Das Spiel ist so weit O K , allerdings kann ich das Spiel nicht zu Ende bringen....
Ich habe bereits das zweite mal angefangen und schon wieder stockt das Spiel, es geht nichts mehr.
Dasist Mist.

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Thanks to everyone who commented on todays game. I apologise for not moderating for at least the latter half of the giveaway. I'd not slept the previous evening. To Invisible, I'm sure I edited your last post, but must have fallen asleep at the keyboard (a common problem with me these days) and my reply disappeared. I am going to recify that in a few moments. :)

I have exactly the same problem like Invisible on my Windows 64 Pro and Windows hasn't found the solution yet. No problem with the installation occurred. The program just won't start. If the resolution was not compatible there would be an appropriate message. It happened to me not so long ago with some other game.

Hi Stephen,
Interesting game, but I could use a little more tutorial, or least somewhere obvious to review the various ways that the different bombs are created. Maybe if I keep playing, I'll get a better hang of it.
Cara in NC

Deceptively easy on the early levels, but if you stick with it a bit, starts requiring much more planning and strategy to beat it, and ceases to be "a kid's game". Thanks for the fun....and frustration! :-)

I downloaded the game on Windows 7. No problems at all. I enjoy match 3 games because they are fun and relaxing. Thank you for the wonderful game.

I have to agree with Emperor. As you get further into the game it becomes much more challenging. Just not for the younger set. This one is a keeper.

I found this to be a typical 8Floor game. Fun for the first few levels but then if you want to get 3 stars, the goals are ridiculously hard to achieve & the store items are way too expensive. I managed to get 58 of 60 stars in "Forest Glade" & 5 out of 9 stars in "King's Hall".

My suggestions are:
1. Make a relaxed and/or untimed version & ease up on the number of gems, patterns and/or power-ups needed to get 3 stars.

Example: level 2-3 goals are 80 sapphires & 25 4-gem straight lines to get 3 stars in 48 moves (that is with 4 upgrades to the 1st power-up) which means a maximum of 23 moves to get 80 sapphires. From what I can see in the game play, that is next to impossible because the sapphires are very limited in that level.

2. Make the items in the store cheaper or give better upgrades when purchased. In order to get the last upgrade for the 1st power-up, I would need to complete 14 additonal levels with 3 stars (420 purple gems needed). That would mean for me that I would have to get 3 stars on more than 2/3 of "King's Hall". To add insult to injury, it would only give me 2 more moves. Ridiculous!

Sorry but this game gets dumped along with all the other 8Floor games I have tried. For those who like the game, have fun! But for me a game that is impossible for me to complete the goals is not something I want cluttering my PC.

Downloaded and installed as usual without a problem on my Win 8.1.

Tried to play and wasn't able to swap stones until I got it - I have to create "queues" - cute game to get distracted after work or before going to bed ;-)
I guess I will play it through once and that's it but that's more than enough for me.

Thank you very much!

Wait, if I were to switch to Linux, I could play games with WINE? Weeeeee!! :-D

Wow, it functions properly but it oh so boring. *sigh* But thanks for trying GOTD Team.

Usually not able to try the games at download time. It strikes me from reading the reviews at Big Fish and here that this game be more chess like. Since you have a move timer and not a clock timer, it may be encouraging you to think ahead. In other words, sometimes you may have to spend moves getting rid of gems to get the gems you want to fall into the patterns you want. That would explain why they let you advance without achieving all the goals. A: because they realize that sometimes the randomization simply will work against you. After all, in most all match 3s, some of what your looking for is off screen, with no way to predict what's likely to fall into place that isn't already in front of you, and B: so you can keep repeating and try and perfect your ability to plot ahead, at least, again, from what you can see. You could even make some per centage guesses. For example, with 2 colors, it's a 50/50 chance that the color you want will drop from "the great beyond" above the screen into the pattern you're trying to create. Any feedback from folks here on these thoughts will be appreciated I think by most everyone. I will try this later today.

