Hiya! I know this is kinda off topic nevertheless I'd figured I'd ask.
Would you be interested in exchanging links or maybe guest authoring a
blog post or vice-versa? My site goes over a lot of the same topics as yours and I think we could greatly benefit
from each other. If you are interested feel free to send me an email.
I look forward to hearing from you! Great blog by the way!


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The post zouäve posted in is rarely seen by anyone apart from me the moderator. Post in the forums for requests. Thanks.

Run as ADMIN OK on W7 x64 , it's harder - challenge than it looks, wish could turn off the timer for "training" ,can change the music some how?? Too bad about the late post.

didnt get anything moving (including timer) in w7 64b, even in compatibility mode.



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You have to place an arrow across the path of one of the Dweebs to get it top move from its initial position. I. don't think the timer starts until you place your first arrow.

Game is ok - would perfer no timer! Plus today - get version 2 and 3 from the rabbit! Neg - the timer! Grapics aren't too bad! This is more for kids! World Class Marches (free navy songs)
http://www.navyband.navy.mil/sounds.shtml


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Thanks for your feedback and link Wot. :)

I hope today's game has a relaxed untimed mode. I really hate timer games because the timer is stressful and ruins the fun.



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I agree with you Reality check. Unfortunately it doesn't. :(

Thanks, GOTD, and whiterabbit, for all of your work, especially the info about other free game sites, etc. I won't be downloading today's game--it just doesn't look very interesting for the time it would take to figure it out. I LOVED last week's Atlantis game, BTW, except for those horribly impossible Carthage higher levels. Just wanted to say keep up the good work.


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Thank you blueboomerang. Just make sure you uncheck any checkboxes. Otherwise you'll end up with unecessary toolbars and possible home page changes as well as search engine changes.

I really like the idea of this game as I like working out this sort of puzzle but it's far too clunky to work so it's not for me and I uninstalled it.

Runs fine on win 7 ult x64
end of level one.. no code to start at level 2 appears unless I don't know where to look so as others have said before me.. no interest in playing level one over and over again after loosing level 2

deleting


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If you check the images I posted in the review above, the third image down shows a passcode. I think its to proceed to level 2.

Another screen capture suggestion for Whiterabbit: launch the Snipping Tool before starting the game and Esc to cancel the capture, leaving the tool running. Then Ctrl-PrtScrn will activate the Snipping Tool. Of course Alt-PrtScrn does a full screen capture to clipboard as always.
Wanted to add that I really appreciate all the effort you put in to reviewing - especially the screen shots. I find it immensely helpful when trying to decide whether I want to download or not. Thanks!


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Thank you Friar buck. Its people like you that make it worth it. :)

Bisogna eseguire il programma in modalità di compatibilità per Windows XP (service Pack 3). Per farlo basta cliccare con il tasto destro del mouse sull'eseguibile scegliere dal menu 'Proprietà', cliccare sulla linguetta 'Compatibilità', spuntare 'Modalità Compatibilità', selezionare 'Windows XP (service Pack 3)' e salvare. Buon divertimento!


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translated using google:

You have to run the program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3). To do that just click with the right mouse button on the executable from the menu choose 'Properties', click on the tab 'Compatibility' tab, check 'Compatibility Mode', select 'Windows XP (Service Pack 3)' and save. Have fun!

Grazie Sharky voi. :)

not my type of game so not d/ling but appreciate the offers as always, hey Whiterabbit, love your informative reviews noticed you had link to this page http://freegames.allgameshome.com/en/search/?query=dweebs in your problem section so followed as I had never ran across site before had a quick look at the site's about page it's apparently part of myplaycity inc. and actually lists a physical address in Alexandria, VA. not just p.o. box. I haven't tried out any of their games yet but added site to my game bookmarks for future reference. thanks


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As I mention above, it may be useful to see if they have adopted exactly the same practices as the maion MPC site with respect to toolbars and home page changes etc. MPC have been for some time now bringing up the checkboxes every time you boot the games up. (probably in the hope you'd forget to uncheck the boxes). I've stopped downloading from them as I don't like the repeated attempts at trying to get us to install their toolbars etc.

I love puzzle games so I really like this game but I'm very disappointed that it doesn't have an option to play without the timer. I like figuring out puzzles but I like doing it in my own time - I don't like feeling rushed.

