Best of June 2025!

[TomFulp]

Your votes are in and the Best of June 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 PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER ep3. Congrats @Speedo!

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

The top game based on original material and winner of $300 total is Guns and Nuns. Congrats @rm120!

@FuturecopLGF made a Best Games of June 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 @TeamTrivial for boosting our game prizes this month!

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

@Speedo has passed his prize money down the line, so $200 will go to @Snackers and $100 will go to the 6th place Parabellum Rain Soundtrack!

The Y2K Collab has donated it's prize money towards the Newgrounds Jump! #2 DARK FANTASY Comic Contest!

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

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

@Speedo has passed his prize money down the line, so $100 will go to @violxiv and $50 will go to @kornart3 in 4th!

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

Runner-Up Movies

6. Mario's Comeback

7. Battle Beatol

8. HACKERMAN: System Override

9. SPIT IT OUT

10. IT'S THE KNIGHT! HE'S REAL!

11. AI Art Museum

12. METRO USA 2000

13. ONE REGULAR SANDWICH

14. Tobyfox?!

15. Tides of Tears — Threads and Regrets

16. Deltarune NOW

17. Eggman and Gerald Dance Off (Sonic Movie 3 animation)

18. born

19. Bandit 💰

20. Deltaruined 4

21. Castle Crashers OVA 5-A Colorful Paradise-{VHSAnime}-[sub]

22. Chiikawa: Flight to America!

23. Mystic Emporium

24. birthday 34

25. BSV Ch. 004 - Bastard of the Witch (Bastardo de la Bruja)

26. The Bandit

27. I spent my entire life savings 🚐

28. Sinister sodies intro cutscene

29. [Castle Crashers OVA] Alien Hominid ni Aimasho

30. Inchworm [Official Music Video]

Runner-Up Games

8. RoboNips 2

9. Azumanga Donjara Daioh DX

10. BOKOBLOCK

11. Glim

12. Jeri II: Tower's End

13. Timber Trail: Prologue

14. Runner Of The Universe

15. Psychofind: Anomalies

16. Daxolissian System: M46

17. Twitchshift

18. Stain World : Prototype

19. Running Shine 10 Year Anniversary Collab

20. Meta Wargames

Runner-Up Audio

6. Parabellum Rain (Full OST)

7. The Meaning of life

8. Creo - Prophecy

9. SharpyStation Power [Full EP]

10. slick talk

11. Some Dub

12. Esmeralda Fields

13. The Final Road

14. Sunlit Resort

15. Neon Sky

16. starstruck^2

17. Rooftop Dragon (AIM2025)

18. ColBreakz - Connected

19. PSR - Rally Racer

20. Warp

Runner-Up Art

6. Hatsune Miku - Radiant Revival MV

7. Jucika Animated: Hitting the high note

8. Night of the Uberkids- PICOLLAGE 2025

9. Newgrounds Wall art June 2025

10. NEWZIPLOCK

11. Thank You Toriyama

12. Rouge on Vacation

13. ronin2

14. Alluring Rosalina

15. Racing Queen Peach

16. the batter

17. 1766

18. やばい！

19. 3+4

20. Meat Boy (Picollage 2025)

More highlights below!

[TomFulp]

Voter of the Month

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

Collabs and Events Roundup

@tydaze hosted the NG Pride Art Collab.

@CrimsonKero hosted the NG Audio Portal Pride Collab.

@kokkare organized the HACKERMAN: System Override Madness Collab.

@Piconjo and @T0MMY organized Piconjo Jam ‘25.

@RK-d organized the Running Shine 10 Year Anniversary Collab.

@Gelert organized the Petpet Collab.

@theOve organized the Sonic 34th Anniversary Art Collab.

@EthanDoesaThing organized Ethan's COBALT DAY: 10th Anniversary Art Collab.

@Placeholder456 organized the Vehicle Collab.

@99poly hosted the GENERAL MIDI Collab.

@Aalasteir organized the VGA Y2K Collab.

@AhWham hosted Pass the Mic: Runback.

