Grovfu's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Z-Rox]

An indisputable classic. The only memory I went in with was Kongregate spoiling the final level's solution with its achievement badge, but other than that, I went in with a blank slate and it's just a total blast. Level 82 easily took the most of my time, but given the general favor towards wingding-core, I probably should have been able to get it a bit snappier. This is a flash puzzler I would recommend everybody try at least once.

['Lair of the Missing Sock']

A sweet jam w/ decent combat and awesome art. I appreciate that the sock ghost's sprite flashes when you're at full charge for the Ha-boo!-ken (sorry) and I was pleasantly surprised to see that you could jump-cancel the slide, which made my second play even more fun than the first one. I also appreciate the checkpoint before the moving plats + bird setup; I have a hunch this was put in to alleviate the difficulty post-layout, but I think keeping the challenge in the same room overall helps distinguish the section via its length.

Only thing I didn't like was the catch-up cam. I think for the full game, it'd be cool to either have holding up/down to look, or to have the camera's Y acceleration tweaked. Also worth mention: You can spam the titlescreen's start input to make the thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening (i.e. loud. Also, sorry again.)

Also, weird thing, I thought this game wasn't working right with my PS5 controller because I wasn't getting movement from it, turns out it's a Firefox issue! Very strange.

Overall, awesome jam! Keep it up.

Butzbo responds:

Thanks for the review!

I must mention that your hunch is quite right, at first levels were going to be short/smaller, but in the process of making the 3rd one more distinct, it ended up larger overall. and good point on the camera details, some small technicalities which can improve quite a bit and aren't actually that hard to solve.

Also, good find on the thunderbolts and lightning, haha!

[Impersonal]

Nice idea for a simple game. However, the music isn't showing up for me, and I did try playing with the Upper-Left Speaker.

[Zombies Vs. Strippers]

This was a pretty decent game, but I feel as if most of what you were able to do was accomplished easily by mashing the mouse button. Not really too much of a skill based game, but more of a time trial styled game. Still pretty good, and the concept of the super punch is a pretty good idea as well.

[Vuvu Hero]

Great!

I would actually rate this 6, since the whole game concept and whatnot was a tad stale, but how often do you hear Egoraptor as a voice actor? So, maybe make the note hitting better quality, or at least make the songs slower.

[Hot Ninja Moon Moon]

Very good.

It seemed impossible to even play, but I confirmed this is an amazing game and it takes medium-harsh effort to get the flawless victory badge.

[Cavern of the Evil Wizard]

Haha!

I remember that movie! I always wanted to play this game!!

[On The Edge Of Time]

Yay.

Weeeee! I loved this! Is that touhou music?

nicktendowii responds:

thanks ^_^ yeah it is a remix from one of the touhou games :D just very compressed so it bad sound quality :( i had to do that to make it fit the file size limit :(

[Waterboy]

Decent!

Will probably be a famous game some day! Few things, though.

The friction is WAY too heavy. The jumping is just bogus because you start your jump 5 feet from your standing position. Last, the camera is REALLY choppy.