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[Riddles of Renaissance]

Really great!

First, I'll give some hints, later in my review i'll tell the real solutions.

1) Where in this painting does it show the painter's signing?
2) The person to the right is Mars. What is he wearing?
3) It's not a person, but it does live.
4) Don't look at the creatures on the front of the picture.
5) It's a person on the table, combine that with the hint given in the game.
6) Only one person in this picture is crying. What do his tears wet?
7) He is holding a symbol, and there is only one he in the picture. And he is very young.
8) Where is the Mona Lisa famous for?
9) What makes pearls?
10) A scholar reads, a soldier fights, and lovers give each other flowers.
11) The music instrument you're looking for isn't held by any of the persons.
12) What symbolises the flow of time?
13) They want to hide from anyone else, so look for a couple that is hiding.
14) This one is too easy, so no additional hints.
15) With ''the ship'', they mean the big ship to the right.
16) Where in the picture are clouds? Look there.
17) If they don't keep it with them, it will fly away.
18) With ''he'', they mean the dog. What symbolises a dog belonging to someone?
19) The audience can be found to the left of the fight.
20) It's a musical instrument.
21) You're searching for a reflection.
22) The things you are looking for look more like statues than people.
23) Look for the guy that shows it's butt.
24) Adam and Eve are below the middle of the picture.
25) Both things are very, very close to the old man.
26) The man you're looking for is in the back row. This one is really confusing, so no shame if you look at the solution.
27) I'll say the colours the characters you're looking for are wearing:
1. Jesus Christ - Red and blue
2. Suleiman the Magnificent - Yellow/goldish
3. A man pouring wine - Yellow
4. A butcher with a knife - Green
28) Which animal looks like a fan?
29) He's standing with his back towards you.
30) It says ferry, and for a ferry, you need water.

Now for the real answers:

1) Click the autograph in the back of the picture, right under the chandelier.
2) The white sheet that covers Mars.
3) The small, white dog on the bed.
4) The middle of the swirl of clouds on the right side.
5) Jesus.
6) The hanky of the guy in the upper-left corner.
7) The fruit in the hand of the baby.
8) Click her eyes.
9) The shell.
10) The book and the sword in the hands of the person to the left, and the flower in the hand of the person to the right.
11) The dog at the bottom for the optional solution, and the flute hanging in the tree for the real solution.
12) The hourglass
13) The two persons in the bush in the bottom-right corner.
14) The arrow near the almost naked man's feet.
15) The legs sticking out of the water. They are located just under the large ship.
16) The man in the cloud in the upper-right corner.
17) The bird in the hands of the kids.
18) The dog's collar.
19) The gap in the rocks on the left side of the picture. There's light coming out of it.
20) Lute.
21) The person in the door opening for the optional, and the reflection of the mirror at the bottom for the real solution.
22) The things you are looking for are six golden-brown statues. They are around the central painting.
23) The man showing his butt at the bottom of the painting.
24) Click the bottom-center panel.
25) The can the old man is looking in.
26) Click the head that is directly between the head to the right of jesus' head, and the helmet above it.
27) 1. Wears red and blue, he is in the middle of the painting.
2. Wears yellow/goldish, he is on the left side of the painting, sitting at the table.
3. Wears yellow, is on the right of the painting.
4. Wears green, he stands above Jesus.
28) Peacock.
29) The man dressed in yellow, at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
30) The ferryman at the bottom-center.

Here are some tips for the hard medals:
Punteggio Perfetto - You can only get this on greenhorn mode
Art historian - To get all paintings, get a perfect game. You must also find the optional solutions in 11 and 21
Egg one - The walking egg in 16

For the secrets, PM me.

[Flowerman]

Too easy

I had no fun at all playing this. With every boss I only lost one or two leaves (Including leopard man), except for the pumpkin guy, where I lost almost all my leaves and lives. It isn't balanced.
Another thing is the graphics. Just say you aren't going to improve the graphics, doesn't mean we can't judge you on it. Stop making excuses and put some time in a game. Also, the controls are buggy. Sometimes you can't jump on the upwards moving platforms when they reach the top, but most importantly, you need to walk on platforms that move sidewards, or else you fall off.
Sometimes you can't see what's under you (like before you battle strawberry men), or next to you. You could make a ''scroll screen'' button. Like, for example, WASD.

Overall therre are just too many bugs for me to enjoy it.

VioletVulpine responds:

The next one will kick ass

[Vector Rush]

Wow

Really, wow. I really like it. It's really simple, and really addictive too. I don't see any negative points, apart form that my eyes hurt after playing it for a while.
I just got all three medals, and I think you should put more medals in it. Like: 500.000 points, stack 7 shields, stay at the bottom for 20 seconds, and survive 10 seconds without moving. I would get hooked longer if you do that.
Also, since the highscores don't work yet, I'll post my score here: 429,460

Vibe13 responds:

those are some fine medal ideas - I only did a few 'cuz I was having a hard time thinking up ideas, so I'll keep those in mind for a future version.

Also, thats a pretty good score, I'd have a hard time getting that much myself.

[Hurry up bob!!!]

Great game!

I really like it. It works perfectly, and has enough things in it to keep me entertained. I also like the rampage mode.The medals are original too. If you want to know the secret medal, PM me. I also made a medal/game guide for it:

You have 7 HP. All normal attacks do 1 damage, but if you get hit by the rising lava it will cost you 3 HP.

