Chiss the Kef, oven on the table

You can't make this shit up

That's a really creative way to cut down on additional animating work of shifting camera!

Without your description, I wouldn't have understood that was his butt! You could try by making a very recognizable ass for him, you know, just two semi circles, using simple shapes so it matches the rest of your art style. But the animation was quite smooth here, and so were the SFX. He's almost like a little drone!

This has that OG Newgrounds ambiance, with a touch of VHS nostalgia. I can't understand the plot at all, what with the absurdist elements. In short, I think this is a style I could quickly learn to love. A bit smoother animation, more detailed background, and more sync with the sound portion, and you got yourself a very solid IP -- meaning your aesthetic is easy to interpret and recall. Keep building with these themes!

I love the breakdown by score -- wish the text was larger, even if it had to go vertically as opposed to horizontally

Is it possible to track the number of Auditions as well and have them on a ticker at the bottom, or is that too much to ask?!

Omg. I played this game at way too young an age. What a time to be alive

Oh my God, this game has some of my very favorite songs from Newgrounds! They used to be my wakeup alarm -- my father, who has since passed away, set them as such on a playlist of Windows Media Player.

Thank you for making this game. It's not only good old fashioned rhythm game fun, but it brought back many pleasant memories!

This is odd, in a good way. It's hitting on several familiar points in my library of references, from corporate, to girly j-pop, to video-game EDM, and beyond. I don't quite know what to make of it, perhaps because it's so unfamiliar, but I do think it's well composed.

I also think that the level of snare and cymbal to lead, pad and so on, as well as master could be approached again some time in the future, while studying references in these similar genres (where you can find similar instrumentation in particular and have an idea of where to place them)

The jump in volume at 2:52 was unexpected, but again, I think you've written a satisfying progression, and the piece concludes in a pretty satisfactory way.

My favorite part overall was the guitar. I think it was wonderfully mixed and the picking style quite interesting to listen to. Great work and certainly an unexpected piece for me to stumble upon this round!

The chords on the vocal must have been quite hard to sing -- you rarely hear them in comtemporary alt rock, punk, ska, and indie.

I would appreciate a bit less distance from the mic, recording at a lower volume to eliminate room noise. I think I hear some but I can't be quite sure due to vocal treatment. There are a few good vocal plugins I recommend also, for dialing in a quick rock tone, Howard Benson vocals being number one for rock, and Xvox for smooth lead vocals. Some very cool things that can be done with both.

Your adlibs were mixed perfectly imo. I wish the leads were given just a bit more of an up-front, aggressive treatment (the singing will speak for itself, given the right edge to cut through!)

I also like your writing in general. That little G#3-A-G# is one of my favorite riffs, and the felt suspension of G# makes for nice moody dissonance. Overall, the feeling of being flippant and slightly unhinged brings me a nostalgia like you wouldn't believe. Well deserved frontpage.

Areas for improvement -- clarity especially in the lower registers and guitars and vocal balance. EQ in some places, again particularly guitars. Having a reference or 3 handy in this genre and comparing the overall sound profiles, both auditorily and with a spectrogram, will help in this area.

Otherwise, this is nearing on industry standard level mix and master. Keep doing what you're doing! I love it :)

I would recommend a revisit to the instrument balance of this piece. The sound design is all great but the leads are really loud!

I also think the bass could be swapped out entirely for a hardstyle kick and better serve the piece. If not that, then something that approximates that overall sound profile. The bass is a bit spread out, dark, and muddy in comparison to the lead.

I can see something is going on with the master. It looks like there's quite a bit of reverb and low frequencies crowding out the bass, such that the falling synths/samples are also getting a bit lost. Try going at this later on down the line with a reference for the genre you're going for, and see if you can approximate those levels!

at 2:05 approx there is clipping going on before the master, perhaps on an instrument channel

Beyond that, the hook is quite catchy and I enjoyed the piece!

This is perfect. So perfect, I rate it a 10 out of 7

God I love the tank man design

It takes an extraordinary talent to express the mix of stylization and realism I see in this piece of pixel art. Excellent work!