Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!
As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!
Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.
Game Devs Reviewed: @jakes1403 @Dungeonation @Peti @mmattugh @Rob1221 @Oscura @3p0ch @Little-Rena @Roksim @Jack @sarnyoger @CorpAmerica @UnlimitedTrees @Just-a-ng-dummy @bluswimmer @jefvel @Miroff @LeviRamirez @plufmot @Ferociter @Ennuikal @sheebstuff @nokoi @almostnot @Shal @DieterTheuns @YWainczak @Tombdude @Stepford @Pomegranite @YewTM @HealliesGames @Vonka @eyedust @BlackthornProd @DefaultLabs @ShortCakeCafe @SlickRamen @spoike @andrfw @bokononyossarian @AtreyuGilbert
While all of these games were the best of the month...
MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH
My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):
(Yes, I'm a little surprised I put Pico Vs Bear DX and Peter's Quest in Top 10 as well considering all the issues I had with them. What can I say? Despite all that, I found myself going back to play 'em over and over, and that's a powerful quality I gotta recognize!)
And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, etc):
(and no, I'm not just putting Pixelgrounds there because I'm featured in it: it was fun! I won't be bribed, haha!)
Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!
I'm planning on hopefully taking part in the upcoming Flash Forward jam: as much as I have a big project I've been working slowly on, I couldn't help but get inspired to do a little project. Also, it should let me remember what it's like to be the one being reviewed, and keep me in check for how I should act as a reviewer for future, haha. (Might be reaching out for an artist and a composer, if anyone is interested in dealing with my shaky leadership)
Shal
Thank you for playing my game! Its the first time I had ever made a game and I made it for my friends to piss them off but from that I've learned a new love for making games.
I used Game Maker Studio with help and advice from some awesome creators on Newgrounds!
Watching you figure out the game was a treat for me. I learned a lot from making this and so I promise next years game will be a whole lot better!
FutureCopLGF
Haha, good to hear the reasons behind the madness. Was a pretty interesting game with a creative mechanic for a first time: looking forward to seeing more!