streq's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cave Buster]

I remember this game from the jam! One of my favorite GWJ games!

[SQUADADDLE]

Visually stunning! The music and sound effects are great too. Gameplay is fluid but I found death to be a bit frustrating, I think the game would greatly benefit from either speeding up the death/loss sequence or allowing the player to skip it altogether. Another thing I found a bit frustrating is that small pause before the player is allowed to move at the start of every screen. I feel like there should either be a clear visual cue telling the player that they can't yet move, or that the player should be allowed to move as soon as the character is on screen. I had a lot of deaths that were due to thinking I could move when I couldn't. Those details aside, I think it's a very engaging game with an awesome presentation! The long jump particularly feels very satisfying!

[Spear and Katana]

Favorite game from back in the day, I used to try to one-shot enemies by backstabbing them using the ninja's speed, all while imagining some cool background story to the fight. Absolutely loved it!