Nerd-02's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Stick Game v2.1]

Dude??

This movie is stick figures and buttons, but it's 6.7MB!? What the hell? Now about the game. It was kind of lame. All you do is click the only button on the screen and the stick man either shoots a ball at it or jumps over it.

I suggest you look at more flash tutorials on making movie clips, and how to tween. I think this is why the movie is such a large size.

[A Stick's Life Beta ver.]

Ha.

That was pretty good. It was very humorous, I love the burning in hell thing. Although for just pictures with no animation the art could be a little better. Also, you'll definatly need to add some audio to every one of your submissions, no flash should be silent.

[The Brawl Quiz III]

Art work could be better.

This quiz was alright, not much of a brawl fanatic but I do play it. The questions were ok, some kind of random facts you seemed to have taken off Wikipedia or something.

My main point is that the art for this game could be a lot better. The buttons where white boxes, the BG was a standard gradient which even sometimes makes it hard to read the questions. And that is basically it. It's just questions and white boxes for answers. Something a little more flashy would have been nice. Maybe animated buttons, an interesting BG, some more sounds. These would have all added to the effect of the game.

HellBentGoose responds:

I'm thinking of making a 4th one, so if I do, I'll take your advice

[The Test PT.1]

waayyyyyyyy to long.

This game needs lots of improvements. First of all a red ball, gray platforms, and a white BG? Secondly, what is with the chugging? It's defiantly not the graphics causing it, so it must be the frame rate. I always use somewhere around 26 FPS. The levels are boring, it's just mindlessly jumping from platform to platform. Finally, WHEN YOU DIE YOU START OVER!??!??!?! sorry for the all caps but common? seriously? the whole game?? the levels are boring the first time. Overall this needs lots of improvement.

P.S. you need audio to.

[Roger's Magic 8 Ball]

I <3 you're art :3

You are very good at drawing and animating and a pretty good programmer too it seems. I liked this game and loved watching the animations. Only problem I had is that it seems to be IMPOSSIBLE to hit the friken ball. I can hit it like once or twice before it miss it. I'm guessing that it's probably my fault, but maybe if the area that the ball hits was a bit bigger it would be a bit better :P An excellent game

FleckoGold responds:

Not impossible. A lot of people that have played have gotten it down. Just get the timing down, (look at the instructions screen to determine just about where the hit box is, the aiming works just the same as a plain breakout game) and you'll be a winner in no time. It still gets challenging when there are only a few targets left, though. I recommend that you don't hit the ball as hard on those. Thanks for the review!

-Flecko-

[Escape from Erin's House]

Almost there...

This is an alright flash game, I like the idea that you need to solve riddles, but the riddles were a bit too easy to solve. Also, you're going to need instructions, animation, and most important AUDIO. Every flash needs audio, we're past the silent film stage. You can get great BGM right here on NG in the audio section.

GennisaMG responds:

thanks for the advice. this was just so my teacher knew I could use buttons. lol.

[Wooper's Adventure]

A very entertaining game.

This game was a nice one, very fun and kept me entertained the whole way through. However, I do have some complaints.

First of all the level design seems to be random and some of the first levels are harder then the latter ones, which makes the game a little less dramatic as the last few levels don't seem much harder then the rest. In my opinion the game was too easy. I found my self blowing through the levels and only died once because there was no wall on the far right of the stage and I fell off. In fact, some of the levels don't pose any challenge at all except for a lone enemy, idle at the corner of the level. One final complaint, what is with the 'continue' system?? You just pick a level and it sends you there, no passwords or anything. For me this feature would either need to have passwords or just to be cut out.

Now for what I liked. Though this game was simple it was enjoyable. The art, the style, and especially the 4chan humor really makes this game fun to play. The platforming AS is done great (though that doesn't get you any bonus points because it's easy to find those types of codes on the Internets).The ending cut scene was animated great, and I loved the 'IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZER' and pokemon only fainting jokes. This game isn't the greatest platformer out there but it could be one of the funniest and I bet it's the most internet-y. Great game. :)

OrangePylon responds:

Thanks! The levels didn't pose a challenge, but they're not exactly supposed to. It's more supposed to be a game you can play through rather than one that poses a challenge... I don't even know what the hell I'm saying. Some levels don't have many enemies, but they're usually the ones that at least make you stop and think for a second or 2 or end up making you go the wrong way. If the difficulty thing is that big a problem to you, then play the game backwards. ;)

The continue system wouldn't work with passwords. What would be the point? If you lose all your lives, only to type in a password, and start at the same level, what would be the point of having a life system? It's also convenient for those who blow at platformers and just want to see the ending. Starting over at level 1 every time would just be annoying. If the continue system were something different, people would complain about that. Anyway, I'm ranting on about something not worth the rant.

Thank you for your great review and the compliments.

[Detroit Slum Lord]

Very nice,

but needs instructions. I was confused :S, oh and some audio.

[The Pong]

Great job

But Pong has been done to death. Do a search for 'Pong' on Newgrounds and I'm sure you'll get like 10,000 hits. If you want your game to stand out you need to make it original. As a fellow game developer I understand how hard it is to make fun, original games. And making clones of previous games is a great way to start off but if you want to start getting them up there in the scores you'll need to eventually make your own game. As far as improving this one you can add music from the audio portal, maybe add another ball, a background, but I'm pretty sure no matter what you do it will always be scrutinized for having 'Pong' in the title. Good luck on future games and have fun =)

ZreaperZ responds:

Thanks for the review. Ill defienetly add backrounds. But could you pm me how could i use the sounds i allready have the original sounds.