I like the old style graphics and I even like the music. :)

If the developer would just add an option to play either with OR without the timer I'd be very willing to pay for this game! :D

Since I can't play it the way I want to (without the timer) then it's usless to me because my reflexes just aren't what they used to be when I was younger. There's no point in playing a game if you can never win - that's no fun at all.

I'll be watching for a version that gives an option to play without the timer. :)


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If you like this you'll also like Sheep. A similar game, but with a better graphic, more levels and more variety.

Ran ok full screen Win 8 x64 Pro from my created shortcut, no compat issues. Annoying music, didn't see option to off it so used kb.
Dweebs seem to move pretty fast but I let time run out on level 1
getting the feel esp using RMB to rotate. Still time too quick.
Thanks for chance to try it.


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Thank you for your feedback beergas

This game was ultimately popular when Real Networks launched their RealArcade gaming service and had some positive feedback when it was launched as it was an original launch title. This game is very old by today's standards but its a challenging game that will take you awhile to figure out its objective. Some newer computers may experience a washed out color pallet, but its due to the way Windows Vista and newer handles games with a lower color pallet then 16 bit. As far as the screensize goes, When I tried this on my Windows 7 Home Premium Netbook (connected to a 20" Wide Screen Monitor, just bought the anytime upgrade) the screen was simply too small for me to see on the screen. I set the game to Windows 95 compatibility mode and run this game for 256 Colors and 640x480 and it crashed a few things into my system tray.

Unless you own a Windows XP or older machine you may have a hard time running this program as its not designed for newer computers.

Whiterabbit 'I’ve just done a quick check and it looks like it is a genuine free games site, but as i’ve never come across it before, it may still be a copy cat site taking advantage of other free games sites ability to get licences from the developers"

If you go the about link on their site it says they are My Play City.


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I suspected they were MyPlaCity. Maybe this site is specific to Turkey. The site information and the way its laid out is virtually the same as MPC. Would be useful to know if they adopt exactly the same practices as MPC are quite aggressive at the moment.

not my game, won't be downloading.
Rabbit..about the snipping tool, make sure you have it running when you boot up your full screen game
With the Snipping Tool program open, instead of clicking "New," you can use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Prnt Scrn).
The cross hairs will appear instead of the cursor. You can click, drag/draw, and release to capture your image. (laptops might need the combination FN+CTRL+PRNT SCRN)


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Was I lazy or what? Thanks for the tip. Tried it and it worked brilliantly. I could have got some decent screen caqptures instead of those low resolution ones i [posted. ah well, next time. thanks for that NoName. Useful to know. :)

Not my sort of game. However... whiterabbit, in the interests of getting screen-capturing again, have you tried ScreenshotCaptor? www.donationcoder.com is the source, free/donationware, and despite the usual suggestion that anything free is worth what you paid for it, SSC is best in class stuff.


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Thanks for the link Tim. I'll try this screen capture as well. I've used Capture Wiz Pro for a long time and really like it, but, until I find the key, it's frozen as I've used up the free trial period. I can't remember which email I bought it via. I suspect it's an old freeserve email that was suddenly stopped some years ago, (they wiped out thousands with no warning).

There is nothing i like about this game. Finally i got the understandings of how to get it to work, when i found the next level was the beginning again. Why not let you start at the next level instead of having to go back to level 1 AGAIN??? Deleted, not for me, too frustrating. Who wants to have to keep going back to the level you already completed again and again. This game should be that once you complete one level you then start off on to the next one.
A BIG Thumbs Down from me.....I also hate timers on games.


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Hello Russ, thank you for your feedback. They should have included both a timed and an untimed mode. As for having to repeat levels over and over, that would just be frustrating. However, if you make a note of the code that's presented at the end of the level, that will give you access to the whatever level you'd finished at. This was a common way of saving levels 10-15 years ago.

If you're wearing a T-Shirt with an 8-bit graphic [e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Avengers-Marvel-Comics-Mighty-T-Shirt/dp/B009UZN2DS ] Dweebs may be a bit modern for your taste, but for everyone else it's Retro, which nowadays is cool. :)

Problems running the game **may** be due to varying degrees of DirectX 8 support with current graphics hardware. The game's readme.txt dates Dweebs to 2002, so I'd imagine it's quite possible it wasn't written or updated to work 100% with the much more common DX 9, so the game may be looking for something that *some* current graphics hardware just doesn't offer? As Whiterabbit suggested playing with the compatibility settings &/or maybe screen sizes may help. It runs OK for me in win7 64, though it doesn't like my mouse [or maybe the mouse software?] so that aspect was a bit dodgy -- it also ran in my VirtualBox win7 32 VM, though there the mouse was completely gone.


