17,810 Forum Posts by "TomFulp"
At 1/17/26 05:53 AM, psuedonymous wrote:Is the 10-year account age a rolling feature, or was it a one-time gating and as future accounts age over the 10 year mark they will still need to go through the verification process anyway?
If it's working properly it should be a rolling feature.
At 1/16/26 05:38 PM, Czyszy wrote:Audio previews require login now, even if I choose the preview to be available to "Anyone", and not just "Regisered NG Users".
That's a shame. I used to use NG to share WIPs between friends but now that's another cool NG feature that died.
I filed a ticket for this.
At 1/16/26 03:37 PM, LanceXD wrote:At 1/16/26 03:17 PM, Plunskas wrote:Last december there was also the Worms collab!OMG, you're right! we CAN'T forget about the worms! <3
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/morpherence/worms-30th-art-collab
Added!
At 1/15/26 02:52 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:how long have we been doing a top 7 games for?
September 2024 is when I get some more sponsors onboard for the monthly prizes (announcement post).
I should try chasing down more, just not sure who is comfortable with $100+ per month and I feel uncomfortable asking.
At 1/15/26 07:03 AM, Diotoons wrote:Quick question: is 3D pixel art allowed, Like a GIF, or should i wait for Low Poly Day?
How it's judged may vary based on the individual piece and how "pixel art" it feels, where 3D might be ok on Pixel Day but may be best for Low Poly Day.
At 1/14/26 12:05 PM, BoMToons wrote:Congrats everyone!
Also, I think Pajama got misspelled in the body of the original post FYI.
Fixed!
Pajam Girl has a nice ring to it tho
Voter of the Month
The voter of the month and winner of honorary Supporter status is @kawlv1!
Collabs and Events Roundup
@Whirlguy, @Intrapath, @jamriot and @Mantis organized the NG’s 30th Anniversary Collab.
@larrynachos organized Tankmas ADVENTure 2025!
@SereneFalconer organized Art Secret Santa.
@Emizip organized the Pajama Girl Creepypasta Collab.
@KingCrowned organized The Sketch Collab 2025.
@Megacharlie organized The Christmas Dance Collab 2025.
@ZimReanimateProject organized Invader Poonchy.
@Themaskedmoon organized The Homestuck Art Collab.
@Carcitypilot31 organized the Garbage Pail Kids 40th Anniversary Collab.
@DJChidow organized Jack the Box 2.
@RedWonder8 organized The Glitch Productions Art Collab.
@fish-flop organized the Classic Archie Sonic Collab.
@KazuniArts organized the Mega Man Parade Art Collab.
@Stonmann organized the Heritage Day Collab 2025.
@PutoTyraStudios organized the Covered UP ALBUM COLLAB.
@StitchMiss organized Merry Madness Xmas 2025.
@fwugkris organized the (KRIS)MAS ART COLLAB.
@RedWonder8 organized the Ugly Christmas Sweater Art Collab.
@starcoryl organized the Christmas Cookie Collab 2025.
@Morpherence organized the Worms 30th Art Collab.
Thank you everyone who organized collabs and events!
Closing Thoughts
What a great finale to an impressive year! If you missed it, be sure to read the 2025 Year-End Recap.
Big thanks to everyone involved with running Art Secret Santa (@SereneFalconer, @LegolaSS, @WizardoFrank, @Oddlem, @RavioliBox, @Skoops, @Queen-EVVVVVE and @PsychoGoldfish), resulting in nearly 500 pieces.
Thank you again to everyone who makes NG a special destination on the web. We enjoyed the 30th Anniversary projects, culminating in the otherworldly 30th Anniversary Collab. December was a big month for collabs all around!
Other News
Pixel Day is January 23rd!
Our sixth annual Flash Forward event will kick off at the start of February.
See the calendar for more events!
Your votes are in and the Best of December have been determined!
Top Six Movies ($100 each + $200 for best Original)
The top movie based on original material and winner of $300 total is PUNCH PUNCH. Congrats @Speedo!
Thank you @matt-likes-swords for the $100 sponsorship. Play Matt’s games on Steam!
Top Seven Games ($100 each + $200 for best Original)
The top game based on original material and winner of $300 total is Pajama Girl. Congrats @Emizip and team!
@FuturecopLGF made a Best Games of December post, including a video with game feedback!
Thank you @MassiveMonster for the $200 sponsorship. Play Cult of the Lamb!
Thank you @PuffballsUnited for the $100 sponsorship. Play Among Us!
Top Five Music ($100 each + $100 for best Original)
The top song based on original material and winner of $200 total is PPF Christmas BGM. Congrats @Speedo!
