Score: 3

"right"

submission: Star Wars:Expendable Sith

date: June 2, 2005

Bad would be an understatement for this one. I can not believe how this 30 second piece of one day work gets over 4.00.

First of all the entire cartoon consisted of one background that even my 10 year old couzin could have drawn better. And im really not kidding. If you are going to use one background, at least make it look pretty. You didnt even draw any stars or texture on the surfaces. On top of that the linework was extremely sloppy and there were like 4 colors used.

The character animation was shining by its absence. Besides some headtweens and simple lipsync there wasnt any. The characters didnt have any shading or cool details but were basically all drawn in the same way and size.

Well so much for the visual aspect. This perhaps could be all forgiven if the humor was brilliant and clever or if there was some original view you had on this parody. Unfortunately the entire flash was just 1 small joke.

I do have to admit that the voice acting was done well though. But i think the entire thing would have been just as effective if it was a 30 second mp3 joke rather than a flash animation. The animation simply didnt add anything new.

Well ehm.. good luck with your future projects. Practise alot and think more about the stuff you make. It will really help

AITD

Score: 10

"Ok"

submission: Stop Cryin Your Heart Out

date: May 26, 2005

First of all, Congratulations to everyone involved in this project on doing an awesome job. When Amin asked me to join i never could have known he would get so many talented animators for this project.

I loved all of them. I particularly liked El Cids humor, I liked Granfaloons hero, i like Drobiles frame by frame, I liked Luis's recognisable style, i liked Lelio's awesome character design and Andie's original entry. And ofcourse Amin for setting this all up.

Yeah, i am a bit biased, but what the hell. Im glad i could be involved in this and i think it is a very good example of the different styles and directions different people have.

Congrats again!

AITD

Score: 8

"really good"

submission: Spider-Man Animated Short

date: May 25, 2005

I must say, this is quite an awesome piece of work mr Bluth. I loved this flash alot and not just because i am a spiderman fanatic.

What i find really impressing is that you are one of the few on this site who really know how to work with the appropriate colors. Very atmospheric. It worked so well and it really felt like the comic.

Very great style for the backgrounds also. The combination of the flat surfaces for the buildings and the more organic drawings for the leaves of the trees was outstanding. You simply know how to draw and create the right shape and texture for the right material. Same goes for the characters.

The lack of frame by frame wasnt annoying at all. Instead i find this really cleverly tweened and the pace was nice and fast. Especially when you take in account that the animation was made over 5 years ago when flash wasnt really meant to be a bigtime animation program yet. Oh and very nice details like the reflection on the windows and the lightbeams in the park.

All in all, very good flash. Could have used some improvements on the sound effects and length, but its all forgivable. Glad to see a really creative flash in this portal every now and then.

AITD

Score: 9

"Beautiful in all its simplicity"

submission: Do Us Part

date: May 19, 2005

This was a really beautiful piece. Things like this often turn out corny and forced, but somehow you managed to keep it really pure and straight to the point.

The art was really good. simple and it was a relief to see a darker piece with the light tones. There wasnt much animation in it and the animation that was there wasnt extremely impressive, but it was effective as hell. Nice camera also!

The music simply fitted and added the entire dreamlike atmosphere to it. Was she committing suicide because she lost her love? Or was it for another reason...I love the fact that you kept it symbolic though and did not try to make it overdramatic.

All in all, very good and refreshing piece. If this is your first flash, then i would suggest making alot more and if you have alot more then i would suggest to upload them immediately!

Oh and make a loader next time please. I have DSL and the thing stopped at a point. I closed it down and opened it again and it went perfectly. But i bet it will be annoying for people with a slower connection.

AITD

Score: 9

"Bravo"

submission: VEIN

date: May 16, 2005

Man, what an unique, cool flash you have created here. And what a pity that your computer screwed up this magnificent work....

The visual style was definately the strongest point of this flash. The backgrounds especially were brilliant. So were the characters, even though they werent animated perfectly. Some movements were kind of choppy because there were missing some additional keyframes here and there. But thats all ok, i assume this is one of your first or first flash, so its normal that you arent an animation expert yet.

