BlueMonday1984's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Maze Horror Game]

A pretty basic maze-game, whose challenge can be completely bypassed by right-clicking. Good to get some quick medals, but it doesn't offer much in the scares department.

Restarting can also be a pain - clicking "Play Again" outside of specific areas will put your cursor over a wall and trigger another game-ending jumpscare.

Overall, an okay first attempt, but nothing special.

[Pico Dress up (Pico Day 2022)]

The Kingdom Hearts and Fella* shirts are a pretty nice touch - alongside the fast-paced pop-punk guitar of "Riffs for Days", they do plenty to enhance the '00s-era throwback vibe. It does seem the track doesn't loop once it finishes, though - that kinda sucks.

As a quick aside, the YouTube link in the sidebar's broken - if you wanna listen on YT, here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgzgAz84HqU

*For anyone lacking context, Fella's the horned(?) guy giving a V sign - he's deviantArt's former mascot back when the site actually mattered

[Madness Killing Interactive]

A simple, short and sweet little Assassin-style throwback.

Personal highlight for me was the "Delete" option - I'm a sucker for meta-jokes.

[It's Just TIC TAC TOE]

This isn't tic-tac-toe, this is something much more avant-garde.
The boss fight at the end was a damn good brainteaser.

[Pumpkin Smashing]

Fast-paced, frantic arcade fun - I was basically in a state of flow the entire damn time I was playing.

The soundtrack's also damn good, especially "Enraged". I think you should put it on the Audio Portal!

SoxxIGuess responds:

Thank you! I was already thinking about putting the soundtrack on the audio portal, so I'll probably do that soon.

[Hallow Helpers]

A highly charming and real damn fun puzzle-platformer, that'll keep you coming back for more.

[1pt Perspective Tutorial]

A simple, but useful guide to one-point perspective. If you're struggling, I'd recommend going through this once or twice.

[Tweety's Extravagant Adventure]

I gotta say, I found this surprisingly damn hard - I kept falling into pits left and right and struggled to get even halfway through the opening level.
The lack of a restart method is also a PITA - means I have to refresh the tab every time I get a game over.

Visuals are nice and movement's pretty fun, but damn does this bust my nuts.

TweetytheBird92 responds:

I was gonna sort the restart thing sometime before the release, but I'm guessing I forgot about that. I'll try to see if I can sort something about that in the sequel.

About the difficulty - I found the opening level to be quite easy, but that's because I made the level. I do share your points about falling left and right into pits - I struggled in Crothic and Merlin's level(s), but still got through them.

I intend for the opening levels to be easier for newer players, and the levels after that to get increasingly harder. There's hearts and 1-up bubbles you can collect to aid your playthrough though.

[TapTapBOOM]

A simple, but pretty fun mobile-friendly puzzler. Got an odd sense of nostalgia from it, too.

Difficulty did feel a bit uneven though, especially with Level 11.

[Paddle-crane]

Simple, arcadey fun, with a top-notch pixel artstyle. It was slightly frustrating at first, but things really picked up once I got the ship upgrades.