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TomFulp
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Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:19:11 (edited 2025-05-16 06:39:52)

Thank you everyone who stopped by to say hi at PAX last weekend!


If you missed it, we introduced controller mapping for Flash games on Monday.


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


Top Five Movies ($100 each for top five + $200 for best Original)



The top movie based on original material and winner of $300 total is Bridge Kids. Congrats @Nihaho, @MikeCarf and crew!


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



The top game based on original material and winner of $300 total is Contract Rush: Mission Sin. Congrats @Figburn and @Trent-Sama!


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


Tyhond is passing along their prize money so we are awarding $100 to FutureCopLGF's top game, Panthalassa.


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


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


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 Glenside. Congrats @TeraVex and @Luis!


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


6. dead weight

7. Tumor Treatment

8. DAY JOB episode 2

9. Some Ants - That Antsy Feeling

10. Careful What You Fish For

11. Glenside Party

12. Project YUKI

13. AI

14. Manwhore vs Femboy (Fight Scene)

15. Hello Kitty Collab

16. Shifting Sorcery

17. ey b0ss

18. Hello Kitty Illegally Downloads Music

19. BAPTISM BY FIRE

20. Regular show vs omni-man: the short clip

21. Kirby Guardian Ep13: One of a kind

22. was i made wrong?

23. 64 Bits - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024) Demake

24. DINODAD

25. The Smiling Friends Help Squidward Smile


Runner-Up Games


8. Character Select Collab

9. Fun Home: Part 1

10. Sunday Drive 2

11. Annalynn MD

12. Captain Laser Rabbit Saves The Earth!

13. Luna

14. Pistol Shrimp

15. Underboard Demo

16. Inn & Out! 2 (APRIL FOOLS)

17. saraOS

18. The Whicher 2

19. Dine in Dungeon!

20. M.A.I.day

21. Spacebar Super Star: Mini Game

22. 5 min without TV !

23. MUSESTRUCK DEMO

24. Help! I'm Trapped on The Torment Trapeze

25. MMO Healing Simulator


Runner-Up Audio


6. Stand Up feat. Obama

7. TheFatRat - Killing Me

8. Below Future

9. Happy Birdday

10. Forge of Hours Metal Cover

11. Rukkus

12. The Illusion of Choice - Intro

13. Alone in the Dark

14. Tabloid Jargon (FM Remix)

15. Kick It Off

16. Endgame (Magnus's Theme)

17. CHOCOFUNKIN'! (ft. ChocoVania)

18. Access Pending (Level 9 Access OST)

19. FLINT AND STEEL (Extended Version)

20. wine

21. LOVESICK

22. PICO DAY 2025 SPECIAL - Blammed FNF Remix

23. WELL MET

24. a little song i recorded in the studio and i don't know what to call it because i'm not very creativ

25. THE REALLY LONG SONG COLLAB


Runner-up art and other highlights below!


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Working on Nightmare Cops!

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TomFulp
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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:19:18

Runner-Up Art


6. JOLYNE

7. 15 years of Adventure Time

8. YAY!!!

9. Ayuko Hayami Chill

10. She did the bash

11. (GIF) that's not the macarena

12. Ryu Study

13. Something whimsical

14. Godzilla vs Biollante

15. Portrait of a Knight

16. Place of power

17. 1746

18. I Still Remember Junior

19. Ev(a)lution of Rei

20. Helluva Boose

21. Ambitious Little Truck

22. MAJORA'S MASK

23. NG 2025 Spring Site Skin

24. Kirby Air Riders

25. Rose Amy


Voter of the Month


The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @MI4-REAL-2001!


Collabs and Events Roundup


@shleptboi organized FLCL REANIMATED and got a shout out on Toonami! The team also made a Fooly Cooly & Over the Garden Wall crossover.


@RavioliBox organized the Hello Kitty Collab.


@WesMakowski organized Scary Movie But Its Animated By 19 Artists and El Dorado Redialed | Great Big Rock Scene.


@whimsical-wife organized The Toybox Collab.


@53xy83457 organized the Character Select Collab.


@Kinurathrenne organized the SUŻYMB FG CHARACTER SELECT SCREEN COLLAB.


@Fnaflaxter organized The Sonic Collab.


@ElectroNat organized The Crazy Clown Collab.


@Razur-Draws organized the Pico Day 2025 Collaboration.


@fish-flop organized the Chaotix 30th Collab.


@ImOsitoOMG organized the Onegai My Melody 20th Anniversary Collab.


@d00dfayz organized the Strictly One-Sixty Collab.


@BostonAngel organized the Pico Day Megaemix 2025.


@MasterHand4444 organized The Really Long Song Collab.


@Slimetok organized The Short Song Collab.


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


Closing Thoughts


April 6th was the 25th Anniversary of the Portal becoming automated! Newgrounds was the first website to allow people to instantly publish movies and games, all the way back in 2000.


April was also the deadline for Flash Forward 2025, our annual event where people make new Flash games, still running in the browser thanks to Ruffle. Winners to be announced.


