@PLJerry - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is it like living in Poland?

A1: Living in Poland is awesome, for example you can teach polish language to other people from around the world and oh man trust me polish language is hard.

Q: What makes a game good, and what makes a game bad?

A2: Game good makes a lore, for example, Team Fortress 2 have an amazing lore about mercenaries, their history etc, etc. Bad games makes a violence, like Postal 2, when you play first time this game you'll an information from their creators.

Q: What do you enjoy about voice acting?

A3: Voice acting is fun, you can do whatever you want with your voice.

Q: What makes something seem stupid?

A4: I don't know *lol*

Q: What do you think about drawing?

A5: Drawing is cool, you can rise your drawing skill even better when you just begin with your illustrations.

Q: What are your thoughts on going to the gym and playing football, and how have those experiences affected you?

A6: I wouldn't call it experiences, I just play football sometimes with my friends, same to the gym. My thoughts going to gym is that, you must work hard to build perfect strong body and my thoughts of playing football? Let's see I have bad memories, one time I almost broke my hand when I goalkeeping but my hand is healthy and fully recovered.

Q: What are jokes did you think of funny?

A7: In Poland we all the time joke about politics, a guy dressed up like a girl, etc.

- PLJerry stories

I have some stories I would to share.

My story with drawings, started in primary school, when I draw my first drawing of my family and for some reason I burned this for no reason, I so unhappy and sad at the same time.

Story with animations also started in primary school, when I was doing some animations in MS Paint on my old laptop, of course I saved some of my animations but for some reason my laptop died and I've lost my animations.

After that since my laptop died I decided to retire from drawing and animations in primary school, but when I finish high school in my hometown, I said that's it, time to return to drawings and animations.

Story with voice acting started 14 years ago, when I was some dubbing from televisions, I mean when some cartoon I watched, I mute volume on my TV, and I started showing my dubbing skills to my friends, and they were shocked, they say to me "How do you that? Your dubbing skills are perfect!" all rest is history.

Q: How would you say those experiences has affected you in shaping your personality?

A8: Those experiences about shaping my personality, I would say is it great.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

A9: I discovered NG when I was looking a site to share my drawing/animations stuff, I joined because I like this website.

Q: What makes a good Newgrounder, from your perspective

A10: From my perspecitve a good Newgrounder makes when you support other artists/animators you name it.

@Blitzilla - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is art, what does it represent?

For me art is a representation of intent, like starting and finishing an art piece shows a drive to create and organise a vision you yourself had, that is something that takes time and energy and is one of the most purest human expressions. All art to some degree deserves respect regardless of "quality" or "detail" as long as the heart is there, the ability is secondary. Not to say that high detail and quality don't matter, but the smaller details and overall want for quality kind of falls under the same umbrella as the want to create. A personal touch if you will.

Q: From your perspective what is the purpose of the NG website? How did you discover NG? What made you decide to join the community? Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

I've been creeping around Newgrounds since like 2011, and officially joined in 2019. I found the site through searching for Sonic the Hedgehog flash games and stumbled the "Awesome Chaotix" by @Egoraptor animation and from there I kind of just kept returning since then, since then I guess you could call it the "terrain(?)" of NG has changed somewhat since then. A lot of the old "Newgrounds Edge" has diminished since the time of stuff like "Smash 4" and the whole thing with "Alfred Alfer" but with this current era I feel the decline in this kind of content hasn't really effected my personal experiences with the site as back then I was younger and didn't really see too much of it.

Q: Your experiences with the Internet

The internet is a funny place, my first proper introduction to the internet was through the cartoon network website (RIP) back when it still had all the Toonami stuff on it. So I kinda just lived on that site for a few years playing Billy and Mandy flash games. I remember playing that one where you play as Billy and you had to magnetise his nose to traverse the levels. Since then its just been Newgrounds and YouTube tbh lol.

Q: The story of your username: Blitzilla

My name used to be Blitzo. BEFORE ANYONE SAYS ANYTHING this was BEFORE Helluva Boss was a thing, I used to play rainbow 6 siege a lot and I was a Blitz main. It got to a point in the past few years that Vivziepop fans would keep bugging me about my alias that I decided to change it to Blitzilla because I get to keep some of my OG name and Godzilla is cool!

Q: How did you get interested in working with Blender and 3D modeling? Is it related to game development? What type of games would you like to make and why?

Using blender started as just a fun little thing id do on the side. For my University course I'm required to do a 3D modelling course as it has large elements of game design. So yeah it is going to be put to use to create games which I may upload to NG depending. I've always loved the DMC franchise so Id probs make like a third-person hack and slash.

Q: Your advice for artists

Just draw/paint/build/render whatever you want, it doesn't matter if you don't think its any good, art is a way of learning not just skill but learning yourself. If you create what YOU want with YOUR talents, there is always a way to improve both your method and your way of thinking. what some may see as trash another person may see it as a piece of inspiration to create there own art, it has a beautiful way to connect people from all walks and stages of life. just the act of creating means you have accomplished so much more than people who don't.

Q: Who are the top 10 people you admire for their villainous qualities and would like to emulate

1. The Monarch from The Venture Bros is an all time favourite villain, Flying cocoon AND Dr Mrs The Monarch, actual greatest setup in Villain history
2.  @Tomfulp 
3. Murdoc from Gorillaz is technically a villain right?
4. Dr Robotnik has to be a pretty high tier bad guy I reckon
5. NNY from johhny the homicidal maniac, simply because the series had a large impact on me art wise, NOT murder wise :)
6. Heihachi MIshima can withstand being thrown of multiple cliffs, that takes insane endurance, would be useful to have!
7. I've always had a soft spot for Bakura from YuGiOh, the guy emanates pure aura
8. Wesker from resident evil
9. Bill Cipher
10. Walter White

Q: How would you describe your experience with playing games?