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Thanks for your feedback Mike

Whirerabbit.... Just an idea on your screen capturing woes, I have been using Jing for a couple years and you may want to try it, it is very clean, has nice keystroke control and also supplies a link to post for the image to share. It is Free and located at http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Sorry if this appears like spam but just trying to help.



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Thanks BSODCSI, I'll try that (much appreciated). :)

Hello,

This is a very very old classic game. It is funny but not a technical highlight. Anywhere I like it. It is good for kids. Thanx.

installed it, ran ok. Graphics were a little rough probably due to age of the program. Not fond of the game play. I can see where it would be more fun if it were a touch screen game rather than a mouse. I spent so much time mousing to an arrow and then mousing back to where I wanted the arrow that I missed getting it in front of the dweeb. I was wishing I didn't have a time limit to so I could figure out the mechanics and strategy. Found I wasn't interested in the game enough to fight with it in order to work out how to play it efficiently enough to have a hope of beating the countdown timer. If there was an intro set of levels to practice without a time limit I probably would be interested in it as a puzzle game.

Thanks for the opportunity to try it GAOTD. This is a pass for me.

I'm using Windows 7 x64 also. For anyone unsure of how to access the compatibility mode for a program.

I just right clicked on Dweebs.exe and left clicked on "Properties".

Left click on the "Compatibility" tab.

Click to put a check in the "Run this program in the compatibility mode for" and click on the drop down arrow to bring up the little menu. I scrolled up and went for "Windows 95" and it works fine.

It sounds longer and more complicated than it is, the whole thing took just about 4 seconds to do once you know how to do it.

It is an odd little game of planning, logic and timing. It is harder than it looks from the cartoony graphics.

Game works fine on Window XP. I am not a fan of timer games, but gave it a go. I did manage to complete level 1, but level 2 was harder and when I failed that I had to start all over again beginning at level 1. I simply hate that. Why not restart only the level you failed? I had a very busy week at the office and am not in the mood for a "stressful" game today. I may try it another day, but do not think I will be very interested. Improvements: loose the timer or give people a choice, create an easy level for kids, only restart levels you failed, be able to turn sounds and music off and enable window mode. For me the graphics are fine, cute and colourful.

Works fine on XP. Found it really annoying to be unable to shut off the music. Game is simple; this is for not only children, but somewhat young children. The only difficulty is that you need to multitask with your simple task.

I'll try this again but will probably end up uninstalling it; no point in keeping this one.


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Hi Laura, you can turn the music off by right clicking on the speaker icon and select 'Open Volum Mixer'; from there you can turn off the sound to the game. Of course you lose sound effects to, but you could then play some music via your media plaer that fits your mood or preferences more. :)

Game works on win 7 home premium 64 bit.

The game is controlled by the mouse.

Left click on the down arrow, click to place an arrow in front of the dweeb colour that you want to move when arrow is placed right click will rotate the arrow. When the dreeb hits an arrow it will move in the direction of which way the arrow is pointing.

All you need to do is place the arrows in the right place to move the colour dweeb to the right place (the places are marked with the coloured triangle, square, circle and square)

You can see a video of the here to see how to play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjs7A6oVuOM


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Thank you for the feedback Brian (plus the extra video. Only found two for the review)

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I'd not tried to play the game until reading the two comments above. I'd seen the minimum requirements which would indicate that this game is quite old.

Anyway, I booted up the game and it plays absolutely fine. If you are having problems getting it too work, try running it in compatibility mode for Win 95/98. (also run as Administrator). That may solve the problem. I've not had time to test it on my Win 7 machine yet. (We had sleep overs last night, and the kids are using all of the computers this morning, so I can't gain access. It works fine on Win 8.

