At 8/22/11 12:56 PM, PSvils wrote: FP11 is now in Beta, so it's exciting, should be released soon. When it is, I expect give it a few months, and it'll be up'n'running on 90% of browsers. And us making games for it will only help.

I'm skeptical about only a few months. FP versions take a while to penetrate. Check out this information:
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_cen sus/flashplayer/version_penetration.html

You can see FP 10.2 was released back in February (~6 months ago) and still only has a 77% install rate. My guess would be that it might take more like 1-2 years to reach 90% penetration following FP11's release. Although, I think if you're just releasing a game here on Newgrounds then it's probably fine. It's probably safe to say that most tech-savvy people tend to keep their FP updated.

Wow over 2000 posts when did this happen? I need to start going on here more often..if anybody has an idea for a game and needs an artist, hit me up bruh.

#lonely

Hi everyone! Please check out my first Flash ever submitted to the portal. Please be kind and give me some of your valued feedback.

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  1976: Issue 1

  by deadspread83

  Robert Hay's 1976 : Issue 1 in Flash form!

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  (Ages 13+)

At 8/24/11 12:50 AM, PestoForce wrote: Hi everyone! Please check out my first Flash ever submitted to the portal. Please be kind and give me some of your valued feedback.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/57 7970

Very nice, two issues: the page turning mechanism didn't work very well, sometimes it would go back a page, or wouldn't flick the page at all; and the images need to be at a higher resolution, zooming in on the images didn't help at all because the resolution is too low. Other than that I think it looks really good!

At 8/22/11 12:20 PM, fluffkomix wrote:

At 8/22/11 05:35 AM, Deadclever23 wrote:

At 8/21/11 05:51 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: Hey, you're alive!

And so are you, hey.

oh wow

Long time, no see.

At 8/24/11 05:05 AM, Deadclever23 wrote:

At 8/22/11 12:20 PM, fluffkomix wrote:

At 8/22/11 05:35 AM, Deadclever23 wrote:

At 8/21/11 05:51 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: Hey, you're alive!

And so are you, hey.

oh wow

Long time, no see.

i've fallen out of Newgrounds and into the shady backalleys.

BUT I CAN STILL COME BACK

At 8/25/11 01:13 AM, PSvils wrote: Who else here is a dirty whore that flashes and does things online for certain clients?

In other words, who else here freelances?

That was funny, but yeah, I've only done a couple of small jobs because every time I browse the freelancing websites, I see a job that is worth say, $1k, there's always people offering to do it for $300.

When/how did you start freelancing?

At 8/25/11 06:01 AM, PSvils wrote: But I hate freelance. I mean, the cash is good, but for me it always turns stressful after I lose interest in the project...meh, gotta suck it up I guess.

P.

Hmm, I had a similar start where someone wanted to make some edits to a puzzle engine, which took me an hour and I was paid $125. I guess that's what made me believe that flash was fast and easy money.

But since freelancing is almost as fickle as developing games, why don't you try the latter for a while? At least it'd be more fun, and has much more potential. It's interesting how you could work on a game for months and add all this content, and in the end it only sells for a measly $400, and then you could make a very short arcade game in 3 days and earn $1k. And then there are people that make a game in exactly 24 hours and earn $6k. It's a funny market.

At 8/25/11 09:05 AM, PSvils wrote: And speaking of game dev, you have any projects going on?

P.

I feel like we're kind of hijacking the thread, but what the hey.

My latest, and possibly, best game is currently up for bidding on FGL, and seems to be doing well with sponsors.

Trailer.

What do you all think?

At 8/25/11 11:30 AM, 4urentertainment wrote:

At 8/25/11 09:05 AM, PSvils wrote: And speaking of game dev, you have any projects going on?

P.

I feel like we're kind of hijacking the thread, but what the hey.

My latest, and possibly, best game is currently up for bidding on FGL, and seems to be doing well with sponsors.

Trailer.

What do you all think?

That's actually awesome, and JohnnyUtah's voice was like music to my ears.

But seriously great job, can't wait to play :)

Also, you guys have gotten slow as hell. I remember when this thread was going through 2 pages a day. ;D

Well this sucks.

The bag my PAX tickets were in got stolen. BUT I'M STILL GONNA COME OUT TO SEATTLE.

I'm gonna try to either A: Sneak in, or B: Buy tickets off of a scalper

already emailed PAX about it but i haven't gotten a response

At 8/25/11 11:30 AM, 4urentertainment wrote: My latest, and possibly, best game is currently up for bidding on FGL, and seems to be doing well with sponsors.

Trailer.

What do you all think?

Looks, pretty bad ass. When does it come out?

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

At 8/25/11 02:41 PM, PSvils wrote: Crazy shiznit dude! That looks awesome!
How long has that been in production? It's looking very professional!

It looks way bigger than anything I've managed to finish!

Funnily enough, the first working prototype was made in 4 hours. It was a simple concept, a guy whose health decreases when he's not moving with some switches, boxes and special tiles. It was timeline coded just to get something done quickly. I believe the most important thing when making any game is to make a prototype. If it's fun, keep working on it, if it's not, trash it and start over. The sooner you make a prototype the better.

That professional level of polish is all thanks to Xelu, the artist and an awesome game designer. We spent I think more than a month or two polishing the crap out of the game.

But yeah, it didn't take too long. The best games aren't the ones that have a lot of work put into them, but are the ones with the cleverest game design.

