At 4/22/24 10:13 AM, TomFulp wrote: Flash Forward
Yesterday was the deadline for Flash Forward 2024, you can now play all the games and interactive movies in the Flash Forward 2024 collection! It would be greatly appreciated if you voted on them and left reviews, to assist with the judging process.
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2024
Flash Forward is an annual event, inviting people to create new games and interactive movies with Flash. Flash was removed from browsers at the end of 2020 but we can still play Flash content in browsers thanks to Ruffle.
Ruffle is an open source Flash emulation project that is always in progress, with more classic Flash content being compatible each week. Support Ruffle if you’d like to help it along! I’ll note, the majority of NG’s support for Ruffle was done via the GitHub Sponsors system (the original sponsor option), which is why we unfortunately don’t show up in the Open Collective rankings; otherwise NG would be #1.
Check out the Ruffle Testing / Flash Preservation Crew if you'd like to help test games on NG for Ruffle support!
The Future of Flash Forward
Adobe has made it nearly impossible for newcomers to run old versions of Flash, making AS2 development out of reach for most people moving forward. With Ruffle’s AS3 support continuing to improve, there should still be opportunities for newcomers in the years ahead. It would be great to see people continue to make new Flash games and interactive movies, like the demoscenes for ancient computers. Expect the next Flash Forward to kick off in early 2025!
Forum Thread Ratings
Last week we introduced Forum Thread Ratings.
Pico Day
Pico Day is May 18th, with a big event here on the site, as well as two meetups!
May 17th - Pico Day NJ Meetup
May 18th - Dublin, Ireland Meetup
Other Events
April 25th - Happy Tree Friends Gijinka Collab deadline.
April 26th - Nintendo 64 Collab deadline.
April 30th - OneyPlays Sonic Shorts deadline.
May 5th - Pickle Collab deadline.
May 12th - Dragon Raid Art Collab deadline.
May 14th - KinitoPET Collab deadline.
May 15th - Sonic’s 33rd Art Collab deadline.
May 18th - World Goth Day Collab deadline.
May 18th - Pico Day
June - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event!
June 2nd - Dreamcast Collab extended deadline.
June 5th - NGTV Summer Bash deadline.
June 17th - Art Inspired Music Contest deadline.
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.
July 11th - Christmas in July Collab deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
October 12st - Brainrot Scam Ad Collab deadline.
November 1st - Nintendo DS Collab deadline.
If you missed it, check out the Best of March!
Flash never die :)
ElRandomGMD (aka RandomToons)