I play da video games !!1!

Q: How did your experience of creating Homestuck SFM edits and posting them on Reddit impact your artistic development?

Regret, I regret making those

Q: When you draw while listening to music, it inspires your art pieces, and you often name them after songs. What is your series 'DeCODE,' which is named after a Paramore song, about?

The series is still in its infancy but I'm developing its story behind the scenes. I plan to release a comic series for the characters but as it sites tight now its based on kind of Bio-android people born from an experiment with Stem cells that may or may not be human, the main character BASH is a product of this and she seeks to find other products of this experiment to destroy them and add their parts to herself to become more "Human" and "Pure" with wacky hijinks along the way. So the TLDR is robot people wrapped in "human" skin and blood with different abilities being hunted by the main character who is also one of them to attain true form while encountering enemies and followers along the way, I thought it would be fun to write a story from almost the Villains perspective! The music thing I just think is cool, Jojo esc.

Q: How did you become interested in the FGC?

I started playing fighting games very early on in life, started on OG street fighter 4 playing Ken

Q: Who is your main in Street Fighter 6, and what do you enjoy about playing the game? What have you learned about yourself through playing, and why did you choose your main?

I play a mix of Marisa and Zangief in SF6, Marisa's general build is what originally inspired me to make my main character for my series more buff and muscled. also Zangief is actually top tier but no one want to say it

Q: What’s the backstory of how Oney sent you a personal birthday video for your 18th birthday? In the video, he talked to you about your university course and game and art development. You mentioned it was one of the coolest things you’ve ever received and that you saved it across four Dropbox accounts.

This was pretty heavy at the time and I haven't told anyone online about this, but for my 18th birthday my mom knew I was a long time @Oney fan from like waaay back, so to my understanding she politely bullied Chris into making me a birthday message, and it was that message that really pushed me into art and getting into games dev again. That message really helped me when I needed a direction and so far I haven't been steered wrong. Yeah I need that video secure so it held across a lot of different storage accounts.

Q: Your favorite characters from NG, and why?

Fav NG character by far is Salad Fingers, He really is just mentally gone and we all love him for it. I used to be into Foamy The Squirrel but idk wtf happened to that guy recently, fall off of the century.

Q: What are the biggest mental health struggles for people from your perspective, and how do you think the psychos could overcome them? Besides from going on killing sprees?

Killing sprees are always good to keep as a last resort but before that try breathing, if that doesn't work then id say killing spree is a logical and sensible step 2

@Creeperforce24 - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: Is the community on the site good? And why do you think it is good?

A1: Newgrounds is full of amazing people, it’s basically the opposite of twitter! It really deserves more people to check it out, it’s got amazing music, art, animations, games, and just a great community.

Q: The story of your username: Creeperforce24

A2: My username is anticlimactic, it’s just my fave Minecraft mob with my favorite song (Waterflame-Octagon Force). The 24 is there cause it sounds good.

Q: Your experience with making music? How did you get started creating music on your phone or tablet using FL Studio Mobile?

A3: I first got fl studio mobile in 2021, and my first actual song is called -Bass-sic-, but my first 31 tracks were absolute dogshit and had no effort put into them. Ever since 2023 I deleted many songs I made just because of how shit they were. My first song published was mossy grotto, and it’s still there today! It’s my lowest ranking song for good reason! It’s just like my friend @Overscore said, “From humble beginnings, very humble”. Thankfully someone known as @taintedlogic was able to help me improve my work, though believe it or not, I always thought he was just a hater until recently, prolly cause I was extremely immature back then.

Q: Why are you writing a fictional story based on WaterFlame’s adventure album?

A4: I have listened to @waterflame for over half my life, and it was only till 8th grade I realized that there was an accidental story behind the adventure album. During my 8th grade I was at that book like hell, though I had to scratch it to move schools. I then started rewriting it and this time I got farther! The reason is just through pure respect for WaterFlame’s work, I owe a debt to him that’s impossible to pay for all the help his songs gave me!

Q: What is your perspective on the value and role of reviews for creative works?

A5: As a big fan of @Taintedlogic, reviews and criticism are very important. I used to have a mindset that criticism was the same as hate, but these days I beg for criticism lol!

Q: What do you think music represents? Why do people listen to music?

A6: Music is huge, it’s put into sound, some say digital instruments don’t count as real music, some say the genre electronic itself isn’t real music. But me personally, Music is varied, some music sounds shit, some music sounds amazing, but if you made it, nobody deserves to call YOUR music, not music. It’s your unique style, your music. Have you ever heard of Jean michel Basqauit? He has his own successful art style! Some say it’s shit, but I’m reality, it’s art! Ai music is not art! If you think ai music is music, you need therapy! Just cause it sounds good, doesn’t mean it’s music! I heard someone on a commercial say “People who made music in the 80s considered this mobile studio era cheating! But look now, what makes you think you can’t use AI to make your chords!” Do you know how much I wanted to strangle that man in the commercial!? Ai music isn’t made by you, it’s ai. That’s why I have an extreme hate and dislike for ai “musicians”. Music is your own hands making something through sound, that was made by you alone. Everyone can higher the quality of music, but don’t think you can get away with ai music.

