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[Portal Defenders: Tower Defense]

Well, this is easily the best submission for Flash Forward 2022. I will admit that I was annoyed at how freaking hard it was! The little bugs that appeared on Level 3 were the worst. I had to experiment with every strategy I could figure out! It's still a wonderful game. That may be just because I really wanted to win.

It was great seeing all these characters together. Even after beating the boss, his bugs still killed me! It was so hard to even get any upgrades! There's just so many combos to make, but few that will make you beat the level. The graphics and design are obviously fantastic. It was especially hard not knowing which path they would show up for next!

[VOLTARMS]

I'm glad I managed to get a lot of medals pretty fast! It got pretty hard by Level 3. It just got hard to get used to the controls. Thank you for telling me how to play the game properly. I thought you could only attack one at a time before the enemy reacted. It was still quite difficult.

I loved seeing these sprite graphics. It did get a little repetitive. I guess I'm getting used to RPGs. Well, the "Epic Battle Fantasy" series really got me into them. Once again, happy 420 even though this was unrelated.

MidNightMaren responds:

I'm glad you liked it after I told you the mechanics. I guess I'll have to explain it better in the tutorial segment since it seems you are not the first one.
It was supposed to get much harder by Level 3, since the player should be much more familiar with every control by that point in the game.

[Sausage Game]

Wow, this was actually a lot of fun! Happy 420 I guess. A talking hot dog might be something I would see while I was high. Well, he didn't really talk. I was surprised at how far I got into this game. I'm normally not into point and click games, but this was great.

It's mostly because of how random the medals were. I had no idea how to use my items. I thought the corn would distract the crows, but it didn't work. This seems like a new way of getting medals. I loved the old timey feel to it.

[Salvager]

Okay, this was quite odd. Maybe I had to be high to understand it? I mean, I just assume everyone's high on 420. I just had no idea what to even do. I didn't die or anything. I guess I was good at it.

I'm impressed by the talented people working on it. It just didn't seem complete at all. Clicking and using space did the same thing. I didn't even know what to do with the crystals. I wish to see a more complete version of it.

[NG Tarot Card Collab]

I got my medal without even having to play the game! I mean, I just opened the game. I didn't even click on anything. I loved the music too. This really was a great collaborative effort. It wasn't even a game.

I thought it would be like a matching game in "Super Mario Bros. 3". I don't know why I would need to flip images. I know some of these names from the "House Of The Dead" games. I know little about tarot cards. It really does have effort put into it.

[Trophy Collab]

That was too simple. I mean, it was just you getting different items. Still, it was pretty interesting to learn about everyone! I believe the process of doing this was featured on the front page. Well, you had to draw something to go along with it. I can't do it.

The music was fairly good. This did seem like a nice little tribute to everyone. It just wasn't the best out there. Well, if I participated I would have enjoyed it more! I still have to thank everyone who worked on it.

Phaox05 responds:

Well that's the purpose of a collab, show people what a group of artists can do (like a gallery) is more of the interactive part where it comes to the flash vibes as its main purpose back in the days was to make interactive media rather than games, thanks for the feedback.

[Volcano Maintenance]

Wow, I didn't know how to beat the enemies at first. I mean, I knew I threw the fruit at them, but I thought that would kill them. I realized I then had to actually throw them into the catapult. That volcano god is hard to please! Those darn volcano gods! The animation works for itself.

Dang, those guys are greedy. You'd think they wouldn't want to die. The figures look like they're from "Cyanide And Happiness". Well, it's a pretty standard design. The enemies' head look like down signs.

jefvel responds:

It's wasn't very clear in game, but you can kill them by throwing fruit at them when they're knocked out. I added a new health bar for that, to make it a bit more intuitive :)

And yeah those baddies are stupid, they eat the fruit but at the same time destroy the trees the fruits come from

[Protect the dog]

It's easy to see how this has such a low rating. I thought it was way too simple. I couldn't get anywhere with the broom. I didn't care about this dog. If you had made it about a cat, that would have been much more interesting. I didn't like that leash.

It looked like the dog was being hanged! Everyone and everything dies eventually. Except for the immortal jellyfish. Wait, what would happen if you set one on fire? Would it reform from the smoke?

[lose95]

That was indeed an interesting game, but I admit it made little sense. I would have to mess with it to truly understand it. Congrats on being the highest rated submission for Ludum Dare 50. I just don't agree. It just seemed kind of boring. The idea was still unique.

Although they have the same theme, these games are all different. I need to look at these author comments first. I thought "you got stunned" was some phrase an obnoxious kid in school told me. Apparently, other people have said that. That was so annoying.

[Facemaul]

This game isn't as easy as it looks. Well, I mean the medal. You didn't just hit the same target. You certainly hit with the bat, but there were different ways. It was too simple. Well, it doesn't really matter.

I could recognize this art style. You are pretty prolific. It was too repetitive. I didn't get any skulls from killing an enemy! I think that would count!