Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips

  • 935,599 Views
  • 25,398 Replies
New Topic Respond to this Topic
DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 11th, 2010 @ 07:26 PM Reply

At 4/10/10 06:21 PM, matt-likes-swords wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 2891
has medals

Ugh, 20MB? I'll wait until I'm on a computer with a faster download speed. And until the medals are going to actually register.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

HeavyTank
HeavyTank
  • Member since: Mar. 30, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 37
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 11th, 2010 @ 07:37 PM Reply

At 4/11/10 06:49 PM, WonderTheHedgehog wrote: To get medals, email tom@newgrounds.com with a copy of your game and a request for medals. }

Wait, what?
Hum, I'm just going to wait for it to get fixed...

obesefeline
obesefeline
  • Member since: May. 25, 2009
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 22
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 11th, 2010 @ 08:55 PM Reply

I just created a list 0 point medals


Bureaucratic Fatcat

BBS Signature
KingExodus
KingExodus
  • Member since: Oct. 8, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 16
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 11th, 2010 @ 09:43 PM Reply

So the programmer of Fear Unlimited Issue 2 PM'd me and it all comes down to the fact that the "Victory" medal is broken because he input the medal code as "victory" instead of "Victory" so it is unobtainable by any means and it is one of many things that keeps the whole game going and if it where to change than the game would crash.

I call bullshit TBH.


Glamorous.

BBS Signature
DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 08:21 AM Reply

At 4/11/10 09:43 PM, KingExodus wrote: So the programmer of Fear Unlimited Issue 2 PM'd me and it all comes down to the fact that the "Victory" medal is broken because he input the medal code as "victory" instead of "Victory" so it is unobtainable by any means and it is one of many things that keeps the whole game going and if it where to change than the game would crash.

I call bullshit TBH.

Find & Replace all victory -> Victory

Problem solved

It all comes down to the fact that the programmer doesn't give a shit.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

queenofbabes
queenofbabes
  • Member since: Aug. 9, 2003
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 27
Melancholy
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 08:21 AM Reply

At 4/11/10 09:43 PM, KingExodus wrote: So the programmer of Fear Unlimited Issue 2 PM'd me and it all comes down to the fact that the "Victory" medal is broken because he input the medal code as "victory" instead of "Victory" so it is unobtainable by any means and it is one of many things that keeps the whole game going and if it where to change than the game would crash.

I call bullshit TBH.

How does a small typo in the medals part of the code "keep the whole game going?" I mean, he even knows exactly what's wrong. Sounds more like laziness to me...

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 08:55 AM Reply

At 4/12/10 08:21 AM, queenofbabes wrote:
At 4/11/10 09:43 PM, KingExodus wrote: So the programmer of Fear Unlimited Issue 2 PM'd me and it all comes down to the fact that the "Victory" medal is broken because he input the medal code as "victory" instead of "Victory" so it is unobtainable by any means and it is one of many things that keeps the whole game going and if it where to change than the game would crash.

I call bullshit TBH.
How does a small typo in the medals part of the code "keep the whole game going?" I mean, he even knows exactly what's wrong. Sounds more like laziness to me...

Unfortunately, lazy is a chronic condition which cannot be fixed with mere pills. I'm afraid he requires a laze-ectomy in order to recover from this affliction.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

HeavyTank
HeavyTank
  • Member since: Mar. 30, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 37
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 08:58 AM Reply

At 4/12/10 08:21 AM, chris-marks wrote: It all comes down to the fact that the programmer doesn't give a shit.

Yeah, that has been proven many times..when it comes to fixing medals, (most) programmers don't give a flying fuck.
Probably because nobody is MAKING them fix them.
Deleting games with broken medals after a while would be a pretty good incentive...

Pesticide
Pesticide
  • Member since: Aug. 5, 2009
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 12
Audiophile
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 09:17 AM Reply

At 4/12/10 08:58 AM, HeavyTank wrote: Deleting games with broken medals after a while would be a pretty good incentive...

Not all authors visit Newgrounds as often as you think, some stop by here, post something, then leave for months. No one is going to 'force' them to fix it, it's their own work. I can't vouch for Dizimz or anyone other author who hasn't fixed medals or other issues, but not everyone has one giant commitment to Newgrounds, they're likely busy, life issues, etc.