@HenryEYES hosted the London Meetup!

@The-Great-One hosted the Treasure Hunt.

@Random-storykeeper hosted the Art Inspired Music contest.

June 6th was Low Poly Day, a celebration of low polygon art, animation and games, along with Y2K game-inspired music! Check out the winners.

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

Closing Thoughts

What a wild month! I included all of the movie runner-ups because it was top contenders all the way down the list. Punch Punch Forever is hard to beat and Speedo’s talent reigned supreme with a sweep of three first place trophies across movies, music and art.

We were blessed with new episodes of popular series like Starbarians, How to Be Cool, Blood Sun Vendetta, WiggleWood Tales, Pebbles Quest, Wheelie Yellow, No Evil, Number Lore and LazyMuffin’s Birthday.

We were also introduced to fun new characters, like Cosmo Girl Reiko, Battle Beatol, Chucky Chicken, Cam the Can and Superpip. HACKERMAN is one of the most insane and brilliant Madness collabs yet. SPIT IT OUT is a super catchy song and video.

Low Poly Day added spice to an already powerful lineup and has secured its spot as an annual event. I thought Low Poly Day was gonna be the main highlight of the month but looking at the lists above, there was just so much raw talent on display everywhere. Be sure to take some time to absorb it all!

Development-wise, tons more back-end updates rolled out throughout June and we’re still working towards compliance with UK regulatory requirements that will be going into effect this month.

Other News

If you enjoyed the first Newgrounds Jump comic contest, Newground Jump! #2 is in progress!

Robot Day is August 26th.

Have you ever wanted to share some knowledge via a blog post? Create a post for the Tutorial Jam and you might win a prize!

If you’re in the Philly area, Short Short Fest is August 2nd, with another in Michigan on August 9th.

There are other events on the Calendar so please give that a look!

People have been making some cool projects to celebrate Newgrounds turning 30 this month.

If you've enjoyed Picollage 2025, you might want to apply for the Hexoween Art Collab!

And finally... ParagonX9 is BACK!

If you’d like to help keep NG and these prizes going, consider becoming a Supporter or snagging something from the NG store on SharkRobot. We depend deeply on support from the community to keep this going and your support is greatly appreciated!

[CrimsonKero]

trans rights

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now that I claimed first, i just want to express my thoughts.

Shit was STACKED.

[Kiraichu]

Awww the Radiant Revival art was so close to making top 5 ;w;

Congrats to everyoneeeee!! A lotta crazy stuff happened in June :3

[Anamonator]

Congratulations to all the winners!

Also @TomFulp in regards to the UK regulations, will people that are not in the uk be affected by some of these verification changes?

[FutureCopLGF]

Another great month of games, and another congratulations to all the game devs! This month didn't have as many games as usual, but there were still some incredible entries, and I was glad for the break since I was busy checking out all the games from the Low Poly Day as well as the Treasure Hunt!

I see plenty of my favorites in the top picks, but something I wanted to give a shout out to is the sequel to Jeri Tower by @succojones which was one of my absolute favorites of yesteryear. It's pretty hard though, so maybe play the first one before moving onto the more recent sequel!

As said, I've been going through all the nominees for the Treasure Hunt, and there are some incredible finds in there like Rolly by @Davbo37. But one that I really enjoyed was the Ghoulscrapers Prototype by @ShortCakeCafe, which was a bit funny because the game is no longer a prototype, but fully released on Steam! I purchased it and played it as a bonus for this month's video, so check it out and consider throwing them 5 bux!

Oh, and 500 CALIBER CONTRACTZ by @BryceBGameDev absolutely rocks my socks and is also on Steam, so consider wishlisting it to keep it on your radar!

[SkilledFanBoy]

Speedo GOAT!

Pls release new Punch Punch Forever, if possible.

[TomFulp]

At 7/14/25 12:18 PM, Anamonator wrote:Congratulations to all the winners!

Also @TomFulp in regards to the UK regulations, will people that are not in the uk be affected by some of these verification changes?

There are other regulations that will be getting addressed over time, will have to see how it all unfolds.

