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so, I guess since its june 21st now (the actually start of the summer) I'll bump NG summARTime

At 6/21/11 04:36 AM, 4urentertainment wrote:

At 6/20/11 08:11 PM, bcdefg123 wrote: Yeah, but the thing is... we've somehow gained about a half of a point since coming out of judgment. And we're frontpaged. So there is a way to break that particular mold, I guess. Lovecraft, apparently :P

I guess it's different if your game is really good and polished.

Thanks! but yeah, without flattering myself too much I guess that what it does come down too. I think submissions under judgement get upvoted a lot cause poeple try to garner save points; poeple that play a game from frontpage might have higher expectations.
On the other hand; poeple that only play frontpaged games might be less willing to look past bugs and stuff and are looking more for a quick thrill than poeple that actually look throught the portal.

Whoop Whoop DAILY FEATURE!
that`s a right, for those of you that missed it, Aigis and I were in a game jam team together and our game is currently the highest scoring from the jam, scoring us a neat daily first place. Have a play-through if you havent already.

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Also check out the game Kakashi and Renaenae made:

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At 6/21/11 02:57 AM, Captain-Ben wrote: Update on the WIP

Trying something new with my inking, what do you guys think?

Hmm hard to say... good that you are trying some different stuff, but I'll probably have to see the finished piece to see if I like it or not. I think it might become a bit bland/dirty if you get what I mean.

I'd like to point out here that imo using a photo reference is in the middle between using a real life observation and using someone else's art as reference.
I think those are all fine though, just mention that you referenced a piece; you can learn a lot from mimicking another artist's work.

So, Im not trying to defend 4urentertainment here. I don't know the particular circumstances, and frankly I don't want to know, my point is more about the idea of it:

Part of the challenge of these game jam things is quality standards... you want to make everything you do as good as you can, but you only have limited time and quantity can't suffer (usually). This goes for artists just like it goes for coders. As the deadline approaches you make decisions about what you are gonna try to improve and what you will leave as it is.
Again I'm not trying to defend 4ue, but telling him he failed cause he made a buggy game is just nonsense... I could point out a million things wrong with the art in all of these game jam games (including my own), yet noone really cares about that as much.

That being said I do believe in the value of sleep during these jams; when I've been awake for 20-24 hours my concentration deteriorates to a point where I increase my productivity by going to sleep for 6 hours and starting fresh in the morning. From what I've heard/read in this thread a lot of poeple underestimate the effect of tiredness on their productivity.

At 6/20/11 01:56 PM, Kumakun4 wrote: the catwalk isn't properly centered.
Assuming the planks on the floor are of equal width, there are four of them on the left side of the cat walk and seven on the right side.
It's the only thing that really caught my eye on first glance.
Looks good though!
I like the couches :O
If they can even be called couches.

I imagine those would be pretty uncomfortable... my main problem with the thing (apart from the brand) is the shape of the crates.... beercrates arent so elongated, which kinda changes the base of the idea....

At 6/20/11 07:24 AM, SantoNinoDeCebu wrote: Its funny how many childrens tales there are. Big bad wolf, alice, goldilock.
Shows the literacy level of the newgrounds members!!

Then again, there are certain things to be said for taking a simple story that everyone knows. Labeling Alice's adventures in wonderland as a childrens tale is questionable btw.

I find it cool that I joined team NWO after they had already picked the story, one of the lesser known ones in this jam even, and I just happen to have it standing right next to me on my bookshelf.

At 6/20/11 07:05 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

At 6/20/11 04:09 AM, Lintire wrote: This has to be some kind of bloody record or something. Still open, guys.

Nope, the immortal room still holds the record.

I believe it lasted at least a week.

and to top it off the current one just exploded

At 6/20/11 03:11 AM, tenentenen wrote: Tryed about 15 times, still nothing, he's still not listed as a contributor.
Also ads not approved yet.......
what do i do?

You can't add them until the flash is out of judgement.

At 6/20/11 01:17 AM, ImpendingRiot wrote:

At 6/20/11 12:53 AM, GoddaM wrote: gotta look out for the next one, for sure. no more CHoWs here, guys? whatupwitdat!?

No promises, but I may start them again.

Do please... my person drawing skills need serious help

At 6/20/11 01:04 AM, bcdefg123 wrote: Oh yeah - The Outsider is based on The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft.

nice team work there... DOH

Team nwo
bcdefg123,
aigis,
J-qb

book: The outsider, h.p. lovecraft

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At 6/19/11 08:27 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote:

At 6/19/11 08:20 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote: How do you turn a phrase?

Not sure if you're joking or not? Either way...
Noun
turn of phrase (plural turns of phrase)
(idiomatic) An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.

dont mind him, he's english

At 6/19/11 08:18 PM, idiot-monarch wrote:

At 6/19/11 08:14 PM, J-qb wrote: I honestly thought about that right after I posted, but then I considered that Idiot-monarch, being from latvia, might not know about that.

