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I know you want it. I give you Al!

Posted by jacklehamster - July 3rd, 2026

A while back, I made a post for a little song I experimented with Suno, and I got dunked on.

This wasn't an audio submission, just a little blog post. I thought it'd be funny to show one of my original BeepBox song covered by Suno, along with lyrics I wrote.

Yep, I got completely 💩 on for this. You guys not only dumped mad emojis on my post, but also decided to seek out my original song (the one I used for the cover)

and sink its rating down to ★★★🌟🌟 stars! A little innocent song I wrote purely by hand in BeepBox with my sweat and tears. Look at what you've done to my poor little honey! 😭

Well, I got knocked down, but I'm back up again, and ready to take every punch that comes my way!

I present to you My Friend Al 🐵

Humans use it to do their work, some love it, some hate it, but it's not going anywhere. And Al, well Al is a monkey!

I draw every single stroke of this comic by hand, using Aseprite and a trackpad, and I'm dumping a new comic each week on Newgrounds.

Is it AI? Of course not! It's Al!

(with an L)

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My Sweet Little Honey (remixed with Suno)

Posted by jacklehamster - July 2nd, 2025

From https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1104998

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Full walkthrough for "The Supernatural Power Troll"

Posted by jacklehamster - March 16th, 2025

Hi there,

I'm releasing the full walkthrough for my game "The Supernatural Power Troll", all levels from 1 to 50 including all boss fights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-7FowMClIQ&list=PLmCE_HYLQCo1K3ZkmquCYZHgvwpsPfE9e

You can find the game here:

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GameDev with Big Nuts! (Announcing my new YouTube channel)

Posted by jacklehamster - March 2nd, 2025

Hello everyone,

I'm starting a new YouTube channel: Game Developer with Big Nuts

It's dedicated solely on game development, and should be fairly novice friendly.

Start from scratch building a simple webgame in Vanilla JavaScript
Evolve the game with more features, use JS game engines to make your game more performent.
Package the game as a desktop app so you can release it on Steam.

Here's the channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@bignutsdev

And the first two videos:

Enjoy!

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Here comes the troll!!

Posted by jacklehamster - December 29th, 2024

Huge announcement 🎺. I'm releasing a new game on Newgrounds:

The SUPERNATURAL POWER TROLL

A game where you're a troll that grants superpowers to humans against their will.

This game is also being released on Steam.

In the past, I've put games both on Steam and Newgrounds, but since the Newgrounds version was free, I would remove some levels and made it a demo.

I didn't want to do it this time. I want Newgrounds player to experience the FULL GAME! And that's what you're getting. All levels, all bosses, all cutscenes! Basically the ENTIRE GAME from start to finish!

So yeah, I'm releasing the entire game on Newgrounds.

That said, to distinguish with the Steam version, I'm putting ads.

I know some of you might find ads to be intrusive, but I think I found a way to make them more personal:

The ads will entirely consist of MY OWN ADs! Basically I'm just advertising my own games and music through those ads. That way, you know I'm not just trying to sell you random shit.

The Steam version also has a level editor, which is inaccessible unless you're a premium member. However, I still wanted for Newgrounds users to edit levels, so I found a way:

If you happen to be a Newgrounds supporter, you have FULL access to the level editor for free! Also, when you watch an ad, as a Newgrounds supporter, you can skip after 10 secs and still get an extra ❤️.

I don't actually get anything from you supporting Newgrounds, but I thought it'd be a nice way to give back to the community.

That said, the game isn't actually very expensive on Steam, so I would just get it if I were you 🤑.

This all might seems a bit complicated, but hopefully at least, you can just play the game and enjoy it.

And one last thing...

Happy Holidays everyone! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025.

I feel 2025 is going to be a great year. I'm collaborating with Big Nuts Games to release new great games that are expected to blow your mind!

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Can you figure out this puzzle...

Posted by jacklehamster - November 17th, 2024

If you like it, there are 50 puzzles like this in our Android game, "Test of Insanity":

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bignuts.toi

Oh yah, that's the full version of the demo released on Newgrounds:

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Upcoming troll puzzle-platformer and Patreon

Posted by jacklehamster - October 11th, 2024

Hello all,

I hope you're having a good week.

A puzzle platformer about to be released for Newgrounds

I wanted to share some update. There's an upcoming game I've been working on, and would like to share some progress.

I just had NotebookLM AI generate a video discussing about the game.

Note, the game is all handcrafted, not AI generated (except for NPC dialog).

That said, the video shows pretty accurately what you might find in the game:

The bots seem to be pretty excited about the game, even though I only fed them my source code and readme 😛

Does this game sound too good to be true? Their description is actually pretty accurate! (for the most part).

The game is pretty close to done, but there are still pending questions. Please share your thoughts in the comments:

How extensive should the level editor be?
How should I monetize? Full version on Steam vs demo version on web?
Should I just release the entire game for free and try to monetize via Patreon?
I really want to add more cutscenes, but how can I introduce those without distracting from the game.

Talking about Patreon

I'm trying to setup a new Patreon page:

https://patreon.com/dobuki

I don't really know how to set that up, but I'm learning.

What would you except to see on a Patreon page? (free vs paid members)
What would make you want to get if you were to pay for a subscription on Patreon?
Are there other way to monetize games while releasing them for free on the web?
Any suggestion on how to make my Patreon page look good? (I know it looks like crap right now, I just started. But if you had some examples of good Patreon page, I'd greatly appreciate)

Please share your thoughts!

Ciao, and have a good weekend!

😉

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