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Best of January 2023!

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TomFulp
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Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 16:21:34

Your votes are in and the Best of January have been decided!


Top Five Movies ($100 each + $200 for best Original)



The top animation based on original material and winner of $300 total is the ENA: Dream BBQ trailer. Congrats @JoelG, @MarcoCardenas, @Mizu-Wolf and team!


Top Five Games ($100 each + $200 for best Original)



The top game based on original material and winner of $300 total is Maple's Maid Service. Congrats @Peti, @Bleak-Creep, @P-PAMda, @ConnorGrail, @Dieswyx, @Dry, @Levc and @Quarl!


@FuturecopLGF has released his Monthly Game Review for January, with a list of faves!


Runner-Up Animation


6. (LOST MEDIA!!) - lost Pokemon commercial ORIGINAL

7. Amara casting a spell

8. Doc is Down Bad

9. Artie's Clocks

10. KEY-MAN!

11. Luigi's Last Mamma-Mia!

12. HOVERBLADE UNLOCK

13. BEWSEWK

14. Doctor Spiderpus

15. Endless Snowstorm

16. NECRO-NANCY 64 Reveal Trailer

17. 26th Birthday

18. Dogs Without Spirit

19. THE NEXT BIG SCOOBY-DOO SHOW!!

20. Poltergust X-000

21. When Your Dad Dies

22. adum n eev

23. GOAT [Pixelday 2023]

24. Megaman Zero- The Last Cataclysm 3

25. The Batman is a Virgin

26. The Baron

27. grass

28. Commission Chaos

29. Mix 'n' Match: Episode 2 - An Eager Duo

30. Requiem.Generation.Breaker Music Video


Runner-Up Games


6. It Was All For The Tuna

7. Bird Tapper & the Great Krampusnacht Cleansing

8. Picayune Dreams - Demo

9. WHAT THE HELL?

10. JOIN THE SQUAT demo

11. Downhill to Infinity

12. Toe II Toe

13. Blam and Protect

14. Badass Beatrice

15. head hunting.

16. Lights Out

17. Gutcorp

18. Fantasy Madness: Bloodbath

19. BOTKILLER_

20. Bloodsoil

21. SQUID ON ROAD

22. Harvestigator: An IRS Tax Auditing Game

23. Dashosaur

24. Chef Quest

25. Spider

26. MS Paint Collab 2023

27. Hexagon Puzzle Blocks

28. The Witch in the Woods

29. Frozen Helm

30. Moomoo's Maple Mishap v2


Voter of the Month


The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @ChainsawChainsmoker!


Check out the Top Featured Art of January!


The Pixel Day Art entries will be featured in an upcoming post.


We had three different site skins this month, by @EvrythingGarbo, @GENCE and @moawling!



@Zals illustrated some army dudes and their machines.



@MarcoCardenas created the cover art for the song from the Dream BBQ trailer.



@Charongess took us to the Smoking Section.



@the-V00D00 made maybe the best Funko Pop art ever.



@omegachainoboy recreated the Castlevania NES cover as animated pixel art.



@radiovomit illustrated some grandiose Cuphead fan art.



@Dappo87 gave us killer Guilty Gear art.



Sir Arthur from Ghosts ‘n Goblins never looked better than this piece by @Dreaminerryday.



@PixelHeadAche assembled an oozing animated tribute to Blasphemous.



@Frosty took on Picayune Dreams!



@Nokkorone made cover art for the FNF Fanzine.



@Damare-Draws shared lots of vibrant art.



@artoast8p envisioned beautiful landscapes.



Audio highlights and other news in the first reply below!


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Working on Nightmare Cops!

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TomFulp
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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 16:21:43

Check out the Top Featured Audio of January!


Listen to the Pixel Day Audio entries, they’ll be featured in an upcoming post.


If you’re making an RPG, @Arevin is making the perfect music!



@TheGoldenProof produced some Mega Drive inspired synthwave.



@joeyvfx shared the Durability Tests song.



@XLRSTONE grooved out with the Bell Synth from a Korg Micro X.



@BLUBOT made a song inspired by her early days with Windows.



For Jamuary, @vividlance jammed out on this drum’ n bass track.



@TeraVex uploaded the entire Gappy’s Playground soundtrack.



@ConnorGrail shared some songs from Maple’s Maid Service!



@heyopc shared the Drillbit OST!



@Piemations performed a Happy Jam.



@MicroBuddy5 crafted a chill Bird Song.



@3lation’s music floats like a butterfly.



@3xBlastMx composed a vocaloid track about a ghost haunting an arcade.



Closing Thoughts


Thank you everyone who helped kick off the new year in style and thank you for turning out for Pixel Day! Every day on NG is filled with exciting new gifts to enjoy.


Other News


@ThatJohnnyGuy and @VoicesByCorey are organizing the Audio Portal's 20th Anniversary Collab! There are roles for music producers, singers, voice actors and podcasters in what should be a legendary audio collab.


@BlueJayNG is hosting a Mind Over Machine Charity Fundraiser to raise money for Trans Lifeline! There’s a fun raffle involved and it all goes to a good cause.


The Beat Saber Mod Pack Collab deadline is February 14th.


The Treasure Hunt deadline is February 17th, help uncover hidden gems around NG!


