Best of November 2022!

[TomFulp]

Your votes are in and the Best of November have been decided!

🏆 Top Five Animation ($100 each + $200 for best Original)

The top-ranked animation based on original material and winner of $300 total is Spooky Month. Congrats @SrPelo!

🏆 Top Five Games ($100 each + $200 for best Original)

The top game based on original material and winner of $300 total is BAR-I-TONE. Congrats @DOJIMADOG, @ThatRozebudGuy and team!

Runner-Up Animation

6. If Cartoon Network made Better Call Saul

7. Furrýmon: Gotta Smash ’Em All!

8. Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights

9. Walter White VS Hand

10. Super Mario Bros. in 4 minutes

11. BEACON

12. The Gaslight District- Teaser

13. 64 Bits - Stray for Game Boy

14. THE AMAZING GENIE

15. Undertale Ruins Genocide

16. Mecha pokemon battle. (Lucario Vs Garchomp)

17. Beyond the Fog: Episode 7 - Graymist

18. Dusk's Flight

19. Attacked by 'Coven Ahri'

20. Despair

21. GOKU VS 30 BILLION SPONGEBOBS

22. Dracula 3: Van Helsings Curse

23. Hands-Off Policy

24. Homelander-Chan Ep.1: God Bless America

25. The transforming to tank-Robot

26. Calli Vs. Gura: SMOL SHOWDOWN

27. Castle Crashers OVA 2-The Amazing Crystal Power

28. Temporary Paralysis | SAFE MODE: 04

29. SEED

30. The Big Kahuna- Short Film

Runner-Up Games

6. Salmon Jam

7. Generic Fishing Game

8. Run, Billy, Run !

9. Rederic

10. Coca & Their Shotgun II

11. Cross Strike

12. Biome Conquest

13. Into Ruins

14. Grapple Whip

15. Sleep When I'm Dead

16. Simple RPGs

17. Snack Slice

18. Robo-butcher

19. Emerald and Amber

20. World Fighting Soccer 22

Voter of the Month

The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @RIVE!

Here's the Top Featured Art of November!

Spooky Month fanart was a big theme this month.

@ElGrimlock joined NG and got right to work sharing exceptional art!

@DasGnomo also joined up and did the same!

@Shyraku is another welcome newcomer from November!

@Pitigamedev took first place in Robot Day with Robo-Butcher.

@TheFroginator shared some lore from his magnificent mixed-media series, The Looter!

@MicroBihon shared a late Halloween entry with a star-studded cast.

@DIGIMIN created another Sonic comic cover, for issue 58!

@loruko returned with more spiffy Last Ditch Effort sprites.

There was other brilliant pixel art in November but I’ll cover those artists in an upcoming post!

Here's the Top Featured Audio of November!

The Audio Deathmatch winners have been announced, with first going to @Zechnition for Super Bright Colours!

@POSTELVIS made a groovy song about a rocky relationship.

@JacksonTime tapped his inner-Buddy Holly to perform Many Times.

@Manvineo snagged first place in the Robot Day music category.

@HardRoar didn’t enter Robot Day but I think Grave Rave would have been a good fit!

@milkypossum created a killer Rushdown Rivals title track!

@pftq and @Waterflame teamed up on a haunting track inspired by Silent Hill!

@MelonadeM imaged the final fortress of an RPG while crafting His Wicked Majesty.

@AjSkull teamed up with guest vocalist Ashley Mamen to produce a wonderful song:

@GoodKidBand shared a lot of solid indie rock in November; they might be right up your alley!

@AikaMusics shared the first single from their forthcoming album, Rai'Hea.

@R3tronaut partnered with @DIGIMIN, @ninjamuffin99 and @panpikidaan to create a charming theme for the 3 Star Jam entry, さかさま MOOD.

Speaking of MOOD, I really vibe out to this one by @Midnights-Ocean:

Are you an 8-Bit Warrior? Then @LukHash’s latest chiptune banger is for you:

@FJOB imaged a modern take on early-2000s video games and got into a bit of a Kerfuffle.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1171945 

@skydev released DAYDREAMING LP for your listening pleasure!

@sorohanro and @LadyAlbatross got us into the holiday spirit with Jingle Bells!

[TomFulp]

Thank you everyone who made November jam-packed with fun and cool stuff!

Other News

BBS Awards voting is now in progress, the deadline to vote is December 31st!

@MindChamber has announced the Robot Day Winners!

The Artist News hub got a small update; the navigation options have been changed to reflect the movie / game / art / audio hubs, rather than links in the header bar. We’ve removed the “Staff” category and lumped us in with the rest of you, while adding a link to Your Feed, so it’s easier to get news from people you follow. Bonus update: Performance improvements for snappier loading.

