sharpnova's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mr. Stretch and the Stolen Fortune DEMO]

controls and timing are extremely annoying.

the art and music are nice. i didn't actually find the sound effects very satisfying or well designed though.

Muketronics responds:

Yea, we don't have a sound effects guy its all just royalty free stuff off the internet.

[Dinner For Mom!]

cool pikmin game

[The Spin Slasher]

fuck. dying was too painful. lost everything from such a super longass run

great game though.

but something needs to persist through deaths.. and you need at least a few more upgrade types

like maybe additional blades, some kind of passive healing, (or a shield that regenerates), maybe a roll/dash type mechanic, some kind of projectile weaponry or just randomly spawning powerups that shoot out a nova

really the most unempowering thing here is the space in between the saw and the player. that needs to be filled or shrunk somehow

IceCreamer89 responds:

Thank you for your detailed feedback and suggestions to improve the game

[BULLET WELL]

this had excellent style. love the music

[Stick RPG]

wow i didn't even realize this was an old version that didn't have most of the game even implemented yet.

[Monster Girl Chaos: Hollow Apple]

black screen.

[Bundle Beeline]

i grabbed some box... and set it in front of some door of a house and nothing happened. beyond that, there were no instructions so i didn't really have any idea what i was supposed to be doing.

squidly responds:

Wrong house probably, the compass top left shows you where to go. The compass in white is the one you're currently holding.

[Pico-Cross Collab 2023]

i like it but i wish the numbers and icons had higher resolution. it's really jarring in the grid

JSuika responds:

You could barely see one of those but you can also click these to zoom in! I also tried doing that while I was in progress to this game :)

[Pico's Puzzle UFO: Shooting Stars]

I followed the instructions in the author comments carefully. I was not ever able to do anything in the very first level.

I walked around. Hit X everywhere to use items and nothing ever did anything.

[Genokids DEMO]

k this is awesome and obviously better than NG deserves. but i have a couple big gripes

1: the enter key to advance tutorial-type stuff. you do realize our left hand is over on WASD and our right hand is on the mouse right? this is a cardinal sin in game design

2: the boss had some annoying unfair mechanics
-blocking her dash only worked about half the time
-the floating purple crystals were often impossible to hit. so why even make destroying them a mechanic? if they're higher than your jump then even if you cheese your way up (which is the only way to reach a vertical point higher than one regular jump since you WEIRDLY omitted a double jump) swinging at the purple crystals would not destroy them.
-that stupid ability the boss did on you when you were wailing on it where it hit you a ton of times to knock you away. don't make it a sequence of hits where each leads into the next with no way to break the combo
-the hitbox on the big spinning blue laser attack by the boss is just stupid. i shouldn't have to be "way over" to dodge it. if i'm visually not touching it then that's it. i don't take damage. period. end of discussion. fix it.

3: # of restarts shown as a stat after killing a boss?
-uhm. if i want that slammed in my face i'll let you know. i'll literally send you an email asking you to include that stat. i don't want something saying "hey you suck! you needed 1 restarts to beat the boss, you couldn't do it on your first try!" yeah. i didn't ask. i wouldn't ask. and no one wants it. so get rid of that slap in the face insult.

still good and i've wishlisted on steam. but i want to see these three things fixed.

#1 probably isn't as big a deal as the others because i'll obviously be using a controller when i play the full release.

#3 is non negotiable. if the insult mechanic (a real great way to ingratiate yourself to players after they beat a frustrating boss and are on edge and probably furious) is still present in the final version, it'll be a pass for me.

#2 top priorities are fixing the dash attack not being blockable half the time for no good reason, the hitbox on the laser, and the purple crystals being so inexplicably difficult to destroy. the other things i mentioned in this point aren't as important.

you're welcome for the feedback.