There's not enough here to really say whether I should or should not like your animations. This would be more fitting as a loop for the art portal, rather than movies. Test animations are really just meant for the dumping grounds and then you post a link of it in a Latest News post on your profile page or to send to friends for their thoughts. This is to help minimize clutter on the portal. Chances are, this will not survive, but not because no one wants to see your animations, but because it is a test. By all means, keep going, please. Add more to it to tell a short, simple story. I'll gladly watch that.

Edit: It succeeded! ...barely, but still! A win's a win! I guess that means you absolutely must make more animations.

Congratulations, Toggle.

DS wasn't a particularly balanced Wars game when playing against others, but it was a lot of fun using those busted dual strikes against the CPU.

This is your first time doing frame-by-frame animation? Man, you have every right to feel accomplished. Beautiful stuff.

I know I've played this game a very long time ago, but I don't think it was on the NES. Probably from one of Namco's arcade collections. Maybe on an actual arcade cabinet. Maybe I played Tank Battalion, instead. Dang it, Moe! Why did you have to go and make me stop being productive to try and figure out which old-as-dirt tank game I played once as a child?

Call to Adventure is a excellent song, but it seems too upbeat for a game about tank warfare. Need something more gritty, I think.

Game is alright. I can't fit the entire screen on my main monitor, so I have to play it on the secondary (it has a different resolution). Deaths can feel pretty cheap when an enemy appears from off screen suddenly and immediately sends out half a dozen shots in my direction. Controls don't feel "tight" but it plays well enough to not matter. Solid job with the text by Cyberdevil and larrynachos always produces excellent music.

Not a bad prototype. Almost reached 20000 points, too. Movement needs fine-tuning, for sure. If I didn't use rope perfectly, Joey would just touch a block and fall back down. His movement is too fast for proper jumping, as well. Some levels were just Joey getting bum-rushed by three or four ghosts the moment the level began. That's a cheap way to die and lose all of one's progress.

I'm surprised you went with music from Macleod, though maybe that's a placeholder, as well. I'm sure you could have found something more refreshing on Newgrounds, rather than drink from the same well as numerous other creators.

Working on this and Syrup's game must be exhausting. Don't overexert yourself, Moe. It's important, sure, but if you strain yourself too much now, you might not be able to continue doing it in the long run.

It's simple, sure, but it works so well. Hope ya don't mind if I take it and put it on reserve to maybe play at the start of a stream or something. Add to ambiance while I make sure everything is working before I begin.

Makes me think about the Darkwing Duck video game on the NES. I never played it so why are you making me think of that? What kind of magic is this, Scott?

Man, I love adding this sort of stuff to my Halloween playlist. It's all the fun aspects of the holiday's music rolled into one.

I've had such a terrible year that I forgot all about it being that of the dragon. That explains why someone told me they were replaying all the BoF titles back-to-back earlier this year. I thought he just really liked the games.

The colors... the reactions... your "impulsive perfectionism" was on point with this piece, but it is the YEAR of the dragon, so it wasn't that important to post it on the first day. You were being fashionably late.

I thought the proper way to hold a camera was tie it to the end of a fishing line like a Lakitu would do. I guess Charmy preferred the hands-on approach to filming.

Hopefully, you enjoyed your year of dragons. I couldn't find any flying about. Maybe next time. Now you got me wondering if Vector is going to try and look more snake-like to celebrate 2025.

I'm starting to notice a trend in your subject matter. Always neat to see love for lesser-known characters in video games.

"Sorry guys, I haven’t really been making any artwork that involves painting or coloring. Paintings take a whole lot of time..." - Please don't apologize for that. You should always create in such a way that is comfortable for you, regardless of how long that might take between each piece. Still, this is an excellent sketch and if you're aiming to create more like it, then I have no complaints.

"I hope it works out for me." - I'm positive it will!

"for whatever reason, it looks... strange to me" - It's probably the rain frozen in place. I guess you could add minor looping animation to the falling water if that would put your mind at ease. I think it's fine as is.

"not really sure what category this would fit under..." - I do believe "illustration" is a proper category for this piece. It's not a finished work, so not having it posted in the art portal is a wise decision. If you're ever unsure of yourself about anything on NG, don't hesitate to either ask a site moderator or label it as "other." That's a safe option.

When I wished you a warm and delightful Christmas this year on the previous piece, I didn't mean this warm! Heh.

I can't say I fully understand the logic of the name, but I do love Halloween for Christmas. It's like having breakfast for dinner. Overall, this is cute (and nostalgic) to see it sketched onto some notebook paper. I did that a lot as a kid on the side of my bed since I hated using a desk. Now, I use cheap sketch paper I bought at a grocery store on a cheap folding table. Big upgrade, you know. Definitely don't finish this. It was a spur-of-the-moment piece and putting in more effort would take away the charm of its spontaneity. As for the subject matter, seeing someone set the tree on fire and grinning as they film it burning does strike me as something extreme a person might do for short-term online attention. Then again, depending on how long the tree is filmed, I'd consider using it as crackling background noise during Christmas... like one of those eight-hour yule log/fireplace videos on YouTube that some people put on to help them relax. Actually, I guess fire isn't so scary after all when you think of it like that.

Thank you, Toggle.