professorlamp's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[CycloManiacs]

Love this game!

[Pajama Boy 2: Dark Forest]

It was good but I found it far too similar to Supermeatboy.

[Fallen Empire]

Right away there are spelling errors.
"Press up/donw.....mouse whell"

I find the placement of the towers quite good, however the menu at the bottom and in the middle is extremely obtrusive. It turned me off playing it immediately so I can't even comment on the rest of it. The interface needs some work.

[Weave 0.4 Beta]

A couple of pointers.

.There needs to be a start menu that include the controls.

.The instructions on the first level and end-screen are extremely unclear, it's black text against a near-black background.

.The level design could have been better or at least put into a correct order. Some later levels were easier than the levels before it.

.The game itself is extremely short and could benefit from that new release with 15 levels. Really though, I'd expect at least 20 levels.

.When you die it should restart automatically (maybe with a countdown timer?) You shouldn't have to press 'Enter' to start again.

.It could benefit from some sound effects and music (I saw in your post they wouldn't upload, but for next time, it'd be nice.)

.The graphics are nice.

That's all I can think of from the top of my head, the game is by no means broken, it could just benefit from some fixes/additions.

Danny24Pro responds:

Thank you for your advice. I've been making games in python for a long te and this was my first try with a flash engine. Obviiously it needs some improvements and I will take your advice for the next update.

[King's Game 2]

I think you were trying to capture the spirit of Worms/Angry Birds. I have no qualms with the sound effects, in fact I think they're the best part of the game. Unfortunately the gameplay itself is a bit slow between turns and it's a bit 'samey'

Good concept though

[The hard maze game]

1. The game is too hard, straight away you're plummeted into a massive spiral which is a bit glitchy at the best of times. Maybe think of having a healthbar or checkpoints just so that it's not just a 'YOU LOSE' scenario.
2. the instructions screen froze for me for a brief moment and then finally displayed the back button after about 30 seconds.
3. Play through the game yourself and make sure all areas of it are fully working, there was a point where I was clearly in the white and yet I still died.

I know this seems a bit critical (especially to an 11 year-old) but the more you absorb the criticism, the better you'll get and the more thick skinned you'll become.

You could also try adding some public domain music aswell.

Good luck!

defenclesscookie responds:

This game is supposed to be hard... anyway i did play through it five times and i went in instructions and other places, everything was fine for me.... not sure. As for the music, checkpoints, health and other stuff, as said in the description this is a test, not a perfection. I will add more stuff to the game in time. Thanks for the ideas though, i will propably make a better version with more levels!

[- Darkness -]

Couldn't manage with those controls

The controls are REALLY weird, they're conventional but the motion and function of them isn't. IMO this fucks up the entire game, didn't get past level2 before getting frustrated.