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[This Game Makes Sense]

Decent

This game looks to be done fairly well, with good animation, really good graphics, catchy music, and nice sound effects, but it suffers from incredibly difficult gameplay with absolutely no motivation to move on; while fun for a while, dying over and over because the controls are ridiculously slippery gets annoying when you aren't unlocking anything at all.

thinking-man responds:

The main thing that I impressed myself with, is making a working platformer engine that isn't glitchy at all.

[Math Pinball]

Had Great Potential

The physics are amazing. The ball rolls how it should, although it bounces just a little bit too much and is strangely lightweight. The rest of the game holds the problem, though. The shots are repetitive and the playing fields leave a lot to be desired. It's just hitting sections of the board over and over. The physics also disallow long, diagonal shots, making it very hard to hit faraway targets. The graphics are oversimplified and the sounds are repetitive.

Damned123 responds:

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Sorry but good game eh?

[Stealing the Diamond]

Very Good

I wasn't sure what to think when I saw this on the number one spot for game/interactive in the Top 50. The previous two had been good, but not this kind of quality. After playing it I can see why it's reached this spot, though. The graphics are much better this time around, with the sticks being the only thing that's really bland looking. The animation is extremely smooth, and there's also a ton of things to do in this game! The ideas and humor are decent, although none of them got me to laugh out loud. The music is well chosen. All in all it's pretty darn good. It does, however, still feel as if it's missing something. I also wish the menus were a little more comprehensive, as they look rather rough and artistic to a fault.

PuffballsUnited responds:

I will keep the menu thing in mind for the next one. I dunno what it could be missing, but I'll keep trying to add new things.

[Nyan Cat FLY!]

Excellent for What it Is

The graphics remain mostly true to the original Nyan cat, the sound likewise. As for the animation, I really like the easing on the rainbow, and the customizable Nyan cat was very nice and simple.

The gameplay was simple too, but something about it kind of bothered me, although I'm not sure what it was. Partially it was too simple, plus I never got much of an explanation as to what each treat and vegetable did... Plus I didn't get the bar at the top either. But that didn't make the game any less fun!

krangGAMES responds:

There's no actual difference between the specific types of yummies and veggies - yummies = good, veggies = bad :P
As for the bar on the top, filling it gives you a big point bonus! The text along the bottom of the screen details the points

[4 IN 1: Story Generator]

Mad Libs...?

A bunch of simple shapes and Flash filters, a simple tween animation, and some equally simple script to implement inputs into a longer string of text? This is really old, and we've had stuff like this since before computers existed. Even the buttons are square-ish and look unattractive, same as the UI. The font for Lonely Hearts was also difficult to read and obnoxious. The stories themselves tend to be nonsensical, of course.

All in all I found this to be rather boring and samey, and it didn't entertain me much at all.

Little-Rena responds:

Poor you :(

[Ultimate Physics Game]

Fun

I like the simplistic graphics and the music is nice, if repetitive. Plus the physics are pretty good... Except for the fact that the blocks appear to be made entirely out of rubber.

However, I didn't like the fact that you had to wait for the timer to finish checking if you knew you were going to lose. The refresh button doesn't work while the timer goes down! Not only that, but you put the timer in some categories that didn't even need it! The long ass waits made me want to give this a 6, but I realize this is a small game element. Besides, there should be a way to speed up the motion of the objects so that you see what should have happened in, say, 60 seconds, in three seconds. While statements come to mind, but I know that if you had a flawless setup you'd end up with a broken computer. Still, I'm POSITIVE there's a workaround that you didn't think of.

I also didn't like that the menu didn't show if a level was beaten or not. A check mark over or glow effect would have been a nice indicator.

As per individual modes... Collapsing made me frustrated because the blocks had way too much friction, and I lost in ways that would be impossible in real life. Building was easily exploitable by stacking things against the walls. Stacking got way too hard way too fast, and the way that balls rolled on their own was a small thing at first but became impossible to work with eventually. Moving seemed to require a good deal of bullshitting and cheap Jimmy-rigging. I didn't get to see too much of Exploding because I couldn't figure out how to beat 4, but I did manage to play at lest 6/7 of the levels in all the other categories.

This game DOES NOT present itself as fun. It presents itself as ANNOYING AND FRUSTRATING. It is possible to make puzzle games that do not fit into this category, but this attempt failed hard. I'll still give you a 7 for the presentation and the physics, which were nice, though the level design was not.

GroZGames responds:

Thanks for your input -- the time on the "checking..." is something to fix in the future and has definitely been noted. Sorry you found the level design too "flukey", it's hard to properly distribute the learning curve across levels without there being TOO many levels. We did our best.

Thanks again!

[The Tower: Heart in Glass]

Really Good

The graphics, especially the weapons and blocks, are simple in an extremely satisfying kind of way, and the animation and sound form a nice picture of what's going on. The sound effects get a little annoying and some are odd, but overall it's good. it could have used more diverse music, though. The gameplay was very fun! I loved customizing my own tower, and when it started out symmetrical it ended up becoming really wonky. The system of leveling up weapons and different strength blocks was simple and easy to grasp, and the gameplay was pretty raw.

My only complaints are that the game becomes really hard really fast, and that it's hard to browse the weapons to see how each one works when you can only look at them and purchased them during a wave. Also, it was kind of difficult swerving the mouse down to one section to select a certain weapon. Keyboard shortcuts would have been welcome.

I also noticed a glitch. At around the 43rd level, I was taken to the screen to prepare for the next wave while the previous wave was still attacking me! I couldn't attack back, since I was only able to place blocks, but I was able to win by successively clicking Next Wave until it said I had completed the last one. When trying to return to the main menu, though, I couldn't, and the winning screen kept popping up.

