'Grats Robo! Really nice piece.
Really fun contest. I'm looking forward to any more that are coming :)

Nathan, I know you said you didn't want to post the scores of everyone in case people thought they were unfair, but would you be opposed to posting an ordered runners up list, so people can get an idea how well they did instead?

If you want to write something in a specific genre but when you try it keeps turning out too similar, then try listening to a song in that genre that does it in a different way. Then try to pick out one (or multiple) things you like from it and try to do something in the same style (and if that comes out the same as before, try just directly copying it).

Then from there, build a new song on top of these ideas. It'll help you think about that genre in a different way, and you'll hear different things, because you won't be limited to your usual "starter" ideas.

ELO did this a lot with Beatles songs. They'd take a bar or two from a Beatles song, but then make a new song out of it. Listen to the bridge in "Day in the Life" by the Beatles and compare it to the beginning of "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO. (And IIRC, the Beatles did the same from other songs too).

Don't be afraid you're "stealing". As long as you are adding lots of new ideas to it, and taking it in a bit of a different direction, then it's a great way to get inspiration.

(Wow, sweet. I didn't realize you were going to Blizz con)

Is there going to be honorable mentions or any comments so people who don't get one of the top places still get some idea of how their stacked up? :)

At 8/20/09 09:24 PM, iateamexican wrote: Daft Punk are cunts for scary videos with good music.
Prime Time of Your Life is still incredibly fucking scary.

I'd never seen that video before now. Damn creepy.

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Anyone ever seen the Sandman?
I used to watch it over and over as a kid, then stay awake at night terrified of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnj hU

I agree with all the talk of a more mellow meet.

The benefit of a meet is you can get to know Newgrounds members in RL. And as cool as the current meets are, I'm always a bit disappointed that it's so hard to just talk to people over a loud arcade or when every one's drinking.

I'm still pretty new to the meets and don't know so many people yet, but if it's not a closed meet, I'd defiantly be up for a more low key one where everyone can just talk.

I also second there being internet access so we can see each other's work :D

Just finished mine and sent it in :)

NG Orchestration Contest Entry, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Classical

Felt like going for a slightly different style. I really need to upgrade to a new program so I can instruments that don't sounds like crap :\

Tell me what you guys think :D

At 8/12/09 10:49 AM, Bezman wrote:

At 8/12/09 09:36 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 8/11/09 11:16 PM, Sziphix wrote: As liljim said, both your parents are cool for letting you do something like this. I don't think I could/would be able to meet up with "people from the internet" with mine.

I'm 20 tomorrow and they treated me with so much suspicion when I told them about it :(

We share our birthdate.

Heh, it's the excuse everyone always tries to give. "I know I look young, but it's my birthday tomorrow". Which just makes annoying when it's actually true.

Happy 20th, BananaBreadMuffin & Bezman ;)

It was my birthday the day before the meet. Though when I told people "I turned 21 yesterday", no one wished me a happy birthday :( ...I cried my self to sleep that night.

Hey, Bez. If your server's down, can you not just make a flickr or other photo sharing account until September?

Excellent contest idea! I've been wanting there to be more creative contests like this :)

Will all the submissions be viewable at the end? I'd really love to hear all the different ideas everyone has for it. To me that sounds like one of the most exciting parts of this contest!

And what's with the bad vibe in the posts so far? This guy has given us a fun chellange to do together and discuss. Let's have some fun with it :D

I'm giving it a go in 4/4 time, but currently having a bit of trouble getting the motif variation to sound right without lots of changes to the theme. I might have the changes, but play it again in 3/4 time later on.

I like it., but it's missing the option to close the flash and make it stop playing. You have to either open it as a pop up and then close it again, or exit the whole page.

Yeah, this is a very common problem among all the Flash artists I've spoken to.

I'd actually be interested to know if there's anyone here who doesn't have this problem or has found a way to deal with it.

1) Looking for team

2) Musician - I do animation as well, so I could share the work load to make more efficient use of time.

