20 Seconds to DIE: A Collection of Flash Derived Stick Figure Animations
Due to the violent content of this Flash animation submission (mostly animated violence involving stick figures with cartoon blood), this collection of Flash derived videos was rated M for a mature audience.
20 Seconds to DIE was submitted to Newgrounds.com on December 30, 2010. It was awarded the prestigious and highly coveted Daily Feature award on December 31, 2010 as well as the Weekly 5th Place award on January 5, 2011. 20 Seconds to DIE currently holds a score of 4.23 out of 5.00 based on votes cast by the Newgrounds community.
Although found under the Games section of the Newgrounds Flash portal site, 20 Seconds to DIE is more of a collection of animations created using Flash technology. Based on the Author Comments found on the submission's Newgrounds page, 20 Seconds to DIE is an animation competition held by and at fluidanims.com. This site is dedicated to Flash animations involving stick figures. The site also offers advice and a forum along with tutorials and a very supportive community that will help those interested in making stick figure Flash animation get started with this fun and creative hobby.
The short Flash animated clips featured in 20 Seconds to DIE all revolve around trying to kill a character named Stone, who is based on the admin and creator of fluidanims. There are eight main Flash animated clips. The title of each clip and the clip's associated author are listed below:
- Psycho was created by Terkoiz
- Beard Ninja was created by Endo-k
- Lightning was created by Supranova
- Beat Down was created by EvilTie
- Mining was created by Jomm
- Multiplication was created by KidKei
- Yo yo was created by Hyun
- Exploders was created by Frozen
Each author is listed as a competitor in the animation competition known as 20 Seconds to DIE.
This Flash animation submission has been criticized by a few Newgrounds users for its lack of meaning and depth, being simply a collection of shallow effort. However, the majority of Newgrounds users find that 20 Seconds to DIE offers a good amount of entertainment value, since it is comprised of multiple Flash derived animations.
The main screen of 20 Seconds to DIE also includes links to more animations of the same nature. There is also a link to the developer's Newgrounds website.
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