Thanks, but it is too late, I cant install it now:
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Giveaway of the Day
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Giveaway period for this software is over, please check our web-site for a new giveaway
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Sorry you missed the giveaway. All giveaways must be installed on the day of the installation. Once the day has ended you can no longer activate the games. They used to allow up to an hour to activate once the giveaway finished, but since they changed the format over on the other side of the giveaway, there is no longer any leeway.

Thanks for reply !

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de rien.

This one is a keeper for me even though it is hard-coded for right-handed people! Cute graphics, easy game play (even as a lefty), fun little game! Thanks Immanitas & GGOTD!

Downloaded, installed and activated on my Win10 machine with no problems. These and tower defense are my favorite genres. No real time to run this through its paces as I'm in the middle of a long holiday drive. Did play the first two levels (to check installation) and it looks quite playable. Only real beef I can come up with is ........ its so "cute".

I've downloaded TWICE (Successfully) !!!
BOTH times the File extractions were Successful and unremarkable !!!
BOTH times the installation "stalled" with the error message "Error encountered..." after selecting the Installation Destination Path !!!

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Possibly your security is blocking the installation, or there is a conflict with something else running in the background. Thousands of community members have already downloaded and as far as I know installed this game with no problems.

Check the event log immediately after trying to install again; you may find error messages that will give a clue as to what the problem is.

As a TM fan, this game will fit very nicely in my collection. I can't cope with the frenetic pace of the recent shmups giveaways, so this is a nice change. Good graphics, easy to replay levels with different challenges at each stage. I'm still at the easy mode, but look forward getting my gold medals in the expert stage. Thank you GGOTD and the developers for another bit of entertainment and Stephen for your informative review.

Thanks GOTD but I'm going to pass on this one today, not my type game.

For Avira there is a trojan (TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen7) inside:

Dans le fichier 'C:\Users\Bernard\AppData\Local\Temp\{76C9436B-661D-406F-9A72-B5A118AC965D}\setup.exe'
un virus ou un programme indésirable 'TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen7' [trojan] a été détecté.
Action exécutée : Refuser l'accès

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S'il vous plaît lire les premiers paragraphes de mon examen. Ce que vous voyez est un faux positif.

Le fichier d'installation est protégé par code Themida , qui est souvent repris par les suites anti-malware comme un cheval de Troie . Il est pas un cheval de Troie dans ce cas . Il protège le fichier de configuration des pirates informatiques.


in English:


Please read the first few paragraphs of my review. What you are seeing is a FALSE POSITIVE.

The setup file is protected by Themida code, which is often picked up by anti-malware suites as a trojan. It is not a trojan in this case. It is protecting the setup file from hackers.

GAME NOT WORKING!!!
On windows 10 getting error when installing "Failed to launch the program".

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Works fine on two of my Win 10 computers. Check the FAQ's section that I link to in my review above.

Bonjour,
Pour ceux qui veulent jouer en français...
1-Télécharger la demo gratuite :http://www.bigfishgames.fr/jeux-a-telecharger/29640/green-ranch/download.html
2-Installer
3-copier le fichier :"C:\Program Files (x86)\Green Ranch\Data\Language.dat"
4-le coller dans le répertoire de jeux : "GreenRanch_Game\Data\Language.dat"
5-Lancer le jeu ... en français

Hello,
For those who want to play in French ...
1-Download the free demo: http: //www.bigfishgames.fr/jeux-a-telecharger/29640/green-ranch/download.html
2-Install
3-copy the file "C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Green Ranch \ Data \ language.dat"
4-paste it in the game directory "GreenRanch_Game \ Data \ language.dat"
5-Start the game in French ...

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:D

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For those of you who are getting hits by your anti malware suites; it's because they are picking up the Themida based protection, which was put in place to protect the game from unscrupulous community members that were hacking the giveaway wrapper which then gave them unlimited access to a registered copy of the game, which was being put on peer to peer sites. Some community members were even uploading video tutorials on You tube telling you how to do it yourself.

Themida based applications are sometimes seen as a threat by anti-malware. I can assure you this game and hundreds before, that have given community members cause for concern have been totally safe. The game giveaway team have managed to secure well over a thousand games for us since they first started giving away games back in late 2006; firstly via the main site (Oct 2006), then via the game giveaway site (early December 2006). There has never 'ever' been an infected game given away.

