hero! You are that hero! I'll call you...

           CAPTAIN KEEN              
      Defender of Blazetown!"

Captain Keen's First Mission (by Billy Blaze)

The King of Blazetown was in a panic. "Captain Keen! You must help me! The princess of Blazetown is locked up in the palace of my enemy, Sir Icky! You must free her!"

"Piece of cake," said Captain Keen. "How do I free her?"

"You have to travel throughout Sir Icky's kingdom and find the four key gems! Once combined, you can go to the castle and unlock the door! But be careful, for Sir Icky has a big army of creatures that will try to stop you!"

"I am much more brave than Sir Icky. I will rescue the princess!" Captain Keen said. "Just one question, though. I just finished playing Super Mario Bros. a couple days ago, and this isn't going to be one of those 'Sorry, the princess is in another castle.' things, is it?"

"Nope." said the King. "She's actually there."

"Good. In that case, I will rescue the princess!"

Captain Keen flew in his rocketship to the evil island next to Blazetown, the island of Sir Icky.

Actors

Auto Matik

Tank Robot replacement.
Captain Keen

Commander Keen replacement.
Dashing Brick

Butler Robot replacement.
Electric Brick

Garg replacement.
Exo Matik

Vorticon Guard replacement.
Uni Matik

Yorp replacement.

Items

Plus Sign

100 points.
Minus Sign

200 points.
Division Sign

500 points.
Multiply Sign

1,000 points.
Pi (3.14)

5,000 points.

Gems

Gems required to finish the game.
Keys

Keys used to open doors.
Pogo Stick

Pogoing allows reaching otherwise inaccessible places.
Weapon

Five extra shots.

Levels

1: Unknown level name

Required?
No
Points
31,100
Ammo
3
2: Alpha Gate

Required?
Yes
Points
45,000
Ammo
0
3: Complex One

Required?
Yes
Points
49,100
Ammo
1
4: Complex Two

Required?
Yes
Points
42,100
Ammo
4
5: Unknown level name

Required?
No
Points
16,200
Ammo
0
6: Unknown level name

Required?
No
Points
9,000
Ammo
0
7: Lego Swamp

Required?
No
Points
81,600
Ammo
0
8: Complex Three

Required?
Yes
Points
26,500
Ammo
3
9: Beta Gate

Required?
No
Points
10,500
Ammo
1
10: Block Castles

Required?
No
Points
7,400
Ammo
1
11: Complex Four

Required?
No
Points
26,100
Ammo
6
12: The Maze

Required?
No
Points
23,900
Ammo
7
13: Random Hills

Required?
No
Points
28,100
Ammo
2
14: Omega Gate

Required?
Yes
Points
20,800
Ammo
5
15: Billy's Garage

Required?
No
Points
31,600
Ammo
0
16: Matik Castle

Required?
Yes
Points
48,000
Ammo
2
23: Unknown level name

Required?
No
Points
70,000
Ammo
0
80: Island of Sir Icky (world map)

Required?
Yes
Points
0
Ammo
0
81: Ending

Required?
No
Points
0
Ammo
0
90: Title screen

Required?
No
Points
1,800
Ammo
0

Level Pack

A level pack titled Lego Levels was made by the Keen Community and compiled by KeenRush in 2010.

Technical Information

Stand alone mod
Tileset: completely redone
Sprite animation frames: new
Story text: new, stand alone
Levels: 16 regular levels, 1 secret level, 1 normally inaccessible level (only accessed through cheats), 1 world map
Bugs: No known errors or bugs as of latest version (v1.0 had the infamous Lego figure in The Maze whose head was mistakenly set to kill Captain Keen)

References

↑ Commander Keen Awards 2003: Winners

[1] Commander Keen Awards 2003: Winners

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