DanielIsAlive's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Parabellum Rain]

Having a background element like rain be your way of attack and extra jump is certainly unique and honestly, I'm all for it (even if my framerate can't handle it sometimes).

The visuals, with special mention to the individual character designs, are just amazing and match perfectly with the music. The artstyle feels reminiscient of Invader Zim, yet you can still somehow tell it's French. The dialogue really builds your intrigue in the story and captures the bleakness of the world maybe a little too well for comfort. A very promising looking project.

DaShahRach00 responds:

Ah thank you very much, I am very happy to read that.
Owh I wonder how the French spirit can be seen in my way of writing ah ah, I don't think I made any references though !
I'm glad you like the idea too, it was very difficult at first to design a suitable level design, but we did it i think
Ah, sorry to hear that about the framerate, I'll try to work with the programmer to remove some unnecessary visual elements that would take up too much space or memory !

[DEETS]

Life-changing. This game really makes you FEEL like you're at the mercy of an evil and intimidating horse.

Time for me to take the horse pill. K-hole here I come.

Edit: holy crap lois

BlueBen8 responds:

hello, evil and intimidating horse here.
neigh.

[Fun Home: Part 1]

Not only did you nail the NES feel, you actually managed to make something real spooky. The chase sequences more than made up for the short length and felt very reminiscent of Outlast or Power Drill Massacre. Can't wait for the next part.

deathink responds:

outlast rocks, and I love puppet combo. The chase is 100% inspired by Power Drill Massacre, thank you for noticing that.
Also, yeah, this game is a huge love letter to old NES games. THere are a lot of references in the game if you know what you are looking for.

[Anxi's Carnation]

Quite challenging. The soundtrack is pretty relaxing and your artstyle is just a treat. Only issue is that the instructions are a bit vague and only get explained at the respective game over screen. I also saw a few people comment that the medals don't unlock while playing, which looks to be brower-related. By itself though, can't say I have any gripes with the gameplay. Always nice to see someone's first game turn out so well.

Also banana rat

Tyhond responds:

Thank you :> Probably if I do another one, I just make it maker User Friendly with Instruction!

[The Toybox Collab]

I barely scratched the surface, but I'm expecting at least five different fumos.

Loving the presentation and soundtrack. A well-deserved daily featured. Just lovely.

P.S. If that one blurb was serious, I hope you're doing alright.

Tyhond responds:

So many fumos >:3

[Riddle Middle School]

Pretty great homage. I'm very much a fan of the bigger map and multiple endings. It manages to both be faithful to its source material and allow itself to be original with the added content.

That being said, there are a couple technical issues though. During my first playthrough, my inventory overfilled and not only did I lose the match I picked up, the next item I clicked on disappeared when I tried to use it. The other time, I grabbed the cookie from the vending machine t̶o̶o̶ e̶a̶r̶l̶y and randomly got stuck in the dispenser screen with no back arrow. And when I tried the alternate ending with Richy, I could not seem to interact with any of the changed environment. Clicking on Richy for some reason teleported me to the electric outlet in Mrs. Sleep's room and after returning to the gym, everything was restored back to before, except I was still missing the items I used before.

Edit: So just for future reference, yes, the library minigame has to be completed to get the main ending. Best method I found is having the cursor in the center of the screen. The speed and direction is random and it might take a few tries, but the targets always cross around the middle area. Hope that helps.

Minix07 responds:

Thanks you for your review. I was able to fix some of the glitches, the others I wasn't able to replicate so I might be a ruffle emulation problem.

[Watching Someone Pee Simulatoria]

Missed opportunity to name it pisseria, but i guess you had to keep up the existent naming scheme. Very relatable stuff.

FarawayDrip30 responds:

Fuck… I’m stupid…

[Trivial Trivia: Language and Literature]

After OpenTBD, this one actually felt pretty short. Makes me want to reread some novels now though rather than pick at my existing backlog. Once again pretty sweet OST.

The Spanish section has two broken questions for the words tiger and seed. The questions look incomplete in the first one ("typically orange and black" and "the Spanish word for seed") and the answers either don't appear or just say "loading" on all four.

TeamTrivial responds:

Sorry about that! The trivia pack should now be fixed (there was a misplaced comma that made things weird...)

[Button]

Gotta say, this might be my favorite of your games so far. I had a feeling there was some UFO 50 inspiration. Not sure if it's bugged, but the constant flickering and beeping of the scoreboard even after you get off the button gets annoying quick.
Gameplay, for being literally just jumping in one spot, is surprisingly addicting. Once the third upgrade sorts out the jankiness at the start, it really walks a fine line between "you do just need to balance it" and "yeah, you're going this direction now lmao". Only made getting to 99 all the more satisfying.
Once I saw the shop descriptions I already got a good idea what the ending would look like. Is time a recurring theme in these (well, three) games or is that all just coincidence?

WaspVentMan responds:

Thanks, I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed the game :)

and the flickering is intentional, but I might add a toggle if it’s too annoying

You do not control the flow of the button, the button controls the flow of you

The recurring theme is just a coincidence, I just have fun making a games in weird ways, literally programmed most of this one during my breaks at work

Edit: also I fucking love UFO 50, that game is amazing

[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!