Nice game, a few extra features like finding the voodoo dolls. This makes it interesting.

Just finished the game and plan to play it again. I've played HOG before and tired of the repetition; that was not a problem with this game. Beautiful graphics and it was fun - and sometimes frustrating - finding other rooms to search or cabinets that opened, and even keys in one drawer to open another.

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Sorry for the late comments but wanted to make sure that I told the developer and GOTD how much I LOVED this game. The only improvement I could ask is that the mouse response could have been a wee bit quicker. During some of the puzzles (as in puzzle pieces) it would become slightly stuck. Yes I did make sure my mouse was clean but I did not check the options in the game to alter the mouse speed if there is such an option. All in all a great challenge and for me far above the timed management games or the boring, mind melting match three. I give it a 10! Thanks again GOTD and Sugar Babies for a fun giveaway.

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Hi Laura, there's really no need to apologise. At least you have commented. 99.99% of the giveaway community don't bother to comment at all. To be honest. I don't see how anyone can make a proper comment on these games unless they have played them through. For most community members that would be impossible on the actual day of the giveaway and which is probably the reason only 0.01% of the giveaway community, which number at least forty thousand people or families bother to comment.

I do think if we got a lot more constructive comments here we would be seeing more developers interested as it makes an ideal fi=orum for feedback for developers, who can then improve their games to the specs wanted by the community. Thank you for your feedback :)

A lot of newer mice include ajustable sensitivity. Mine have two button next to the mouse wheel one for turning down the sensitivity and one for increasing it. I have abreakout game, which i could never play becasue the mouse response was always really slow, so, by the time i'd managed to move my old mouse to the position the ball was going to be, the ball had already been lost. It was a fantastic game, and i was so pleaseed when I purchased my first razer mouse several years ago to find that being able to adjust the sensitivity on the fly (i.e. while in game directly from the mouse was game changing. I slso found I became much better at shooting games, for example having your mouse set to high sensitivity while playing a sniper oriented game makes it really hard to target your opponent due to the mouse cursor moving to fast, wneras turning down the sensitivity really helped. The converse was so for say a sub machine gun, where speed and not accuracy was important. havng the mouse set to a high sensitivity allowed me to move my weapon into position quickly. Those are just two example. When you next upgrade your mouse i recommend buyin a mouse that has the ability to change the sensitivity on the fly. They can be purchased cheaply these days. The last one I purchased cost me over £120, but I like Razer mice, you can get Logitech mice or other mice such as the Steel Series much cheaper and they do basically the same.

I finally finished the game so I can post all of my feedback.

I really like this game and because I really like it there are lots of details in my review rather than some vague ideas. The graphics are great. The hidden objects are well integrated into the scenes and relent to the story.

Suggestion: Do something different with the first hidden object location. Here it was washed out and the color scheme caused problems. I can imagine that it would turn off people who might be interested in the game if that wasn't their first encounter.

I loved the way the hint arrow worked. I like that it can be ignored by those that don't want extra assistance. For those who need it or want to play an easier setting, it can indicate that there is nothing left in a particular location that is on the list and will point towards an object without needing to trigger the hint.
Suggestion: Have the hint arrow indicate the location of the scene of another object if there is no more objects in the current scene. The one issue I have is that in the hunting lodge, I couldn't find the last location and the hint button doesn't cover this situation.

On the whole, they did a good job with interesting and wide range of different looking characters. I liked the fact that the people in the game looked like real people rather than perfect pretty people.
Suggestion: to have broader appeal, having more diversity would be good.

I am guessing they were really stretching for the last match and were running out of ideas. The writer was not a fashionista. He looked to be an older man who is happy to be in a comfy sweaters and doesn't pay any attention to fashion. The was a big discord for me after how well the game did up to this point. Another place that was frustrating to me was the forest ranger and the retired general had many guns, bombs, bullets, as well as a bow and arrow that hunting/blowing things up/interest in fighting/death should have been part of their profile. Even the writer has Russian roulette. It counted as a gambler but is also focused with death.

