Another year, and another banger Newgrounds Summer Festival! This marks the first year of it being hosted under @Kekiiro and @Slimygoo who knocked it outta the park! Ig @Anislug and @CorTat-G were there too, LMAO just messing around, they were cool co-hosts! But it wasn't just the hosts! But the panels were great! Very chill yet awesome panels this year! Few notable ones imo (chronologically):

3D TATERMAN AND WILLY hosted by @PotatoMan and @Nwilly

Very chill, goofy, and informative yet

entertaining panel! Potato and Willy bounced off each other goofing off while making Gangsta Tom Fulp and an Adderall Addicted Tankman.

MILKBAR LADS by @Jack @Stradomyre and @milkyace

Although I was kinda late, it was very interesting hearing their history with games! The ups, the downs, the goofy, and the tired!

WRITING COMPELLING CHARACTERS by @Bleak-Creep

A wonderful panel from a wonderful person! Bleak really got down to it about great ways to write characters, and make them (and the world they live in) feel like actual people rather than 2 dimensional characters. And overall useful for ANY writer!

COLLABORATIONS WITHOUT VANITY by @Stanpai

"A surprise to be sure but a welcome one."

-Sheev Palpatine

Stan came back to give a wonderful (and badass) panel about the true reasons we should collab, explain why some collabs are destined to hurt themselves from the start, and how everyone is equal, so treat them as such!

CHARACTER DESIGN BATTLE: HEAVEN AND HELL by @Cubesona and @Oolongearlgrey

A very fun interactive panel hosted by 2 very cool character designers! With a fun theme to boot! This one was A LOT of fun seeing everyone hop together to design characters, and learn stuff!

ASKING DEV QUESTIONS by @LeviRamirez

This one was another great game panel! Telling us the history, trials, and knowledge of Levi! He also helped beginners learn a few tricks from an old dog! And how can we forget to mention his Summer Fests game he's making (where is our game, Levi?! Lmao jk it'll be posted when he's done, be patient)

Overall this year was a more low-key year, but a banger year none the less! Everyone is excited to see what the Newgrounds Festivals crew has cooking up, whatever the future holds, it will be great! As for the panelists, they were all awesome too! Please go drop them some follows! There were some bumpy roads transitioning from Stan and Spook to Keki and Slimy, but it worked out just fine in the end! Here's to even more years of the Newgrounds Summer Festival!

EDIT: HOW DID I FORGET TO MENTION THE FUCKING BANGER INTRO ANIMATION?! it was fun, gave the summer vibes REALLY well, and was nothing but Newgrounds charm! And was a collabs effort of: @Slimygoo @Kekiiro @9Hammer @AvidGladiator @Bleak-Creep @Broly @CheddarExuberant @crummylion @hpargonohp @itsbluebanana @JMations98 @Lolofyr @Loopsdaloop @lordmagian @MayaLaCookie @miaha @praise-bob @RickSteubens @RobC3 @Sangiez @Syrupmasterz @Tamag0 @TheDyingSun @TheExtreamH @Zeon02 @3xBlastMx @DonutShoes @LilSpook @Stanpai