Thetageist's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dessertster]

Because of the hitboxes, relative movement speed, and the enemies always homing towards me, I feel like they're pretty hard to avoid. I may just need to git gud, though. I love the aesthetics and general theme!

[GEMSTONE DREDGING]

This is such a fun and creative take on Minesweeper! I think it’s cool that doing well in the minesweeper part of the game gives you a leg up to get yourself out of trouble when you screw up and have to fight.

Question: I’ve noticed a couple times that tiles with the number 4 trigger kraken battles when unearthed. Is this intentional?

TheSailorDev responds:

I am glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to create something simple enough that I would be able to finish the game but also try and make it enjoyable.

The 4+ tiles in pink are tiles that COULD trigger a Kraken battle if you haven't flagged the bomb tiles correctly before opening the 4+. It was a way of trying to really make you think while playing.

[Patter]

Really cool game mechanic. Think it could be expanded in the future, I'd love to see what challenges you can come up with!

[Keep It In! 3]

Tiny quality of life thing: I’d like a button to back out of a game mode so I can select another one. Other than that, I’ll keep playing and see what I find!

Edit: Didn’t know that was clickable.

St4rryQueen responds:

The main menu button is in the pause menu, which is accessible by clicking the BounceCoin icon whilst playing a game.

[bergs]

Berg!

I'm surprised this doesn't have a front page, it's very polished and I love how thought out the mechanic is.

Edit: Front paged now. My wish came true!

TheBurntToast responds:

thank you :)

[Call of the Woof (Ludum Dare 55)]

The checkpoints were a bit hard to find, so I'd recommend an arrow pointing to the next one whenever you find a dog. Otherwise, nice work!

[Botanica Prototype]

Got no criticisms other than what FutureCopLGF pointed out. I can see a lot of heart put into this, what you created is a very beautiful game. I love the music especially, though I kinda wish the whole thing were united by the same musical style as what plays in the first level - the woods level theme felt off given that it went standard orchestral instead of more traditional folk-instrument.

Some of the dialogue also needs proofreading, I see a couple errors.

Oddly enough, I beat the boss with the weapon I was least good at using (thorn grenade).

[Candle in the Woods]

I like the general concept and mechanics, as well as the story I've seen so far!

Music and sound design leaves some to be desired - repetitive music tracks, bat noises being very loud, and very treble-heavy sound design overall. I'd love to offer my services for future games if you're looking for someone to do that.

I really don't like that the bats in the maze regenerate whenever I go back to a torch. I backtrack to keep my candle meter filled, and knocking out a bat takes a lot out, which means I'm stuck in an endless backtrack loop trying to keep it filled enough to hit the same bat. Otherwise, I'd love to keep going!

[Goober Game]

This is by far the weirdest Suikalike I've seen. I love it.
Physics are a bit weird and bouncy in this one, but the sound design is great, which makes sense given who it's by, heh.

(Edit: Physics problem may be due to the charging thing that I didn't understand how to do in my first playthrough.)

[Planet Invasion BETA]

This game is pretty unforgiving - small planets tend to spawn very rarely, so in some cases you're just screwed, especially with the addition of space junk. Bosses destroying planets in their path make for even slimmer pickings for ammo, and I spend so much time healing that I can't really buy more defenses.

Very adorable theming, however!