in case some are still having trouble with the cursor blinking/and or disappearing, try playing in windowed mode.
I always do when there are problems with the cursor.
Hope this helps!

Relaxing, mesmerizing...more challenging than you think! Beautiful puzzles that transform before your eyes! Most enjoyable! Thank you for the wonderful game.

Of all the games I've downloaded, this is the only one so far that's very incompatible with my ultra-buggy ATI video drivers (fully updated). Almost nothing displays; most gaming and UI elements are invisible (not black, but invisible/transparent/not displayed).

A very enjoyable game. Downloaded and installed good. I really enjoyed the Elfin games. Thank you.

Where do people like #21 get this idea that GoTD and the world owes him?

You're offered a free piece of software to evaluate and post the pros and cons of it for the developer's and other's info.

Even if the site gave away a program that completely crashed your system it would be your own fault and responsibility, the site makes that quite clear.
It's not GoTD's responsibility to give you a functioning program.

Get over yourself and read what #26 posted.

Game hung when I clicked on "exit." Not impressed. Couldn't keep this on the screen and active long enough to try playing it.

Lovely graphics but it didnt run well on my puter. I think i might be a fraction too slow for it :( looked like a neat puzzle game tho.

hi just a question are all these games 60min trails?
I thought when i frist read it that it was a free game

thanks

Thank u Whiterabbit for your answer. You have no idea how much your comments mean to the newbies in the group. I have found many self help hints in your comments and value your input,. I am deleting this program because I can't get it to work correctly and none of the comments point me in the right direction.....sorry....no one addressed nor tried to answer the problems I have and I can't afford a new puter so am going to delete and restore to point before install. Thanks gotd for all the great programs I have that I would not have, except for you....but thank you bladetoothe and whiterabbit for your honest opinions and your caring about all us newbies who don't have a clue except for you.

I thought I wouldn't care too much for a jigsaw puzzle game, but I like this one. Everything from the visuals to the music and sounds are professionally done. I found it very easy to fit the pieces, and the overall pace even in the arcade mode is quite pleasant. I like their "Story of Fairy Place" game better, but this is good, too. Thanks, Elefun & GGAOTD!

qb7894 (#20) - you don't turn the pieces. I'm on the third or fourth "animal" and I have not had to turn any pieces. They are all in the correct orientation. The number of pieces and shapes do change as you progress making it more difficult. Also, as you go farther on, you get more "block" - pieces you cannot place until the end of the level.

Hi
Ok. Download and instalation went fine but the game is doing the same thing as the Story of Fairy Place. The cursor has a problem. It constantly flickers and sometimes even dissappiers until I try to move it. It still works (finished 3 levels of puzzle) but is hard on the eyes and annoying.
Thanks for the fun games and usefull software.

There is more to this game that meets the eye!
It has several charming "helps" which are activated when you place a piece on the portion of the board which is once in a while indicated.
I mean if you manage to get the correct piece onto this area in time, you are rewarded with either a, "tip", which then will make the right empty space gently sparkle when you pick another piece, OR it gives you a, "magnet", which helps by pulling into the correct place the next piece you choose.
I am loving the game and my only criticism is that a help file or a, "how to play" area which would explain a bit more would be good .

24 - Thank you, thank you thank you. I was about to uninstall Story of Fairy Place after spending hours trying Level 7-2. Now I followed the instructions and replaced the Data file. I would have posted earlier but I got hooked on playing more levels ;-) Thanks again VampireRat. Now if only their cursor wasn't doing a dissapearing act, flickering on and off.

i downloaded this game and i wanted to play it but when i went to extract it with winrar it said the file was in unkown format or it was corrupt... thats sucks cause i wanted to play it... it said that with the last game i downloaded from here too... i dunno what its but it sucks cause i wanted to play this game

I enjoyed the game, and I am not usually one who likes jigsaw puzzle type games. This, however, did not seem over-jigsaw-ish?. Every level, the pieces change their shapes, and yes, do get more difficult, but I still found it to be a relaxing game. The main thing I did not like about it was that you have to be very precise with where you put the pieces, or often it does not recognize where you wanted to put it, even if it is the correct position.

Thanks for a jigsaw puzzle game, and also for a game that ASKS me if I want a shortcut to the website!

Has anyone else had problems with it loading correctly? All I get when I try to open it, is a white screen with a pulsating yellow cube and the cursor. If you click the cursor the cube leaves a trail of yellow puffs.

Thanks Elefun & GGOTD. Nice relaxing game to play.

Again, even though I have no firewall up on my computer, I cannot connect. This is the third time, so I guess I will stop trying.

Jeez VampireRat, they should apologize for giving away their not entirely perfect goods? Perhaps you should read the GOTD limitations more carefully:

1. No free technical support
2. No free upgrades to future versions
3. Strictly non-commercial usage

THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, END USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

I can't understand your feeling of entitlement despite that you don't pay anything for it. If you do not care to play the free games given away here due to the risk that some of them are inferior, noone is forcing you to.

qb7894, that's very nice of you to consider my reviews worth it. I only wish I had the patience to write them better. Thank you. Unfortunately my review failed to appear today, because late last night I decided to re install IE7 and it failed to complete. On trying to access the internet, I kept getting 'key failures' and was unable to download anything. None of my restore points would work, so after hours of trying to figure out what to do, I decided to do a repair install, (thinking i'd lose all my giveaways) which has left it far too late to do a practicable review today; sorry.

