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Reviews for "Anna and Bruno's Birthday Run"
Dude, I didn't even check to see who made this! I think this is a very sweet gesture (I hope she liked it). I like the art style and it's music and sound effects. Here are some problems/suggestions though.
- For some reason, the double jump feature seems to be unresponsive at times. It may be my computer since it seems to act up for newgrounds whenever I play games on Safari.
- Sometimes, it is impossible to proceed because of thorns blocking all path ways. Perhaps some code to allow one path way open at all times or something.
- I have to agree with the guy below me even though I thought he was kind of harsh, the kids get pretty annoying after a while and can block the screen at times. Having them come up at the end if you get a high score is cool and maybe have like one or two of them show up whenever you collect something, but not all of them.
- The balloon bouncing would have been cooler if there was more room to bounce, like making the play area bigger and letting the screen scroll up to climb higher platformers or making everything smaller (though this last option would take away from the charm and character detail so it wouldn't be the best option.
It does seem like some of the platforms do get faster as time progresses. By the way, what's with the gruesome bloody death in a game life this? :)
Good job and I hope you don't mind if I make a video of this.
SeethingSwarm responds:
Thanks for the review, suggestions and kind words! She liked it a lot, It was a little bit hard to hide this from her while making it, since we live in a tiny apartment. I was working around 16 hours per day, mostly at night... but the surprise on her face was worth it when she got this on Friday morning :)
I pretty much agree with all your suggestions and feedback. Would have been nice to add even more stuff to the game as well, but unfortunately I have to get back on the Earth Taken 3 wagon. I only gave myself 4 days, and to be honest I'm just happy that the game is actually playable :)
Oh and of course I won't mind if you make a video of this! Would be awesome.
I know a few bits on how to improve this game. I understand that it is made in 4 days...which is like around 2/3 a week so there are limitations.
For keeping the Teen rated game:
Give the dog the ability to eat the rabbits :D That would be very amusing! You don't have make the dog become a canine beast and just shred the rabbit. Just something that's satisfying enough.
For getting back the E for everyone rated game:
Substitute the burst of blood when the girl and dog dies with the burst of circles you see when you play megaman and died at that game and make the girl's death noise be the sound when you hear when your character from street fighter gets defeated.
Sooo.. burst of circle death from megaman with a" AAaaaa AAaaaa AAaaaaa"
In general:
Give the platforms a bit more spacing and have the balloons be pop-able for extra points.
Have two new backgrounds like:
waterfalls and forests.
Anyways, tell Anna and Bruno happy birthday for me. Cheers.
SeethingSwarm responds:
Thanks for the suggestions!
I always like to add some sort of twist to my games and with this one it turned out to be the way the player dies. Gobbling up bunnies sounds pretty twisted too, but my girlfriend wouldn't have liked that too much, hehe :P
It is quite fun and the controls are smooth. The random generation can be unfair but it stops you playing the game for too long which is good because otherwise the music starts to bug you :-)
The blood and violence is a bit incongruous with how cute the game is!
SeethingSwarm responds:
Yeah the death animation is very inconsistent with the rest of the game. I like adding weird twists into my games and the violent death was it for this game, hehe. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the game and thanks for the nice score!
the game is nice and challanging, but the controls are not reacting properly everytime.
SeethingSwarm responds:
Strange that the controls seem to be bugging out for you, sorry about that. They seem to work fine for most people, but I've had similar complaints before. Not sure what is wrong. Anyway, thanks for the nice score and glad you enjoyed this little game :)