Thank you @RobTop for the $500 sponsorship. Play Geometry Dash!
Top Five Art ($100 for First Place, $50 each for 2nd-3rd)
The top art and winner of $100 total is Wyrm Knight. Congrats @HushPuppE!
@Ferstofus made a post reviewing the art nominees!
Thank you @53xy83457 and @River for boosting our art prizes this month!
Runner-Up Movies
7. Misspelled [DELTARUNE Pixel Animation]
8. Catching Up - Episode 2: Mary Jane
9. POV: Squishy Joe offers you a glass of warm milk
11. OneyPlays Animated: Chris meets Matt Groening
13. TANKMEN NG 30TH ANNIVERSARY
15. Bali Hit Combo
16. Night of the Boozeless Beasts
17. My Greedy Friend
18. There Will Be Sunnier Days | Wtbs Ep. 4
21. DOGTOOTH #0
Runner-Up Games
10. Scrapli
12. BLASTCAT
15. RAGE GAME!
16. Applico's School
17. IDENTI-NET
18. Cube Burst 3D
19. Skeledaddler!
20. WinDan
Runner-Up Audio
6. Krima (Tankmas ADVENTure 2025)
7. Welcome To Blithe Street Theme (Instrumental)
8. [TankmasADVENTure2025] warm light
11. Tis the Season ft. Teravex (Tankmas 2025)
12. wake (up)
14. 2025
17. #1REALFRSTL Introducing Inconito
18. THE PROCESS
20. ~ Frostheart ~ (Tankmas 2025)
Runner-Up Art
6. Spider-Man
11. 1840
12. Showdown
13. Knight Skull
16. Readin n Gamin
18. He raised those boys right
20. Undead lock
More highlights below!
At 1/13/26 07:48 AM, zynkoinf wrote:how do i check my recently played??
Via your account options page, there's a link to your Viewing Log.
At 1/12/26 02:46 PM, qwerty741 wrote:Turned off Ruffle for Aliens Like Milk and added all three to the spreadsheet.
just checking in case i'm misunderstanding here. i'm saying these 3 are actually working, and so are their medals.
the broken ones are the leftover games from my previous post a couple pages back in the thread (although some of those already got their broken medals removed so they're technically fixed, as well).
their medals probably work but the games themselves don't, so it's not exactly an issue of "broken medals" as much as them being impossible to obtain
Oh whoops, I did totally mis-read that!
At 1/12/26 01:28 PM, qwerty741 wrote:At 4/18/25 03:57 PM, qwerty741 wrote:after several months i've finally gone through every single gamezhero game with medals, so i'm here with the final report.
exhuming this post yet again to mention that 3 of the games i listed back then as "not working" are now working normally, and all their medals are thus properly unlockable (with ruffle)
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/641533
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/635133
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/626095
all the other ones previously listed are still unplayable (with the specifics mentioned in that post).
the only potential difference i found is with sokoboom 2, which now doesn't allow you to push blocks at all (unlike before where you could in limited capacity, though it mostly softlocked the game) and Ballad of the Cube, which turns out does respond to keyboard and mouse inputs; however, once you hit any arrow key (required for movement) it stops responding altogether. unless there's a different movement scheme (that i couldn't find), you can't move.
basically they're still as broken as before, the only thing that has changed are the circumstances surrounding them.
Turned off Ruffle for Aliens Like Milk and added all three to the spreadsheet.
At 1/11/26 08:09 PM, Creeperforce24 wrote:I have nothing against MP3, but why does Newgrounds only accept Mp3 unlike many other platforms which accept flac, Wav and OGG… just curious
@tomfulp
MP3 is ideal for web listening, especially back in 2003 when not everyone had fast connections. Ogg is good but traditionally not supported by all browsers. WAV and FLAC would generally be expected to be compressed for web-listening. MP3 has always been the format that is low-bandwidth and supported by all browsers.
At 1/12/26 03:41 AM, olskoo wrote:Hi,
This swf could be updated with this one (fix medals not unlocking)
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/688916
Updated!
At 1/10/26 11:00 PM, Jin wrote:If NG were filled with videos like that I would legit quit.
Upon further thought it probably is best to not dip the toes into commentary videos that rely on other people's material. It's one of those slippery slopes.
At 1/11/26 05:25 AM, CrimsonKero wrote:Tom. Was just touching up this guy's Wikigrounds page when I noticed something
He made a site art that was used ~November 3rd 2021 as per this snapshot, but I don't see it in I-Bot's playlist.
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/cortat-g/everything-by-everyone
Ooh good catch, updated!
