Honesty is the key to improvement.
I could go on raving about the quality of this flash. But I tell you what, there was something that lacked in this peice.
Ive seen your stuff since you first posted on newgrounds, including hitchiker as I was doing portal duty for a while to raise points. And Ive enjoyed your work, you are an amazing artist, a skillful designer, and very talented in everything you do.
However, this peice lacked a few things, and Ill be honest and tell you what I felt was needed in this peice.
1. You have too much open time. Lower the amount of establishing shots for characters, or at least move things at a quicker pace, Ive felt there was more scenary then there was action in this peice.
2. Your style is notably of few words in the dialogue department, I dont know if that is a style choice or you just arent that great at dialogue and you choose to avoid it. Im sure its more the first option than the second. However, since you lack dialogue, more facial expressions, and body language probably needs to be substituted. There were a few things that seem to make me scratch my head like "What was that scene for?" such as the part where you saw the big foot creature walking around, I wasnt quite sure what that was about besides the introduction to the character. It was dragged a bit too long without purpose. Also I felt the scene with the yellow blob creature seemed very unimportant as well besides to bring back an old familiar creature that I loved in the first two. Im not sure what the yellow blob creature represents really in this peice.
3. Run more on story than technique. I love how great you are at your artwork, however as you probably know as well as I, story is the core of the peice and I felt there wasnt enough story. It felt more like 7 minutes of open time and the ending was jammed with all of the action. Spread the action a bit more and tell more story. I really didnt make a connection with this character at all in this peice and I felt that was something that was very important to make the story more effective.
I think your peice "Prowlies at the River" was your best so far becuase it had enough story and action in it. It got the point across quickly and it drove interest in the creatures and characters. Even though I loved the little foot creature and how cute it was, I hope these opening scenes will defintly relate to a later continuation peice to make a better connection of the points of this one. I understand this peice is only the first of (however many you may connect to the story), but I felt the establishment wasnt strong enough to pull interest into the next continuation.
So that is my opinion. Im sure others may or may not agree with me on this, but I think you could do better as far as the story end and the emotional connection, we, as an audience, need, to enjoy your peices. Thanks!