Score: 7

"Game ending Bug :("

submission: Frontier

date: October 3, 2009

Unfortunately, I encountered a game-ending bug: I was traveling to the city of Yorn and got "NaN" as remaining time (which is the Flash was of saying "not a number" for the non-coders). So I ended up on an endless travel to Yorn and had to stop the game :(

Score: 10

"I am flabbergasted!"

submission: Madness Accelerant

date: September 23, 2009

That was awesome!!!
The difficulty level was just perfect. It was fun trying to find the strategy to beat the boss at each level. A lot of originality in the various appearances of the boss.

But that game is truely amazing because of the style, the flawless animation and the magnificent Artwork. Good job MindChamber. I am flabbergasted!

Score: 8

"Good text-based game!"

submission: Dead Frontier: Outbreak

date: September 16, 2009

I am not really fond of text-based game but I must admit that this one was captivating, thanks to the great storywriting.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to enjoy the voice acting because I had to skip most of the narration.
The reason being that animations lagged big time on my computer. The voice had finished and the text was not halfway trough. There is a way to synch animations with sounds so that it adjusts framerate to keep pace. Check it out next time.

Once, it didn't give me the option selected. I think I asked for a vehicle but it gave me the motorbikes anyway (the second time we have to choose).

Typos : I may never she (see) her again.

Score: 8

"Solid game"

submission: Magic Words

date: September 16, 2009

That was a pretty good game. It was fun and the graphics were nice.
However, I didn't like the song.
Also, there are some design flaws: why limit the game area to a tiny square at the bottom? As a result, the letters were tiny and I felt that most of the game screen was not used efficiently. I felt that I was confined in a little square while most of the screen was only used to show a nice picture. The text (in between levels) could also be bigger and use the whole screen.

Score: 7

"uh?"

submission: Gta IV Painting steps

date: September 15, 2009

The artwork is nice. It's well done.

However, I wonder why you rated this M for mature.
Also, shouldn't this be an "interactie movie" (and therefore classified as "game" rather than "movie")?

It's nice to see the progression of the drawing frame by frame. Frame 1 is already advanced though. I would be curious to see how it started out and then how you applied color.

Cheers,
JB

Score: 10

"Amazing!"

submission: Exmortis 3

date: September 9, 2009

Hi Ben,

The quality of your games never ceases to improve. This third installment of the EM series makes no exception. It feels very professional. The sounds are amazing and they match the exceptional artwork. I can't emphasize enough how I am amazed by the quality of the game.

The interface is polished and intuitive. There is a lot of attention to details so that every element blends in. One particular example is the button to close the 3rd sense video: it is a "x" in a circle, all animated and it feels like fire. It is reminiscent of an occult symbol. Nice one.

The only small negative point is the navigation, which could have been a bit clearer. Sometimes there is a red arrow indicating that we can progress in that direction... sometimes, there is nothing to indicate that we can move forward or examine closer an object of interest. I think the furnace is one example of a location that is not highlighted by any sort of visual hint. So I personally feared that I had missed something. As I said, no big deal though...

As a "point-and-click adventure game" developer myself, I just can't imagine the amount of work and sleepless nights devoted to the making of this game. It is quite an achievement. I am impressed and respect you a lot for your work, not just this episode, but this whole journey that started what? 5 or 6 years ago...

In view of the quality of the game and all the efforts involved, I understand that you try to go commercial and I wish you the best of luck. This whole monetary problem prevented me from making more games and forced me to publish games of lower quality than what I was aiming for. I see that you didn't make that compromise and always delivered high-quality games.

I also juggled with the idea of demo vs full games, freeware vs donationware vs commercial. etc. without being able to make my mind about these issues. I've rapidly read the comments from the previous reviewers and I think that there is a lot of truth in some of them. Newgrounds and your previous fanbase were instrumental in the previous ExMortis's success. They brought exposure to a dedicated community that freely advertised your games via word of mouth. But do you really owe your fans something? Do you owe them more free games because the first two were successful? I don't think so. You provided them with two free games that you develop yourself at the expense of your personal life/leisure time. If you choose another path and to explore the pay-to-play avenue it is ok and you are entitled to. ExMortis is your creation. It doesn't belong to the fans who should be grateful for the first two episodes, that's it.

Be that as it may, a demo might not have been the best choice. It is indeed a good way to alienate some players. It might have been more judicious to develop a mini-chapter that could be played as a stand-alone and/or served as an introduction in the full-scale game. I don't know. I am not throwing you the first rock here (you didn't do anything bad). I'm just brainstorming out loud.

Anyway, congrats again dude.

JB

Score: 10

"Simple, elegant and addictive"

submission: Robot Reaction

date: July 14, 2009

Hi HybridMind,

Thanks for the great game. It is highly addictive and a perfect time waster. The music is great, the animation as well... It is fun to figure out the perfect spot to start the reaction depending on each little robot's position. It takes patience and luck sometimes. I just can't stop playing.

JB

Score: 9

"FUNNY"

submission: Batman: Bright Day

date: July 3, 2009

Ahahahahahah awesome!!! That's the same noise than my dog is doing while licking my balls.

uh?

Oops! I wasn't supposed to say this out loud. I was trying to speak internally. LIke in the movies. when they think....

Score: 10

"Fooo sheezy! That's what NG is all about!"

submission: How the Swine Flu Started

date: May 22, 2009

AAHAHAHA! Notwithstanding the provoking subject, the animation has a lot of merit. It's well done and the use of music carries a load of emotion !!

Score: 2

"Huh?"

submission: DFG Call of Atlantis

date: March 31, 2009

What's the difference with this : http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /488265
I don't like when people submit entries in duplicates.