An overall game suggestion: I would have liked to see the matchmaker find matches for the some of the people that didn't get chosen. That would have felt more rounded and could open up an opportunity for a different way of matching people since we already would know their profile.

I liked the voodoo doll search aspect and the variety of the mini games was good. Setting up the date and creating a present were nice touches. The list of what to do being in the diary rather than on the scene worked well. Mostly it was common sense and the diary acted as backup if someone got stuck.

The emphasis of everyone must have love and be paired off is a little over the top, but the mechanics of the game could easily transfer to other genres. I would be interested in those games if they existed.

Very well done and thank you for the game.

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Thank you for your excellent feedback Gina, please excuse the very late moderation.

Thank you GGOTD - I loved this game, especially as it can be played in a relaxing, untimed mode. Lovely graphics and not so difficult that it becomes frustating. Definitely a keeper for me.

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Glad you liked it. I'm not a lover of HOG's but enjoyed playing this one. :)

Win 7; downloaded and installed without problems. Decent storyline, not too much backtracking, easy enough hidden objects, appropriate sized. Loved the fact the game was timed and untimed which is excellent. I wished all HOGs had an untimed featured. Not sappy for romantic based storyline. Was long enough to be worth the download, short enough to keep me interested. I really liked the game.

HI,

The game downloaded pretty fast and set up quickly. The graphics are good and the game is very easy to follow. I feel like it was made for younger age also, but all ages can enjoy the story. It is similar to most games of this genre with finding the hidden items and puzzles, which sort of makes it run of the mill these days. One thing I might change is a pop up Thank you for another good game!!

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Thanks to all who have commented today. Please excuse my lack of moderation over the last several hours. Fell asleep watching TV until 3am this morning. Checked the comments and found over two pages full of un moderated comments. I usually like to reply to everyone, but that would have taken upwards of 3 hours and I've not located my old review of Sundays game yet.

Huh? Was that the end of the game? I got as far as interview the suspects and found that Mr Miles had a doll and then I X'd out of that and I'm back at the Start Screen.

Tried multiple times to install with multiple program compatabilities. Don't have the windows xp separate computer to do it, so guess I'm out of luck. It's funny, the other programs from giveaway of the day are just fine, only the games don't start the install sequence

OK, I have to speak up about this annoying requirement here to have to give my e-mail address to you in order to get a download link.

It's been a few weeks since any titles here have caught my interest, but I really loathe this assumption that we all use farcebook or some other social irritation. WE DO NOT!

I have been a fan of GOTD for many years, but this new "requirement" to either have forcebook or cough up my e-mail like a beggar every time is very much NOT to my liking and if it is the new way, then I may very sadly have to stop using what has been in all respects a very enjoyable site.

Perhaps this is what Stephen (White Rabbit) meant a few weeks ago about changes, and why he too is considering his position (or was).

Seriously, GOTD, at this rate you will drive away me and many, many other people like me — who would rather crawl naked over broken glass than ever use social media — to the likes of Jenkat and other game sites. But maybe you don't care about that, as perhaps we are no longer of use to you despite our years of loyal support and encouragement up to now? If that's true, then we really do have to part company at this point.

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Hi Cad, please excuse the late reply. You don't need to use an email or Facebook to get the download link. Just go through the motions. i.e. click on the Facebook button to open the Facebook login page, then cancel it. The download link will change to green and you are then able to download.

This game has gorgeous graphics. I love how things are embedded in the hidden object scenes. It is very intriguing and thought provoking.

Thanks Sugar Games for the gift today. And thanks Stephen for the incredible review. I enjoyed reading it.

A big thumbs up from me and I give it a 9/10. I'll really enjoy this one.

