Best of November 2023!

[TomFulp]

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

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

The top entry based on original material and winner of $300 total is ENA. Congrats @JoelG!

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

We found ourselves in an interesting situation this month because The CreepyPasta Collab is technically original material but it’s also a large community collab and was released on October 31st for the Halloween Spooktacular, missing the cutoff for the Best of October voting. It’s a really impressive project though so it will still be receiving $300.

However we’re also giving $300 to Infinite Tree Pinball and Underage Driving because we loved them so much this month. Congrats @jebouin and @ThePeterson!

@FuturecopLGF made a Best Games of November post, including a video where he plays every game and gives feedback!

Runner-Up Animation

6. Halloween On A Saturday

7. kirb

8. Is Pomni Breedable?!

9. Goofy's Betrayal

10. Dairymancer

11. Horrortale- Ketchup Stains

12. Pokemon Gold & Silver [Part 1 / 2] in 25 minutes ANIMATED

13. 64 Bits - SmoothWare (A WarioWare Parody!)

14. Undertale Purgatory - Undyne

15. Good Woods

16. PizzaWare, Inc.

17. Lethal Company Shimmy

18. Mario RPG

19. NEGATIVE (Eng. Version)

20. The Munch of 87

21. The Looter - Episode 5: The Looter Takes A Dip

22. 3 | Number Lore

23. Rook the Crook

24. A KING NO MORE (Conceptual)

25. Inferno

26. ROCK AND STONE

27. Piranha Plant Parade (SMB3)

28. Squirrel Friend

29. ThereAreDemonsInYourHouse

30. Hobo_Funnie_Show_2

31. ALERT

32. You're Out | 48 Hour Challenge

33. Into the Spamverse: TCP Sockets Commercial

34. Burrito Rainbow

35. Intra World: Tiffany

36. PANIC CATTACK

37. Be Careful Who You Call Squishy in High School

38. Zwic - animated short film v1

39. I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders

40. A friend for Jeff Bezos

Runner-Up Games

6. Minefield

7. Help Me Clean My Room!

8. Time to Strike

9. Rahul In The Sewer

10. Bird Tapper: Purple Platoon Panic

11. plumer quest !

12. NumNumbers

13. Leap of Life

14. Office Spaced

15. Gappy's Labyrinth

16. MATCHBOX

17. Costume Clash

18. Lost in Lampyrid Fog

19. Cathedral Nautilus: Virgiliath

20. Boing Bang Adventure

21. The Terror of Mongolia

22. SNEKMEK

23. Sweater: Trouble in Cottonvale DEMO

Voter of the Month

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

Featured Art, Audio and more in the post below!

[TomFulp]

Check out the Top Featured Art of November!

@SPLATTERBRAIN released SPLATTERBRAIN Episode Zero!

@sqooqs channeled his inner Toriyama with this spectacular tiger rider.

@omegachainoboy made some sweet Link to the Past pixel art. Imagine playing that!

@MechanicalMantis organized the NG Hex Collab. He's organizing another for Pixel Day!

@PkBlitz produced some gorgeous Attack on Titan art.

@binejyeah made some @Ennuikal fanart.

@KnightStuff created impressive knight stuff!

@hbystuff stirred up the visceral Tempest.

@cyangorilla illustrated a series of magical book covers.

@matt-likes-swords shared progress on Hidden Cats.

@PKettles fanned out on @MKMaffo and Skelti Castle.

@AstroInfinite organized an assortment of exceptional OC Heroes and Villains.

@TheFroginator shared art from the world of The Looter!

@zayJax made some show stopping The Amazing Digital Circus fanart!

@hoihoiforever2 shared a stylish baseball OC.

@HushPuppE illustrated everyone's favorite Undertale skeletons.

@Dreadish shared some sweet Sonic art made for the upcoming Dreamcast Collab.

@cashumeru is also bringing brilliant Sonic fanart to the Dreamcast Collab. 

@thayora celebrated the 20 year anniversary of Superstar Sage with some Mario Bros pixel art.

@marceles started sharing lots of great pixel art!

@OmenaKettu made a tribute to @Wiesi, who we lost last month.

@violxiv modeled a low poly Dreamcast!

@Magibauble shared background art from Dragon Balloween AND colorful Yume Nikki fanart.