This is a really fun little game. There is some strategy with choosing the right shapes and there are some levels that are all about timing rather than just collecting a bunch of gems.
This is one of those entertaining and simple games that give me a break reality for a few minutes. Colors are great and the size of everything is super for anyone, even those who may be somewhat visually challenged as there are shapes and colors and they are all large on the screen.
Thanks GOTD and White Rabbit.

Heya Wabbit,

Trixs maybe for kids but if you get into further levels of this game..it isn't just for kids. Up to level 10 and completing the different tasks is fun and can be challenging because you only have some many turns to complete those tasks.

Bright and fun game...Keeper for me for a time waster.

@Softa Larry: you need Internet Explorer to activate the game. Once it's activated it may play on Linux..I really don't know.

Thanks to GGOTD and Immanitas Entertainment for the entertaining game. Good review Wabbit...Hugs to you and the family.

If you use a dual-boot pc, install the game with windows into your games directory. When you reboot to Linux, open your games directory and it will probably run under Linux / Wine. It always works for me. Games have run much faster under wine than windows for me, although I have a now sluggish vista installation. Linux isn't hampered by registry, backdoors, antivirus and other processes.

Reading over your great, detailed descriptions of gameplay, I can see I would not be interested in this. I enjoy regular match 3s, but I do not think I would like this.
Thanks for offering a variety of games, different strokes for different folks, and a big thank you for the great descriptions that keep me from wasting time on something I would not have enjoyed.
I don't believe you should rate games that you do not play, or that you are not interested in to begin with, so I will skip the thumb rating, but just wanted to say thanks and keep the games coming.

I sent my prior comment about it being a challenge. That was just after I had finished the first 20 levels at 3 stars, and then moving on to the next region.
So far - it looks next to impossible. Getting 80 emeralds and 24 lines in 40some moves?

I'm sure I'll need to wait until I can buy more power-ups - but the needed currency seems to come slowly.

I'll add my echo to some of the other voices: Play for awhile, get past the simpler levels. Then, even tho the game says "you win" - don't count it as a win until you beat it with three stars.

If you're interested in a fast-moving lots of noise connect-3 - then this isn't it. There are a bunch of those.

If you want one that makes you think and plan your moves - this is a good choice.

Only comment - there's not much help - it takes a bit of experimentation to figure out what's going on. Other than that - good stuff.

Ok Windows 8.1.3 x64 Pro. Basic options, full & smaller screen sizes, sliders for music/sound. While not too annoying the music can be offed, does appear bit lower once into game than while in settings.
Game itself is bright & clear. Just did the 1 click = 3 stars first level to check it out. Imagine it gets deeper later. Do like the clarity of it all, not always case with these.
You create desktop icon (I always use Send To:). Fast load, remembers where you left off. Exit for me was to just totally exit game once finished a level. For genre 8/10. Thanks GOTD.

Actually a really fun game. It's a relaxed game with soothing music and nice sounds. Colorful graphics with enough challenge to keep a person involved. I would recommend downloading this one for sure. Thank you very much GOTD !

There are 3 different logs in event viewer about it. They don't tell me anything, at least not that I understand:

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Log Name: Application
Source: Desktop Window Manager
Date: 5/9/2015 7:44:05 AM
Event ID: 9010
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
A request to disable the Desktop Window Manager was made by process (RoyalGems.exe)
Event Xml:




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(you can delete all that :) I could only find one of those mentioned temp files which doesn't say much more) The Direct X is 11. Maybe that's the problem? I don't see anything else that could be causing it. I just tried downloading and installing it one more time, but the same thing happened. I don't think the security software is stopping it since it hasn't stopped any installations recently and the game seems to be installed. There are 7 files and 1 folder in the installed folder? That's what I have. My screen is 1024 × 768. Changing it doesn't make a difference. I'll just leave it installed for a while and maybe sometime it'll magically start working, otherwise, I'll just have to skip this one. Thanks, Whiterabbit.