At 1/9/26 05:48 PM, xeiavica wrote:@TomFulp
Pardon me for the sudden ping, but would this be okay? It feels like it's similar in idea to what zone-tan did years ago if I recall? Just using an example of what I've seen from her.
Videos like this always feel a bit borderline, where the fear is they will open the floodgate to lots of Lets Plays and other commentary / drama / react videos featuring bits of original animation as a loophole.
In this case I like that the video has a decent amount of original animation and is about web animation, so I think it's worth a shot on NG.
At 1/5/26 06:12 PM, Katymaster28 wrote:Should I donate after Pixel Day?
We can still increase the prizes up until the winners are announced but it's best to raise them asap because it encourages more people to participate when they see bigger prizes.
At 1/5/26 03:02 PM, SaltyBlock wrote:is fanart allowed
Yup, fan art is ok!
At 1/5/26 10:18 AM, Vinity wrote:Hey Tom, if I'm participating for the prize but my entry has several works in one (gallery-style presentation project), would they all count as one or would only one be judged?
It could be treated as one grand piece, or if there's a specific piece that's award worthy, either could result in an award.
At 1/4/26 01:24 PM, ShangXian wrote:I have a question about the prize. If I post my pieces during Pixel Day and I add the second tag "pixelday2026-compo", does that mean I'm eligible for the prize? Never did that, but I would like to participate to the competition too fur heck of fun.
Yup, include the second link to be eligible for a prize!
At 1/5/26 03:37 AM, olskoo wrote:Hello,
Ruffled! We never ended up doing the year-end mass Ruffling.... Maybe it will happen during Flash Forward depending on how things are going.
At 1/4/26 01:54 AM, DrayceM wrote:Hey. I'm planning to put up a web demo for a game that I'm publishing on Steam. I've read the game guidelines and I see that
"Your submission must not auto-redirect to a new site or open pop-ups. If your submission auto-spawns something to boost stats on another site, your account will be deleted and admins for the target site will be notified."
My current web build has "Public Match" and "Private Invite" buttons marked as "(on Steam Only)", which would open a link to the Steam page in a new tab if the player clicks on them. So technically not "auto-direct" but the button doesn't state explicitly that it is going to open a web page. Does it violate any rules here?
No big deal if it does. I'll just implement the logic to disable the buttons in a separate build
It's ok to include external links like that.
At 1/3/26 03:44 PM, Alizamk1 wrote:Does this count?
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/alizamk1/aubrey-pixel-art
This sort of piece would be acceptable as an entry.
At 1/4/26 12:07 AM, DiamondSkullz wrote:what if someone post's their submision early? will it still count?
It's increasingly frowned upon, since it can be seen as trying to manipulate the tag results by building a larger view count ahead of time.
At 1/4/26 04:30 AM, ADR3-N wrote:https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/551135/group/54/play/25903
Trying to play this masterpiece just opens a new tab with the same page. Huh...
What browser are you using? It's still working on my end at the moment.
At 1/3/26 05:24 PM, Jojo wrote:Must chiptune music be strictly chiptune, or can it be something that has chiptune elements with other instrumental accompaniment?
Digital fusion is actually a fun mix with Pixel Day and is considered fair game!
At 1/3/26 12:56 PM, spacestone29 wrote:Does Sega Genesis FM synthesis count as chiptune?
That sort of thing should be fine.
At 1/3/26 09:45 AM, DrSevenSeizeMD wrote:I sent $100.67 for pixel day prize pot. Can you please put a raccoon after my donation? 🦝
Thank you, updated! 🦝
At 1/2/26 09:47 PM, DreamsBellArt wrote:I'm definitely going to participate in this one! I'm still a bit new to participating in these here so I should ask, is only one entry allowed per person?
Multiple entries are allowed!
At 1/2/26 03:44 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:At 1/2/26 03:34 PM, TomFulp wrote:At 1/2/26 11:44 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:At 1/2/26 09:31 AM, AYJAYKENS wrote:You'll need the Newgrounds Supporter Upgrade for that, for the File-Dump it's not a one-time purchase like it used to be. If you still have a problem with me using the DA Sta.sh storage link, I've used it when participating in other collabs and no one complained about it.
Do you still want to participate though?At 1/2/26 01:51 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:did... did you just link deviantart when the dumping grounds exist?
@TomFulp I thought accounts before the dumping grounds change were grandfathered in?
I thought that was the case, unless it didn't grandfather for people who never used it.
what's the official cutoff date?
The change was announced October 10, 2022, so if it's working as expected, accounts from before that date should be grandfathered.