@Damare-Draws took us to the Aquarium Zoo.

@blu-pixl shared a cool OC duo.

@4WK astounded with Astro Boy art.

@WizardoFrank made a cheerful banner for NG's art Secret Santa!

More great mech art by @EthanDoesaThing!

@frederikhornung envisioned a mighty Space Godzilla.

@Slimygoo made Tech Romancer art for the... you guessed it... Dreamcast Collab!

@ElGrimlock illustrated the most badass Inspector Gadget art I've ever seen.

@AsteyFella celebrated The End is Nigh.

@Vixit invited us to a Night in Paris.

@7gobu got creative with Bomberman.

@Lumspark revisited Monster World.

@Dreaminerryday contributed a piece to the Darkstalkers Fanzine.

@Crisppyboat sculpted a Garfield Car.

@Genllo4 made Thing Thing 4 fan art, which was fun to see!

[TomFulp]

Check out the Top Featured Audio of November!

@Lordant took first place in the NG Audio Deathmatch with A Star Like Me!

@LucidShadowDreamer came in second with Eonian Sweven.

@papkee was third place with Resolution.

@FJOB was fourth with Whispering Willow Waltz, rounding out the NGADM winners for this year!

@jamatar premiered the first single from the Crystal Vistas EP here on NG!

@sna-vsndlx made one for the birds.

@WaxTerK continues making great glitch tracks and thanks to an ongoing NG glitch the art on that page is missing.

@reminiscencegj had a conversation with himself.

@HugeNate took a delightful Sunset Stroll.

@Waterflame released a more fleshed out version of the older track "Nightsquad."

@SinclairStrange made some boss music.

@maxxjamez and @KORNDAWG Googled her.

@thiccburger's track from the Creature Collab has this vibe that's stuck with me.

@MarlAngelo released the Energy Wave LP, with lots of great songs like Neon Blast!

@DanJohansen ushered in a New Age of Reconciliation.

@juicewhompa released a bunch of sharp tracks from the Wasting Man LP.

@AliceMako performed some patterns.

@jacklynlaurie made a dirty grimey nasty sounding song that's also kind of pretty.

@awardwinninggardens makes lots of intense music, it would fit well in a thriller / suspense film.

@im-leia made a song for @SomeDumbTank's Butcher Blue series, it’s good to listen to when you’ve just sat down to get some work done.

Listen to more in my November playlist!

Closing Thoughts

Thank you everyone who participated in November! It’s great to see how successful ENA and Bridge Kids have gotten this year and so many games this month knocked it out of the park. Be sure to also check out Good Woods and Bird Tapper in the runner-up lists!

Every day on NG was filled with goodness last month and I really appreciate everyone who continues sharing their work here, interacting with the work of others and teaming up to make new stuff together!

Other News

We’ve been giving out drawing tablets and revisiting memories from 2023 this month!

Tablet 1 & Pixel Day

Tablet 2 & Flash Forward

Tablet 3 & The Treasure Hunt

Halloween Spooktacular Winners have been announced!

We recently introduced Project Templates.

December 8th is the Gogo’s Crazy Bones Collab deadline.

December 10th is the William and Sly Art Contest deadline.

December 11th is The Sweet Sixteen Comic Contest deadline, with $1k in prizes!

December 20th is the NGTV Christmas Collab deadline.

January 1st is the start of Jamuary, a daily music challenge!

January 5th is the NG Meetup at Anime Los Angeles, hosted by @QueenBoo and @Xeno-Cowboy!

January 15th is the Break It Up Collab breakbeat audio deadline.

January 30th is the Kamen Rider Collab deadline.

February 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab and Transformers Collab deadline.

Slushydojo is organizing a Nickelodeon Collab.

[BoiledMilkz]

Noice.

[RavioliBox]

Kek, 17th place ain't so bad. Congrats to the winners for this month! All well deserved 👏

[Royal-Harmonica]

At 12/7/23 11:40 AM, TomFulp wrote: Check out the Top Featured Art of November!
@SPLATTERBRAIN released SPLATTERBRAIN Episode Zero!

damn, when I suggested that he posted on NG didn't thought it would hit this big, good for him!

