xpwifi's Reviews

[The Problem With Bill]

I felt a lot of uncomfortable emotions watching this one. Ultimately the bug thing didn't end up making me feel as much for the characters, so while it was cool and creepy, it was hard to relate to the bug sitting back down and doing his job. Maybe if it was more established that buggys want to go outside and be free using a longer shot on the outdoor window with the prison bars, it would be easier to contrast at a glance the reality of working in a bleak office for a living.

Also, while I thoroughly enjoyed the bit where the one office worker didn't turn into a bug, I think that's partially why I can no longer related to the people turning into bugs. It kind of shuts down the idea that anybody can show who they truly are and reveals that people are just turning into bugs in real life. And I can't relate to turning into a bug in real life.

On the flip side, you animated the human expressions and movement extremely well. First I felt annoyed at that manager, then after he expressed some genuine sounding concern I had a change of heart towards him. It was cool hearing how Bill heard him. You said you had fun on the sound design? I had fun listening to the sound design too.

In summary, I enjoyed this quite a lot. While the beginning especially impressed me, employing cool sound design, relatable characters, and awesome animation, the last half felt like it had more potential and was buildup to the joke at the end instead of being a story about Bill.

For this review, I watched the animation several times over.

[Free Samples | Root & Digby]

Joke at the end was spot on. Grocery store guy makes me think of me, so points for relatability.

[Snake Town]

It's so cute! I love it!

[Endacopia - Demo]

Kept clicking outside of the window on the clock fight. Accidentally right clicked and went back a page causing me to restart, but the game was easy to catch up on, and had dialogue for you just going straight to the end, so thanks for not making me play everything again (but I did anyways, just to see all the dialogue). That surgeon was creepy, but the whole music video vibe was super charming! Overall, this demo was packed with pizazz and I can tell a lot of love went into making this.

[Pitching]

This was pretty good. However I was disappointed that the actual gameplay in its basic elements had nothing really to do with sound. The pitch shifting mechanic sounded great, but it did little to overall effect the gameplay. The Red to Blue slider was cool. As some other reviewers said, it would have been nice if there was some middle ground options for the slider rather than just opening a door every time it got to the maximum or minimum pitch. I guess there's a little fiddling the player can do on the slider when he's dodging the spinning gears, but other than that, I saw little options or cool quirks on the system other than basic platforming.

I really like the music and I played for a bit, so this was a good game. I got to level 8. Don't know how many more there are, but yep, that's it for me.

[FIST OF AWESOME]

Bug: I got stuck outside the castle, unable to enter it. A bunch of enemies from the castle spawned outside where I was and after I defeated them all I was unable to progress forward because I was in the wrong map/area.

Other than that, I really enjoyed brawling. I like the fact that after learning what everything does, you can hold your own in a group of enemies and not really have to worry about turning to face them when they are behind you. I ended up feeling like a Bearded-Bear-Ass-Kicking-Bad-Ass.

[So Minimal]

I love it. It has just the right amount of umph to it, and it doesn't outstay its welcome either. All in all 8/8, would listen again (20x).

[Plus One]

Very pretty and bouncy. I liked it. It had a very nice end. Overall, I just felt happy listening to it.

LunacyEcho responds:

Thanks for listening! I'm glad you liked it.

[can't move past]

This sounded super chill. I agree with joerdy, though. It'd be nice if it was a little longer, but what you have right now is gold. It isn't something I normally hear when I listen to music, but I really like it. The way you use the voice at 1 min mark reminds me a little of the song, Lost & Found by Kicks n Licks.

The beginning reminded me of the music you would hear in Half Life 2.

johnfn responds:

Thanks for the review! Ah, I haven't listened to the HL2 soundtrack since I played it, but I seem to remember that it was awesome :)

[Alien Soldier]

Dude, this whole picture has great aesthetic. You really do feel that future alien / zombie vibe from it.

Catomgames responds:

Thank you, xpwifi, I'm glad you like it. You will see some new artworks soon...

[Blueberry]

I really like it. It looks so simple, due to the limited color palette, but because everything is well formed, the colors mesh, and the face is drawn well. Very cool setting too.

[Bloodthirsty]

This is a very cool picture. There is one thing that bugs me though. The head seems out of place for some reason. It could be the coloring. I think the chroma is too high. If you were to make it mid to low chroma, I think it would fit the rest of the picture better. As for the position of the head, it should be a little higher. Her torso isn't leaning forward, so her head should be pulled up a little bit.

I'm not too certain of the figure critique, but I do know that the coloring doesn't quite match up as the background is mid chroma, the foreground is mid to low chroma, her legs and most of the torso is mid chroma and only the face has high chroma colors. This may be intentional but I think it makes the face stand out a little too much. Perhaps that blush on the her right cheek should be toned down a little.