CrankyRabbit's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mazza Claus]

Looks like a nice place to visit, except that with all that shite and cum about Mazza might have to tell the Wanky Shit Demon to piss off.

[Dessertster]

A clever take on the old arcade game "Mappy". Darn it... now I want cake.

[Happy Corp. [Alpha] [Updated 5/14/2024]]

A nice little breakout game. Only real beef I have right now is that the explosion effects send the framerate plummeting to what feels like 0.2fps on Firefox 123.0.1 (64-bit).

saltandpixel responds:

Yeah, lol - It's a buggy power up I need to remove. I may update tonight.

[Merry Schmess Frenzy]

One of my favourite Christmas games to this day.

[Tiny Heist]

The big problem I have with this game is that it's too random! Playfield generation seems to be a simple arrangement of rooms and corridors, which sometimes leads to rooms with redundant doors because there's a hole in another wall. Also, placement of hostiles seems random as well - my last play got me to level 3 before reaching an impossible situation (a patrol bot was already heading for the entrance and no way to avoid!)

What the next iteration of this game needs is a more 'fair' method of level generation. Perhaps rendering a series of rooms (some possibly pre-defined), then linking them by corridors or doors as appropriate. Good roguelikes have an underlying rhythm to their level design and sequence; I'd recommend inspecting some of the others out there to understand this.

Otherwise, the turn-based mechanic is a clever twist; do I wait or keep moving? It's just that the unconstrained randomness of level generation makes the game far too difficult, unfair, or impossible. Choose your preferred term.

A good roguelike lets the player's skill dominate, as opposed to dumb luck. Sadly, Tiny Heist does not feel like a good roguelike.

[Scramble]

Not a bad recreation of the arcade Skramble... but not good either. It would have been nice if the keys had mappings for a QWERTY keyboard (ie. cursor keys to move, Z shoot, X bomb, like that.) What it really needs is better music instead of a background throb.

paulpaterson responds:

Thanks for the comments and feedback.

Check out the latest update if you have a change. There is music, cursor keys movement, and a completely new UI.

[Glorkian Warrior]

This is a great and faithful taster of the full game (dead cheap btw) and gets to the point. Jump spitters. Collect crackers. Unleash the power of the flarf gun (oh wait, that's the full game). Shoot stuff without dying (much). Simple, cute, and worth playing. And buying as well. Beware the Magic Robot!

[Holy Stomping]

When I saw this on Boing Boing I had to have a lookie. What a pleasant little time-waster!