Score: 10

"Perfect Casino Game"

submission: Newgrounds Hold'em

date: September 6, 2006

Man, I always frown whenever I stumble past the casino section of Newgrounds... but now there is an awesome submission to stumble upon in there, and better yet, its incredibly well done.

This game had everything great that I like about Texas Hold'em. Not only did you get to play hold'em, but you got to play it six times over, every single hand. It was different playing against yourself though, which made this game as interesting as it was.

The programming was incredible. I could not imagine the trouble you went through to make sure it was working smoothly, and that everything was working to plan. The odds were calculated, the betting style was simple, the cards each displayed unique faces... it is just well concieved and well executed.

The graphics and theme were great, given that they match the current Newgrounds skin. Excellent idea to carry on in that fashion.

Thanks for the cameo of one of my games, and congratulations on another success. I still believe that R!SE is my favorite of yours, but this game was nonetheless awesome. Good luck on future projects.

-jmtb02

Score: 9

"Becoming Legend"

submission: Bbq-ish Space Race

date: September 1, 2006

You are definitely becoming a celebrity, and now a daily award?! Congratulations, your animation and simplistic style are all your own, I love it.

-jmtb02

Score: 8

"Great job BM"

submission: BM's: Bear

date: September 1, 2006

Underrated, of course, but I loved your character and his simple escapade on to the local road. It is a really interesting, unique character. I hope you continue your storylines in these small little increments and continue to show us where this little messed up bear is going.

-jmtb02

Score: 10

"Perfect."

submission: Aqua Slug

date: August 23, 2006

Glaiel and Bomtoons for the win.

The game is polished, fun to play, and awesome. It has everything you want in a sidescroller... challenge, great graphics, catchy music, and tons of little kids to shoot with water.

Nice alternative to the daily dose of shoot 'em ups, using water instead of violence. I liked that about this game. The kids getting hit with water and crying was a nice touch. The parallaxing of the backgrounds and foregrounds gave perfect sidescroller feel.

You guys made an amazing team together, can't wait to see more from you guys.

-jmtb02

Score: 9

"Great Gameplay"

submission: Grid Shift

date: August 23, 2006

This was a lot of fun! I love the simple style of gameplay fused with the huge amount of thinking that was involved. The music was perfect as well, as it pushed me to work harder and faster to think of the right answer. Overall, great game, awesome style. Congrats!

-jmtb02

Score: 10

"The Little Syndicate that Could"

submission: The Death of Dailytoons

date: August 23, 2006

It was love, it was hate, but it was definitely something. The Star Syndicate had that amazing power to do some incredibly scary, horrible, strange, or flat out awesome. Either way, the work you guys put together over the past few years has been the essence of everything Newgrounds summed up in one giant klondike bar.

You will be missed. Your goals were definitely accomplished, and with style. You created both flash that was so bad it was funny, and flash that was so funny it was awesome. You strove for pure crap to recieve golden reviews, and made some amazing artwork that always made me question how the heck you guys were the same animatiors. You made an impression on Newgrounds that few would ever achieve. Poser SS groups sprung up left and right after your riegn, but few had the power that the syndicate had earned.

Good luck to all of your animators, and hope we see you all in the future.

-jmtb02

Score: 7

"Great Work"

submission: Super Smash Flash

date: August 22, 2006

I've got to hand it to you, you took on a project that few Flash artists would take on alone, and you did it with style. Amazing job on creating a massively massive game.

But all said and done, I have to say that the project missed its aim in providing a Super Smash Brothers gameplay. The menus were perfect, the characters were perfect (including the inclusion of new characters), but the entire game engine was off.

The controls are what let me down in this game. Problems turning and jumping were the only first distraction that took away from gameplay. The physics were completely slippery, meaning that I glided across the entire screen with my characters. The platforms were iffy in if I was detected on the edge or not. The lag was massive on some levels, which made me question what went wrong.

Your implementation of the stat blocks were phenomenal. I loved the ability to save into cookies, have the overall game stats always visible, and the score talley at the end of each round. That was a nice touch.

But overall, if the game engine was just fixed, this game would be perfect. I applaud your amazing abilities and talents, as you are young and already hitting Daily Awards (incredible, I must say). I just think you jumped the gun with the controls, and should have had some kind of testing group alert you to the control flaws (sometimes it takes an outside perspective). You are a talented developer, so keep at it. You are going to be huge on Newgrounds in the coming years if you decide to stay, so keep at it! I hope to see more from you in the future.

-jmtb02 :)

Score: 7

"Nice!"

submission: SpaceInvaders 3D!!!

date: August 18, 2006

Great implementation of depth in this game. The learning curve to play the game is pretty steep, since the depth is not the most intuitive to play with, but it is still worth playing for a few minutes. I loved your preservation of the original Space Invaders graphics.

Hope you continue developing this, I want to see it progress even further :).

-Jmtb02

Score: 6

"Eliminate your sorrows"

submission: The Phobia Collab

date: August 18, 2006

Sure, your collab wasn't the best collab ever created.

There's going to be people giving you crap for the score you got and the overall quality, but I think instead of getting down about it, you guys will just need to take what you learned from this collab and use it for your future releases.

A lot of you guys were new, and a lot of you are just starting out with flash. Granted the little time I have known some of you guys on the BBS, you guys did a great job on some parts. The use of sound effects was a lot better than a lot of animations floating around the portal, and the humor on some of them were great. The duck was my favorite part, so whoever made that, good job with the humor.

All in all, you guys did okay. And you guys had fun making it, right? :). See you around the BBS.

-jmtb02

Score: 9

"Awesome!"

submission: Pass the Flash 2

date: August 17, 2006

Awww, you guys are so sweet to put me in the credits :). Great job on this animation, some of your techniques were incredible. I loved the flow and the music, each worked incredibly well together! Hope to see another, you guys did a great job.

-jmtb02