CREATIVITY ALLOWS US TO MAKE MISTAKES: BE HAPPY TO FAIL, BE HAPPY TO TRY
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Good Morning Newgrounds! How have things been with all of you! Things have been rough these past two months. Things are looking up for the end of the year though, so there's that! You're going to hear a lot about a user named Aalasteir in this issue of The Tank Tribune, which that was not by design, he's just been doing a lot on the site. From helping clean up the Portal in The Elite Guard Barracks and the Audio Portal Cleanup threads, to hosting collaborations, posting music to the Audio Portal, hosting his personal podcast A100 and hosting a podcast alongside myself with @ClubNG, he has been a busy fellow. We are in the month of November, with the Spooktacular over, we're awaiting the results on those winners, in the meantime the Best of October has been voted on. The Newgrounds Money Gang has shown to be a success. This is just a small fraction of what has been going on. So without further a do, here are the hip happenings on Newgrounds!
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INTRO AND OUTRO
FEATURED COMPOSERS
@JizzyJazz @DruoxtheShredder @Trippple @Urielthepro @Vista-Sound13
@hania @cadecomposer @RunoNG @Vanware @Diives
@GooberStudios @SnekkMusic @LionJeff @TeirrelMusic @Skullbeatz
@sorohanro @Goukisan @Crashtroid @Latadenata @Vista-Sound13
Best of October 2023!
You voted Newgrounds, and the best entries of the Spooky Month have been decided! Best Movie goes to @JamesLee for DOPAMINE DANCE MAN. Best Game goes to @FodderLabs for Bleek. Best Audio goes to @octopus58 for ME-OS OST 52 - Keyccordion Dawn - Electro Macabre. Best Art goes to @Sangiez for PEAK SHOT. Congratulations to all of the winners!
BEST MOVIE
BEST GAME
BEST AUDIO
BEST ART
Spooktacular 2023 Writing Contest Winners
@Remi-le-Oduen has announced the winners of the Spooktacular Writing Contest. There were seven entries with a tie for second place! Congratulations to the winners below!
1ST PLACE
@LiamRomK for Polar Night
2ND PLACE
@thxfam for Abigail
@Thetageist for Rapunzel Tower
NG Money Gang: Mission 2
The Money Gang was an official success with Salad Fingers 13. The goal is Newgrounds members with disposable income to put money towards sponsoring future artists. By doing so, the project will debut on Newgrounds first before going anywhere else and will receive Newgrounds branding.
The next project will be episode 3 of the Monkey Wrench series by @Zeurel. The past two episodes have won Best of July 2022 and Best of April 2023. Zeurel has produced a lot of great work here on Newgrounds, even being nominated for a Tank Award for Best Movie back in 2010. If you are able to donate to the Money Gang, then PM Tom and the amount in which you would like to contribute. Once the project is greenlit then Tom will give you the follow-up to send the money. The minimum contributions he’s looking for is $100 USD.
If you can’t make that kind of commitment, but still want to help Newgrounds, don’t despair. You can still become a Newgrounds Supporter which is still a huge help.
Starbarians, NOXP & Alien Hominid
The ever popular Starbarians series here on Newgrounds by @HappyHarry is now in its own playlist which you view by clicking the new custom link for playlists below! HappyHarry has an IndieGogo Campaign for a 90 page Starbarians comic book! Snag your copy today!
Check out the NOXP series on Newgrounds as well if you haven’t yet!
Alien Hominid Invasion
The latest game from The Behemoth, join alongside a group of aliens as you take the Mothership to invade Earth. Featuring Co-op multiplayer blasting and beaming fun! Wishlist it on Steam! Don’t forget to pick up Alien Hominid HD on Steam as well! If you’ve never played this game and wondering what it’s about, then play the original on Newgrounds today!
SKETCH COLLAB 2023
@midgetsausage and @Ozone are hosting this year’s annual Sketch Collab! If you’re interested in the collaboration check out the past entries. This collab has been going on since 2007! Don’t forget the iconic tracks that have been a part of each collab entry as well! The deadline is November 20th!
