At 7/23/08 06:16 PM, Xeptic wrote: Font fetishists unite!

Ha ha ha (out loud)

At 7/23/08 05:37 PM, dELtaluca wrote: off to italy again, back the 5th august at some point!

ci vediamo!

Ciao scemo!

At 7/22/08 04:22 PM, Kart-Man wrote: Happy birthday, Newgrounds' most famous Mormon!

Yes, there's famous Mormons on your cake.

The guy who plays 2 face in the dark knight is mormon too. :O

thanks for the kudos guys, I'm 28 now fyi, so I'm probably MUCH closer to death than most of you.

Hey fewls, tomorrow July 22 is my birthday give me e-cadny plz.

Good luck! I'll miss you all this time around.

I like camp north...now that I know what it is...

I submitted all the art I had laying around on my comp.

seriously, shouldn't a site say what its purpose is somewhere on it? Like, "Camp North: A site where you submit art"?!

Crashed my Internet Explorer 7 also...like completely crashed it. Just keep in mind that the vast majority of people still use IE...

This one's for you duder:

Congrats to hoeloe for winning luis' dollar!

I have a widescreen laptop set to 1920x1200!

how does that translate to my e-penis?

I can see it all!

At 7/14/08 02:53 AM, Blaze wrote: Need Advice on Programming Proyect
I mean, my programming teacher and the jury would completely DIE.

Sounds like a pretty good way to do it, and like a pretty awesome project. You could write from the client side to your database using other methods besides the fscommand you mentioned, but whatever works works.

At 7/14/08 12:37 AM, ConAir wrote: Calvin Carcass

I'm really glad Tom decided to give The Calvin Carcass series some due credit by showcasing it on the front page. I highly suggest checking it out, it's a classic for me since it's one of the first great movies I remember seeing here. It's from 2004 and just has this classic flash kind of feel to it, no photoshop frills and it's got great animation, plus it's just a hilarious concept to boot. Check it!

That was really well done and funny. It was cool to see his art style progress and become more refined through the episodes...I hope he does more.

At 7/13/08 02:52 PM, K-Guare wrote:

At 7/13/08 02:49 PM, BoMToons wrote: Anyone else get a PM from Zekey asking for "advice?"

I wonder what prank will come of this latest initiative...

I haven't;
advice on what exactly?
Is he an aspiring flash artist? lol.

I don't want to get into details, just in case he's serious, just wondering if he mass spammed people, or if his PM to me was sincere.

Anyone else get a PM from Zekey asking for "advice?"

I wonder what prank will come of this latest initiative...

This made me laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqk1-q8gX cY&feature=related

I thinked you switched a D for a V in HIV/AIDS. On a related note, I just watched RENT.

New game contest, pretty flexible rules, except that you have to use some pre-made avatar library, which might just be some coders' dream come true. $10,000 first prize:

http://www.flashgamelicense.com/meezinsi decontest.php?page=details

Oh, and the Glaiel Games Red Gecko!

LMAO

I vote in increasing deserving-ness:

Larvae
Paladin
Blue Rabbit

At 7/9/08 06:12 PM, J1mp wrote:

At 7/9/08 05:59 PM, BoMToons wrote: I don't ever expect to be quitting my day job to make independent flash games, so there is still a bit of creative/artistic pleasure I get from doing my own stuff.

heh, isnt your day job making corporate flash games? :P

Yeah, that's why I said "independent flash games" :-P

On a similar topic... Im releasing a game soon, found a sponsor and all that... The only thing is, she wants a small logo for the website on the HUD... This is something I am pretty against, and although they have made a good offer for the game, I feel its taking the advertising too far. Ads scattered all over a game can make it look tacky and ruin the experience, and I really dont want to do that.

What do you guys suggest? whats a good way of saying "no I dont want to do this" while still sounding friendly and keeping the sponsorship deal?Anyone been in a similar situation?

Yeah, as mentioned above, tell them politely you're against it, and if they insist, quote them something ridiculous on top of their normal price to do it.

At 7/9/08 05:02 PM, Rustygames wrote: Sorry, by that I mean I put a lot of work in and it didnt get as many hits as any defense game I've ever built, so in future rather then stick with this I'd rather build a defense game or something.

Cool, I thought you were whining, but now I see what you really intended. I agree that you may as well grab the money you can, but I don't ever expect to be quitting my day job to make independent flash games, so there is still a bit of creative/artistic pleasure I get from doing my own stuff.

At 7/9/08 02:01 PM, Rustygames wrote: but the game was hugely underapreciated so I don't think it would be best use of my time to continue

Ha ha, people act like NG owes them something. Your game was on fp for a long time, and the only reason it didn't blast off was because of things that were all within YOUR control.

It's a project you should have done out of love for NG, not for fame and recognition.

At 7/8/08 11:29 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: Attached is a screen shot, just to tease you. It looks pretty sexy in motion, if I do say so myself

That looks truly amazing. I didn't realize you were such a good artist!

This submission needs more attention, it brings up some important issues:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/44 6996

It's by one talented sob.

At 7/8/08 12:36 PM, regulargabs wrote: Well, about using open source stuff in your commercial projects, it's totally legal (just check Box2D if you think I'm lying) and I paid them because I think it's fair to give them $ back too.

I'm glad you showed up, it takes courage to post somewhere where people are generally disparaging your work. Also, props for giving some dough back to the engine creators.

At 7/7/08 09:50 PM, NegativeONE wrote: because credit for the most braggable parts of the game belong elsewhere.

Yeah, hard to feel good about spreading around something that's so heavily referenced, hopefully the success will lead the artist to branch out on his own two legs for future projects. I know my first stuff was pretty lame and referenced in efforts to get my feet under me with the flash tools (doesn't seem like this guy is just learning flash though).

The debate of "what is art?" is a huge can of worms and often boils down to each person's personal philosophy. There's no moral solid ground these days, but I know I would feel shady about what that guy has done.

At 7/7/08 08:42 PM, NegativeONE wrote: I'll provide today's Flash-related controversy/drama.

Totem Destroyer - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/44 7836
Destined to be overrated. Already being hailed for its physics (Free use engine not programmed by the author), creative concept (anyone played BoomBlox?), and probably its theme/mood (anyone played... BoomBlox?).
But what's your take? Is the game good for putting a physics engine to work and applying Spielberg's creative thinking in the Flash world, or is it another Portal: Flash Version minus the honesty of naming it the same thing?

Some credit for the idea and the presentation, loses points with me because of the use of an open-source engine, but lots of games do that these days.

Dark Fire Blaze for president!