Ericho's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spent Shells]

I liked this game a lot! I thought it was very impressive with how you had no idea what enemies would appear next. Medals always motivate me! The music was great now that I listen closely to it. I thought I'd be able to beat at least one boss. This was just a great game.

I don't know how these levels, or rather rooms work. I'm sure they're all random. It gave me a great sense of exploration. I'd think a game with shells would feature Mario. It's fun in any way.

HelperWesley responds:

Glad you enjoyed it. The rooms should really have some kind of portal or smoke effect at the doors, because they are completely randomized each time you walk in to a new room. 😅

The shells was meant to be for bullet shells, but it does sound like a Mario thing. 🤔

[Game]

Wow, this game was really hard. I didn't even know how to play it at first. I then realized you selected the levels in that tree. That didn't make it any easier! I do have to praise you for not dying when you fell down. It didn't make it any easier though.

The music was quite good. More talented people should enjoy this. I wasn't motivated enough to advance very far. Motivation is something I always talk about when dealing with a hard game like this. The best thing is probably the title.

[Maple's Maid Service]

Wow, this was a lot of fun. I shouldn't have liked this so much. I mean, it seemed to have a lot of flaws. The characters seemed flat, as in flat on the screen. It was just a very happy upbeat game. I love how sincere it was.

It was fun to see her just prance around. The set up was so cute! I haven't played the game the whole way through. I didn't notice that cobweb in the corner. What a nice little game.

[good: baseball]

Hey, I hit one out of the park and it didn't count! Wait, that doesn't qualify. I actually had to go over the trash cans. I didn't care for that. It did get kind of redundant. The game is still passable.

I mean that in every sense of the word. The title's kind of cute. Damn, every game has medals nowadays! The graphics are good. I guess it's realistic.

[Bird Tapper & the Great Krampusnacht Cleansing]

This is one of my favorite games for this year's Pixel Day! My only complaint was that the respawning enemies were really annoying. I thought the medals would at least be easier considering how the first was. The colors were cool. I loved how everything moved.

The boss was the hardest part. I'm glad I at least collected the ducks. I don't even remember how I got them. I also loved how wacky it was. I have no doubt this will win an award!

[Gappy's Playground]

Wow, this is just a demo? I'm very impressed! Yay, a green Kirby! I appreciate the fine detail for Pixel Day. I would probably give a full score when the full game comes out. I don't see how I couldn't!

I was expecting some enemies. You didn't even need any! The game was already hard enough. I didn't realize I could press the W to go under a door. The music's fine too.

LeviRamirez responds:

Give me about 2 years and I'll be expecting a PERFECT score on Steam when it comes out, lol

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the kind words :-)

[DRILLBIT!!]

Wow, what a creative game! I'm glad to have come by something so unique! You had to look at the tutorial first. I didn't expect it to escalate with the thing coming down and all. The music and sounds were great too. I really do like this pixel work.

Happy Pixel Day! I had no idea we'd get such great games this year! It's just a cute little game. It reminded me of "Wheel Of Fortune", only with drills. That was certainly a combo I never thought I'd see.

[Picayune Dreams - Demo]

This had great design and I'm so glad to have come by it! Can you please just not make the screen so big? I didn't understand how you even collected those points. They didn't seem to amount to anything. It was confusing, but still great. I thought it would be boring at first, just fighting the same enemies.

I'm so glad there was a lot of variety! My favorites might have been the skulls. Boy, was that boss hard! I wasn't expecting the first one to be that difficult. It was so cool to see the unique upgrades as well.

[SQUID ON ROAD]

I liked this game a lot! I wasn't expecting a squid to appear of all things. It seems like all squids are like Cthluhu now. I appreciated how good the graphics were. I didn't even see the red dots at first. It took me awhile to get the hang of it.

I couldn't find the shop where you upgraded. Thank you for including footage of the awesome gameplay! I love how fast paced you can make it. Oh, I guess squids are related to oil, which cards run on. It's still a weird association.

jefvel responds:

Thanks! Yeah, there's not workshop yet. But it's a planned feature! Also it just accidentally became a squid, since my placeholder character sort of looked like one :)

[MS Paint Collab 2023]

Uh...I feel so bad for not giving this a higher score. It's just that the format could be better. The lines outside in the gallery aren't that good. It's still always great to see all these artists come together. It can be quite challenging. That isn't quite a good thing in this case.

The music's fairly good. I believe I played the original MS Paint Collab. I've seen or played everything here! It's so much more common to see tons of credits nowadays. I'm not that good at first person things like this.