If you are able to configure your anti-malware suite to allow the 'seemingly offensive' file through security, the game should then install normally. if you can't, or don't know how to, then the other way would be to temporarily turn off your protection. You do so at your own risk, but please do take into account what I've already said above; in a nut shell, every malware occurrence reported here since the game giveaway went live in Dec 2006 have been false positives due to overly sensitive anti-malware suites.

It would be against the teams best interest to allow such an occurrence as it would destroy their good standing with the big search engines and I'm sure many who have frequented this site for a long time would leave. The giveaway team use several anti-malware suites to test every game given away here.


Another thing to consider when you think the game is infected, if it really was, there would be hundreds of community members posting about the infection; we rarely more than a few posts for any particular game; though, since the gcd file that contains the Themida code was introduced in 2012 I have seen many more community members reporting infections due to the Themida based code found in the giveaways wrapper protection. However, out of the thousands of downloads each week, those numbers are insignificant and supports the fact that the results they are getting are actually false positives. They have always been proven to be so.

Green Ranch:

Installation:

Green Ranch downloads as a 58.4MB zip file that unpacks to a read me document that contains the terms and conditions and a wrapped dual activation and set up module and a security set up file (setup.gcd). Just for the newcomers among today’s users that means the game will be registered once it’s gone through the set up process, so there’s no registering the game with an activation code. The install path is:

C:\Games\GreenRanch_Game

There is no desktop or Start menu shortcut installed. To install a desktop shortcut right click on the games executable and select Send to then, from the drop down menu select Desktop (select shortcut). Sometimes I've found the installation path shows the previous game I installed from this site, so to be sure you don't install the game inside a previous game, check the installation path when you start the installation. You can usually find where it's supposed to go by looking in the read me file that comes with the download. To stop this happening, clear your cache. The installed game is 114 MB in size



If you have any problems installing or registering Green Ranch, check the problems section below and if none of the fixes work, it is available free from Gametop 24/7 HERE. Do take care when installing from such sites as you may install toolbars or have your home page or browser provider changed. Make sure you uncheck all check boxes during installation. :)

Introduction:

Help Emily restore her farm, or soon it'll be a chemical waste site! Grow wheat, feed animals and produce all kinds of goods. Thwart all efforts to ruin your farm by fighting Mr. Big and his lackeys! Earn awards for your victories and collect special bonuses that will aid you in your arduous task by helping you chase away evildoers, increase speed, and create a unique assortment of special effects! A wonderful, prosperous farm will be yours if you succeed in Green Ranch!

Reference accessed HERE Nov 28nd 2015

The Game:

If you've had enough of the Farm Frenzy franchise ( they were one of the few TM games I actually enjoyed playing, but the franchise has become bloated with too many similar games, with only the skins changed), Green Ranch may be an alternative to play.
The story is average as expected from a farming game, you must stop Mr. Big from polluting your farm with chemical wastes and restore your farm to prosperity.

The visuals are colorful, sharp and admirable. Your character and the animals are lively animated and there are enough lovely visual effects not to make the game looks dull. The music is melodic and not annoying, goes along well with the fast-paced game play.

All you have to do in Green Ranch is pet the farm animals, gathering crops and turn them into products. We would say that Green Ranch does require a level of strategy as well as you are trying to complete a handful of tasks within a time limit. The tasks are nothing really fancy, most of them are producing a set amount of products - they are not overly-challenging either, but offer an acceptable level of challenge to turn the game into a clicking frenzy.

Occasionally, there will be invaders you have to get rid off, otherwise they will slowly destroy your stations with their poisoned cabbages? Prosto Games does include a nice addition here which is not usually seen in a farming game - power-ups! From bees to attack the invaders to super girl mode, these power-ups are extremely useful in the never-ending busy moments. However, you are only allowed up to three power-ups each level so you have to choose which one to include wisely.

Green Ranch is nothing groundbreaking but it is better than most of the TM games released this year. Its game play is predictable but still highly entertaining, accompanied by lovely graphics - Green Ranch will satisfy your TM thirst!