Q: Your advice for musicians

A7: I am going to say what waterflame taught me long ago! “Throw everything you know about conventional music out the window! Experiment, and if it sounds cool, your doing it right!” - Waterflame. It may sound absurd, and even a bit lazy, but I want everyone to know that it was THE WATERFLAME that said this! There is no music theory! There is only the theory of music quality! Learning music theory is difficult, but helpful… but it is not everything! I have my own saying now. “Music you were taught to make holds you in chains, but if you add your own style, your own rules, and your own realism… those chains holding you back, will turn into ropes to climb!” To everyone reading… thats the truth broski!

Q: What does it mean to be a good Newgrounder?

A8: Don’t be a fucking asshole, I mean, you can be an asshole, but jokingly! Don’t be a troll basically, or a real nuisance to ng! Just cause there’s 4 columns of content, art, music, animation, and games, doesn’t mean your bound to just those! You can be like TaintedLogic and be an audio reviewer! Or you can be like my fan @olskoo and be a mod! Or you can be like @Emsdelaroz and host a shit ton of collabs enough to make your head spin! Or you can host a bunch of clubs like my friend @thetageist! Or you can be an advisor to other people like @Yatsufusa! Or just be a casual enjoyer of what ng has to offer! Or you can be like this cool dude, @Aalasteir and make interviews! @Tomfulp ain’t joking, this website is LITERALLY, “Everything By Everyone”! Nothing or everything! Sorry for my ranting, but to me, being a good newgrounder is someone who interacts with ng, either in big, or small ways! Thanks Tom!

@KingGunshot - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: In what ways do you feel your experiences have shaped your personality and outlook on life, as well as defined the habits and skill sets you have cultivated? Would you say these manifest positively, helping you achieve your goals in life?

Q1: I feel my life experiences have very little to do with how my personality ended up developing. I was diagnosed with autism at a very young age, so I've always felt like my potential has been limited in a way. Still, I feel like I've been doing much better recently than I have in the past.

Q: What were your goals, compared to what are your goals now? And why do you have your goals?

Q2: As an artist, the only goals I'd say I have are to improve and to get somewhat popular.

Q: The story of your username: KingGunshot

Q3: I remember reading an interview with Childish Gambino where he said he got his name from an online "rap name generator." I decided to try that and I ended up liking the results.

Q: How did you discover the NG website? What made you decide to join the community? Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

Q4: I remember going on the website semi-frequently around the time I was 10 and finding it entertaining. Years later when I got a tablet, I wanted to post my stuff online and decided Newgrounds would be the best option.

Q: Why do you enjoy creating art?

Q5: I think the essence of it is remembering that feeling you got as a kid when you discovered Invader Zim or Daft Punk or whatever the fuck it was you were obsessed with at that age and wanting to know how it feels to be the one responsible for that feeling.

Q: Why did you start playing guitar?

Q6: My mother bought a guitar ages ago and gave up on playing it after like a week, I just sat there collecting dust for a while before I convinced her to let me have it.

Q: Why do you like to collect and burn DVDs?

Q7: I think the main appeal of it to me is that its a cheap hobby. an external DVD drive is only like $50, and if you have a few thrift stores nearby you're bound to find something decent eventually. I was lucky enough to find one of those CRTs with a player built-in for $20 too, which I feel really adds to the appeal of watching them.

Q: How would you describe your experience with LootCrate? You have a closet full of it, and you consider it embarrassing crap. Why can't you get rid of it? Why do you want to get rid of it?

Q8: My grandmother (god rest her soul) got me a subscription as a birthday present when I was like 12. I used to have all the stuff up on display, but I took it down once I realized I had pretty much no chance of having sex with a room like that. I've been too lazy to actually do anything with it though, so it's just been sitting in a spare room until I decide to move out.

Q: How did you get interested in creating music?

Q9: I was about 17 years old and i'd started listening to this artist named Daniel Johnston a lot. He was a severe manic depressive who recorded himself playing the organ in his parent's living room on a cheap boombox. despite this, he still remains one of the only musicians whose work could consistently bring tears to my eyes. It was listening to him that really gave me the confidence I needed to start creating music despite my lack of knowledge.

Q: What advice has helped you the most?

Q10: "You steer the ship the best way you know how. Sometimes it’s smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. In the meantime, you find your pleasures where you can." - Corrado John Soprano Jr.

Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Q11: Hopefully still with the same passion for art I have today. I'm just about to start a graphic design program that seems promising, but I know how doing something as an occupation can suck all the enjoyment out of it.

Q: Your favourite food and drinks

Q12: Some nice baked pasta with a Diet Pepsi.

@burastar - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How would you describe your life

 would say I have a comfortable, routinary life nothing crazy. I have a software engineering job at day which gives me financial security to persue my personal creative jobs, which is right now videogames right now and other side projects. I try to exercise regularly too, to take care of both the body and mind. I don't know if it's just me but days where you don't get physical activity you usually tend to have less creative power. I would say sometimes it's hard to balance this after-work time with social activities though, I get stuck in the flow and time passes too fast.

Q: What are your goals in life? And why do you think you have those specific goals?

