I like the game!!!!!!!
Music 1+
Graphics 1+
Gameplay 1+
Idea 1+

Many Thank!!!!!!!!

Suggested Improvements:

1) Please let us turn off the music.
2) Story and Relaxed mode are not accurate descriptions. Story has no story and relaxed isn't. Generally relaxed means NO timing or very much slower timing.
3) 'Level cleared' is also a misnomer since the blocks are never cleared from the screen. Level completed would be more accurate.
4) "You lose" - but how did I lose? Sure, I ran out of time but did I only need a few more blocks? Lots more blocks? Show me what my status was when I lost.
5) Why are you bothering to keep score for each level? There's nowhere to see how well you've done overall. Nowhere to compare your scores this time with any other time you've played. So why bother? Or better yet, use those scores and let someone see if s/he is improving.
6) Level 12 needs work. Getting the orange block is never counted so that level can never be completed though somehow I seem to be able to play levels above that one.
7) The time left (under the hour glass) would be much nicer if it was a tad bigger so I could see it more easily. Not everyone has 20/20 vision.

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Thank you for your excellent suggestions Jen; much appreciated that you took the time to post this feedback

Thanks for the input. I've never had this kind of problem downloading and installing before. The crash files that were presented were unreadable to me. I'm supposing they were for a coder(?).
Downloaded it again and the same thing happened. Sorry I can't enjoy this game. Maybe next time. Thanks a lot, anyway!!

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Sorry you couldn't get it to work. Hopefully you'll be okay with Sundays game. :)

Also, I didn't play the Relax part, just the Story. Don't know what the difference is and I'm not trying it now :D

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:D

Downloaded/installed fine on Vista 64-bit. I didn't play it on a tablet/smartphone, though it's obviously meant for one.

Graphics are pretty basic. I don't mind simple images as long as they still look nice, but this game was kind of flat-looking. It was colorful, but didn't pop.

The physics seem accurate. Blocks (or "gems", but I'm not calling them that :P) fall, bounce, and rearrange realistically.

No sound effects, just the upbeat tune. I didn't mind it, it added to the frenetic feel of the game. I would have liked there to be some noise when the blocks were cleared, and/or when more fell onto the pile.

Gameplay itself was fun enough, a nice take on the match-3 games. There's usually no timer, but you have to clear blocks before the whole pile gets too high, so it is a fast paced game. A few special levels had a timer, or an objective of clearing stationary blocks to clear the level, as a changeup from the typical levels.

Using the mouse to match or connect the blocks wasn't as fast or responsive as I would've liked. Either it wasn't made to move as fast as I do, or it was the constant movement of the blocks that messed with they way they were matched.

I'd suggest having a shuffle or a shake-up button for when there are no matches and the ones falling don't create a match. Sometimes there just weren't three or more blocks to connect and I'd eventually lose the level. It bothers me when winning or losing is left to chance and not (entirely) based on skill.

I would also suggest letting the blocks pile up to the top of the screen before losing the level. As it is now, the cutoff point is just above the halfway point, but there's no line or indicator that the pile is getting too high. The game just ends with a "you lose" halfway up the screen.

Overall, fun and simple distraction for when you have a few minutes to waste. Needs more color and effects. I didn't keep it.

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Thank you for your feedback Amanda

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Just got back after a mammoth shop. Need to crash for a couple of hours. Will answer any queries later this evening.

Thanks for all your feedback.

sorry there was no review today

I may be playing some games with the gamegiveaway group later this evening - we usually start between 9.30 to 10.30pm GMT - see the game discussion forum post HERE if you are interested in joining the Steam Gamegiveaway Group - A small group of giveaway community members play coop games regularily a couple of times a week (usually Tuesday and Fridays, but also Saturday and Sunday. We are looking for a couple more like minded friends to play. If anyone is up for it, message me via the forums, Steam, or post in the thread relating to the group if you are interested, you can send me a friends request via steam as well, but make some note of the giveaway group on your profile as i get a lot of beggars asking to be friends becasue of the number of games I have in my account and in my inventory; (there's over 250 spare Steam games that I've picked up either through buying pre orders, or via the Steam sales - I buy them to give to friends as presents occassionally)

Fairly quick download.
Installed with out a problem.

