Nofienet's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Hollow Heartbeat]

I enjoyed the game, though I spent quite a bit of time stuck. Seems I wasn't thorough enough, and missed the "up" directional options in two key places. It wasn't until I saw mention of a room I hadn't been in in the comments that I went back and found it.

If I were to give feedback, I would say the game could have been more blatant in conveying the possibility of an up direction to the player, either through the art, or by making the movement arrows always visible (though I understand that might take away from the atmosphere a bit).

A spoiler free tip for any fellow players: Know that this game is designed such that you can't get trapped in any area without the tools you need to progress, and if you feel like you can't find what you're looking for, know you might have missed a room. Barring that, there's the old point and click adventure adage of *clicking everything!*

[Battery Factory]

Not complex, but not bad in its execution, either. A simple premise with simple controls.

[Arcane Maiden]

Great game. My only issue is that I had trouble activating the click abilities, often ending up the with click and hold abilities. I tried changing to a different mouse, and the issue persisted, though it may have to do with the game running rather laggy on my computer (which, knowing my computer, is likely a problem on my end than on yours.)

MidNightMaren responds:

I updated the game, should run smoother now.

[Deck Adventurers - Chapter 2]

Enjoyed my time like the first chapter, but I do have some suggestions:

It took me a little while to understand that the "Z" above the cards was my action counter, even though this may have been in the first chapter. The Red/Gray action dichotomy was also something I'd read in the tutorial, but didn't come to fully understand until much later in the chapter. I'd suggest highlighting the red and gray sections of the counter and the cards during the tutorial to better connect the titles with the game elements they reference.

Secondly, if there was a way to check my deck and my cards' abilities, I couldn't find it. I would suggest adding this in, as some cards, like the fire shield, can be a little complex despite, and while you did explain the card when it was given, I'd easily forgotten all that information, and would have liked to have been able to reference the card again to refresh my memory.

I hope you found at least some of this criticism useful. Thank you for the fun game. I'll be looking forward to the next chapter.

Junjo responds:

Thank you for your comments ans suggestions, of course they are useful!
Certainly, I'll have to add some more clarification to the game.

[Manorvania]

Great game, though there were some minor bugs with some of the dialogue boxes.