BobbyA,

Hi Bobby, have you tried compatibility settings?

jb posted a comment about it. Also check the link to the FAQ's thread over in the forums that I posted in my reply to Galen. If you are able to get to the options menu, it may be possible to fix the issue by unchecking the full screen button so that it plays in a window; (I know you say it disappears immediately, so it may not be possible)

I've looked for the configuration file, where all the games loading features will be coded, but couldn't find it (I've only made a cursory look see). If you could find that in the installed games folder, you should be able to edit it so that the game would open directly to a window. Often mouse issues have been fixed by doing this. Another way would be to change the screen resolution temporarily while you play the game. I know it's a faff, but this is one of the better games given away here. Finally, if you cannot get this version to work, perhaps consider looking for a free copy elsewhere. There are several free games sites so there's a chance one of them may also host this. I've not had time to check as I've been really busy today.

If you do manage to fix the issue, please do post the fix in the FAQ's thread. Thank you.

tinyearl, awesome review! Your’s is so much better than White Rabbit’s

tinyearl,

Hi tinyearl, thank you for posting such an excellent review of todays clutter game; very much appreciated.

It would be nice to see more from you in future. :)

regards Whiterabbit

Thanks, Whiterabbit! Just having some fun and offering a contribution to say thanks for all you do!

tinyearl,

It's nice to see someone else posting useful reviews.

There used to be several community members going back to around 2007 - 8 that posted reviews and over the years there has been the occasional community member who had lent a hand for short periods.

My first reviews were more like slightly longer comments with short descriptions of how I found the game; starting right from the first day the game site opened I think on the 9th Dec 2006; prior to that each week we saw a couple of games being posted on the main applications site. Within six months of the game site starting I was writing full reviews; back then I had a lot more time on my hands and all my reviews were totally original. By the Easter of 2008 following the financial crisis, it became really difficult for the giveaway team to find contributors ( a lot had gone bankrupt) so they went to weekends only. By this time, I'd been given access to the admin panel because I was constantly asking the moderator to edit my reviews because of spelling mistakes, typo's and grammatical errors.

Around February 2008, I was able to edit my reviews properly. Because they gave me access to the admin panel I was also able to download and usually register any game (no longer possible to register them until the official start since they changed the giveaway look several years ago) before they were available to the community and was able to post reviews before they went live. At the same time I volunteered to moderate both the comment section and the giveaway forums as a thank you for allowing me access to the admin panel.

I can't believe I've been doing it for so long (almost 15 years). Around 2012 onwards I started to reference reviews by other reviewers rather than write a full review myself. I'd still post my own conclusion (most of the time). This took a lot of pressure off me as I found I was spending more and more time on each review; sometimes it would take me several hours to complete a review, basically taking up more than half a day for both weekend games. It's the reason why I started referencing reviews by others; especially if I agreed with the reviewers comments as I couldn't see the point in spending so much time writing up my own thoughts when I agreed with the reviews I'd started to post; especially as I have always worked here voluntarily.

I still do write my own reviews; all of the mid week reviews are my own (though with some of the games eg the jigsaw puzzles by BDGames and the 20+ first person one level arena shooters by the developer Jurij). Basically for those I only needed to copy the previous review and then change the name of the game as well as a few details because all of the games were basically the same apart from the jigsaw images or the shooters environments. That said, if the giveaway was one of my favourite genres, for example Tower Defense, Physics based games, Breakouts and Space Shooters, I'd usually write the review from scratch myself, unless I was really really busy. :) p.s. I only meant to post the first few lines above, lol.

Galen Brookins,

Hi Galen, see jb's comment about going into compatibility mode.

Right click on the games exe or shortcut, select properties from the drop down menu, then click on the compatibility tab and select both of the High DPI boxes It worked for jb. Failing that, check the FAQ's thread over in the forums:

https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647

Whiterabbit-uk,

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If you come across any games that are worth downloading, please do post details and links in Delenn's threads HERE (non-Steam) and HERE (Steam). Thank you in advance.