Salamandre's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wheel Run]

Most likely a work in progress, so I won't comment the lack of UI, I'll just make two observation : 1. even in dev state, why do you use the 100% green color ? It's so unpleasant. Please cap the saturation of the colors you use. 2. the only raise of dificulty for now is speed. It makes me think of the berzerk games, they were fun in the early game, and turned to be just luck based when the speed turned too high. You NEED to find other tools for the difficulty curve than just the speed.

[Five Day Detective: Browser Version]

Nice, I like the overall feel.
something I didn't like is the lack of guidance compared to the linearity of the game. For example, when you're looking for paper, the solution is a little absurd, and you don't have a lot of hints. And it is frustrating that some legit solutions don't work, nor help you with a hint. I tried to go downstairs to steal paper from the scientist printer, but it didn't work. You end up re-checking every interaction possible, it kills the immersion.

KrunchyFriedGames responds:

Thanks for your comment- glad you liked it!
I could say that *spoiler* the paper used for the fingerprint receipts wouldn't work in the office printer but, in general, "But why can't I use this for this?" is a common frustration with point and click style games, and very difficult to avoid. Just as the player has to work out the mindset of the writer, the writer has to try and consider every possible approach the player can take.
Often you'll get it right, but not always.

[Lonely Duck]

One suggestion : show the state of the button under the duck. Having to remember it adds to the mental load without adding interest to the game

[Jane's Pumpkin Patch!]

the graphic art is nice, but there's nothing else. No wining condition, no losing condition, there is a score, but no leaderboard whatsoever, no music, the sound effect is not very coherent, hardly no gameplay.

[Arc Breaker]

excelent, very good feelikngs. sometimes nos very easy to read, especially the quantity of energy you will gain from such or such action

[Bunny Smoosh (Nokia3310)]

Nice, did 1170 points. but the medals are too demanding in regard to the gameloop. I wont event try

[Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad!]

I got stuck soooooooooo long on the 21. But I did it. Very cool game.

[_sheld[ON]]

Loved it ! just lacking an undo button

[Piece by Piece (Demo)]

nice ! just one observation : when several pieces overlap, it's hard to know where the piece will go when you release the mouse. a visual hint that shows what pieces will match would be great

Psonbre responds:

Thanks for playing ! Yeah that's exactly what I've done in the latest update. I'll try to put it on newgrounds soon. A lot more levels are coming too !

[pace]

love the game ! I would love it to have an assist mode, where you see a short laser showing you the velocity vector, its normals, and where the spaceship is facing, to help do curvatures as smooth as possible.

zzox responds:

hmm thats a pretty good idea!