So proud to have been part of @whirlguy's collaboration! Congratz to him for getting best of February!
Hearty congrats to the winners and it's been a blast to join all these huge collaborations!
shocked to see my teeny little tune in the top 5, congrats to all other winners :-)
What a busy month! ^o^ A huge congrats to all the winners. Loads of amazing piece, it gets harder every month trying to decided who to vote for!
It was very sweet seeing the prize donations to the fundraisers going on at the moment as well ^-^
At 3/14/25 11:00 AM, TomFulp wrote: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)
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/970055
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/968056
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969252
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/966912
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/966909
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969278
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969224
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)
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/970463
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/967647
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969555
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/967662
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/968295
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/967538
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/966903
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/969167
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)
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1405251
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1404514
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1403065
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1399423
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1398535
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)
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/deimosart/raul-old-vaquero
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/saghaleylewis/angel-of-death
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kornart3/metal-sonic-idw-redraw
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/broly/newgrounds-valentine-s-day-siteskin
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/jmanvelez/super-smash-bros-64
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!
congrats to D.va Clock for running up. very unique projects that i have enjoyed. AWESOME JOB KORNART! Congrats!
krystal makes me cock hurd
THIS MACHINE ZYNS IT UP
I contributed to making rAw TiMe ,Nosferatu Flow and the Dream BBQ trailer too to be winners, good to see, well deserved
Gae
Oh snap! I got fourth! Woohoo!!! I'm glad the site skin resonated with so many people! It was a lot of fun to work on!
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!
So awesome also to make memorias Open it was My BIRTHDAY on 10 February ;)
Truly amazing stuff that got made in February! I love this site :D
Click the Makotos to hear awesome ahh music
Congrats to the winners and runner-ups!
I can't help but notice something that bothers me though
- Among the 7 best movies 4 aren't based on original content.
- Among the 3 that are based on original content the winner is a trailer and not a complete movie or a complete episode of a series.
It seems that this "clip thinking" or whatever it is called is really taking its toll on NG, with lengthier original content getting less attention and less appreciation. People really tend to prefer short stuff with easily recognizable characters and patterns, and neglect content that requires more time and/or thinking process. I understand this sounds like an old man rants but this makes me a bit sad because it potentially can discourage some creators from making their original ideas real.
"Please don't tap on the glass. Penguins can see and hear you alright. They just don't care."
That new AS2 API was a nice surprise! Glad to see the previous is still supported in older submissions too, optimal preservation; compatibility moving forward... so much good stuff going on here with anniversary collabs and all too.
And good picks! Congrats to the winners!
