Best of February 2025!

[TomFulp]

Game Devs: PsychoGoldfish just announced a Newgrounds.io library for ActionScript 2.0, to replace our old Flash API. You can use this in the Flash Forward Jam and it includes features from our modern API like Cloud Saves. Read the post for more info.

Your votes are in and the Best of February have been determined!

Top Seven Movies ($100 each for top seven + $200 for best Original)

The top movie based on original material and winner of $300 total is the ENA Dream BBQ trailer. Congrats @JoelG!

Thank you @64bitsanimation for the $160 sponsorship. Support 64bits on Patreon!

Top Eight Games ($100 each + $200 for best Original)

The top game based on original material and winner of $300 total is Dragonsweeper. Congrats @danielben! Fun fact, Daniel is also the creator of the classic I wish I were the Moon and released a remastered version a few years back.

@FuturecopLGF made a Best Games of February post, including a video with game feedback!

Thank you @MassiveMonster for the $200 sponsorship. Play Cult of the Lamb!

Thank you @PuffballsUnited for the $100 sponsorship. Play Among Us!

Thank you @DPMaker and @Diives for the $100 sponsorship. Play Dream Date!

Thank you @TeamTrivial for boosting our game prizes this month!

Top Five Music ($100 each + $100 for best Original)

The top song based on original material and winner of $200 total is Picayune Dreams Volume 3. Congrats @milkypossum!

@Whirlguy has asked that the NG 30th Audio Collab prize go to ADR3-N's Fundraiser.

@TeffyD has donated the Mall Music Collab prize to ADR3-N's Fundraiser, BrandyBuizels Fundraiser and marbardan82's Fundraiser.

Thank you @RobTop for the $500 sponsorship. Play Geometry Dash!

Top Five Art ($100 for First Place, $50 each for 2nd-3rd)

Congrats @DeimosArt on winning first place!

Thank you @53xy83457 and @River for boosting our art prizes this month!

Runner-Up Movies

8. Taco

9. they come in peace

10. Wikipedia: The Internet's Masterpiece - LOVEWEB

11. MORTAL KOMFORT

12. Tetos with Hats

13. Postal 2: TWISTED TUESDAY

14. GAMECADE | ep2: You're not Beth

15. Workplace Prank

16. Shoot Star!

17. ENA Fan Animation (2023)

18. Train World

19. Moon Knight HACKS The Avengers

20. Are you into fitness?

21. NG Winter Fest 2025 Opening Animation

22. SPACED OUT

23. Kingdom Farts

24. Albuquerque: THE MOVIE: Reanimated

25. Driving in Japan 🚐 🇯🇵 💨

Runner-Up Games

9. Lightspeed Hideout

10. sillinder's somewhat uneventful tuesday noon

11. _sheld[ON]

12. Arcane Board

13. BATTERY ACID: ZEITGEIST

14. Maths with D.Va Clock

15. Trivial Trivia: OpenTDB

16. Train Man's Rude Awakening

17. Heatstroke Hustle

18. Trivia Night at Applebee's

19. FAIR AND FACTUAL FREE PRESS AGENCY

20. Winsley's Guardian - Demo

More runner-ups and other highlights below!

[TomFulp]

Runner-Up Audio

6. TheFatRat - Out Of Love

7. Violet emotion

8. Righteous [Purplerized]

9. Alucard (Instrumental)

10. SOUTH (SILLY MIX) - FUNKIN SILLY OST

11. Obelisk

12. Descent into Madness 2

13. head_emptii

14. EL TORO

15. in the tears [instrumental]

16. The Concept

17. Head Spinning

18. You'll be Glad it's Over [Newgrounds Mall Music Collab 2025]

19. Twilight Symphony

20. Amatorial Apparatus

21. CLOSE YOUR EYES

22. Shirobon - Vamp

23. Your Condolences

24. Dance Dance Forever

25. RAWnWILD

Runner-Up Art

6. Kim Pine again

7. Good Day, Good Weather

8. FANART Sticker-Things a machine just can't do

9. Leener

10. Lady Death - Savage Reign #1 Cover

11. Hank violation

12. Playin' Hookie

13. BEHOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER

14. morrigan 2025

15. TMNT Arcade Character Select: Leo

16. Thanks for everything, Toriyama!

17. MIKU

18. -SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE COLLAB-

19. Not Bad,Prico

20. Hell of a day

21. Kingdom Hearts

22. arghh

23. pink

24. Brooke Draken

25. GLXY GRL

Voter of the Month

The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @DKminer69!

