TLOSpyrogirl's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[One World]

I hate to be harsh but... this really isn't fun at all. The only options that do anything are land, humans, plants, and temples, but nobody's going to stick around long enough for the last one. Besides that it's all useless button clicking. Once you get full green land mass with a couple brown and red blobs strewn about you're done. The graphics don't look good, they're just rough and blocky on a strange looking water texture. It needs a shift click feature to buy a hundred because I'm not willing to give myself carpal tunnel by clicking abou t90,000 times (assuming the max is 9,999), plus it's boring, and as I mentioned 6/9 options have absolutely no effect.

There needs to be something that shows your people, animals, and city up close. Right now it's just a boring planet spinning in a circle no matter how close you zoom in...

The music is okay. And the idea is nice. But this just... it needs a lot of work before it can be considered fun.

I don't know what this game was, but it was about growing a tree from a little speck. It takes like three hours but I had fun the whole time. You could click dots in the dirt to get money, and one type of dirt you bought had a minigame for even more money. And every little upgrade you bought actually either had an impact or was just aesthetic. Also you only had to buy an upgrade once, not five million times. If you can find it then maybe take a few tips from it to make this better...

[Papa's Donuteria]

I haven't beaten this game yet, but it's pretty fun and I plan on doing so. Adding toppings to the donuts and decorating your store is the most entertaining part, and the little details in the game are nice.

However, there are a few problems. The first is useless powerups. The ones that speed up your cooking are all useless except the first one. I put my first batch of donuts in and speed it up while I wait for the next customer. After that, I'm always too busy decorating the donuts and there's no time at which I need to speed up cooking. I've only used it when I messed up and burned something. The advanced icing guide is also useless. It only takes a few seconds to position your donuts correctly so you don't need it. You can also skip buying most of the timers, by just putting your donuts three in a row and buying timers 1 and 4. When a timer goes off for one donut, the rest from the same batch will need to be flipped/taken out at the same time.

The other problem with this is the days. The customers come at the exact same time every day, and it takes such a long time to move from six customers to seven. Make it so the customers come at a random time within a certain time span (maybe ten minutes since I think that's how long most days last?) to add a lot of variety. Just make sure the next customer will come immediately if you have no orders, so people aren't just sitting around.

The last major point here is, there's no rush. This is a very casual game I know, but Diner Dash was also a casual game and it was stressful as heck. I don't think customers will ever get angry and storm out if you take too long, so you can take your sweet time. Maybe add a timer to spice things up. Or add "Hard Mode" as an option, so if people just want to play the game normally they can, and switch to Hard Mode if they want the challenge.

There's just one more minor thing. You should make it so blue ribbons will let you have 2-3 more customers every day. This would be a lot more useful. And maybe if you don't make the food critic happy, less people will come for a month, since he'd be writing scathing reviews. (This may already be implemented, I've never failed so I'm not sure what happens.)

I can tell you put a lot of work into this game and really care about it, and it shows. These are just a few critiques and suggestions for you to add in future updates, that I think would make the game a little more fun.

[3rd World Farmer]

Well, I ended with a score of 1795 with all elephants, barns, harvesters, and peanuts in the crops. Not sure if that's good compared to others. xD

Anyway this is a very entertaining game despite its simplicity. I spent a whole hour on it. It can be frustrating at times, but eventually it's very easy to earn money. All you have to do to win is make sure you don't use all of one crop or livestock in a turn, and keep people's health at 25 if you want to keep them alive. If they're male, you should let them die as long as the female is in good health, and marry again for more money. (I know, this makes me a terrible person. xD)

However it would help if the game had some sounds. Even just some ambiance like birds and crickets chirping would be nice, or African-inspired music. Also, you should be able to plant more than one crop at a time, as it got tedious after a while. Finally there's one crop spot that never works, the second one down on the very far left I think. Besides that this game works fine and it's fun to make your way to the top. The only reason it doesn't get 4 or more stars is because of the dead silence, if you added some music or sound effects I would give this 4.5 stars.

[Sonic Scene Maker: Comic]

It's fun to screw around with for a bit, and make plots in your head, but it's a little overwhelming. Maybe add tabs, like "Sonic", "Items", etc, and when you click on the tab it'll show the sprites. Click it again and they'll go away. There also needs to be backgrounds, characters, items, and a way to delete sprites you don't want.

It's not bad for what it is but if you added more features then it would be a lot more entertaining. You should make a new one with the features I mentioned. Include all the characters and make sure it's organized, and add some extras like items and background props.

[A Second Chance]

My first game: Close shuttle doors. Enter ship command. Open shuttle doors. *rocket explodes*

...Thank you for making my day. xDD I think i spent about ten minutes just seeing how many ways there were to kill them. xD

[Video game avatar creator]

Maybe I just have a soft spot for dollmakers since I loved them as a kid, but for some reason I just love making my favourite video game characters. The level of detail is really great. xD

A male avatar creator would be nice, so I wouldn't have to keep making genderbent characters. xD As would different poses. Maybe an option to click and drag joints to move them, and drag them left and right to rotate so they can be seen from the side or back. It would make for some cool poses, like them turned away and looking back, and could be used to give more personality.

Finally, a browse feature, where people can upload, name, and briefly describe their avatars would be nice too.

[Kick the Word]

I would just like to point out that a watermelon is not an animal. Neither is a sundew. Or chess. .-.

[Nothing Special]

I don't get it. o.o

Cyberdevil responds:

There's not much to get. Just that medal. ;) (plenty of reviews with clues here)

[Lab of the Dead]

I have to give it four stars, just for the fact that there's no ending... I got everything, did everything, and nothing happened except an achievement get. I mean, Tyler could complete his research and use it to end the apocalypse, or tame all the zombies and live with them in the facility forever, or at least decide to leave despite completing it and get eaten. Something. Badges are nice but I expected a little more considering this game was great right up until the underwhelming end...