Hey guys,

You may have noticed we have two new games in the portal recently!

Blue Rabbit's FreeFall is a top-down parachuting game featuring all of Blue Rabbit's friends too. I'm particularly proud of the 3D cloud effects in this one, even though most people won't even notice them, since they're too busy watching everything else. Oh well, you should still play it!

Creekwood Forest is a little different to your usual Newgrounds content, but don't let the pastel colours and cute woodland creatures fool you - underneath lies an intense skil/puzzle game that will test you reactions and memory!

We've got another new game coming up really soon too, so look out for that in the next few days.

Comic Con
So Dim and I are going to be at San Diego Comic Con again this year. Last year was incredible, and this year promises to be even better! There are so many great people going, we can't fail to have a good time.

Last year, we got quite a few people asking for some sort of business card, or the address of our site. We went to a print shop in San Diego at the time to ask about getting some printed up, and they quoted us a 2-3 week turnaround! This year, I'm ahead of the game, and I've had some cards printed up. Dim designed them and wow, they came out so well! The feel of them is incredible, the subtle text, the simple layout...

ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 PROGRAMMER & ILLUSTRATOR / ANIMATOR JOBS!

Hey guys,

You may or may not know, I work full time in the Flash games industry these days, with a great company here in the UK. Right now, we're looking to hire a few new people, but in particular an ActionScript 3 programmer and a talented illustrator/animator. Here are the details if you'd like to appy. Alternatively, you can send your details to me in a PM and I'll forward them on.

In other news, Dim and I have some great games coming out in the next few weeks, so look out for them really soon! We're both going out to Comic Con in San Diego in a couple of weeks to meet up with the usual hoarde of Newgrounds people, looking forward to that! If you're going, see you there :D

#UPDATE# We've just released Blue Rabbit's FreeFall to the portal! Go play it now, vote, leave a review, all that fun stuff!

Tom-

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ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 PROGRAMMER
A position has arisen for an experienced Actionscript games programmer within one of the UK's largest gaming companies. The candidate must have exceptional Actionscript 3 and 2 skills and an excellent understanding of Object Orientated Programming. Knowledge of Touchscreen development, XML Sockets and Adobe AIR would be advantageous.

Previous experience within the online gaming industry is also highly desirable but raw talent will be recognized over experience. The candidate must be highly motivated and a quick learner as they will be joining a well established and high performing team.

The successful candidate will be programming both on and off-line games in Actionscript 3 for a variety of systems and supporting Actionscript 2 games and will benefit from working for the UK's largest gaming company which offers excellent benefits including a generous bonus scheme, healthcare, training and excellent future career prospects.

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ILLUSTRATOR / ANIMATOR

SALARY & BENEFITS: Competitive
Based in Woking, Surrey, England

THE CANDIDATE:

You will be a skilled Flash Artist/ 3D Artist/ Animator with a strong visual portfolio that speaks for itself. Your key skills and experience include:

- The ability to produce from detailed guidelines and concepts
- Proficiency in Flash CS3 illustration and animation
- 3DSMax (or any Industry standard 3D packages) (OPTIONAL)
- The ability to draw manually as the role will require you to submit sketches and design layout for approval

You will be an enthusiastic team member able to work independently and as part of a team with great communication skills.

A strong portfolio demonstrating traditional techniques (drawing manually) and computer techniques is essential.

HOW DO I APPLY?
If you are interested in applying for this role, please forward your CV and a covering letter including salary expectations to ecommerce.humanresources [ a t ] galacoral.com.

Alternatively, you can post or fax your application to:

The Recruitment Officer, HR Department
Eurobet House, 10 - 24 Church Street West, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6HT
Facsimile: +44 (0) 1483 722-979

Hey folks!
We released a brand new game this morning;

James the Pirate Zebra

I really think its the best James game so far, we had a lot of fun designing it too.

As a nod to one of our favourite NG games, and in fact the origin of James' design, we included a cameo from a very special giraffe, courtesy of Monkokio and TheBBQ. Thanks!

-Dim & Tom

P.S Can anyone beat Dan Roche's hi-score of 67,593? He actually emailed us to apologise for killing the game by getting such a good score, hahaha

I finally finshed Another Day 8. I started work on it just as AD7 was released, which was January 2006! Thats terrible, really. But I'm very happy to have it finished. Its my favourite Another Day so far, definately. Go check it out!

ANOTHER DAY EIGHT

I wrote a production diary on and off over the course of the 2 and a bit years I took to make this. The gaps in the diary pretty much represent the gaps in the work schedule. A lot of things got in the way, like Decline and Armor Games. Haha...

Production Diary

I'll try and get it up as a real page on SuperFlashBros.net eventually. I've got some "making of" bits and pieces too...

Thanks to everyone here and NG for all their patience and support, my friends and family too - and to Jo for her music.

-Dim
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Thanks to every single person who emailed me about TSAH3. I've had a great response and its really nice to see so many new artists appearing from within Newgrounds.

