DanielIsAlive's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[It Says to Wait]

I really like this game for its unexpected ominousness. It's interesting enough to keep you wanting to figure out how it works, but not in a frustrating and arbitrary "where the fuck do I go" kind of way. Pretty sure I ran into a bug though, since I ended up opening the door after some time, but now it's stuck at the text "is it done". It also keeps making the door squeaking sound when I scroll away from the screen (as in down to the comments)

Edit: I don't know how the divergence happens, but I'm pretty sure I got all three endings now. I got the complete wait ending twice, but I didn't get either medals for getting it or doing it without drinking. The first time one of the scripted shadows disrupted the ending scene, but I don't know why it didn't trigger the second time. Still, solid game overall.

Edit edit: All right, the complete wait ending triggered the third time now! I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for that secret you mentioned. Looking forwards to your other stuff!

TheGorondorf responds:

Thanks for the kind words! I'll try to fix those bugs you said (some of them I swear I don't even know how can they trigger when I made specific things like that to not happen in the first place, but that's video games for you lol).

I think I should correct myself and say that one of the "endings" is not part of the final moments of the game. Wink wink

[Wordly Defence]

Fun stuff. The tower defense is manageable enough, even if you somehow goof up every guess (provided you get the gems). Only issue I ran into is that the big headed medal didn't unlock even though I got the word right the second turn, both in the daily challenge and practice mode and only have the twitter post to show for it.

Edit: Ok, I got it on the second turn again and I'm pretty sure it's something with the api, maybe the browser which wouldn't make much sense since the other medals unlocked just fine. Strange.

[The Newgrounds Bug Collab]

Pokeyman: New and Grounds Edition

[Trivial Guesser: Video Game Releases]

Not bad. Like Magnus commented, some technical issues so you need to wait or revisit a category to load a question. I think I also ran into a problem with the medals, since the 5 answer one didn't unlock for me either. I was logged in and made a screenshot of the score to be safe. Maybe an api issue?

Edit: Checked it again and it works now! Thanks!

TeamTrivial responds:

Sorry about those issues!

With a just pushed update you should be able to load up the main screen of the game and unlock medals after 2-3 seconds. If not, please check the stats page and see what's shown there.

Will be checking into other issues as well.

[DEAD DETENTION #1 (Rescribbled)]

Now here's something I wasn't expecting.

It's a pleasant surprise to see that you're remaking these. I played the original (ok like one of the mini episodes) back in 2015. The art, the writing, plus the weeb shit, made those games instant classics and timeless even now, a whole-ass decade later. Looking forwards to the next parts and full steam release, Jack!

JackAstral responds:

Thanks so much! Lots more weeb shit in the next episodes, LOL

[Adventure Plane]

This was real fun. Took me 12 minutes and I probably spent half on level 4. Finding the shortcuts definitely made everything a lot easier. RIP Wiesi

[The Newgrounds KinitoPET Collab]

No clue why this funky axolotl head with legs and that buttery text-to-speech voice is doing numbers but I do love me some 2000s PC desktop horror.

Consider me thoroughly kinitopetted.

[Pico Clicker]

Funny to see that 100k (and I think 1 million) medal got removed because I distinctly remember at least 2 users getting them. That's gotta hurt even if it was autoclicker.

Also, apparently I'm the 420th person to get to 10 000 picos. That's something I guess.

[Homestuck FreshJamz Collab]

Great work from all the contributors as always. It really has been 15 years, hasn't it? I wasn't really around for the very beginning (I mean, who was?) but it was probably one of the first internet cultures I got genuinely invested in and saw through until the very end from elementary to like 6th grade, yet I keep forgetting about homestuck existing somehow. Surprised that there's still that much of an active fanbase. I'll take this as an excuse to reread it all over again since it ended.

(I think I've come to the sobering realization that things will never stop from keep happening constantly)

Edit: I just skimmed over the tvtropes page for HS2. Boy do I have lot of catching up to do.

Latadenata responds:

YESS!! GO REREAD IT!!! You might even have time to catch up with the new homestuck^2 updates with the new team!

[Arise: 1313]

For as short as it was, this was a pretty neat game. Felt a lot like The Consuming Shadow stylistically, maybe also some inspiration from Life Eater? I thought there would be a bit more interaction with the other patients, but I still really enjoyed it overall.

Mantis1 responds:

I haven't heard of Life Eater, but The Consuming Shadow is definitely the number one inspiration. I talked a bit about it in the Author Notes button on the main menu.