DanielIsAlive's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Trash Force Demo]

Didn't know I needed a possum-themed asteroids rougelike in my life, but I sure do now.

Art is very impressive for a one week game and the music complements it perfectly. Gameplay obviously gets a little repetitive and the further you go, the more you just rely on spamming the special to clear the destructible meteors and then just dodge for the rest. Still gets to be more fun than the original and the extra section certainly give you an incentive to keep playing.

One bug I ran into. During my second playthough, it looks like the shop interface is broken and I can only buy special ammo or fuel despite all six icons appearing. It only goes to the third option which always acts like the new level button.

Edit: I see it's been update now. Boss is a nice addition but now the timer is permanently stuck after level 11 which persists into new games

[NUTBREAKER: THE GAME]

Well dang, this goes unexpectedly hard.
Tons of fun and easy to get into. It's got memorable style, incredibly smooth animation, awesome soundtrack, and just a perfect blend of shitpost humor. And you can't forget the fact that it's a game about kicking people in the gonads. God I love newgrounds.

Ran into a couple minor bugs. I randomly got a copy of the first boss drop after dying for the first time. And I somehow got Baa stuck upsidedown after performing a special attack. This was even before I toggled the option, but it did return the character to normal after disabling it.

Really can't think of any improvements, though I'd love to see more taunts and items. But as is, it's definitely very full fledged for being a short game.

ChalTheChalk responds:

Thank you very much for the long feedback! I will look into these bugs and try to fix them as soon as possible. Glad you had a fun time with the game!

[NG BBS Awards 2024]

Another year, another BBS Award entry. Keep at it through 2025 everyone.

[Air Hockey League]

11 years later...
Good stuff. Really wasn't expecting the angle it took. The end felt like something out of lisa rpg. Looking forwards to seeing more. It's always great to see users coming back to newgrounds.

[フナフペニス~ Freed Bear - no desetsu - Yup! Thats Paradise!!]

fedbear

[SANTA BATTLES!]

Nice, simple and seasonal. Only problem I noticed is that since the sprite mirrors between left and right, you can't aim directly down, which makes it easier for the flying robots to reach you.

xristos responds:

Thanks!!!

[Botanica (DEMO)]

Solid demo. Strongest points are the visuals (I'm a sucker for handdrawn stuff) and soundtrack. Kinda feels like Hollow Knight meets Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. I liked the boss battles and tool selection, but combat with regular enemies felt a little lackluster. I'd definitely like to see more sidequests. Right now it looks like I can't unlock new achievements after I finished a level though.

nulledwine responds:

Thanks so much for the kind words! It took way too long to wrestle with newgrounds' medal system and for some reason it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, and I have no idea how to fix it; sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks for playing and I'll do some work on more interesting enemies!

[Pico & Schmuck Save Tankmas]

A story that has it all: drama, plot twists, christmas spirit, vehicular manslaughter, mass child murder, mpreg, the list goes on. GOTY material right here.

Seriously though, everything with Dr. Schmuck has captured the newgrounds feel to a T. Possibly the greatest addition to the picoverse yet.

[SCAMS_FOR_THRILLS]

I knew I recognized this game from the shroomjam stream. Congrats on getting Vinny's high approval. Pretty sure the only reason why I didn't play on itch already was the weird funko pop takedown on the day I felt like going over the submissions. Looks like this was updated since the itch release.

Fun collection of microgames with the usual addictive factor. Can't think of any wariowarelike games that have an upgrades feature. It definitely added to the overall challenge and replayability. As always, the artstyle and voice acting was on point (I'm partial to the plight of unrecognized Nigerian royalty). Also funi frogs.

[Advent Chickendar 2024]

This was certainly nice. I got a lot more references than I expected and opening each one on the respective day was actually kind of a nice thing to look forwards to. My favorite was definitely the point & click collection. [insert chicken pun]. Until next year.