Despite the kinks, I really enjoyed this game and thought the system was simple, easy to use, and very tactical.

EggysGames responds:

2011 flashback

[3D Target Shooting - V2]

Good but Needs Work!

This works for me and I think it's fun but tons of problems bog the game down. I won't blame you for the simple background because of the way it moves, but you could work on the barriers and targets a bit more. Also, the gameplay is rather slow and sometimes a target is right in the middle of a barrier such that no matter which way I move I can't get into a position to shoot a target, leaving me stranded. The game needs way more; maybe some better music, faster gameplay, and easing on the positioning of the camera. I can't blame you for imperfect response time, but you could at least set it to accelerate and decelerate smoothly.

HUGE POTENTIAL, but not quite there yet.

ImpactGames responds:

Yeah next version is coming soon. To get that target by the way just shoot the heck of the barrier until it vanishes.

[Make My Next Game]

Sub-Par

The graphics are nice and have a cool 8-bit style to them, and the music is fitting, but the game is boring, slow-paced, and ridiculously bugged.

When I start the game it won't take any commands! In fact, even refreshing it won't fix this. I think I have to wait several seconds before inputting anything which is ridiculous. This also makes it extremely obnoxious to do without a walkthrough, as the first thing I typed was "open flash" and nothing happened... So of course I decided not to try it later on... That is, of course, until the walkthrough told me to. I was incredulous that out of all of the possible commands, I had entered the right one and still a glitch prevented me from entering it correctly. The thing I realized next after that was that when you add code, you can type in ANYTHING! What the hell? I get no special medal for entering some REAL ActionScript? That's blasphemy.

The game is severely flawed, and despite the difficulty still manages to be boring.

Afro-Ninja responds:

you're the first person who has reported 'having to wait several seconds before inputting something' so I'm not really sure what to say about that... are you sure your flash player wasn't out of date?

as for not getting a medal for typing real actionscript... I hope you didn't really expect me to build a miniature AS parser inside of this game :p

[Moovlin PC]

Wow!

GOOD:
Gameplay is smooth and the controls work great. Each has its purpose, and the controls are simple and none of them are worthless like some games with pointless blocks or weak attacks. The graphics have a unique cartoony style to them, but with gradients. The animation for the game and a some cutscenes are good too. My favorite cutscene was going into Sunshine Plains; there's combat at the beginning, and then the hilarious dialog with the trees. The menu is easy to navigate and understand, and I like how it supports keyboard and mouse control, although I would have liked keyboard control for the pause menu. The music is expansive, fitting in most levels, and dramatic. The choices in making the selection were great! One of the best soundtracks ever! The pictures and hats provided a fun distraction, and it was fun to fight Safuma Poll with an afro. Some of the levels are really fun, too, and it's also convenient how your scores are automatically submitted. My favorite levels were the second Sun Station level, Missile Madness, the first two Lavarious levels, both of the ice levels, the Robot Factory, and Parliament. The Parliament especially was an unspeakably fun level to play. It had tons of traps, and beating it without taking damage was a huge challenge. I loved every minute of it.

BAD:
The graphics aren't that good. The two biggest things I noticed were that you used the same ground Movie Clip over and over. For the glass you broke, for the platforms that electrocuted you, for Cheeseworld, Sun Station, and a few other ones, too. Even circular platforms had the same Movie Clip as a support beam. The second one is that you use too many filters. Sunshine Plains uses a not-too-subtle bevel effect on the ground. Bevels like that are scattered all over the game. Another thing is the cutscene animation. Some of it was good (like the scene where Moovlin enters Sunshine Plains), but some (like the scene before the Truff battle and before Lavarious) had poor easing and movements. For Sun Station, you can ground pound on a little platform and fall through it. For Selia Desert, the three 2-sided platforms are almost hard to clear without taking damage, especially while rotating. I've done it, but it's stupid-hard, not fun-hard. Doodleworld has a glitch where you can fall through the floor if you have enough momentum. Mooviball doesn't even roll or support loops, and has a bad principle of momentum. Sunshine Plains is annoying during the flights, and the level goes by so fast you have to memorize it. Gears are worthless. You move slowly in the water level and can't dive. The gears work pretty badly in the Robot Factory, and Midnight Carnival isn't randomized, so if you memorize it you can get an infinite score. Lava Survival is both easy and luck-based. The Truff battle is so methodical that you get bored, and the Safuma Battle isn't long or hard enough. For the multiplayer modes, you roll in the same direction regardless of which direction you're rolling in, and the camera for the collecting game screws up. There's also no confirmation button on the Erase File button. Another gripe is the cutscenes for the game have some really bad jokes (although some good ones as well). The storyline was bad, despite the good dialog. Not much happens throughout all of the levels; most of the levels are excuses for gameplay. Some scenes could be skipped and others couldn't be. Some of the voices are pretty bad, too. Truff and Polypiscis (who also had terrible dialog) were bad, and Bobby's voice was mediocre. When Pamela is introduced, the sheet Moovlin sleeps under is starched. It moves like a solid object and not like fabric. On the topic of Pamela, the boobs are bad. The sound effects were bad too. I liked some of them (especially the bridge in Cheeseworld and the breaking glass) but some, like taking damage, were annoying. On a last note, the menu buttons are very bland and could have used a makeover. Some of them don't even change when you roll over them!

Overall, this game was really fun to play and make, but it's not perfect.

Psychofig responds:

Hah, that's Kwing for you. Of course, no game is perfect. Except Mario Galaxy 2 and Battletoads. But that's beside the point. I'm glad you liked it, and I had a real great time making it with you!

I'll keep all those things in mind if we ever get together again and make a sequel!