Edited reference accessed HERE Nov 28th 2015






Video:

You can see several videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.









System Requirements:

OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
CPU: 1.8 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
DirectX: 9.0
Hard Drive: 120 MB

Conclusion:

Some similarities to Farm Frenzy, one of the few TM games I like in this genre. There's nothing outstanding with this farm themed TM game, though I did like the power ups, which is a new feature of this particular sub genre. I'm sure those of the community that like Time Management games will enjoy this game. To those of you who don't; give it a try, you may find it's not so stressful as the usual fare. :)



Scoring:


Gameplay ------ 7
Graphics ------- 7
Audio ------- 6
Replayability ------- 7
Originality ------- 7
Fun Factor ------- 7
Features ------- 8


Total = 49 out of 60 which equals 7 out of 10



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Problems:


If you have any problems installing or getting today's game working, please go HERE for help. I've posted most of the common problems and solutions in a FAQ thread, which you can find in the sticky section of the forums by following the above link.








If you are posting late in the day I would also suggest posting in the main giveaway forums; in the game discussion section, because I cannot moderate 24hrs a day over the weekend. I've created a thread HERE for that purpose. If you've installed the game but it doesn’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at a later date. Unfortunately if your problem is actually downloading it, once the giveaway deadline is reached you will no longer be able to download the game unless you've already started downloading it before the cut-off. Sometimes you can still register the game after the giveaway has ended so long as you managed to start the download before the giveaway ends. I've tested this and the grace period lasts for up to 1 hour. Apart from the above instances; i.e. already installed, but having problems running the game, (with the possibility of receiving help from the community via the giveawayoftheday game discussion forum); or still downloading after the cut off period, but within the 1 hour grace period, or registering within an hour of the cut-off period. Once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done to get the game (unless its available from one of the free game sites) until the game is given away again (though that isn't always guaranteed).






It's worth checking the giveaway game discussion forums the day before the giveaways go live to see if we are getting a large sized file (I usually post a comment about approximately how large a file is, though if I'm particularly busy I may neglect to do this). It is especially important for those who have slow connections and even more so if the game is popular. We can have up to forty thousand (40 000) community members downloading over the 24 hour period, with the bulk of community members downloading in the first 12 hours of the giveaway going live, there is always a massive strain on the giveaway servers. The bigger the file size, the more community members will be downloading at any one time. Because the bandwidth is shared equally among all community members, downloads can become excruciatingly slow, so if you do have a slow connection, its important to start your download as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Because these games are free, the giveaway owners cannot invest in more bandwidth without compromising the whole project, so we have to be satisfied with what we have at present.

A download manager can help speed the download up and also protect the download in case of an interruption. There's nothing as frustrating for those with really slow connections to have the connection break after an hour or so, then have to start from the beginning again. I would ask community members if you do have decent bandwidth please avoid using a manager as it does add to the number of downloads occurring at any one time, for example some download managers will download your requested file in up to 32 packets simultaneously, that will take 32 download spots, thus slowing down everyone else's download speeds. For those with slow downloads (due to having a slow connection e.g. a 2MB Broadband connection or less) I would advise using a download manager if the file is larger than around 200MB. My broadband connection is 100MBs, so I don't need to use a download manager, (I do have one called Internet Download Manager, but don't use it when downloading files from the giveaway site). For me a 1GB file usually downloads in about 1.5 minutes or less. My connection is quite a long way from the provider so it is slowed a little, but is still quite good at a download speed of around 12 to 14 MB's per second.

I hope the above goes some way in explaining why we sometimes have really slow downloads.


It’s always worth checking out the free games sites because sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity (MPC) has the most with over 1000 games to choose from, but today's isn't among them. However, it is available from Gametop 24/7 HERE. I didn't check the other free game sites.



