sharpnova's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Beetle Battle]

uh.. not locking the cursor into the game window.. and having the cursor be almost invisible amidst bullet mayhem.. and the game not detecting relative mouse movements when the cursor is outside of the window..

i'm surprised this game has a rating over 2 stars due to all that. i have no doubt those things made the game unbearable for most.

litroj responds:

Thank you for trying! I will consider changing the cursor in the next version

[Gravity Storm - First Mission (DEMO 2)]

awesome. loved this. would rather it be an open level design with the 4 abilities or at least the shoot/gravity/dash ones being unlocked gradually ala metroidvania

but still fantastic.

Jampley-Dev responds:

Glad you like it! I've been meaning to make a metroidvania for the longest time, but I had a different idea for this game.

EDIT: Demo 2 is out here, and on Steam if you want to wishlist the full game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3482870/Gravity_Storm__First_Mission/

[Nefarius - The Last Wizard (Updated)]

dash does nothing...????

Snow-Hex responds:

It makes a displacement that even allows you to pass through enemies 😿

[EEEE]

yep it's fixed. nice

DrDevGuy responds:

idk why it does that, this was made with a turbowarp newgrounds extension and i was unable to fix it cuz like i wasnt able to contact the extension maker but ok i guess. edit: oh shit i think i know what i messed up, still have idea why that happens but it should be fixed now maybe???

[Bug Ball 3D]

uh.. why does jumping right before a drop never work?

re: dev: i heard there was this thing where people get defensive against criticism and lash out.

kaiakairos responds:

THERE IS COYOTE TIME YOU ARE JUST BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kill Laanie Race or Die Super Laanie Update]

really cool aesthetic (other than the muffled wanna-be-NES voices which are just jarring, hard to hear, volume-wise, and annoying)

but it's simply way way too hard to drive. handling is terrible.

you need to playtest with varying friction, acceleration, and turn sensitivity until you find a sweet spot where handling feels great. a good sign is that it almost feels "OP" to the player.

re dev: ahh I didn't know it was based on the unstable theme. that makes perfect sense then. i raised my score

GNOSTU responds:

Hi miss sharpnova, thank you for the review it is most appreciated. We are sorry about the muffled cheap and retro audio that is probably hurting your ears. Our equipment is limited in the studio and our sound guy works 6 days a week as a English teacher and all we had was a cheap pair of FIVE|FIVE headphones with a mic that has unbelievable white noise. It was either that or use a distortion filter. As for the handling, this was a game jam entry and the theme was unstable so we just couldn't resist making people frustrated with that sorry. Thank you for the review again you are awesome and we will take what you have said into consideration.

[Keep It In! 3]

very original idea

St4rryQueen responds:

Thanks! ^^

[Upbound]

the feeling of being raised by a balloon is terrible. the horizontal mobility reduction is infuriating. games are supposed to be about player empowerment.

yahhcheee responds:

hii sharpnova - i'm really sorry you felt that way! we had a friend who expressed similar frustrations when he playtested our game, and we tried our best to make it more fun!

we're working on our second game which won't have any horizontal mobility reduction! i hope you will enjoy it better

[Windowz XP 2012 Professional]

assuming it's just a never ending loading screen. i gave it 15 sec + the time to write this review. if there's more after it, cool. but the joke wasn't funny.

re: dev, well if that's your excuse then i can hardly hold it against you. just know that even with a low iq, there are a lot of things you can still do! (just not game dev)

re: re: if the football helmet fits, bud.

Kolumbo responds:

extremely low iq

re: guy really pulled a no u lmao

[Core Breach - CAMERA update]

baller game.

GamesByLaurence responds:

Thanks very much !