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[Ask A Clock v.2]

Variety...

I got bored of this pretty quickly. It's just typing in some question and the clock answers randomly...

The artwork wasn't too special. The clock looked strange, the box didn't go in line with the word 'GO' and the background would be more original if you made it yourself. Also, the text at the top was a little hard to read, although it's pretty cool that it could tell you your name, anyway...

The idea isn't bad, but there should be more variety for the answers. If you're not planning to make it a proper chat bot (that'd take ages :P), then vary your answers a lot more, and make it answer properly for some simple words (like if you say 'hello', it says 'hello', if you say 'bye', it says 'bye', if you say 'hey, look there!', it says 'I can't. I'm just a drawing.', etc.).

The fact that there wasn't really any sound in it bugged me a little. Some music would help take away the repetitiveness of the game.

Overall, not such a bad idea, and you have the concept of it, but a neater layout, more variety and some sound would definitely help.
6/10
3/5

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piggy123 responds:

ok thanks i will have it ready for next clock day!

[Hollywood Zombies]

FlashtooREV stole the words from my mouth...

Well, for your first game, it's really good, and I'm definitely impressed, so you should continue working on it ;).

The gameplay was OK. I liked the choice between easy and hard (no medium though :P), and the briefing idea was good, since it's boring just seeing your mission objective pop up on a screen without any storyline to it.

It progressed pretty well too, but I think that easy should fit in medium, and you should add an easier mode. Easy's supposed to be just to get used to the game, normal to play it with some difficulty in it, and hard if you want a challenge. I'd suggest making the lives or time vary according to the difficulty. Good idea for the three locks, by the way, and I liked the fact that there was a gallery.

The zombies' groaning sound effect was OK, but there needs to be more sound effects to it, like the zombies shouting out when you shot them, the sniper shot, etc. The menu music fit very well, but there should be some more music in some parts, like some slow 8-bit music in the background, and a small 8-bit 'game over' melody when you lose a life.

The graphics weren't that special, as FlashtooREV said. Pixel art was OK, but the background didn't change much, and didn't look too good either. The sniper's vision was quite messed up too.

All in all, for your first game, it's great, and I'm sure you'll continue to be an excellent flash animator at this rate. Keep it up!
7/10
4/5

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Samanus responds:

Thank you very much for taking the time to review. I'll most likely add/revise some of the things you focused on to make it better. :) Thanks!

[Piggy123s flash tutorial]

Umm...

It wasn't really that helpful. I expected a tutorial where it teaches you what to do not simply gives you text to copy and paste and very little and hard to read instructions.

The speech was a little strange and really hard to understand. Also, there was no music at all, which made it quite boring.

Some buttons didn't work as well, or just took you to something random, which was strange.

Also, the layout definitely needs fixing. A lot of the text is hard to read, it doesn't have any background to it and is quite boring to look at.

It was quite short as well. It just gave some text on moving with the arrow keys and for dress up games, and I remember seeing another flash (forgot its name) where it provides AS code of much more than that.

Nothing else to say... Needs a lot of work on it to make it more user-friendly, attractive and helpful. Plus, this is a tutorial for Action Script, not Flash.
3/10
2/5

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piggy123 responds:

next tutorial is better

[human actions drawing tut]

Hmm...

This wasn't too good for a tutorial. It was quite helpful, but it needs to be a little more attractive. Black and white, and a little colour at the beginning and the 'Next' button isn't that good.

This also needs a neater layout and graphics. The text was a little annoying to read, plus I noticed a few grammatical mistakes (not that it's a big problem, though, but it makes it a little better...).

It needs some more buttons as well in my opinion, like a back button, mute button and menu button (like KrevZabijak said). The art of the body parts wasn't bad, though :).

Well, in conclusion, it is quite helpful, but too simple, and unattractive. Needs some work in it, but it's a good start.
5/10
3/5

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piggy123 responds:

thanks

[A Christmas Story SB]

Simple, but great quality

Pretty good for a soundboard. There are loads of sounds, and the quality is excellent, plus the idea of colour-coding them was cool too.

