jessecowan's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Heroes Quest]

Ah! Princess Quest 4! I should have known I would find it nestled away here in Newgrounds!!

[FireBlob]

Digging this!

['Brain-Toasting Dungeon']

I'm reminded of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" novels, where any decision you made led to an arbitrary demise. But much like Dragson's Lair, you've made those "game over" moments part of the appeal and charm of the work. Well done!.

Butzbo responds:

The 'fail' scenes were among my favourites to make so that's awesome to hear. Thanks!

[FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN']

Hardcore. You're goin' places!

A bit rough on the filthy casuals like myself, but a strong foundation, to be sure!

[Squid! Escape! Fight!]

I'm torn. This is a beautiful game, the visuals are cute and appealing, but I spent more time reading instructions then I did playing. In addition, the tutorial text popups for play-control were confusing at best. The keys designated to eating, moving, and inking were unclear. The only clear control was x to swim. I had to look up the controls to figure out how to eat and control myself.

Solid work on overall design, but see if you can focus on showing the gamer how to play rather then telling them how to play. Little touches like this will make all the difference. Good luck!

Omael responds:

Thanks Jesse, will improve on those ones.

[Don't Eat My Mind You Stupid Monsters!]

Solid stuff. Can you put in some keyboard attack and jump buttons? Bit of an old-school gamer here, and aiming with the mouse is a bit squirrely.

[Nymble]

Good stuff. Kept me around past level 20. That's solid design. Good visuals and sound too!

xalezar responds:

Thank you! Glad to hear it was an engaging experience :) Level 40 onward is when the difficulty really ramps up.