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[Furby Interactive]

Well done dressup game with Furby!!!

Good dressup game with Furby! Well done, clean graphics. The soundboard and music options make it stand out from other dressup games.
One thing: when I clicked the music select buttons, the currently playing music didn't stop. Perhaps, you could put code on each button to stop all sounds before starting to play a new music loop.

Overall, good job, though!

Violet-AIM responds:

Thanks Istvan! Good suggestion about fixing up the music buttons. I'll have to update it later. :)

[Ghost Motel 5]

This series is getting better and better

Great job guys! I really liked the improvments on gfx! Well done!
There was one point when the voice came before it was supposed to. When Ray and Joseph entered the hole to the underworld, Joseph started talking even before they hit the ground.
A bit more point-and-click to look at things (as in GM4) interactivity in the tunnels would've been better but it was good. Yes, the flashing light was somewhat annoying but it was good that you pointed it out before. I probably would prefer shorter bursts of flashing here and there.

Keep up the good work!
~Istvan

Violet-AIM responds:

We try to improve little by little... thanks for noticing. I had a really hard time with sounds in this flash, for some odd reason. Even though the sound appeared streaming on that specific key frame, it would force itself to appear ahead of time. I tried all kinds of things to prevent that, but there was nothing I really could do about it. I suspected it might've had something to do with the menu selection screen, and how there were so many different endings n stuff, which interferred with it running perfectly. Thanks for the review Istvan! :)

[Ghost Motel 4]

Great continuation of the series

If you like the Ghost Motel series, you'll like this one! It's nice to see more interactivity than in the previous episodes. I really like the voices. Perfect ghost voices! Music may be a bit loud and it tends to interfere when people are speaking. Otherwise the music sets the mood perfectly. The background graphics seemed to be less detailed than in GM3. Maybe add more detail to the next installment. The puzzles were challenging with the large number of choices but not impossble.
A couple of notes:
- Have more interactivity with the background objects (e.g. the stores at circus entrance could do something when clicked on - just like the museum objects.)
- This episode had less demons and seemes less spooky than GM previous episodes. You mentioned that Joseph'll eventually become a Demon Hunter. I'm looking forward to that episode :)

Overall, good job guys!

Violet-AIM responds:

Thanks for the critique. Very helpful suggestions as always. I'll keep that music thing in mind for the future. Some parts might've been a bit rushed, so I understand that there were parts that could've definitely been improved on. This was supposed to be kind of a light episode, giving Joseph a break from all that scary demon stuff, just so he can have a little fun by going to a circus, but in the next episode, he will get back into facing some more demons.

[Megaman X Next - Intro]

Nice scrolling game.

I've never played MM type games on console but this game has that feel from what I've seen. Good job on the coding. The wall climbing/jumping is almost perfect (sometimes he didn't jump as high as usual after jumping off the wall when I just kept pressing the jump button to move up the wall). Overall, it's an enjoyable game but I would also like to have a password option because I didn't feel like restarting from the beginning after playing with the second character (not sure the name).

It's hard to say why this game doesn't have a better score. Maybe the relatively small screen size or maybe there isn't much originality in terms of gameplay or maybe something else. Who knows.
Anyways, keep up the good work!

maelstormm responds:

Thanks for the review. This is only the intro stage, the full game will have some form of cookie/password system unlike MMN.
I'd have to attribute the low score due to the uninformed people and the retards. But they get theirs as I come across of them.

[Vanguard Mercenary]

Has potential

Good game overall but runs "slow". I have a pretty good comp and it runs "slow" even on LOW quality. Maybe that's how you intended it. If that's the case, try to make the gameplay faster next time. Overall, I enjoyed it.

As a flash movie/game creator, I can see the amount of work that went into it but many people just look at how much they like the game. So far the game has a pretty good score and made Daily Feature too.

There are a couple of things I found useful about optimizing Flash speed vs file size (in case you don't know these yet):
1)Using transparent areas and gradient colors will increase processing time - try to minimize them.
2)Using images (e.g. gif, jpg, png) takes less processing time compared to a vector image. The total file size will increase but the game'll run faster.
3)For images that have transparent areas, the edges of a .png picture seemed smoother than a .gif when imported.
4)When exporting an image with transparent areas you might find that the edges have an unexpected color. To eliminate this, change the background color of the program you are using (e.g. Flash, Photoshop) to the color of the edge. If this doesn't work, you can always change the edge using some kind of photo editing software - but that takes more time.

Hope this helps,

Istvan_from_TutiTV

NegativeONE responds:

I appreciate your advice. Very useful, for the most part. I don't really like using non-vectors in Flash tho. I know, now, how much lag gradients create, but they just look so damned nice :'(

[American Idol Tribute 2]

Funny

Hi Violet-AIM,

Congrats on making the Daily Feature #3! :)
Good job on the animation. I liked the nice graphics and the extra props you added.

I haven't seen the show but some of those guys are really bad. :D Overall, there are probably more good singers than bad singers on the show but it's much more entertaining to show the bad.

You seem to be getting many requests for Ghost Motel ep4. Do you know when you might be continuing it?

Istvan_from_TutiTV

p.s. I was going to mention why I don't put Tuti TV in the movie title any more in my last review but forgot. I left it out because there isn't a lot of space for the title. I'm almost done with ep5 and I'll post it this week. Maybe Thursday or Friday.

Violet-AIM responds:

Actually I think there are more bad singers on the show, but ya, they're probably more fun to watch. I have no plans to do Ghost Motel 4 yet, I have many other ideas/projects that I want to try first before going back to that. But I'm not dropping it, someday when I feel like it, I will continue it. Glad to hear that TutiTV ep.5 will almost be out. Thanks for keeping me updated. I'm dying to see what's next. :)

[BlEED I]

Great Flash game!

Really cool game! :D It reminds me of House of Dead.

A couple of things:
1) I was sort of expecting a little longer gameplay based on the file size.
2) Graphics details were good, although in some cases, it could've been more detailed.

Keep up the great work!

Nebula-Entertainment responds:

True True. File size is a problem. Longer sequel for sure.

[Shoot Trent Lott (DEMO)]

Could've waited

Gfx looks nice but other than that there isn't much redeeming qualities.
Adding the things you mentioned, in your reply to a review, shouldn't take that long - depending on your flash skills. Submitting the finished game would've been better.
Cheers,

Chen-Baiwan responds:

Ehhh...I'm just impatient...