Collabs Roundup

Music collabs really shined in February!

@Whirlguy organized NG's 30th Anniversary Music Collab, the first of several celebratory collabs!

🎈 NG's 30th Anniversary Animation Collab is now open for applications.

@TeffyD organized NG Mall Music Collab: Closing Time, a follow-up to the hit Mall Music Collab.

@BubbleDaLoser organized the ENA - Auction Day Reanimated Collab.

@raivnn organized the Super Smash Bros Melee Collab.

@BlakeTakesTheCake organized The Pencil2D Collab.

@BaconAwakenComix and @YourLocalOpp organized The Eddsworld Collab, in Scratch!

Thank you everyone who organized and participated in collabs last month!

Closing Thoughts

What a lovely month, down to the romantic site art by @Broly:

Thank you @KEKIIRO, @Slimygoo and @Anislug for hosting NG Winterfest 2025, complete with this beautiful opening animation!

@Starcat celebrated the Valentine’s season with a Starcat Finds Love Art Contest.

Pixel Day was in January but Pixel Day Winners were also a highlight last month. We’re planning a Low Poly Day on June 6th!

Work continues to overhaul NG under the hood, with user and account pages being next to roll out structural changes. You won’t notice if everything works properly.

I had to reach out to a lot of people for payment info, meaning there were a lot of first time winners this month!

If you’d like to help keep NG and these prizes going, we have a new t-shirt featuring a fresh take on the tank logo by @Zals, as well as a logo hat and a vibrant orange hat variant!

[Piss]

❤️ Newgrounds

[SteveMaddenFootball]

These have been extremely terrific months, filled with fantastic passion, I’m excited for the Flash Forward Jam!

If anyone needs help with voice acting or music, I would be grateful to assist.

[64bitsanimation]

Hey! Congratulations everyone! Loved the stuff this month!

[BlueMonday1984]

A new library for AS2, new merch, and a nonstop ticker-tape parade of top-notch games and animation. Even as the world comes crashing down, its nice to know there's still some good left in it.

Congrats, everyone!

[Bunchie]

neat, I am so thankful to be here in runner-up audio!! Newgrounds is such a fun place to interact and share my own work. good job to the winners!!!

[SullyGuille]

Epic month for newgrounds, and it's really nice to see so many winners.

Also I gotta say, the pink newgrounds look is my favorite by a landslide, it looked really good

[Chris]

Dragonsweeper is my stand out of the month. Amazing game!

[TharosTheDragon]

You're telling me there was one single game that didn't make the top 20, and it was my #1 pick?

[FutureCopLGF]

Congratulations to all the winners, and many thanks to all the game devs for delivering another great month of games! There weren't as many entries this month (which was nice since it gives me a bit of a break) but man were there some absolutely high-quality games in there!

I'm very glad to see that both AGUJERO and FIDEOS from @Culoextremo got into the top: there were both incredible experiences! I try not to feature the same developer twice in my personal top so I wasn't sure what I should pick from the two! They also worked on Mírame which was one of my absolute favorites from last year: go back and check that out if you have the time!

I can definitely agree with Hatsune Miku Bomb Squad from @mksfbirdup being in the top: that game really surprised me with how addictive and fun its bite-size puzzles could be!

One game that I was really surprised to not see in the top this little number from @sillylittlepyro, so be sure to not miss out!

As usual, you can find more in my news post here.

[TomFulp]

At 3/14/25 12:02 PM, TharosTheDragon wrote:You're telling me there was one single game that didn't make the top 20, and it was my #1 pick?

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/968619

That is correct, sadly :(

[applessmillion]

Really happy to see Dragonsweeper made it in the top! I can't say I've had much fun playing a minesweeper-esque game before that one.

[BubbleDaLoser]

Host of the ENA - Auction Day REANIMATED COLLAB here!

It's such an honor to be part of the best of february even if not in the movies runner ups, I must thank tom fulp and all the folks over at newgrounds for showing appreciation towards our hard work and I hope I could bring more projects either similar or unique from the collab to make people happy!!

This is pretty corny but eh I had to say it one way or another💝

[Anamonator]

I’m so happy that the 30th Anniversary audio collab got first place. We worked so hard to bring the history of Newgrounds into and audio experience. And this is also my 2nd monthly trophy!