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Please excuse the very late reply. I've deleted most of the information as it would probably confuse 99.9% off community members. I suggest you post the error message in the forums. hopefully someone will recognise the issue.

Installs and runs well on 'Windows 10 Home Premium Insider Preview'.

I run Ubuntu linux and am just trying your games. I did unzip the file and attempt to install this game with wine. I received an "Fatal error: key is invalid" message. Can these games be run under wine in Linux systems?

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Hi

I don't know. Check the FAQ's to see if there are any applicable to the issue to mention.

Doesn't seem to work on Vista Home computer. "RoyalGems.exe has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem" against a big white screen comes up every time I try to run it. It hasn't found the solution yet. Gave it to someone else to try and it worked fine so must be either Vista, or my particular computer (which hasn't had trouble with most of the other games here previously).

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Hi Invisible, check the event log to see if there is any error messages associated with the issue. Have you checked the FAQ's linked to in the review above? It may be that the screen resolution you use isn't native to the game, or your security software could be blocking the installation due to the Themida based security included with the game.

I have played a few levels of this so far and to begin with I was not clear how I was to get the various power-ups to achieve the tasks. Thus I found myself in the position of finishing a level but without getting all 3 stars. However, having learned how to get the power-ups the game changed for me.
You can just aim to complete the level and see how many stars you get, or you make it your goal to achieve 3 stars on each level. If you aim for the 3 stars then you have to start looking for the necessary patterns to make the power-ups and this might mean sacrificing some of the gems you are looking for. So, if you aim for maximum stars, you will almost certainly need to buy the extra moves that are available and the game will be more of a challenge than some of the earlier comments suggest. I would not say that it is only for younger players. At least, not yet.

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Thank you for your feedback Emperor, much appreciated. I only played the first several levels as I didn't have time to play the game further, so the difficulty levels were not evident. :)

Installs and runs with no problems on "Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview". Game more suited to the younger user.

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Yes, I agree with you. :)

I was up late watching a movie. I am so glad I downloaded this program. It easily installed on my Win7 professional. I only played one game but it was fun. Thanks for a great game GGOTD and Immanitas Entertainment.

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Glad you liked it. :)

It works with win8.1/ 64 without any problems.
I'm not really persuated.. maybe I'll give it a try, but I won't keep it for long..

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Sadly I've already deleted it from my computers. Though I'd say it's probably okay for someone new to Match three games or for the younger child.

Royal Gems

Installation:

The zip file once downloaded should be 55.3 MB size and when installed to the default path mentioned below is 53.1 MB in size. Installation is a breeze; the unzipped setup file installs the game to the following path:

C:\Games\RoyalGems_Game

Once installed you can delete the wrapped setup file (for those that are new to the giveaway project that's the orange colored file with a key symbol on the icon; you can also delete the Setup.gcd security file and the read me document.

There is no desktop icon created during installation so you will have to create your own via the above path or via which ever path you choose for yourself. If you also want a start menu shortcut you will have to go into Documents and Settings which is found in the root directory (C:\).

i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\name\Start Menu\Programs\ (XP) or C:\Users\(User-Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ (Win 7 & 8 and Vista)

Where 'name' equals administrator, or whatever name you use for your account. Just create a new folder within the program folder and add a shortcut from the games executable file. (right click and select create shortcut then copy that to the folder you've just created - you can also use the same shortcut and copy it to the desktop or select send to desktop {create shortcut}).

There is no music folder inside the main game folder, so there's no way of changing the music directly. You can turn off the music via the options menu, then play your own music via a media player if you wish.

Some community members may have problems installing the game due to the Themida based security included with the download. Norton is one AV suite that seems to tag the file as suspicious and tends to delete the file, which will then throw up one of several error messages. If this problem does arise, there are two ways around it (or three if you decide not to install the game):

1) … Configure your security to accept files from the giveawayoftheday in particular the setup.gcd file.

2) … Temporarily turn off your security until the game has been installed, then turn it back on immediately.

