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[Newgrounds Dreamcast Collab]

So why is this labeled dreamcast collab when it's just the rat ashley joke? I'm confused. Wasn't there an actual dreamcast collab in the works?

Octo responds:

no this is the dreamcast collab

[Neo Junk City - Neon Nights]

Extremely spicy trailer and beautiful pixel art. Since it's all concept the real game might not turn out that good, but I'd love to see it without any corners cut from that trailer. Like have it look exactly like those sequences with no compromise. I wouldn't even care if it was a short game, it would be worth it. Remember Ghost Trick? same idea. Good quality stylized work transcends time. I really hope you get funded and can make it a reality, I'm dirt poor atm or else I would donate as well.

Jhano responds:

Every shot in there is in-game!

[Kirby Guardian Ep8: Reincarnation (Part3)]

Damn, it's been awhile since I've seen one of these.
First off, I'm glad you're still around and animating! Your work is always incredibly good, and yet it seems like you did this all solo despite it probably being your longest one ever, with some of the best animation and backgrounds that normally take a full crew ages to make. I feel like even if you told me you made something like this just to get paid, I wouldn't believe you, because your passion is clear in your visuals and animation.

Those backgrounds man, they were so nice. The house and rooms all planned out, the little 3 star doorway, the kitchen and little details. It's honestly really awesome, and must have been a ton of work. The ending didn't feel rushed at all, we just got scene after scene of random slice of life stuff with no predictable outcome that made it fun to watch all the way through. I also liked how you drew king triple D with the fluffy ruffle coat, and him having a bunch of tiny waddle dees. Also his letter having a bunch of crossed out spelling errors, very in character for him.

You're going to get a lot of compliments that'll just repeat anything I can say here, but I'm happy you set out to make something that was as much for you as it was for others, you've clearly been driven, and its nice to see passion in people's art and animation. Hope you have a good day famalam.

KimiOmega responds:

I honestly don't know what to say, thank you so much for taking the type to write this comment. I never expected this episode to make people happy like this. I'm glad you enjoyed this episode, it took a long time but I had fun making it while learning Blender!
And yesh, those backgrounds were the bane of my existence but I'm digging how they turned out!

[Claw Machine Shortfilm]

Can always count on spanish animation to be quality and weird as fuck, I love it.

SnowyPunk responds:

Hahaha thank you !

[Geno: The Star Road Warrior]

Animation wise I really liked this, though you definitely played up the edgy badassery side more than the usual vibe of SMRPG. Which is totally fine, the fight scenes ended up really cool regardless. A little controversial maybe but I don't think the song fit, it wasn't just the forest theme which I appreciate, because that would be kinda boring when we have a million of those whenever Geno is brought up, but the emo vibe and AMV style presentation came off a little silly at times. Also couldn't stop staring at Geno's legs, does he not have clothes on the bottom on his in game model? really stood out for some reason.

Also, the scene with Geno Whirl was probably my favorite part of the whole thing. Great animation there and fit the edgy take just fine, that was always my favorite ability to use. The last bit with the Smash Bros invite kind of takes away from the greater picture though. You spend a bunch of time making him badass, then compare the need for that with the need for a for fun Nintendo tournament. Those invites are being handed out for that, not subspace emissary or world of light. Everything else about it was great though.

BERALAI responds:

Completely fair points

The song was challenging to write since it makes a nod to the forest theme in the guitar run while trying to be something different. My influences were definitely on the nose too. The lyrics directly reflect disappointment of fans but also hope in seeing him brought back. Companies have refused to let him exist in future games even while the demand had been there. Perhaps its all the sakuga I've watched corrupting my art hahaha
The lad doesn't have pants. It was odd animating that portion so the boots were made a little longer to ease it up. Still odd 🤔


I think at the end I could have done better to iterate the point. A lot of fans like myself have been really upset in the past about his Smash deconfirmation. It was really upsetting. But there needed to be a proper send off for Geno fans. The end was a send off to the character saying "Although he may not be in smash, he's cool with allowing others to be instead ie Sora"
(I love geno whirl too haha)
Thanks for the watch and your critiques! 🤟

[SEED]

That took a turn didn't it?
Very surreal and interesting to watch. Visually weird and satisfying to see an alien upside down world and mystery substance. The coiling through the house with the rooms made to support it was very cool. I found the ending a little odd, but I guess it makes sense. I saw the bird perch and hole to live in as if maybe the bird was a regular companion and part of his ritual. But instead it seems the bird house is just there to lure unsuspecting birds for food? I did like how the bird was essentially made of ink and splattered when he flapped his wings, and just a bunch of bones underneath. I think as a longer animation there could have been more after the reveal of what's inside the little planet. But obviously animation takes a long time and this was likely a huge amount of work.

Also now seeing this is a part 3, so I'll have to watch the others, great job and great animation.

InsektAnim responds:

Hey! Thanks for liking it :) sad to tell you that there are no other parts. Before I finished thisboroject, iposted what I have done in seperate episodes. But nowthat everything is finished i posted this as one little movie. Sorry for the confusion.
But if u liked this, i have lots of other short little stories that will scratch the same itch if you have one. Check my YT channel for more :)

[Darkstalkers REANIMATED]

There's a face I haven't seen in awhile. This looks amazing, it must have taken a long time to animate so smoothly. I really missed out on the Darkstalkers series. It has such amazing character design, but I never really grew up with it to get the same nostalgia others have. It's hard for me to pick up a fighting game and play through it unless there's a really good single player mode, which all modern fighters besides Blazblue seem to lack.

Anyway, you did amazing. Going right in my favorites

MichaFrario responds:

Thanks! I didn't grow up with this, first played DS in the mid 2010's Older fighting games like Soul calibur 2 had nice single player modes

[A Den for Sick Moths]

Man that was fantastic. I love how you incorporate the sketchy artstyle into motion. You used minimal animation for some parts where it wasn't needed, then heavy animation showing you can do it cleanly and perfect everywhere else.

I also loved the little details, like the worm wrapping around like a mask, or helping pull out the boned hand when cutting the moth creature. I know there's more than that, but those were parts I really liked.

Also the sound design, I don't know where you get your sounds from, but the whole thing has such a unique strongly insect feel to go along with all the tension. Really setting yourself apart with this animation.

AntonM responds:

Thanks for the kind words :))) Over the years I've just built this huge selection of homemade sounds just from making a couple toons here and there

[I WUZ A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER?!]

This had the cutest animation style. I loved it. Funny concept but kinda =/= ending. I wish it was longer

horrorhare responds:

i wish it couldve been longer, honestly wanna make another short like this in the future! if it hadnt been for the tight deadline and other school stuff, i wouldve fleshed it out more lol. thank u for the compliments tho :3!