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[I Want Your Blood!]

Hey, not bad

It's educational enough, and interactive enough to keep our attention. A good time and theme put into it as well. Props to the effort.

IceDragon64 responds:

Hey, thanks. We just hope that a few of you seriously think about giving blood!

This has kept us busy for a while- the biggest quiz we have done

[Crap Game Compilation]

Congrats on a daily

As a devout follower of horrible video games (I've played over 450 of them, beat half or so), this got my attention, and it got my laughs.

I will give it my support, good to see that genuine artists are still rewarded and not some gay porn jokes.

Hope to see your work again in the future.

[Super Mario Crossover]

Great idea, questionable execution

As a hardcore gamer, there are a few issues that become problematic, especially near the end. After 8-1, it gets damn near impossible to beat any of the levels, and after 2 hours I still haven't beat 8-4.

The swimming part... you can't swim, and I'm pretty sure you HAVE to get hit by the fire stick in the middle.

Mario also can't dash over the single gaps, and the bloopers can hit you if you're on the bottom.

A lot of issues to this game (which make it damn near unbeatable). And to top it off... it keeps on freezing at important parts for a second or two, and I end up dying!

Just to note, my favorite character here is Simon Belmont, mostly for the axe and the double jump. Plus I'm a fan of pre-1997 castlevania games (specifically 4, but I'm not complaining about that).

How do you beat this game?

explodingRabbit responds:

I have played the game like crazy and have no problem beating it. I enjoy the challenge at the end. Let me address each of your issues.

You can swim if you're Mario. Otherwise, just be careful. Samus is good because she can turn into a ball to help her avoid the firebars.

I have special code in the game that allows Mario to dash over small gaps. It's not perfect, but it should work most of the time. Perhaps over time I can improve my code.

Bloopers won't hit Mario if he's on the bottom, but they will hit other characters. I did this to make it more challenging and fun, but to still keep it the same for Mario to keep hardcore people like yourself happy.

I'm sorry that the game freezes at important parts. I hope to optimize my code in the future, but for now, it is what it is.

I'm releasing an update very soon which gives you more time on levels 8-1 and 8-3 if you're not Mario. Thanks for the comments!

[Xenon Prime Racing]

This should have been daily 1st.

Being a hardcore F-Zero fan (as my works suggest) this really combines some of the greatest parts from F-Zero X and the GBA versions. I can imagine how hard this was, and all I can say is, great job.

[Hire A Private Eye]

As fun and imaginitive as it was...

It was REDICULOUSLY hard to CLICK on the guys! It was fun and pretty simple to find them, but half the time I couldn't click on them trying everything! either make it easier or please add some detailed instructions.

[Living Room Fight!]

Pretty sweet idea!

Bad graphics, bad intro and everything else, but nice gameplay and concept! Very cool indeed.

[My lil Vista(first flash)]

Very Good!

This mainly dealt with quantity instead of quality, but the quality was enough, considering how much you put into it! Great job, hope that this scores rather high.

Highwatermark

[Crossing the Pit]

REALLY nice for a first!

Not only is this smooth, it's actually a bit funny! Truly impressive for a first!

[Bomb Squad!]

Bugged up

This is not original; try a better idea.

[Harry's Hanukkah Delivery]

Just a review

The game needs more originality.