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[Icy Cave of Frustration]

Well paced

I thought this had some good graphics in it, but the downside was that it was actually pretty hard to understand. At first, I did not look at the instructions and thought that I lost my killing the caveman! What is kind of annoying is that you have to start right at the beginning after losing. As there are a lot of levels, that can get pretty frustrating. I did manage to get really far, and only failed because I wanted to get the medal of hitting the bird! As I care little for cavemen, I had no problem crushing them.

The music was pretty appropriate and I am now starting to notice that all of these games are ice themed. Man, I should have really caught onto that earlier. This is the kind of game that takes patience and unless you are skilled at timing, you should probably spend too much time on it. There could have been some more detail in the cave, but it would have probably not mattered. Next time, yes, you should have allowed us to start on the same level.

tomdeaap responds:

Hmmm... Cool review.

[Escape from ice mountain]

Epic indeed

Now, I was never good at games like these, so I did not get that far, but I still have to recommend it. What I really liked was how the atmosphere was just perfect. I was actually not expecting anything that good. I guess when I view something where the title is in lowercase, it turns me off. I was pleasently surprised to find out that this really had a ton of work put into it and it's amazing you did it in only 72 hours. It does take quite awhile to get good, but at least you were kind enough to include the walkthrough.

It seemed like the voices were just great for this. In fact, I think I may have even enjoyed this more if it was a flash cartoon and not a game. Even the walls of the ice jail are well done, as every shape seems to have a different style. The music went just perfectly with the game; it's a nice, calm tune to it but still brings off a feeling of being trapped. I might never get a medal, but at least I had fun looking at it.

MonoFlauta responds:

Oh dont worry, you will get that medal

Awesome that you like it :) I love this type of reviews because they are the one that tell us that we did a good job and we gave fun (even for five minutes) to someone :)
Thanks for the review :)

[Asterozorb]

Fairly good

The only Christmas theme it had was with the green and red lights and stuff. It was still fun to play this, even though the controls were fairly hard to understand. The funniest part was seeing the balls get hit by asteroids and I am almost disappointed that was a bad thing for the player. It is certainly an original game, it is perhaps not executed in the best way. The mouse and the WASD keys seem to be in conflict with each other. It still had a nice theme to it with you just spinning in space all the time.

CyanSandwich responds:

Thanks for the review. It really wasn't supposed to have anything to do with christmas, but I chucked a christmas cracker in there because it was close to that time.

[DJManiax]

Great!

Wow, this has got to be a record for the submission with the highest score that did not give you medals with points. I have a feeling you guys will eventually be able to get some points with this! This was fun, because everything was just so high-classed. It is a best too complicated for me to devote too much time too, but still very enjoyable. The graphics themselves were great and there was just so much detail put into every single thing I saw on the screen. You are going to need to read through the instructions.

TaroNuke responds:

I don't know how to get medals to give points ;-; the point values are there.

[Snakebite]

Poop

This was a pretty good game to play and it is especially great to see someone as revered as Yoink work on it! I of course appreciate the efforts of all the other people who worked on this. The best part was how it was easy to get the medal about taking a crap and then you could just go around and crap all you wanted everywhere. The animation is really silly, especially with how Snakebite. There was apparently some trouble, as the advertisement's audio kept going into the game. Speaking of audio, the sound was good and it seemed to fit the mood of the game pretty well.

YoinK responds:

there's more to the game than just taking a shit. lol but glad you liked it.

[Button Game X-MAS]

Not bad, friend

It was great to see a Christmas game from you, as you are always willing to make these button games. I think this was one of the most enjoyable, because it had a good premise. I lost on the one level where I had to click on the candy canes, seems like a dumb mistake. The funniest thing was how it asked if this was "The Impossible Quiz" or not. You still need to brush up on the animation/graphics a little bit. It still looks a bit amateur, but maybe you were not intending to make something artsy.

BanglaBoy96 responds:

Lol! Thanks for another Great Review!
Also the reason my Animation and Graphics are half arsed is cos
I really spend about only 3mins per drawing! XD

[Poltergifts]

Very nice

It seems like we always skip over a holiday. There are things that feature Halloween and Christmas, but nothing with Thanksgiving and Halloween! Anyway, this was a great game to play if a little repetitive. The best part was how awesome the monsters were designed. It was hard to understand how far I could get, as they hit me and I did not die. I really had to develop strategy because I had no idea whether or not a present was going to be something useful or not, and I was always afraid of picking the wrong thing. It's great for so many talented people to come together for this.

Evil-Dog responds:

thanks for the review dude

[Run Whale Run!]

Hard to review

This game could really lose a lot of work. The worst thing about it is that it just seems to have no point and it just continually goes on with no point. I mean, you do not even have anything that says how many points you have in the game! There were some good parts, especially with how the graphics were not too bad. When I saw the preview icon, I thought it was going to be something really cheesy, but I was proven wrong. The balls are designed and the controls are good but it just needs more organization.

alessiolol9000 responds:

The 3rd game is coming tommorow, so be quiet!

[The Guardian Chapter 2]

Great overall

I was actually first having some trouble with the "A" button as I could not even get it to load! Once I did, however, I played a really great game! While I am not a fan of RPGs, this was good enough to recommend to someone who was not a fan, like myself. I liked the graphics and how you could just go around and stab those little purple blobs over and over. The design of the character and environment is so masterfully done. It is obvious that you all took a real hand in making this epic work.

UknownXL responds:

Thanks for you feedback and kind words!

[How to make a cool title]

Works

This was nothing particularly elaborate, but it did not really need to be like that. I really liked the medal points even if they were not worth anything (so far). Everything was presented in a very clear cut manner, it is just that there was not that much information. Still, if you want to learn to make a cool title, here is where you should go. While I may never become involved in flash myself, I appreciate people who try to help out. Try to have some more detail in the next one by adding more things.

eewgames responds:

Well, if you say... Ok.