I’d try for the first option first. If you aren’t sure how to configure the antimalware suite, either read the programs help files or Google how to do it, then and only then as a last resort go for turning your security off temporarily; however, if you do choose that option, you do so at your own risk. (Just to allay any fears that you may get infected installing a game giveaway with no security turned on). The giveaway team have given away well over a thousand games since the inception of the game giveaway project back in Decenber 2006 and no game has ever been infected with malware. The giveaway team check all downloads throughly using several malware suites to ensure the files are clean.

Royal Gems should work on all iterations of Windows from Win XP onwards, though I've not personally tested it on XP or Vista.



I was able to complete level one with just one move:

and in the next level, only three moves to complete the level:

Introduction:

Create figures with gems on the field and receive bonuses. Earn crystals for completing the levels and use them to buy exciting upgrades in the shop. Utilize spells to gain even more points! Make sure that your slot machine is topped off and then upgrade your stats. Complete the level's objectives and get more bonuses than ever! Plunge into the world of royal bounties!

Reference: accessed HERE 9th May 2015

You can see several short reviews of the game over on Big Fish Games HERE (We got this from Immanitas Entertainment).

If you miss Royal Gems, you can still get it HERE 24/7 from MyPlayCity.

The Game:

Royal Gems initially appears to be a lovely, bright match-three game that will suck away all of your free time like so many other games have been able to do. While the terms “lovely” and “bright” certainly do apply to the final product, Royal Gems unfortunately offers a disappointing experience that feels more like a Facebook game than a PC download title.

Royal Gems comes with nothing in the way of storyline or characters. It’s simply you and a list of dozens of levels, each of which has three stars to earn as you play. Each level also comes with a series of tasks to complete, with some being easier than others. In each stage, matches are made by clicking and dragging to form lines across matching, touching symbols, but matches can only be made horizontally and vertically (that is, diagonal matches aren’t allowed). Adding to this simplistic setup is the inability to make your next match while the animation from the previous match is still active, so speed really isn’t available here.

While each stage may technically have different goals, they all still feel almost identical, since most simply ask you to activate power-ups by creating specific shapes with the gems you match. You may be required to make a power-up using a straight line of four gems, or a power using an L shape, as examples. Instead of being offered in a 1:1 ratio, you’ll instead need to create four of these same shaped matches before activating a single power-up on the board, so levels requiring the formation and activation of these power-ups in bulk can be incredibly difficult to complete.

While most levels aren’t timed, they do come with move counters, giving you only a varying amount of available moves to complete that specific level’s tasks. If you fail to complete one or more tasks before you run out of moves, you’ll still pass the level, and can even easily earn two of the three stars available in that stage, making me question what the purpose of these tasks is at all.

Royal Gems feels incredibly similar to Facebook games like Candy Crush Saga, as each level comes with different tasks, and you can replay them as many times as you see fit. Of course, there’s no energy system here that limits the length of your gameplay session, but Royal Gems does offer a boosts store where you can spend the purple gems you earn by completing levels. These boosts may increase the number of moves you have in each level, or increase the effect of power-ups (bombs, lightning bolts, etc.), but they quickly become too expensive to purchase without grinding through the same sorts of levels over and over again.

With the ability to earn stars and technically “win” stages even without completing each level’s tasks, the setup of Royal Gems is simply confusing. If there’s no real penalty for not completing tasks, why should we try to complete them in the first place? Just to have something to do? This leniency on the part of the game developer does offset the challenge to actually complete some tasks due to the random nature of the appearance of gems on the screen, but if the solution was to seemingly remove all ability to “lose,” perhaps another method should have been chosen.