@DannyGoodShirt announced the winners of the Jump Comic Contest!


We celebrated an informal Pico Day this year without any prizes, check out the art, movies, games and music. Here’s a few art highlights:



We got to play a bunch of new games made for Ludum Dare 57.


Feature-wise, we introduced new keyboard shortcuts for audio and art. Carpal tunnel sufferers rejoice!


Some big internal changes went live on May 1st, as part of our ongoing code overhaul.


Other News


Low Poly Day is June 6th and we’re crowdfunding prize money.


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!

Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:22:21

At 5/14/25 11:19 AM, TomFulp wrote:Runner-Up Art

6. JOLYNE
7. 15 years of Adventure Time
8. YAY!!!
9. Ayuko Hayami Chill
10. She did the bash
11. (GIF) that's not the macarena
12. Ryu Study
13. Something whimsical
14. Godzilla vs Biollante
15. Portrait of a Knight
16. Place of power
17. 1746
18. I Still Remember Junior
19. Ev(a)lution of Rei
20. Helluva Boose
21. Ambitious Little Truck
22. MAJORA'S MASK
23. NG 2025 Spring Site Skin
24. Kirby Air Riders
25. Rose Amy

Voter of the Month

The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @MI4-REAL-2001!

Collabs and Events Roundup

@shleptboi organized FLCL REANIMATED and got a shout out on Toonami! The team also made a Fooly Cooly & Over the Garden Wall crossover.

@RavioliBox organized the Hello Kitty Collab.

@WesMakowski organized Scary Movie But Its Animated By 19 Artists and El Dorado Redialed | Great Big Rock Scene.

@whimsical-wife organized The Toybox Collab.

@53xy83457 organized the Character Select Collab.

@Kinurathrenne organized the SUŻYMB FG CHARACTER SELECT SCREEN COLLAB.

@Fnaflaxter organized The Sonic Collab.

@ElectroNat organized The Crazy Clown Collab.

@Razur-Draws organized the Pico Day 2025 Collaboration.

@fish-flop organized the Chaotix 30th Collab.

@ImOsitoOMG organized the Onegai My Melody 20th Anniversary Collab.

@d00dfayz organized the Strictly One-Sixty Collab.

@BostonAngel organized the Pico Day Megaemix 2025.

@MasterHand4444 organized The Really Long Song Collab.

@Slimetok organized The Short Song Collab.

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

Closing Thoughts

April 6th was the 25th Anniversary of the Portal becoming automated! Newgrounds was the first website to allow people to instantly publish movies and games, all the way back in 2000.

April was also the deadline for Flash Forward 2025, our annual event where people make new Flash games, still running in the browser thanks to Ruffle. Winners to be announced.

@DannyGoodShirt announced the winners of the Jump Comic Contest!

We celebrated an informal Pico Day this year without any prizes, check out the art, movies, games and music. Here’s a few art highlights:

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/pkettles/pico-day-25
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/wizardofrank/return-to-pico-day
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/koibs/pico-day-magazine
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/soyyanyo/tank-s-in-the-shop-pico-day-2025

We got to play a bunch of new games made for Ludum Dare 57.

Feature-wise, we introduced new keyboard shortcuts for audio and art. Carpal tunnel sufferers rejoice!

Some big internal changes went live on May 1st, as part of our ongoing code overhaul.

Other News

Low Poly Day is June 6th and we’re crowdfunding prize money.

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!


Don't forget the BikkuriMan Art Collab lol!


Don't forget to brush your hands and wash your teeth!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:25:53

Same Website, Different Winners, Awesome Results!


Here's to another month!

Not working on Nightmare Cops.

Also last post.

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:30:58

mission sin on best games AND music?? thank you all so much, and congrats to all the other winners!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:39:15

Congrats to all the winners for monthly! I loved each and every submission!

Currently working on a cartoon this summer. Stay tuned I guess. Heh.

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:45:52

This month had so many killer submissions, it really was a packed month. Glenside placing in the audio winners is crazy, thank you to everyone who voted!! Congrats to all the winners!!!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 11:52:09

YEAH!!! Windowz is in first place! Congratulations to Kolumbo and team!

Join the Tankmen Tribute Collab

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:06:04

It has been a damn good week for Newgrounds. Controller mapping on Monday, and now the monthly lineup on Wednesday.


Its also been a good day for me, too - thanks to the Toybox Collab, my first Monthly trophy is mine:


Picking a personal highlight for this month, I'm giving it to "TAKEOUT: An Orion Animated Short Film":

Featuring hyper-stylish animation from @StarZilla10, plus truly excellent music from @JordoPriceNG and @McFriesDraws, you goddamn blew me away.


Another obvious highlight I can see is the goddamn awesome FLCL Reanimated collab:

If you haven't checked it out, do so now - its fucking awesome.