I myself am not crazy about hidden object games ..but still play them,,this ones pretty good,,thanks guys for the game,,,I'd love a game that could make jigsaw puzzles out of the pictures on your computer ....never loose another piece or pieces ... XD

Good game, nice music, great graphics, but unfortunately only in English?
I have to play it with a second computer next, with Google Translation in French...
Is it possible to translate the file "lang.sgd" ?

Bravo tout de même!

I have tried to open the zip file and it goes through the process but never asks where to download to and will not decompress.

Please let me know what I can do..This looks like a good game
Thank you

I was going to post to Facebook to advertise for Game GAOTD after installing, but the picture in the post was for "Wedding Salon 2" so I did not post it. Too deceiving to show a game that is not offered today.

The game is a good one as it has hidden object scenes as well as puzzles of different sorts. Perfect game for killing time! :)
Thank you Sugar Games and Game GAOTD.

Download and installation without a problem.
Great graphics - played some scenes and looking forward to play through it.

I am maybe not the one to say this but I love the game (despite being totally unromantic the story got me with the voodoo doll - I love dark mystic things).

Thanks a lot for this one.

Click on setup, goes through Activation, that goes away, GOTD pop up appears, ...Then nothing.
Please Help. Rob

Another game that wants me to turn off my virus protection.

Deleting 322 MB...

A nice game at last! And no download problems! Except for the big glaring white screen, GOTD is almost back to normal. Thanks Sugar Games, I love the challenges & look forward to solving them all.

What in the world is going on? The past three games I have downloaded from here go all the way through the install proceedure but nothing shows up in C:\Games like the Read Me file says they will.

Downloaded and found the .exe file. Windows explorer took for ever to open it, and then whilst that was happening Windows decided to block the file and close the programme. In the meantime I got connected to the GGOTD site, which tells me I have successfully activated the programme - but I haven't.

I had temporarily disabled AVG because I know that can be a problem, so goodness knows what happened.

Disappointed, and frustrated, because this looks like my sort of game.

New ipad user. Is it possible to download this to an Air2? If so, how do I do this?

Thanks.

Hi WhiteRabbit and GOTD games and as always thanks for your efforts,

Thanks so much Sugar Games, for what is going to be an enjoyable game, when I can devote more time to it. Just the few scenes I have played I liked. The intro is very gripping and does evoke sadness, which sort of surprised me. The game itself, though, is bright and well lighted, so far not too many dark hard to spot items. Do look forward to playing more.

Although familiar with most of the major game creators of this genre, Sugar Games is new to me, so I look forward to sampling more from their selections.

Grateful as always,
snow

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Thank you for your feedback snow. :)

Nice HOG game, installed fine on Win10 system. Less romantic, less blurry, more focus on the details and Sugar Games has a winner at hand. Just like RainbowWeb.
Sugar Games has found a way to spice up classic gameplaying.Thank you for offering those games to GOTD.

Ok Windows 10 x64 Pro to D: internal. Made shortcut. Nice background music for a change. Puzzles within HOG are cool. To solve the first tricky one of the safe combination w/o Skip, first look elsewhere in the room like in the desk or such. Nice look & settings. Thanks for it. 8.5/10

Darling game, love the developer. Family-friendly, generally happy games. I played it when it came out so I don't recall specifics but I have a pleasant memory of it, despite the fact that Im not a fan of most mini-games. I can handle any that are ridiculously frustrating brain teasers.
And... weeping angels! O.o lol

Though I have never been one to believe in romance and draping cars with flowers, this is a nice game to play while listening to a mystery audio book.

Thanks to Sugar Games for providing us with a time passer, and one with nice mini games.

I would like to see an option, once you finish the game, to have access to mini games that increase in difficulty and an option to take some of the nice scenery from the game and make it into jigsaw puzzles of varying sizes. That is how I would suggest improvements for any HO game. Many games of this genre are so dark and spooky.

It would encourage me to finish them as now I generally play long enough to figure out the plot and leave the game never to touch it again. Then I could give a review which I don't feel I can do with honesty now, because I don't finish them.

Thanks White Rabbit for all you do.

