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Lalo

Age/Gender: n/a, Male
Location: Veracruz MX
Job: Student/Animator

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Score: 9
Closure.

"Amazing! ...and creepy."

submission: Closure.
date: January 26, 2009

Not only that, but the art was nice and went quite well with the music, it all gave the game the creepy ambience you wanted to achieve. Also, kudos for the intro, verrrrry well made. The game mechanic was something i had seen before, but not this well executed! Seems like you guys used alot of masks and stuff here. The level design was good even if the lack of stuff to see (or color) was a bit annoying, even it was meant to be like that. The puzzles remind me of Braid or Portal, mainly because i get that OMG I TOTALLY SOLVED THIS IM SO SMART feeling i got with these games :)

Anyways, EXCELLENT job here :D

January 26, 2009

Author's Response:

Heh there was no masking used at all in the game, besides for one art asset on level 26

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Score: 6
Broken Strings

"Good, but slow"

submission: Broken Strings
date: November 16, 2008

You did a good job here, even tho the animation could had been better. also, you OVERUSED the filters and the alphas, the movie just kept getting slower everytime there were dozens of blurred trees, or those power beams the afro thing made that had like 5 layers of transparent thingies... it happened even on low quality. you gotta learn how to balance pretty filters with performance.

on a last note, mexican people use pesos, not euros :) we're no spaniard colony anymore.

November 16, 2008

Author's Response:

I wasn't particularity to bothered by performance vs filter because the original intension of this piece was to be exported into .mov or .avi so it didn't really matter but online it obviously lagged. Although its a good thing to keep in mind for future online works. Its set in Spain not Mexico so EUROs... I can see where people get confused. Thanks for reviewing :)

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Score: 7
Chris & Harry

"Pretty good"

submission: Chris & Harry
date: November 10, 2008

It got boring halfway thru tho. Also, some expressions were a bit lacking... unexpressive. The ending was cool, pretty funny I specially liked the shadows and your excellent use of filters, almost professional :) Good work!

November 10, 2008

Author's Response:

thanks bra

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Score: 10
Mastermind: WC

"Amazing!"

submission: Mastermind: WC
date: October 5, 2008

You did a great job here Swain! Everything is so well done, from the many different aspects of the game -mission planning and executing, defense, henchmen, weapons, business blah blah) which are detailed enough to make them interesting and not tedious, to the superuseful tooltips and question mark tutorials... you even added animations for the missions and reunions, with awesome voices!!

Excellent game, congratulations :)!!

October 5, 2008

Author's Response:

I would'a been done a month ago if not for those damned mission cutscenes :( But glad I could impress, friend :D

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Score: 8
I.E.S. ep.1

"Amazing!"

submission: I.E.S. ep.1
date: July 31, 2008

Excellent movie, the script was well writen and its nicely animated, the jokes were funny overall and the character designs were cool and not stereotypical or boring :D They did keep me interested... BUT I think they lack some charisma and expression, specially the main guy, he was always with that same tone of voice and face, and that one thing did get me a bit bored. I think you have to work a bit more to define the characters' personalities

Other than that, it was excellent, you did a great work!! Also, a recomendation: In later chapters, you should start adding more side stories, maybe with the dad an mom or their friends etc, you might had tought about it already, but remember to make them good :D thats all. Hope to see more from you!

August 1, 2008

Author's Response:

I completely agree with you, but I dont wanna rush things in and cram the viewer with characters. I have many characters which I think are interesting lined up.

I knew I recognized that name!... Lalo... we were both fighting the good fight on the first annual Pico Day.

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Score: 7
The Killing Murderer

"Really funny!"

date: July 31, 2008

You have improved alot in your animation, from your character movements to your backgrounds, they're prettier than ever :) The sound effects were great, very varied. The voices were good too, exept at the end, they lost a bit of emotion there. The lipsyncing was excellent, but the character's expressions could have used some work, they barely moved their eyes or eyebrows, almost seemed like robots...

The only animation mistake i noticed was the background clouds' loop, it suddently stops for half a second and restarts.

Great work here, hope to see more from you ;D

August 1, 2008

Author's Response:

thanks friend. yeah, i didn't put a ton of effort into the lypsyncing portion. that's why the jock hardly moves his body and i repeat a lot of the girl's animations. all true. could have been made to act a lot more human, but i was lazy and eager to move on.

and shit, that's some eye you've got spotting the error with the clouds... but when i went back and watched it again (focusing entirely on the clouds) i didn't notice the mistake you mentioned, it all ran smoothly.... not really sure why or how that could have happened, it was just a continuous tween across the entire scene.

ah well, anyway, glad to see you're still interested in my work :-)

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Score: 8
Monster's Dream

"HAH, WOW!"

submission: Monster's Dream
date: July 7, 2008

At LAST we get something worth of its score! this is excellent, i like the world you just did, it had so much atention in the background details and stuff, it looked very nice :D yet, i wish it was longer and had more stuff going on, it just feels too incomplete. i could easily count the actions in it :(

The music was great, very fitting :) im glad you choose audio portal songs, its great to give NG musicians some spotlight!

i hope to see more from this monster and from you :D you're very good!

July 7, 2008

Author's Response:

woo you said it all, yeah it's a bit short i defintitely feel you there, the next won't feel that way. as for the audio yeah it's surprising how much talent you can find on there? seriously you guys are crazy

but thanks lalo, ill get crackin on the next ones :D

-jones

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Score: 5
Sonic: TAO Part 1

"booooring"

submission: Sonic: TAO Part 1
date: July 6, 2008

Another generic sonic-esque hedgehog with a different color as a character, mixed backgrounds from different games, some DBZ sounds, no own art whatsoever, not even custom sprites... this has been done before. and you left it incomplete for no reason since there was no deadline.

try harderrr next time :3 and make it longer and with a better plot.

July 7, 2008

Author's Response:

it finished like that for a cliff hanger, so there was a reason. It hasnt been done before, not that I have seen anyway

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Score: 6
What All OldPeople Can Do

"hah, nice!"

date: July 3, 2008

This one is actually good, just a bit short. its a real shame it has less score than that your dumb flash dancer test, i dont know whats going on with the viewers... it still has quite a high score tho, you shouldnt complain ;) this is no waterlollies.

July 3, 2008

Author's Response:

ha. ur a dick. thanks though. i'm glad everyone else has a different opinion than you about flash dancer. i put a shitload of hours into that

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Score: 5
Flash Dancer

"Nice!"

submission: Flash Dancer
date: July 2, 2008

It was funny, Nice way to show your skills. but you still have a long way to go. Hope to see something better from you next time ;) you got skills.

July 2, 2008

Author's Response:

ok thanks... a long way to go to where?

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