Congrats to the winners and runners-up of April - whatever your place in the monthly lineup, you've truly shown yourselves to be the best of the best.

he/they - pretty cool guy - yt channel here

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:09:56

This was a great month to be on Newgrounds! So many awesome submissions and collabs :O

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:15:51

thanks everyone for voting for Windowz 98 NetTowns, and congratulations to all the winners

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:20:35


Y'all are trying to kill me! There were so many game entries (50!) for the best of the month that I had to split my video in two to get it to render and upload without crashing!


Anyway, congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to all the game devs for delivering a bunch of games that were not only high in quantity, but quality as well! As usual, I've got my favorites on my news post here if you want to check 'em out.


In particular, I want to highlight a bunch of incredibly promising demos that came out this month: a lot of them were so good that they are already in my top 10, and I'd love for them to get feedback to get bigger and better for their eventual release!



Now to get back to checking out the rest of the Flash Forward Jam Entries...

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:23:49

@slimetok Thank you for being the short song collab to my long song collab

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Howdy and hello, folks :)


[signature image by duimaurisfootball]

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:45:43

deserved a top 5 spot imo

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:50:35

Always lovely to see who won each month. Congrats to everyone!! ∩^ω^∩

Rawr! X3

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 12:55:49

A huge congratulations to all the Winners! ^o^ Some fantastic entries this month :D

Plus the number of collabs! These next few months see even more jam-packed ^-^ Can't wait to see what comes next!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 13:45:55

Oh crap. I forgot to vote this month… Sorry.

I like Pizza!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 14:01:28

How can a website this old have so much talent in development in one place?


Congrats to every winner and "almost winner" and for those who haven´t one a prize yet, don´t forget every lose is a step nearer to success. See ya around everybody and have fun during this whole century

Being 100% alive means taking a 50% of actions and having a 50% of perspective

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 15:31:56

At 5/14/25 11:22 AM, BigA7071 wrote:Don't forget the BikkuriMan Art Collab lol!

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/biga7071/newgrounds-bikkuriman-art-collab


This will be included in the May highlights!

Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 15:49:18

A lot of good stuff in April. Maybe too much. Slow it down, people. Still have most of the year left. Pace urself

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 15:55:48

At 5/14/25 03:49 PM, Luis wrote:A lot of good stuff in April. Maybe too much. Slow it down, people. Still have most of the year left. Pace urself


hi luis

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 16:01:35

AW YEAH! Congrats to all of the winners of April 2025!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 16:59:02

At 5/14/25 12:23 PM, MasterHand4444 wrote:@slimetok Thank you for being the short song collab to my long song collab


Thank you for joining the short song collab as a long song collab owner

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 17:57:06

At 5/14/25 03:31 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 5/14/25 11:22 AM, BigA7071 wrote:Don't forget the BikkuriMan Art Collab lol!

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/biga7071/newgrounds-bikkuriman-art-collab

This will be included in the May highlights!


Thank you Tom!

Don't forget to brush your hands and wash your teeth!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 18:42:44

Thank you, everyone, truly. This website is the realest place on the internet.

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 19:05:21 (edited 2025-05-14 19:05:30)

At 5/14/25 06:42 PM, Nihaho wrote:Thank you, everyone, truly. This website is the realest place on the internet.


It always has been. Enjoy your $300 for first place! You deserve it!

Currently working on a cartoon this summer. Stay tuned I guess. Heh.

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 20:39:11 (edited 2025-05-14 20:40:34)

Congrats to @shleptboi and team for coming in 3rd with the FLCL Collab! Congrats to @Kolumbo and krew for coming in 1st with Windows Fun! Wow!! Congrats as well to @whimsical-wife and all for coming in 5th Place with some fun too! And Congrats to @TeraVex for snagging that 1st place with a sweet tune.


And Congrats to the rest of the Winners! 💖 

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 23:29:02

Congrats everyone! Crazy amount of talent showed up this month!

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-14 23:33:39 (edited 2025-05-14 23:42:50)

This was a pretty cool month.

Or, I suppose I should say, a Fooly Cooly month.


Tons of great submissions! While I’m surprised the FLCL Reanimated didn’t get number one (especially with FLCL being my top favorite), the Bridge Kids deserved their win.


It’s pretty sick FLCL Re got a shout out by Toonami, though! Sweet.


@ICantSeeHelp ‘s, “Hello Kitty Illegally Downloads Music” was another I was shocked didn’t get Top 5. The animation and comedy was top notch for Flash.


For art, I thought @Algro778 with his Majora’s Mask piece would’ve placed in the Top 5, but alas, it wasn’t meant to be.

Regardless, that doesn’t make the art winners or the runner-ups any less awesome.


I thoroughly enjoyed these submissions a lot. I can’t properly put it into words. But, congratulations to the winners!

And a big round of applause for the Runner-Ups!

You guys rock.


I guess I’ll go and wander around now, to see the fantastic, submissions for May.

The future is bright.

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Response to Best of April 2025! 2025-05-15 05:14:24

April was a good month. Congrats to all the winners and see you all in best of May :3

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