BlueMonday1984's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Keys]

Short, sweet, and supremely surreal - feels like a playable fever dream.

unseconds responds:

thank you!!

[Nonogram Halloween]

The lack of any timer's a nice change from most of the Picross puzzlers I've seen here. Makes this real damn relaxing.

Supernova-Games responds:

Thank you! Making it as relaxing as possible really was our intention :)

[Affordable Healthcare DEMO]

This has got an awesome claymation style, and a fun-as-hell gameplay loop. Kinda reminds me of Insaniquarium.

gheedu responds:

Thank you!
Insaniquarium is a big influence for this game!

[Factor72]

A simple, but solidly put-together (and pretty damn addictive) test of your mathematical abilities. The minimalist visuals make it easy to see potential factors, which is quite helpful when you're on the clock.

redoxee responds:

Oh wow, thanks for the quick review =D

[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.

[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.

[Phase Fragments]

A simple, but pretty fun shooter which wears its Battle Network inspiration on its sleeve and throws some nice minor roguelike elements in to spice things up.

Main major complaint's the controls - whilst I can swap the buttons for shooting and using my sub weapon, the mid-wave screen still uses the default controls, which can be pretty awkward.

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Iccyhaught responds:

I appreciate it!

[Manuee's Adventure]

Visuals are pretty nice, but the guy's acceleration feels a bit stiff.

Jampley-Dev responds:

could you elaborate on the stiff part?

[Pop Dot Endless]

A simple idea, with alright execution. Hit detection on those dots seems a bit wonky, though, and I never saw any need to use the change direction ability.

Eazymode responds:

Appreciate the feedback, regarding the hit detection, I found that its better to increase the hit detection since It felt a little too hard when its on the dot & sometimes even when you truly miss it looks like its bad hit detection since the paddle was moving pretty fast.

What do you think about that, would you rather have it be 100% on the dot?

[The Color Game]

Stroop Effect: The Game

A dead simple idea, executed well, leading to some good-old arcadey fun.

Aprime responds:

Perfect!