Score: 0

"Is this your band you're promoting?"

submission: Super Stars

date: July 10, 2009

Ikoncity, itself, posted its default version of this game months ago:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /486809

Aside from the music promotion, it appears you did little, if anything, to change the source material at all. The character sprites are, in fact, editable, but I'm sure you're aware of that, as you have edited the game's default music and background.

I doubt you needed to check over this multiple times or spend two months on it before submission.

I have nothing against anyone doing a little band promotion, but there's really no need to lie about the effort involved in its creation. This "edition" of iStars (as ikoncity calls it) should have taken no more than five minutes to "create."

As per your request: there are no errors in the game to speak of. All the errors are in your Author Comments, where you deliver falsifications about the duration and level of your involvement in the game's creation. Also, "payed" is an obsolete spelling (except when used in its nautical definition); "paid" is the current (i.e., accepted) spelling.

I hope this has been helpful to both you, the author, and to all the "newgrounders" that you spoke of (and lied to).

--mister. jones

Score: 6

"Oint-A-Pimple"

submission: ACNE PANIC

date: May 9, 2009

An amusing take on the traditional point-and-click shooting gallery genre, it lacks any real draw.

I like that the player's "chances" are labeled as "trust," but I don't like how it was implemented. I feel "trust" is what, in fact, what would be called for in this situation, however, "trust" generally brings with it the idea of being something that you can build and mend. In this game, when you mess up, there's no trust to build -- she will never forgive you. I think after completing a difficulty level without any screw-ups the player deserves to have a level of trust regained.

And as amusing as turning whack-a-mole into oint-a-pimple is, it needs something more to be considered a "game" (whatever that word may have come to mean). As is stands, it's a good distraction; it could easily be an acne cream banner ad. I played it a couple times (admittedly, just to be the high scorer of two people), but obviously found it entertaining enough for a second go.

For what it is (oint-a-pimple), it's funny. But to be anything of any real interest, it needs a lot more. There could be power-ups, for instance, e.g., a sponge that affects a bigger area (and thus more pimples), a temporarily transparent hand/wrist (as it is a visual impedance), etc... Perhaps there could even be multiple types of acne, as opposed to merely a pimple.

The game looks nice, it loads fast, and it controls well. I think, at the very least, the "trust" implementation needs to be adjusted. Everything else that I mentioned is really unnecessary if you were just going for the simple whack-a-mole that you accomplished, and accomplished well. I don't mean to be overly critical, I just want to point out the extra potential the game has if that is within its vision.

--mister. jones

Score: 10

"My Dear God (of War)"

submission: Game & Watch: God of War

date: May 1, 2009

I loved your first G&W game, Dodgeman; it was extremely well done, and faithful to the look and feel of the 'genre'. Vermin was always my favorite, and I played it endlessly on the G&W for Game Boy, hence my request for an online version. ;-)

I know that you said that you would see what you could do, but boy, oh boy, did you deliver! Here I am expecting moles and mallets... silly me. I got minotaurs and chaos blades!! This game is absolutely phenomenal and encapsulates the frantic insanity of the original. I was fiendishly excited just to see that 1) it was made (for me!) and 2) it was God of War style. But to fail and have a minotaur pop out of the ground and rape my face was super-icing on an already scrumtrulescent cake of awesome.

Superb recreation of a classic. I love this, and will be playing it whenever I have free time. Thank you so much for this!

5/5
10/10

--mister. jones