# keendreams/keen

Keen Dreams on Greenlight!

Repository: https://github.com/keendreams/keen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/keen
Homepage: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=315040793
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2014-11-12T20:12:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4369, "days_push": 4312, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1968, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:00.669574+00:00)

## What it is
The released source code for Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, a classic DOS side-scrolling platformer originally by id Software. It is a historical game source release under GPLv2+, requiring the original game data files to play.

## Use cases
- play the classic Commander Keen Dreams game from source
- study 1990s DOS game engine source code
- port a retro DOS platformer to modern systems
- learn how EGA/CGA graphics games were built
- preserve classic gaming history

## When to choose
- you want the original source of a classic DOS platformer for study or porting
- you legally own the Keen Dreams game data files and want to run them from source

## When to avoid
- you want a modern, actively developed game engine
- you don't have the original game data files, which must be acquired separately

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, game
- domain: gaming-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cpp
- tags: commander-keen, retro-gaming, source-release, dos-game, id-software, gpl, game-development, retro-computing, dos

## Member repositories
- keendreams/keen (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.669574+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:05:11.730358+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/keendreams/keen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.669574+00:00, sha 0c488bd734ad)
  - homepage: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=315040793 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:47.850047+00:00, sha c56b07811188)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.