I like match three type games and this one ported pretty well from a phone format to PC. The Lightning graphics when connecting the shapes was a nice touch. Both the speed and gameplay were acceptable.

I didn't mind the music. I was able to turn it down to true background level and it didn't drive me crazy.

The levels were very easy which caused my rapid loss of interest. I would not pay for this game nor would I install it on my phone...even if it were free. There is no long term playability. This did not hold my interest long enough to even finish any more than half of all the levels. I did play both the arcade and storyline options.

I do like mindless quick leveled games for short breaks and waiting room entertainment. But this is one I would will not even keep.

I am OK with free giveaways that are ported from phone to PC. But to be successful the bar is set higher than just your average mindless phone game.

Thank you for the giveaway.

Downloaded and setup with no problems, but this is an extremely simple game. Still, fun for a little while, especially to keep the colors falling by not letting them create a whole in the middle.
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## For #3, Bovi - there is a mute button, but not at the beginning of the game where it definitely should be. After playing one round and then clicking to play another, it's a slightly different scene of Mr. and Mrs. Cartoon, with a speaker and an X button.
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I only played in 'relaxed' mode, and thought the time was very short. Also when connecting a chain of colors, some didn't seem to want to connect, but starting at the other end of the chain and going the opposite way worked. Plus, the game has no uninstaller, so I just deleted it. . . . On the bright side, the colors were gorgeous and made me constantly think of fruit, which reminded me that I'd forgotten about the papaya in my fridge.

Installed tried to play while it kept flashing. Obnoxious music if that`s what they call it!! wish it had a mute button. After playing for 20 seconds there were no more matches. I would not keep this game even if it were a free game. Not a winner and not a keeper. Thumbs Down.

There should be instructions. I eventually discovered that you hold the mouse button down without releasing it and match three or more touching blocks to remove them. I can see playing it for a few minutes but it racks up the boredom level pretty quickly.

There should be instructions on how to play the game. I eventually figured out that you press the mouse button AND HOLD IT DOWN

#2: "Downloaded. Extracted. Activated. Crashed. Got a message to send crash file to publisher, but both links above only goes to GOTD site (‘GOTD’ and ‘Publisher’). Any suggestions?"

PlayJoWee has a site but at least the English version doesn't have support or e-mail links. If Whiterabbit's suggestions don't help, try using Google with your error message, if you get one that says something beyond contact the publisher. You might want to include the word "unity" [w/out quotes] in your search terms. You can also check those logs [the crash file] & see if they tell you anything that might help, or Google on errors listed in the log.

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#4: "Please beware us from such Android-Trash! Don´t need such mini-games they are for kiddies…"

FWIW I think it's better than no game at all on Saturday... This way some people might enjoy it -- if there was no game no one would. :) As Whiterabbit posted up top, there are links in the forum to free games & sites that offer free games, so maybe you'll find something you like that way?

This is the same quaility of software you will find in a Big Lots dump bin. Not worth the time or effort. Do not even waste your time as you will be disappointed.

Some extra feedback:
When O when will gamemakers realise that abt 10% of men are colourblind. And that's only for this red-green colorblindness.
(There are more types)
In this game: for me hardly difference beteween two brownish-yellowish color blocks.
Not playable.
FIND A MEMBER OF THOSE 10%. LET HIM CHECK YOUR GAMES FIRST!!

What's so difficult ?

I honestly didn't expect much from this game going in from the description, but decided to give it a try. While the concept is good, the delivery isn't. As always, it installed fine on Win7 Home Premium Service Pack whateveritis.

It's easy enough to figure out and not that challenging, a con to it. It's something you can waste some time on if you like this kind of thing. The concept is one used before in other flashier games. However, the delivery leaves a lot to be desired.

First, the graphics are rather poor. I get we are spoiled by some of the better games we get here, but this is rather sub par for even some of the smaller ones.

Second, you can't adjust the sound. Period. Not only is it highly annoying, it's loud and distracting.

The music, quite frankly, sucks and is too distracting as well.

