“TANK TRIBUNE, EVERYONE’S LOVELY NEWSPAPER!”

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Good Morning Newgrounds! At least I hope it has been for all of you. I have been fighting a cold all week. The time I get to spend working on Newgrounds has been minimal between my day job and drinking NyQuil. I swear, with me getting sick each year NyQuil should be sponsoring this paper at this point. My apologies for the limited issue this week, I am feeling better though.

-The-Great-One

INTRO AND OUTRO

@sorohanro

FEATURE COMPOSERS

@sorohanro @RocketStart @ZaneLittle @Creeperforce24 @NamelessComposer

@Ethan64Music @gunzmusic @SnekkMusic @glotch @ZipZipper

@Vista-Sound13 @SnakezOfficial @Arponax @DanFourts @Autodidactic

@Kapuko @VictorLincolnPine @selflessmusicy @Mauxus @Silver132

Adobe alongside multiple browsers cut support for Flash. Meaning that a lot of Flash movies and games would no longer run online. Through Newgrounds member @mike, development on the Flash emulator Ruffle would begin. You can read the progress Ruffle has made in the preservation of Flash on Newgrounds and throughout the Internet in their 2023 Review.

To celebrate the legacy of Flash, Newgrounds hosts the Flash Forward Jam. Where your goal is to make a Flash Game or Flash Movie with Interactive Elements. Below are the requirements for the jam. You can also check out the past Flash Forward Jams below!

JAM REQUIREMENTS

• Make a game or interactive movie with Flash. Interactive movies include animation collabs with cool menu systems, or something with decisions / alternate endings.
• Confirm it works via Ruffle before publishing. You will see a “Test with Ruffle” link on your preview page. Ruffle is what we use to run Flash on NG without the Flash plugin.
• Please avoid the use of copyrighted character and unlicensed commercial music. We love it when people work with artists from the Audio Portal and also manage an additional list of music resources.

Publish on NG by end of day April 21st with the “Flash-Forward-2024” tag.

There was an error in the last issue of The Tank Tribune. February 2nd was not the deadline for the Pokemon Mystery Lovers Collab, but a Soft Deadline. The hard deadline is February 10th, that’s this coming Saturday! This deadline is so that the collab can be launched to Newgrounds on Valentine’s Day. Thank you to collab organizer @DioShiba for pointing this out to The Tank Tribune!

@Frosty is hosting a collab all about bugs. The goal is to make an insect in pixel art form that will move about in a little terrarium that you can look at in an interactive museum style. Below are the guidelines for this collaboration.

GUIDELINES

1. Create an original pixel art bug sprite in four directions (Front, Back, Left, and Right) that will go into a terrarium, and be displayed in a walkable museum. (PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A PRE-EXISTING CHARACTER, OR AT LEAST DO A “LEGALLY DISTINCT” PARODY OF SAID CHARACTER)

2. Individual sprite must be 8x8 minimum, and 64x64 maximum size (SPRITE SHEET CAN BE LARGER)

3. The sprite must be SAFE FOR WORK (SFW)

4. The sprite must be formatted into a sprite sheet evenly)

5. Write the name of the bug and a short description of flavor text in this format:

//USERNAME//BUG NAME//DESCRIPTION

6. The rules and guidelines for creating a terrarium: custom environments must be either 96x112 for small rooms, or 192x112 for large rooms.

To submit your entry and to be updated join the Collab Discord Server. The deadline for this collab is March 8th, that’s over a month away. Follow the news post for more information and questions.

@RepriseAgain is back again! His South Park Collab was a Wimmelbilder of characters designed after South Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ray - Part 1. Below are the rules and guidelines for this collaboration.

RULES/GUIDELINES

• Submit at least one full-body character dressed for the summer.
• Create your character digitally, or provide a high-quality scan of a traditional piece.
• Submit your character as a .PNG with a transparent background at a decent resolution (between 960x960 and 1000x1000 px).
• No NSFW content.
• No AI-generated content.
• No shitpost content.
• I will react to your entry with a :) if it is approved.
• Feel free to post your entry here, but also host a full-definition version of your entry either in your Newgrounds Dump or on a file hosting website, and provide a link in your post.
• Have fun with it!

February 2024

• FEB 7: Newgrounds Music Triathlon: Voting 1
• FEB 10: The Pokemon Mystery LOVERS Collab Deadline
• FEB 12: Valentine’s Day Art Collab Deadline
• FEB 14: Newgrounds Music Triathlon: Phase 2
• FEB 15: Newgrounds Mall Music Collab Deadline
• FEB 23: The Summertime in Wintertime Collab Deadline
• FEB 28: Newgrounds Music Triathlon: Voting 2
• FEB 28: LISA Campfire Collab Deadline
• FEB 28: Transformers Collab Deadline
• FEB 29: Pokemon Mystery Meat Collab Deadline

March 2024

• MAR 1: [adult swim] Collab Deadline
• MAR 8: Newgrounds Bug Collab Deadline
• MAR 17: St Patrick's Day
• MAR 31: Easter
• MAR 20: Storytime Collab Deadline

This week’s featured artist is @ArnoldDoodle. They’ve been on the site since July. They’ve been active in the Art Forum. Check out their works below and give them a follow.

The Remnants of a Star_No. 01

ArnoldDoodle

ETSY SHOP OPEN!

@Sabtastic has recently opened a shop on Etsy! The shop is only open for one to two weeks semi-annually due to her selling at conventions, artist alleys, and in person markets. If you want to know what conventions she will be attending, follow her here on Newgrounds and her other social media platforms! Check out what you can find in her shop below!

Making his return to The Interviewer, the creator of Tarboy and NOX. One of Newgrounds master animators. @JamesLee!

To celebrate the legacy of Flash, it is time to look back at some of the Newgrounds games and movies that helped build Newgrounds. With @RepriseAgain hosting the South Park Collab to celebrate this game’s anniversary, I felt it necessary to highlight it for this week’s Flash Portal History. This game has a spiritual successor on Steam that you can play called Repella Fella! It goes to show how far Flash has taken many animators and developers have not only gotten their start with Flash, but has grown with it throughout the years.

♝ Newgrounds Reading Challenge 2024 ♝

@Jackho has started the Newgrounds Reading Challenge once again. For this year’s challenge, The Tank Tribune will be featuring book recommendations and reviews from the members of this challenge. January has come to an end and we’re in the month of February. Here are the goals numbers for January!

USERS OF THE WEEK

Here are the Users of the Week for January 28th, 2024 - February 3rd, 2024.

Congratulations to all of you!

@SkyMarshall

@SpeedL00ver

@MarshyBruh

@That2D

@Cukkucake

@Digitab

@VORHU-KAI

USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE

2023: @VulpsVulps

2022: @NewTypeHero

2017: @aGhostlycobra

2007: @HaxX0rz111

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. This week we’re looking at the entries from the past Flash Forward Jams.

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.

Thank you all again for reading The Tank Tribune. All the new readers that have joined. I am again sorry for the shorter issue. After I’m done writing this, it is time for NyQuil, YouTube, and then bed. I hope you all have a fantastic morning! See you next week!

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