Aardwolf's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Interstate Drifter 2000 [demo]]

Doesn't work, it says: "warning! This is the newgrounds version of interstate drifter 2000." etc...

I am on newgrounds though!

UltimoGames responds:

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[Cookie Clicker Save the World]

Not bad initially but I think there are some balancing issues, unless I'm missing something.

There is an item costing 10 million that says "LOCKED. Collect 10 million cookies and own 5 of each item to unlock". But owning 5 of each item costs way more than 10 million. The last item costs 151 trillion. Even if this 10 million is intended as a joke, there are next items that then require owning 10, 15 and 20 of each item, which is super easy once you have 5 of each. The only item that dominates the price is the last one, and once you get 5 it's not long before you get 20... I'm far away from even the second last item though.

Or does "item" refer to something else? In that case, 3 resets in and no such thing seen yet by me.

Also, resets are super boring, all it does is additively add 10% income. This makes resets relatively worse and worse, and no new mechanics are unlocked.

drmop44 responds:

Thanks for the feedback, its very useful. I've deliberately made a lot of the upgrades and mods easy to unlock because later on some become incredibly difficult to unlock.

You also get +5% offline cookie generation for an additional hour per evolution.

I will continue to update the game, for example I have mini-games and other boosts planned (cookie shower which appears after 8 minutes of play went in today for example). Some of these features will only be available at certain levels of evolution.

If the game drops below 2.5 then I will probably just abandon it, there's very little value in updating a game that will not get seen. It's better to put fresh energy into something new rather than trying to resurrect a failure.

[TestSnake]

I liked this game a lot, but then I tried slither.io. Slither.io has actual multiplayer instead of fake multiplayer, and the score in slither.io actually works while in this game it's bugged, starting to behave strange with steps at 54k, 59k, 65k, 74k and capping at 89k. Slither.io also does not have the annoying loud MLG sounds. Plus point of Snake.is MLG however is that you get notified if a snake hits you. I prefer the real multiplayer and working score though.

devizgl responds:

Scores is fixed now

[Evil Glitch - Arcade Edition]

Llove the CRT graphics! Excellent rendering.

My only gripes:

You cannot play again until you typed your name. There should be an always present "play again" button, not only sometimes present. I did not realize that, and was not bothering with sending highscores. So I thought the "replay" button was to play again, but it was not, I was very confused why it did not respond to my controls but used the old ones in black and white, and thought this was related to some overarching "evil glitch" plot that also involved right click to go back in time but that did nothing, I didn't get it and was on the verge of stopping playing.

Second, when I figured out that you needed to type name, I pressed backspace, but it instead went back to the previous newgrounds page.

agar3s responds:

Thanks for taking the time to review it, I'm going to check the issues you mention.

[Sins Of Daisy Episode 2 & Episode 3]

This entire series is amazing! The atmosphere, the depth, the audio, I enjoyed your games for multiple evenings exploring every corner of them. Thanks!

ZeroDigitZ responds:

Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you liked it.

[The Littlest Penguin]

Awesome, loved the twists and especially narration.

A few bugs noted:
The "sub"titles are not synchronized well, they appear up to 10 seconds before the voice is there.
On the second screen, if you try going to the left, you may fall down under the snow, and cannot swim there.

TheMillz responds:

the "subs" have been removed

[Astral Crashers]

I have to commend you for making a game with the best controls I've ever seen in a web based game. Queing commands, right clicking, middle drag, ... awesome!

Much of the game looks heavily based on starcraft though.

moligames responds:

Thank you, I will add more new elements in the new game！

[DESEEDER]

Very nice and smooth game!

My only critique is that the locations of those hearts should also be indicated beforehand, so that getting them is a matter of skill rather than of gambling.

Zanzlanz responds:

Thank you Aardwolf!

I had the same thought about the heart indicator too. The problem is, with the current level size, it makes it too easy to get them. I'd rather just "train" players to shoot at walls as they come by, which is equally as skill-based, in my opinion. Plus, walls give points :)
All things considered, I THINK it's balanced alright, and has the intended difficulty curve.

But yes, incorporating skill into an auto-shooter was extremely difficult. Hopefully next time the theme isn't "One Button Controls" hahah!

Thanks again!

[Sprout]

Very nice!

One annoying bug: after I got the jetpack, I flew up from map coordiantes 4,3 to 4,4 (coordinates starting at 0,0 from top left) upwards into green slime, and now I'm stuck forever, restart just makes me restart in the green slime again, cannot continue.

Guy-Unger responds:

Yeah I'm an idiot some times..

[FLOOD!]

Hi, the puzzle concept and the level design is extremely great! Super addicting.

But the way to place walls is annoying. It would be easier if clicking a square would toggle between wall and no wall. Then you would not need to constantly switch between "place" and "delete" tool.

And, the scrolling is annoying and unnecessary. Most maps would fit on one screen. They don't center correctly at the start of a level, so you have to switch to keyboard to scroll every time, which is annoying when using mouse.

But the concept is *great*!!

Hoork responds:

I am very happy that you enjoyed my game! Thank you.

You gave me a really great Idea! But I need to think about it. It can turn out, that your mode is more tedious than old one(for example, you are trying to delete walls, but accidentally put some, while deleting it).

I added scrolling and give a player a full look of level at the start, that he did not miss anything. I just afraid that interface would hide the part of the level.

Thanks for your advices!

P.S. use "E" on the keyboard to switch to the "draw"/"erase" mode. It's less annoying actually.