Yeah, I think we should upgrade to a NG-convention where you can meet other newgrounds creators and interact with them like Comic-con.
At 1/2/25 11:24 AM, TomFulp wrote:📆 Low-Poly Day
After teasing it for the past few years, we’re finally gonna have a Low-Poly Day this year! The current plan is for it to happen on Friday, June 6th. A more formal post will come later but if you want to participate, you have six months to think of something! As a general reference, think PS1-PS2 graphics and Y2K electronic music. Read the Brainstorming thread for more examples / inspiration.
Oh snap, I gotta get back into gamedev now.
Should it be like a gamejam with a specific start date or can I dust off a project I started a while ago and try to geterdun?
Looking forward to Pixel Day!
Also, holy crap, Low-Poly Day? That's awesome.
At 1/4/25 08:37 PM, 3p0ch wrote:At 1/2/25 11:24 AM, TomFulp wrote:📆 Low-Poly Day
After teasing it for the past few years, we’re finally gonna have a Low-Poly Day this year! The current plan is for it to happen on Friday, June 6th. A more formal post will come later but if you want to participate, you have six months to think of something! As a general reference, think PS1-PS2 graphics and Y2K electronic music. Read the Brainstorming thread for more examples / inspiration.
Oh snap, I gotta get back into gamedev now.
Should it be like a gamejam with a specific start date or can I dust off a project I started a while ago and try to geterdun?
You don't have to make something within a specific timeframe. It will be like Pixel Day where anyone can share anything they've made at any time but if they want to compete for prizes, the thing they made should be making it's premier on that day. An existing unfinished project can compete for prizes if it was never actually released anywhere ahead of Low Poly Day.
2025 will be a good year for newgrounds with the 30th anniversary and its events, I hope you have a good year
My dyslexia really gets worse the sleepier I get, I thought this thread was called "evil plans" not "event plans", and now I am disappointed, I wanted to hear about evil plans.
Looking forward to the anniversary stuff though, I'm going to have to start thinking about how I can contribute.
I'm sorry if i lauched this very early, i was excited.
I will compensate the damage that i did.
ElRandomGMD (aka RandomToons)
All awesome stuff to hear, really excited to see what 2025 brings!
Don't think I'll be able to make anything new for the Flash Jam this year, but for anyone reading: if you need help figuring out any of the NGAPI features in AS2 (especially the level sharing API), please let me know! I did a lot of research on it for games like Tidying Up and I'd love to see what cool stuff people can make with it.
Also really excited for the 30th anniversary of NG. @Whirlguy got the ball rolling with the audio collab, but anyone who enjoyed the 20th anniversary collab...
Will have something big and awesome to look forward to very soon!
I GOT TO VOICE SOMETHING FOR NG 30TH YEAR
At 1/4/25 07:35 PM, Fusionfan wrote:Yeah, I think we should upgrade to a NG-convention where you can meet other newgrounds creators and interact with them like Comic-con.
Personally I'd like something more like the meetups or Pico Day NJ, not as huge as a convention but still sizeable enough to meet others and do things together.
(Is there something like that planned this year?)
That would totally be a great idea. Not as large as a normal convention but sizable enough. Where you can do meetups and other cool stuff.
At 1/4/25 03:55 PM, RealTin3Sn wrote:I could write a short chiptune song. Only have LMMS, though, so I'll have to be a bit creative.
have you heard about famistudio?, t's free and 100% true to the NES, you can export your songs in rom format and open it with a NES emulator, plus it's very easy to use.
I would like to make chiptune for a game, not necessarily if that game would participate in the contest, just make it for a game, so if anyone would like some support in a project for that day, feel free to ask, and I'll also achieve one of my biggest goals :D
At 1/2/25 11:24 AM, TomFulp wrote:📆 Pico Day
We’re changing things up a bit this year. The first Pico Day was organized in the forums and happened on my birthday. When it became an official NG event with prizes each year, I tried to move it away from my birthday because that felt weird. I also tried to turn it into a more general “Newgrounds Day” rather than expect people to make Pico fan stuff every year. It never really succeeded in becoming a not-Pico Day and last year a bunch of people posted fan art on my birthday AND on Pico Day, which was fun for me but felt like it would be best as a single day.
