Mixilix's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[The spy who shot me™ - Demo]

This is honestly an amazing start, I love how everything feels like the time of games you were trying to make it feel like. From polygonal characters to that spy theme. The controls are pretty horrible, however I understand why you made that decision but you could always make it changeable or something. As well as that I would add some polish like bodies not falling into the ground (don't know if that was intended) or just more exciting levels. But I understand that this a demo so I won't criticise it too much. Very fun though, keep it up.

BlueStarGeneral responds:

I literally just added mouseaim! and bodies now stay onscreen.

PSD

[CGA_LCD]

Okay, here goes...

This game is just overall confusing, the colours are vibrant and it's easy to distinguish spikes between other things, which is a good thing, but I don't actually see any other positive things about this game. The negatives though, gee there is so many but I will talk about all of them: Firstly the spike algorithm is broken, sometimes you get two spikes on the bottom and on the top which makes it literally impossible to pass without losing, Secondly the restarting system is confusing as hell because instead of the game teleporting you to the start which would be a normal thing it just restarts the game as it is so every time you want to restart you have to move back to the beginning or just a place where there's no spikes. It's just frustrating to be honest. Thirdly the text behind the game is a bad bad idea, why didn't you just use the black space that is huge in this game? It would've been clearer the text moving behind the actual game is hard to distinguish and to read the whole thing you need to wait for it to loop a few times. Therefore, in shortened version, how you could improve the game:

- Move the text in the back to the black spaces above and below the screen, it will make it clearer and less annoying to read

-Fix your spike algorithm, it's broken.

-Make the restarting button teleport the player to the start and say something like "Click any button to start the game" that would prepare the player for whatever is coming and would just be nice overall.

- I haven't actually included it in what's wrong with the game but while I'm here I'll just say that there is no score, you should add one. A sense of achievement for the player makes him more interested and likely to play more.

You could also refine the game by:

-Making the animation smoother

- change spikes so they don't look like a pile of squares (unless you were going for pixel art, but it seems like you tried to make it minimalistic) You should do the same with text.

This game was done badly, but just because it was, don't give up! You can take the criticism and do better next time!

Arg410 responds:

I should clarify that the "Black space" isnt really there.... the game is 64 x 512 so the black is just filler made by Newgrounds. I have talked about the R thing, Restarting the whole game seemed like a normal thing to and I wasn't feeling normal, which why i ended up with a broken system. and yes it is Pixel art, everything is 32x32. and The text could scroll more smoothly, but again i did that on purpose... And the reason i ask for feedback is because i will make a updated version will more in it. Please PM me for anymore ideas THANK YOU!!

[Attack on Pumpkin]

Extremely simple concept with well, quite bad graphics as everything is asymmetrical and it seems to be drawn with the brush tool on Microsoft Paint. The controls themselves aren't bad but the character moves so fast it's hard to control them without driving into a pumpkin. It's also a really hard game which sometimes leaves you with truly a situation with no way out as the bullets are above you, behind you and the pumpkins are in every free space that's left, truly too much bullets. The fact that the game restarts completely every time you die is also really annoying.

To improve firstly try to make your art symmetrical or at least use more curved edges: use the line tool! don't be shy because now everything looks like a mess. Try to make the character just this little bit slower and make the bullets either slower or make the fire rate of the pumpkins slower as to avoid getting stuck. I would also suggest using chaos00177's idea and instead of 5 lives give us a health bar: that will make the game less annoying and more probable for the players to reach the end.

I wish you the best of luck with your future games!

PS: Is the title a refference to Attack on Titan?
PSS: Sorry for using the word "slower" a lot, couldn't find synonyms :P

PrincessNinjato responds:

Yes, And I'll work on an HP bar and other features

[U]

Very nice game: with it's minimalist graphics it's eye pleasing and the colour palette is well chosen.
The controls are comfortable for what they were designed for (phones) and overall it's pretty fun when it lasts.

The only things I would complain about would be the difficulty of the game which is really easy to a point and then it suddenly spikes up - please make it escalate and the shitty "download in the appstore" icons on the bottom which look genuinely ugly and kinda destroy the look. What I would suggest is either completely removing them or just make custom icons with your minimalist style. Very good job on the rest though, keep it up!

nunesbarbosa responds:

Points noted. Thanks for the feedback!

[Electric Rubber 2]

Very fun game glad you did a sequel! but it's (sadly) too easy i when i have 40.000Kj of space i can fill it in 3 or for seconds so i'm rating 4 good luck with new games!

P.S: can you add the upgrades to quick selling? it would be a lot easier

applessmillion responds:

Added a 50kj quick trade! (if you've unlocked the previous, you can use this)

[Electric Rubber]

Nice game, but it gets boring very quickly :/

applessmillion responds:

Update coming in the next few weeks... :)

[Future Girlfriend]

I really like that game the music is nice and the whole topic is very thoughtful 4.5 stars because it should have more endings

Good luck in future games!

KoltonKennedy responds:

Okay. Next time I make future visual novels, I'll try to put more endings. Thanks for playing!

[Wizurd]

I really like graphics, sound is nice very fun gameplay i wish there were a phone version Nice!

P.S: After playing this game i realized how much i would want to create games like this... sadly i'm too stupid and i can't create game like this even in few months :( Good luck!

HenrikSahlin responds:

Thanks so much dude! Deamoncraze says thanks too! A phone version will be released sometime in the future, and we're already working on it. Follow me for updates and screenshots!

[Sneaky Ranch]

It was easy-peasy I'm waiting for the next one :D

selfdefiant responds:

Thanks!

[Illuminati Button]

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Sexypotato2 responds:

incorrect

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very secret