[maxxjamez]

THANK YOU TOMMY FULPY WULPY

At 12/7/23 11:40 AM, TomFulp wrote: Check out the Top Featured Audio of November!

@Lordant took first place in the NG Audio Deathmatch with A Star Like Me!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262666

@LucidShadowDreamer came in second with Eonian Sweven.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262667

@papkee was third place with Resolution.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262483

@FJOB was fourth with Whispering Willow Waltz, rounding out the NGADM winners for this year!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262542

@jamatar premiered the first single from the Crystal Vistas EP here on NG!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262733

@sna-vsndlx made one for the birds.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1263033

@WaxTerK continues making great glitch tracks and thanks to an ongoing NG glitch the art on that page is missing.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266159

@reminiscencegj had a conversation with himself.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262024

@HugeNate took a delightful Sunset Stroll.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1265241

@Waterflame released a more fleshed out version of the older track "Nightsquad."

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262197

@SinclairStrange made some boss music.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1264599

@maxxjamez and @KORNDAWG Googled her.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1260816

@thiccburger's track from the Creature Collab has this vibe that's stuck with me.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1259173

@MarlAngelo released the Energy Wave EP, with lots of great songs like Neon Blast!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262997

@DanJohansen ushered in a New Age of Reconciliation.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1265233

@juicewhompa released a bunch of sharp tracks from the Wasting Man LP.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1264909

@AliceMako performed some patterns.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266598

@jacklynlaurie made a dirty grimey nasty sounding song that's also kind of pretty.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266584

@awardwinninggardens makes lots of intense music, it would fit well in a thriller / suspense film.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1264884

@im-leia made a song for @SomeDumbTank's Butcher Blue series, it’s good to listen to when you’ve just sat down to get some work done.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266654

Listen to more in my November playlist!

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlist/321536/november-2023-mix

Closing Thoughts

Thank you everyone who participated in November! It’s great to see how successful ENA and Bridge Kids have gotten this year and so many games this month knocked it out of the park. Be sure to also check out Good Woods and Bird Tapper in the runner-up lists!

Every day on NG was filled with goodness last month and I really appreciate everyone who continues sharing their work here, interacting with the work of others and teaming up to make new stuff together!

Other News

We’ve been giving out drawing tablets and revisiting memories from 2023 this month!

Tablet 1 & Pixel Day
Tablet 2 & Flash Forward
Tablet 3 & The Treasure Hunt

Halloween Spooktacular Winners have been announced!

We recently introduced Project Templates.

December 8th is the Gogo’s Crazy Bones Collab deadline.

December 10th is the William and Sly Art Contest deadline.

December 11th is The Sweet Sixteen Comic Contest deadline, with $1k in prizes!

December 20th is the NGTV Christmas Collab deadline.

January 1st is the start of Jamuary, a daily music challenge!

January 5th is the NG Meetup at Anime Los Angeles, hosted by @QueenBoo and @Xeno-Cowboy!

January 15th is the Break It Up Collab breakbeat audio deadline.

January 30th is the Kamen Rider Collab deadline.

February 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab and Transformers Collab deadline.

Slushydojo is organizing a Nickelodeon Collab.

[ItsRohan]

Underage driving is a good one.

[ProsciuttoMan]

We may have come short a bit, but nonetheless it is a privilege to have Bird Tapper featured as a legendary game. Thanks so much!

[LeoYoDude]

That ENA episode was a masterpiece. No other words, just a masterpiece.

[Nebulate]

Yet another good month. Good stuff as always. But somtimes im qurius: how do you make theese monthly recaps? Genuanly, i want to know.

[DoctorStrongbad]

November 2023 had many Top Notch submissions.

[sna-vsndlx]

At 12/7/23 11:40 AM, TomFulp wrote: Check out the Top Featured Audio of November!

@Lordant took first place in the NG Audio Deathmatch with A Star Like Me!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262666

@LucidShadowDreamer came in second with Eonian Sweven.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262667

@papkee was third place with Resolution.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262483

@FJOB was fourth with Whispering Willow Waltz, rounding out the NGADM winners for this year!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262542

@jamatar premiered the first single from the Crystal Vistas EP here on NG!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262733

@sna-vsndlx made one for the birds.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1263033

@WaxTerK continues making great glitch tracks and thanks to an ongoing NG glitch the art on that page is missing.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266159

@reminiscencegj had a conversation with himself.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262024

@HugeNate took a delightful Sunset Stroll.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1265241

@Waterflame released a more fleshed out version of the older track "Nightsquad."

