Anonymous-Frog's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[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-Rena 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.
(it doesn't take much to become a successful webcomic creator as opposed to an animator or gamedev)

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]

An embedded page at uploads.ungrounded.net says
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This means something broke.

raitismilk responds:

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

[NUACTRIS 800P!!! CLICK NOW!!!!]

Just asking, any difference between this and this other version posted on September 2022?
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/856735

Well, aside from being able to embed it in a higher resolution that is, something you can easily do by hitting full-screen. You know you can swap out the original game with a newer version, right?

carbonlad responds:

There isnt a ton of differences between Sept 2022 and this one, no.

Even if theres fullscreen available, it tends to show stuff off screen with some of my games.
It did dawn on me yea, that people could use even just the html to fix that but the ratios are so sensitive.

I didnt even know the screens on my game were an issue on higher monitors (4k plus) until someone pointed it out to me.

I appreciate this comment a lot tho, thank you.

[Paradise Slice 02: Read the Comic]

TLDR: Comic great, "game" presentation needs a lot of work.

As a comic, I'm not going to comment much on it. It's 18 pages long, quality artwork, decent story, the girl looks a little derpy, and one sex scene (no nudity thankfully). Maybe the colours + lighting look a bit flat, but that's about it.

However, "Paradise Slice 02: Read the Comic" (also Slice 01) is technically considered a "game", or rather, an interactive piece of software which centers around this comic, not too far off from most e-book readers, and from a technical perspective, it's incredibly barebones. You can click either side (or arrow keys) to flip pages, pop it out to another tab, and nothing else. No music or sound effects, no additional flair, nothing that oozes "creativity" aside from within those pages.

Here are some suggestions for improvement:
*** Try to add stuff from the author comments (descriptions, credits, links to other comics, etc) into the software itself.
Example: The instructions could be a single pop-up when you open the comic.
*** Visual indicators that only show up when you hover your mouse over one side (to indicate you should click to flip the next page.

** Display 2 pages like a real comic book
** A short animation that plays when you flip a page, rather than just instantly skipping to the next page.
** Some music (that you can change volume). Maybe 2-3 different songs in different sections of the comic.

* A button to jump straight back to the start
* Change the title from "Read the Comic" to just "Comic", preferably in brackets
* Some voices / dubs if possible.

Hope that helps.
-frog-

EDIT: Do note there's a difference between something being barebones and being minimalistic.

KittyhawkMontrose responds:

It's good to hear from a fellow Aussie! :D As you hit on the head, we're going for "barebones" at the moment. These are great ideas for expanding, especially the quick jump to the start. I like that! Thanks so much for the thorough review, and I'm glad you liked the comic portion a lot. ^_^

[NG BBS Awards 2022]

Quiz Answers:
Go to StArt > Internet to access game.

1. 1 + 1 = 2
2. StrawberryClock rulez NG
3. Is H2O dangerous? Yes if you have lots.
4. +15 good score in golf? no.

Trivia: Portal ID "834224" is actually from "Deal with Putin"
BTW I'm stuck on last medal.

PS: RIP Seth

Little-Rena responds:

Wow, how did you get all of the quiz right?! It's the hardest quiz ever!

Also, well done finding the easter egg there!