There is no tutorial of any kind. It took me a few minutes to figure out what I was doing while sitting there watching the blocks drop going derp until I figured out they weren't going to show me squat.

The story mode—why have a story mode that has no story? That I don't get. And, no joke, no story!

It's just way too easy and no challenge. If you want to do something to waste time, you're fine. If you actually want to play and have a challenge, don't bother.

The colors are not good. They are just—blerghle and made me squint.

This is not a keeper and a thumbs down for me. Some might enjoy it, but I didn't.

Don't bother, Rabbit! Not worth your time or effort!

I agree with bovi. Installed easily on Win 7 Pro 64-bit - had to add a shortcut myself, not difficult. The game is extremely simple - ok, the notion of the jewels not falling straight down is nice...but it means you can't tell whether a set of jewels are close enough to make a set or not, because it's different every time (even when it's visually identical). Went through a bunch of levels; at the end of each it declared Level Cleared, though it wasn't. I have no idea what the requirements were to finish most of the levels. And then you get to a level - I don't even know what number it was. Four star-jewels in a straight line. Three of them would be counted off, but the red jewel never got counted off, even though I removed it time after time. No way to get past that level, and insufficient interest in the game to bother trying. I also muted my computer to make the stupid music shut up, after searching through every screen and button I could find to find Options and a way of muting it! The simplest flash games on the web have that option - how this game could _not_ have it is beyond me. Not worth buying, not even worth downloading free. Uninstalled.

Oh dear, this is not even a game, it's a lesson in how NOT to pass some spare time. The music is catchy, at first, then quickly becomes irritating because you can't turn it off. I'd write more but I think I lost the will to live after 'playing' this rubbish.

I think some comments are a little unfair - I like games that are purely theraputic and which have no timings - I play games for simple fun and not for competition - so for me it is not a waste of time just "horses for courses". However lack of edit facility is a poor oversight

nice variation on jewel matching game BUT as yet cant find any option to set it to windowed mode (win 8.1) and games that need full screen are a fail from me - especially games like this which I might want to play whilst doing other things.

i agree with #4. that's not game for PC.....

Please beware us from such Android-Trash! Don´t need such mini-games they are for kiddies... I hope on tomorrow.

Completed 10 levels, which was extremely easy and not any fun. Only in a few levels was it even theoretically possible to lose, the rest were just busywork. The "story" mode has no story.

I HATE the music. It is completely unforgivable to not include a mute button.

Steer clear of this trash. It's not worth 7 dollars, it's not worth 0 dollars, it's not worth any of your time.

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Thanks for your feedback Bovi.

Downloaded. Extracted. Activated. Crashed. Got a message to send crash file to publisher, but both links above only goes to GOTD site ('GOTD' and 'Publisher'). Any suggestions?

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Hi Tad, check out the FAQ's thread, which can be found over in the Sticky section of the game discussion forums; you may find a solution there?


http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647#post-101133


Did you get any messages/error reports when the game crashed? Check the event log immediately after the game crashes. You'll often find a report there, giving you information about the crash.

to open the event viewer:

In all versions of Windows, use keyboard shortcut Windows Key+R to open Run dialog. Or open Start menu and click Run. Type eventvwr.msc and click OK.

PLEASE READ THIS:

I totally forgot to mention this morning that tomorrows game is one of the largest downloads we've ever had on the giveawayoftheday. For those of you with slow download speeds, you'll need to start downloading as early as possible. The download size is well over 800MB in size.

Tomorrows game really is a premium game, so loads of community members will be downloading it. There's going to be a massive bottleneck with the servers bandwidth so download speeds are likely to be extremely slow

Another mobile based game from the same developer (PlayJoWee Publishing) as the two previous games Big Air War and Panda Wants Orange.

I wasn't able to get a demo of the game, so wasn't able to prepare a review before the game went live. We have to go out this morning, and by the time I get back later this afternoon, it will be a little too late to justify posting a full review. If I get time i'll post some images and video of the game later today. Please do post feedback, I will moderate when i get back. Thanks.

Tomorrows game looks very promising. :)

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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 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.

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