The graphics are pretty old looking, but the puzzles are reasonably complex, especially after proceeding through the first few. The amount of time you get is rather short, so you will need to be directing more than one dweeb to their home base at a time to succeed in any of these levels. The game mechanics are straighforwards, with placement of arrows using the left mouse and turning the arrows with the right. good luck

p.s. If you like puzzle games, this should keep you entertained. Don't let the old graphics put you off. I think children will love this game, but will 'probably' require adult guidance as some of the puzzles are quite complex.

IMO, it's an ideal game to play as a family on a rainy day.

:)

Have a marvellous and restful Sunday folks

doesn't work on win7 X64


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Thanks, but do try the suggestions i've made below. I'll test it on one of my win 7 computers just as soon as I can get one of the children off the computers in the study; (as mentioned elsewhere, we had a sleep-over last night, and they wanted to play on the computers first thing as I told them if the weather was decent today (its glorious), they should go out and explore rather than sit at the computers all day. (unfortunately I'm not a good example as they see me on my main computer virtually all the time. They do understand why (pain management), but still think as dad does, so can they. Otherwise as they say, its unfair.

broken. mouse actions dont do anything. screen turns into a low rez CGA type colors making it unplayable even if it did work. deleted it


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From the read me installed with the game it;'s obvious this game was made some time ago. It may work better if you played the game in compatibility mode.

MSWin 7 HP 64 bit
Game extracts to Games Folder just fine, as a lot of games from GGOTD do. Game opens and starts like it should, but I couldn't get the game to actually play, even after following the directions in the Help section.
Game not only doesn't play, but the graphics went haywire after several clicks.
I rate this game at a 0 out of 10.
Game and files deleted.


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Try running the game in compatibility mode for win 95 or win 98. I noticed in the read me that installs with the game that the minimum system requirements were Win 96/98. also the specifications for the computer were 10 to 15 years old (e.g. 4MB gRAM, 32MB RAM, cpu speed 200MHz etc.

I've still not tried to play the game, having been researching the game online. I will have to see if I also have this problem.

Unfortunately I've not installed my usual screen capture program yet (Capture Wiz Pro) so have been using the snipping tool that comes as standard with Win 7 and Win 8. The trouble is, you can't use it (unless theres a shortcut I didn't know about) when what you are trying to capture is in full screen because I can't access the snipping tool shortcut. The code to activate my Capture wiz pro is stored on a DVD, but that's on one of several hundred DVD's that I'd been cataloguing until changing over to Win 8 some months ago. Now I can't find the registration code for the database program (and I've even forgottren its name (something like Win Catalogue 2012) which is also stored on one of these several hundred DVD's, so I'm at a loss a the moment. To search for them could take hours, by which time it would be pointless to post a review. There's hardly any images of this game online, so you will have to make do with a poorly illustrated review this week (some of the images are captured from a you tube video). Sorry about that. There has been too much going on over the last few months for me to take time out to sort these trivialities. :) I hope you understand.

I'll write up a short review of my impressions of the game and tag on the usual games section at the end of the review. It's been updated to include the latest Steam 24 hr sale and the new IndieGameStand game.





Dweebs

main menu

Installation

Today’s giveaway downloads as a 24.4 MB zip file that unpacks to a read me and a wrapped setup file (the orange colored file with the key symbol), plus there's a setup file with security (setup.gcd) that's protected from being hacked (because the previous giveaway system was easily cracked). This file may case some security software to alert the user to a possible malware attack, but it will be a false positive.

The game giveaway team check all game giveaways for malware using several well known anti -malware suites. There has never been a game giveaway infected with malware since the project started back in Dec 2006. (The owners know that allowing such things would (or could) compromise their buisness, so they make sure all software given away via the gamegiveaway site is throughly checked for all types of malware before allowing community members to download any files.

Some community members have been having problems installing games since the security software was added last year. It's been found that turning off your security temporarily or configuring it to accept the setup.cgd file usually sorts the problem out.

To register and install the game click on the orange colored icon. The installed game is 22.2 MB in size and installs to the following path by default:

C:\Games\Dweebs_game



The path can be changed to suit whatever your wishes are. Once the game is installed you can delete the giveaway setup files. The game doesn't install shortcuts to the desktop and start menu programs list and there is no uninstaller. To delete the program you simply delete the installed folder. (Basically the game is free standing).

I've only been able to test the game on my Win 8 machine this morning (reasons already mentioned below in my replies to community members comments) .

I don't have a Vista or XP installation set up at the moment (and won't for several months until we move house later this year).

