Rick Lane experiences by way of PC Gamer: KeeperFX has been within the means of rescuing Dungeon Keeper for a decade and a half. The venture initially began in 2008, and skilled one thing of a bumpy highway up till 2016. Since then, although, it has steadily added help for Home windows 7, 10, and 11, help for hi-res and 4k screens, modernized controls, and even extra campaigns. With this newest model, KeeperFX’s builders say “all unique Dungeon Keeper code has been rewritten, establishing KeeperFX as a real open-source standalone sport.” 1.0 additionally introduces some new options, corresponding to increased framerates, AI that’s higher at digging and fewer more likely to “immediately” throw its complete military at you, and “increased high quality landview speeches” for the extra campaigns. That refers back to the introductions and epilogues to missions which, within the sport’s unique marketing campaign, had been voiced by Richard Ridings, aka Daddy Pig.
Maybe most intriguing of all, KeeperFX’s 1.0 provides a few new items to play with. First up is the Druid, a sort-of color-flipped model of the Warlock who makes use of ice spells quite than hearth. The opposite unit is the excitingly named Time Mage, a recolor of the Wizard who can forged teleport and pace spells, and likewise flip enemy items into chickens (presumably by means of speedy devolution). You will not discover these items within the unique marketing campaign, however you’ll encounter them within the customized campaigns bundled with the 1.0 model. You possibly can obtain KeeperFX right here, though it nonetheless requires you to personal Dungeon Keeper “for copyright causes.”
