BlueMonday1984's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Athena's show!]

Easy to pick up, and pretty fun. Good to kill a few minutes.
You did a good job on your first Pico-8 game, and the thumbnail art's pretty cute.

Not sure how the scoring system at the top-left works.

Samburger360 responds:

Thanks!

The scoring system was a bit of a hassle,
but what I ended up doing was increasing the score by 0.1 every frame that a tomato would hit you but is in another Lane.

(Overall it increases by about 6 points per tomato)

It also doubles as what speeds up the tomatoes over time!

[An Ending]

I struggled to make out what anyone was saying throughout this, but part of me feels I'm better off not knowing exactly what they said.

A solidly made, and heartbreaking conclusion to Emily's story.
Nice work on the action - there was a strong sense of brutality to it.

bluekatNG responds:

I’ve seen all of your reviews, and I’m glad that you enjoy the series!! I feel that it aged well for most :3

[abberotchi]

Short, sweet, and just a bit creepy - the visuals have a fair dose of Tamagotchi charm.

SepticDolphin responds:

Thank you man :)

[NG Dreamcast Collab: Homebrew Edition]

...holy shit you genuinely put the Dreamcast Collab on an actual Dreamcast. That is actually insane.

Not sure how to get "WELCOMETOTHENEXTLEVEL", but it seems finding the code involves using a VMU. That's pretty clever.

KittyhawkMontrose responds:

Thanks! 💖 It had to be on a Dreamcast. We wanted to have a real world element, and why not use the underutilized VMU?

[Lantelle's Non-Canon Pocket Novel]

metacomedy my beloved
Short, but real damn fun - I had a smile on my face the entire time.

Okidou responds:

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it.

[Snipe Justin Timberlake]

Well, this hits a bit different after "Man of the Woods" torpedoed Timberlake's career.

Gameplay's pretty damn awkward - having to center the mouse made nailing anything (let alone Justin) a major crapshoot, and the rifle's generally poor accuracy makes this *much* more luck-based than it has to be.

Visuals are pretty neat, though - got that late-90's charm, I'd say.

Luis responds:

This game is old enough to buy me a drink and it better soon.

[GEMSTONE DREDGING]

A very simple, but fun spin on the classic Minesweeper formula. Love the aquatic visuals!

TheSailorDev responds:

I tried to make it feel different and I am glad it cam across as such.

[Blue Vortex]

Easy to pick up, and good to kill a few minutes. I vaguely remember seeing something similar to this on Mousebreaker back in the day.
Killer BGM, though. Pretty visually pleasing, too.

Mantis1 responds:

I didn't know this when I was making the game, but it turns out this is a game genre called "tunnel rush." There's a bunch of them online. I was inspired by a minigame in Sonic 2.

[olskoo game 2.0]

A short, and pretty simple shitpost for Pico Day '21 - good to kill a few minutes (and earn a couple medals), but nothing special.
I did like seeing all the different exclamations, though. Even had a couple knee-slappers in there :P

Deity-Donkus responds:

Are you really that old? Like 1984 old?