At 2/29/16 08:41 PM, NovaDrome wrote: Hey guys! Im new on NG! I make cool music and I might make a game or artwork (if i can figure out how lol) and can I please be scouted? so... Peace out, I guess? I dunno

Welcome to NewGrounds. This is the number one website of all time. Enjoy your time here.

At 2/23/16 03:12 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 2/23/16 02:19 PM, Inglor wrote:

It was great because web games were, in our minds at least, a sort of bleeding edge of gaming - not technology-wise but accessibility-wise. You were doing something that felt modern and cool and it felt like the public loved it. I want web gaming to feel like that again, I think it has a chance to once HTML5 gaming is more stable and once people accept that there's a wide expanse between NO GAMES and GAMES PEOPLE PAY MONEY FOR... A great area to grow, learn, get feedback and meet lots of cool people. So many people are making downloadable games right now that no one is playing, because they think they have to be making downloadable games now.

This so much. It was awesome. It's a shame there is nothing really comparable to flash - not that tons of people didn't try.

I'm still totally buying you a beer next time I'm in the states.

At 2/23/16 04:06 PM, Bit wrote: tl;dr: Shovelware ruins everything.

Aw no dude, thanks - but we were all pretty terrible. All the stuff we made was super shabby but everyone was really helpful and constructive and we were all really passionate about it. No one cared about the money, we cared about making stuff and having millions of people enjoy it. _That_ was the dream.

Now that I'm after an actual CS degree and about 10 more years of industry experience I can say that we were terrible professionally. I used to think I was awesome at ActionScript - lol. Now that I'm involved with several ECMAScript proposals and actually contribute to real some open source projects I'm only starting to understand what a terrible coder I was back then.

We just had a ton of passion and would hack on things tens of hours at a time - the platform was really open. There isn't anything even close in terms of how easy it is to make fun to play games.

If you look at Tom's Pico's School from 1999 as an example it was made with Flash 4, I don't know if you ever used that but it didn't have very many coding abstractions, you'd use state an GotoAndPlay (and GotoAndStop) to navigate between frames as state. You didn't have real concrete data types and such - but it's a really fun and well thought out game.

People can still enjoy it over 15 years later. The coding is something you can teach a kid in a month, the art isn't stellar but people today have to learn _so friggin much_ just to get started. Nothing even comes close to how easy and fun it was to make these games today. Things like Unity or HTML5 engines aren't even remotely close. Hopefully, HTML5 will be there at one point. Hopefully.

At 3/1/16 09:34 AM, Inglor wrote: This so much. It was awesome. It's a shame there is nothing really comparable to flash - not that tons of people didn't try.
I'm still totally buying you a beer next time I'm in the states.

Welcome to NewGrounds, Inglor. This is the best website around. Enjoy your time here.

At 2/24/16 12:30 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 2/24/16 11:29 AM, darksense wrote: I am not a troll, I am here for creative purposes.

Welcome to NewGrounds, darksense. Glad to hear that you are not a troll. Enjoy your time here.

I just wanted to say I love your username.

At 3/2/16 02:16 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: I just wanted to say I love your username.

Thank you, DiggidyDelRio. Welcome to NewGrounds, the best place on the internet. Enjoy your stay.

Hi.

At 3/2/16 04:09 PM, Kuukimon wrote: Hi.

Welcome to Newgrounds and nice to meet you Kuukimon , enjoy your time here ..

At 3/2/16 04:09 PM, Kuukimon wrote: Hi.

Kuukimon, Welcome to NewGrounds. This is the number one website of all time. Enjoy your stay.

At 3/2/16 04:31 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: Kuukimon, Welcome to NewGrounds. This is the number one website of all time. Enjoy your stay.

Woah, did you forget the website of your namesake?

At 3/2/16 04:41 PM, MonochromeMonitor wrote:

At 3/2/16 04:31 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: Kuukimon, Welcome to NewGrounds. This is the number one website of all time. Enjoy your stay.

Woah, did you forget the website of your namesake?

That's how powerful and awesome NG is.

At 3/2/16 04:43 PM, TomFulp wrote: That's how powerful and awesome NG is.

My heart will forever belong to matt and mike chapman. </3

At 3/2/16 02:19 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/2/16 02:16 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: I just wanted to say I love your username.

Thank you, DiggidyDelRio. Welcome to NewGrounds, the best place on the internet. Enjoy your stay.

I've been hanging around Newgrounds since... 2006ish, this is my second account (my old one was from when I was a kid, it's embarrassing).

I'll continue to enjoy my stay, I just wanted to say hi to some of the newcomers. I love how new people are still finding and using this site.