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Thank you for your suggestions Ila, appreciated. :)

Seems to be a nice game. Installed fine on Win7, plays fine. No suggestions yet.

I found it hard to see the lines for the taxi trunk. It took a few tries before I realized that some of the squares snuck into the edges of the car's frame - and some didn't. But then it was good.

I hope she gets the apartment rent free, for all the cleanup and repair she did :-)

Installed fine in its own folder. Had to create a separate shortcut for desktop. Opened fine. Sorry no time to play. Win10, A8, R5.

It may be a bit "teenage girly", but it's a neat little game with plenty to do and find, plus puzzles along the way. In some respects the plot and storyline are irrelevant, but the game itself and what you need to do are plenty entertaining enough to while away a couple of hours so far.

The game saves where you've got to (by small section, not the exact point), and as each part doesn't take too long to play it's easy to dip into and progress at your own speed, much better than those "shoot-em-up" type games where if you lose all your lives you have to go back to the beginning.

So what if the graphics are a bit creaky and wobbly? The game may well be a bit old but that doesn't matter, what matters is the enjoyment of playing.

I for one give it a big thumbs up, plenty to keep me interested and in my view more entertaining than some of the "match 3" games that have been made available on here recently.

Thank you GOTD for another decent game.

Steve

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Thank you for your feedback Steve.

Here we have a two year old game that looks like a ten year old game. Interesting comments, there, but not ones that entice me to install the game.

I'm a word person. I like words. Words should be used correctly. To see the words "fifty" and "unique" side by side makes strange things happen in my brain.

50 one of a kind, never seen before, brand new, original in all aspects things in a two year old game that looks like a ten year old game? The stretched band of credibility just snapped, dudes.

White Rabbit! TWANG!

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I thought it was quite a decent game. Despite this game being released in 2013 I was surprised not to find any reviews on the usual review sites such as Gamezebo, and only one free game site has it on their books. It was given away free via Falmids site a few weeks ago.

Big download, but seems to be worth it! Beautiful graphics, fun gameplay! Will add more later as I play it more, but so far, I really like it! Thank you, GOTD and Sugar Games!

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Thank you for your feedback Marsha, look forwards to hearing what you think after more game play. :)

Available at myplaycity[.]com/matchmaker_2/ should you miss it on GOTD today, Big Fish has mixed reviews bigfishgames[.]com/games/7576/matchmaker-curse-of-deserted-bride/

MPC includes "Windows 98/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7" in the requirements -- both MPC & Sugar Games say Direct X 7, so seems a bit older, but on the bright side, minimal requirements man it'll likely run great on lower powered &/or older hardware.

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Released in 2013, but no need for higher DX due to animations being quite basic. Still i tohught they were great for this game.

Failed to install!
Download OK.
Unpack OK.
Setup contacts Game Giveaway, then displays activated screen without actually installing the game.

Nice story, nice game. Some of the graphics are a bit 'wobbly' (swan swimming from sky to water, head of dog in car flying from sky to body), which is a little odd, but otherwise a very entertaining game. Thumbs up.

What a nice HOG, the storyline is quite OK as well.

The only thing that I would change is the way the items are shown when you have to put for example the car together. Open the diary and try to memorize it all ;) is a bit hard...

For at least 3 weeks, I cannot install any of these games. The check of the availability runs well then a window pops up asking if I want to install software informer, I close it and the page of the website opens saying the soft is activated except that...no installation has been performed. I run win 10 and even tried to install with administrator privileges, nothing works. Any idea?

I tried on opening the downloaded program on two Windows 10 machines, the games unzipped ok but they wouldn't install. I used "Run as Administrator" but they just kept activating and then unzipping all the while. I tried changing the Program Compatibility to Windows 7/Vista/XP but the same happened.
Help! What am I doing wrong? Games and programs from GOTD, usually work fine.