[UnculturedMutt]

Speedoru must be stopped. He is too powerful.

[Simoes1000]

June was my month! I'm not gay or something, I just borned on June. Congratulations to all the winners! One day I'll win the best of the month, one day!

[Luis]

Hopefully nobody teaches Speedo how to make games. He is unstoppable.

also first post

[Noltrollroll]

wow joone was cuuul

July Here I Come (J-HIC)

[Placeholder456]

At 7/14/25 11:50 AM, TomFulp wrote:Voter of the Month

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

Collabs and Events Roundup

@tydaze hosted the NG Pride Art Collab.

@CrimsonKero hosted the NG Audio Portal Pride Collab.

@kokkare organized the HACKERMAN: System Override Madness Collab.

@Piconjo and @T0MMY organized Piconjo Jam ‘25.

@RK-d organized the Running Shine 10 Year Anniversary Collab.

@Gelert organized the Petpet Collab.

@theOve organized the Sonic 34th Anniversary Art Collab.

@EthanDoesaThing organized Ethan's COBALT DAY: 10th Anniversary Art Collab.

@Placeholder456 organized the Vehicle Collab.

@99poly hosted the GENERAL MIDI Collab.

@Aalasteir organized the VGA Y2K Collab.

@AhWham hosted Pass the Mic: Runback.

@HenryEYES hosted the London Meetup!

@The-Great-One hosted the Treasure Hunt.

@Random-storykeeper hosted the Art Inspired Music contest.

June 6th was Low Poly Day, a celebration of low polygon art, animation and games, along with Y2K game-inspired music! Check out the winners.

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

Closing Thoughts

What a wild month! I included all of the movie runner-ups because it was top contenders all the way down the list. Punch Punch Forever is hard to beat and Speedo’s talent reigned supreme with a sweep of three first place trophies across movies, music and art.

We were blessed with new episodes of popular series like Starbarians, How to Be Cool, Blood Sun Vendetta, WiggleWood Tales, Pebbles Quest, Wheelie Yellow, No Evil, Number Lore and LazyMuffin’s Birthday.

We were also introduced to fun new characters, like Cosmo Girl Reiko, Battle Beatol, Chucky Chicken, Cam the Can and Superpip. HACKERMAN is one of the most insane and brilliant Madness collabs yet. SPIT IT OUT is a super catchy song and video.

Low Poly Day added spice to an already powerful lineup and has secured its spot as an annual event. I thought Low Poly Day was gonna be the main highlight of the month but looking at the lists above, there was just so much raw talent on display everywhere. Be sure to take some time to absorb it all!

Development-wise, tons more back-end updates rolled out throughout June and we’re still working towards compliance with UK regulatory requirements that will be going into effect this month.

Other News

If you enjoyed the first Newgrounds Jump comic contest, Newground Jump! #2 is in progress!

Robot Day is August 26th.

Have you ever wanted to share some knowledge via a blog post? Create a post for the Tutorial Jam and you might win a prize!

If you’re in the Philly area, Short Short Fest is August 2nd, with another in Michigan on August 9th.

There are other events on the Calendar so please give that a look!

People have been making some cool projects to celebrate Newgrounds turning 30 this month.

https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/newgrounds-30th-anniversary

ParagonX9 is BACK!

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1449820

If you’d like to help keep NG and these prizes going, consider becoming a Supporter or snagging something from the NG store on SharkRobot. We depend deeply on support from the community to keep this going and your support is greatly appreciated!

yay mah vehik00l k0llab is here

thx 2 tom for frontpagin it and 2 everybody who joined it, i luv u guyz <3

[64bitsanimation]

Wow didn't expect best of the month! Thank you for voting! This was a very fun project!

And congratulations to all the winners!! Amazing stuff!

[xalezar]

Woah, thanks for the shoutout!

Really means a lot to see Nymble 2 up there with the rest. I put a lot of heart (and vacation hours 😅) into that demo, so I’m glad people connected with it. Huge thanks to everyone who played, rated, or left feedback—it seriously kept me going.

