jonthomson's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wade PLZ Ban!]

Better than the first, definitely

A marked improvement on the first one - helped by the addition of new enemies (that boss is annoyingly hard), new weapons and a higher difficulty level. The sound loop was better as well, nowhere near as annoying as the first. Could have done with health upgrades, but in any case this is a pretty good shooter.

Goatchrist responds:

Thank you jointhomson :) I put a lot of work into that

[Finger Twister!]

Interesting idea

It's a damn sight better than that crappy Pacman clone you submitted - at least this one is slightly original (in flash terms) and is fun for a while. Not the sort of thing you'd expect to be converted to flash really, but it sort of works for about four spins then you get bored.

grandmabacon responds:

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[Ghost Motel 5]

Takes a step back from the previous episode

I didn't find this anywhere near as good as the fourth episode. To work backwards, it ends at a bad spot, the whole "epileptic" sequence looked pretty poor, and it seemed rather buggy soundwise, with frequent cases of part of a sound playing, then pressing a button to hear that sound again with the rest of the clip. The voice acting also seemed worse this time around. The tunnels let for some good interaction, but overall I found this to be a duller, slower, less interesting episode. Hopefully when this is continued it will return to the high spots of episode 4.

Violet-AIM responds:

I was trying a different kind of interactivity and obviously, a lot of ppl didn't take to it too well.... but in the next one, I will return back to the other type of interactivity.

[Another Pac-Man Clone]

Stop making 20 year old games!

Christ! I have no idea why this was protected! The exact same game, only better, is on NG already in *preloaders*, and about 100 other times as actual games! It's movies like this which makes me wish that there was an originality rating so I could give you more zeroes! Don't take anything else of Flashkit ever again!

grandmabacon responds:

go screw a donkey..oh..and while you're at it, MAKE A FLASH MOVIE URSELF RETARD

[Rammer - tutorial (old)]

Good tutorial

Shows you how to do a couple of things in good detail. Tutorials are always good, this isn't bad. The text was a little small I thought but that's not a major problem. Interesting choice of sound loop, it did get a little annoying after a while but it's better than no sound loop.

Rammer responds:

thx alot. a lot of ppl said it would get annoying...

[Balloon Hunter]

Fine little game

Shame you can't get the other main features to work, those would have made it score a lot higher. Takes a bit of skill, but it's fun for a while. The lush background and pleasant music add to the experience. Great for just killing a few minutes, could possibly become addictive.

Wonpwn responds:

I would have loved to implement the other two features for newgrounds, but due to restrictions on Flash Player 6, It wasnt an option. Yes, there is a new flash player available(whose new security features would allow me to unlock tournament mode and the high score viewer), but Im quite sure not enough people are using it at the moment.

[Ghost Motel 4]

Better than the rest

This one takes the interactivity to a whole new level - whereas the previous episodes were very linear, this one gives you a lot more freedom to explore. Fun to play, and the puzzles can be tricky if you're not paying attention. The next episode should be good, especially if the series keeps on improving. A worthy daily award winner.

Violet-AIM responds:

Thanks for the reviewing and checking out previous episodes. Nice of you to notice the improvement in the interactivity of the 4th one. I plan on making more improvements as the series progresses. :)

[Ghost Motel 1]

Interesting interactive story

An enjoyable flash - good to see some things where you have a choice of what to do (although there's only one way to get to the end). Nice little storyline, albeit it is just an introduction to the series. Graphics are fine and the music was good, although the sound quality on a couple of the voices wasn't great. Crazy ending, and overall a good submission.

Violet-AIM responds:

Thanks for reviewing. That interactivity thing was kind of hard for me to do back then, but I knew it was something that I wanted to keep doing in the series.

[NSG002:Spot 5 differences]

Has potential

It's like those games on itboxes and other quizzies that I don't play because Millionaire is better. You need to make it clear that there's five things to find. It certainly has potential - create multiple levels, with decreasing time limits and perhaps some help buttons (to give answers when people are stuck). These additions would make it better, but I still wouldn't really play it too much.

Bezman responds:

Thanks. :)

I was actually inspired by the spot the difference pub machines with women in lingerie. After my engine's totally set up, I want to do a porno spot the difference. ;)

I'll make an instructions screen which tells folk there will be 5 differences in each pair of pictures.

This was just supposed to be a sort of beta test - I'm going to start on some multiple levels pretty soon and I already coded it so I can have the time limit decrease on each level, as you suggested.

I'm really not too sure if a help button would be the best way to go. But I suppose it might be funky to have some hints or something... I'll give it some thought. Thanks for the idea!

[Weebl and bob- soundboard]

OK soundboard

Good to see a Weebl and Bob soundboard on NG. It's not fantastic, but it has a fair selection of comic phrases to choose from. You ought to try to rip a few from the movies as well, if you feel that way inclined.

Martin-88 responds:

i would, but i am no flash expert. i dont know how to rip sounds.