Takeover Tuesday & Mixed Media Goodies

[TomFulp]

Today is Takeover Tuesday!

It’s still early in the day but already a number of TT songs were included in today’s Featured Music, a handful of classic movies got updated with hi-res thumbnails and one Flash game switched over to running via Ruffle. I enjoy that each week a little bit of historical housekeeping gets done as a result of what gets featured by Supporters.

Heads up: If you post about your Takeover Tuesday selection on Bluesky, you might get re-posted by NG.

Thank you everyone who Supports NG and participates in Takeover Tuesday each week!

Mixed Media

If you enjoy experimental mixed-media animation, there have been some real treasures this week!

I also want to shout out these two inventive movies:

If you like videos set to music from the Audio Portal, this week has been good for that too.

DEEPSTATES and The Dark Harvest both got second episodes this week and now have series pages where you can watch them back-to-back:

Loving the watercolor NG wall art? @Slimygoo shared it in the Art Portal!

If you're curious about the woodland critters:

Tankmas ADVENTure

Can you believe it’s this time of year already? Work on Tankmas ADVENTure has begun and applications are open for talent from all four portals.

If you aren’t familiar with Tankmas ADVENTure, take some time to catch up:

Thank you @SplatterDash, @MrShmoods and @Squidly for keeping the tradition going this year. Squidly has come aboard as the new programmer, wish him luck!

Other News

See my previous post for more November news! There’s lots of cool stuff in there, including this gif:

Voting for the Best of October begins on the 7th, winners will be announced on the 14th and Halloween winners will be announced later this month, after the Best of October!

[Aalasteir]

This double posted.

[TomFulp]

At 11/5/24 12:03 PM, Aalasteir wrote:This double posted.

Fixed!

[PLJerry]

New NG News, Dope!

Meanwhile me who have a kidney stones and still fight to eliminate that sickness

[BoiledMilkz]

When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

[TomFulp]

At 11/5/24 12:21 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

No plans for that at the moment!

[Simoes1000]

At 11/5/24 12:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:21 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

No plans for that at the moment!

And the spoon month?

[BlueMonday1984]

At 11/5/24 11:59 AM, TomFulp wrote:Today is Takeover Tuesday!

This'll make a good distraction from THE ELECTION(tm)

It’s still early in the day but already a number of TT songs were included in today’s Featured Music, a handful of classic movies got updated with hi-res thumbnails and one Flash game switched over to running via Ruffle. I enjoy that each week a little bit of historical housekeeping gets done as a result of what gets featured by Supporters.

Hidden gems getting uncovered, and old classics getting spruced up

You love to see it

[BlueMonday1984]

At 11/5/24 12:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:21 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

No plans for that at the moment!

I'd say that's pretty fair - as I see it, places like Archive of Our Own and fanfiction.net are more well-suited to fanfic, at least for the time being.

If that idea ever does come to fruition, it'll probably be focused on fanworks in general, rather than fanfic specifically.

[3xBlast]

Wowwy!!!! 😍

[Aalasteir]

STEREO is fantastic! The sound design is incredibly well executed, and the camera work is terrific.

Fame and [SUPERCHAT] hit really hard, they have nice stories. I appreciate movies that makes you think.

I've enjoyed watching The Dark Harvest and DEEPSTATES too! Both high quality series.

The watercolors are fantastic! Great wall art!

I'm excited for Tankmas ADVENTure!

At 11/5/24 12:11 PM, PLJerry wrote:New NG News, Dope!
Meanwhile me who have a kidney stones and still fight to eliminate that sickness

That sucks. I hope the medicine the doctor gave you helps with your kidney stones and works effectively to destroy the stones. Stay strong, PLJerry!

At 11/5/24 12:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:21 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

No plans for that at the moment!

@BoiledMilkz, hell yeah! Why not unironically! It’s possible to make that an event on Newgrounds. If you write out the event—I’d be happy to contribute by writing a story. It may be rough around the edges.

At 11/5/24 12:35 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:21 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

No plans for that at the moment!

I'd say that's pretty fair - as I see it, places like Archive of Our Own and fanfiction.net are more well-suited to fanfic, at least for the time being.
If that idea ever does come to fruition, it'll probably be focused on fanworks in general, rather than fanfic specifically.

You're right; those are good places for fanfics.

We have an option of using the writing forum, and it has been used to hold a writing contest before. I specifically remember one organized by @Remi-le-Oduen.

Spooktacular 2023 writing contest ENTRIES

At 11/5/24 12:32 PM, Simoes1000 wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:21 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:When will you add Fan-Fiction Friday?

No plans for that at the moment!

And the spoon month?

Voting for the Best of October begins this Thursday, the 7th

Playlist Update & Early November News

[PLJerry]

At 11/5/24 12:11 PM, PLJerry wrote:New NG News, Dope!
Meanwhile me who have a kidney stones and still fight to eliminate that sickness

That sucks. I hope the medicine the doctor gave you helps with your kidney stones and works effectively to destroy the stones. Stay strong, PLJerry!

The medicine the doctor gave me it helps to eliminate my kidney stones and it works effectively with drinking water, so drink water kids!

[OnixDark]

how do i check my previous features again?

(for future reference)

[Aalasteir]

At 11/5/24 01:11 PM, OnixDark wrote:how do i check my previous features again?
(for future reference)

https://www.newgrounds.com/frontpage/takeover/2024/10/29

Make sure to click on the cog. And select the date.

