JorisRollfox's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dwarvania]

While there is some decent art in the game (especially the first cutscenes), it is quite inconsistent with coloring and shading. The cutscenes also end quite abruptly, making the contrast even more apparant. It also took me a while before I saw the K during the cutscenes (just add "next" to it to make it more visible). I did like how the cutscene where you get caught visualizes the health system.

I also had the same problem as Rex9999 with the first guard constantly bugging & catching you, which almost made me give up the game before I could even try. The game is filled with other bugs which, while they do not break the game, make it hard to stay immersed. For instance how moving into a wall teleports you & the camera back. I propose using something like: "if(collisionTrue(x + horizontalSpeed), y) while( ! collisionTrue(x, y)) x += sign(horizontalSpeed)"

[Winter Falling: Prototype One]

Not much information about your troops is available to the player, which makes it very hard to strategise both before and during the fight. That you can't relocate troops is also frustrating, as a gap you made for a future troop may proof too small. I just ended up putting everyone in a corner and won that way.

Also, I really like the artstyle, though the colorful & shaded bird does feel out of place with the overall sleeker artstyle.

[Escape Pong!]

While the gameplay was not much fun, it helped me engage in a cheeky yet interesting narrative and was short and varied enough to make up for a lack of depth.

[WrongKynd]

I really love the atmosphere created by the art, but the game itself is no fun. The screen constantly flashes red from attacks, it is easy to get stuck on buildings and I have no idea whether I am able to do anything against enemies such as the dogs (hard to tell because of the screen flashing).

Keep up making games, there are not many people as good as you in creating an atmosphere. All you need to do now is stay experimenting to learn how to make it fun as well.

[everything else]

I spend 5 minutes trying to figure out why the game wouldn't work until I read that I had to press X again, which is not that obvious when the entire screen is black. Why don't you just load in the first sentence immediately?

The game is really satisfying as it forces you to act quickly while cool music is playing on the background, and the little story-levels in between (like the dark temple) keep it fresh. Though in most stages shotgun-enemies seem impossible to beat without luck.

I would love to play this with a controller, as I had to stop because my hand was getting cramped from the constant action and it is easy to get stuck on walls.

[The Wizard of elemental magic]

The graphics look great, especially the gem pickup-effect. Though the death-animation looks out of place because your body becomes see-through and the blood has anti-aliasing, even though almost no other art in the game has these traits.

The gameplay is a refreshing take on the platformer genre, I especially like the wind spell. However, the puzzles are too easy to get satisfaction out of solving them, you quickly see what needs to be done and you just need to perform it. It is easy to die though because you're hurrying through it (especially the hitboxes could be a bit more forgiving), and the action itself is not very varied or satisfying because you're just jumping over enemies. While the sound effects are okay, I recommend giving them a random pitch-shift to add variety.

I do admire though how quickly you seem to be able to make decent games.

[Helicopter Shooter]

There is no content nor replay value. There is hardly any feedback to the player or satisfying effects, nor is there any reason not to move up & down and spam missiles. Each object has its own artstyle that looks good on its own but combined forms a disconnected mess. I also thought the orange controller logo in the start screen was for using a controller but it leads to another website.

I hope you can use the feedback to make better games, but to be honest given how often you release mediocre games I wonder whether you will even read this.

EDIT: I would really like my last statement to be proven wrong, because I hope you care about the games you release and the people that play them and strive to become better at it.

EDIT 2: Thanks for proving me wrong :)

games7510 responds:

Thank you for your response and as i see, you are my biggest fan. I will do better job next time and i hope you will continue playing my games. Cheers!

[Gravity Control]

The game is okay, the core gameplay doesn't do anything new and has mediocre art. The great sound effects are the main source of satisfaction, though I do reccomend giving them a random pitch-shift for variety. While the puzzles are unique, they are quite easy to solve. Most of the difficulty came from blocks not acting as intended, for instance sliding up when I pressed right. I understand that this happens due to an absence of friction, and while this is accurate behavior for space it isn't fun. I also liked the little timers on the lasers.

[Air Flip Drive (WIP)]

The game has a lot of potential, it already feels and looks good to play. Though it should give more feedback to the player, as currently many mechanics are hidden in the "how-to" section. It should also make the game more satisfying, especially once it has sound effects. I also agree with Troisnyx regarding not using the bunny hops and drift mechanics.

I also noticed that it was quite easy to play indefinitely untill you fall off once, which happens quite easily due to how quickly you unintentionally start flying. I would instead increase the difficulty as your score gets higher.

Finally, it felt very offputting that rings could disappear.