If you do download any games from MyPlayCity, Gametop or the other free game sites please 'do' watch out for toolbars etc. Make sure you un-check the check-boxes during installation, and, in the case of MyPlayCity, every time you boot the game up, (this may have changed now as these free game sites tend to change the format frequently)....... I've posted links to all of the common free game sites below in the games, games games section. If you do download a game from any of these sites you do so at your own risk. We cannot be held responsible for problems arising from an installation recommended here. :)


For now I won't be recommending you download games from Jenkat Games. They have changed the way you get games from their site. Diane has posted information about this over in the game discussion forums. If I have time or remember, I'll link to it. TooMyk Games are now safe to download from. They have removed the games that were suspect and have cleaned up their act. As always, you download from those free game sites at your own risk. The giveaway site is the safest site I know of where you can get free software and games. The only disadvantages with downloading from here is you have to download and install within the day of the giveaway (apart from the instances mentioned above and if and when you upgrade or buy a new computer legally you aren't allowed to transfer games given away previously, unless they are being given away on the day you upgrade, or if you've purchased a license. :)

You just have to look at the sites track record since the game giveaway site was created back in December 2006. Zero games given away have been infected with malware, there are no toolbars installed, nor home pages hijacked or browsers changed. There is one slight annoyance, but that only occurs if a community member isn't paying attention when the final window pops up after installing a giveaway. That is the Software Informer installation. Some community members have complained that they were given no choice in its installation. That is not true; when the final window pops up, there are two buttons, one asking if you want Software Informer installed and the button to close the giveaway window down. Some community members have clicked on the wrong button, probably because they weren't paying attention. Thankfully Software Informer is a genuine application, that can easily be uninstalled by the usual means. It's actually a useful piece of software, especially if you have a lot of applications running on your computer. Basically the program will list the programs that need updating, or programs that have available updates. They wont be automatically installed (thus cancelling many giveaway registrations); you have to click on individual buttons to update each program/application. :D

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Games, Games, and yet more Games:




There's a big sale on over on Steam with thousands of games on sale. This is the pre-Christmas sale which ends on Monday. Deals range from 10% to 90% off. There's bound to be a game for everyone in this sale. I went through my Steam wish list when the sale went live (I have almost 3000 items in that list). It took me almost 3 hours to work through every game and when I'd finished I had just under 150 games in my shopping list, all with 50% off or more, and totaling nearly £600; suffice it to say I removed over a hundred games from the list and am still contemplating whether to even bother with this sale as i still have loads of un-played games I've previously purchased in sales. (It will be the first time since I joined Steam in 2009)
There are too many great deals to mention here, just check out the specials section for all the games on sale HERE.

There's loads more in the weekly sales and the 48 hours sales to choose from; and almost certainly something for everyone. The next set of weekly sales starts on Monday with usually a few hundred titles added. :)





You'll also find some excellent deals over on the following Game sites.

GreenManGaming They usually have coupons to the value of 23% and sometimes more off pre ordered games. I've just pre ordered Just Cause 3 XL and XCOM 2 using a voucher and saved £22 on the price paid in the Steam store
Gamersgate Summer Sale
GOG (DRM free games)
Gamestop
GameFly (soon to be sold off)

I've removed the Desura link because the owners are bankrupt and there has been no activity on the site in months. The servers are still live (at least until Bad JoJo's subscription to the servers has ended, Bad JoJo are the owners of Desura and Indie Royale, or were until filing for bankruptcy). If you own any games via Desura I advise downloading all of the drm free games you have on that platform and on the Indie Royale site before the sites are taken down.




Free Game Sites:


MyPlayCity (over a 1000 games to choose from)
Gametop
FreeGamePick



To be honest there are too many game deals around too list them all. Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you for a very decent price. If like me you prefer Steamworks games, many of the above sites also sell steamwork games.

If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums HERE for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles (there's over 20 of them - If you purchased all of them you'd be paying around $80 for around a thousand dollars worth of games); or check out the four day sales at IndieGameStand. you'll find the indie bundles thread HERE. The thread is outdated, but all of the links will still take you to the latest bundles.






The latest IndieGameStand game is Planetary Annihilation (when this was first released last year it was selling for nearly £60 for the deluxe version).
Colonize solar systems, annihilate homeworlds, and exterminate your foes in epic interplanetary battles with multiple players and thousands of units. Planetary Annihilation takes strategy gaming to a never-before-seen scale -- and gives players powerful tools to control the action.

Blow up everything, anywhere; dominate with punishing spacecraft, robots, and other futuristic machines of war. Arm asteroids and send them on planet-destroying collision courses. And take over an entire galaxy in a dynamic single-player mode with procedurally generated content. Don’t just win, annihilate!


