IceDragon64's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fan Game 0.39]

Good game

+ Fan effect was good
+ Interesting interaction with starry blocks, I got stuck amongst them sometimes, even pushing right through once. I found I got stuck to them on level 6, which was challenging
+Lots to do, building up with more challenges.

-Sound would be so good. Maybe music, with choices and more importantly, an off button for music. A fan sound would be so good and a nice roley plop sound when the 'critters' fall down the holes, or even a long, drawn out ahhhhhh! as if falling down a deep hole. A fanfare or something when you make it to the end of a level and a bad sound when you fail. You could have a rolling sound, like marbles or ball bearings on glass when the balls more.

I got to level five in a few minutes and found it easier than I expected, shooting through first time in a few seconds. THEN!
I stayed on level six for two hours (well about ten minutes!) trying again and again. twice I made a run for it with all four against the evil triangles, having somehow got past the holes, but no... I never made it!
I dont play games much, but Ive never seen one like this. the fan idea is great and I think I will recomend it to Codester, who likes this kind of thing.
Best Wishes,
Ice

LuckyLollipopLad responds:

Getting stuck/pushing through the blocks is actually an error in my coding. I'm not the most proficient coder yet.

You're totally right about the sfx. Fan sounds would totally rock, if it was subtle, with maybe altering volume based on speed...

I wanted to make sure the 7 levels culminated in a real challenge. Maybe I went too far. And playing through again, maybe 6/7 are in the wrong order.

The trick in level 6 is in circling the fan round the critters to 'round them up' before you make a quick run for it past the enemies.

Glad you enjoyed it. I'll make an effort to source suitable sfx and will continue trying to improve my level design.

Thanks again for the reviews!

Stay funky,
- Bez

[Katakana Game v0.25]

Good game + educational

Got to level 15 but Im too tired to concentrate. If your mind wanders for a few seconds, you don't take the character in and feel like a fool presented with a whole lot of them and you dont have a clue!
Music OK, but I turned it off to concentrate, you might put in a few music options. Nice textured paper background, like we were writing on it.
Use this in conjuction with Caler's JapaneaseLesson1 and learn a language on NewGrounds. You might contact him and explore working together, we PM'ed and he's nice.
I thought I would have lots to suggest but your to do list is exhaustive- do you have any life elsewhere? lol
No seriously, the pronunciation thing would definately be good, it would help it to come to life and to be something to really learn from.
Personally I would prefer it if we didn't have the characters turning round quite so soon and we got to see more characters before they started repeating quite so quickly.
You could put in a choice of music and you could tell us more about these characters. Just info buttons, like mine, give the player the option without interfering with the game. eg. What are these characters? How/where are they used? How common is this alphabet?/language? How does it relate to other languages? these and other related questions give the enquiring mind the background which may inspired them to persist and get into the game and feel they are really learning something. You and Caler should definately negociate links from each others Flash.
I don't play games much so when I say I might come back, or show the double gang this, that is something.
Best Wishes,
IceDragon64 of the Dragons & Spirits

LuckyLollipopLad responds:

Hey! Thanks for the awesome reviews!

"If your mind wanders for a few seconds, you don't take the character in and feel like a fool presented with a whole lot of them and you dont have a clue!"

I noticed whilst testing that on a couple of occasions, I kinda yawned, closed my eyes, and had no idea what to click.

When I eventually put voices in, hopefully that'll help with that problem.

I hadn't known about Cayler's entry. Checked it out and there's some cool things about it. Linking to his tutorial is a cool idea.

I spend a lot of my life thinking about Flash productions and stuff I want to do. I aim to be a game designer. This is the kinda thing that gets me going.

I'll change the rotation to only start when the kRating is higher.

Repeating? Am I right in understanding that you made a mistake and then did that same character a few times? It currently just picks the one with the lowest kRating (i.e. the one I think you know the least), which I now realise is a flaw. I'll change it so it checks the last... 5 and makes sure it's not one of those.

Thanks for all the questions one might wonder about the alphabet. I'll do my best to answer them in the next edition, coming soon.

Glad you liked it!

Stay funky,
- Bez

[Mystifying Mouse Trails]

Nice work!

+Lots of options of trails
+four options of differents styles of music and off
+Lots of backgrounds in a great variety of styles
+Nice art & animation all through
+All functioning well
+some good ideas
+Im with this idiot was funny!