March 26th is the deadline for our Flash Forward Jam. Today’s Ruffle update fixed a bunch of old movies and games with a specific preloader quirk that wasn’t working!


Pico Day is May 6th!

Working on Nightmare Cops!

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ConnorGrail
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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 16:32:39

I simply can't believe its Maple Month

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 16:33:05

OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT FIRST! WOWOWOW

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 16:36:23

Thanks for the mention bestie! (We are besties now) :D

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 17:17:18 (edited 2023-02-07 17:19:36)

Maple Top 1 game live reaction

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Really happy to know people enjoyed it-! Really happy i've been part of it <3 everyone did an amazing job, so happy for Peti, she deserves all the recognition-!!!

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 17:27:02

Oh wow, thank you everybody for voting for the BBS Awards! The Awards have won something!


And congratulations to all the other winners, great work everyone.

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 17:41:03

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bro i just wanted to make a lil wholesome happy game cuz i was depressed and wanted something to be proud of,,,,, well ig i got what i wanted???


THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 NEWGROUNDS BE IMPACTING MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER FR FR I CANT THANK YALL ENOUGH!!!!!!!

(GIF by @MKMaffo)

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 17:46:25 (edited 2023-02-07 17:57:50)

I would never have guessed our silly little game about a retarded-ass bird going apeshit on an organized military would've done better than Picamue Dreams, but the world has a weird way of surprising me.

Thank you all so much!

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 18:14:29

At 2/7/23 05:27 PM, Little-Rena wrote:Oh wow, thank you everybody for voting for the BBS Awards! The Awards have won something!

And congratulations to all the other winners, great work everyone.


we did it

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my best thread

My channel :)

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 19:23:44

thank you so much to everyone that voted downhill to infinity into landing in the runner ups!! absolutely honored, especially among so many great games coming out last month thanks to ludum dare and pixel day


congrats to everyone else as well, some awesome stuff from everybody!!!! so much fun shit to play

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 19:55:00

appreciate the shoutout tom! :)

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-07 20:16:15


Another great month of games! Congratulations to all of the game devs that participated: there were so many games that my review broke a new record for video length! Usually I like to do all of the games in a burst at the end of the month, but this time I had to start reviewing early so I could make time for them all: it was hard, but I had a blast as usual!


Fascinating to see Maple's Maid Service take the gold: for a site acclaimed for its edgy content like the Assassin series, it's wild that such a sugary-sweet and wholesome game got so much love. It's definitely much deserved, however, so grats to the @Peti team!


Pixel Day was definitely a big contributor to the flood of games this month, so I'm looking forward to seeing what wins for that as well! Also, make sure to also check out all of the demo games that are in development so that they can grow even better in future with feedback, like the ones below:






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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 03:02:24

Thank you Tom for shouting out Your Own Traveled Path, that means alot to me! Congrats to the other artists for making super cool stuff!

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 03:16:59

At 2/7/23 04:32 PM, ConnorGrail wrote:I simply can't believe its Maple Month


Maple Month is here for all of us.


@ConnorGrail

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 05:53:18

Congrats to the winners!

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 12:53:04

Congrats to the winners! :-)

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 13:33:14

Gratz to the winners.

Leaving the weight of the past behind, for the uncertain future.

Poem/Short story thread.

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 13:47:32

Good job to all these cool people, and also thanks for the runner-up spot :)

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-08 14:43:48

At 2/7/23 04:33 PM, Bleak-Creep wrote:OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT FIRST! WOWOWOW


Becoming the first is really challenging. Trust me I know.


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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-10 00:29:20

At 2/7/23 05:17 PM, P-PAMda wrote:Maple Top 1 game live reaction


I see what you did there.


Really happy to know people enjoyed it-! Really happy i've been part of it <3 everyone did an amazing job, so happy for Peti, she deserves all the recognition-!!!


It was such a top notch project overall.


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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-14 16:47:25

At 2/14/23 09:21 AM, NoPantiesOn wrote:@taka and the buddies on 13th place
we slay slay


So many great submissions for January 2023. Which one was your favorite?


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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-14 17:47:29

At 2/14/23 04:51 PM, NoPantiesOn wrote:
At 2/14/23 04:47 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:
At 2/14/23 09:21 AM, NoPantiesOn wrote:@taka and the buddies on 13th place
we slay slay

So many great submissions for January 2023. Which one was your favorite?

@NoPantiesOn


hmm...lemme think...
that one maple maid game. it was really cute.


That was a top notch pick.

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-17 12:47:16

Congrats to the winners of Jan 2023. Especially to Little-Rena, for their work with the BBS Awards 2022 and Aprime for his work on Flanders Killer 8. Congrats to all of the winners from last month.

SM/AMA/FAQs (Now both are ready, well sort of) My shortcuts

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-02-17 19:11:07

At 2/17/23 12:47 PM, StickmanMarkinson wrote:Congrats to the winners of Jan 2023. Congrats to all of the winners from last month.


We had many top notch winners in Jan 2023. Let's see if February 2023 can keep up.

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Response to Best of January 2023! 2023-03-27 03:10:06

Wow! Didn't even realise Flanders Killer won an award until I saw my PayPal last night! Thank you so much! Glad original pieces got more money! It almost doesn't feel right getting money for something not original! Glad everyone loves the series!!

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