Anyway RubberNinja and I went through all the entries. We made our decisions based on a number of factors, so I hope everyone can be happy with the result. Here is the final TSAH3 team!

Myself (Dim, Super Flash Bros)

Dan Berry (of "HALOMEN" fame)

AlmightyHans (of "It's a Halo Thing" fame)

Mike Hutton

Wronchi

So once again thanks to everyone who sent in a Master Chief model and I'll try and keep everyone posted with how this project is progressing!

-Dim

Hello everyone! We hope you're all enjoying your holidays, if you've got them. I'm home from University at the moment and I'm getting some serious gaming in....mainly Mario Galaxy. about 78 stars so far!

Thanks for the good reception (front page, daily 1st) with James the Beach Zebra. If you haven't played it yet, check it out!
www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/415678
We know its a summer game in the middle of winter. Sometimes things just work out like that (i.e badly) and sometimes they work out well - Spirit Guide was supposed to come out in the summer too, but it got delayed until we realised it was Halloween!

Ok, TSAH NEWS:
I am very sorry for everyone who was still not heard back. I am now announcing the DEADLINE for sending in Master Cheifs. You must send me a .fla file of your Master Chief character model (to flashbros@gmail.com) by 30th December.
Remember, include information about yourself and what other stuff you've done (including links) to increase your chances.

On the 30th, or before, I'll get back to anyone who has emailed and tell them the final decision. I need this deadline as much as you guys do.

Thanks!
-Dim

Hey guys. Sorry for not updating recently. I guess theres been a little bit of a communication breakdown between myself and Tom during my first few weeks of University. But things are picking up again now. Ok, onto the news!

TSAH3

Yes, I am planning to make it. But I don't want to rush into it. I want to give everyone a chance to actually play the game, maybe once or twice. I will probably start recruiting in a few weeks.

HOW DO I GET A PART IN TSAH3?

I've decided to make a bit of an event out of this. If you want in, what you'll need to do is this:

--Make a (Halo 3) Master Chief character model in Flash. That means seperating the legs, arms, body etc via symbols.

--Then send us (flashbros@gmail.com) the .FLA file (thats the FLASH file, NOT the .swf file)

--My favourite Chief models (not neccessarily the BEST, but the ones I like the most) will be picked to be in TSAH3 and we'll get in contact with you. This kinda makes it exciting, right? Also, if you've got other work on Newgrounds that you can link to, that'd be a GREAT HELP and may well help us come to a decision.

Oh, and don't get annoyed if disagree with entering this way, or if I don't pick your Master Chief model. You're perfectly free to make anything you want and submit it to Newgrounds! But the TSAH series belongs to me and RubberNinja :P

If you want tips for making character models, you can check out my character model tutorials. But I want every Flash animator to have had some experience with this kind of anmation before, so you should know how to get started, at least.

I will anounce a deadline a little later on.

In other news, our good buddy The Swain released a new movie yesterday - Blockhead Ghostmas Special. Not only is it super awesome, it features some very familiar backgrounds...

K, more news soon, I promise!

-Dim

Hey all,

This weekend just gone, Dim and I met up with a load of NG regulars in London for an awesome geek-out session! The main reason us UK guys finally got our act together was that Luis came to visit, so thanks to Luis for making it all happen :)

Hi to everyone that we met, especially the guys who crashed at mine and played vieo games late into the night, dELta really does love Guitar Hero too much...

I've put up the pics Dim and I took over the three days, go check them out:

NG UK Regs Meetup Pics

I really love meeting other NG artists. Comicon this year was awesome, as was meeting RubberNinja, Nef and Nalo a few years ago in London. There's no way I'm waiting for an '08 meetup, so if anyone has any ideas or cunning plans for UK, or even European meetups, I'm all ears!

Tom-

(SFB-Dim, Luis, dELtaluca, The-EXP, morbid-giggle, JPI, SFB-Tom, Mogly, zoy, KaynSlamDyke, Kirk-Cocaine, FloppyDiskClock)

I'm animating Another Day 8 like a beast at the moment.

Actually, I'm not even animating. I've -done- all the animation. I'm just going through it "wobbling" everything. Which is simultaneously boring and fun. I included a shot of it. You guys remember Blue Rabbit, right?

Ok, make sure to check out "Transmigration" by monkokio and The Pink Sock.
monkioko is responsible for "The Bounce", the giraffe-based game from which we took our beloved James the Zebra. Its in our favourites.

So, yeah, I got bored/annoyed at 2 in the morning and made this.
This'll teach me to try to animate at 2 in the morning.

See ya!
-Dim
www.SuperFlashBros.net

Hey all,

Having returned from San Diego via a 14 hour flight earlier this week, it's understandable that we're suffering from jetlag. Not that we're lazy! We've put together a great big page all about our adventures, with photos for added fun:

Super happy Comic-Con page

Let us know what you think, especially if it's compliments on our rugged British good looks.

See you soon, sooner if you're coming to the UK meetup!

Tom & Dim-