Elefun's previous offering had a lot of problems. See the GAOTD Forum:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1557/page/2#post-10619

Ps last comment....I'm an older person and refer this site to many, but always tell them to check your comments first for games and bladedtoothe for apps before downloading....

P.S. white rabbit....I'm an older newbie....55 + and I recomend that all my referals to this site check your reviews first!

Elefun offered Story of Fairy Place last July on GAOTD (not GameGOTD) when it was very new, as is this game. Story of Fairy Place played pretty well, until the higher levels, when program bugs made it impossible to finish. A number of us complained in the GAOTD Forum and I wrote Elefun, describing all of the problems. GAOTD NEVER addressed the problem. After repeated attempts to contact them, Elefun finally replied that the game had been fixed and I could re-download it - the new download worked as a trial; necessary to buy it to get the full game. I greatly resent being used as an unsuspecting game tester for Elefun Games and GAOTD not standing up for us.

Before offering a new game from Elefun, GAOTD and Elefun should have offered the repaired game again with an apology to the users.

For those who download this game, I hope it works better for you than the last Elefun offering.

How do you turn pieces? read all available help files . If it's there I missed it please help. ....whiterabbit where are you.....you aalways answer my questions before I ask then....lol..I always read your advice first. I'm a newbie and rely upon your reviews!

This a jig saw puzzle game. I have seen this type of game before but I have passed them up because I thought I would not be interested. I found that I was wrong. I downloaded this and tried it out. The install process is flawless and the set up is easy. I did not play as long as other commenters but I think this is a great game. I would definitely recomend those that shied away from this type of game to give it a try. Thank you so much GGAOTD for the chance to try this new gaming experience. And of course thank you to the publisher Elefun Multimedia for your contribution. You have given us some great titles in the past and we are thankful. I am looking forward to some more of your games.

I love it I love it I love it!!!!! The girly games are awesome :) Keep 'em coming.

I agree with Merri. I like the relaxed mode. There isn't a time crunch and the puzzles to increase in number of pieces and complexity as you go on. The extra "mini-puzzle" between levels is really nice. I wouldn't mind a game based on that. Each piece is where it belongs but it is flipped horizontally and/or vertically from the correct orientation. You solve it by flipping everything the way it needs to be. That's almost more fun than the jigsaw puzzles.

It also works fine in Vista. I turned of the music but there is a musical undertone to the "sound effects" that I wish I could turn off but I can live with it.

Like another title given away earlier, this game has screwed up text on my computer, all the characters on each line is jumbled on top of each other, making it completely unreadable.

Combined with a boring gameplay that is best left as a family activity on the tabletop during holidays, this gets a solid thumbs down.

I love this game! Sure it isn't a shoot 'em up type or knock the bricks or combine similar items but it is relaxing , has very nice graphics and interesting puzzles.
It also has a relaxed mode of play which is something which has been frequently missing from most other games.
I love jigsaws which is maybe why it appeals.
In todays world the emphasis seems to be on how fast one can accomplish things. I think it is good to slow down sometimes (good for the brain, and good for the blood pressure too..)
I am finding it addictive..lol
Well done Elefun, and thanks so much again GGOTD!

Thanks GOTD and EleFun,

Today's giveaway is great. I play for a while and get pretty addicted. Is not easy as stage levels conquer. Graphics are pretty and music ok. Is worth to keep. :)

Loved playing Elfun's Fairy Place until it reached a point of being IMPOSSIBLE.... Got screens that had no possible moves of only one or two.....
Sure hope this one increases in difficulty without getting ridiculously impossible...

Thsnks GAOTD -- you're great!

it's a bit too easy
even my child think it was easy
srry
a bit a waste of time imo

This has the potential to be a lovely game. But due to the horribly busy background, after just 6 levels I found my eyes hurting and straining to make out the puzzle shapes. I have 20-20 vision and a flatscreen monitor - I can only imagine the trouble some people will have with this. A shame, this could be lots of fun.

The game seemed easy at first, but once you hit the 3-1 and on it starts to get more challenging. Stopped at 4-1 but will go back and continue. I would suggest making the blank spaces more obvious as they blend with where you have placed pieces sometimes. Other than that, good play!

WOW! I am so going to play this!

System requirements are declared for hardware only, not for OS. This game doesn't work under Win 98SE (yes, I have an old PC with ancient OS, and this PC is actually out of hardware requirements). I'll try this stuff under XP later on, with better PC.

i got nothing to say........

This is a really nice puzzle game, & my grandchild loves it! Thanks so much! We also visited the makers site, & the screensavers for free & wallpapers free are extremely nice! Thank you, Elefun & GOTD team! :)

Well, I put the first puzzle together and then it crashed my computer. My only suggestion would be to make the background lighter where the puzzle pieces are, so you can see them better.

I like! Thanks

Very pretty program - gone from my drive already - played two levels and think the game could be completed very quickly as it is a bit simplistic - worst thing is the bing bong bing bong sound which I gaurantee will have you reaching for the volume control!

Very nice! Great for kids. Pretty.

This game is okay.