Score: 6

"This is a game btw"

submission: HopperMan

date: August 12, 2008

Im going to ignore the fact that you submitted this as a movie and not a game as it should of been. Please do that before I pass it.

Now on to the review.

You have a solid game engine going. Simple but still fun to play. I only played two levels of the game, but from what I saw it's good.

The things you need to work on are all graphic based for the most part. The art was alright but since Im hoping you re-submit this as a game you will be able to improve it. You could add some more detailed animation as well to make it look even better.
The stars could have a better shape to them as well so the player can see where he'll die by moving there.

Other than that just add some cool sound effects and this game would have been golden.

IF IT WAS SUBMITTED AS A GAME AND NOT A MOVIE!!!!!! >=(

Score: 8

"Damn..nice ending"

submission: Dining with the Devil

date: August 7, 2008

Great short story you told. The ending was great. Good choice.

I liked the style. Very bland but at the same time made the characters stand out more than the background. It also made your drawings and not coloring stand out more. However this had some problems with it.

Most of your drawings were great, but some looked a little weird, specifically the sniper rifle the guy was holding and the girl when she was aiming the gun at him and flashing her badge. Work a bit more on poses and you'll be fine.

The animation could have been a bit smoother at parts too, but major props for using a lot of frame by frame in your movie. It looked great even with a little choppyness.

Great job telling the story. It was very mysterious, though I saw it coming that the girl was a cop when I saw the gun. The ending was great. Very sad and told great.

Keep up the great work. How'd you do on the project?

Score: 9

"Very nice"

submission: Biology vs. Chemistry

date: August 7, 2008

Great idea for a movie, though not entirely original. I've heard the concept before, but the execution was brilliant.

The art was great. Very colorful without a lot of outlines. It was very easy on the eyes and stylish as well. The animation wasn't too shabby either.
The attacks is what made this movie for me. The different, and very nerdy, attack moves were just fun to watch because they were so corny. Creative attacks too. I laughed hard when bio dude sent out his HIV virus attack.

Other than that the only thing you could work on is your humor. Even though it was a very small part of this movie the humor that you tried to do came off a little dry. Im speaking specifically of the desert joke. But it's so small for this movie it's not even that big of a deal. Just had to mention it.

So overall a very nice movie. Keep up the good work.

Score: 7

"Great artwork, more animation"

submission: Wild Cat

date: July 23, 2008

This movie was pretty good despite the bad English. I enjoyed it very much. You definitely have what it takes to make great movies.

Your artwork was great, it really was. The style, coloring, and shading looked great. Every shot was detailed a bit and it was overall very pretty to look at.

However this took away from the animation quality. All you did was tween stuff. Though it didn't look bad because of the great artwork, some simple frame by frame animation could have made this movie even better to watch. Practice that and you'll be on your way to making some really good stuff.

Overall this was a great movie. Keep up the great work.

Score: 6

"Very touching"

submission: In Memory of Her

date: July 21, 2008

I'll pass this simply because the art was great and the movie was very touching. Very sorry for your loss.

You have the tone of the movie down really well. The art and music go together nicely and the emotions are there.

Though you need a lot more animation just to keep it interesting. I would say if you want this to truly shine give it a little more animation. It's not that hard, and would make conveying your emotions that much better.

Overall, very touching movie.

Score: 7

"Nice style"

submission: Gates vs. Jobs: The Game!

date: July 11, 2008

Loved the style of this game.
The artwork was great and the animations for everything were smooth and beautiful to watch. You did some top notch work on those and it makes the game enjoyable.

The control scheme for fighting was a great idea too. Too bad it was a little sloppy. Some times attacks would't register correctly and I found myself getting my ass whooped when I should have been attacking. The specials were actually easier to pull off than the regular jabbing attacks. I also couldn't figure out how to block, but maybe that was just me.

It also would be a good idea to make the walking keys the "A" and "D" keys for people who use the mouse right handed and keep the arrow keys for leftys.

Other than these issues this game was great. Keep up the good work and practice this engine you've made. You could make some great games with it if you tightened up the controls a bit.

Score: 7

"Not bad, but fix some things"

submission: kan kan

date: June 29, 2008

You have a great start for someone who's new to flash.

Your animation was pretty good. Surprisingly you were better at frame by frame than tweening so I would say keep up the fbf. Your fbf was pretty smooth and looked convincing. YOur tweens however, especially when the main character was conducting, were not too good. Work more on drawing the parts of the arm in a way to look convincing instead of just using ovals or something. I would say keep up the fbf.

Another thing that stood out was how the background image or colors or whatever would not cover the whole stage in flash. There was some white areas off to the sides which took away from the flash as a whole. It is easy to fix this, only a matter of making sure the background image covers the whole stage. If your going to move the background during the animation it's best to make a large image that covers way more than the stage. PM me if you need some help with this.

Overall it was a good movie though. Keep up the practice and you'll make some quality flashes here.

Score: 9

"LOVED IT!!!!!! SIMPLE AWSOME!!!"

submission: R E D

date: June 29, 2008

This movie was awsome for numerous reasons.

The style was great and helped to show your message ( I guess history's message) brilliantly. The black and white with red all over worked great. Your drawings fit the style beautifully too. I love the sketchy look of animations, especially when done as well as you have done them.

Your style showed beautifully when you animated frame by frame. If I have one gripe about the animation it was not enough fbf. You obviously know how to do it and do it well. Add more of it in. Your animation was most beautiful when you did it by fbf instead by tweening, but even your tweens were great.

Of course the message of the movie is what I loved most about it. Im a history buff, and McCarthyism was something I loved studying. It is impressive how you were able to teach about McCarthyism, or at least show it's affects on innocent people, in such a stylish way that caught everyone's attention. Any history class should show this movie to it's students to see if they can catch all the symbolism and the message. Impressive job here.
I also loved the hammer and sickel weapon. Creative way of showing a communist symbol. Brilliant too.

The only thing I would ask you to fix is the annoyingly loud tone at the beginning and end. It was a bit too loud and long for my taste. But this can be quickly ignored once you get past it.

Great movie. Keep up the great work.
5/5

=D

Score: 8

"Love the new style"

submission: //NightGun: The Prelude

date: June 27, 2008

Love the new sytle bro, realling do. Can't wait to see what you can do with it.

Same flawless artwork as usual. And are we gonna actually have a story this time??? I like what I see so far. Keep it up man.

Score: 6

"Chainsaw v. Gun"

submission: dont know what to call it

date: June 22, 2008

There's your title right there.

As far as the movie goes, it wasn't bad. Random, but not bad. The animation of the gun and chainsaw was great. The different animations for all of the gun's functions were great as well. For this reason I passed it, even though it's simpley a practice animation.

The characters at the end is what killed it for me. They were sub-par in artwork compared to the rest of the movie. Practice up your art for organic creatures before you put them in your next movie.