Dodraugen by Assios



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Submitted: 10/31/2009 | 09:31PM EST

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Genre: Other

Current Score: 3.67 / 5.00

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** Note **

"Dodraugen" is a strange norwegian word, that means something like "The toilet monster". The word "do" means "toilet". "Draugen" is just weird... Oh well.
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About 4-5 hours ago, I thought I'd make a halloween submission, so I did. There wasn't much time, but I think it turned out decent for a short Halloween submission. Oh, and thanks to Anders Hobber for the idea. Made in about 2-3 hours.

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Average Score: 6.0 / 10

Score: 6
Darklight17

"Frankly, i don't really get it..."

date: November 10, 2009

It does look rushed and u didn't put a lot of work into this. Now, i'm not an expert in how long it takes to make a decent movie but if its the same as audio, u''ll need a lot more of time to make something whihc would pass examination by reviewers.

Graphics, although smooth and well placed, were slightly simple and there wasn't much variety in them. Animation was smooth throughout and ic ant complain but yet again, ti was too simple. IMO, you should've amd the man be reading some newspaper or something instead of just staring off into the middle distance with a dazed expression.

Audio was virtually non existent but when it came, the scream wasn't particularly amazing. I didn't even get a fright as i anticiapted what was gonna happen. If ur gonna makle something like this, Make it more dramatic and interesting so while the user is captivated you can go ahead and scare the soul outta him.

Overall, its not bad, the ending and ideas were rushed and it deserves nothing more then a six really.

Darklight17
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November 13, 2009

Author's Response:

Hmm, it takes a much longer time to make a decent flash vid than audio, actually.. And yeah, I agree with you ;)
Thanks!

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Score: 6
Haggard

"Looks rushed"

date: November 8, 2009

And it really is rushed if you did this in only 2 to 3 hours. The graphics look decent, even though the bathroom really looks like a living room, heh.

Also I wondered why he was sitting with his pants on on the toilet and the toilet seat wasn't even raised.

The sewers didn't look that realistic and the pipe was just odd. Looked like you only cut out those parts from the picture. Anyway, it looks weird and too rushed.

When that creature came out of the toilet the guy was still sitting there. Would have been better if he fell off the toilet or something, now the creature just goes right through him.

Anyway, if you can come up with such a movie in such a short amount of time then I really want to see some movies from you where you put more effort and more time in it. ^^

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November 13, 2009

Author's Response:

Yep, I rushed it cause I am also working on a much bigger project.. But if i'm going to make a halloween submission for next year, I'll make sure to start earlier:p
Thanks for the review:)

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Score: 6
Coop83

"Low quality screamer"

by: Coop83
date: November 3, 2009

I think that you need to study more screamers, before you make one that's going to actually cause a good scare. Adam Phillips did one, where it was a radio report of a spate of kidnappings, where people were literally taken from homes, businesses and the like. Then the creature burst through the window and took the guy listening to the radio. That's a brilliant piece of research for you. You can find that toon on Weebl's Stuff.

The drawing style could use a little work - I'm not too sure about the guy's face shape, as it looks like you've drawn a face on a balloon, for some reason. If he's sitting on the can, have him do something - trousers around his ankles, grunts of effort, that kind of thing. Perhaps a copy of a newspaper, which the creature could burst through, for the punchline.

Did the evil thing have to look like a radioactive sperm? Just an observation there. I'm not sure that drain pipes have that many twists and turns in them - people like to keep them as straight as possible, as it saves on maintenance.

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November 4, 2009

Author's Response:

Yeah, I didn't really know how to do this screamer-thing when I started on it, had to make it in a few hours to upload it on Halloween. And for the evil thing, yeah, you're right :p I had to hurry a lot, so it turned out pretty bad.

Thanks for the review! ^^

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Score: 5
Kirbyfemur

"Sorry dude, but it need some work."

date: November 3, 2009

1.) Why is there a boombox in his bathroom? lol

2.) The "bathroom" looks like a living room or something.

3.) The background for the pipes look like they're from "The elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion" and that should be noted. If it isn't, then tell us where thay are from.

4.) The build up to the monster jumping out was timed kinda funny (not funny, "haha" but the other kind) because it ended up not being very scary, since you can expect it to be jumping out. A surprise needs to be surprising, we shouldn't know whats coming till it happens.

5.) Maybe start a bit earlier on the projects so you can get more detailed with the work.

Sorry about the criticalness, but it's better to be critical, than to just say, "OMG THIS SUCKED BALLS" or, "DUDE was awesome" or even, "It startled me, and still does." as one of the "reviewers" pointed out lol

Anyways keep on trying, you'll do just fine. =3

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November 4, 2009

Author's Response:

The reason why there is a boombox in the bathroom and that the bathroom looks like a living room, is that I am also working on a big project, and since I had to make this in a few hours to upload it on Halloween , I used one of the backrounds and the boombox from that other movie ;P Yup, the background for the pipes is from Oblivion. And yeah, this did not turn out as well as it could if I used more time on it. Should've started earlier, but then again, I am working on a larger project, so it had to be this short if I was gonna upload something for Halloween ;P

Thanks for your review! ^^

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Score: 8
Joshsouza

"It came out of it's *****!"

date: November 1, 2009

The ending didn't really startle me that much because we all saw it coming. The photoshopping didn't really go with the movie because next to it was badly drawn pipes.

The art was pretty good if it only took you 5 hours but that just tells me that you didn't put much effort into it. But why did the snake thing come out off it's *****.it just didn't look right.

The thing that really scared me though was that guy's face. I mean seriously! THAT was the creepiest part. Oh yeah, what's with all of the retards reviewing you. THIS IS NOT COMMENTING. I try to say that to every submission that doesn't have at LEAST ONE GOOD REVIEW ON THE PAGE.

But you should at least put a picture on the loading screen because I got bored reading the text. What's with the music too? If you want to scare someone at least put SCARY music.

So like I said it didn't really startle me. It just made me open my eyes. Well here's the overall score:

Art 10/10
Origiality 10/10
Effort 6/10
Fear Factor 4/10
Concet 6/10
This is an OK flash I guess

November 1, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for a good review. The reason why I made it in like 5 hours, was that I wanted to submit it on Halloween. And yeah, I'll add a background picture to the preloader.

And for the music, I wanted to put "glad" or "normal" music when the guy is sitting there, and "scary" music (I used the Jaws theme) when the snake is crawling up the pipes.

Thanks :)

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