Deleting a game just because it has a medal that you can't achieve is pretty ridiculous, I agree that there should be a time on such things though, if it's broken for months, a year maybe, then yeah. Remove the medals that are broken, not the whole game. Not everybody plays flash games just to achieve medals.

(not too sure if you can actually remove one or a full set of medals on their own without the author actually removing the code manually.)


| PESTICIDE |

BBS Signature
DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 11:02 AM Reply

All the more reason to have medal mods.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

Sonik-Team
Sonik-Team
  • Member since: May. 22, 2005
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 44
Programmer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 12:31 PM Reply

Regarding the "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" medal, I got it simply by watching the credits directly from the menu. I have a feeling that since I never pressed a skip button and finished the credits, the code still let me have the medal.
Can someone be more specific on the first easter egg though? I've tried clicking the countdown timer in the first scene...

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 12:57 PM Reply

Well, I finally knocked NeonBlox off my to-do list. Annoying how you can lose a life even after hitting the disc; that ain't right.

Ah well, onward and upward.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

EdyKel
EdyKel
  • Member since: Dec. 11, 2009
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 22
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 01:57 PM Reply

At 4/12/10 12:31 PM, Sonik-Team wrote: Can someone be more specific on the first easter egg though? I've tried clicking the countdown timer in the first scene...

You're clicking on the wrong thing. You need to click on the hand trigger that comes down in the scene.

HeavyTank
HeavyTank
  • Member since: Mar. 30, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 37
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 06:16 PM Reply

At 4/12/10 09:17 AM, Pesticide wrote: Not all authors visit Newgrounds as often as you think, some stop by here, post something, then leave for months. No one is going to 'force' them to fix it, it's their own work. I can't vouch for Dizimz or anyone other author who hasn't fixed medals or other issues, but not everyone has one giant commitment to Newgrounds, they're likely busy, life issues, etc.

Yes, but then they should see at least if their game works...


Deleting a game just because it has a medal that you can't achieve is pretty ridiculous, I agree that there should be a time on such things though, if it's broken for months, a year maybe, then yeah. Remove the medals that are broken, not the whole game. Not everybody plays flash games just to achieve medals.

A year?Come on man, what the hell?Yeah, maybe deleting the medals would be easier.

(not too sure if you can actually remove one or a full set of medals on their own without the author actually removing the code manually.)

Hm, well, maybe they should modify the API in a way that medals can be removed without the consent of the author, maybe from the site itself, without having to "damage" the game..

By the way, collab medals now give points.Not many, but hey.

EdyKel
EdyKel
  • Member since: Dec. 11, 2009
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 22
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 06:32 PM Reply

At 4/11/10 07:26 PM, chris-marks wrote:
At 4/10/10 06:21 PM, matt-likes-swords wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 2891
has medals
Ugh, 20MB? I'll wait until I'm on a computer with a faster download speed. And until the medals are going to actually register.

They finally showed up on the page. None of them are worth many points... they're just higher than zero. And looking at my points it doesn't look like they registered yet...

Phantom
Phantom
  • Member since: Sep. 7, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 41
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 07:53 PM Reply

At 4/12/10 12:31 PM, Sonik-Team wrote: Can someone be more specific on the first easter egg though? I've tried clicking the countdown timer in the first scene...

click the green handle-shaped device he is holding the second you see the first zoom-out of the explosive device countdown.


Elite Guard Barracks Former 3IC
NG Dept. of Defense Chief Sup. Commander/Ball buster.
I live in Israel:...Whooptie-fucking-doo.

BBS Signature
ixfd64
ixfd64
  • Member since: Oct. 15, 2001
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 53
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 08:19 PM Reply

At 4/10/10 07:49 PM, portalwarpedJP wrote: i'll go on a limb here and presume Enigmata 2's Darkness Energy Charge is available when you get the legendary key, right? so how do you get it? i need to beat that bloody final boss.

the final boss reminds me of Yiazmat from FFXII because of that ridiculous HP....oh damn, the memories...

The Legendary Key is a random drop that appears in level 16 (I think) and above. However, you do not need the Darkness Energy Charge in order to defeat the final boss. In fact, the Darkness Energy Charge is pretty useless; it is a lot weaker than the one in the original Enigmata.


