I regret to inform you all that, today, I am in fact the birthday boy.

Please redirect all your wishes to the 5 star button on all my submissions, thanks.

Just learned Pokemon first released in Europe on this day too, so I share a birthday with (British) Vaporeon as well :D

I also share a birthday with some blue haired singing freak and a smug kid with a purple top hat. Good day to have a birthday apparently.

google search how to get my "friends" to stop calling me "unc"

But I can't post it here (I think), you can see it on my twitter though

https://x.com/sobalunt/status/1839693503699231188

For an art """contest""" on Hermitcraft. I need to submit it under a specific license, and since the art portal automatically applies some other license, I cannot post it on Newgrounds. What a shame.

Also it is my birthday next week on the 5th :)

got laid off today, will have to move back in with my parents, situation really sucks tbh but ill be fine

on the positive side tho i will have more time to post art here 😁 been meaning to get an update out to NGSS that adds header colour customisation too

I made an account on sheezy.art, if you're also on there go follow me :D

Truthfully I only signed up for the profile customisation, but it's nice to have another place to archive my art. Now my Vaporeon site skin can finally be realised as my profile background over there.

I've already made 2 blog posts about this thing but whatever. My Newgrounds site skin changing extension is now in a state where I'm happy to call it finished and "release" it (download requirements listed further down). I've been working on it on and off for over a year now and I've put a lot of effort into making it genuinely usable for everyone.

This extension/userscript lets you change the site skin to whatever you want. You can choose to change the background image, logo colours, background opacity and more. There's also custom presets, which can be set to switch out over periods of time or shared with other people.

Here's what the settings page looks like with some custom settings applied:

You can reach this page by pressing the palette icon in the top right on the notification bar.

^ This is the background image I used in the screenshot too

This script is still actively being worked on too! I'm currently adding header customisation and fixing some other minor bugs. I also have other features planned down the line too.

Download:

Where is the download link? There isn't one, or not a public one at least.

Site skin changing is due to become a supporter only feature at some point in the future. As it's meant to be paid for, I have mixed feelings about making this a free download. So despite being given permission from Tom, I will be gatekeeping the link.

I will still give out download links though. If you make a site skin, I will give you the latest version of the script. Your skill level doesn't matter, just actually put some time and effort into it. If you'd like I can also include the skin you made as a built-in option for others to choose too.

If you're not an artist, message me anyway, we can figure something out. And if you have already made a site skin in the past or are a very long-time supporter, also message me and I will probably just give you a download link.

A full feature list, site skin template and more info can be found on the website page for it

As I said at the top of this post, I've put a lot of effort into this thing, so I hope you enjoy :D

Unrelated but I was a part of the Music Gijinka collab that release earlier today, take a look:

Also look at my solo post for it because it flopped 💔 like fishe......

It has occured to me that I have not uttered a single word on the site for over 2 months now. Thought I'd say hi...

Hi.

Here's all the productive stuff I've been doing in my absence.

Art

I haven't had the same motivation to draw anything since starting work, I'm still doodling on occasion but never really working on anything more "finished".

That being said, here's something I have done:

Not sure if/when I'll finish it. Knowing me I'll decide I actually dislike one of the designs and scrap the whole thing (my money is on sylveon)

Wanted Minigame (Potentially a pixel art collab)

If you follow my twitter you might've seen I was working on a Psychonauts minigame. Newgrounds won't let me embed twitter posts so here's a link to a short video showcase. It's just a recreation of the Wanted minigame from the Mario DS games.

I originally planned on making this a small Psychonauts themed minigame, but I thought I could maybe open it up as a collab instead? Everyone could draw a little pixel art head of a character and we could have a Newgrounds Wanted game.

I'll get the game in a more finished state before I open it up to anyone else. Right now there's no score, timer, or any decent level generation. I will make another blog post if/when I officially announce it.

Site Skin Customizer Script

Still working on the previously announced site skin customization script. I'm still holding the belief that I should gatekeep the script to people who meet my arbritary requirements listed here. If anyone has any better ideas for distribution do let me know.

This is what the settings page for the script looks like. The link to it is the palette icon on your notification bar.

I've been able to get auto-updates and a few other features going which is great. I'd consider the script to be mostly done, but there's a few more things I want to add still. Mainly revolving around the background dropdown selector. I want it to automatically update when a new site skin comes out, and also add the ability to add your own images to it as well.

thats all for now. see you in another 2 months... or more depending on how much fortnite festival i play.

A few days ago someone asked me if I could make a script that removes ratings/engagement from posts. Most other social media sites will have this extension made already, but as Newgrounds is much smaller this sort of thing doesn't exist yet.

Having this installed will remove any references to star rating, favourite count, views, reactions and comment count. Trophies, awards and reviews (without the star score) will still be visible.

If this sounds like the sort of thing you would like to use, here's the download link. You will need to install the Tampermonkey extension in order to use it.

https://gist.github.com/sebulant1/efbac9dbeb16c30193028787c7dd1617/raw/NGEngagementHide.user.js

lmk if theres any bugs and i will fix them :))

Happy Pico Day! I have something rather exciting to share this year.

Since august I have been working on a userscript/extension that lets you customize the Newgrounds site skin. This lets you change the background, text colours, and loads more.

Here's an example screenshot. This is using some art drawn by Metraberryy, with a purple theme and transparent background.

You can upload your own backgrounds or choose from a premade selection of previously used site skins and community made ones!

You can read about how to download it and more on my site. If you think the requirements for downloading are stupid let me know and i will re-evaluate lol

https://sebulant1.github.io/ngsiteskin/

Also I posted some art earlier, check that out too if you haven't already.

I've released my first game for pixel day!!! The game is "Wizard & Warrior" and you can play it here.

It's a 2 player local coop game, so you'll need someone else to download parsec or sit next to you. That being said I did add a solo option, because most people probably won't be bothered to get someone else to play and would disregard the game otherwise.

Enjoy this crappy thumbnail I made at 2am last night. I would've made some more art for this but ran out of time. Maybe in the future I will draw these 2 characters again.

2023 was a quite a good year for me both irl and art wise.

Although I doubt my skills really improved over this year, I feel a lot more confident drawing now which is nice. I feel a lot of this confidence boost has come from reaching 100 fans (thanks again btw!!!) and my art blowing up over on twitter. I had a few posts get loads of likes and stuff on there which is great. I try not to focus on likes too much, it's not a great mindset, but having my art reach that many people is really cool and I hope I can keep reaching similar numbers next year.

I also pumped loads more art this year too, I nearly doubled my post count over here lol. New years resolution is to get at least 1 post out a month. We'll see how that goes though, I won't force myself to post anything if I don't want to.

I actually interacted with people this year too. I made a few posts in the art forum's OC thread, participated in a couple collabs and actually spoke to a few people. Aspergers makes interacting with new people quite tough for me, but I think a pretty good job this year. Also, all the meetups being in the US is gives real FOMO, can some extrovert from the UK organise something?

I've made an art post with some sketches and other pieces from this year that didn't get posted into my main art gallery. Take a look:

Outside of art, this year has still been pretty good. I released my game on steam called BYLE, it's roguelike and is COMPLETELY FREE! I made it as my final project over uni. Speaking of, I also graduated this year! I am now games programming certified. If only half of the games industry WASN'T laid off this year, might make job searching a little easier for me 🙃.

Overall a solid 9/10 year, hopefully 2024 is just as kind.

See you next year :)