At 8/26/11 09:45 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: Looks, pretty bad ass. When does it come out?

We're still waiting on the bidding over at FGL, hopefully we get a nice offer that we can settle on soon. So probably in a few weeks.

Is anyone here going to Flash on the Beach this year? I managed to convince my bosses to let me go this year. I know Tom from Super Flash Bros is speaking which is pretty cool, but is only else heading out for it?

At 8/27/11 08:08 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Is anyone here going to Flash on the Beach this year? I managed to convince my bosses to let me go this year. I know Tom from Super Flash Bros is speaking which is pretty cool, but is only else heading out for it?

The schedule looks interesting. I remember seeing some videos of the talks from last year. A bit too expensive to get tickets now, but I'll make sure I don't miss it next year!

@Kirk - Your mum flashes on the beach.

4urentertainment - That looks great! I can't wait to play it.

Flash on the beach looks cool. Too far away for me though. It looks similar to Flash Gaming Summit which I've also never been to. but want to go. I went to Pax for on friday. I bought a pass at the last minute. it was fun. I saw a lot of cool games!

At 8/25/11 11:30 AM, 4urentertainment wrote: What do you all think?

lookin good. :I like how his face changes in his little life bar. I think the title logo feels a little generic. Dunno if thats just placeholder art.

lovely music and energy.

At 8/28/11 10:03 AM, Luis wrote: lovely music and energy.

Hi Luis.

At 8/30/11 09:30 PM, Rudy wrote:

At 8/28/11 10:03 AM, Luis wrote: lovely music and energy.

Hi Luis.

Hi Rudy.

At 8/31/11 02:09 PM, citricsquid wrote:

At 8/31/11 10:29 AM, Will wrote:

At 8/30/11 09:30 PM, Rudy wrote:

At 8/28/11 10:03 AM, Luis wrote: lovely music and energy.

Hi Luis.

Hi Rudy.

Hi Will.

Hi Sam.

combo breaker.

Any one know of any good flash devs looking for work? I mean good ones. Knowledge of memory/cpu management, blitting, game data structures, A*, experience with engines like box2d,away,nape, or others. Finished games to show. Send me a PM because I'd like to talk to you. :D

are vidjamagames turning your children into pot smoking hippy liberal nazi communist tree hugging homosexual socialists? find out at 11
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1141465232001 /video-games-go-green/

At 9/6/11 11:34 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: are vidjamagames turning your children into pot smoking hippy liberal nazi communist tree hugging homosexual socialists? find out at 11
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1141465232001 /video-games-go-green/

I'm actually going to do something I never thought I'd do and defend Fox News because, in all fairness, they raised some valid points in there. For example, nuclear power isn't really evil (considering the cost-effectiveness and relatively small land use, but that's a whole other discussion), and the fear mongering children bit is a completely valid point.
If I had kids, I wouldn't want them playing PETA games while they are still young and easily influenced, so it isn't a far stretch to see where these guys are coming from.

At 9/7/11 09:20 AM, PSvils wrote: they're using fear to scare people into not buying these games. Like seriously? Oh no, the word slaughter.

Just for the record, the McDonald's game mentioned is a free Flash game.

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  McDonald's videogame

  by molleindustria

  A business sim about the infamous corporation

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  (Everyone)

Anyway, I feel the video is more "Be aware about what your kids are playing", which is a solid message. I have nothing against letting kids explore the world from the get-go (just as I have nothing against shielding them for a few years and teaching them how to critically evaluate before opening the flood gates and letting them make their own decisions), but if you do let kids play games and go on the internet from an early age, at least have a responsible adult there to make sure they don't learn the wrong things from the wrong people.

Also, influence on kids (and humans in general) is often as simple as who got their message to sink in first. Good luck telling your kid that the boogeyman isn't real after they've been in a dark bedroom for an hour letting the fears formulate.

tell me your secrets of success citricsquid

Well I was finished after 6 years of high-school just 3 months ago. And now Im already going to the university to learn Software Science, I wish I could have 4 years of doing (relatively) nothing but I think that will never happen again. Next 4-5 years are university and with the shortage of high-educated IT people I will have a job shortly after I finish. No time to have no time.

At 9/7/11 01:54 AM, citricsquid wrote: Video games (and the internet) are bad, but not because of some weird violence thing, they're bad because they provide an alternative to doing nothing without actually doing something.

Balls! There's always has been and always will be wasters who sit around doing nothing. Just because it's easier now (and less dangerous than sitting around doing drugs/drinking) doesn't make video games or the internet bad. If you're the sort of person who would rather sit around doing nothing you'd probably do so even without access to the internet.

If your dad worked in a steel factory, you would work in a steel factory. Not so now...

Neither my parents nor any of of my Uncles or Aunts follow the career's of their parents, just as neither me nor my cousins have followed them. You can't blame a lack of nepotism in modern society for being a waster.

The basis of that man's argument is "These games terrify children because if they don't do X a virtual polar bear will die." These people take video games FAR too seriously and assume that children take video games FAR too seriously as well. When I was a small child playing video games I NEVER became that attached to or obsessed with a game.

Games are games, just like movies are movies and books are books. Why not expose children to all the possible options and allow them to ultimately choose the best path for them, instead of showing them only one radical side of the spectrum and making them fear all views different from theirs?

Ironically they argue that video games are using scare tactics to control the minds of children while they're using scare tactics themselves to convince parents not to let their children play these games.