Find me on Facebook!

ixfd64
ixfd64
  • Member since: Oct. 15, 2001
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 53
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 12th, 2010 @ 08:34 PM Reply

I should make a correction to my original post.

The Darkness Energy Charge in Enigmata: Genu's Revenge isn't actually "weaker" than the one in the first game. However, it has some annoying limitations:

1. It fails a lot.
2. Although it replenishes your energy immediately, you will have to wait a long time before you can use your skills again. Ironically, this effect can be cancelled by collecting a negative power-up. (In the original game, the duration of the darkness depended on how long the "D" key is held down.)


Find me on Facebook!

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 13th, 2010 @ 12:28 AM Reply

Game Trailer Collab is now on the medal game list.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

HeavyTank
HeavyTank
  • Member since: Mar. 30, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 37
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 13th, 2010 @ 08:30 AM Reply

Okay, so I made a GTC sub-guide with easter egg pic(s)..
Link.

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 13th, 2010 @ 09:16 AM Reply

At 4/13/10 08:30 AM, HeavyTank wrote: Okay, so I made a GTC sub-guide with easter egg pic(s)..
Link.

So do you guy who found the medals when they were worth 0 now get points for them as if they were always worth points?


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

HeavyTank
HeavyTank
  • Member since: Mar. 30, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 37
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 13th, 2010 @ 09:36 AM Reply

At 4/13/10 09:16 AM, chris-marks wrote: So do you guy who found the medals when they were worth 0 now get points for them as if they were always worth points?

Hmm, lemme check..
This should help:
Date / games / Total m. / Points
04/12/10 135 1099 35450
04/11/10 135 1099 35390

Only problem is, my actual medal points on NG are still 35390, so NGlogs does recognise it, but NG, not yet.

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 13th, 2010 @ 03:48 PM Reply

I just updated my Tetraform guide with better information on the C-C-C-C-Combo medal, and some updated boss and power-up information. In case anyone's curious.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

Godliest
Godliest
  • Member since: Mar. 21, 2006
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 32
Programmer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 11:43 AM Reply

Got medals now.


I tried really hard to come up with something funny. I failed.

portalwarpedJP
portalwarpedJP
  • Member since: Oct. 28, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 22
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 12:08 PM Reply

At 4/14/10 11:43 AM, Godliest wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 3001
Got medals now.

i love that game.
this are going to be some fun medals!

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 12:36 PM Reply

At 4/14/10 11:43 AM, Godliest wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 3001
Got medals now.

Well, I've got all of them except the secret one. I've clicked on everything, so I have no idea what it would be.


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

queenofbabes
queenofbabes
  • Member since: Aug. 9, 2003
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 27
Melancholy
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 02:02 PM Reply

At 4/14/10 12:36 PM, chris-marks wrote:
At 4/14/10 11:43 AM, Godliest wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 3001
Got medals now.
Well, I've got all of them except the secret one. I've clicked on everything, so I have no idea what it would be.

Everything? Even the credits? ;)

DiMono
DiMono
  • Member since: Sep. 8, 2004
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 24
Blank Slate
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 02:28 PM Reply

At 4/14/10 11:43 AM, Godliest wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 3001
Got medals now.

Walkthrough is up


Deploy the... it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... whoosh!

If you care about the Portal, you should read this and share it with people

HeavyTank
HeavyTank
  • Member since: Mar. 30, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 37
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 05:39 PM Reply

At 4/14/10 02:28 PM, chris-marks wrote:
At 4/14/10 11:43 AM, Godliest wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 3001
Got medals now.
Walkthrough is up

There should be more games like this...pretty fun, apart from the secret medal hunting...

FallenMartyr
FallenMartyr
  • Member since: Aug. 7, 2008
  • Offline.
Forum Stats
Member
Level 25
Gamer
Response to Newgrounds Medals - Games and Tips Posted Apr. 14th, 2010 @ 09:17 PM Reply

At 4/14/10 02:28 PM, chris-marks wrote:
At 4/14/10 11:43 AM, Godliest wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 3001
Got medals now.
Walkthrough is up

I just love fun and easy medal games like this. Thanks so much for the walk-through Chris, as always you're the man.


BBS Signature