At 3/2/16 04:41 PM, MonochromeMonitor wrote: Woah, did you forget the website of your namesake?

NewGrounds has been the cause of many names for users. Newgrounds will always be here to inspire, and give a Welcome.

At 3/2/16 04:09 PM, Kuukimon wrote: Hi.

Hey, how's it goin?

At 3/2/16 04:43 PM, TomFulp wrote: That's how powerful and awesome NG is.

That is correct. Now with the power of Welcomes, NewGrounds is even better.

I just wanted to say I love your username.

Thanks buddy, you made my day.

Glad I could make a difference, keep up the good work.

At 3/2/16 06:30 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Glad I could make a difference, keep up the good work.

Every user on NewGrounds makes a difference. We all share the best website on the net. I will keep up the good work of Welcoming all new users.

At 3/3/16 11:16 AM, Tacticat wrote: I see you're enjoying your stay. :3

How's life?

This is a thread for welcoming new users. Please, take side conversations elsewhere. Thank you.

At 3/3/16 12:39 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/3/16 11:16 AM, Tacticat wrote: I see you're enjoying your stay. :3

How's life?

This is a thread for welcoming new users. Please, take side conversations elsewhere. Thank you.

Isn't that part of welcoming new users?

At 3/3/16 01:10 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Isn't that part of welcoming new users?

No, new users get Welcomed and can ask questions. Side conversations to other users can be done through Private messages. Thank you.

At 3/3/16 01:12 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:10 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Isn't that part of welcoming new users?

No, new users get Welcomed and can ask questions. Side conversations to other users can be done through Private messages. Thank you.

You're not the boss of this thread

At 3/3/16 03:58 PM, CiviLies wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:12 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:10 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Isn't that part of welcoming new users?

No, new users get Welcomed and can ask questions. Side conversations to other users can be done through Private messages. Thank you.

You're not the boss of this thread

Please don't fight, guys, you're ruining this thanksgiving dinner.

At 3/3/16 04:23 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote:

At 3/3/16 03:58 PM, CiviLies wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:12 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:10 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Isn't that part of welcoming new users?

No, new users get Welcomed and can ask questions. Side conversations to other users can be done through Private messages. Thank you.

You're not the boss of this thread

Please don't fight, guys, you're ruining this thanksgiving dinner.

Well I'm sorry I can't live up to his expectations, damn it! I don't want to be an astrophysicist or study neurosurgery, I want to go into theater arts! I can make it on Broadway if I just put my heart and soul into it, I know I can!!

At 3/3/16 04:27 PM, CiviLies wrote:

At 3/3/16 04:23 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote:

At 3/3/16 03:58 PM, CiviLies wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:12 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/3/16 01:10 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Isn't that part of welcoming new users?

No, new users get Welcomed and can ask questions. Side conversations to other users can be done through Private messages. Thank you.

You're not the boss of this thread

Please don't fight, guys, you're ruining this thanksgiving dinner.

Well I'm sorry I can't live up to his expectations, damn it! I don't want to be an astrophysicist or study neurosurgery, I want to go into theater arts! I can make it on Broadway if I just put my heart and soul into it, I know I can!!

DAMNIT, NO SON OF MINE IS GOING TO BECOME A BROADWAY FAIRY, YOU'RE GOING TO TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO BECOME AN ANUS REPAIR TECHNICIAN AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT

At 3/3/16 03:58 PM, CiviLies wrote: You're not the boss of this thread

I am taking care of this thread and giving out Welcomes.

At 3/3/16 05:34 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 3/3/16 03:58 PM, CiviLies wrote: You're not the boss of this thread

I am taking care of this thread and giving out Welcomes.

Again, talking to people makes them feel welcome.

Just saying.

At 3/3/16 04:23 PM, DiggidyDelRio wrote: Please don't fight, guys, you're ruining this thanksgiving dinner.

This is the new user intro thread, not a meal. Stop trying to get this thread off topic.

Hey just set up an account. Been on newgrounds since I was about 13, and i'm 25 now. I had a previous account, but the email no longer exists and I have not been on it in quite a while, So I had to create a new one after so many years. Hello!

At 3/3/16 07:04 PM, Railroadkill wrote: Hey just set up an account. Been on newgrounds since I was about 13, and i'm 25 now. I had a previous account, but the email no longer exists and I have not been on it in quite a while, So I had to create a new one after so many years. Hello!

Welcome to NewGrounds, Railroadkill. Much has changed over the years, but NewGrounds is still the best website around. Enjoy your stay.