One of my main goals in life is creating a game that leaves a big impact. Kind of ambitious, I know, but it's truly what got me into programming as a career and it's always on my mind. I don't think the games I am developing right now are what will achieve this goal, but I think they give me experience to get closer to that goal. As for why, I am not really sure. I like making people smile and improve their days. Life outside can be a little tiring and anxiety inducing so if I can make someone's day atleast 1% better I am happy. I think videogames are great ways to achieve that. I am really inspired by small crew dev teams that achieve this goal through persistence (ZUN, "Pixel" Amaya, Toby Fox, Eric Barone, and many others). I am really fortunate that this goal is more realistic nowadays with sites such as Newgrounds to collab with others, game engines being more accesible than ever, and a great amount of resources to learn programming, art, and music composition.

Q: The story of your username: burastar

I used to go by Blaster for the greater part of my Internet history, not really a story behind this one I just thought kid version of me though it sounded cool. For a short period of time in my peak Sonic fan edgy kid phase it was BlasterTheDarknnes (spelled wrong). This "rebrand" was actually just recently. I am a huge fan of Final Fantasy XIV, and needed to come up with a name for my character. For those that don't know, in this game you need to create a nickname with first name and last name unlike other MMOs. So I tried to do a bad Katakana translation of "Blaster" for this game: "Bura Star". It was kind of a joke at first but the name stuck to me so I renamed all of my socials to this and think I am know stuck with it lol.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

I've been a lurker in NG for a LONG time (Unsurprising if you go back previously where I mentioned that I was a edgy sonic fanboy). I had an account but it was lost some time ago. I don't think I posted that much anyways. What made me re-join and actually start posting this year is mostly that I tired of other social media plagued with bots and weird algorithms. You can't even open a Twitter post to see comments without seeing 10+ bot posting unrelated content. I still use other socials, but find myself nowadays prioritizng Newgrounds to be honest. While I haven't been that long posting seriously here, I've loved it. I really feel NG's scoring system and communtiy are great as an artist. I really admire the work of the NG crew for keeping this website alive for almost 30 years. I wish I've started posting earlier.

Q: What makes a good Internet user from your perspective, what are the qualities you like to see in online creators?

I Iike online creators that share their method of work, things that they've learned and explaining the hardships they have endured. I feel like that transparency makes you connect with others as well as being open to talk and responding to comments. I guess this should be obvious but also users that are open minded and respectful of others, willing to collaborate and help others rather than insulting and being belittling.

Q: How would you define a video game?

That's a hard one haha. I guess I would say videogames are a portal wherethat users/players can create their own adventures inside a defined imaginary world. Videogames combine music, visual arts, writing, and programming to create a unique experience. 

Q: What do you like about GDC, Sakurai's channel, game development documentaries, etc, and what would be some specific videos you would recommend?

I like learning about the team behind the games and what lead to design decisions. There are a lot of real people involved behind curtains and everyone has their own unique story. It's fascinating to me learning how people are able to create big games such as MMO's or simulate real life physics like in Tears of the Kingdom.

I recommend watching this FFXIV documentary even if you don't play the game. The story behind the team and how the game was rebuilt is fascinating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0yQKI7Yw4

This one is more technical. It's rare that Nintendo hosts a GDC talk but they are always good. I recommend this recent one that they did for Tears of the Kingdom's physics engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dPDsLTrTE

Q: What makes a good game from your perspective?

Videogames should be a blend of challenging, creative, and immersive. I feel like they should make the player really want to sink all their time into the game, and have constant rewards for doing so. A game should have the perfect balance of challenge so that it's fun to learn and master, but not too hard that it feels like you are wasting your time. A game should also be immersive by creating graphics that can look good even years after and with memorable music.  

Q: How would you describe your experience of creating an EarthBound mock-up in Unity?

It was kind of tiring haha. As I mentioned, this was done in a very bad laptop so I couldn't run it properly myself which is why the video is very bad quality. The original plan was not to remake the whole world I wasn't that ambitious but I did want to cover the first part of the game (Onett pretty much) sort of like a proof of concept. While the battle engine was mostly done I figured I would rather use my time to work on original stuff, and there are other remake works that achieve it better than my take. As for the development itself, it was really hard and I was rushing it since I wanted to get it done and uploaded before I went out for a long vacation outside of my country. So I was basically time crunching myself. The main thing I wanted to showcase is a 2.5HD style that Octopath Traveler popularized. At the time this style wasn't used that much and I thought it looked awesome. Nowadays I feel like it's a bit overused. While I feel like it could've been WAY better with more time, I am proud of the battle system and am glad a lot of viewers liked it too. 

Q: Why do you like drinking alcohol?

I think it relaxes my body. I really disliked the taste some years ago. But I guess it's a taste that gets better the older you get. I feel relaxed when I am with friends while drinking. It's about 90% social drinking though, although recently it's also nice to drink while watching something or doing creative work by myself. I am kind of picky with beer though, I very much prefer dark beers stouts than regular light beer. If you are like me and never really liked the taste of beer but would like to try I suggest trying different kinds and flavors, there is a huge amount.

Q: How to describe your experiences with concerts and music festivals?

I started going with friends some years ago and really liked it! Usually I go for specific bands that I like, but the cool thing about festivals is you discover new bands. It's kind of tiring to be standing and walking around in the sun all day, but it's fun. It's a guilty pleasure activity though, since it can be expensive. It may sound obvious but listening to a band played live is way way better than you expect. I am not a huge fan of Imagine Dragons but I watched them live some months ago and was surprised how good it was.

Q: What is the food that you like?

Everything with cheese is good to me. Italian good is the first thing that come to mind: spaghuetti, pizza, lasagna. Also like japanese food.

