Score: 5

"The Audio Track Saved You."

submission: WKUK Russian Roulette

date: June 26, 2009

When I first began watching, I realized the audio sounded familiar, though the credit to WKUK didn't help me out much as I don't believe I've listened to any of their other stuff. I've heard this one before though (and possibly even seen it animated by someone else).

The actual animation and drawings were uninteresting. Typical stick people a la Cyanide and Happiness. The animation was decent, but in terms of visuals, I was extremely annoyed at how you simply layered the face details onto the heads so that the blood spatter appeared the same when a character's mouth was open (instead of having an empty mouth). It didn't look polished and it would have been relatively easy to avoid.

The gun was ugly and I've seen it too many times.

I didn't feel like the lip sync was very good, but as you say - it's one of the first movies you lip synced, so by that regard you did well.

Despite having an audio track that you simply had to stick in, you actually had audio clipping issues. Considering you didn't even record the track and I guarantee there is nothing wrong with the track, you should have played around a bit to fix it considering you did something to break it.

All in all it was just OK. I feel like more effort should have been made on your end to entertain rather than relying on the audio to win your laughs.

Score: 10

"Niceness."

submission: Blush Your Teeth

date: January 5, 2009

This one's really COOL.

When I say COOL, I mean it in the proper sense of the word. Not COOL like cold, not COOL like "hey that was COOL" but COOL like "I'm the biggest dick motherfucker you know. Be COOL, brother."

Awesome work. I could see myself sharing a dance with the old man over your headless body.

Score: 7

"LOL"

submission: -Meteor-

date: October 29, 2008

Ahahaha, I loved it.

It wasn't as filthy-dirty-funny as Vomit, perhaps, but it was still gory and charming. I love how you play upbeat music while all the violence goes on. It makes it all so much more fun.

Nice work! I look forward to seeing more from you. Always remember me as your first fan.

Fived!

P.S. Excellent penis mutilation!

Score: 10

"Wow!"

submission: BombJack

date: September 28, 2008

You really managed to recreate that retro feel. This is incredibly nostalgic. Visually, it was perfect. I loved the colors, and you always made the right choice.

I'm most pleased with the sound. Great music and sound effect. They are so authentic, which is where other retro games often go wrong. I love it!

Awesome job :D

Score: 8

"Interesting."

submission: Pink Worm

date: September 14, 2008

I quite enjoyed it. I definitely see the David Firth influence other people are talking about, specifically when the two characters are conversing inside the green room. I loved the audio you chose for that as well.

I like what you've done with my song. It definitely has a melancholic feel to it, and you really got that.

I really love the color combination of yellow and pink. It looks really good when the man is walking across and the pink trees are blowing in the wind.

I just have a few criticisms: At the beginning, when the worm opens its mouth and speaks, I find it's too big of a jump from the silence to that sound. Also, the sound was a little bit harsh.

Nice work! I look forward to seeing more from you.

Score: 7

"Deliciously Gratuitous Filth and Violence"

submission: Vomit

date: August 20, 2008

Hahaha, nice job. Very enjoyable. It was good fun. Is this really your first flash? It's much better than the majority of firsts I see arriving in the Portal. You should definitely make some more!

I'm so glad it finally passed!

Score: 10

"YES."

submission: Harry The Harlequin Fetus

date: August 17, 2008

I've been waiting for your next submission quite impatiently. I am so mofuckin pleased! I love the major switch you take in this one; it begins very up-beat and happy and then the downward spiral begins.

The shit in the hospital is just amazingly freaky. Scary stuff -- WELL DONE. Those who know me know I have a thing for fetuses, so I was immediately pleased when I saw the title.

Nice work. I love what you do.

Score: 7

"Cute."

submission: Parrot & Me

date: August 12, 2008

Nice animation. I really enjoyed the voice acting, but you had some big sound problems -- it was cracking all over the place which made it a little rough on the ears.

I liked the joke, but I thought it would have been funnier (maybe I prefer dark humor) if, after the bearded man mentioned that the 'cage' was actually a fan, you threw in a close up of the bird who was completely butchered by the blades. It would sit on that image for about two seconds, maybe have a leg twitch, and then go back to the silent face of the protagonist, who would have a horrified look on his/her face.

Also, with or without that idea, I think it would have been good if the blades of the fan were shown moving.

Nice work! I know that's a lot of critique, but I did enjoy your submission quite a bit. 4/5

Score: 9

"Beautiful."

submission: Rotten Antenna

date: August 6, 2008

I loved it. You created an awesome atmosphere with the combination of music and imagery. GREAT shadows, and blur. Nice landscapes. I loved the song!

Just a really nice, relaxed piece. Well done.

Score: 7

"Points for originality"

submission: Insane Maze 1.5

date: July 30, 2008

I hate mouse maze games. The Portal sees tons of them every day, all of them horribly made MS Paint looking mazes with giant red dot endings.

You did something good, though. You managed to take the game and make it interesting. Nice work on the obstacles. You made a mouse maze game worth playing!

It is clear that you put effort into it. The overall presentation was good.

I think the game suffered from a lack of diversity of music. I didn't much like the song you chose, and it would have been nice to see (hear) a few more songs. Glad you chose from the AP, though :)

As well as more songs, I think you would have benefited from some way to mute the music (or go between tracks if you had had more than one).

You should have a button to go back to the main menu from the 'Level Passwords' screen.

One thing I would have liked as well (because I feel it would have added to the presentation) would be if you had created your own cursor rather than keeping it the default. It could be something simple; just a little something to keep the presentation consistent and maybe give a better idea about the mouse's boundaries (though I know it's all about the point of the mouse).

Nice job!