At 5/20/23 08:01 AM, TomFulp wrote: Ongoing projects have stretched out longer than anticipated but here’s an update!

Phase Two of our playlist improvements is complete and will be rolling out on Monday. It’s another relatively small change that’s part of a bigger picture, stop by Monday to see the progress!

Our big Art Portal update was originally intended to go live Monday but because it won’t be ready and because there are things coming up that would make for bad launch timing, the release plan has been pushed back to June 7th.

Question for Musicians

Newgrounds has long styled Audio thumbnails to look like a compact disc. This formatting has a certain charm but has also become dated. Would you prefer that we change audio thumbnails to a square, where your entire thumbnail image is visible, or are you attached to the CD iconography?

Movie Trailers

On the topic of Coming Up Next, check out these trailers for upcoming animated films!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884446
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884448
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884447
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884649
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884603
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884861

Other News

Flash Forward Jam winners were announced last Saturday.

We’re hosting an Eddsworld Charity Art Contest. Entries will be posted on June 6th to celebrate Edd’s life and the 20 year anniversary of his first movie on NG.

Piconjo Day is June 9th.

The Art Inspired Music Contest deadline is June 19th.

June 23rd is the Too Many Games Meetup in PA.

Winners of the Treasure Hunt and Pico Day are also coming up!

At 5/21/23 09:38 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 5/21/23 09:28 AM, HenLP wrote: Phew! With so much coming down the pipeline, I think I'm safe from an in-promptu Hollow Knight contest, should Silksong come out "before June 12"

... right?

Ooh that is tempting... We've also been talking about something for Street Fighter 6 but any art contests would likely wait until after the Eddsworld charity event / launch of the big Art Portal update.

At 5/20/23 08:01 AM, TomFulp wrote: Ongoing projects have stretched out longer than anticipated but here’s an update!

Phase Two of our playlist improvements is complete and will be rolling out on Monday. It’s another relatively small change that’s part of a bigger picture, stop by Monday to see the progress!

Our big Art Portal update was originally intended to go live Monday but because it won’t be ready and because there are things coming up that would make for bad launch timing, the release plan has been pushed back to June 7th.

Question for Musicians

Newgrounds has long styled Audio thumbnails to look like a compact disc. This formatting has a certain charm but has also become dated. Would you prefer that we change audio thumbnails to a square, where your entire thumbnail image is visible, or are you attached to the CD iconography?

Movie Trailers

On the topic of Coming Up Next, check out these trailers for upcoming animated films!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884446
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884448
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884447
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884649
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884603
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/884861

Other News

Flash Forward Jam winners were announced last Saturday.

We’re hosting an Eddsworld Charity Art Contest. Entries will be posted on June 6th to celebrate Edd’s life and the 20 year anniversary of his first movie on NG.

Piconjo Day is June 9th.

The Art Inspired Music Contest deadline is June 19th.

June 23rd is the Too Many Games Meetup in PA.

Winners of the Treasure Hunt and Pico Day are also coming up!

At 5/20/23 08:01 AM, TomFulp wrote: Question for Musicians

Newgrounds has long styled Audio thumbnails to look like a compact disc. This formatting has a certain charm but has also become dated. Would you prefer that we change audio thumbnails to a square, where your entire thumbnail image is visible, or are you attached to the CD iconography?

At 5/22/23 03:03 AM, JamesLee wrote: I don't do any music here, but I think the suggestions by @Raviolivox are pretty cool. And I like what @YendorNG said about actual cartridges for the games. Like it has an oldschool, tangible charm, a bit like the old NG design, which feels pretty fresh to me again, especially when you look around at the rest of the internet. here's a mockup

At 5/22/23 07:27 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 5/22/23 03:03 AM, JamesLee wrote: I don't do any music here, but I think the suggestions by @Raviolivox are pretty cool. And I like what @YendorNG said about actual cartridges for the games. Like it has an oldschool, tangible charm, a bit like the old NG design, which feels pretty fresh to me again, especially when you look around at the rest of the internet. here's a mockup

At 5/22/23 03:03 AM, JamesLee wrote: I don't do any music here, but I think the suggestions by @Raviolivox are pretty cool. And I like what @YendorNG said about actual cartridges for the games. Like it has an oldschool, tangible charm, a bit like the old NG design, which feels pretty fresh to me again, especially when you look around at the rest of the internet. here's a mockup

At 5/22/23 07:27 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 5/22/23 03:03 AM, JamesLee wrote: I don't do any music here, but I think the suggestions by @Raviolivox are pretty cool. And I like what @YendorNG said about actual cartridges for the games. Like it has an oldschool, tangible charm, a bit like the old NG design, which feels pretty fresh to me again, especially when you look around at the rest of the internet. here's a mockup

The game cartridge / movie filmstrip ideas were fun to think about and this mockup is a lot of fun to look at!

The idea of film strips for movies came up in this thread... Is there anything for art that wouldn't feel too overbearing?

I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks of this mockup! I'll link to it in today's post.

At 5/22/23 07:27 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 5/22/23 03:03 AM, JamesLee wrote: I don't do any music here, but I think the suggestions by @Raviolivox are pretty cool. And I like what @YendorNG said about actual cartridges for the games. Like it has an oldschool, tangible charm, a bit like the old NG design, which feels pretty fresh to me again, especially when you look around at the rest of the internet. here's a mockup

The game cartridge / movie filmstrip ideas were fun to think about and this mockup is a lot of fun to look at!

The idea of film strips for movies came up in this thread... Is there anything for art that wouldn't feel too overbearing?

I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks of this mockup! I'll link to it in today's post.