3p0ch's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Azumi and the Vertical Slice]

This is kinda cool. The only things I would say to be tweaked are that 1) the keys still affect browser scrolling -- specifically, when I hit up and attack to throw a star or down to change menu options, that makes the browser window scroll. 2) When I played the game once and then said not to make me do the tutorial again it made me do the tutorial again. 3) After I died the second time I said I don't want to continue and was put directly back into combat on level 1 (without the tutorial). But that seems kinda random because I tried it again after dying a third time and it behaved as expected. Using Chrome on Windows. Less critical: some people like using up arrow / W to jump so maybe make those keys do that (with some other way of throwing stars), and if I click the webpage outside the game so I can't control the guy any more I'd like the game to pause until it regains focus. Overall I'd say this is a good start at making a great platformer along the lines of Ripple Dot Zero or Phoenotopia if you're feeling ambitious enough. 4/5 only because it's still just a demo.

Edit: FWIW I wrote that while the game was still under judgement and I couldn't see the other reviews. Guess it's nice to see that I'm not alone.

PopStrikers responds:

I think I might have figured out the menu bug: It determines your menu choice based on the X coordinate of the cursor, so if you press an arrow again (to say, for example, move the page back into place cuz it scrolls), it will change the menu choice after the option should be locked in. Throughout development, I tested the game running in a new window so I never noticed this behavior since there was no page to scroll. I will go back and fix this and update it as soon as it's working properly.

Thanks for the feedback, it really helps.

[Rise of factions 0.2.5]

The underlying concept is great, but there are a lot of issues with the execution that leave the player baffled about what they're trying to do and fighting with the interface as much as the game's underlying puzzles they're supposed to be solving.

Some things I would recommend:
If people have placed a conveyor belt and want to change the direction that inputs/outputs are facing, then let them rotate them without having to destroy the transporter, bring up the transporter building page, change the directions of the inputs/outputs, and then place it on the map.

If people have placed a production tile like a furnace, let them change what it's supposed to produce without having to destroy and rebuild.

If I'm trying to build a production line and don't have all of the units I need available, I'd like to be able to buy more from the building screen instead of having to exit out to the trade tab, buy more, then go back to the build screen and place them, especially if there are multiple different types of units that I need to buy to make the production work.

I am confused why I can't set up a collector picking up something like iron ore and wood from two different source tiles and feeding it to a furnace and have it work.

I get the feeling that things could be clarified a lot better with the guide tips, and the wikis look kind of like a computer programming reference that can only be understood by the person who wrote it and some professional programmers so they could use a little more of an "English" explanation about how to make things work.

GrafixGames responds:

You can change the direction of the belt and recipe of production object by just clicking on it. No need to destroy it.

The reason I was not allowing people to buy objects from build menu because I wanted to make the experience like real life. You create a shopping list then go to shop and buy all the stuffs in the list.

I am constantly working on wiki.. Next version I will create very detailed wiki.

PS If you want more help or want something else, can you please post on my reddit page or support forums? It is really hard to create a comment chain on newgrounds

[The Question - Web Edition]

Well, you've proven that it can port to a web game, so mission accomplished I guess. The game itself was kinda sucky, but that'll be the task of actual game devs to solve, amirite?

The only bug I found was that if I go to fullscreen and then back to window mode, the positioning of everything (including where I need to move the mouse in order to highlight an option) gets a bad case of the fuckups. Using Chrome on Windows.

Beuc responds:

Haha, I didn't mean this upload to appear in the New Games section, yeah it's a really short game.
Thanks for the full-screen report, I'm still investigating this, from the preferences screen there's delay and mess-up, though it seems to work fine with the 'F' keyboard shortcut...

[Locked inside]

I'm the type who usually likes puzzle games and usually isn't particularly into moodiness. In this case, the piano puzzle was pretty much the only thing that I would consider a puzzle. So I'm basically evaluating it based on its merits as a sinisterly moody game.

Some things worked quite well in establishing a sinister mood. Starting off with a sort of exploration-game feel without a time factor, then introducing creepiness with things like the painting with eyes following you, then sheer terror with a specter that looks like it'll kill you unless you react fast enough all work well. But then I hit the piano puzzle which took a fair amount of time to figure out what was going on and what I needed to do with no fear factor, and it sort of ruined the horror experience, and throughout the rest of the game after that it never got so immersive.

[Elite - New Age Parkour]

I thought it was pretty fun although sort of short. I suspect that a lot of people will complain that it's too slippery because of the guy's momentum, or at least think so even if they don't post comments saying so. Personally I think getting used to handling the momentum it is just part of playing, but maybe games in the future will be received better if there's less momentum and they use other mechanics to keep the difficulty reasonable.

Ace-Productions responds:

Thanks

[Eye Contact]

I haven't seen a mechanic like this before, and it gets pretty tough pretty fast. Top notch puzzling. The graphics are ok for a minimalist puzzle game. The music falls short, and I guess that's why there's a mute button, but good puzzle gaming music would help.

[SupercEELious]

Dat ending... and I thought there was enough weirdness just from riding around on an eel upside down a fair chunk of the time with easy listening jazz in the background.

EvilObjective responds:

Way to make it to the end...YOU SHOWED THEM!

[Lite Cycl]

It's a very well produced sandbox game. Graphics are amazing, sound is nice, and the game runs well at an entertaining speed. Gaining speed while you're riding close to another wall and having a short grace period to change direction and avoid death if you run into a wall are nice touches. I just wish there were more than a sandbox.

[Universal Delivery]

It was ok at first, but got very repetitive. Just go harvest planets that are close to Earth for a little bit, return to Earth to refuel, give whatever you harvested to the aliens, rinse and repeat. If I missed something that led to some plot progression then I'll go back and replay the game, but from what I could see so far it didn't seem like it was heading anywhere and I would definitely recommend incorporating more plot if you want to expand on the current game.

[Tricky Cat]

I agree with the reviewers who said that the physics were a little too slippery, and I admit that while I like games that are on the difficult side, I still think I would have preferred it if the cat didn't have so much momentum. The puzzles were appropriate for a puzzle platformer IMO, but for the most part I felt like I could tell what I needed to do but the main issue was in getting the cat to do what I wanted. It was like... well... herding cats :3

As for the difficulty: 45 players have completed level 30 after there have been 190 to complete level 1 as of the writing of this post. So yeah, I agree with MeowmersMcBiscuit: If anyone complains about this game being too difficult and needing to be nerfed, you have every right to reply "nah u jus sux, git gud :3"

Agree with MPPlantOfficial now that I went back and played Detiled again -- if that was an inspiration for this game then it deserves some props. But Detiled was a kickass game and if this is a kickass game with the same mechanics then I still like it :3

And IDK WTF DaRealSparky was talking about. I searched Newgrounds for 1n3Qu4l1ty and came up with squat. Whatever he's smoking might be too strong for me :3