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262197

@SinclairStrange made some boss music.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1264599

@maxxjamez and @KORNDAWG Googled her.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1260816

@thiccburger's track from the Creature Collab has this vibe that's stuck with me.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1259173

@MarlAngelo released the Energy Wave EP, with lots of great songs like Neon Blast!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1262997

@DanJohansen ushered in a New Age of Reconciliation.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1265233

@juicewhompa released a bunch of sharp tracks from the Wasting Man LP.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1264909

@AliceMako performed some patterns.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266598

@jacklynlaurie made a dirty grimey nasty sounding song that's also kind of pretty.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266584

@awardwinninggardens makes lots of intense music, it would fit well in a thriller / suspense film.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1264884

@im-leia made a song for @SomeDumbTank's Butcher Blue series, it’s good to listen to when you’ve just sat down to get some work done.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1266654

Listen to more in my November playlist!

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlist/321536/november-2023-mix

Closing Thoughts

Thank you everyone who participated in November! It’s great to see how successful ENA and Bridge Kids have gotten this year and so many games this month knocked it out of the park. Be sure to also check out Good Woods and Bird Tapper in the runner-up lists!

Every day on NG was filled with goodness last month and I really appreciate everyone who continues sharing their work here, interacting with the work of others and teaming up to make new stuff together!

Other News

We’ve been giving out drawing tablets and revisiting memories from 2023 this month!

Tablet 1 & Pixel Day
Tablet 2 & Flash Forward
Tablet 3 & The Treasure Hunt

Halloween Spooktacular Winners have been announced!

We recently introduced Project Templates.

December 8th is the Gogo’s Crazy Bones Collab deadline.

December 10th is the William and Sly Art Contest deadline.

December 11th is The Sweet Sixteen Comic Contest deadline, with $1k in prizes!

December 20th is the NGTV Christmas Collab deadline.

January 1st is the start of Jamuary, a daily music challenge!

January 5th is the NG Meetup at Anime Los Angeles, hosted by @QueenBoo and @Xeno-Cowboy!

January 15th is the Break It Up Collab breakbeat audio deadline.

January 30th is the Kamen Rider Collab deadline.

February 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab and Transformers Collab deadline.

Slushydojo is organizing a Nickelodeon Collab.

THANK YOU TOM! Getting a mention from you makes my inner kid go wild!

[TomFulp]

At 12/7/23 01:49 PM, Nebulate wrote: Yet another good month. Good stuff as always. But somtimes im qurius: how do you make theese monthly recaps? Genuanly, i want to know.

The movie and game winners come from the monthly voting process, then for art and audio I revisit everything that was featured from the past month and pick out highlights - it's not a perfect process but nothing like that ever really could be. At some point in the future we might have monthly voting for art and audio, which will be interesting to see how that turns out when the time comes.

[Nebulate]

At 12/7/23 04:27 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/7/23 01:49 PM, Nebulate wrote: Yet another good month. Good stuff as always. But somtimes im qurius: how do you make theese monthly recaps? Genuanly, i want to know.

The movie and game winners come from the monthly voting process, then for art and audio I revisit everything that was featured from the past month and pick out highlights - it's not a perfect process but nothing like that ever really could be. At some point in the future we might have monthly voting for art and audio, which will be interesting to see how that turns out when the time comes.

Monthly art and audio voting woud be somthing. Yeah, i am quirus of how it woud work if (or when) you woud do that.

[BlueMonday1984]

At 12/7/23 04:48 PM, Nebulate wrote:

At 12/7/23 04:27 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/7/23 01:49 PM, Nebulate wrote: Yet another good month. Good stuff as always. But somtimes im qurius: how do you make theese monthly recaps? Genuanly, i want to know.

The movie and game winners come from the monthly voting process, then for art and audio I revisit everything that was featured from the past month and pick out highlights - it's not a perfect process but nothing like that ever really could be. At some point in the future we might have monthly voting for art and audio, which will be interesting to see how that turns out when the time comes.

