idiot-monarch's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Iced Over]

Too quick

Everything here seems to be happening too quickly. The avalanche moves too quickly, you run too quickly, the fuel runs out too quickly. Can't really say I had too much fun playing this. Another problem is that the character could get stuck in the tunnels. I'd advise making him smaller while leaving the flames the same size, if not bigger. Well done with the engine though. I'm no coder, but I can tell that this is a bit more complex than the ususal platformer fare.

[BearBound]

Excellent

Very simple and polished game, knows exactly what it wants to be. Love the crisp art and animation and the different endings are all quite cool. My only complaints are that the map could be a bit more open, since right now it's something of a maze with the illusion of being open, and the blizzards to happen less often, to allow the player to explore the world a bit more freely.

Kudos, haven't played all of the games yet, but I get the feeling this will be hard to top.

[Ermy and the Frozen World]

A bit bland

Another very polished game. Nice music and great enemy variety, though I'd like some more powerups. The game's a bit on the bland side though, and the speed upgrade is useless.

[Eskimo River Rush]

Fantastic

Couldn't tell it was made in just 72 hours. Everything felt real polished. Nice and original gameplay though, although tapping A can get annoying.

Also, the birds are too fucking hard, god damn.

[Icy Cave of Frustration]

brilliant

proof that you should keep it simple in the game jams

blaargh im falling asleep, but must. finish. game.

tomdeaap responds:

Ya, I guess :P I first was all like meh not so cool idea, but it turned out cool.

Good luck on finishing that.

[One Chance]

Surpsisingly, not a shitty, pretentious 'art game'

At first I thought that this was gonna be an Every Day The Same Dream ripoff, but the six day limit, and the fact that I get only one chance at this, gave the choices some real depth. I kinda wish I could replay it to see the different outcomes, but then, that's not really the point here.

Went out with the coworker on day 1, died with the daughter in the park. Touching stuff.

[Artist's guide to the Gun]

wow

sure is 2002 in here

StealthBeast responds:

BS, you're 16 years old, so in 2002 you'd have been 8.

You read this level of info in a NG tutorial when you were 8? Doubt it.

[Newgrounds HQ Showdown]

wow

The first enemy I killed in this game was myself. It can't get much more meta than that.

[Space-ninja]

bit too similar to Starguard

I'd be lying if i said that this game was badly made and unfun, but it's a bit too similar to Starguard for me to ignore. I'm not just talking about the graphic and gameplay style, some of the enemies and the high risk/high reward treasure stuff is completely ripped off of Starguard.

[Rocketeer]

Awesome concept

Extrmely hard (stuck at 12), but an great concept. I wanna do art for the sequel.

VicBiss responds:

Thanks dude! If I ever make a sequal Ill send you a PM :D