[Simoes1000]

Congratulations to the winners! I like to see this. Ena winning the first place was super cool!

[AlexToolStudio]

At 3/14/25 12:29 PM, Simoes1000 wrote:Congratulations to the winners! I like to see this. Ena winning the first place was super cool!

It not cool it

SUPER COMMON

[blazelauncherer]

At 3/14/25 11:00 AM, TomFulp wrote:Runner-Up Audio

6. TheFatRat - Out Of Love
7. Violet emotion
8. Righteous [Purplerized]
9. Alucard (Instrumental)
10. SOUTH (SILLY MIX) - FUNKIN SILLY OST
11. Obelisk
12. Descent into Madness 2
13. head_emptii
14. EL TORO
15. in the tears [instrumental]
16. The Concept
17. Head Spinning
18. You'll be Glad it's Over [Newgrounds Mall Music Collab 2025]
19. Twilight Symphony
20. Amatorial Apparatus
21. CLOSE YOUR EYES
22. Shirobon - Vamp
23. Your Condolences
24. Dance Dance Forever
25. RAWnWILD

Runner-Up Art

6. Kim Pine again
7. Good Day, Good Weather
8. FANART Sticker-Things a machine just can't do
9. Leener
10. Lady Death - Savage Reign #1 Cover
11. Hank violation
12. Playin' Hookie
13. BEHOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER
14. morrigan 2025
15. TMNT Arcade Character Select: Leo
16. Thanks for everything, Toriyama!
17. MIKU
18. -SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE COLLAB-
19. Not Bad,Prico
20. Hell of a day
21. Kingdom Hearts
22. arghh
23. pink
24. Brooke Draken
25. GLXY GRL

Voter of the Month

The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @DKminer69!

Collabs Roundup

Music collabs really shined in February!

@Whirlguy organized NG's 30th Anniversary Music Collab, the first of several celebratory collabs!

🎈 NG's 30th Anniversary Animation Collab is now open for applications.

@TeffyD organized NG Mall Music Collab: Closing Time, a follow-up to the hit Mall Music Collab.

@BubbleDaLoser organized the ENA - Auction Day Reanimated Collab.

@raivnn organized the Super Smash Bros Melee Collab.

@BlakeTakesTheCake organized The Pencil2D Collab.

@BaconAwakenComix and @YourLocalOpp organized The Eddsworld Collab, in Scratch!

Thank you everyone who organized and participated in collabs last month!

Closing Thoughts

What a lovely month, down to the romantic site art by @Broly:

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/broly/newgrounds-valentine-s-day-siteskin

Thank you @KEKIIRO, @Slimygoo and @Anislug for hosting NG Winterfest 2025, complete with this beautiful opening animation!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969793

@Starcat celebrated the Valentine’s season with a Starcat Finds Love Art Contest.

Pixel Day was in January but Pixel Day Winners were also a highlight last month. We’re planning a Low Poly Day on June 6th!

Work continues to overhaul NG under the hood, with user and account pages being next to roll out structural changes. You won’t notice if everything works properly.

I had to reach out to a lot of people for payment info, meaning there were a lot of first time winners this month!

If you’d like to help keep NG and these prizes going, we have a new t-shirt featuring a fresh take on the tank logo by @Zals, as well as a logo hat and a vibrant orange hat variant!

Congrats to all the winners, also new merch looks sickkkkkkkkkk.

[KokoroHatsaru]

This is awesome, congrats for all the winners here! you all did a SUPER great job :D

also, I'm hosting my first collab lol, if yall wanted to know xD

mostly for ng's 30 anniversary muehehehehe

[V1ZION]

I think a few songs from my Copycat challenge were on the voting list which I thought was really cool to see~ Congrats to everyone!

[Fish125]

First time winning one of the top games of the month, THX EVERYONE WHO PLAYED IT!!!!

and CONGRATS to Miku Bomb Squad for first and Dragonsweeper for most original!!!!!!!

[UnculturedMutt]

Culoextremo got both of his games in the top 8?

Maybe he won best game this month.

[LiteraryWho]

At 3/14/25 12:02 PM, TharosTheDragon wrote:You're telling me there was one single game that didn't make the top 20, and it was my #1 pick?

