Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jamuary 2022 (Day24) - Don't Look Back]

I'm surprised any of us are still posting stuff everyday. Great tune by the way. I'd have changed one note just to say "I finished this today" but there's literally no reason to do something like that. I love how chill this is. I have so much trouble keeping things simple but I have a lot of respect for music that just is. This doesn't need to be anything more, the melodies are lovely. So modest and pure c':

metalblinga responds:

Thanks! I appreciate it :)

[PowerPutt Legend!! - Steelworks]

Sounds mad authentic, love those melodies. Nothing feels needless. This is killing it for me. Love those sfx doing their own thing like a furious soloist in the background. I have no idea how chiptune songs are supposed to end, would it have been a smart idea to emulate the noise of a screen getting turned off? You can take this idea and roll with it, I'd love to hear that ;3

[On The Case]

Authentic vibes, first computer I remember was a 95. I feel like old computer games get glossed over a tad by sexier retro Nintendo/Sega gems. I remember playing computer games in the 90s that had no right to be called games because they weren't fun at all but we played them because we got a floppy disk at some random flea market and it said "games" on it AND WE LOVED IT.

You remember Encarta Mind Maze? Renaissance style trivia maze, each room had a question? That shit was my jam.

Edit: forgot to mention how much I love this track <3

tripledigit responds:

I'm glad you like it! I put a ton of work into it.

I used to play the games that came in cereal boxes. Disney did that for a while. I had a skating game from An Extremely Goofy Movie, a first person exploration game for Atlantis, and a game for Dinosaur that was a collection of mini games/activities.

[Words That Don't Come Out - Catlike Magic]

Love it, melodies are all ripping good. Hella funky jam Blue. This track makes me miss my Sega Genesis for some odd reason :p

[Soulless]

Sad vibes today, don't diss your own music! Everyone has their own funk that grows and matures. Self promotion can be a depressingly existential sadness but you can't let it get to you. Who is this rapper by the way?

Unrelated but do you listen to DreamEater at all? I don't think he raps but his lo-fi tunes are tip top. He's one of my favorite Newgrounds producers :3

Casper responds:

Listened to a few of his tracks, outside of my own music i don't really listen to lofi though. I just updated the description to include the link, its natjamesworld which is a guy I found on looperman. I don't think I'll ever get my sounds clean enough or unique enough or whatever enough for them to be standalone tracks that people can just listen to, it'll always be about improving it and getting feedback but I shouldn't care, it's only gonna drive me more insane

[Choose Your Fighter! [Jamuary Day 19]]

I like this one a lot. Funky jazzy jungle chords, rad breaks, fun and playful patches. I'm feeling the sweat roll down my face as I swap back and forth between a character I really like and a character I've never played before AND I ONLY HAVE 30 SECONDS TO CHOOSE BECAUSE PLAYER 2 EXISTS, FUCK. I REALLY WANTED TO PLAY ROCKMAN BUT HAVE TO PLAY DR. STRANGE? I DON"T KNOW HIS MOVE SET WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.

[JUICE BOY]

Oh my god, you got that Marc M sound. The best part was that wholesome shout out at the end. I could perfectly picture his animation style with this. Only thing that could have made it more authentic would be one or two stutters in the dialogue. I notice Rick and Morty also takes full advantage of the comedy stutter, it's a... it's... look it's a thing :3

Edit: you stuttered like six times at the beginning. I'm dumb.

[Mellow Misery]

This is a really good swing. Loved the crisp glitch effects and off beat modded clap snares. This is probably my favorite thing all month but I'm such a slob I hate to admit that haven't had the chance to listen to everything.

Such clean sounds on this. Amazing :' ]

Casper responds:

Thanks, i've been wanting to layer those snares or make my own so i can fill up my drumkit but haven't had the time, glad you enjoyed it:3