Monthly art and audio voting woud be somthing. Yeah, i am quirus of how it woud work if (or when) you woud do that.

Not sure if monthly rewards would come with monthly awards for audio/art, but I suspect they probably won't, at least at first.

[TomFulp]

At 12/7/23 04:50 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote: Not sure if monthly rewards would come with monthly awards for audio/art, but I suspect they probably won't, at least at first.

They would start small, maybe something for the #1 art and #1 audio, or a small amount for the top five of each, with the potential to grow if Supporters grow. I was hoping to expand Movie and Game cash prize tiers to ten in each category by the end of this year but we haven't been able to get there.

[YendorNG]

I'm surprised to see InfestedPear in the top 5. I was fond of that one but didn't think it would make it. Gratz everyone! :)

[FutureCopLGF]

Congratulations to all of the game devs who delivered another round of solid games this month! I had a blast with Infinite Tree Pinball (once I got used to the controls, ha) and Underage Driving blew my mind with that perspective change mechanic, so I'm glad to see those up there! Likewise, I was really impressed with both art collabs (Creepypasta and Fishing) this month as they went above and beyond in creating entire games to showcase their art: really creative stuff!

My top pick this month had to be Lost in Lampyrid Fog from @Ferociter, who really has a knack for creating these cryptic puzzle adventures! As for the rest of my picks, you can always check them out on my news post.

While we're talking about games, don't forget to show some love to the recent release of Picayune Dreams from @Stepford, @Andyl4nd and @milkypossum! At just 5 bucks, it's a steal, and the vibes are a breath of fresh air in this overcrowded world of Survivors-likes! I've already bought it and beaten it once and you better believe I'm going in for more runs!

[fe3l1ngsk1lledd]

Don't tell me that Plumer quest is a runner-up, it should be in the top 5. Anyways, congrats everyone.

[AlexToolStudio]

OH NO BOTH WARIOWARE MOVIES GOT RUNNER UP

[carbonlad]

BridgeKids is underrated entertainment and should have won.

Admittedly I'm not a fan of most things on Newgrounds, so I should probably give the one that won #1 for november, another shot.

[Emizip]

Its an absolute honor to see the Creepypasta Collab game winning best game of the month! Also as a MASSIVE ENA fan its amazing to see the new episode win best movie! Power of Potluck is probably my favorite ENA episode so far.

Thank you once again to everyone who contributed to the Creepypasta Collab, as well as everyone who voted for it! The team is very thankful for the reception its gotten.

love u forever newgrounds :D

[Czyszy]

It's oddly satisfying-ish to see the 4th and 5th place entries authors' NG handles both start with Twisted...

[Yeset]

"Intra World: Tiffany" is underrated, it deserves better 🦊💛✨

[Cyberdevil]

Congrats to all the winners! And @djsbk! So much good stuff here...

[MarlAngelo]

Proud to at least be featured in this :)

Energy Wave is an LP btw

[TomFulp]

At 12/8/23 04:47 AM, MarlAngelo wrote: Proud to at least be featured in this :)

Energy Wave is an LP btw

Fixed!

[TharosTheDragon]

@TomFulp

My understanding is that the nominees list is supposed to be comprised of every submission during the month that received any award. If that's incorrect, then please ignore this message. But if that's correct, there's definitely a bug in the system.

There were 23 games in the nominee list this month, and 45 movies. That's a total of 68 nominees. But a minimum of 5 submissions get awards every day, so if the nominees list is supposed to be all submissions that won an award, there should be a minimum of 150 nominees in a month that has 30 days.

I suspect what's going on here is that the list is only getting populated with frontpaged submissions. This submission won daily first but wasn't frontpaged and it didn't show up in the list, so that supports my theory:

(Not saying I would've voted for this particular submission, just saying this proves that not every submission that wins an award gets on the nominees list)

[TomFulp]

At 12/8/23 10:22 AM, TharosTheDragon wrote: @TomFulp

My understanding is that the nominees list is supposed to be comprised of every submission during the month that received any award. If that's incorrect, then please ignore this message. But if that's correct, there's definitely a bug in the system.

It does currently pull from the feature submissions. When we overhaul the system we will likely include the option to pull in entries you personally favorited or scored highly, which will open things up more.