sharpnova's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Anodyne Demo]

i usually do running reviews where i list all the issues in a game one by one and then the author has a (usually complete) list of all the problems/issues/design flaws. then when the author takes my advice verbatim, their game becomes immensely successful.

but it seems like you did nearly everything right here. just one minor hiccup i noticed so far.

when you step on a checkpoint and hit 'c' it says "saving..." but never gives any feedback to let you know that your progress is saved. this is somewhat awkward and clunky. one is left to assume. but some might assume that it doesn't say "saved" because it didn't properly save due to some browser/flash setting.

Seagaia responds:

have you made a game before?

[Adam]

This concept is ripped from a science fiction short story. I'd have to dig through some of my anthologies to find out the name. But it was definitely ripped off from that story.

In that story someone bounces forward and backward in time building up temporal energy from temporal friction. At the end he finds himself at the beginning of everything and realizes that the ridiculous amounts of energy he'd built up would cause him to explode and actually "be" the origin of the universe.

I enjoyed this game, though it was very short. I won't count off stars for blatantly ripping the idea from a story and not giving credit because the game itself was still solid.

MaTX responds:

I have actually never heard about that story! I would love to read it if it's possible, because it shares incredible similarities with our idea. Any chance you could send me a private message with the title?
Thanks!

[Psychic Arrow]

i can't figure out why this is rated 4 stars. this is terrible. the graphics are unpleasant.. the upgrades monotonous. the gameplay pretty nonexistant.

i kept looking for some reason to give it a good rating and in the end had wasted a bunch of bored time guiding an arrow to hit everything on the screen.

UknownXL responds:

I kept waiting for an immature post and I just found it. Luckily it seems that most of Newgrounds have evolved and know what a fun game is unlike yourself. I am glad to see that every post (with the exception of this gibberish) has been overwhelmingly positive and everyone enjoys the game.

[Lockehorn]

-1 star for the adblocker BS. you act like we're blocking ads just to hurt indie developers. what about the disgustingly obtrusive ads on sites like youtube and ign?

4 overall because this is a great game as i always expect from nitrome

Nitrome responds:

Just because you argue that you are blocking ads for sites like Youtube and ign does not mean that you are not hurting indie developers?
The arival of App stores on mobile as a whole has led to an ongoing decline in people playing flash games which in turn is putting a squeese on the revenue a flash dev can make from their game. We have to get millions of people to play our games just to pay the bills of making it which is no easy task! On top of that it is generally accepted that you have more potential to make money in mobile now than you do in the flash space so flash developers faced with this dilema are increasingly jumping ship.
What I'm saying is avoid watching ads if you want, but then don't complain later when there are no longer any free games to play on the internet any more of any worth.

[Orbox C]

i love this genre of puzzle game.
you were smart enough to not force us to move our hand back and forth between keyboard and mouse which most level-based flash game creators lack the intelligence to do
sounds/music are awesome.

top notch.

GameBalance responds:

Thank you!

[Dracula's Treasure!]

Check out the author's idiotic reply to the accurate criticism that this is just that old Flicky game with different sprites.

As if he would need to steal source to copy a game this simple.

01010111 responds:

It seriously would have helped. Also I don't take it as a criticism, because my idea was to make a game "similar to games like Flicky and City Connection" :D Anyway, I'm sorry you don't like my game or my facetiousness.

Oh, also - if you want to check out my source, you can search for this game on ludumdare.com!

[Maximum Frustration 2]

not a fan of games that are designed to be annoying.

also my right ear is bleeding. you need to balance your audio.

Zapxo responds:

Are you frustrated yet?

[Echo Bullet]

no upgrades = no stars

Nonako responds:

(sorry for my English)

I'm really not a fan of upgrades system, at least in these kind of game. I love to rise my skill and win than use my time to farm lot of money and buy powerful weapon then beat all bosses without hard trying. So sorry...