These are all the items you can collect:

-Pickaxe. This one allows you to swing your axe. You can do this unlimited times, but you can only defeat 5 enemies/turrets with it.
-Hourglass. This one stops the time for about 7 seconds. During this time nothing moves, the lava stops rising and you can't get hit except for the lava. But you can stand on lava stones (the glowing rocks) without getting hit.
-Rocket. This makes you invulnearable and you will be able to break through rocks. It works like a jetpack. If you only press up, you will rise about 100 meters, so it's useful for getting as high as possible (AHAP) too. This isn't a very common item. There are only about 3 of them within the first 1000 metres.
-Heart. This will restore 1 HP of your health bar.

The game itself doesn't change a lot, so if you do it about 10 times, you will know how to complete certain parts.
I will go through all the medals here:

- 50M, 500M and 1000M. 5, 5 and 25 points. You will probably get 50 and 500 metres without even trying, but the 1000 metres is a bit harder. Don't take any risks, don't try to defeat most enemies and keep pressing up with the rockets. If you do that, it isn't that hard.
-It's hurt. 10 points. You will need to get hit 10 times by arrows for this medal. You have 7 HP, and the arrows take off 1 HP each. So get hit 4 times by an arrow, get 3 or 4 hearts, and kill yourself with even more arrows. Not very hard.
-No offence. 10 points. Don't pick up an axe until 114 metres. One of the easiest medals. Just do what it says.
-Sand of time. 10 points. You will get this while going for the 500 and the 1000 metres medals.
-Hot butt. 25 points. This is a lot of points for a medal this easy. Get hit 5 times on the first lava stone. The first one is located at 50 metres, or at 120 metres.
-I hate hedgehog. 25 points. Kill 15 or more hedgehogs. Do this one on rampage mode. You will unlock rampage mode if you collect 8 other medals.
-Lucky Bob. 25 points. Don't get hit until 125 metres. There are only about 3 enemies until 125 metres, so it isn't that hard. Just don't try to hit them, and jump over them.
-Metalhead. 25 points. This requires you to break 15 floors with one rocket. Move upwards the whole time and try to het a lot of rocks with the first rocket you get.
-Silent assassin. 25 points. Kill 5 enemies while the time has stopped. Don't try to do this with the first 3 or 4 hourglasses you can collect. The higher you get, the more enemies there will be. So try to do it with a later hourglass.
-5000PTS. 50 points. Don't try to do this in normal mode, but wait until you get rampage mode. In there, try to defeat 50 enemies. You will unlock rampage mode when you collect 8 medals.
-Caveman killer. 50 points. Do this in rampage mode too. There, it isn't too hard. Just kill 15 cavemen.
-Mass murder. 50 points. Kill 3 enemies in 1 swing. Do this in rampage mode.
-Turret basher / Turret destroyer. Kill 5 standing turrets for turret basher, and 5 turrets that are in a block for turret destroyer. Those are the hardest medals. Just try a lot of times. Don't try to go for every turret, just the ones you can easily destroy.
There is also a secret medal worth 100 points, but i'm not going to tell that one. If you really want to know that one, PM me.

[HeadOrb]

Nice concept!

I really like the idea and the painted background. It works fine too. But the instructions could be clearer, and it became really repetive.

[Knights and Kastles]

Great

It's a good game, with enough variation to keep me busy for a while. It works fine too. The graphics aren't great, but not so bad that it irritates me. So overall a good game.

[Super Mario Tetris]

Not the best.

It works fine, but it's nothing new or interesting that makes this better than any other tetris game here on newgrounds. And the theme isn't original too. just a mediocre game that can be fun for a minute or two, but nothing special.

[Run, Turkey, Run!]

Really irritating

I don't like this game, and that has one reason: the bad hitboxes. 9 out of the 10 times I die, it's because of the falling through platforms, and the other wierd glitches too. Like: why aren't you able to double jump if you fall from a platform, but you are when you jump off it? When you fall through platforms, you can't get up again, because you can't double jump!

What I did like are the graphics. The pelgrims chasing you, and the coins are well drawn. But the white line around the screen when you run shows that it's just an image copied and pasted. And why do you die when, from the start, you imidiately turn right? The pelgrims are not yet there, so no reason to die, right?
The medals are a good addition to the game, but unfortunately the medals aren't original. A medal for suicide, for completing the first level, and for collecting a specific item? Wow, haven't seen that before.

It's a good idea, but it could've been much, much better. Work on the hitboxes, and program your game so, that you can jump again when you fall off an edge.

[press play]

Good

But the idea is very old. And you can find all ''plays'' by pressing tab.

[Madness Hydraulic]

Not fun.

I miss too many things in this game that makes the game more playable. Like a pause button, a mute button, different backgrounds, that sort of stuff. There isn't a boss, not even on level 40. That would make it better.
Also, I think there are too little weapons (only five different types), and the lag is way too heavy. But what irritated me the most is that you can't switch to fighting with your bare fists. In a level with an incredible amount of enemies, like the levels around level 35, it's impossible to keep away your enemies with only weapons. They always hit you. The only way to keep them away is with your fists, most of all when you have about 13 power. But if you hit an enemy, he drops his gun and it falls on your head. Since you can't drop a weapon that you're holding, you need to shoot until it's empty, and that can take about 10 seconds. So, please make a button that makes you not pick up weapons.