Score: 9

"good but music stops"

submission: IndestructoTank A.E.

date: March 31, 2008

definitely an improvement in gameplay, but the music stopped after a few levels. Might want to fix that.

Score: 9

"Fun and stylish"

submission: Paperplane Madness 2

date: September 25, 2007

Awesome game. Lots of fun, but I got a huge score, and when I submitted it to the top list, it didn't register even though I was way above the two that were on the list. Might want to check that and update it asap 'cause this games gonna get a lot of views really quick. Good job!

Score: 9

"Awesome engine, but needs debugging"

submission: Feudalism

date: September 21, 2007

This is REALLY good, but there were a few things I think can be improved upon. First of all, when you do a mission, it looks like you don't get rewarded for completed missions unless you go directly back to the city hall, that is, if you accidentally run into any rouges on the way back (or on the way there, for that matter), or do pretty much any other stuff, then when you click on city hall again to get your reward, it just goes to the regular city hall menu instead of the "mission complete, here's your reward" screen. That was a major bug to fix.
Now, there was also something that's not necessarily a bug, but I think you should change it. That is, the fact that you get every single weapon of the conquered enemy when you win a battle is basically the same thing as an automatic cash reward. There's nothing wrong with cash rewards, but I've found this one to be a little out of hand. For example, in my situation, once I defeated two villages, I had sold enough weapons to get around 6 million gold, which only grew, as it basically gave me a virtually infinite supply of troops, and therefore more money as those troops conquered everything, leaving me with even more weapons to sell. So there are two ways to fix this. One way would be to reduce the number/value of weapons collected after a fight, which would take care of your exponential growth of money, or make troops increasingly more expensive to counteract this exponentially growing wealth. Another thing I'd love to see sometime is if you can do something other than just equip your hero with all those leftover weapons. This would also help reduce the number of weapons sold, which would also help with the infinite money thing too.
Anyway, it's still a fun game, and I hope you make another now that you know what you can do better on, 'cause if you do, it's sure to become one of my favorites.

Score: 6

"a good start"

submission: Lil Girl Shoping

date: September 11, 2007

Not bad. It kind of reminded me of those old black and white films with only music and no sound. If that's what you were going for, then you should have also had the captions appear in a black background after each shot, like they did in the old days (for an example, look up Charlie Chaplin on youtube). Anyway, just an idea for you. Nice drawing and stuff too.

Score: 9

"Gongxi Gongxi!"

submission: Chinese New Year 2008

date: September 11, 2007

lol, Zhenme ke-ai! I am also a student studying Chinese language, and it's great to see such a traditional flash about the biggest holiday in Chinese culture! I don't come across many Chinese folk songs, but the ones I do hear are always fun and interesting. Great job on the eyes too! I might try that sparkling technique in the future, as it works really well.
And actually, it's kind of nice that as we are entering into the bleakest, coldest part of the year, we can be reminded of the happy spring to come! Xie xie ni!

Score: 8

"cool"

submission: TheMJ Dress Up II

date: September 3, 2007

Wow, you actually own all those clothes? You've got good taste! Good job on the game, and I really love the intro page with the face. :P

Score: 4

"it's nice to see some poetry"

submission: The Rat on the FDA

date: August 30, 2007

I'm glad to see someone submit some poetry of their own. It's great to see the art of flash take more mature forms every now and then. Although, I can't agree with some of the content of the poem, it was still fun to watch. I think sometimes you mix up the pharmaceutical companies and the soulless advertisers with the FDA, and although they may be related, the FDA can't be blamed for it all. As for Mary Jane, it's certainly one contention that many people have with the FDA, but not one that should distort one's opinion of the entire organization. I myself have qualms about the FDA, but I think in a lot of ways, it still does a lot of good. I go to places like China, where you always have to be careful about what you eat, and it makes me a little more happy that I live in a place with less corruption and more checks and balances. Anyway, about the pop sound at the beginning, yes I do have a suggestion. First of all, make sure you're importing as wav, that's the easiest thing to check. Now, if you're editing the sound with something simple like Windows Sound Recorder, then I'vefound the pop to be quite hard to get rid of, but if you download a free app like Audacity from places like downloads.com, you can zoom in on the sound wave, and delete the spikes that represent the pop. Then, you should have no problem at all.

Score: 10

"Awesome artwork!"

submission: The Myth Of Sisyphus

date: August 18, 2007

I love it! I'm really glad you learned some techniques from Adam Philips, 'cause we need to see more people learning stuff like that here on NG. I don't think you give your own original skill enough credit though. I disagree with other people who may be of the opinion that just because it uses a few similar techniques as Adam Philips that it should somehow be called a ripoff. Such impositions of categorizations and rules are simply an oppression of the right of artists to feel free to make whatever kinds of art they feel they should. There is much creativity to be found in building and expanding off of the foundational ideas that others have started. So keep doing what you enjoy, and don't listen to the legalists!

Score: 8

"very nice art, from a cool anime"

submission: Ouran Tamaki Dress-Up

date: July 29, 2007

Good job on this! I really like the art, and I like Ouran. Don't listen to all those guys saying they want to see girls titties and stuff, just express what you like ;) In fact, I think it's cool to see girls submitting more content recently. I think both genders can learn a lot from each other artistically.
You've got a real talent for illustration. Did you use a wacom tablet or similar device? I wish I had one of those...
Anyway, keep up the artwork, and I hope to review something else of yours in the future!

Score: 7

"not bad"

submission: -Skate Or Die-

date: July 22, 2007

lol, more like Skate AND Die. The animation is smooth enough, and, I thought the spikes were pretty funny. Overall, a nice way to spend 30 seconds of life.