Newgrounds Battle of The Bands - Signup Deadline!
@Flamadour has posted a reminder about The Battle of The Bands Deadline. The deadline to signup is November 16th, that’s this Thursday. Learn about the details and how to join in the official thread here. After the deadline, bands will have two weeks to make their songs. Be sure to have your song ready to auto-publish on November 30th at 10:00PM | EST. If you’re not sure how to tag multiple Newgrounds members to a song, auto-publish, or have any other questions regarding uploading your song to the Audio Portal, then be sure to query your questions in the Where is / How to / Help! Forum or message an Audio Moderator.
Playlist / Series / Album / Collection Update
The playlist feature has been updated! The Tank Tribune will be doing some cleaning up with its own playlists over the coming week. The Collections and Series pages have been migrated to the playlist feature. You can now look up playlists using the search function! Which you can nest playlists together! Playlists in playlists, inception, *BWOOONG*! Check out some of Newgrounds classic series and collections in their new homes below!
The NGTV Christmas Collab
@Kolumbo is hosting a Christmas collaboration. The theme is some holiday special, commercial, or mindless holiday thing you would see on TV while channel surfing or lying about watching TV. A couch potato Christmas as it were. The collab is semi-open, where everyone can participate, but not all entries may be accepted in the final movie. If you’re interested, check out the thread above. The deadline is December 20th.
Tankmas Audio Message Collab
@Aalasteir is hosting a collab where you can wish the members of Newgrounds a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The deadline to enter is November 29th with the collab being posted on December 1st. Below are the rules and submissions rubric.
RULES:
- You must be 18+ to participate
- This collab is rated T
- Minimal length 1 second -- Maximum length 5 minutes for each submission
HOW TO SUBMIT:
1 - Export in WAV format
2 - Upload your file to a file-sharing service
Google Drive: Click the share button and make a link that can be "Accessed by anyone"
3 - Send me a PM with the link
If it was a collaborative effort, kindly provide the usernames of all participants.
The Transformers Collab Update!!
@CrockettDK has posted an update on the upcoming Transformers Collab. The deadline has been pushed back from late 2023 to January/February 2024. This will coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the Transformers franchise on May 29th. The change gives more time to prepare and celebrate the original collab on Newgrounds Blamformers!. If you want to apply then check out the details in the news post above. CrockettDK is looking for animators, artists, and musicians to help out with the collaboration! Collab requirements have also been altered from the original post, mistakes were made and errors corrected.
Free NG Cursors by ScepterDPinoy
@Aalasteir asked @ScepterDPinoy if he could make some Newgrounds themed cursors. He has provided them. You can download these cursors here. ScepterDPinoy is also behind an Emoji set you can use here on Newgrounds. The Tank Tribune typically uses the same Emoji for each issue of The Tank Tribune.
This week's featured artist is @KayEf. His style has gone through multiple changes throughout the years. He's also a comic artist and writer on the site, with a comic using the new Art Portal system entitled BreakPoint. Check out his works below and follow him on Patreon!
A Not So Pale Wave
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@DannyGoodShirt
DannyGoodShirt has been with Newgrounds for five years. During that time he has brought us a yearly Halloween tradition, a collaboration entitled Dr. Good's Operating Theatre. He is also a talented writer, entering many Monthly Writing Contests, and hosting a Pico Day Writing Contest this year. He's also a boxer! He has done a lot for Newgrounds and we give him our thanks!
The Tank Tribune sat down to talk to DannyGoodShirt about the Dr. Good's Operating Theatre Collabs!
Q: Where did the idea for the collaboration Dr. Good's Operating Theatre come from?
A: My good friend @Rannitx and I were just messing around with ideas we could make creepy. We ended up having a fascination about old Operating Theaters in Italy, and thought it would be a fun setting for the Collab.