Q: Why do you strongly believe you are allergic to bananas?

I feel like I am allergic because most of the time I eat bananas I get a weird itch on my throat. I never thought about it or thought it was unrelated until someone mentioned to me this is a symptom. Even if I am, I don't think it's that big of a deal I would still eat bananas despite them causing me itches. I like bananas.

- llama story

When I was around 10 years old I remember going to a school trip to the zoo and a llama following me inside his closed area. It was strafing around and thought it was playing so I ran along. Turns out it was probably actually mad and spat on my chest/neck area. Fun fact: llamas spit is probably one of the worst smells you can think of and it stays for several hours. That's the story.

Q: How to describe the event has impacted you?

Other than the horrible smell and others laughing at me, I guess I also felt betrayed by the llama. I thought we were playing together and turns out it was actually hostile...

Q: What are the bands that you like?

Weird combination of genres:

Gorillas / Blur (Damon Albarn fan)

Radiohead

TWICE

Anamanaguchi

Enjambre

Q: What have you learned about yourself creating art?

I tend to spend a lot of time on details that I think most people won't even notice. This causes me to spend hours and hours on my work. Recently I've tried to tone this down so I can get work much faster, and found out limiting yourself like this is more enjoyable. After spending years trying to learn something and just abandoning it, I've found that for me to stick with doing something is to challenge myself on making small projects and releasing them to the public. Starting small, but every project adding an extra challenge. For example, for Blender doing a character with simple shapes. Then a new project where you try adding textures, after that trying shaders, after that new project where you add animation, and so on. Main point is sticking with it and working on something everyday.

Q: Your advice for life

This is cliche I know but I recommend pursuing what you are passionate about. I spent years not learning piano because I thought I never would be good enough and that I was too old for it. Last year I decided to start self-learning and while way way far from my goals I've loved it and it's really satisfying to see your progress. Try things that you are passionate about, a step closer everyday, without compromising your financial stability. Simultaneously, be sure to take breaks. While it's great to have ambitions, it's also important to step back and enjoy life with friends and family nowadays. Be sure to exercise and take care of And be kind to others!

@Myceli0m - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What do you like about creating art?

The creative liberty of drawing anything that i can think of, horror concepts, fanart etc.

So many opportunities to grab at, yet so many artists are too afraid.

Q: What does it mean to be an artist?

Rough question, but to be an artist, you'd have to examine an artist that you find inspirational.

Say like, I find Ken Currie's art to be horrifying yet fascinating. Makes you really wonder how someone can make the human body or face look ghostly or unnatural.

Q: What do you like about the horror genre?

For one you can experiment with ideas that you can come up with, psychological horror especially is my favourite.

Main example of that is The Shining, the sheer mindfuckery in the movie is just a chef's kiss.

And I find John Carpenters The Thing movie to be a masterpiece of his work, not because of the practical effects, but because it feels.... I dont know how to describe it. Genuine? Like you feel like you're actually IN the movie.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

Friday night funkin unfortunately, although i wish i wouldve discovered ng via "The visitor" game, gorey but a classic!

Q: Do you feel scared when you see thin, shadowy figures while getting a drink at 2 a.m.? Why do you think your mind might be playing tricks on you? Have you had other experiences like that?

First of all, WOW WHAT A FUNNY JOKE HAHA! no i dont get scared cause i know its my brain being funky.

Secondly, no joke today i woke up with an auditory hallucination of that one ringtone that android has, the one that sounds pleasant during the morning, but terrifying during the night, and i heard the ring tone like if it was playing in my headphones.

And thirdly, I dont think so? Sure i heard my name being called even though noone said my name but other than that, nothing really happens, it's a rare occasion.

Q: Why are people on the Internet?

Well if you ask me, alot of people are on the internet because its easier to connect with people and share art, music, and whatever creative stuff they share, and share their interests.

Q: What music do you like?

Hmmm... Its random persé, sometimes i like to listen to classical music, sometimes pop or rap, but videogame music too.

Q: Your advice for creating art

Dont be hesitant to try out new things ok? Cause if you dont get out of your comfort zone you will never know your full potential. But at the same time i do have a warning, dont do any suggestive or adult artwork when you're a minor cause thats going to backfire on you so hard you're going to live to regret it to the grave, you will not only be hated, but also that will be used against you whenever you're arguing with someone online.

Q: The story of your username: Myceli0m?

"what if i just named myself myceli0m"

What makes something cool?

Uniqueness, or anything 90's for me. But for the majority of people, something that is cool is purely subjective, like hell i believe people find like i dont know, a crocodile with sunglasses on a skateboard, or a big chunky black bear with some shades on cool or whatever.

@Gelert - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How has art influenced your life? Have you always drawn traditionally?

1- Well, I've been drawing pretty much my whole life and it has always been a hobby that I can return to at any point regardless of how much time has passed. But for the most part I don't really draw much nor does it have much relevance to my day-to-day life outside of the internet, so for me it's just "a thing that I enjoy doing" and not much else. I really do enjoy it though!

As for the traditional part: I think most if not all of us start drawing on 'traditional' mediums; we've all picked a pen and made some doodles on our notebooks in school, so in that sense I think 99% of artists start in a "traditional" way. It is the jump to digital that has to be made *after* having the interest spark from traditional, and it's a step I have yet to take.

Q: Why do you think you watch YouTube on a daily basis? What do you think about YouTube?

