joeartguy's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fluttershy's Bunny Rescue]

Very cute! I liked your choice of music; you should attribute it to PinkiePieSwear. It runs smoothly and is well programmed. My only suggestions would be a restart button, and to use some more Fluttershy sounds instead of the standard videogame bonks. Good job!

infinitydash responds:

Thanks for the review! I had attributed the music on the credits screen but now I've added it to the Newgrounds page as well. Thanks so much for playing!

[Derpy's Story]

Delightful and surprisingly challenging! Interesting mechanics and excellent animation. I health meter of some kind would help -- I didn't actually know you could lose until I did. Well done!

4as responds:

Number of bubbles = number of lives (on mouse cursor)

[Luna's Conspiracy]

You really put just enough thought and effort into this to make me realize you could have done a actual decent game. It's in that terrible midground of having too much quality to be hilariously suck, but not anywhere near enough to approach excellence.

The programming is good but completely basic and in no way challenging, the graphics have good interaction but are gifs you yanked off the first internet site you came to, and the jokes you had are funny (particularly Flutterlek) but completely undermined by the lolspeak that's you trying to be funny. It all cancels out, leaving you with the flash equivalent of bad pizza: I like the idea, and I want it to be good, but it's just not.

Bonus half star for actually doing the whole game.

Hamcha responds:

As for all the other people, maybe it's a Timezone issue, maybe not, but this was intended to be an April fool's joke, the horrible graphics, the bugs and the abused grammar errors were all intended to be that bad.
I started with the intent to make the most trash game I could do and I used so little effort that it was finished in less than 4 hours.

[Fuzzy Memory: Halloween]

Not enough chances

The number of "chances" you give is too low. Even playing absolutely perfectly, you end up with only two tries left on the first screen. If anything less than perfect play is failure, that's not really a challenge, that's just bastardly.

The gameplay is adequate. Thanks for providing a way to shut off the music. But I can't say this was really fun.

chesster415 responds:

It depends on the cards you flip over, and how well you memorize them. Sometimes you get lucky and get a pair or two to start off. Then it would seem too easy if you had more tries. I tried my best to balance the number of tries against the odds of picking up a few matches by chance. I'll consider adjusting it, maybe based on play history.

[Zombie Survival Quiz 2]

Questions about one particular type of zombie?

Your coding is well-constructed, and your music is good. Some advice on how to improve one's score against your particular zombies would be better.

This is diverting but not useful; what type of zombie is "in" changes from decade to decade, and how best to survive them changes with it. I realize you're going for the current fashion, but that will change within a few years -- just like powerful but fast-decaying alien-made zombies, once all the rage, are now out.

I'm surprised at how low you rate certain weapons, particularly those with long reach and good stopping power. And hand-to-hand martial arts against something constantly leaking infectious fluids? You must be kidding when you rate that as useful!

secv responds:

I chose one type of zombie because it would be confusing to changed types every other question. Also, I would say the "in" zombie type is the Left 4 Dead infected at the moment, not slow Brooks/Romero zombies.

Actually, based on the zombie lore in this quiz, the blood of a zombie is coagulated and thus does not leak everywhere.

The advantage of martial arts is that you may actually know disabling moves, throws, proper kicking technique (to distance yourself and for power), and are in better shape than many people who do not study a martial art. That being said, zombies should always be avoided, but someone with this technical knowledge is better off than someone without.

[Dress-up Hitler]

Not much there.

Your background were extremely low-effort; only the flag one was really interesting. Couldn't you find a picture the Reichstag or a Nazi rally or a Miley Cyrus concert to put in there? Why didn't the music loop? It just ended while I was still messing around.

The clothes were okay, but why'd you draw only the half-pants for the uniform? You can only use them with the uniform coat, otherwise they're like leggings or something. Also, Hitler's Nazi uniform was khaki. And where were the lederhosen?

Put some creativity in there. While Hitler is one of the pillars of comedy, by himself he just isn't funny or interesting enough to carry this.

Deathspam responds:

I have to agree with you on everything. I had no idea what else to put for backgrounds (I actually tried drawing the Reichstag in flash, but it looked terrible and I didn't use it in flash) and I'm very aware of the flaws in my flash. Since this is my first submission, I was eager to just get it in the portal but I probably should have taken another day to add on and patch things up.

[California Driver Exam 08]

Decently done

The questions were clear and the pictures were fine. It would have been easy enough to put in a scorekeeping function, though, and you didn't need the extra click between questions. This is okay, but could be better with those small additions.

Formalz responds:

I wanted to add a score function, but i dont quite know how to do that yet. Im heading there. Thanks for trying this out :)

[UltimateGamerQuiz demo]

I got stuck...

Just after level 2 on the "which movie did not spawn a game" question -- every answer took me to a "game over". Seriously, what the hell? Other than that, very ho-hum. Just like every other quiz. So what?

MadnessZombie responds:

you fuckin moron... its demo cuz its not done, NO SHIT YOU GOT STUCK. and i'd like to point out most of the quizs on this site don't have an animation to go along wit the questions.

[Sexy Sprites]

Only one Felicia?!

Decent presentation -- nice background images and a good sound loop. This is a nice little reference piece, and could certainly be expanded into different screens. Pleasing, with good ActionScript work.

FLiXD responds:

sorry I could only use the sprites I had

[Pimp Up Halo (beta)]

Your ride needs additional pimpin'

It was a passable start, but it really needs more. You could have done a lot with a little animation -- where are the spinning hubcaps? And why can't I get running boards and an intake snorkel, and have my gatling cannon chromed? And no speakers? This is more like a game engine test -- to make this fly, you need to add the serious bling. I'll wait for v2.

PODmedia responds:

Yeah... Im fixing them now. I spotted them myself after I submitted it.