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/968619

The downside of there being so much great stuff on NG, we're running out of room at the top

[Hacrinator]

Heeeeeyyyyyyy! Congrats to all the winners!

Something I wanted to say for when this was posted is that it was a total surprise for me to be picked as one of the voters for the best of February, I didn't know at all that active users were picked for it! And I'm not complaining at all! Its all the opposite, this opportunity has allowed me discover a TON of artists I didn't heard from before and deserve all the praise they're getting and even more, which is always great of course! I wanted to say this because, if someone reading this ever gets picked as one of the "Best of [month] voters" and isn't interested on voting for the stuff on it or has already gotten that chance on the past and rejected it, maybe you don't want or need to vote, but maybe you could just consider to check out the featured content whenever you have time to do so, you might discover a peak-maker there and enjoy their works as you do so :3

Ik this is pretty obvious but it might help at least one dude out there XP

[GlitchingGhost]

Congrats to all of the winners of February 2025! And also, Happy Pi day!

[Bundeluxe]

Dragonsweeper is awesome, totally 100% deserves that prize.

[BoiledMilkz]

ENA is like watching Adventure Time when you're half-asleep and you don't understand what's going on.

[Creeperforce24]

At 3/14/25 11:00 AM, TomFulp wrote:Runner-Up Audio

6. TheFatRat - Out Of Love
7. Violet emotion
8. Righteous [Purplerized]
9. Alucard (Instrumental)
10. SOUTH (SILLY MIX) - FUNKIN SILLY OST
11. Obelisk
12. Descent into Madness 2
13. head_emptii
14. EL TORO
15. in the tears [instrumental]
16. The Concept
17. Head Spinning
18. You'll be Glad it's Over [Newgrounds Mall Music Collab 2025]
19. Twilight Symphony
20. Amatorial Apparatus
21. CLOSE YOUR EYES
22. Shirobon - Vamp
23. Your Condolences
24. Dance Dance Forever
25. RAWnWILD

Runner-Up Art

6. Kim Pine again
7. Good Day, Good Weather
8. FANART Sticker-Things a machine just can't do
9. Leener
10. Lady Death - Savage Reign #1 Cover
11. Hank violation
12. Playin' Hookie
13. BEHOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER
14. morrigan 2025
15. TMNT Arcade Character Select: Leo
16. Thanks for everything, Toriyama!
17. MIKU
18. -SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE COLLAB-
19. Not Bad,Prico
20. Hell of a day
21. Kingdom Hearts
22. arghh
23. pink
24. Brooke Draken
25. GLXY GRL

Voter of the Month

The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @DKminer69!

Collabs Roundup

Music collabs really shined in February!

@Whirlguy organized NG's 30th Anniversary Music Collab, the first of several celebratory collabs!

🎈 NG's 30th Anniversary Animation Collab is now open for applications.

@TeffyD organized NG Mall Music Collab: Closing Time, a follow-up to the hit Mall Music Collab.

@BubbleDaLoser organized the ENA - Auction Day Reanimated Collab.

@raivnn organized the Super Smash Bros Melee Collab.

@BlakeTakesTheCake organized The Pencil2D Collab.

@BaconAwakenComix and @YourLocalOpp organized The Eddsworld Collab, in Scratch!

Thank you everyone who organized and participated in collabs last month!

Closing Thoughts

What a lovely month, down to the romantic site art by @Broly:

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/broly/newgrounds-valentine-s-day-siteskin

Thank you @KEKIIRO, @Slimygoo and @Anislug for hosting NG Winterfest 2025, complete with this beautiful opening animation!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969793

@Starcat celebrated the Valentine’s season with a Starcat Finds Love Art Contest.

Pixel Day was in January but Pixel Day Winners were also a highlight last month. We’re planning a Low Poly Day on June 6th!

Work continues to overhaul NG under the hood, with user and account pages being next to roll out structural changes. You won’t notice if everything works properly.

I had to reach out to a lot of people for payment info, meaning there were a lot of first time winners this month!

If you’d like to help keep NG and these prizes going, we have a new t-shirt featuring a fresh take on the tank logo by @Zals, as well as a logo hat and a vibrant orange hat variant!

Aw, oh well, guess Velocity ain’t on here lol! Why did I think it’d make it at least to the runner ups XD

[BaconAwakenComix]

Epic month here!

[Little-Radiodemon]

14th in top games? Nice, thanks guys!

And congrats to all the winners!