HerbieG's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ghost House]

Good game, but with several flaws:
1. After I finished level 8 the game disconnected from NG, so the medal did not unlock;
2. Reloading the game did nothing, so I had to replay level 8...
3. ...but with no ammunition I collected on the previous level, so the button "save and exit" is kinda lying;
4. I presume that the game is also not storing data whether the player completed a level with 100% or with all secrets found, so adding the disconnection problem getting the 100% all levels can be a pain - or a matter of luck.

RubbishPandy responds:

Fair enough, I'll fix it

[Insert gem!]

Well, the controls are definitely "not the best". One thing is annoying: every time I play my mouse cursor simply vanishes and I have to use tab key to temporarily minimize the window to make it appear again. A question: how to reset the whole game?

iboayoubi responds:

You can press "esc" to release your mouse (your mouse doesn't immediatly show up though), I'll add that to the Author Comments. You can reset the game in the shop! Thanks for the feedback.

Edit: There shouldn't be any more mouse issues now!

[Reboot Resume Restore]

Interesting game, but I am another user for whom the game is terribly slow, on Firefox. I get only some 10-15 FPS.

HartfordGames responds:

Sorry about that! I suspect I know the issue with Firefox and it is not a quick fix.

[Party Land]

Respect people that prefer to use arrow keys for movement - a small advice :-)

catproX responds:

I've added arrow keys! Going forward I need to create an options screen that allows players to configure movement/interactions to theiry liking.

[Tightly Bound]

The mechanics of the rope is somewhat annoying and against the laws of physics. Why a rope can stretch to the both sides of a platform from the ceiling to the very bottom, even go through the platforms sometimes and cannot be stretched in a straight line for more than 4-5 dad's widths?

[The HeartBit]

Well, I have to admit that those are probably one of the most annoying controls I have ever met. Inconsistent when it comes to the length and the height of the jump, slippy like hell with terrible mid-air control.

Besides, I finished one of the levels without collecting any of the DNA but my total amount still went up. Oh, while The Vaccine character has a description that it can save Miguel the medal for me unlocked instantly after I reached 150, is this intentional?

[Slide Together]

You've got a disconnection problem and reloading the game does not re-send the medals.

PS:

The problem is that after some time the game disconnects from NG and the only way to get the missing medal is to replay the level that unlocks it.

Rob1221 responds:

I don't know why some players are unable to unlock medals, but I do see your name in the medal list now.

[My First Game]

I am constantly receiving this error message when loading the game:
Could not compile vertex shader:

ERROR: 1:1: '' : syntax error

2 more things:
1. Hit detection in hexscape is a bit weird, it would be better if it was mouse-controlled;
2. 3D runner is laggy like hell.

Also your game has a disconnection problem, quite fast it disconnects from NG and fails to send medals.

HealliesGames responds:

Thank you for the feedback HerbieG!
That error appears to my friend too, I see if I can replicate and investigate the cause.

For Hexscape, I'm going to reduce the hitbox, but the maximum difficulty is calculated to the millimeter to be played with the arrows.

3D Cube Runner unfortunately lags on HTML5, on Windows goes well. I'll try to optimize it even more.

For the medals I should have understood what's wrong: I will solve this too.

[Super Bounce Ball]

Keep in mind everything that @NeonSpider wrote you about performance of your games, because having to refresh the game every few tries to deal with the lag and frame losses/lack of control is just annoying. I guess you would prefer to get more views because the game is good rather than because of those issues. Remember to put an option to turn off all particle effects in your games, because obviously visuals are far less important than performance. Especially levels with those turrets and animations of their triangular "bullets" are a pain because of that.

Also like @Verlock wrote: those flashing effects are really not necessary.

And @MeGa-wise is right about the disconnection problem, although if you re-enter any of the levels you are missing medals from they are being re-sent.

MrNannings responds:

Yes, It may be too late for you. But I added the option to turn off most of the particle fx.

[CaverMan 2020]

Same problem like @Rsharp723894 reported here. Tried on Firefox and Chrome. The game freezes either when I start to throw rocks or after several hits on the boss. In fact, the game froze for me even on other levels, at least that was manageable.