Score: 5

"Just a technical fault"

submission: Slam

date: June 20, 2006

Your game crashes my Opera browser. Every time I click single player the explosion sound plays and then Opera crashes. I've tried it five times and everytime it is the same. Pity I was really looking forward to playing it :(

Score: 5

"You just need to boost the sound quality"

submission: Vote Republican!

date: June 19, 2006

The volume is very soft and the quality isn't all that nice. Besides that I thought the message was funny enough and the animation and design were fine. A nice little political toon perfect for the collection.

Score: 7

"Beautiful Imagery and Effects"

submission: "Dreams"

date: June 17, 2006

You show a lot of talent as a director. I thought your choice of shots were incredible and helped to tell the story beautifully. Again the imagery was very other-worldly, you perfectly created this foreign and weird dreamscape.

I felt it was just a little bit too lengthy, maybe you should have made it shorter and focused more on getting the art really tight. You obvisouly have the talent but at the moment your art and animation are still a little sloppy...

...and please stop blaiming the mouse ! You mention a total of 7 times that these were done by mouse. That is really nothing special - I guarrantee that 98% of all the movies on NG were made by mouse.

A tablet is just a tool, and yes it can help you do things easier but still it isn't what is responcible for the art. I know of hundreds of amazing artists on NG and DA that work exclusively by mouse.

Lecture over: but to finish up you obviously have the artistic and creative eye to direct and animate something beautiful - wether you use a tablet or not ;)

Keep it up.

Score: 8

"Obviously you can animate..."

submission: Rockman!! Next Attack

date: June 17, 2006

...but can you tell a story ?

If this is going to be a series then what is the story going to involve; besides fighting obviously ? Your pretty little trailer has shown us nothing about the story. This is just a well crafted and highly stimulating commercial that tells us nothing.

Unless you can direct and tell a story like the creators of Xin or Brackenwood then I say don't make the series at all.

... and finally, I don't appreciate being held hostage over trying to get you into the top 200. What you put in your authors comment is just plain arrogant. If you really wanted to make the series you would make it regardless of the score. I think it just highlights that you have the talent but you don't have the passion.

Score: 9

"This sets the standard for Newground"

submission: R. ROBBER Theft from Cars

date: June 16, 2006

There is so much that is right about this film I just wish that NG had more entries like this. Basically your flash fills the two catagories to a good film perfectly.

1. Your art and animation are stylish, smooth and well thoughtout - you obviously have a grasp on your artistic side of things and the direction is also very well done.

2. Your movie has a point ! A message. It is short, sharp and too the point and I think it communicates it's message very well with a lot of style and humor. Finally for being under 700k and fast to load there isn't very much wrong with this cartoon at all.

Too many times there are movies on NG with no point, yes they look nice but they are empty of any soul. Othertimes submissions are trying to tell Tolkien with stick figures. This flash shows the perfect balance of style and story and thus sets the standard for what high quality flash should be like in the portal.

Well done

Score: 7

"Amazing Style"

submission: crabs

date: June 16, 2006

Your art stood out as the best thing in this flash - Your visual style is just awsome. The fat line work, the font and choice of colours were very well done and the final product has a really clean and professional look. I think it's the visual style that really ties it all together into a neat little bundle with this very quirky song. As always great stuff

Score: 5

"The least you could do...."

submission: Adolf Hitler: ATWI80D 16

date: June 16, 2006

.. Is make him dance - otherwise nothing is happening besides sex on the beach !

Score: 4

"Why ?"

submission: Plankton Life 2

date: June 14, 2006

"Oh Oh how about we make the plankton near impossible to control - like it will shoot off all over the place and it will generally bounce around wherever the f*ck it wants. Yeah that will be great fun - it'll make it more challanging and wont be annoying at all"

Score: 8

"So unnecissarily weird it is just plain hilarious"

submission: Mating Cat Circus!

date: June 13, 2006

The cats constantly mating with each other as they perform circus stunts to the sounds of simon and garfunkle. Man this is one hell of a funny toon. Pure genious.

Score: 6

"Nice Rotoscoping"

submission: Like a Butterfly

date: June 8, 2006

Yeah it is a nice style you have, maybe it doesn't suit the content though ? Maybe something a bit more childish perhaps ? Anyway I did like that you put in your own clouds in that sort of style. That worked well. Keep it up