If you miss today's giveaway it's available from MyPlayCity (MPC) HERE 24/7, but do bear in mide the potential for toolbars and home page changes everytime you boot up an MPC game. You can also get it for free from Jenkat Games HERE







Level MapIntroduction:

In a very, very strange and distant future...

On it's way back from Cygnus-X, an alien space freighter crashes on planet Earth with a cargo hold full of furry Dweeboids. These colourful little creatures are extremely rare in the known universe, and also a very valuable delicacy back on the alien home planet from where they came.

However, though unhurt; most of the Dweebs escape after the crash landing, only to find themselves completely lost on the strange blue Earth planet and not really sure where to go, or what to do next; except escape from the aliens.

Being cute, but also very dumb little creatures; all the Dweebs need a helpful human to guide them all to safety before they are re-captured, and possibly end up cooked and eventually served as some slimy green alien's lunch !.

Help all the Dweebs reach their goal and survive the many puzzles ahead, but beware of the genetically altered Black Dweebs, as the aliens wish to capture all the escaped rare dweeboids, and will use these mean little critters to thwart your progress in any way they can. Good luck - you'll need it !...

Options

The Game:

You can access the following instructions from the Dweeb main menu. Using the mouse, you must guide all the Dweebs to their matching clored home bases in order to save them and in turn complete the puzzle.
For example a red dweeb must be directed to a red base, and can only break red blocks and use red transporters etc.
By placing down path arrows you can guide all of the dweebs around the puzzle but beware of the black dweebs who will rotate these path arrows and steal any bonus time clocks and base swappers they may encounter.

Do remember to keep an eye on the timer, which is located along the top of the screen. This clock displays the time you have to complete a puzzle in dweeboid seconds. A passcode is given for each completed zone.

You may minimise the Dweebs application by pressing 'Alt+Tab' followed by 'Ctrl', this allows use your PC system normally without quiting the game. You can then resume play by clicking on the minimised application as usual.

Help

When the game begins, after a short while you will be presented with the main title screen.

From the title screen you may choose to start the game, modify the in-game options or view the game credits via the mouse. Moving the mouse pointer over the desired button icon and clicking the left mouse button, selects the required option.

The option screen allows the player to enter zone passcodes given from previous plays of the game. It also allows the player to enable or disable various game features such as, the game 'Difficulty Level', 'Game Auto Continue' and 'Dweeb Speed'. If the 'Game Auto Continue' option is switched On (default), it allows re-play from the current zone in play; should the player fail to complete a puzzle. This feature only works for the current session of the game, and will reset the player back to the first zone if you exit the game and restart it !. Also when enabled, this automatic feature saves the player who wishes to replay a zone, from having to re-enter zone passcodes each time he/she fails to complete a given zone. If this feature is disabled, then after a game over situation the game will restart from the very first zone, i.e. the Mushroom Garden.

On pressing Start and after being prompted about the current zone in play etc., you will presented with the main game screen itself.

Starting from the top of the screen... the game time in Dweeboid seconds is displayed, and this is how much time you have in which to complete the puzzle. At the bottom of the screen are the various directional arrow buttons, plus game pause and game exit buttons.

Buy choosing a directional arrow with the mouse pointer, you may select which direction you require individual Dweebs to move in. The object being to simply to guide them all to their flashing/matching coloured home base's. Sounds easy... however each level is designed to test your mental agility as you progress through the game, with each puzzle becoming slowly harder and an ever increasing amount of Dweebs to rescue.

A directional arrow can be placed into the world by clicking the left mouse button, and can also be speedily rotated 90-degrees clockwise with the right mouse button. The X button at the bottom of the screen is used to erase any misplaced directional arrows. Arrows cannot be placed over level scenery however, and you will hear an audible prompt if try to do this.

In game level image

By playing the game you will soon realise that after the initial beginner puzzles, you will have to cope with coloured wall blocks, teleporters, home base swappers, and the nasty Black Dweebs etc. which will really test your quick thinking skills :)

Fortunately there are bonus time clocks that may be picked up, which can give you that extra valuable thinking space, although Black Dweebs will steal these time bonuses if they encounter a them. The mean little Black Dweebs will also re-arrange any path arrows you may have placed down, should they intercept them - so beware !.