3) Experience

Meus' Finest Hour, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Classical

Under the City Lights, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Miscellaneous

MGS: Conveyor Belt Room, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Miscellaneous

I also score all my movies.

4) Communication
Give me a PM and we can chat to see if I'm what you want or not.

1) If you are looking for a team, or if you are looking for one more person

Looking for team.

2) How long have you been composing on Newgrounds?

Since 2008

3) Experience (Post some work or links)

MGS: Conveyor Belt Room, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Miscellaneous

Meus' Finest Hour, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Classical

Under the City Lights, by Ockeroid Type: SongGenre: Miscellaneous

I also score all my movies.

4) Communication (PM Me/MSN/AIM)

PM is best for me.

It's hard to give an impression of what you can do in a small post, but I've written in lots of different video game styles like Metal Gear, Sonic, Final Fantasy and Zelda.
Though it'd be really fun to come up with something more original based on what the game needs and really make it fit.

I'm also open to doing music for projects not related to the power of 3.

Does anyone know what the music in Sniper Year One is?

It's got that cool spy film style to it :) It's good quality, but the instruments don't quite sound proper film music quality.

Sniper Year One, by robotJAM Type: Game Rating: Ages 13+

Any ideas?
Links to other songs in a similar style would be cool too :)

At 1/21/09 08:54 PM, Luis wrote: my sister passed this picture over.. ill have to use a higher res one when i do the hub thingie.. but yeah there was alot of people at this thing.

Hah, wow so many people :D Did anyone else notice the random people taking photos of us when we did the first London eye group photo? "Look! Nerds out of their natural habitat!"

I'm looking forward to seeing all the pics up. Especially for the mug shots so I can actually get names for all the faces I remember. No way can anyone remember all those names.

Also, I want the face and arse game now damn it! Bazman, you were awesome!

Setting off for my train and a few hours of travel too. See you guys later on today! :D

Oh my god. I forgot all about this! But, no way am I going to miss it.

Just booking my train tickets. I'll see you all there :D

Oh my god! I can't believe I missed being able to be part of this >____<
I saw this a few weeks back, but I was busy at the time and I only just remembered again. I wanted to be part of this so bad! This really is an amazingly awesome idea!

On the plus side, at least I get to see the finished thing soon :)

You should make a web page that just has this on, looping forever. It'd be so awesome.
Good luck guys! I really can't wait to see this done!

Glad to hear about adding 0% as an option :)

I also approve of trying to keep the genre list down and only adding when needed. It can be frustrating having genres disorganized and means you miss out on lots of films. It also just feels messy and unpleasant.

So keeping things like "sci-fi" and other things that aren't covered by genre confined to tags seems a good idea. But how come only 3 tag options? It's hard if your movie is a parody of something and you want to write the title of the parody, but most titles are at least 3 words already, so there's not room for other things that the movie might be.
But also need to be cautious of abuse, I suppose. We don't want hundreds of spam movies all with tags like: "FINAL FANTASY METAL GEAR HALO 300 MATRIX DRAGONBALL Z AWESOME COOL SEXY BOOBS FUNNY"

I've just realized the 'edit' option has vanished on some of my audio submissions. I imagine this is to do with them being used in films, but how am I supposed to edit the author comment or give them preview pictures? I'm not sure if this is a glitch to do with the update or not, so sorry if this is not a new thing.

Sorry if it's already been said, but I don't really wanna read through 6 pages right now.

Forcing a minimum profit share sounds a bad idea. Some people may have already agreed on not wanting anything from it and that's their choice. Forcing a minimum just takes away options for flash makers.

I also think it may dis-encourage some people from using music from the audio portal, especially if they are considering using a few tracks. It would be a damn shame if less people used the audio portal.

Also, the minimum profit is so small that it's not going to be solving anything anyway. If someone thinks they deserve a profit but the author isn't giving them any, then they're hardly going to jump for joy at getting 1%.

Other than that, the new improvements are very cool and exciting :D Keep up the excellent work, guys!

