Anonymous-Frog's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[PixelGrounds: Infinite]

I wish I could copypaste these codes as plain text into my actual clipboard, or better, tie it into an API or something so I can play other people's levels.

Pomegranite responds:

Sorry about that. That copy/paste bug has been resolved for PC/Browser. Yeah, having a custom-level system integrated with a db and api would have been cool. Thanks for playing!

[Memory Lane]

This is an art gallery featuring 17 pieces of pixel art of different characters, mostly from Newgrounds, but some from other media as well

As a standalone project, it's pretty basic, even for RPGMaker: The art pieces are good, I'm very familiar with that type of style, and the background effects are trippy, but loading between pieces can be a bit slow:

Does this count as a bug? I wouldn't say so, but I also didn't hear any music, which you claimed to have included.

Also bit of a nitpick, but you also listed Shrike from Monkey Wrench as 2009, which is technically true, he appeared in a previous series with an older design, yet the show, and his design, in its current form, is much more recent.

I don't know much about David Lynch though, so I'm not sure how this relates to him.

eeMcCutcheon responds:

Thanks for your feedback!
In the current version of the project, any new sounds or music I made crashed my copy of the rpgmaker editor, so I left it silent.

[Madness Combat: 1982]

While you did strive for authenticy by making it work on real hardware (I don't have any to prove this), this is still an incredibly basic game. The music also appears to play separate from the actual emulation.

For 8 kilobytes, it's still neat, I'd love to see a full version for Madness Day that uses the full 64K, with better graphics, better gameplay, and that authentic SID sound.

siddikinz responds:

Thanks for the feedback! The music is separate from the game because the audio is broken on the emulator I'm using, whenever I try to do real SID audio the emulator crashes.

I'll keep improving my C64 games in the future, I'd like to get multicolour sprites and scrolling backgrounds eventually.

[Running Kitty]

Running Kitty is based on the GameStop short squeeze that happened in early 2021, and again about 2 months ago, which was caused by this one guy called Roaring Kitty, hence the name.
It plays a lot like that T-rex game Google Chrome has when your internet doesn't work, but you can increase your cash portfolio by touching green lines. This serves as your life, hitting the red lines reduces your portfolio, and depleting them all gives you a Game Over.

This kinda seems like one of those projects you make to say "Hey! I'm still alive and I still make stuff", even though your prime days have long passed. Not that it's a bad thing. For what it is, the game is OK. It's simplistic, some decent character animations, and good music, but it seems a little unpolished.

One bug I've found is by clicking to start the game, then pressing SPACE, exits back to menu and messes the music, and eventually it crashes.

LiLg responds:

I'm still alive.

[NG BBS Awards 2023]

Congratulations @illwillpress. You won an award!
This was a great, though a bit overdue, ranking. I applaud the community! And I also love the library theme (grats @Pop-Tart)

PS, assuming 2024 awards and similar categories, is it too early to nominate the deleted "Incelcat" movie as Turd of the Year?

PPS: The "B" book appears broken.

Little-Renastair responds:

Pop-Tart did a great job bringing my vision to life.

[[DELETED]]

If you want to delete a game, click the cog icon in the Project menu and click "Un-Publish Project". This will remove the game from being accessed publicly.

PyroflameGames responds:

Thank you, I will try that.

[CLox in Da Hood 6: Bin Laden Strikes Back]

How do I beat the anime sword dude without getting hit?

Chdonga responds:

He's vulnerable for a few seconds after every attack so focus more on dodging.

[Bando's Comic Wizard]

Even though I have no current plans to make comics or graphic novels (maybe in the future), I still see this as a great tool for compiling comics into an interactible format.
The graphics, presentation, and music are still great.

My only gripe is that it might open the floodgates for more spammy comics to make their way onto NG. One might for example, simplify the visuals, focus more on humor as opposed to story, even reuse some panels for good measure, which can allow one to submit comics as 'games' every week, possibly quicker, and still get decent scores.
This might also be something the voting system can resolve, but then again, it doesn't take much skill-wise to become a successful webcomic creator as opposed to an animator or gamedev.
Relevant TVTropes page
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CutAndPasteComic
Remember, this might be competing against someone's thesis film.

SUGGESTIONS:
1. A "manga" setting, as in, pages go from right to left. Again, never used it, IDK if it already has that.

2. Make a "Bando's Album Wizard", ie. a similar tool for albums / EPs. (as in, you compile a bunch of audio files, name them, give them cover art, etc, and turn them into a single interactive package) (This I might actually want to use.)

KittyhawkMontrose responds:

Thanks for taking the time to review our utility! I'm glad you see some use for yourself, and I really hope it does encourage you to make a graphic novel. I think you'd make an excellent one. Come join us! :D

The manga setting is a good idea, and we'll take a look into it. And your idea for albums is really intriguing! We might have to think about something like that in the future. Thanks for those suggestions!

[Aet Oraneg]

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This means something broke.

raitismilk responds:

yes i know we fixing it please be pasant it take some time