Score: 7

"Overwhelming."

submission: Madness: Rising

date: September 23, 2009

First things first - everything you do is made of beautiful. This was really, really pretty. There's just so much stuff going on at once that by the end, it's almost impossible to tell what's going on. Story is non-existent, but that's pretty much a given for Madness movies and fighting flashes in general. I greatly admire the speed of the whole thing, even if I can't tell what's really going on.

Are these 3D models? The action didn't stop long enough for me to really look (even with the pause button - nice touch) but they look really detailed and the camera moves around a hell of a lot.

Anyway, good work. While I didn't enjoy it all that much, it is pretty impressive from a technical standpoint. Keep up hte good work.

Score: 10

"Great!"

submission: Life in Portal: Madness

date: September 22, 2009

I've enjoyed this series thoroughly, and I think this is a good episode to go out on, as much as I'll miss it.

I actually didn't scroll down before watching, so I had no idea there were this many guest voice actors in this. That's a really impressive cast list, with quite a few of my favorite voice actors and Flash artists! I have no idea how you managed to get them all for this, even if it was just for a line or two.

Violence doesn't usually suit my taste for a punchline, but this Flash was still very entertaining. While much of that comedy was taken from the brief appearances of each character, there was still enough of your own humor to rely on. Also, having the actual creators and voice actors for each character really kept it from just seeming like a typical "I hate ____, so let's kill them" Flash. It's obvious you enjoy their work and that it's all in good fun.

Art and animation weren't your best, but were solid. The bits with Tom were a nice touch, as were the parts with SBC. The only thing that irks me is that you didn't manage to get Krinkels to do anything for this, given the fact that it's Madness day! Given the cast of cameos you already have, that's really just nitpicking on my part.

You made a quality Flash cartoon here, and I hope it wins one of the daily awards. I envy how fast you're able to crank out all these great cartoons.

Score: 0

"Atrocious"

submission: Crappy Mario Bloopers

date: September 12, 2009

This was pretty painful. The sprites are of really poor quality, the animation is barely there, and the audio sounds like it came from your speakers into your microphone. Just import the audio files directly into the program. You can find tons of them just by googling "Mario sound effects" or "Mario mp3s" or something similar.

Do a better job cleaning up your sprites and audio, and maybe then you might have something watchable. This however, is in dire need of improvement.

Score: 10

"I watch this every day."

submission: !!! 2 LEGIT 2 QUIT !!!

date: September 7, 2009

I am in love with this flash and I watch it every day. Although this didn't win Clockday on Newgrounds, it won Clockday...

... in my heart.

<3

Score: 5

"Decent start"

submission: Invasion of Vekta

date: September 3, 2009

You've got a pretty good groundwork here, it just needs more polish.

Early in the flash, there's legions of troops marching around. However, they're all standing still and just tweening. You should have used the walk cycles you had and used them instead. The scene would have been more convincing and looked a lot better.

The backgrounds on Vekta were lacking detail. There were just a few grey boxes and a .jpeg of a cracker. Make the backgrounds more detailed to bring the piece together. Add in windows or some rudimentary brickwork to really make them pop and look consistent.

The soldiers looked okay, but the person on Vekta who gets shot looked pretty poor. There was a lot of buildup for an invasion, but all we saw was a clocktower get blown up and a civilian get shot. There should have been some sort of conflict actually in the city, whether it was a resistance or an actual army to fight.

It sounds like I'm tearing this apart, but in all honesty it wasn't that bad. There's a lot of room for improvement, but you seem to have a good idea of what Flash can do, and what you can do with it. One problem someone mentioned was how it took you too long to make what is a rather short animation. I recommend lowering the frame rate. There isn't enough action to warrant a 24fps rate. Start somewhere lower, like 12 or 16. When you develop your flash skills, then you can try to up the rate. For now, keep it simple.

Hope to see more from you soon.

Score: 10

"This is the one to beat folks."

submission: Tarboy

date: August 27, 2009

I was looking for something to watch, so I rolled over to the portal and saw this in the #1 of all time slot. After watching this, I can firmly attest that it belongs there.