Reference: accessed HERE 9th May 2015

Video:

You can see game play videos of Royal GemsHERE, HERE and HERE



System Requirements:


OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
CPU: 1.0 GHz
System RAM: 512 MB
DirectX: 9.0
Hard Drive: 59 MB

Conclusion:

I’ve not played today’s game long enough to give a meaningful conclusion because I wasn’t able to get a copy in time to play before the game went live and will be busy for most of today, so don’t have time to write up a review after the game has gone live. When I do write the review myself, I like to have played the game at least for a couple of hours because anything less usually won't do the game justice, that said, after playing this game for 30 miutes once the game had gone live, I really wasn’t impressed. In the short time I did play the game I found the game play was very simplistic, with nothing that stood out that would make me want to continue. I was able to complete the first level in only one move and each of the next several levels I completed very quickly.. I have at least a hundred match three games, most of which are far more interesting than Royal Gems, for example the Treasures of Montezuma, Zuma Luxor and Bejewelled series, 4 Elements, Atlantis Sky Patrol and the Atlantis series of match three games to name just a few, and all of which have something special that keeps me going back to play those games over and over.


I do think todays game is ideal for young children, (playing with their parents perhaps). You could even use it as a fun way to teach basic maths skills such as shape recognition and counting, because each level asks you to destroy a specific number of tiles of various types, or create specific shapes such as a square.

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Problems:


If you have any problems installing or getting Royal Gems to work 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 won’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at another time. Unfortunately if your problem is actually installing it then once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done until the game is given away again (though that isn't guaranteed). 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.



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. Other sites include Gametop and FreeGamePick. Royal Gems is available from MyPlayCity. (See link in the introduction section above). I've not checked the other free game sites.


If you do download any games from MyPlayCity, Gametop or the other free game sites '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. :)http://steamcommunity.com/app/263200
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.

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Games, Games, and yet more Games plus Download, Installation & Game play Problems:




There are 320 games on sale over on Steam this week, ranging from 10% to 90% off. There's also a Sega sale this week with up to 75% off publishers prices. You can find a full list of all sale items HERE.

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

GreenManGaming
Gamersgate Summer Sale
GOG (DRM free games)
Desura
Gamestop
GameFly (soon to be sold off)




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 Stargazer:

When stargazer Zach watches the sky one night, he sees a star fall and land in the nearby woods. He rushes to check it out, only to find that out the star was actually a girl, and with her, magic returns to the world.

* Over 200 quests to find and complete for rewards
* Customize Aura’s magic abilities by finding meteors
* Seek out puzzle caves for additional rewards
* Three possible weddings between party members!
* Travel by boat, by underground train and by firewing

PLUS, if you pay over the average, which at the time of writing was $2.27 you will also get Dawns Light, Our Love will Grow and the Stargazer strategy guide. Stargazer comes with a Steam key. The rest are drm free downloads. You can pay as little as $1 for the game if you wish, but you won't get the bonus items. This bundle ends around 5am (GMTSunday 10th May.


The latest Daily Indie game is called Crunch Time! A card game with a touch of humour, based on videogame development, in which you'll have to manage your own company, and complete the best and biggest projects before your opponent.

Cards will help you on your way: developers of all departments, positive cards to help you work faster; errors and problems to slow your opponent down; and much more which you'll discover as you play.

Current features:

- More than 100 unique cards!
- Complete the 28 available projects!
- Break into the bestselling top 10!
- Discover how a videogame is really developed!


You can get two keys if you pay more than the average of $1.19. One key to share with a friend or family member perhaps? You'll find that deal HERE. They also have four bundles of several games that'll cost you less than $1.50 each HERE (DIG Bundles 26, 27 and 28 (only just added a few days ago) plus Desura bundle 4). You get Steam keys for all of these games apart from the Desura bundle. Though some of the games in the Desura bundle are on Valves Greenlight project and should get Steam keys if Greenlit. The single game deal ends Midnight tonight (Sat 9th May) and will be replaced with a game called Biology Battle a space-shooter, where you take the role of a medical nanobot and embark on a journey into the depths of a biological cell. Evade the defense tactics of the other cells and try to survive for as long as possible.



Most of the other bundles 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.
The free game from Origin has changed to Ultima 8 Gold Edition. It's been optimised for todays computers. Well worth getting, especially if you are into classic games. 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.

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A Request for helpl>:

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.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen