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[Descent (2021)]

great music and art

some of the really dark levels were really annoying but overall great

the music was at an absurdly low volume though. and i checked your in-game volume setting and it was maxed. i had to check my headphones and OS-audio to make sure it wasn't something on my end.

but in the end you simply tuned that music volume way too low

ShogunPixelArt responds:

Thank you for your feedback, I'm extremely happy you enjoyed our little game.

We never heard complaints about the volume before, so that's weird but I did notice that the final music for the boss fight was way louder than the theme of each level. Please forgives it was our first full-scale project, we promise to do better in the future.

[Newgrounds Intern DEMO]

cute. but the camera was very awkward and i didn't like that tapping 'e' during dialog didn't auto-complete the currently-typing dialog.

also there needed to be more after you restore the server.... there were rooms i hadn't even gone in yet and the game just ended

edit: looking forward to it! added a star for genuine dev response

Scootakip responds:

This is just the demo, the short ending was what I could finish for Pico Day to get it out there and get feedback from people. Those other rooms will be unlocked in future updates and I'll take note of the E button issue. Thank you very much for playing!

[Sporelunk]

the "penis" character is unfunny. i really dislike that crass type of humor.

also, why on earth wouldn't you have some kind of upgrades shop or something for persistent progress?

this game isn't exactly fun to play, so what's to motivate someone to play again?

ValerieHell responds:

"what's to motivate someone to play again?"
if you get 1000 points you win 1. billoin. dollars.

[Hanukkah Runner]

i like the art/colors.

the gameplay is way too slow paced.

not sure what the point of all the jew stuff was though. what was the reason for infusing that theme into a fairly standard runner?

re: author response

Thanks for the context. Added a star

KJScott responds:

Well, it was released in December when there is a lot of christ stuff being posted, so I wanted to develop a game for a young Jewish child (aged around 3 at the time) so that they had something they could play related to their culture rather than just christ stuff. So yes, it was a simple game because of its intended audience, one very young Jewish child. I uploaded it because I thought there might be other people out there within the Jewish culture who might also want access to it instead of a constant supply of christ stuff games.

[Defend 'Till the End]

will people please stop using this engine?

the fact that it brings up a menu unrelated to the game when you hit enter is so confusing and unintuitive for so many people.

this game needs upgrades pretty badly. that said. i quite like the music/sound/art.

KJScott responds:

Until something better comes along which does what Pico-8 but better you'll keep seeing many games developed using it, when that happens people will stop using it.

[Prism Indigo]

I just don't understand why anyone, ever, makes an arcade game that doesn't feature persistent upgrades.

F1Krazy responds:

Why wouldn't I? Can you clarify? Honestly, I just don't understand why this would be such a deal-breaker that you'd give me 0/5 over it.

[Sores And Sorcery]

tiight with a nice aesthetic.

the checkpoints were a bit far apart in some levels though.

HelperWesley responds:

Thank you for playing it!

Happy to hear you liked it. 🎉

[Pandora's Egg]

the sluggish movement and attacks were very annoying.

the aesthetic was quite nice.

gatekid3 responds:

Thank you for your feedback

[Tenko's Magical Sword Quest]

the handling and art are nice.

but why on earth does the level selection screen give no indication of whether you've collected all the collectibles in a level..?

without that, earning those orbs is utterly worthless.

also (and i'm just realizing this as i'm writing this review) I'm 30 levels in and I haven't used the dash/zoom feature once since level 1. completely forgot it existed

LVGames responds:

Thats a nice idea I didnt think of putting that in the level selection because those are photons used only for more charge booster. But making a badge for all photons collected in a level seems pretty cool idea.
Earning orbs is not worthless unless you want to improve your speed and time to win the level.
That gives me idea to post a video in level 15 pro mode to see if anyone can beat my time 22.52 seconds!
That's awesome you where able to beat the whole game without charge boost. I like to see you try that in level 15 pro mode. Thank you for the awesome ideas I will work to improve.