Score: 2

"Decent-ish, but too big!"

submission: The Stick Battle (v1.1)

date: March 28, 2009

It was an alright stick fight (although the sticks move too fast and the graphics aren't great), but the file size was huge for what it was!
If you want to see it in action, when you "Test Movie" in the Flash authoring environment, there is an option (I believe it is under "View) that allows you to simulate download. Choose a speed and pick that, and you'll see how long it takes to load.
The preloader only appears when the animation is nearly loaded, and that shows the problem. The size of the music used is huge!
There are some tutorials on the site about how to optimise your music (such as setting it to stream and changing the publish settings), and you shouldn't have music on the preloader anyway (if the preloader takes a minute to load, then something is wrong!).
I hope you can fix these problems in future projects. And don't forget about the speed and graphics!

Score: 3

"Needs some music..."

submission: Egg Match

date: March 28, 2009

Your graphics are quite decent (yet, some of the egg colours were hard to distinguish between without looking properly; you need this game to be fast flowing, so people can scan over and clearly see what each colour is), but the final step in showing us that you've put personality into the game is music!
For that, I suggest music from the Audio Portal, since it is free and there are some real gems over there!
Otherwise, your game isn't bad; it just seems a little bland without some nice music =)

Score: 5

"Good, but could do with some work =)"

submission: Backyard Boom Maze

date: March 28, 2009

I think the idea here is nice, and I particularily liked the teleporting and 'ghosts', very novel.
However, it does certainly need a little bit work for a good score.
Firstly, and most importantly, add some music! Make sure it isn't loud and rocking, just something that works well with the game. Also, make sure it loops and that it doesn't play over itself (i.e. make sure you don't have two loops playing at the same time!). You can find some good music in the Audio Portal, and there are some good music tutorials on the site too =)

Also, improve some of the graphics. Some of the backgrounds, and the teleporters mainly =)

I still think your game is quite a nice start. But you can certainly make it even better!