I both love seeing Pico fan art but also feel weird encouraging it with prizes each year, so Pico Day is going to return to being a more casual event like it was the first time. We can stick to it being on my birthday (April 30th) to keep all the fan art on a single day. There won’t be prizes or picking winners anymore but please let me know if you have been working on something huge, maybe it would even be best for NG's 30th Anniversary in July.
I always saw Pico Day as a celebration of Newgrounds as a whole rather than a tribute to you and your work and featuring Pico more as a way of paying respect of the laying foundation of the site. But I understand how you feel and wanted to scale down, specially since it is made with your birthday and the prizes kind of makes it look like a competition to get your attention rather than a celebration and respect of you. so I kind of want to see a worthy successor of Pico Day, one that can truly be THE DAY of Newgrounds.
But sure the biggest thing its about to happen this year is the 30th anniversary of the site. this site has been go thru a lot and it was a miracle that survived the 2010's. but that would be for its community and hardworking team behind it.
Sure this year promise a lot!
where do i need to post art to get into the collab? (if this even is a collab, or is it a contest? Idk)
AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
At 1/11/25 11:51 AM, DunbFuckNamed289 wrote:where do i need to post art to get into the collab? (if this even is a collab, or is it a contest? Idk)
Pixel Day itself is a celebration / contest, where you can post your art to the Art Portal.
At 1/11/25 11:53 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 1/11/25 11:51 AM, DunbFuckNamed289 wrote:where do i need to post art to get into the collab? (if this even is a collab, or is it a contest? Idk)
Pixel Day itself is a celebration / contest, where you can post your art to the Art Portal.
Okay! One more question, can i take down my art after the contest is over?
AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
At 1/11/25 11:53 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 1/11/25 11:51 AM, DunbFuckNamed289 wrote:where do i need to post art to get into the collab? (if this even is a collab, or is it a contest? Idk)
Pixel Day itself is a celebration / contest, where you can post your art to the Art Portal.
also can i post multiple artworks at once or just one artwork per contest??
AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Hell yeah! I've been waiting for this one
is it ok to publish my pixel art early
Hello Tom Fulp I Made Pixel Art
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/sussy-baka22/pixel-day-2025?updated=1736617636
Sussy-baka22
At 1/11/25 12:49 PM, Sussy-baka22 wrote:Hello Tom Fulp I Made Pixel Arthttps://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/sussy-baka22/pixel-day-2025?updated=1736617636
 Hello Tom Fulp I Made Pixel Art
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/sussy-baka22/pixel-day-2025?updated=1736617636
It's Too Small
Sussy-baka22
At 1/11/25 12:31 PM, SuperGibaLogan wrote:is it ok to publish my pixel art early
It's preferred to publish it on Pixel Day.
Sussy-baka22
Very excited to see this documentary. I only first heard about it on one of your last posts.
"A reward is it's own reward." - Killgar
Hello Tom Fulp, I wish you read this. This year I'll finish my animation deegre.
Since its Newgrounds 30th anniversary,I gladly announce that, for my final proyect Im writing about Newgrounds and its impact on gaming and animation fields and on people's carrers :3
Who made the banner? It's super cool!
I've dabbled a little in pixel art and low-poly modelling, so I'm going to try participating in the events this year. Feeling pretty excited to contribute!
Is it possible to donate a hank figurine to the most violent pixel art
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At 1/2/25 11:24 AM, TomFulp wrote:A Newgrounds documentary is in the works! The crowdfunding campaign begins on January 18th.
Welcome to 2025! Here are our current event plans for this year:
📆 Pixel Day
Our tenth annual Pixel Day is January 23rd!
Participate by making original pixel art, animation, games or chiptunes. Publish your entry on January 23rd and include the "pixelday2025" tag.
If your work is making its world premier on Pixel Day, you are eligible for our prize competition! Include a second tag, "pixelday2025-compo" to confirm it is a world premier piece and is competing for a prize. If you are sharing something you've already posted elsewhere, stick with just the pixelday2025 tag.
If you’re a pixel artist who has never shared your work on NG, we’d love to see you join in! You can enter multiple categories or submit multiple entries. You can also team up with friends to make stuff.
Fan art is fine, if the art is your own original pixel work and not sprites ripped from games.
