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[Hex Character Maker (Update)]

I did have an issue where the triggers (as apposed to the shoulder buttons) didn't swap colors, but I was able to use the keyboard for that. Also, I really like how the onscreen controls swap between showing keys and showing gamepad buttons based on what you last touched. Pretty slick.

My only other UI comment is that I expected to be able to "tab" or move my cursor over the whole UI instead of having to use one set of keys/buttons to swap styles, another for tabs, and yet another for colors. Yes that's slower, put we've been trained by other UIs that that should work.

Snow-Hex responds:

I understand, about the triggers (for some reason in the browser version they don't work, in the downloadable version they do), about the rest I can only say thank you very much for your comment. :)

[Ice And Fire Tower Defence]

I had a good time. I like how the game's approach to tower defence leans towards the "competitive idle game" spectrum of tower defence.

octopus58 responds:

Thank you very much! I see what you mean honestly haha, my original intention was to make it kind of beginner friendly kinda, but it also definitely feels like an idle game too

[Six Pistol Pain DEMO]

This was an awesome way to ring in the new year! I loved this demo start to finish. Light and easy to get into with just enough depth. Good luck with adding more!

StarBladesGames responds:

Glad you enjoyed it!

[Bird Tapper's Retro Challenge]

Couple of performance issues (and I could only get it running in Firefox) but it was an enjoyable hour (I "enjoyed the scenery") of Mario remix. Amazing music as always.

Edit: I definitely enjoyed it! It was a really cool way to experience SMB1 again, the infinite spawning and the way things were strung together made everything feel fresh again. This being (I assume?) a custom engine is even more impressive. What base tech? You should write something up. :)

WaterSilverC responds:

Yeah, preformance issues are my fault. In essence I had forgotten how big smb1 actually is and just loaded everything in memory. I was skipping too much as a kid I guess and remembered it shorter.

Interesting that it works well for firefox for you. I developed the engine in firefox but it started stuttering a bit but when I use chrome it's totally smooth. I guess it depends on the machine.

Anyway glad you liked it!

[Halloweenie]

Please circle back when things are less crazy and add checkpoints. This has really good "Chip's Challenge" vibes and I love the ghost girl.

Grent responds:

Des had a lot of fun designing her and I had a blast writing her, so I'm glad you enjoyed her character! I'm definitely considering adding g a checkpoint system if I get some downtime in the near future; I'm sure I'll post about it if that happens.

Thanks for playing!

[MATCHBOX]

A nice atmospherically Lovecraftian interactive short. To me, it's a welcome entry to the spooktacular.

I see this is your first game on NG. Welcome!

WURMxFUD responds:

Hey, thank you! Looking forward to posting many more.

[Vital Link Ch.1 (Part 1)]

Really like the clever use of the medium in the "title" sequence and the general cinematic feel of the opening. Keep going!

Finn-dHope responds:

Thank you, it really means a lot. The tool you provided to the community worked like a charm, I'll definitly be using it in future uploads.

[TrashKitty]

Excellent action puzzler with a great sense of humour (the voice acting is amazing). Asks a lot system and download-wise for such a simple game and presentation, but isn't buggy and has wonderfully tight controls. This is definitely one I'm gonna complete.

MadNukin responds:

Thank you for the nice review, I'm really happy you enjoyed the humor :)

[Pico: The untold tale]

3 stars for effort.

[edit:] Of course you should upload. :)

John4eyes responds:

I made this over a year ago should I upload a demo to the Pico game i'm working on now?

[Maple's Maid Service]

Really love the vibes of this game. The tasks drive you just enough to really explore the island and I love how they intertwine all the residents. By the time you've completed all of them you really feel like you know the town. If you guys can pull it off, a bigger version of the game with this level of momentum would be amazing.

The presentation is perfect. I love the flat paper style and the music is👌and switches up at just the right moments.

I did encounter a bug that made me feel the current lack of saves: the animation for petting a sheep placed me on a slope that I afterwards couldn't escape from. Hopefully just teething pains. I'm rooting for you guys to get this on iOS!

Bleak-Creep responds:

Thanks so much for playing and I’m glad you enjoyed your time with it! I’m sure Peti will look into the sheep bug, but I don’t think I’ve ever encountered anything like that myself so I imagine it’s probably pretty rare.

I dunno if we have any real big updates planned for the furure, but I’m crossing my fingers for mobile support later on too! :)