2- It's not really uncommon for people to watch YouTube on the daily (or any other form of entertainment) nowadays, and I don't think it's a bad thing necessarily (although it heavily depends on what type of content you watch and how much). As for the reason why, I'm not really knowledgeable enough to give you a better answer other than "that's just how it is for me".

And as for my thoughts on YouTube...I don't really have much, honestly. Conceptually? One of the best things we have today; As a platform? It's great! (although it has been getting a bit worse over the years); As a company? Haven't heard the best of things. But overall YouTube encapsulates so much nowadays that we'd have to be talking about a specific topic within YT for me to (maybe) have a substancial opinion.

Q: What are some music? And what is it specifically you like about Vocaloid?

3- What I like about Vocaloid is how much it represents the sense of community. Miku as a whole is just a product, a design with a name and nothing else, but the fact that she has become the icon that she is today is thanks to people that do art and songs revolving around her. Nothing is official, and for that, everything is.

Vocaloid is fanon at its maximum expression, it's the "Everything, by everyone" motto taken to heart, united by the same love for the virtual diva that each and every single fan shares. And I find that to be an amazing thing.

I also just really like the music for how it sounds, of course. There's literal hundreds of bangers out there, and you always have more to discover! Unfortunately I can't really go into detail for that in here, since 1.- It's quite difficult to talk about particular recommendations for the 'genre' (which isn't a genre to begin with), and 2.- The character limit doesn't allow me to xD

Q: What are the long text you like to practice your English skills?

4- So, I often mention that "I like to practice my English skills" as a joke because I find it funny, but in reality I just like writing unnecessarily lengthy texts. And not even creative or literary ones, but rather inconsequential stuff like comments on posts and discord chats. And oftentimes you can cut like 60% of what I say and it still delivers the same amount of information (case in point: this interview). As much as it pains me to admit...I have the heart of a Redditor.

Also, fun fact!: I had to cut and resume a LOT of things that I wrote down for this interview; the first time I managed to barely stay below the limit, but the second time I wanted to make sure NG didn't deleted it again, so I played it even safer xD

Q: How did you discover the NG community and why did you join?

5- In a timeline: I had always known of Newgrounds ever since I discovered the internet, but I only thought of it as "that old forum website with edgy people on it...and porn" so I never bothered looking into it further.

I got interested in creating an account for myself around the release of Week 2 of FnF, since I loved both the game and the community that was forming at the time (emphasis on 'at the time').

After that I kept on exploring the site for more interesting games and cool art. I tried uploading my own drawings a couple of times, but I always ended up deleting them out of shame. That was until I participated on the 2021 Secret Santa event, which made me actually want to try and be part of the community. Granted, I haven't been as active as I'd like to be, but hey, I'm still here and plan on staying for longer!

Q: The story of how you created the "OC Plaza" post on the Art Forum, what are your conflicting feelings on the thread?

6- To keep it "short": The idea for the thread was born shortly after doing my second "Art Trades/Requests" post on the forums (which is now deleted BTW, but the first one is still public). I saw that a lot of people, both after and before me, were doing similar threads asking for characters to draw, so I thought "why not make a big thread that is public for everyone? That way people like me don't have to be making new threads constantly and the forum isn't as crammed with them!" (I didn't really mind them, but most of them where pretty similar if not identical to one another. They were quite common, too).

The "conflicting feeling" part comes from the fact that, when creating the thread, I had the self-imposed idea of making a drawing for every single person that left their character in (seems excesive, I know, but it didn't seem that big of a task at the time). This, however, proved to be quite difficult even from the beginning, making me struggle to even finish one drawing, and as time went on I felt even more daunted by the idea of sharing anything on my own thread. It made me feel like a fraud.

Nowadays that feeling still hasn't fully gone away, but it's vastly overshadowed by the positive feeling that I get everytime I open my notifications and see people interacting with the thread. Seriously, the fact that it has kept active for YEARS makes me very happy, and I'm truly grateful for all the artists that have posted on it.

Q: Why do people create OCs?

7- For a multitude of reasons, honestly. Some for telling stories, others for the pure sake of designing, and some for having the freedom to draw characters however and whenever they want. At the end of the day though, I believe that OC's are both a result and a tool for creative expression, regardless of how they are created.

Q: Your advice for being part of the community

8- As I mentioned before, I haven't really been doing the best job at "being part of the community" myself. But, for what it's worth: My advice would be to loosen up more, and realize that this isn't Twitter, or any other social media site for that matter. Newgrounds is made not from the site itself but the people that are in it, so post what you *really* want to post without much worry.

Q: Your art advice

9- My advice would be to try and truly understand your artistic process: What your strengths and weaknesses are, and most importantly, to know what you enjoy doing the most. Some artists like doing lineart the most, others coloring, others rendering, and similarly you could have a preference over fanart, environments, etc.; Try to understand what really makes you enjoy your process and make it your strength.

Stepping out of your comfort zone is important as well, of course (you can't really improve without doing so), but understanding what that zone is for you is also important so you can expand it as much as you can.

Q: What does it mean to be Mexican for you?

10- Literally speaking: To be from Mexico. In a more emotional, personal sense: ...to be from Mexico.

In all honesty, while I do love living here, I'm not really that patriotic about it, so...yeah. I do love my country though! (Most of it, anyways xD)

@MMFan2004 - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How would you describe your life?

Just some random four-eyed South-East Asian wasted too much looking at other stuff on the internet, before taking a break once you went too far.