At 5/23/08 02:50 PM, Lizardcommando wrote:

At 5/23/08 03:47 AM, L4zyL30 wrote: For those of you who are having file size problems, it's because of how Flash saves the files. If you do the quick ctrl-S or just click Save, then it'll just build on top of your file size.

So what you have to do is Save As. Not as fast, but it'll lower your file size.

Couldn't you also use the "Save and Compact" command?

Yup.
I got a shock when mine said 40MB, then I deleted all the reference videos I didn't need any more and clicked 'Save and Compact' and I went down to a tidy 7MB.

At 5/21/08 03:05 AM, MiddleFingerRings wrote:

At 5/21/08 02:35 AM, Hokey-Mokey wrote:

At 5/21/08 02:07 AM, SardonicSamurai wrote:

The deadline was yesterday.

And if you'd read it, you'd find out that people can submit 2 or 3 days afterwards.

Where does it say this? I've been following the whole topic but not noticed it (maybe I just forgot though).

If anyone needs some last min MGS style music, I've got two tracks on the audio portal that are good for MGS style background music and fight music.

Good luck to everyone who's rishing to finish in time

At 5/18/08 04:01 PM, cuestaluis wrote: Almost done here as well! with my luck, and crappy advice from my friends(who think ALL my work kicks ass even if it doesn't)

Haha, I can relate to that. It's taken me ages to find people who can actually give any sort of criticism. My last big project suffered a bit from people only focusing on the good points. It wasn't until I submitted it to NewGrounds that I got any *real* crit.

Love the style of your screen shot. We're getting some cool looking stuff here now

A month ago: "I've got loads of time, I'll take it slow"
A few days ago: "Oh shi--! A week left?"
*Starts actually working*

Anyone got advice or links for animating good looking gun flashes?
My normal styles look crap for this movie.

Another Q: I'm making an adventure style game. If I use named frames for every time I want to change frames, am I going to be setting my self up for trouble later?
If I use frame numbers I can't edit in new frames for what ever reason (without having to re-do every goto after the change).

Think it will be ok as long as I'm descriptive with the frame names and don't do any doubles?

I want to find the most efficient way to do this.

I've checked the mask is set up properly and even remade it. The button works normally within Flash and only messes up when I watch it in preview by pressing CTRL + Enter.

At 4/24/08 05:23 PM, BMack24 wrote: and instead of saying 'gotoAndPlay(nextFrame)', why not just say 'play()'?

...Oh yeah.
>_>

Thanks

I've got a button with a masking layer inside it and when I preview it shows the mask layer as if it was a normal layer.
It didn't do this before and I can't seem to get it back, even if I copy the button to another flash file.

Also, is there any way to to gotoAndPlay to the next frame without writing in the number of the frame? I tried gotoAndPlay(nextFrame); but that doesn't seem to do anything.

Seems like a stupid question, but say you've got a decent movie, how can you get enough people to see it, so enough people will vote on it, so it will get in some of the "Best of the..." lists, so more people will actually see it?

I thought that, as long as your movie was good, then people would see it.
I've recently submitted my first serious short, and so far it's got great reviews and most people really like it. I got daily 5th, but now that day has passed and I'm barely getting any new people seeing it as it's not anywhere that people can find it other than happening to find it by looking at other people's favorites.

It's like a paradox: How can you get on one of the lists so people will discover your movie if people *haven't* discovered your movie, so it's not on any of the lists o_O

scottmale24, that looks great :)
I like the textured backgrounds, it looks really cool.

You should add a basic shadow to Snake

Out side of the NewGrounds style, you can still collaborate with people online (e.g. people you already know) and this can be really useful.
There are still some of the problems of being more delayed in response time from time zones, etc. But one of the pros of this is it can be done more in your own time. If it were in real life with other people, there would have to be a lot more focusing on it and having to do it an set times when the other person is available.
If you were doing it online, you could potentially manage doing another unrelated project at the same time, because you have more freedom over time management.

Good luck with your essay!

How are the winners judged?

Also, what happens if a winner doesn't live in the US?