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Hi Ken, have you checked where the game installs to? Most game giveaways don't install a shortcut. Newcomers to the giveaway project may think that the game hasn't installed. Install again and make a note of the installation path. Once found create a shortcut to the desktop, or wherever you like to keep them.

Helaas wil het spel niet opstarten na de download. Daarom blijft hij in de map zitten en ik kan klikken wat ik wil, maar er gebeurt verder niets dan alleen een nieuwe pagina, die geopend wordt met de melding: what next?
Wat is er loos, GOTD?

Win10 Home 64bit. I couldn't turn the music off. The cursor wouldn't work in the Options section. I did turn off the sound via the arrow buttons on the keyboard. All in all a good game.

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Thank you for your feedback Suzanne. Maybe the screen resolution you have your monitor set at isn't native to the game, hence the problem with using the mouse in the options section. (just a thought).

This is a Hidden Object game that revolves around a love story. The color palette is bright and feminine. I didn't follow the story much as I never care about them, but judging by the length of the cut scenes, the story may be well developed. You can click through the cut-scene dialogues to make them go faster.

So far it is almost 100% HO. The two puzzles I've come across are extremely easy. The puzzles are embedded in the HO and are required to find objects inside, but the game does provide an in-game hint system and ability to skip the puzzle aspect. I don't think there is a timer on the skipping aspect.

When you first start there is an in-game tutorial as you play. There is no way to stop this. This is great for anyone who has never played one of these before but I found it extremely annoying as I had to stop to click on whatever the tutorial was showing me. Overall it didn't last long but it was intrusive as I kept thinking it was over, then I would activate another information bubble.

My biggest complaint is how difficult the items were to see. It's not that they are well hidden - quite the contrary. It's simply a result of the color palette. Everything looks exactly the same. The overall look of the game is flat blandness. I don't know how old the game is, but it definitely looks like an old school HO game. The dated look itself can be off-putting to people, but coupled with the difficulty in seeing the objects, it's likely that only those who get caught up in the story line will play it through to the end.

Still, the developers seem to have taken great care in making the game, going so far as to specify "mechanical fan" instead of just "fan". At first I thought this was a bit too much hand-holding until I solved one of the mini puzzles in the same scene and found a hand fan. If I hadn't found the mechanical fan first, I would have presumed this was the item and wasted much time trying to find a hot spot.

A combination of apathy towards the story and design aspects has resulted in me disliking the game and deleting it from my system, so I can't whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone. I do think those who don't want one of the now common games of death, destruction, and dismembership or who wish to follow a love story will probably enjoy this game. Even if it is a bit easy, there was enough variety in the first scene to keep things interesting.

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Thank you for your excellent feedback Melika. As someone who doesn't enjoy HOG's anymore I actually really enjoyed this one. I didn't find the game flat at all. and was impressed with the quality of some of the mini games. That said, we all have a different take on each game. No game will be liked by everyone.

Disappointed in the game, I downloaded it, the game is similar to ones from ten years ago.

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I was into HOG's when they fist became popular a decade ago, none of the ones i purchased had mini games like the ones in this game and the quality of the animations and mechanics such as the safe were almost certainly non existent or in their infancy at the time.

I got this game recently, and am almost halfway through it, so ...

Sugar Games seem to be made to appeal to young teenage girls who doodle hearts and flowers, but they're so well and innovatively made! In this game, I'm rolling my eyes at adorning a vintage car with a flower garland to set up a first date (I'm really not into superficial flowers-and-candles romance or matchmaking) , but I'm still playing because the game is so well done: hidden-object scenes require you to open drawers or cupboards to find things, and there are many puzzles and tasks in between; our protagonist, Helen, also does her own electrical repairs and repairs cars in the garage!

If Sugar Games ever gets into more adult themes, they'll be a force to be reckoned with:, but I'm still recommending this game just because of it's quality.

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Thank you for your excellent feedback Mac, much appreciated. Yes, i was impressed with the overall quality of this game. Being able to move everything around in one of the drawers, the animations and excellent mini games. Overall a very good HOG.