At 1/27/24 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: On Tuesday we celebrated Pixel Day. Thank you everyone who celebrated with pixel art, movies, games and chiptunes! Entries can be found in the Pixel Day 2024 collection.

Judging for Pixel Day is in progress but winners likely won’t be announced until after the Best of January are announced on January 7th.

Site Updates

In NG dev land, the first few months of 2024 will be dedicated to bug fixes, updates and code cleanup. We recently completed a refactor of the login system and are currently working out some bugs in the scouting system. Now that the Art Portal has been migrated to the project system, it shares more in common with the Audio Portal and the scouting system can be further unified and less messy code-wise.

We’re also in progress with big changes to make our dev environments more consistent with the production site. Last year we had some bumpy deployments due to these inconsistencies and there’s currently a bug with uploading images via the text editor that will be getting sorted out once everything falls in line.

I’ll be making updates as further changes and fixes are put in place. It won’t be particularly exciting in terms of new features but will hopefully feel good to see the ongoing progress.

Reminder, we introduced mandatory email 2FA this month for everyone who wasn’t already using 2FA with an authenticator app. If you’re experiencing any login issues, email support AT newgrounds.com for help!

Because these next few months won’t be especially exciting on the features front, I would like to express that NG still needs your Support! Hosting and development gets more expensive with each passing year and we’re still just charging three bucks a month or $25 for the year; basically two bucks a month before processing fees.

Flash Forward Jam kicks off on February 1st!

The Flash Forward Jam celebrates the legacy of Flash while giving the world cool new Flash games and interactive movies. Check out the 2021, 2022 and 2023 entries for examples from previous years.

To prepare for the launch, we’re crowdfunding prize money. If you’d like to help make this event a success, use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards the Flash Forward jam.

Music Triathlon

The Music Triathlon started on January 24th! Just like a real triathlon, there are three different phases, each testing a different aspect of one’s auditory prowess.

Slam Poetry Live Event

Today is the Slam Poetry Live Event via Discord!

February Lineup

February 1st is the OneyPlays Sonic Shorts and Sonic Shorts 9 application deadline.

February 12th is the Valentine’s Day Art Collab deadline.

February 15th is the NG Mall Music Collab deadline.

February 23rd is the Summertime in Wintertime Art Collab deadline.

February 24th is the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Collab deadline.

February 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab and Transformers Collab deadline.

February 29th is the Pokemon Mystery Meat Collab deadline.

More 2024 Events

March 1st is the Adult Swim Collab deadline.

March 20th is the Storytime Collab deadline.

April 3rd is the Kamen Rider Collab deadline.

May 18th will be Pico Day, a celebration of all things Newgrounds.

June will be the Midsummer Rumble month-long art event!

July 20th is the Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.

At 1/27/24 11:45 AM, wamyremy wrote: Sweet stuff as always :3 All the best Tom and Newgrounds staff!!! <33

At 1/27/24 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: Judging for Pixel Day is in progress but winners likely won’t be announced until after the Best of January are announced on January 7th.

Did you mean "on February 7th"? lol

At 1/27/24 11:45 AM, wamyremy wrote: Sweet stuff as always :3 All the best Tom and Newgrounds staff!!! <33

At 1/27/24 11:33 AM, TomFulp wrote: Judging for Pixel Day is in progress but winners likely won’t be announced until after the Best of January are announced on January 7th.

Did you mean "on February 7th"? lol

At 1/27/24 11:55 AM, YendorNG wrote: Re Flash: It would appear Adobe has indirectly screwed over potential FlashForward participants who have not gotten a copy of flash from the archive run by MegaCharlie-- they took down the links yesterday:

https://yendorng.newgrounds.com/news/post/1418533

At 1/27/24 11:47 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/27/24 11:39 AM, mtv129 wrote: Wow, so much text, can we add a page on which we will see the current state of the amount of money that goes to competitions like flash forward jam 24?

I do wonder if I should stop including these event calendars in the posts, if they are just making people gloss over the whole thing. I've removed the March events now.

Here's the current Flash Forward prize fund:

@EmsDeLaRoZ - $100
@Bleak-Creep - $100
@Saminat - $100
@53xy83457 - $50
@FutureCopLGF - $50
@YendorNG - $20
Newgrounds - $500

If there are Flash enthusiasts out there, they don't seem to be reading these posts!

At 1/27/24 11:55 AM, YendorNG wrote: Re Flash: It would appear Adobe has indirectly screwed over potential FlashForward participants who have not gotten a copy of flash from the archive run by MegaCharlie-- they took down the links yesterday:

https://yendorng.newgrounds.com/news/post/1418533

At 1/27/24 11:47 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/27/24 11:39 AM, mtv129 wrote: Wow, so much text, can we add a page on which we will see the current state of the amount of money that goes to competitions like flash forward jam 24?

I do wonder if I should stop including these event calendars in the posts, if they are just making people gloss over the whole thing. I've removed the March events now.

At 1/28/24 12:16 AM, OpusFreiling wrote: If you mean pw texting BS, I hope it doesn't auto log you out once it goes live. Millions CAN'T use it, and millions more REFUSE to utilise SMS services on principle. I will probably never be able to log in again ever, as I explicitly search out services lacking that function, or requiring a number of manual steps on the other end to contact me. It's all just too bloody spammy, worse than basic email.

At 1/28/24 12:38 AM, Gimmick wrote:

At 1/28/24 12:16 AM, OpusFreiling wrote: If you mean pw texting BS, I hope it doesn't auto log you out once it goes live. Millions CAN'T use it, and millions more REFUSE to utilise SMS services on principle. I will probably never be able to log in again ever, as I explicitly search out services lacking that function, or requiring a number of manual steps on the other end to contact me. It's all just too bloody spammy, worse than basic email.

What are you talking about?

At 1/28/24 01:25 AM, OpusFreiling wrote:

At 1/28/24 12:38 AM, Gimmick wrote:

At 1/28/24 12:16 AM, OpusFreiling wrote: If you mean pw texting BS, I hope it doesn't auto log you out once it goes live. Millions CAN'T use it, and millions more REFUSE to utilise SMS services on principle. I will probably never be able to log in again ever, as I explicitly search out services lacking that function, or requiring a number of manual steps on the other end to contact me. It's all just too bloody spammy, worse than basic email.

What are you talking about?

The mandatory "additional security" thing. I've always either opted out of just straight abandoned the site after. Eh, I needed more time for campaigning this year anyway.

At 1/28/24 01:44 AM, Gimmick wrote:

At 1/28/24 01:25 AM, OpusFreiling wrote:

At 1/28/24 12:38 AM, Gimmick wrote:

At 1/28/24 12:16 AM, OpusFreiling wrote: If you mean pw texting BS, I hope it doesn't auto log you out once it goes live. Millions CAN'T use it, and millions more REFUSE to utilise SMS services on principle. I will probably never be able to log in again ever, as I explicitly search out services lacking that function, or requiring a number of manual steps on the other end to contact me. It's all just too bloody spammy, worse than basic email.

What are you talking about?

The mandatory "additional security" thing. I've always either opted out of just straight abandoned the site after. Eh, I needed more time for campaigning this year anyway.

But I thought Newgrounds uses authenticator apps, not SMS?