The story was really awesome also, even without the last part! Very dark and macabre. The main character was insane and it is always awesome to explore these type of characters. Kind of like you did, only i found that some scenes went a bit too fast. I would have focused on some details and key scenes a bit longer. But i guess thats just a personal thing.

What was really not so good was the sound and music. Sometimes it was plain annoying, like when the same heartbeat kept pounding really loud at the beginning. Or the way different sound effects played and then stopped all the sudden. It almost felt like those really bad low budget kung fu movies. It think more environmental sound effects and maybe a cool atmospheric soundtrack would have helped alot also.

I hope you arent discouraged by the fact that your computer screwed the fla. Just remember to always make a backup, it happened to me also before when my computer got attacked by a virus and i lost all my flas. Fortunately i backup them every once in a while. Im really looking forward to the next episode or next flash you will create!

AITD

Score: 8

"Very cool"

submission: Safety At work.

date: May 16, 2005

Ah finally you are submitting stuff to NG! Iv seen alot of your flashes on Devart already, but this is definately one of your better ones.

Smooth animation, pretty funny and the message you got across really effective. I wonder how you thought this up, since a safety commercial isnt the something alot of people would animate without getting paid for it lol.

And ehm yeah, i dont really know any animators from signapore on here. My mother is from Surabaya, so that makes me half indonesian i guess. Have a nice stay here and upload more of your work man!

AITD

Score: 7

"Heh"

submission: Foamy: Channels

date: May 11, 2005

Actually you are right in this one. You hit the nail on the head.

So ehm yeah, it's foamy... Kinda glad he is back.

Kinda

AITD

Score: 9

"Very good"

submission: Gooberstory

date: May 3, 2005

The graphics are wonderful. No doubt about it that you are a pro with years of experience. Surprisingly this flash also had atmosphere and content and that makes it a masterpiece.

Beautiful backgrounds, probably made with photoshop or painter with the right combination of vector art. The backgrounds were little ninjai quality while the characters in them had a cool unique style.

Anyway, not much to be said, excellent job all the way. You will conquer newgrounds.

Score: 6

"OK"

submission: Don't Stop Me Now

date: May 1, 2005

Pretty cool. Cant help but feel it wasnt really going anywhere though. No real theme, vision or cleverness to be found. Just random scenes that connect together in a pretty obvious way. The animating was great at points but lacking in other parts. Maybe it would have been better to create the different scenes with different styles which will suit the each situation better instead of just working with 1 style and color pallette. A couple of parts were funny and that made the overall thing still enjoyable.

AITD

Score: 9

"Way to go!!!"

submission: Barbarian Bob

date: April 30, 2005

That was so well done. Finally a game that can add new interesting elements to the side scrolling game genre.

What was brilliant about this game is that the gameplay had this tactical feel to it. It isnt just pressing one button all the time while walking from left to right, but every opponent was a challenge and every time and every slash had to be timed .

Also, the visual style was very cool. Simple, but really easy to the eye and with fun animation sequences here and there. maybe the main character looked a bit too dull, but the animation of the character and the cool moves made up for this.

No complaints either on the soundtracks and effects. All brilliantly chosen. I love the epic medieval track of the first level and the trancy songs later on. It really added to the fun experience.

Unfortunately the thing has a few minors also. First of all, 3 lives is way too little. 3 lives might be enough if you start each level with 3 lives again, but going through all the levels with this small amount is not cool. Especially when a smack from a big enemy takes away 2 lives or if you fall in spikes (which are very unclear btw) results in immediate death. Game over.. no continue or level restart, just do the entire thing again.

Also the button combination felt awkward. It would have been better if you could defend with the d key and jump with the s key! Your configure was very annoying at start, but after a while you get used to the combination though.

And finally i would suggest some more different weapons for the main character. The sword was very cool, but maybe it would be awesome if he could use a flail or spear also?

Anyway, all the minors are nothing when they are put next to the clever gameplay you created. Above all, the thing was extremely fun to play and that is, at least in my opinion, the most important thing for a game

AITD