At 9/11/24 05:56 AM, G-Wiz wrote:I remember years ago there was a front page feature suggestion thread somewhere on the forum, but I can't find it.

I'd like to offer this one up, because their talent is really extraordinary.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/947493

At 9/11/24 04:47 AM, SplatterDash wrote:One thing I think would actually be interesting in terms of the multi-author thing actually is if they were separated or sorted by general category, and then if the expanding idea becomes a thing, then you could expand out by category.

For example, with something like the Dreamcast collab, you could have the credits categorized by Animation, Art, Music, Voice Acting, and Organizing. That way, if people want to know, for instance, who a specific animator is, or they're looking for the NG profile of a specific Voice Actor, they can expand out that category. Or, you can have people expand out the whole credits section and just peruse the whole lineup!

I also don't think this should be a part of every multi-author project, especially if it's only two to seven people. But if you hit a minimum of X people - say, 10 - credited on a project, then the categories would sort everyone out. Especially on massive projects like these collabs or things like Tankmas, categories on credits might help a bit, but that's the idea I'm tossing out lol

At 9/11/24 03:52 AM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:Heads up. I checked ZekeySpaceyLizard's trophy count following the update. He had 4 additional trophies added, including Metal Gear Funnies, which appears after submissions from 2011, despite being released in 2008.

The dates also seem to be removed.

At 9/10/24 05:35 PM, TomFulp wrote:Our new Monthly Voting System launched on Saturday and voting for the Best of August is in progress.

For the first time, we’re including Art and Audio in the selection process!

Also for the first time, winners will be receiving trophy badges on their pages. This update is retroactive, meaning all the top five movies and games from the past now have trophies, on both the content pages and the author trophies page.


One thing that might cause confusion: When we first introduced monthly awards in February 2005, movies and games were combined into a single Top Five. We still retained all the voting data, however, so these entries now have trophies based on their respective categories.

For example, Interactive Buddy was #1 for February 2005 and now has a first place trophy for the games category, while Bunnykill 2 was #2 for February 2005 but now has a first place trophy for the movie category.

This inconsistency only exists for the first five months of awards, as we split winners into Movies and Games in June 2005. Side note, it’s a shame Xombie was removed at the request of a film development deal that never panned out.

Dreamcast Collab

The Dreamcast Collab has launched!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/947362

This is a downright massive collab, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast in North America. An even more impressive interactive version is coming later this month, complete with an art gallery and music listening station.

This collab got so big, in fact, that it is forcing our hand with a change some of you have requested over the years but I’ve always been a bit stubborn about.

First, some history: Besides being the first website that allowed people to instantly publish games and movies on the web, Newgrounds was also the first website to introduce a multi-author crediting system, in April of 2003. This system has gotten a lot of use in the 21 years since, although sometimes the credits get a bit too long for some people’s taste, on mobile in particular. In those cases, we’ve been asked to collapse the credits by default, with the option to expand.

I’ve never been a big fan of that idea because I love seeing long credits lists. It’s a point of pride that NG brings so many talented people together and they end up making these mega projects, where the author list is like a flex of how great this place is.

With the Dreamcast Collab, however, the page response lag is noticeable. We’ve decided it’s probably time to crop longer author lists, with an option to expand. Expect that soonish, then we’ll see how it feels. Probably something like this:


Brazil Day Art Contest

The Brazil Day Art Contest is now in progress, with a deadline of October 13th! The theme of this contest is to illustrate a Brazilian variant of any character you want, in the spirit of the Brazilian Miku trend.

Dragon Ball Collab

The Dragon Ball Collab application deadline is today!

Sketch Collab 2024

Sign ups for Sketch Collab 2024 have opened!

Other News

Listen to this Podcast Interview with The-Super-Flash-Bros!

Look back at all these great Summergrounds entries, created from daily prompts by Razur-Draws.

Robot Day Winners have been announced!

I made a post highlighting recent games on Steam by NG veterans.

Keep an eye on the NG Calendar for ongoing events and collabs!

At 9/11/24 04:47 AM, SplatterDash wrote:I also don't think this should be a part of every multi-author project, especially if it's only two to seven people. But if you hit a minimum of X people - say, 10 - credited on a project, then the categories would sort everyone out. Especially on massive projects like these collabs or things like Tankmas, categories on credits might help a bit, but that's the idea I'm tossing out lol

At 9/11/24 11:54 AM, crow-seeds wrote:Games with only monthly trophies don’t appear on my profile. Meowxtape: Delivery got a best of the month, but is missing. Otherwise, great update! Would it also be possible to have a place to see which of my submissions have gotten frontpaged in the past?

At 9/11/24 07:50 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 9/11/24 04:47 AM, SplatterDash wrote:One thing I think would actually be interesting in terms of the multi-author thing actually is if they were separated or sorted by general category, and then if the expanding idea becomes a thing, then you could expand out by category.

For example, with something like the Dreamcast collab, you could have the credits categorized by Animation, Art, Music, Voice Acting, and Organizing. That way, if people want to know, for instance, who a specific animator is, or they're looking for the NG profile of a specific Voice Actor, they can expand out that category. Or, you can have people expand out the whole credits section and just peruse the whole lineup!

I also don't think this should be a part of every multi-author project, especially if it's only two to seven people. But if you hit a minimum of X people - say, 10 - credited on a project, then the categories would sort everyone out. Especially on massive projects like these collabs or things like Tankmas, categories on credits might help a bit, but that's the idea I'm tossing out lol

My concern with something like this is it creates a lot more clicking to reveal the full list. We will be showing the full list if it's under a certain threshold, so for example there wouldn't be a case where only one or two people get cropped out.

At 9/12/24 08:13 PM, Kolumbo wrote:While I welcome the credits collapse (especially on the phone) I think the current threshold to trigger it is too low. I assume it's 10, give or take, and I think that could impact a bunch of regular (non-collab(non-massive)) submissions (add a few voice actors and a few artists on a short and you're already over the threshold)

With that in mind, would like to throw in the suggestion for increasing the threshold. Maybe around 30?
I don't know, I'm not smart.