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[Crap Os X2 (2008)]

The paper clip was funny. None of the display changes do anything kind of a bummer if its going to be there. Sexy fox got my hopes up lol.

MrCongeniality responds:

It could be Ruffle because I marked it as compatible with Ruffle. It might not be, I'll double check after work tonight. I really would love to do more work on this!

Edit: I have disabled Ruffle emulation for now.

[Balaba (Morabaraba)]

This makes me want to try this game in real life, yeah unfortunately it's having a hard time running for me it got stuck twice right when I was at the computers last piece. (Update) I feel you on the tech end my camera is from 2008 and the software is 2012 I can put out 720p at best lmao I am following love the games ill play them all with time. (UPDATE 03/17) Now that it is working this is on my favorites. Still not getting how capture pieces at the end though

OrangeGroove responds:

Thanks for the feedback. I'm a newbie to newgrounds and the ruffle emulator, so I am
grateful to know things are not working...I discovered to my horror that everything I've put up is working enough that I haven't bothered play testing it - but also running just broke enough to make it seem like I'm slightly mental posting dysfunctional games LOL. I will try getting it to work like it does in flash and hopefully post a better version soon. The rocks and board version I first discovered in Malawi when played with a friend, is as fun and challenging as chess. My AI here was very primitive, programmed to win with no mercy or fault, is like playing against the terminator and its fairly unplayable/fun compared to the real thing...

My other game posted a few days ago is a real disaster - from level 2 till 10 the soundtrack breaks, glitches and cranks the cpu to 100%, wtf? i spent a day trying out different solutions but with no cure. After more research on Ruffle I discovered that the emulation is a knock off version of what was a highly evolved commercial product: Looks like a Porsche but don't feel like Porsche! Reverse engineering software is so cyberpunk and Ruffle is great, but I realize we basically using a back alley Porsche. If you look under the hood and discover a toyota engine don't be surprised you can't get to 260km an hour!

Mame has proved that even if you have a machine with a 100 * more powerful processing and with a 1 000 000 * more memory, you still can't reproduce a virtual version of a game. The essence is lost, it's system, it's hardware, the feeling that made the original great. I figure that a game created and perfected at a different moment in tech is lost if the hardware/software/interface is separated. The whole being greater than the parts - my argument being that no digital version of pinball has ever captured the infinite physics of a metal ball bouncing around a wooden box, enough to convince me that virtual pinball is better or even equal to its analog version.

Am I being morbid in thinking Ruffle/Newgounds is actual an old age retirement home for the crippled and walking dead - the flash devs of old, looking to relive their glory dayz? A place to weave a myth about a moment we can only ever re-experience as an emulation playing back at half the frame rate as the audio is reduced to glitchcore. A place for geeky wannabe coders to rant like drunken sailors about their great and tragic journeys into oblivion as their tech devolved into present day void. LOL

[War For The Moon]

I like the art I dig the music the colors are great down with the whole vibe. Got to the 2nd area game slowed to a crawl music cut out tried on another machine same outcome.

OrangeGroove responds:

Yeah, unfortunately Ruffle not handling the music the same as Flash player, I had a few tries at fixing it, but no luck. Hopefully I can find a fix, I will try some more, seen as people like the game LOL.

[Lightybulb]

This is actually a cute very well done and simple to pick up puzzle game my kid just had fun playing this on a snow day so that is a 5 from us. on the favorite list

tomvencel responds:

Thanks very much for your review! It makes me very happy when people enjoy my games :)

[God Scope]

I think maybe if we had control of the left right movement of the hands that might make it feel more distinct from other games. Music and sound effects are there for sure. (update) if this was made in an hour please make more games your clearly talented.

Melon4ikpro1772 responds:

I made this game in 1 hour:)

[Unmurk Demo]

I really enjoy rotating the object to fit the shape and knowing the shape is in the correct stance already. colors are great. can defiantly put time into finding out how many levels and objects there are. add some medal system to keep people wanting to advance on.

Mandigondo responds:

Thanks. :) There is a scoring system in the menu.

[School Bus Catastrophe!]

The obstacles are not visible until you hit them. colors and movement blend together is nauseating. mechanics are there character reacts and jumps just fine.

CyberRobotnix responds:

>The obstacles are not visible until you hit them.
If your character moves so fast the camera can't catch up then that's good. If it wasn't there the game would prolly be impossible to lose without playing bad on purpose. I feel the game is already too easy as of now and I think most peeps can easily get upwards 10'000 points if they spent some time on the game. If being slowed down by harmless NPCs is somehow a problem, you can jump idly to slow the character down and then you'd see 'em coming.

>colors and movement blend together is nauseating.
NOW that's something I wanted to hear. This is def a problem and I'll figure this out next update. I think I'll give the stick figures outlines, so they don't blend with the background nearly as much as they do RN.

[Dead Horizon: Demo]

This reminds me so much of The Westerner I love it going to play through all of it well done this clearly was a project of love on everyone involved behave.

Emptygoddess responds:

I don't know The Westerner, I'll have to check it out!

[Apical]

Not able to make that second set of jumps am I missing something here. so, you jump through the floor hit the double jump and then that jump up island part the bird does not seem it can make the jump any way I try am I missing something obvious. I like the art style and the world building is great it is minimalistic and lively at the same time. (update) will watch that video give it a try later thank you.

exopta responds:

If you're really stuck on any of the puzzles, there's a video that plays through the game that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/YHxtnuWh50w
Otherwise, thanks for the feedback!

[Bongville]

I mean this is for the mobile gamer so I get it. Animation reminds me of Soul Games. The theme is a bit much but the game play is there to back it.

HighStoneGames responds:

Thanks for your feedback! it is much appreciated :)