Tankmas ADVENTure has launched! Be sure to grab your daily medal for unwrapping gifts.

NG Voice Acting Collab 2022 has been released!

@ninjamuffin99 hosted a Three Star Game Jam. The goal was to make a game that gets as close to a three star score as possible. Check out the entries!

This month is our Annual Tablet Giveaway! Here are the tablets we’ve given out so far: 

1 - Ahkihoun

2 - alyxandr

3 - dandyjack

4 - DemonRhythms

5 - gavmcool

6 - jose233353

7 - MayaLaCookie

8 - MujiMuji

Each post contains a bonus highlight from 2022, so you can brush up on your NG history. The giveaway posts will resume after this Best of November post.

[Anonymous-Frog]

At 12/9/22 10:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: Thank you everyone who made November jam-packed with fun and cool stuff!

Other News

BBS Awards voting is now in progress, the deadline to vote is December 31st!

@MindChamber has announced the Robot Day Winners!

The Artist News hub got a small update; the navigation options have been changed to reflect the movie / game / art / audio hubs, rather than links in the header bar. We’ve removed the “Staff” category and lumped us in with the rest of you, while adding a link to Your Feed, so it’s easier to get news from people you follow. Bonus update: Performance improvements for snappier loading.

Tankmas ADVENTure has launched! Be sure to grab your daily medal for unwrapping gifts.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/865711

NG Voice Acting Collab 2022 has been released!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1176359

@ninjamuffin99 hosted a Three Star Game Jam. The goal was to make a game that gets as close to a three star score as possible. Check out the entries!

This month is our Annual Tablet Giveaway! Here are the tablets we’ve given out so far: 

1 - Ahkihoun
2 - alyxandr
3 - dandyjack
4 - DemonRhythms
5 - gavmcool
6 - jose233353
7 - MayaLaCookie

Each post contains a bonus highlight from 2022, so you can brush up on your NG history. The giveaway posts will resume after this Best of November post.

uwu

[Taka]

HOLY SHIT IM SO HAPPY

[FutureCopLGF]

Congratulations to all of the game devs who delivered some great games this month! As usual, I've got my personal rankings on my news post here if you want to check it out!

This was a pretty crazy month for judging because of the very amusing 3 Star Game Jam, where game devs had to intentionally make mediocre games: I was conflicted as to whether I was complimenting them or punishing them by noting that some of them rose above and beyond 3 stars and thus I had to rank them higher, haha! I guess NG game devs just can't help themselves from injecting too much charm and good design into their games despite it being against the rules, as seen by entries like BAR-I-TONE which went on to be a top game for the month despite being an intended 3 star game! I think my personal favorite from the 3 star jam might've been K I S S I N G from @Emrox, a game where the entire game is figuring out how to play the game in the first place!

While we're on the subject of 3 star games, one game I feel like might've slipped through the cracks this month was this little number, Aurora by @crow-seeds

I can definitely see why it slipped through the cracks as it is some super-nerdy assembly-language niche programming stuff (and which might've been patched to be more intuitive by the time I got to it), but if you're into games like TIS-100 and other Zachtronics games like it, I definitely think you should check it out!

[Just-a-ng-dummy]

So glad to see Minimum Mage Effort getting into the Top 5 best games!

[biterrrr]

Beck Gets Some Bitches winned award? Finally some hope to this society!

[DasGnomo]

Holy cow! Thank you so much, Tom!!!

It's an honor being finally here in this magical place. The talent, love, and passion of everyone are OUTSTANDING.

In a year where things were looking harder than ever for the artistic community overall, it is wonderful to behold the power of the community to fight against all odds.

The inspiration is contagious and everyone's spirit is so on fire!

Thank you all for having me here, I am so happy and ready to contribute my humble grain of sand to this wonderful beach.

Sending hugs to the staff and all the users here, Happy Holidays, and let's keep rocking ;D.

[NitroOrient]

Big congratulations and W to all the winners and runner ups!

[moikaloop]

What an honor! thank you so much!

[ninjamuffin99]

3 of the top 5 games were from 3 star game jam, imma have to bump it down to 2 star game jam next time herrrm…

ALSO GOD BLESS YA NEWGROUNDS!!

[TomFulp]

At 12/9/22 06:52 PM, ninjamuffin99 wrote: 3 of the top 5 games were from 3 star game jam, imma have to bump it down to 2 star game jam next time herrrm…

ALSO GOD BLESS YA NEWGROUNDS!!