Ive seen this type of thing here before
You might try some art with a little more delicate, intricate style as well, most of your options were kind of regular or blobby. You might use some imported pictures if you like in the trails or something.

Stives1111 responds:

Lol thanks very much, and thanks for the advice!!!

[So you think you know NG?]

Good Quiz

Good Questions- i thought I Knew NG until I tried this! I thought the portal opened in 1999- are you sure?

Sound loops need off buttons, remember us idiots cant just click through the quiz like you who make and test it and however good the music is it gets annoying. If you check out my quizzes I dont loop the sound. I like the idea of lives to lose, people get annoyed about always going back to the beginning. However, even with lives 20 questions without a checkpoint is a long way to go back. with lives i would put in a checkpoint at 10 questions.
Spelling: futre/future featre/feature (twice)
OK Quiz- do check mine out they have different styles
Best Wishes,
IceDragon64 of the Dragons & Spirits

ELFERRETO responds:

Thankyou, yep, i am sure the portal was opened in 2000, i have checked out your quizes, the grahpics are pretty cool and i like it how you display a bit of information for each question answered, i might make one like that next time, as for the music, everyone is saying it just loops, well that just tells you that your slow at answering questions! naa, i might change it sooner or later if someone gives me an idea, i always like small song files so the submission doesnt take way too long to upload, i thought up the idea of lives when i was playing a different quiz game, got to question 20 and then accidentally missed the right question, so i had to start all over again, the checkpoint idea is pretty good, but the lives thing is the whole fun of learning the questions rather than just tapping them in over and over, my spelling isnt that great, i must admit that there are probably heaps of spelling errors in that, i try to fix it and the macromedia flash 8 spell chacker didnt do too much to help me, thanks for the review, i probably replied with a bigger one, as you said,

Best Wishes,
IceDragon64 of the Dragons & spirits....

thats not right..... ah!

Best Wishes,
ELFERRETO of the dragons & spirits...

Still doesnt sound right....

Best wishes,
ELFERRETO......yeh

[Ultimate Newgrounds quiz]

Good Quiz

As with the photo thing, it has plenty of errors, but I could still understnad it and it looked OK. The end where the scores were needs improving. the score/level thing is cramped.

If you want a full list of the errors then use my pm and update/improve the photoshop tut and put me in the credits!
Best wishes,
Ice

Makdim-crazy responds:

Thx,you proved to be very helpfull!

[Photoshop Tutorial part 1]

Good

+Looks useful.

+I don't know anything about Photoshop but it looks OK to me.

-It needs editing all the way through, though, for spelling etc.
samples: scrren/screen; desing/design. there must be at least 30 errors.
-The text at the end of the first lesson is cut short.
-The credits are unreadable/too fast

Makdim-crazy responds:

Thx about the good words!!
Sry, but i couldn't wait seeing this on the Portal, so the credits are stupid!
And i need to brush up my English! XD

[Chinese 101 (canton)]

Nice Work

Interesting choice of vocab- very NG. Good sound. do more!

detail: "who says....cant/can't

ShrimpFryRlCE responds:

thx =P :( u brought down my overall rating a lil bit wid that 6 ;p but it's cool, when are u gonna have ur next flash?

[Waka Laka Dodge Deluxe]

Oh yes, better!

Starting at a lower skill level is good. I wish I could get further, maybe I will get the D&S to try it just to see what it looks like. Music that goes on for a long time, like in games, should always have an off button (How do you do it?) I liked how we clicked when we were ready to go on and the variety of style. There is such a lot of competition in the realms of game out there- this one competes quite well.

Jimtopia responds:

I'm very glad you enjoyed it, thx.

[Waka Laka Dodge]

I like ! Hard!

I was thinking that if I couldn't get past the first level i could neither vote on it nor review it as I couldn't assess it properly.
I finally got the hang of it and got as far as level three. My hand is aching a bit cos I've been on too long, but I will come back to this.

As usual, your choice of music makes it. For once I am certain that no other sounds were neccesary! I found I wanted to get further just to hear more of the music, which was as lively as the game. the way the enemy sort of comes after you and sort of doesn't fascinated me.

Jimtopia responds:

Yes well, glad you enjoyed it thx a bunch.

[Halloween Sprash]

Good Game!

I enjoyed it!

Where did you get the name from?

bvela responds:

The name comes from the word "Splash". Splash, because the original idea was of a person 'splashing' different colored paints on a canvas. I put the R in the word because it sounded more playful. I'm glad you enjoyed it.