Still, it is a little simple. Some things to make it a little more varied would do good, like a choice of backgrounds, a profile of characters as iCurrie suggested, comments for every sound and maybe an easter egg or something. Buttons next to the words would fit too, and you could colour code the buttons instead of the text to make it better to look at.

Another problem is that when you hear something and immediately something else, they clash into each other. Yes, there is a 'Stop all Sounds' but it gets annoying if you're hearing something, you think it's over when it's not, you choose a different one and they play at the same time. Maybe there could be a control to toggle this option?

In general, compare to other soundboards I've seen, this one is quite well done. The quality is amazing, and some features you added made it superior to other soundboards. A few flaws here and there, but OK :D.
7/10
4/5

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Frenzy responds:

Thanks!

~ Z

[Popup Attack 1.1]

Lol!

That was so cool. Very creative idea, and the popups were hilarious. Try and make it better with more popups or something, you know, like, 'Download Vista and make the most of your computer! (For a day or two)'. Anyway, the backgrounds were good in this game too, and the music was well chosen. I wish there were different levels though. Well, overall, awesome and original game, keep it up :).
10/10
5/5

kokonut10 responds:

Sweet, thank you!

[Windows Doors Demo]

Awesome

So far so good. The Stalk Chat is amazing, and it must've taken ages to program, and the concept and ideas putten into the game overall are original and great. The chat still is slightly glitchy though, since sometimes it says 'Archon68 is tryping...' and never comes with a final answer. Also, there are some double-spaces, unnecerassy commas and capital letters in places where there shouldn't be. For some things, like typing something on the chat, or typing on the address bar on Internet Adventurer could be entered by pressing Return on your keyboard in addition to pressing the arrow. Another thing is that when you have a window open, you can still access what's behind it, for example, you have StalkChat on, and if you double click on it where the Internet Adventurer icon is placed in the desktop, Internet Adventurer comes up. You should add a scroll bar to some programs as well, and then it would be perfect. Hope this review is useful enough :).
9/10
5/5
Fav'd.
P.S.: Lol good job on Norton Virus. You actually made me laugh :D.

Archawn responds:

Glad you liked it. All the problems you listed have been fixed, too! Visit the following link for more info!

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1 007097/1

[pixelBOMB]

I like it

Very good. Everything runs smoothly, and the sound effects aren't those ones that once you listen to them once, you don't ever want to lisen to them again. The levels progressed in the right difficulty, and good job on the high-scores. You could make high-scores for individual levels as well but that's just a suggestion. What put my review score down a little was the lack of music. You should try and find a fast paced, not too loud soundtrack to fit with the gameplay, and add more levels too, since these were too easy. You can even add seperate levels with the arrow keys only and add some NG Medals but those are just more suggestions. Well, what the heck, good job overall.
8/10
4/5

Chaz responds:

Thanks very much for the good score and in depth review :)

[avoid;)]

Not that good...

The cheats of zooming in and right click to finish can be used here; you could try and fix that. Also, only one level? You could try doing more, and maybe making obstacles that move, also more song variety, and stuff like that. I'll give a 1/10 for the game, 1/10 for effort and 2/10 for music.
4/10
2/5

mikkim responds:

meh, it is supossed to be able to cheat.

[Jetbot]

WOW XD

I really love this game, and that's why I gave you 10/10. It's very hard, and that's what makes it great. It's addicting, and i don't give up after I try a level about fifty times. There are some problems though:
There's always the same music...a different variety would be great.
When I die, I still pick up fuel on my way down to hell, and every time I pass a star, it makes that sound, flashes, and I don't get the star. I'ts a tiny bug, if it's even considered one. Also in the level T's all about tactics, I think level 11, an easier way of doing it is to first get all the fuel, and then get the stars, so this makes the level sound more like T's all about cheating. I managed to make it to lvl 26 in one hour. It's an awesome game, and if you make a sequel, then I'm sure everyone would love it. Honestly, it deserves the front page and daily second.

GREAT JOB 10/10 5/5 =)

Psycho responds:

Thanks :D

But you see, in level 11, if you're trying to cheat and find the best way of doing it, that is being tactful, isn't it?