Say that to my face, big guy.

.. ehm... wha-

Yeah, you heard me.

.wha- dah the... what part?

At 6/19/11 07:01 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote:

At 6/19/11 06:47 PM, J-qb wrote:

At 6/19/11 06:35 PM, idiot-monarch wrote: Also, I'm positively flattered. I'd totally love to work together again sometime.

have you ever been negatively flattered?

It's a turn of phrase not a literal meaning. Like if you said, 'This is positively delightful!'
And why are we even arguing about such trivial things?

I honestly thought about that right after I posted, but then I considered that Idiot-monarch, being from latvia, might not know about that.

At 6/19/11 06:35 PM, idiot-monarch wrote: Also, I'm positively flattered. I'd totally love to work together again sometime.

have you ever been negatively flattered?

At 6/18/11 04:53 PM, RedHarvest wrote:

At 6/18/11 08:19 AM, Wallross wrote:

At 6/18/11 08:04 AM, JAZZA wrote: CODE: Moonkey
Art: Zeedox
Art: Jazza
Music/Sound: Zstriefel

We've all got a great chance against you lot...

we plan to give them a run for their money. : ) -TEAM DOC YO!

We'll just take the money while you guys are running around. TEAM NEWWORLDORDER!

At 6/16/11 05:06 PM, xTY3x wrote: i never intended to hide my source of inspiration. it was clearly inspired from that armored core trailer and some people pointed it out in the reviews. if that's a problem i was going to make another one anyway, so...

Yeah, didnt want to accuse you off deliberately cheating or anything just thought the judges should know.

At 6/16/11 02:41 PM, Luwano wrote:

At 6/16/11 02:35 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote: ... I hope people aren't reading this as another "Draw an NG char" contest. Is that happening?

I don't hope so too, cause....

At 6/8/11 04:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: Theme: Anything with robots! Total robotic freedom. To be eligible for a prize, your submission should be original or derivative of something that is original here within Newgrounds

Jumping on board here to point out that xty3x`s mech isnt originalor NG

At 6/13/11 05:30 PM, Luwano wrote: Imagine the votes of the 9 judges all pile up at the 20 or 25 best entries.... then all the others would have a tie.

I dont think that will be a major problem, you can always adress it when it arises; no need to worry about it now.
You do need to think about the late subscriptions; poeple only tend to read the first and the last post of a thread, so you should either: accept everyone that submits a drawing in time or only accept those that subscribed before the deadline (give or take a few exceptions you already granted). If you go for the latter option, that means the subscription phase is redundant and should probably be left out in future rounds.

At 6/13/11 04:16 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote: I kinda want to put a stop to the Flood, or at least rethink it.
- It's not flooding the portal,
At 6/13/11 04:43 PM, Felis wrote:

I think this is the main problem, and it also happens to be the hardest to solve.

I disagree: I think this:

- People aren't reviewing the pics, and mostly avoiding them,

Is the biggest problem... If everyone that drew something for the flood review all the other pics for the flood (and I mean really review, not just say you like it) poeple should be more inclined to join; thus solving problem 1 and 3 (A and C respectively)
Somehow the whole reviewing part never struck base with poeple. Personally I have to admit that I originally didnt know about it; once I did It made perfect sense to me and I started promoting it.
That said, if you were to give the floods a few month's rest to start anew with renewed interest it might be easier to stress the importance of reviewing.

Other than that I think you are doing a swell job with these floods; all art forum activities seem to lose interest after a while.

still going

NG RockefellART

At 6/11/11 06:07 PM, VividGrim wrote:

At 6/11/11 03:20 PM, J-qb wrote: updating this thread again...
Bob Dylan

And a WIP for the AVAT

Looks good! Does the shape on its head mean anything

thanks, its a stylized Q from the JQB logo I made for myself.

updating this thread again...
Bob Dylan

And a WIP for the AVAT

Guess Ill be the first to post something then?

At 6/10/11 10:15 AM, Sockembop wrote:

...second annual newgrounds-art-forum-stickam-get-drunk-o n-cam-party? Coming in early july.

OH FFFFFF IGOTTAGETACAM!

At 6/9/11 03:16 PM, LiftYourSkinnyFists wrote: damnit i merged all the layers and didn't save!!!!!!!

ouch... hate it when that happens... shouldnt be imposible to work around though, would be a shame if you dropped this cause its looking great so far.

At 6/9/11 04:57 AM, Morthagg wrote: My first one is done! I used a little artistic freedom with the actual line paper, but I hope it can still be approved..

Age: 21
Gender: female
Comment: Beware lined paper traps.

thats way cool, im sure itll be fine. his right index finger seems to go through the paper though instead of inbetween the strips...