The visuals were absolutely mind-blowing. I thought they were better than Adam Philips' stuff by a longshot. Incredibly stylish and animated above and beyond a professional standard. The fight scene in the darkened warehouse really gave me a chill it was just so good looking. Actually reminded me of Little Wheel, which has a kind of similar art style to yours.

Audio was of the same quality as the art and animation. You managed to find some quality voice actors, but the score was fantastic. Hania managed to capture the film in sound if that makes any sense. Absolutely fantastic, although I think you could have used a less overused gun sound effect. That's just nitpicking on a personal level though.

The package itself is so well constructed. You didn't need to have any special features in there, but I checked them out and they were fantastic too. Great attention to detail there.

Overall, I'd say you've completely raised the bar on what can be done with Flash. I've never seen anything of this quality on Newgrounds before, and even among professional animation I've seen on TV and movies this is pretty high up there. Every element of this film came together perfectly and made what I think is the greatest Flash animation of all time. It's criminal that this only has about 64,000 views at the moment, but I'm sure that will change as this movie will be in the #1 spot of the top 50 for a long time to come.

Score: 4

"By the numbers."

submission: Life with Navi

date: August 24, 2009

I'll start off with something nice - the visuals and animation were really, really nice. Everything flowed smoothly, and the style was charmingly simple, yet well illustrated. Backgrounds looked good too.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Zelda games and by extension Ocarina of Time are totally mined dry for humor. Navi is annoying. We knew that back in the 90's. It was still funny for a while, but it's really time to move away from that joke. To say it's beaten to death is a kind understatement. Violence as a punchline; when it's the only joke in the entire flash, isn't very strong either. I'll admit to using it myself on occasion, but it's admittedly weak humor. I can't say I've seen this joke pulled off while looking so pretty, but I've definitely seen the joke before on Newgrounds, let alone the rest of the 'net.

To end the review, I'll give you another positive comment - The frog blinking one eye at a time was a nice visual gag, albeit a familiar one. You've got some great visual chops - it's just a matter of finding a good script to accompany them.

Score: 6

"Charming, yet shallow."

submission: Click The Skeletons

date: August 9, 2009

The gameplay in this is really, really, stupidly simple. Click the skeletons. Can't go wrong with that, but it doesn't make for much of a game. However, the art and sound come together and make it work. The music is straight out of a game from the 70's, as are the graphics. If it weren't for these, this flash would likely be blammed. Because of the art and sound, I'm giving this a 6, where the gameplay alone would only deserve a 1.

Really hoping you can put your talents to use and make a bigger, better game soon. Whether it used the old school style (which was excellent) or not, I wish you luck in the future.

Score: 7

"Very simple, but enjoyable."

submission: FML # 1

date: August 9, 2009

I really liked the conversational nature of this flash. It was really funny about how they can be talking about dying and be so nonchalant about it. The dialogue reminded me of Home Movies and other work by Loren Bouchard.

The art wasn't incredible, but it worked. However, I didn't really like the fact that the camera angle never changed. It was always from the exact same perspective, and something as simple as zooming in on a character while they're talking would really make this animation pop.

Good work, and I hope to see more from you in the future.

Score: 5

"Great art, mediocre writing."

submission: Crotchless Chaps

date: August 7, 2009

The script in this was just pretty lackluster, especially at first. It was just an overly long yet unfunny joke, with tons of needless swearing. The joke about R&B to street basketball wasn't bad though. It actually got better after the beginning, but it only got out to a pretty mediocre standard. "Dick cleavage" is a pretty quotable line, I'll give you that.

The art however, was really, really good. It reminded me of Metalocalypse. It was pretty stiff though, even for symbol based animation. The characters all looked like they were standing bolt upright or posing at all times, with very little movement in their bodies. I can't fault you on this too much though, as you said in the description - you're not going to FBF a flash all about fart and dick jokes.

A plus note for having a rather long animation. It's easy for someone to just ride it out on one joke and have that be the entire flash. Each scene felt different too, which is a plus.

Overall I'd say the flash isn't bad, but really not to my taste. The voices all sounded the same (you voiced everyone so this is understandable, but still difficult on the viewer) and the jokes ranged from poor to modestly entertaining. I'm a bit divided on this flash as there's a good deal to like and a good deal to dislike. Congratulations on making the top 50.