Q: How did cooking and baking become some of your favorite activities?

I'm already explained that in the last question. But in a highly abridged recap, I got interested in cooking mostly through watching a few cooking shows on tv, and my mom,. Later as I get older, I watched many of YouTube videos relating to cooking.

Q: What do you like about Binging with Babish?

The best thing about Binging with Babish is that their videos are about making interesting and great recreations of food from famous TV shows, movies, and video games. My favourite one has to be their recreation of foods from Regular Show and Spongebob Squarepants. Or that because I enjoyed those shows when I was a kid and somewhat still is through watching clips of it on YouTube.

Q: What do you think about YouTube?

Good Website with many great videos made by creators that I admired for over the years. Despite has become corporate for over the years, is still one of my go-to websites for finding some neat entertainment beside Newgrounds.

Q: What makes a piece of media good?

If it's entertaining and compelling, that's good.

Q: What was it like playing Club Penguin in 2013?

Well, just a typical membership paywall and such. The first event I held on Club Penguin that I can recall was Operation Hot-Sauce.

Q: How did you get interested in creating art and animations?

I started drawing when I was a child, obviously. But I never took it very seriously until I was 17 years old. Before that, I drew poorly made drawings of crossovers of my favourite cartoons and video games in 2014. By the late 2010s, I mostly posting on DeviantArt like a drawing of Polandballs and a bunch crappy meme edits. But in 2020, I am mostly done using DeviantArt and move on to other sites like Instagram and later here, on Newgrounds. The same goes for my interest in animation.

Q: Why did you join NG?

The reason I tried to find some purpose in life. And that purpose is to make Flash animation for people to enjoy, while also contributing more to the community. Another reason is pretty obvious, either the end of life for Flash that makes me want to play old Flash games from my childhood, or the rising popularity of Friday Night Funkin' in early 2021 when many of Newgrounds animations like Madness Combat and Pico's School got recommended to me on YouTube. And that point, I was hooked and mostly spent my time watching other Newgrounds-related animations from creators like JAZZA, AAron-Long, and JoelG.

Q: Your advice for becoming a better version of yourself

The best advice I could give is to enjoy what you have made and try to accomplish something in your lifetime whether it's big or small, while minimizing the regrets that you have made in the past and the ones that you could have made in the future.

That's all I have to say. Thank you for the interview, Aalesteir.

@earshot - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How would you describe living from your perspective?

Q1; If you're asking me on how I'm living I can't complain but in terms of life as a whole I would describe living as a sort of dog eat dog world where there are a lot of people that are only out for themselves and nobody really cares about anybody in the world we live in but that's just the way things have always been and will continue to be long after you or I are buried in the ground. I'm not saying there aren't any good people out in the world because there are but just like lucifer they can fall too. I hope I'm not sounding edgy but if I am it can't be helped. we live a lonely existence.

Q: The story of your username: earshot

Q2: The name is after a band I like to listen to but if there is any deeper meaning it's the range or distance over which one can hear or be heard.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

Q3: I discovered Newgrounds after watching KaptainKristian video about the website on youtube back in 2017.

I joined because it seemed like more fun over here than any other website i've been on over the years; twitter is for losers, instagram is for morons, youtube is for assholes, reddit is for the feebles, facebook is for old people, patreon is for panhandlers and any other website don't even deserve a mention but Newgrounds is for people to have the freedom to express themselves to show off their talents and ability to create while having fun.

Q: Why do you like to draw?

Q4: I like to draw because it's like a form of meditation and gives me peace in a chaotic world even if I do suck at it.

Q: What do you like about comic books and manga?

Q5: "i think you can do anything with comics that you can do in just about any art form." - Harvey Pekar which is what I 100% agree with and like about comics and manga.

Q: What makes a good movie? And what makes a movie bad in your opinion?

Q6: A good movie is a good story one with heart and soul just watch any Quentin Tarantino movie you can tell he loves what does but there's also technical aspects like weather the script is well written or well directed and well acted. A bad movie is one without these qualities like Steven Seagal's movies.

Q: What does it mean to be a real geek?

Q7: To be knowledgeable in something you're interested in whether it be music or programming.

Q: What is your opinion and what do you think about making graffiti? Why do you think people were confused by your thread Bone Headz

Q8: graffiti is a unique art form that's not for everyone and I think at the time when I made the thread "bone headz" I was hoping to see if there were any other graffiti writers on the site which to no avail. looking back at the thread I cringe because I was such a toy at the time.

Q: What is your opinion of the Newgrounds community?

Q9: The Newgrounds community is pretty chill I'd say very welcoming to all walks of life even if some people can be dicks. sometimes I'll see people ask in the forums about how to get more followers or how they can get front paged to which I say if you're only doing art for clout and money than you're doing it for the wrong reasons you should be making art for yourself and not for others who really gives a shit if you're front paged or not or having the most followers it shouldn't determine your value as a artist or as a person a lot people care about this sort of stuff but I think it's just stupid. To me the only positives you get out of art is clarity like "oh that drawing came out nice" or "I can draw hands better than I did a month ago" progression and trying to get better at whatever it is that you do.

Q: Why were you called the "Magician" in high school?

Q10: Because I could make problems disappear. I'm just joking nobody called me that I wish they did though it would've been cool.

Q: Your advice for surviving life

Q11: No matter what happens in life you keep moving forward.

Q: What’s the story behind the time you were eating in your car outside a fast food joint, enjoying the day, when a drunk homeless woman suddenly dropped her pants and started defecating right beside your vehicle? How do you think that experience has changed your outlook?

