THEY WEREN'T KIDDING, THAT PAPER CAN REALLY NEWS!
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Good Afternoon Newgrounds! Sorry this wasn't out this morning. I wasn't sure when the first round of the NGADM was going to begin and I had to be in bed for work Sunday morning. Turns out it was up a couple hours early. I thought it wouldn't be up until Sunday. Go figure. Anyways. I'm still working on getting the format to where I truly want it going forward. Hoping to expand this little paper into more than just news. Was thinking some exclusive articles and interviews, running some contests, etc. Things that I have been tinkering with lately. With that out of the way, here are the hip happenings of Newgrounds!
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The audition phase of the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch is complete. We now head to the group stage portion. There are 16 groups of four all competing against one another. We have a lot of new names and some names you have heard featured in the Sunday Phonograph. Here are our contenders below. If you want to see the full groups of who is facing off against who then click here! The Tank Tribune will be looking to feature the submissions from the Deathmatch in future Sunday Phonographs after the Group Stage is completed. This year we have two teams. The teams of Zoftle and Tokzick, and Troisnyx and DisOmikron.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!
@BeyondOurEyes @Iamwontolla @CHPSK8 @Irish-Soul @ZaneLittle @MetaHumanBoi @JensVide @Qshunt @Lordant @Benji-G @Spoonman420 @Bassclefff @Zoftle + @Tokzick @Lashmush @3xBlastMx @MetatronMusic @Papkee @Kitschy @JinZ @ErikMcClure @Zip-Zap-Official @Deemo-R @Ackee39 @CrowdDoll @DenPelm @NDXLOfficial @Mischa-head @SkaydenMusic @ColBreakz @Trunotfals @AlbeGian @ET16 @FJOB @A145 @Vidu3k333 @Cresince @GalaxyTones @WingsOfAsh @Nascene @ArtCowles @CloakedSoup @Ryzmik @Mockany @xxxZigZagxxx @Wushyx @Trackers @Semzaiy @Kysertron @LordAndiso @ALGOfficial @PsiStarOfficial @Troisnyx + @DisOmikron @Ketyri @Kreagato @Syamori @Gdfoxy0021 @CrossCarrasco @Finnsfolks @IglicaV @ThePal @LucidShadowDreamer @ArramEggleston @Aterr @NashQP
Newgrounds Underdogs’ Audio Contest 2023
@TaintedLogic is hosting the 10 year anniversary of the NGUAC. If you haven't entered yet, you have until August 3rd, this Thursday to enter. Be sure to check out the full rules and schedule for this contest going forward.
@ThatJohnnyGuy has stepped down as the director of the Off the Wall podcast. Current host @Aalasteir will be the new director of the show going forward! Check out some of the latest guests featured on the show! Lately Aalasteir has sat down with @Jojo, @Jabun, @QueenBoo, and @9Hammer!
@MasterHand4444 started a collaboration for remaking public domain Christmas music for a Christmas album in July back in May. It launched last Tuesday. If you haven't listened to it yet, you can here on Newgrounds! It is also available on Bandcamp!
@TheNewgroundsPodcast is hosting the Newgrounds Summer Games once again! It is August 11th through August 13th! If you're interested in playing games with your fellow Newgrounds members with a chance to win a prize pool then fill out this form! Below is the schedule and featured games.
Newgrounds Summer Fest 2023
This year's Summer Fest is just around the corner! August 25th, 26th, and 27th! @Kekiiro has announced the full schedule! This year's panelists include @ninjamuffin99, @Bleak-Creep, @Jack, @SrPelo, @stradomyre, @RickSteubens, and @milkyace!
If you wish to be a part of the attendance then fill out this registration form. You must be 18 years or older to be an attendant. That way you will have access to the Discord. You can watch on the Newgrounds Festival YouTube Channel!
This week's featured artist is @Memohdraws. They joined Newgrounds just this year and have already hit the site strong! Check out their works below! If you like what you see, donate to their Ko-fi!
Avatar of Cosmos
Memohdraws
PAPER PLANET is coming to Steam
@Graeme has announced that Newgrounds creator @Willops newest game PAPER PLANET is coming to Steam! It is a bullet hell roguelike planet defender, inspired by old Flash Games. You can play the demo here on Newgrounds right now! If you like it, then Wishlist it on Steam!
I see a land
Where it gets more hot
When raindrops land
When the pandemic was in full effect, we were all stuck at home. With nothing to do. Can't go anywhere. Can't spend time with friends. TV was lackluster, and watching a movie at home just made you want to go to the movies. One Newgrounds member would bring us a series that would last us throughout the pandemic and give many Newgrounders here laughs. @wavetro brought us The Stickmen 2020 Series. It would begin with food cart.
Here's the thing- I really try to keep my character designs as neutral as possible. Not just because of my love of iconography/symbols/minimalism that probably developed from my years of vector PowerPoint comics, but because I want people to approach my videos with no expectations. If I use specific kinds of characters (like certain animals,) it will attract specific fanbases that will associate me with them, which takes away the control I have that allows people to discover my work without any preconceived notions. Of course, I can't entirely avoid using animal-based characters since I made some that were fish or birds, but I try to keep all of their appearances simple. It allows people to not get distracted by the character designs and just focus on the story. (This is in direct contrast to art communities like Twitter that value character designs themselves and the simple joy of bringing them to life, rather than what those characters actually do. This opposite thinking I had made creation exponentially harder for me of course, and I'd say it's even borderline disrespectful that I treated the actual art/animation step as "an obstacle" to what was actually the completion and sharing of my story ideas via video.) The stickman design I tried out in food cart was the perfect abstraction of literal humans. It let people watch my videos with visual interest but without feeling alienated by the character designs. I finally recognized what I had on my hands with this video and RAN with it that year, which was the start of Stickmen 2020...
-wavetro
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GlowBoyMusic
Thank you so much for the phonograph feature! And good luck to all competition participants this summer!