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[The Factory!]

Akward and repetative

The graphics were simple, but they fit. It was clever to notice that while the base 4 had unique colors, the other numbers were all mixes of those four bases.

However, someone pointed out that it is "awkward" for laptops. I don't think it's just laptops, but the mouse would probably have helped. The buttons and the way I had to move with the mouse and that (obviously) the game became unresponsive once I moved my mouse off screen accidentally was essentially bothersome.

Another point is that the game was repetative without any change except for difficulty, which was barely noticeable until about level 6 or 7 when the multiples began coming. Maybe mix it up with some colors and different music?

Maybe even a level tiering, like making different worlds, levels, and achievements, similar to something like Star Fox's idea of having about 2-3 levels per world and then make a few worlds.

I mean, you load from offsite, and the game is under a meg, I'm sure it's feasible.

pier-guillen responds:

Thanks for the advice!

I wanted to make the game as simple and small as possible, so that's why I didn't add more music or thing like that. But I'll have this in mind, as well as the controls and difficulty issues, for a sequel (although, not very likely I'll do one) or when making another game (which I hope will be soon).

Oh, by the way, the game doesn't load offsite.

[NG BBS Awards 2008]

Okay

/coulda used some spice.

Clever yet simple animation, some other sound effects besides just music, some original art.

But, it's nice to see the award winners.

Oh, and you spelled "drama" wrong ;P

Elroy responds:

I know I should fix it but I won't cause I likes being myself :3

[Dreams Chapter One]

You had to come out TODAY?!?!?!

God dammit, I didn't want much competition! I thought that The movies in right now would have scared off most competition! Anyways, great game, now I'm mad that AFD5 won't get the daily >:(

LordDF responds:

LOL, woops! Good luck tomarrow. ;P

[DS Halloween Quiz]

No. Just no.

Halloween does NOT have an apostrophe. the actual term was "All Hallow's Eve". It was started as a purtian tradition to dress up as "scray demons" to scare away the real ones and to give good luck in the up coming year. I don't quite know how the whole candy thing developed, but probably as some sort of reward for having a bad ass costume. I got through two questions and then I realized this was a shitty quiz with horrible questions. You ruin Halloween for everyone. Don't make quizzes unless you can graphicly support them and have questions that people care about (which is actually very hard).

P.S. Learn to fucking animate. Movies > Shitty Quizzes. It actually takes Talent to make a movie.

IceDragon64 responds:

1. Oxford English Dictionary- Hallowe'en.
2. Encyclopedia Brittanica- "It long predates Christianity".
3. What is the provenance of your theory about puritans? As I understand it the puritans suppressed the pagan customs of Samhain.
3. If you did the whole quiz and read the notes carefully, you would know more about how the 'candy thing' developed.
4. I don't see how the quiz can 'ruin Hallowe'en for everyone'- it got through judgement at 3/5.
5. I now have three quizzes through judgement and people PMing me to ask for more. My intro alone represents more graphics than most quizzes on NG.
6. Keep your foul language to yourself.
7. I make movies as well-I have 2 to my name, and two on the way. I have a B+ batting average, so I feel confident that I CAN animate and judging by the scores, the quizzes are considered as good as the movies.

I am sorry this was not to your taste, but may I suggest you might be more polite in future. Quizzes may not take much technique, but they take hours of research, programming and editing to get right.
Best Wishes,
Ice

[So you think you know NG?]

WRONG!!!

There were 50 artisits in FourSecondFirestorm

The ORIGINAL motto is The problems of the future, today!

Along with the fact that the site has always ben Newgrounds. Tom's magazine/comic was called Newgrounds even, as a tribute it NeoGeo.

Learn more, double check your info, and don't make any more shitty quizzes.

ELFERRETO responds:

MISREAD!!!!
it is really 56 artists in FourSecondFirestorm

It said the CURRENT slogan, not the origional motto, so it IS everything, by everyone

i said it was what he WANTED to call the site

Read what you write

[Halloween Reprisal]

Wasn't that great :\

The graphics weren't great, they were a bit shabby

The game was original, but poorly planned out.

There wasn't much variation in souds, and the music got annoying fast.

There was lots of violence, but the quality was lacking. The blood sucked.

Intearctivity was good, I mean, it IS a game.

Humor wasn't really there. Killing kids = funny, but not in your game.

Pros:
-good idea
-simple
-halloween them

Cons:
-shoddy graphics, especially the blood. Could use diferent children. More animation would have been nice too.
-crappy, if no, plot/idea/goal
-sounds were too repetative
-music was annoying

<3 Rai

Rammer responds:

i wish you would elaborate more on what you didn't like, instead of simply telling us what's wrong, tell us how to fix it. writing a good review with a bunch of things you found wrong in it doesn't make this a critique, but rather a list of things you didn't like about this.

what was bad about the graphics?

how was this poorly planned out?

music, understandable. i probably could have chosen a better song, but we were getting down to the wire here, so we didn't have much of a choice.

again, how did the blood suck? what's wrong with it? you need to be specific here. reviews are here to critique people, or motivate them. your review is obviously trying to be a critique, so why not help me out, here?

as for the humor, maybe killing kids wasn't supposed to be funny in the first place \:. but again, you are being vague. assuming we wanted it to be funny, why not tell us how to make it funny?

cons:
1) we didn't have much time. we were late as it is, animating 7 deaths for multiple children would have taken a lot more than the few weeks we had to work on this. however, you do raise a good point.

2) the plot was supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek kind of joke. i have a feeling your sense of humor is really out of whack.

3) again, understandable.

4) same as above.


if you could PM me with more specifics on why the blood sucked, how it was poorly planned out, how the graphics sucked, and how to make killing kids seem funny in this, i'd be very grateful.

thanks for not being a dick about this.

[BUMs: Back to School]

It was ok.

I understand that this probably took you loads of time and all, but when i cant even get past the first level without closing the window yelling "FUCK THIS!" as loud as i can, then i feel that the game is crap. its not that i cant play that kind of game, its just that you have the highway level too packed. look at a classic game, frogger. no way in HELL frogger tries to cross a road that congested. other than that, you had good graphics, it was pretty interactive, i would have liked to be able to tone down the quality, but you disabled the menu(smart), but i didnt see a quality button. also, i didnt quite like the who comic style thing in the beginning, nor did i grasp the point of it. there. unlike most people, i take time to write reviews. and i hope you respond.

LiLg responds:

there was a quality button in the bottom right hand corner. As for the frogger level. I suck at video games all i do is normally just draw, but i can beat that level with ease. In fact, I asked my programmer if he could make it easier just so i'd be able to beat it, because I knew if I could then anyone would be able to. Guess not. :) Besides, there are cheat codes for people who get angry but people don't want to read and find that out so shame shame on them.

[Final Defense]

It was kinda not good.

i mean, i like defender games, but this is a little bit not like what i expected. the graphics werent that great, the music was crappy, i beat the levels no probelem, but i was still unhappy with the verall appearence and playability of the game.

Rustygames responds:

Okay well I am dissapointed that you didnt enjoy it but thanks for giving it a try