You can get the game for $1; pay over the average to get the Deluxe version. (The price at the time of writing was £1.63 and rarely goes above $2 unless the bonus content includes a second or third game).
The deal ends Monday 30th Nov 2015 5am (GMT)



The latest DIG game is David, a game. A game about physics and enemies. A game about struggles and life. A game about David.

This game is designed to be difficult. I poured myself into developing this game for nights and nights and nights. It's almost tough to share. I hope it feels strangely personal.

You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Hold, aim, and fling to attack.

9-level Campaign, 3 Additional Levels, a Survival/Arena/RPG mode, a Secret Basket-ball-pit Minigame, and hats!

A six song EP soundtrack is included with purchase "...that feels like FEZ and is similarly wonderful!" - Laser Dog

Pay £0.99 for the game or you can get two keys if you pay more than the average of $1.03 (at the time of writing ). One Steam key to share with a friend or family member perhaps? You'll find that deal HERE. They also have five bundles of several games that'll cost you less than $1.50 each HERE (DIG Bundles 45,46, 47 & 48 and Greenlight 3). You get Steam keys for all of these games except the Greenlight bundle, however, if a game is Greenlit, you will get a Steam key.
The single game deal ends just after Midnight Saturday 28rd Nov 2015 (tonight) and will be replaced with a new game.

Most of the bundles available retail for around $5 give or take a few dollars (apart from the Daily Indie bundles that only cost $1.49 for six games), but you can pay as little as a dollar for some. There are some excellent bundles out at the moment. I highly recommend the first four sites as they regularly change their bundles, at least weekly. Bundle Stars is the most prolific, usually with at least 10 bundles, but sometimes a lot more. some bundles stay for months, others for only a few days. I also recommend buying the Greenlight bundles as you will get quite a few being greenlit and save a large amount of money on newly released games. I reckon at least 75% of the games from those bundles have been Greenlit since I purchased my first Greenlight bundle. (I've bought at least 50 bundles with only Greenlight games and they have never cost more than $3 to $4 per bundle, with savings up to 90%. The flying bundle is the only one that will inform you when a game has been Greenlit and will send you your Steam keys, the rest you have to check your accounts page to see if they have added Steam keys. sometimes it may take several weeks after the game has been released before you get your keys, but generally its either the same day or a few days at the most.





Bundle Stars (26 bundles)
Groupees (3 bundles)
Indie Gala (5 bundles)
Humble bundle (2 Bundles)
Indie Royale (this bundle is no longer live)
Bundle Bandits (0 bundles)
Blink Bundle (0 bundles)
Play Injector (0 bundle)
Get Loaded (0 bundles)
Games Rage (0 bundles)
Flying bundle (1 bundles)

The free game from Origin is one of Command & Conquers later games Red Alert 2 plus you get the expansion Yuri's Revenge. This is another AAA game, well worth having if you are into strategy war games.

The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. Time travel has helped to eliminate the German threat, and now the Soviets are expanding into the West unchecked. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.
Plus, defeat an army of mind-controlled Soviet forces in the expansion Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge.

Game Features:

Many ways to play. Lead Soviet or Allied forces in a gripping single-player game or a Skirmish game, where there's no particular objective other than destroying everything else on-screen. Who will win the war for world domination?
No need to play nice. You'll need to pull out all the stops if you're going to win this war. Thankfully, you've got a well-stocked arsenal of legitimate and illicit technologies from Prism Tanks and Terror Drones, to Psychic Mind Control devices and Soviet Cloning Vats. Use them.
Deliver the fury. Dominate land, air, and sea battles with the help of over 80 units and structures. Plus, you'll benefit from a enhanced veterancy system that turns newbie forces into battle-hardened war machines -- and brings you closer to victory.

Check it out HERE.


You do need a free Origin account and install the Origin client to get these free games. Once you've installed the Origin client and signed into your account select 'On the house' from the 'Free Games' drop down menu. Then select download now. The game will then be registered to your Origin account permanently.

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A Request for help:

Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average between 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you’ve checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment, and a big thank you to immanitas games for sharing and to the game giveaway team for getting these games.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen