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After following the thread in the Flash forum, I knew this would amount to something great.
Overall, there is little advice I can offer you. You are clearly a great coder and deserve more than just a Daily 3rd for this.
Author's Response:
I know... I submitted it without knowing that Madness Accelerant counted as being submitted on the day I did.
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The programming you put into it was excellent, but there were a few simple things you could do to make it better. It wouldn't take much longer to improve the graphics, add sound, or even add an editor that allows you to place blocks or something to create a maze for the snake, or something similar.
Overall, it was good, but could have been better.
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It would have been better if you made my alt a co-author.
Minus 12 points for lack of me being co-author.
Plus 20 for me being in it.
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you didnt send me a buddy request?
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The animation was a little bit too shaky for my liking. You might want to try making smaller undulations in the lines. There wasn't a whole lot of movement, which is uncommon in most flash.
Somewhat unique. You could use some work on your FbF to make it just a bit less shaky. The shaky feel works for this, so don't try taking it away completely.
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Dude, that was on purpose. Thanks though.
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Though it could have used a bit more animation, I liked the style and overall feel of it. You might want to try adding pale colours to works like these, but only on key objects, to make them stand out. You also might want to clean up your lines a little bit.
I don't have much else to say. I liked the style; it was unique and had a nice feel to it.
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The game was a whole lot of nothing. You basically had to hold down one key for most of the game, except for the odd jump here and there. You need to implement more action.
Also, you should work on the camera angle. The character took up most of the screen, making it difficult to see around it. The animation could use some improvement as well; the walking cycle needs improvement.
You can look here for improving your walking cycle: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /67509
You might also try using perspective in the background. It was mostly like a 2-d painting all the way through it. The character often floated above the ground, as well. Overall, this wasn't too bad; the story was alright, and you put at least SOME effort into this.
Also note that this review is NOT abusive. The link is both relevant to the review and inside Newgrounds.
Author's Response:
Of course it's not abusive, this is clearly constructive and helpful.
Thanks for the input, but so that you know, you didn't tell me anything I didn't know already. I know how to do a proper walk cycle, but I'm really suprised you'd bring that up. Doesn't the bouncy cartoonish running look fun and just work?
It was a quick and fun sort of thing. The backgrounds were simple, but I know they were fun to go through and look at, or at least to some people.
The character was bigger than I realized when I got past the introduction, but I decided to just went with it.
Thinking back on my original intent, maybe I should have made the gameplay a bit better, but with what I have here, I just wanted to let people walk through some fun backgrounds and to bring the ridiculous idea of actually chasing your refridgerator to life.
Thanks for the review.
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I hope you put a lot of effort into the AS. It's not really anything special, and next time you might want to work towards something a little more complicated, like cycling colours, different shapes, and possibly work towards a kaleidoscope feel to a video.
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the AS took me less than two minutes
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The gameplay itself was rather generic; it's really just a typical avoid/sidescroller game. However, the graphics were excellent, the story was touching, and it was surprisingly fun.
Overall, you should definitely work on your story. I understand this didn't take you that long, but you should still put a little bit more time if some part of it seems incomplete.
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It combined the right amount of all of the previous entries in the series. It had the right amount of story, like in the first 3, and just enough of the message from #4.
Overall, your animation is seamless, but your story can use some work. I know this portrays a powerful message about interracial/alternate relationships, but you can't rely on doing that if you want to create something big.
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Your animation skills are obviously very good. The only part I disliked about this was the fire, it just didn't look realistic enough.
Overall, it was a great animation, and I liked the song. I would just suggest that you try to put some effort into the story, or make the music sync with the vicinity (ie. stars flashing with the music, clouds bouncing, etc).
Author's Response:
ah you're right about the fire, that was actually rushed and seemed fine enough to me TBH.
I guess all your crits are pretty valid, story I didn't really care for at all and wasn't really part of the idea. it was more about the general impression or feeling you'd get from the images and scenes as they played out.
anyway thanks for the great review and crits
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