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August Status Update

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As we approach the end of summer, a quick NG status update is due!


Our biggest project this year, spanning the entirety of 2023 thus far, has been migrating the Art Portal to the Project System and adding true multi-image support. This project has been a good example of the last 20% being 80% of the work but it remains very close to completion. I have a launch post ready for when it goes live and it’s tempting to post it ahead of time to hype all the changes, however I’m holding out.


Our second big project this year has been the Playlist system, which initially was scoped as a series of small updates but a number of those updates have converged into a big update. When these changes go live, we’ll be migrating the old Collection & Series system into the playlist system and artists will be able to manage their own official series pages on the site. There will be lots of intricacies to explore in this space, including music albums, event pages and more.


We have a Spring Cleaning list that became a Summer Cleaning list that will now be a Fall Cleaning list; basically a bunch of small site fixes and quality of life improvements we hope to put in place after these projects roll out, in addition to ongoing updates surrounding these two projects.


Thank you for being patient and thank you for your Support!


In Playlist-adjacent news, listen to @Fantishow’s new EP:



@CootieGirl organized a fun playlists of faves:



Other News


August 25-27th is NG Summer Fest!


August 26th is Robot Day and the Ugasi Art Contest Deadline.


August 31st is the Cog Collab, Hatsune Miku Birthday Collab and Bar Hopping Art Collab entry deadlines.


September 2nd is the TORNADA V Premiere Stream.


September 3rd is the Live Action Jam deadline.


September 22nd is Madness Day, that link goes to a new post from Krinkels with prize info!


October will kick off our annual Halloween Spooktacular, with prizes for the best spooky movies, games, art and audio. We also have a new site skin by @VonKreepula ready to go!


October 1st is the Dr. Good Halloween Animation Collab entry deadline.


October 13th is the October NG vs Boyfriend Audio Collab deadline.


November 20th is the Sega Saturn Collab deadline.


November 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab deadline.


Our Best of July have been announced!


Winners of the Art Inspired Music Contest have been announced!


Snackers posted his recap from the Toronto Meetup.


Read the latest edition of The Tank Tribune!


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 11:44:04 (edited 2023-08-22 11:44:21)


last 20% being 80% of the work


I feel that o_o


Good luck NG crew!


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 11:56:41


What's the planned max amount of Images you can upload for the multi-image system?

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:00:45


At 8/22/23 11:56 AM, AhWham wrote:What's the planned max amount of Images you can upload for the multi-image system?


At the moment, the limit is 10 for non-Supporters and 30 for Supporters. That could possibly change before launch.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:03:57


can't wait for Halloween I started on mine yesterday!


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:20:07


genuinely cant wait for the art update............


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:27:55


THAT'S AMAZING!

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:28:35


Can't wait to see more art portal goodness soon. Keep working hard. :)

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:32:27


I'm so excited for the updates! Good luck to the staff and others who are helping with the site!!


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:35:03


Exciting news! I hope these upcoming updates will draw more artists to NG


Judge my music taste! || Add me on Steam || Letterboxd

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:37:29


It's something.


Please subscribe

"As the old saying goes...what was it again?"

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:43:45


At 8/22/23 11:42 AM, TomFulp wrote:Our biggest project this year, spanning the entirety of 2023 thus far, has been migrating the Art Portal to the Project System and adding true multi-image support. This project has been a good example of the last 20% being 80% of the work but it remains very close to completion. I have a launch post ready for when it goes live and it’s tempting to post it ahead of time to hype all the changes, however I’m holding out.


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:49:53 (edited 2023-08-22 12:51:00)


A great year for site features! Even if the features took the whole year to develop. Y’all deserve a biggol’ thank you chain in that art portal update announcement thread when it goes live. I’m sure the effort will show!


(GIF by @Memorizor)

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 12:55:04


FACT: Art means awesome in Spanish!


Where else am I? Sheezy.ArtGeometry DashRedditBlueSky


AKA fe3l1ngsk1lled, Skilled, SkilledFeller... :3

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 13:03:46


Hopefully there will be an influx of comics uploaded to the art portal once the multi-image support is complete.


Looking forward to it!


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 13:14:40


Good work as usual!

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 13:38:29


I think women with blue hair look like they are trying to be a cartoon too much.


first post.


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 13:42:19


Our second big project this year has been the Playlist system, which initially was scoped as a series of small updates but a number of those updates have converged into a big update. When these changes go live, we’ll be migrating the old Collection & Series system into the playlist system and artists will be able to manage their own official series pages on the site. There will be lots of intricacies to explore in this space, including music albums, event pages and more.


Very excited for this feature! I'd love to be able to manage series I make on my Newgrounds page

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 13:59:38


Very excited for when all these changes go live! The Playlist system update with series pages is a stand out to me, I'm hyped for that!

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 14:18:21


August 2023 should be of excitement and submissions before it's over.


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 14:38:56


I'm having a lot of fun with the playlist feature lately. Looking forward to seeing what you've got in store


Fuck you give me money!

(thanks for the years of Lulu/Payne r34 my loyal dealers)

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 15:00:58


At 8/22/23 11:44 AM, squidly wrote:
last 20% being 80% of the work

I feel that o_o


It is rough when a small percent does most of the work, but that won't stop me from being dedicated to what I do.



Good luck NG crew!


Thanks.


I have a PhD in Troll Physics

Top Medal points user list. I am number 12

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 15:38:34


Is it gonna be possible to separate our uploaded games in categories? like a playlist for "shorts/demos" and a playlist for "full/released" or something


bro i'm tired

Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 16:08:59


At 8/22/23 03:38 PM, Edeshye wrote:Is it gonna be possible to separate our uploaded games in categories? like a playlist for "shorts/demos" and a playlist for "full/released" or something


You could make playlists for those things and there will hopefully be further updates down the road that will let you highlight them in more relevant places.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 17:49:53


Thanks to everyone from the NG-Staff for your hard work on many difficult, yet important, projects. You guys rock!


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 18:34:32 (edited 2023-08-22 18:38:50)


That Is a great news tom, can't wait for multi-image support and the other stuff, that means Newgrounds could finally have comics and series stuff :D


I like to make animations :)

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 18:39:55


At 8/22/23 04:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 8/22/23 03:38 PM, Edeshye wrote:Is it gonna be possible to separate our uploaded games in categories? like a playlist for "shorts/demos" and a playlist for "full/released" or something

You could make playlists for those things and there will hopefully be further updates down the road that will let you highlight them in more relevant places.


How about pinning news? I think I suggested that last year.


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 19:03:02


At 8/22/23 06:39 PM, Iog-in wrote:
At 8/22/23 04:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 8/22/23 03:38 PM, Edeshye wrote:Is it gonna be possible to separate our uploaded games in categories? like a playlist for "shorts/demos" and a playlist for "full/released" or something

You could make playlists for those things and there will hopefully be further updates down the road that will let you highlight them in more relevant places.

How about pinning news? I think I suggested that last year.


News is another one we'd like to add an option for pinning.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 19:08:34 (edited 2023-08-22 19:08:48)


At 8/22/23 01:38 PM, Luis wrote:I think women with blue hair look like they are trying to be a cartoon too much.

first post.


I have nothing against women with blue hair. If they are cartoons.


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Response to August Status Update 2023-08-22 19:56:08


Thank you everyone on the team for all that you do!