If you’re making a movie or game, try partnering with someone making chiptunes on NG! We can’t host content with unlicensed commercial music, so avoid using songs you don’t have permission to use. Here are some music resources.
Best Pixel Art
1st - $150
2nd - $100
3rd - $20
Best Pixel Animation
1st - $150
2nd - $100
Best Pixel Game
1st - $200
2nd - $100
Best Chiptune Music
1st - $150
2nd - $100
Thank You to our Pixel Day Sponsors!
@MindChamber - $200
@WannabePyx - $100
@Techno - $100
@DrSevenSeizeMD - $53.12
@FutureCopLGF - $50
@53xy83457 - $50
@SketchToPen - $50
@Aalasteir - $25
@Bunchie - $20
@KJBurbankVA - $10
@emsdelaroz - $5
@siddikinz - $5
Prizes will grow with support from the community. If you’re down to sponsor, use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards Pixel Day. You can also specify a category (art, animation, game, music) if you like!
📆 Flash Forward Jam & Flash Portal 25th Year Anniversary
Our fifth annual Flash Forward event will be officially announced in early February but you can start making a Flash game or interactive movie right now if you plan to participate!
April 6th is the 25th anniversary of NG’s Flash Portal going automatic, the very first place on the Internet where people could instantly publish movies and games. What better way to celebrate 25 years than with a whole bunch of new Flash games and interactive movies?
It would be awesome if you could publish your Flash Forward entry ON April 6th, to make the whole day a big event. Note: The original deadline was April 20th but I bumped it up to match the 25th Anniversary. Let me know if this messes with your plans.
Prizes are TBD but you can use the donation option to donate towards the prize pool at any time. PM me a heads up if you donate towards Flash Forward. It would be great to kick this off with a big prize pool.
📆 Pico Day
We’re changing things up a bit this year. The first Pico Day was organized in the forums and happened on my birthday. When it became an official NG event with prizes each year, I tried to move it away from my birthday because that felt weird. I also tried to turn it into a more general “Newgrounds Day” rather than expect people to make Pico fan stuff every year. It never really succeeded in becoming a not-Pico Day and last year a bunch of people posted fan art on my birthday AND on Pico Day, which was fun for me but felt like it would be best as a single day.
I both love seeing Pico fan art but also feel weird encouraging it with prizes each year, so Pico Day is going to return to being a more casual event like it was the first time. We can stick to it being on my birthday (April 30th) to keep all the fan art on a single day. There won’t be prizes or picking winners anymore but please let me know if you have been working on something huge, maybe it would even be best for NG's 30th Anniversary in July.
📆 Low-Poly Day
After teasing it for the past few years, we’re finally gonna have a Low-Poly Day this year! The current plan is for it to happen on Friday, June 6th. A more formal post will come later but if you want to participate, you have six months to think of something! As a general reference, think PS1-PS2 graphics and Y2K electronic music. Read the Brainstorming thread for more examples / inspiration.
📆 NG’s 30th Anniversary
July 6th is NG’s 30th birthday and we’d love to see anything people want to make in celebration of the milestone. This could be the “Newgrounds Day” that Pico Day never quite was.
@Whirlguy, @intrapath, @jamriot and @Mantis are organizing a 30th Anniversary Collab modelled after the 20th Anniversary Collab!
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/666610
Whirlguy has kicked off the 30th Anniversary Audio Collab to create a bunch of themed music.
Mantis has kicked off the 30th Anniversary Art Collab, where the art will be used in a game.
There are other activities being organized, as well, feel welcome to organize your own!
Porter is organizing a standalone 30th Anniversary Wall Art Collab to create a site skin!
📆 Halloween Spooktacular
As usual, October will be our Halloween Spooktacular.
Game & Animation Jams
If you’re relatively well-known on NG and you’d like to host a game or animation jam this year, let me know! These jams tend to do best when they are hosted by prominent people in the community, for example if you’ve made popular games or popular movies.
đź“ś 2024 Year-End Recap
If you missed it, please read the 2024 Year-End Recap!
I'm planning to be at the Behemoth booth at PAX East, the weekend of May 9-11th.
Other upcoming events can be found on the calendar.
YAY, pixel day :))))))))))
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