NG TREASURE HUNT: SWASHBUCKLER’S LOG

Day 3: Monsters, Collaborations, and Creativity Galore! (March 18)

Ahoy!

I’m sure you’ve noticed that there’s two logs that were published today - one for yesterday, and one for today. As mentioned in the previous log, my hope is to make a log for every single day instead of combining some logs like last year. What that means is that as long as there is a good flow of entries, then there will be seventeen logs to showcase some of the cool and interesting works that are submitted for this year’s hunt!

If you want to view the logs from previous days, you’re able to do so in two ways: 1) by going to the bottom, where you’ll always see links to move to the next and previous logs, and 2) using the tag “ngth2024” when searching for Blogs.

My hope is to also give a little theme to these logs, as you’ve probably noticed by the taglines appearing with each of them. We’ll see how this goes, but for now, let’s not wait any longer and see the highlights for today!

HIGHLIGHTS

This section will showcase some of the works that have been accepted into the NG Treasure Hunt, with due credit to their creators. Note that this is not an indication of their placement or ranking in the hunt. If you're seeing this and aren't familiar with the Treasure Hunt or what's going on (or what's in it for you!), you can find info on that here!

Animation

Last log, we included a student project by SirPoToo. This log, we’re going to start with another project - the one this time comes from @Gridlock500s , and it’s both a touching and enjoyable animation to watch!

@MongoPangolin and @HorseFolder created this animation just in time for Halloween last year. It feels like something out of Animaniacs!

@KimolGuess turned a test of a rig they had of Bowser into a pretty fun short animation, and it’s worth checking out!

Lastly, for those looking for something creepy and similar to an analog VHS in a pixel artstyle, @RBako has you covered with this pretty cool animation!

Games

For Christmas last year, @BroquiGames delivered a traditional Flappy Bird game… but with a little bit of a heavier twist than usual!

Quite a few demos for full games are shown here on Newgrounds, and this particular demo from @RyanSilberman is a charming take on Frogger with their own unique twists as you progress throughout the game.

@KillerRabbit222 created this unique pixel Run-n-Gun last year, where survival and collecting Pirate Ducks are of the fittest!

One of my personal favorites so far is a game from @DrDevGuy - it’s a simple, one-button puzzle that has a good artstyle and a unique premise!

Art

Starting things off today is a unique take on the Sonic characters - @RahksArt envisioned the main quad of characters as characters in an D&D-esque universe!

With as much creativity, @STREETVISIONZ created an album full of unique car design models, both in lavish and enjoyable ways!

Speaking of albums - while I’ve seen a lot of uses for that Art Portal update I’ve been gushing about in every log, one thing I haven’t seen too much of - but would be really interesting to see more of! - is art trades. This gem showcases one such trade between @dogmuth-behedog and @Lt-Abdelhak - and both of their pieces look really good!

Another cool piece, or pieces I should say, come from @SpicyMarsh. They created a 3D, low-poly pixel model with a few poses that are fun to look at and enjoy!

Audio

While I’ve been a music person here on Newgrounds for almost six years, I’ve never seen an album where a label clashes with another one in a battle, so to speak. However, this gem from @Desx74 proves that it can happen and it can make a really cool, energetic result!

Speaking of collaborations, @Thingerthing collaborated with a friend to make a trippy but enjoyable experimental-accoustic gem.

@SPIRALi created a really enjoyable Glitch-Hop track that’s full of energy and creativity throughout!

For last year’s Newgrounds Underdog Audio Competition, @X3LL3N brought everything they could for the final round, and it turned out an enjoyable and creative take on the Dance genre!

ON THE HORIZON

As a reminder, make sure all gems you submit follow the rules outlined here - while we are still fixing our form from all of the bugs (read: “might not have known to deploy the script” - it’s my first time working with Google App Scripts, so apologies with that!), it won’t be able to detect the submission date or awards that the entry has - so far, those are the two biggest rules that are causing found gems to be DQ’d.

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