After completing a zone, a passcode will be displayed which will allow you to play from the following zone via the options screen mentioned earlier. Make sure that you make a note of any passcodes given, as you will need them if you want to continue from where you left off in future plays of the game.

'Edited' reference accessed from the read me found in the games installed folder 9th June 2013

Starting Level One - Mushroom Garden

Mouse Controls:

Mouse - Moves the pointer
Left Mouse Button - Select/place arrow
Right Mouse Button - Quick rotate arrow 90 degrees.


KEYBOARD Controls: (optional):

Cursors - Moves the pointer.
Space - Select/put arrow etc.
Ctrl - Rotate arrow.
Return - Continue etc.



Common problems and FAQ`s::


Q1. I get an error message when the game starts or the game won't start ?...

A1a. Have you got the required version of DirectX8 installed !?...
A1b. Have you got enough free hard disk space on drive C: i.e. approx 80Mb ?.

Q2. The game feels a bit sluggish or slows down occasionally ?...

A2a. You should shutdown any other non-critical applications you are running on your desktop first, before running the game.


A2b. You are playing the game on a PC with a Video Card which is possibly less than recommended 4Mb memory limit, or your PC is quite a fair bit lower than the recommended system specification for this game title to run on - It will help if you switch 'Dweeb Speed' to 'Turbo !' on the options screen.

Q3. I can't hear any sound when playing the game ?...

A3. Either you don't have a windows compatible soundcard, or the soundcard is not available to Windows under DirectX. Therefore sound is automatically disabled when the game is first run, you will see a prompt if this happens.

Q4. My brain cannot handle this many Dweebs moving round the screen ?...

A4a. Practice makes perfect... but it can seem tricky at first, keep trying.
A4b. Strangely enough I believe this is why some people don't like spiders and other creepy crawlies - i.e. they have too many legs all moving indifferent directions all at the same time... odd eh ? :)

Level One - Mushroom Garden

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System Requirements:

The following system requirements are very basic. An average computer from around 15 years ago would have been able to play this game.

Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 (plus it works on my Win 8)
Processor 200MHz or better
32 Mb RAM
4MB gRAM
DirectX 8.0


Video:

You can see the Dweebs in action via the following videos HERE and HERE



Music:

The music files are contained within a .dat file. Usually to open up a dat file correctly you require the same program that created it. CAD Delworth checked yesterdays .dat file and found .ogg files within, but wasn't sure how to edit them to add new ogg files (with a change of name) You can check his post to see exactly what he said by looking at yestrdays comments. The dat file makes up the most significant part of the whole game with respect to size.

level One - Mushroom Garden

In game level image

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Conclusion:

Despite it's appearance (graphically), this is quite a reasonable puzzle. If you like this type of puzzle game, where you have to move your subject from point A to point B avoiding obstacles and with a time limit, and which gets progressively harder as you move from zone to zone, this is a game for you. The only down side in my opinion is the codes you have to save to be able to return to the level you left. It means having a very good memory, or pencil and paper ready to note down the level code. This way of returning to a game is quite old now, and was very common 10 years and longer ago. I've got loads of old games that have thios method of saving, and I'm always having to start afresh becasue I always lose the notes I took. I did put aside a small hardback note book to record such things years ago, but my kids ended up using it as scrap book, lol.




Scoring:

Game Play - 7
Graphics – 6
Replayability – 5
Music - 6 (It's always hard to score this one)
Originality - 6

Total 6 out of 10

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Suggestions to the Developer:

• Enable users to change the music

• Add mini games

• Update the graphics

• Update the graphics and get rid of the blurry photorealism.

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Problems:


If you have any problems installing or getting to work today's game please go HERE for help. I've posted all 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. 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 sometimes the grace period lasts for up to 2 hours, but more often than not 1 hour is the norm.

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 900 games to choose from. Today's game (as already mentioned above) is available from MyPlayCity (MPC) HERE 24/7, but do bear in mide the potential for toolbars and home page changes everytime you boot up an MPC game. . The game is also available from anothe site I came across this morning called Freegames.FreeGamesHome. I've never downloaded games from this site and it looks the same as all of these free games sites (MPC, Gametop, FreeGamePick and Jenkat Games), but if you do decide to download games from them do make sure you check the games for malware before you run them. The site and game can be found HERE.