Newgrounds has been such an awesome place to share early builds and actually hear from players—it’s hard to get that kind of engagement anywhere else these days.

And of course, big thanks to Tom and the NG team for keeping this kind of creative space alive. 💛

[Chris]

Superpip Level One was my favourite game of last month. So I’m glad to see it was a winner.

[GlitchingGhost]

Congrats to all of the winners of June 2025 :D

[OozeBloom]

Congrats to the winners :)

[CaminanteNocturno]

Congratulations to all the winners! It's a pity that these are kind of a popularity contest and many worthy submissions didn't get into the Top 5, such as BFSQ or Gourmet Galaxy. But well, it happens and not everyone can be there.

I do feel kind of guilty because I ended up voting without being able to check all the preselected submissions and many of them were great. T_T

Hopefully, next month I'll be a little more up to date.

[KittyhawkMontrose]

Wow! What a month June was! Congrats to all the Winners!! 💖

[StitchMiss]

What a jam-packed month :D Some absolutely amazing series and projects coming out all at once, especially with the anniversary right around the corner of June. A HUGE Congratulations to Speedo for another amazing Episode and for sweeping wins across three categories! :O The dedication and hard work in their series is incredible, as shown in the research and carefully planning! ^o^

And awesome work to everyone, especially all the incredible collabs hosted across the site :D

[Aalasteir]

We celebrated the very first Low Poly Day! With amazing enthusiasm and positivity, and let's keep up the appreciation for creativity, let's continue to have fun and hold the spirits high!

Absolutely thank you so much!

@OmenaKettu @aedis-syopeen @BigSe3xy @Bobothepianist @BoiledMilkz @BostonAngel @carboluka @ComposerEvans @d00dfayz @DaniJam @DaxCamdaxian @DelusionalWitch @DJChidow @LordKurosawa @Manayunk1 @MettaSeven @Morpherence @NGAPCC @NoseyFilms @rinwolf1312 @StudioVermin  @VicCrack @VORBiTAL @Whooo-Supporter @xanxoepico

Our collab won a prize, and it was giving back to our community! Of $100 to:

Newgrounds Jump! #2 DARK FANTASY Comic Contest

Stay awesome!

[KneesusChrist]

The Top 5 movies were all well deserved, congratulations everyone!

I need to play more new games and listen to audio on here though, I didn't have a whole lot to select from when I voted.

[nicolistheguy]

Congrats to everyone, especially Speedo for another great PPF episode.

Also treasure hunt, although short and pretty small (compared to other years) was a very fun event and I'm glad to have participated in it.

[ComposerEvans]

It was an absolute pleasure to participate! Looking forward to the next one!

[TharosTheDragon]

Despite having so few game nominees, this was still a great month for games! I was surprised to see some of the best ones ranked so low, but hey there was steep competition. It makes me glad Circuit Break wasn't released in June!

[PhantomCat]

When did Supporters start seeing ads on art pages?

[TomFulp]

At 7/15/25 10:25 AM, PhantomCat wrote:When did Supporters start seeing ads on art pages?

It's a bug, no one should seeing those. The old ad units somehow got reintroduced as a result of back-end changes that rolled out (Jim is looking into it).

[PhantomCat]

At 7/15/25 10:27 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 7/15/25 10:25 AM, PhantomCat wrote:When did Supporters start seeing ads on art pages?

It's a bug, no one should seeing those. The old ad units somehow got reintroduced as a result of back-end changes that rolled out (Jim is looking into it).

You (and Jim) are the best!

[TomFulp]

At 7/15/25 10:29 AM, PhantomCat wrote:

At 7/15/25 10:27 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 7/15/25 10:25 AM, PhantomCat wrote:When did Supporters start seeing ads on art pages?

It's a bug, no one should seeing those. The old ad units somehow got reintroduced as a result of back-end changes that rolled out (Jim is looking into it).

You (and Jim) are the best!

Too many back-end changes were made to un-change so for now all ads (the remaining ads on adult content) are turned off while that system gets overhauled.

This is a good time to remind people to become Supporters!