There isn't a dedicated button, but there is a way to find your submission. In your browser, press Ctrl + F and then insert your username. Next, scroll all the way down the page. A faster way to do this is by repeatedly pressing the 'End' key until all of the submissions have been shown. That way, you can easily find your featured submission.

To quickly move to the top of the page where you started, you can press the 'Home' key on your keyboard.

[OnixDark]

At 11/5/24 01:20 PM, Aalasteir wrote:

At 11/5/24 01:11 PM, OnixDark wrote:how do i check my previous features again?
(for future reference)

https://www.newgrounds.com/frontpage/takeover/2024/10/29

Make sure to click on the cog. And select the date.


There isn't a dedicated button, but there is a way to find your submission. In your browser, press Ctrl + F and then insert your username. Next, scroll all the way down the page. A faster way to do this is by repeatedly pressing the 'End' key until all of the submissions have been shown. That way, you can easily find your featured submission.


To quickly move to the top of the page where you started, you can press the 'Home' key on your keyboard.

a bit cumbersome, but hey, it works! thanks!

[kmau]

At 11/5/24 01:20 PM, Aalasteir wrote:There isn't a dedicated button, but there is a way to find your submission. In your browser, press Ctrl + F and then insert your username. Next, scroll all the way down the page. A faster way to do this is by repeatedly pressing the 'End' key until all of the submissions have been shown. That way, you can easily find your featured submission.

Ah that works, but I still got my fingers crossed for a proper list of my past TT features. Maybe someday!

[BoiledMilkz]

At 11/5/24 12:51 PM, Aalasteir wrote:@BoiledMilkz, hell yeah! Why not unironically! It’s possible to make that an event on Newgrounds. If you write out the event—I’d be happy to contribute by writing a story. It may be rough around the edges.

Yeah, Fan-Fiction Friday will probably be some sort of a writing jam or event I'll host in the future!

[Chris]

How would you feel about letting us comment on Takeover Tuesday entries as well as just react? My favourite thing about this feature is people share things I haven’t seen for years and I want to be able to talk about those things with the people who shared them.

[TomFulp]

At 11/5/24 05:01 PM, Chris wrote:How would you feel about letting us comment on Takeover Tuesday entries as well as just react? My favourite thing about this feature is people share things I haven’t seen for years and I want to be able to talk about those things with the people who shared them.

I've been DYING for comments on these, at the moment that has been waiting on our overhauled commenting system to happen first. Does make me wonder if we should consider something sooner, though.

[BlueMonday1984]

At 11/5/24 05:04 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 05:01 PM, Chris wrote:How would you feel about letting us comment on Takeover Tuesday entries as well as just react? My favourite thing about this feature is people share things I haven’t seen for years and I want to be able to talk about those things with the people who shared them.

I've been DYING for comments on these, at the moment that has been waiting on our overhauled commenting system to happen first. Does make me wonder if we should consider something sooner, though.

Personally, I'd be happy to wait - I'm already real damn happy with Takeover Tuesday as it is, and I'd prefer if you took your time to do the comment overhaul right.

[BlueMonday1984]

At 11/5/24 01:51 PM, BoiledMilkz wrote:

At 11/5/24 12:51 PM, Aalasteir wrote:@BoiledMilkz, hell yeah! Why not unironically! It’s possible to make that an event on Newgrounds. If you write out the event—I’d be happy to contribute by writing a story. It may be rough around the edges.

Yeah, Fan-Fiction Friday will probably be some sort of a writing jam or event I'll host in the future!

This place can always do with more jams/events.

[DrunkGecko]

im sorry im really stupid. how do i feature something for takeover tuesday?

[TomFulp]

At 11/5/24 06:04 PM, DrunkGecko wrote:im sorry im really stupid. how do i feature something for takeover tuesday?

You should see a text field at the top of the front page (under the Takeover Tuesday banner) where you can paste in the URL. If you aren't seeing it, can you post a screenshot of your front page?

[DrunkGecko]

At 11/5/24 06:37 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 06:04 PM, DrunkGecko wrote:im sorry im really stupid. how do i feature something for takeover tuesday?

You should see a text field at the top of the front page (under the Takeover Tuesday banner) where you can paste in the URL. If you aren't seeing it, can you post a screenshot of your front page?

GOT IT

i didnt realize i had to go to front page lol

[Anonymous-Frog]

The first week is missing, even though it was just there weeks ago.

[TomFulp]

At 11/5/24 09:02 PM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:
The first week is missing, even though it was just there weeks ago.

Is the date still missing for you? I'm seeing it there but Josh might have already fixed the issue.

[Anonymous-Frog]

At 11/6/24 07:18 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 09:02 PM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:
The first week is missing, even though it was just there weeks ago.

Is the date still missing for you? I'm seeing it there but Josh might have already fixed the issue.

Still see it.

[TomFulp]

At 11/6/24 07:33 AM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:

At 11/6/24 07:18 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/5/24 09:02 PM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:
The first week is missing, even though it was just there weeks ago.

Is the date still missing for you? I'm seeing it there but Josh might have already fixed the issue.

Still see it.

Are you starting on this page?

https://www.newgrounds.com/frontpage/takeover/2024/11/05

And you first change the month to October, at which point October 8th isn't one of the options in the dropdown?

[ZombieGhost]

Damn THAT tuesday went HARD!

[detergent1]

I'm dissatisfied that the most reacted submission didn't place 1st.