Q12: i don't know if it changed my outlook but it definitely changed my appetite at the time.

Q: What have you learned about yourself creating art?

Q13: I am impatient and lazy but stubborn and uniquely devoted to my own beliefs.

@Magnus727 - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: The story of your username: Magnus727

Firstly, my real name is Magnus. My usual username, Magnus77, was already taken so I had to change it – by adding a 2 to it.

If you want to go deeper, I got the 77 way back in 2012 or so when playing World of Warcraft as level 77 in that game unlocked many possibilities back then. As for the 2, I like 727 as a prime number and I frequently woke up at 7:27 some ten years ago. Me being awake at 7:27 is rare nowadays but it’s status as a special time has survived — alongside the similar-looking 17:27 (5:27 PM).

Q: How did you discover the NG website?

By complete accident. It is a long rabbit hole but I will sum it up. I signed up for an achievement tracker for Steam known as AStats in 2017. When that site went down for several weeks on 1 May 2021, I looked for alternatives and found a site named Metagamerscore early on 2 May 2021. On this site I added my Kongregate account for achievement tracking and noticed another web-based platform besides it: Newgrounds!

I did knew Newgrounds existed from my 18 months of almost daily Kongregate badge collection (10 July 2019 to 10 January 2021) but never thought Newgrounds had achievements. At that point I was not one trying new things and nobody on Kongregate confirmed the existence of achievements on Newgrounds. But Newgrounds being included on an achievement site like Metagamerscore confirmed it so I signed up on 2 May 2021 around 10:15 local time, getting my first medal at approximately 10:20 in Chessformer.

Q: What made you decide to join the community?

I joined purely for the achievements. In 2021 I was still very shy so I kept to myself but as I saw the way Kongregate handled the Flash end of life in 2020 (essentially shutting down in all but name), I was very happy to see that this site had survived Flash. The community was still here, games were still being made, achievements still being created etc.

Q: Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

When I joined in 2021, I felt like having missed out on 12 years of Newgrounds medals. Yet now, after 3 years, I am ranked 27th with over 415,000 points. Even though the above is still technically true, I no longer feel like having missed out.

Q: How did you get interested in grounding for achievements?

My interest in achievements began around 2015 and was complete by 2017 where I got a Steam achievement on every single calendar day. It was partly by interest (achievements being goals to reach) and partly by a friend already playing for achievements. It was well established when I signed up here.

Q: What do you think makes a game good?

If it is something serious, that the developer(s) put effort into it — preferably without too many weird references. Size doesn't matter though, a one minute experience can also be good in it’s own right. I can play anything from a game made in one hour to a huge game like World of Warcraft (not that I am equally skilled at them all though).

Q: What is it like living in Denmark?

As Denmark is located 55-56 degrees north, the summers aren’t too hot (at least compared to summer vacations in Italy). The winter nights are quite long, with the sun setting as early as 15:35 (3:35 PM) here. Coming home from school in December, it was pretty much dark already. Sometimes we get snow and even long icicles almost reaching the ground!

As I have Asperger’s/autism (and thus can’t handle many people at once) I would say I am lucky to be here in Denmark – being able to start at a special school at the age of five and a half. Since 29 June 2018, after fifteen years of school, I have been at home. I am an outsider, other people generally make me uncomfortable and I had zero motivation for school etc. anymore. But what sealed it was a depression beginning on 15 October 2018. This is an even longer rabbit hole what I won’t bother you with. Essentially, I had a childhood crush from school for nine years but she ended up with someone else. While devastating for the first three years, by 2022 it was largely countered by playing games. But still, the depression made everything way worse and me leaving the house is thus a rare occurrence — not that I mind it, with the real world seeming pointless to me and my faith in it shattered. Because of these factors, going beyond this about life in Denmark is impossible for me.

Q: Your experiences with the Internet

Very good. Due to mentioned real life difficulties, I feel way more at home on the internet – especially here and on Metagamerscore — where all my problems just disappear. Newgrounds have my thanks as a place to escape to. For this reason I celebrate 2 May like a second birthday.

While we all still have to look out for scams, phishing, trolls etc., sites such as Newgrounds proves that the internet also have good people.

Q: What is your perspective on the value and role of reviews for creative works?

An essential part of it (at least for the games). We as players can point out glitches that the developer(s) might have overlooked. Assuming the reviews are constructive (i.e not 0 star insults), it can often help the developers/creators going forward. Also broken medals might be fixed instead of them being taken down by moderators.

Q: What have you learned about yourself getting achievements?

Most of all that I am patient. I can play for hours – repeating the same stuff over and over — for just one medal if I am 100% sure of getting it eventually. For instance my 29 February medal HERE (the goal is to play 10,000 times).

Q: What are the elements to make an achievement satisfying?

If we are talking about obtaining them then the best ones are those that you just barely can obtain with your skill (or patience) level. Too easy, it is forgettable. Too hard, it is just annoying. One such medal from this year is “Super Pig”.

I also like nicely made icons and medal ID numbers. Recently I found and completed a whole game to get the medal with ID 55555.

Q: What are some food that you like?

I am a vegetarian and picky eater so I prefer it very simple. For instance pasta, McDonald’s fries and fruits/berries. That includes homegrown strawberries, blueberries and apples every summer/autumn, occasionally carrots too. Not to mention all the sweet stuff (chocolate, ice cream, cakes etc.).