You can get all three versions of Dweebs from this site; (Dweebs Platinum Remix, Dweebs 2: The New Breed and Dweebs 3: furbidden Planet HERE

I've just done a quick check and it looks like it is a genuine free games site, but as i've never come across it before, it may still be a copy cat site taking advantage of other free games sites ability to get licences from the developers .
(I noticed that it has a language toggled that enables ypou to switch between English and Turkish). These free games sites usually pay developers an amount yearly so as to be able to give the games away. The amount the developer gets is based on the number of downloads the game has acquired over that year. The free games site owners get income from toolbars, browser redirects and advertising on their site..

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If you do download any games from MPC or the other free game sites 'do' watch out for toolbars etc. Make sure you uncheck the checkboxes during installation, and, in the case of MyPlayCity, everytime you boot the game up. . As for the new

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If you're looking for something other than today's game check the didimatic site via THIS link for some brilliant deals.

Steams weekend deals includes two games on the free weekend play scheme. Saints Row The Third with 75% off if you decide to purchase (this is a wacky game on the line sof GTA IV) plus you can also play Civilization V for free till sunday evening. You can also get 75% off Civilization as well. (Amazing deals considering both games cosat a fortune when they were released with all their dlc's. The gold edition of Civilization V has all of the dlc's included apart from the latest Brave New World. Saints Row The Third: - Full Package also contains all dlc and costs a measly £6.24 (similar price to an arcade game but you are getting a full on AAA game). There's 75% off Roller Coaster Tycoon 3: Platinum, 75% off Civilization IV, 66% off Anna, 75% off Civilization III, 50% off Cubemen 3, 75% off Vessel, 66% off the Lunar Pack (Wake & Lunnye Devisty), 66% ofRetrograde, 75% off Tryst, 75% off APOX & APOX: Legend, 75% off Chains, 66% off Sugar cube: Bittersweet Factory, 60% off The Journey Down: Chapter One, 50% off Retrovirus , 50% off Penny Arcade's The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 plus over 80 games or dlc's on sale at the moment on Steam with discounts from 10% to 750%. You'll find all the deals via the Specials tab on Steams front page HERE. The 24hr deal is 80 % off Trine 2: The complete

There's a new release called 7 Grand Steps thats basically a board game with animations and is about the circle of life following a family unit and prodgeny from the copper age onwards. It's only got 10% off at the moment (only released on the 7th June), but I found it captivating. An excellent puzzle game that'll givbe puzzle lovers may hours of pleasure (and possibly grief if it get s too hard. So long a syou're okay with strategy, you'll surive and rise through the levels of society from the lowest to the highest. You can find details of 7 Grand Steps HERE



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On sale over at at GreenManGaming are Defiance for 50% off, 75% off Civilization V Gold, 50% off Stealth B*****d (swear word), plus loads more. Check all GMG deals HERE. There's a 20% off voucher that can be used with most of the GMG digital games.



You'll find many more game deals from Gamersgate, Gamestop, and GOG; all of which you can find via the Didimatic site, which I've linked to above.

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.


You can get a free arcade game via Alawar's game box, just click the free game tab. It changes approximately every month 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 or check out the four day sales at IndieGameStand.

The latest IndieGameStand game is Snorms , an isometric (or top-view) shooter with loads of weapons, maps and monsters. You play a soldier resting on his native island, but it is quickly overrun by monsters from outer space and no outside help is available. It's on the lines of those Alien shooters, but with minecraft like blocks rather than environemtns that try to look real. you'll also get a desura Key and, if you pay above the average which stands at just over $1.80 at the moment you'll get an extra map and the OST of the game. This game is on Steams greenlight loist, so, if it gets greenlit, ityou will get a Steam key for free. You'll find the deal HERE. This deal ends on Thurs 13th June around 4am GMT. I'll be posting more details about this game over in the game discussion forums just as soon a si've finished this review. :) Follow the link above the see it.

There's also indie bundles available over at Indiebundle.org. Each bundle has three games and costs $5 each for the basic bundle plus a few dollars more for extra games. Check the Indie bundles HERE

There's more Indie bundles such as the newly released Indie Royale and Weelkly Humble bundles as well as a couple more that you can find via the Game Discussion forums. All bundles are excellent value for money :). For most of these bundles you need not pay more than $5 for several games that would usually cost you a lot more. You'll find links to all of these bundles in the Game discussion forums HERE





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.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

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