Q: This would mark the Collab's fifth anniversary. What are you looking forward in seeing in this year's Collab?
A: Honestly, this Collab has no expectations. I just want it to be fun. It's funny though, through this Collab where we encourage horror and disturbing animations, I've learned how tame most animators are.
Q: If you were to make a best of compilation of the past Collab's, which pieces would you pick?
A: Anything by @DakNjaxterLazerNails (they've submitted every year) or one of @mattyburrito's past submissions, but actually my favorite was @Numbnates Legend of Zelda: Linkle Redead short, but I wrote that one so I wouldn't count it haha. For Doctor Good's bits, my favorite is in the first Collab, where he eats the Chronenburger...
Q: With the new Multi-Image Support feature just launched. What comics do you have planned? Anyone you're looking to work on these comics with?
A: I want to repost Astromon! Webcomic to fit the new support feature, and I would love to work with @brebrz again at some point, they did beautiful art for Astromon! To be honest Newgrounds has so many talented artists. I'm a big fan of @aetherionArt, @twosipsofbleach, @doublemaximus, @Raviolibox, @snackers and so many more, but they are all super popular and probably busy with their own awesome projects. lol I tend to lean toward manga-influenced styles and would love to work with anyone for sure.
Upcoming Rap Project! [Not in October]
@Vista-Sound13 is a sound you have heard in just about every Sunday Phonograph here on The Tank Tribune. He’s working on a rap project with a friend of his. He worked on the beat and his friend is working on the vocals. He also dropped a new song which you can listen to below!
Lift-Off 2023 Film Festival for PukeBomb! VOTE NOW!
@NickSenny needs your help! The movie Everything Must Go by @PukeBomb is part of a Film Festival! He needs your help in voting on it! There are details in the news post on how you can vote on this film! The deadline for voting is November 20th! Follow the instructions in the news post and vote! Check out the movie below here on Newgrounds as well!
IT IS COMING
@Shenanigansen has been working on… something. More details will come on November 17th at 3:00 PM | EST.
My heart goes out to
Israel, it's not perfect
But deserves better
BBS Awards 2023 : Nominations
It’s that time of year again! For the fifth year in a row @Little-Rena is hosting the Newgrounds Bulletin Board System Awards! The nominations thread is open so you can nominate the Best, Helpful, Worst, and Turd of Newgrounds! The Tank Tribune will be chronicling the past awards in future posts as a bit of history.
USERS OF THE WEEK
Here are the Users of the Week for the week of November 5th - November 11th. Congratulations to all of you!
@acheney
@ShowaFlow
@Jaster
@snailshu
@R3tronaut
@kubernikus18
@fueg
USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE
2022: @MichaFrario
2021: @raptorbricks
2015: @Leotavius
2006: @perj
The week can get people down sometimes. With all of the hustle and bustle and action packed drama that entails our lives, sometimes it's nice to just kickback and relax. Today we're going to take a look at an old collection of the site. The Assassin games. A collection of movies and games where celebrities, icons, and other pop culture figures, are destroyed!
If a game is not loading properly for you, then install the Newgrounds Flash Player. There are instructions on how to do so. If it is still not working or you don't understand, create a thread in the Where is / How to / Help! Forum for assistance.
The month of October was filled with some Halloween celebrations, spending more time with Rex, spending time with friends, and just being overworked at my day job. Seriously, one week I worked seven days in a row. On the sixth day, I went to a wedding right after work, then on the seventh day back to work in the morning, followed by work after that day to count inventory, then a day off to do some work on Newgrounds, what little I could, which included recording a podcast. My body is sore, my mind even more so, it is why this issue is up right before Sunday breaks, at least where I'm at. I just need to sleep, and actual sleep. I hope you all enjoyed this jam packed edition of The Tank Tribune, sorry for the lack of issues the past couple of weeks. There's just been a lot of just plain shit happening. Thank you again for reading and I hope you all have a fantastic Sunday morning!
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cool cursors! (i think i just got a virus)