It makes it tempting to extend the prizes to a few of the runner-up games... I also want to note this game, which I thought was really cool and landed in 15th:

[Midnights-Ocean]

Honored to be a pick! Thanks all. <:3

[Scout-from-tfc]

At 12/9/22 11:09 AM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:

At 12/9/22 10:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: Thank you everyone who made November jam-packed with fun and cool stuff!

Other News

BBS Awards voting is now in progress, the deadline to vote is December 31st!

@MindChamber has announced the Robot Day Winners!

The Artist News hub got a small update; the navigation options have been changed to reflect the movie / game / art / audio hubs, rather than links in the header bar. We’ve removed the “Staff” category and lumped us in with the rest of you, while adding a link to Your Feed, so it’s easier to get news from people you follow. Bonus update: Performance improvements for snappier loading.

Tankmas ADVENTure has launched! Be sure to grab your daily medal for unwrapping gifts.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/865711

NG Voice Acting Collab 2022 has been released!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1176359

@ninjamuffin99 hosted a Three Star Game Jam. The goal was to make a game that gets as close to a three star score as possible. Check out the entries!

This month is our Annual Tablet Giveaway! Here are the tablets we’ve given out so far: 

1 - Ahkihoun
2 - alyxandr
3 - dandyjack
4 - DemonRhythms
5 - gavmcool
6 - jose233353
7 - MayaLaCookie

Each post contains a bonus highlight from 2022, so you can brush up on your NG history. The giveaway posts will resume after this Best of November post.

uwu

calm down anonymous frog lol

[elikapika]

Very proud of my friends and i for making a dope ass game :)

[MicroBihon]

Oh wow

Thats my AO3 fanfic in frontpage :^) kekw

[rtil]

shoutout to BEACON, my personal favorite animation of the month. #1 in my heart!

[CaminanteNocturno]

Congrats to the winners! Not bad. My personal movie top included Spooky Month - Tender Treats, OVERDRIVE, Tales of Zale, Furrymon, Hands-Off Policy, 'TILL THE COWS COME HOME, BEACON, The Big Kahuna and SEED. So... Pretty good.

Completely unrelated question: Is anyone else having issues with buffering NG stuff? Either games or videos are loading painstakingly slowly in my PC, I don't know why.

[poopypeter]

At 12/9/22 11:12 AM, Taka wrote: HOLY SHIT IM SO HAPPY

that's sick congrats on epic win

[ZombieGhost]

awesome!

[TomFulp]

At 12/10/22 05:53 PM, CaminanteNocturno wrote: Completely unrelated question: Is anyone else having issues with buffering NG stuff? Either games or videos are loading painstakingly slowly in my PC, I don't know why.

Is this a recent thing where it wasn't slow in the past? Are you ok sharing what part of the world you're in?

[DoctorStrongbad]

November 2022 was an awesome month full of submissions.

[BUM-DRILLER]

At 12/10/22 02:32 PM, rtil wrote: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/862526

shoutout to BEACON, my personal favorite animation of the month. #1 in my heart!

I miss UCFD spam forum sometimes

[DoctorStrongbad]

At 12/9/22 06:52 PM, ninjamuffin99 wrote: 3 of the top 5 games were from 3 star game jam, imma have to bump it down to 2 star game jam next time herrrm…

That would make it even more difficult.

ALSO GOD BLESS YA NEWGROUNDS!!

You know it. It's my yard.

[Cyberdevil]

Congrats to the winners! And to @RIVE!

So much goodness...

At 12/9/22 12:21 PM, Just-a-ng-dummy wrote: So glad to see Minimum Mage Effort getting into the Top 5 best games!
*pic about spending teh money*

...or save 'em and invest in some valuable real-estate someday? :P

Appreciate the for-the-fans art!

[DoctorStrongbad]

At 12/10/22 10:54 AM, MicroBihon wrote: Oh wow
Thats my AO3 fanfic in frontpage :^) kekw

Congrats. You must be very proud.

[CaminanteNocturno]

At 12/10/22 11:20 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/10/22 05:53 PM, CaminanteNocturno wrote: Completely unrelated question: Is anyone else having issues with buffering NG stuff? Either games or videos are loading painstakingly slowly in my PC, I don't know why.

Is this a recent thing where it wasn't slow in the past? Are you ok sharing what part of the world you're in?

Apparently, it had something to do with my Internet provider, because suddenly it works perfectly well. Thanks for your concern, Tom. :)

[RIVE]

Thanks for the shoutout, Tom!

Someday I'll stop being a cheapskate and actually support.

[DoctorStrongbad]

At 12/10/22 02:32 PM, rtil wrote: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/862526

shoutout to BEACON, my personal favorite animation of the month. #1 in my heart!

Not a bad pick for the best of the November 2022.