GameSmashDash's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Underboard: Omen]

Okay this game is addictive to say the very least; holy hell I love the ideas/ concepts done with this, I hope this gets expanded upon because it's quite addictive, I could honestly see your idea being the Fire Emblem of Newgrounds.

chazmuco responds:

OMG, that means a lot, dude. Thanks! We are going to release the full version by the end of the year, and it will be several times bigger. So, join our Discord if you want to stay tuned or talk about the game :)

[Himari Invaders]

Look let me explain a couple issues here;

sound design doesn't fit
Overly simple (of course I'm bringing up the fact you want to make profit from this)
As a clone of a game; the idea is to be the same quality if not better.
The gameplay loop is simpler than the original for what it is for the given ideas you've presented.

It's half baked ideas that you need to work at making some improvements on design wise if you want people to engage with your content more.

Edit: let me make this clear, it's still poorly designed; YOU put a game up that was going to be judged on a site like this. I am giving you honest, constructive feedback hobby or not. The, "oh this is just a hobby" THE WHOLE POINT OF A HOBBY, IS TO GET BETTER AT IT!

I have made countless bad games/ bad art and you want to know why I don't upload it to here expect a few expectations? Because the art in question I made is BAD, I know it'll be poorly received!

If you honest to god don't care to improve at your craft then why do you care if I leave a review?

raphaelcarrard responds:

let me answer you... all the games I make here are just a hobby, I have no intention of profiting from it (although it's a dream)...

*but the sound is horrible/doesn't fit and the graphics are plain*

friend... even if the game is simple, with sound that doesn't fit and with simple design, I'm happy because my game even with these problems, it's working fine without bugs.

no need to send me YouTube channel with game design tips as for me there is no need at the moment... see for example Baldi Basic's, his graphics are not good but he has fans because of his story and gameplay.

I'm sorry to say, you are providing constructive criticism and problematizing at the same time. and don't expect to make games with amazing graphics because that will be hard to do (maybe in a future update).

that's all

edit: I cared about your comment because look... I liked your feedback and your tips, but the problem is that you started humiliating me, like you started complaining about the photo I posted in a post from my workplace, the Minecraft porn I watched these days, you saying that Newgrounds only good artists are welcome here, this made me deeply upset

[Save People Beta]

Lack of anything; you do realize a beta is supposed to have some game mechanics, right? Besides walking around and a bit of music.

IamannpcIswear responds:

it does (it doesn't work I was using my script so I had to look up a tut to understand what to do)

[Tute Escape]

Painful on the ears, thank god I lowered the volume
Slow acceleration
sound spam
All the rooms look the same
The walls match the floor
The character moves slow, this would be fine if it wasn't about dodging bullets with many of the enemies being hard to avoid.
Repetitive "music"

Learn from Binding of Issac with enemy placement.

Zomple12 responds:

I Updated The Speed But Is Still Slow Come On ):(

[Hoseki and Sayeko in Space]

Okay the controls are dog sh*t, this is as if it's made by a child. There is no way in hell you're 38. Why is it that we keep letting little kids onto these platforms to make horribly coded, long loading times only for this; so inefficient it's not even funny, and so little effort put in to making sure the controls work.

The collision is even broken!

8slobonmyknob8 responds:

bro I made this on scratch with little to no experience why are you so mad XD I'm in highschool dude. it says You're 23 on your account but acting like an elementary schooler over a children's game like chill out

[Pee Man vs the Monkeys]

Okay this won't let give much problems to lay out but;
1. annoying music
2. overly simplistic controls; your game is more on the casual side I get that, I can't dunk on you too hard but personally it's overly simple.
3. the art style; my god you could've chosen a better design, it's not the art itself is bad but it's hard on the eyes.
4. The levels are too fast for how you actually beat them, I mean why is it that the levels effectively complete before even actually defeating all the monkeys, it just seems like a passive objective.
5. The lack of any actual sound design being any form of feedback, Megaman has his shots for an example, and the sound of the hit landing but with this it's a noisy mess that's an assault on the ears.
6. Simple squares???
edit: 7. to expand upon my problems with this is the fact it's overly simple gameplay elements that feel bare bones, lacking any actual content, nothing of actual meat to sink your teeth into, and instead just little to no actual actions to perform.

It's weak gameplay lacks any actual fun to it, it's limited ammo system forces you to think with your weapon but not really needed with the fact how passive the given threats are, making it where going out of your way to hit anything is useless, you'd have to go out of your way to actively waste it.

That, and dealing with literal moving waves isn't creative, it's lazy, slapped together, and lacks any meaningful gameplay with how bare bones, and basic it is. Even having an un-attackable threat such as the squares makes the gun less of a use, making the moment to moment gameplay focus more around your movement rather than your actual tools at hand which is boring.

With this factor in mind it's mind numbing, and repetitive with no real change to gameplay, even pong has more depth with it's gameplay.

This feels like a game children would enjoy; and perhaps I'm not your target demographics so my criticism might not apply but still I might be saying something correct at the very least.
EDIT:
YOU wanted people to be giving feedback, I was straight to the point, and honest. I didn't insult you, I EVEN SAID, "I'm probably not your target audience" say what you will but I'm not attacking YOU personally, on twitter YOU asked for criticism but as soon as you get you decide to attack someone, yeah I don't like galatica or whatever it's called.

Hell criticize MY work instead. You don't have my respect, I've played one other game of yours, and you seem like a good game designer when putting your effort in the correct direction. I hope you make more games in the future, and NOT attack people for giving you what you literally asked for.

Edit: here, 5 stars for you

chiptami responds:

thanks, i'll be sure to make my music more annoying just for you <3<3

edit:
dude, chill. this is just a game made as a joke moments before pico day ended. thanks for your feedback, but i don't think it'd actually help since it's just a silly joke made from a podcast and this isn't representative of anything we make at all. if you expected an actual game with effort put into it, then too bad, go look at default's other submissions please if you want to give feedback.

edit 2:
you are unironically being the nerd emoji rn lmfao