Same problem w/level two... started another player and it works fine.

To #58. You have to click on the gate for it to open.

Never mind, I was able to figure it out. You can't just play with the keyboard, you need to use the mouse pointer too.

I think I found yet another bug. I am stuck on level 8, unable to pick-up the key. Robbie stands on it, the message in the top left says "you have the key", yet the gate to the exit does not unlock.

Any ideas?

You can use the keyboard arrow keys instead of the mouse, however it is a bit buggy. For instance you can not pick up the key or unlock the gate using the keyboard, you have to switch to the mouse to do that.

Also, you can cheat with the keyboard, after you gather all the minerals, and you are in the coin collect bonus round, you can continue to collect all the coins, even after the time limit is up. Just keep using the arrow keys to move the man (you might have a slight problem seeing the guy underneath the statistics/score screen, but it is not too difficult, just make sure to avoid the exit until you collected all the coins).



Mod comment;

Ths has already been said twice previously. :lol:

I couldn't get the game to really start. Every thing seemed to work OK but I couldn't get Robbie to move. I finally chanced upon that I had to left click on "Play" 1 more time to get to the "real" game play level. Then things were OK until I couldn't go to Level 3. But I have read the work around in other comments. My problems show about my unfamiliarity with Pacman (or any other) games. But I am glad I got this game. It works on Vista x64 & Win 7 x64.

I can't get Robbie to move. I can get everything else to work but him. I've clicked on him, clicked and held down to "draw" a path for him as WR suggested, but Robbie wont' go anywhere.

Still having problems. I can at least get the game going, but then it stops giving me coins. I have to quit the game and start again to get the coins running again.

Thanks, GGAOTD... a cute little game to play between the heavier ones. And I love maze games, so it's appreciated! Re: the level problem, my default player was 123, and I didn't change it at first so got stuck playing the same two levels over. So whoever posted it here is right... click "It's Not Me" (yes, it's on the upper left) to set your own player and the game continues on fine. I tried using the keys, but Robbie moves MUCH faster when you use the mouse. But you've gotta be careful, as wrabbit mentioned, not to get yourself stuck in the path of a ferocious hedgehog. Lol.

Final update: now it won't work on the desktop machine either. Got as far as the Realore screen and wouldn't budge thereafter. A shame since it is a cute game and I played several levels before, when it did work. Guess it's time for Mr. Robbie to go byebye and hope for better luck next time. Thanks anyway, GGOTD.

Update on comment #44. I re-downloaded, reinstalled, same thing happened. Copied the file I had downloaded on the desktop pc and used that download to install on the laptop, but same thing happened again. Have to control/alt/del to get it to close. It seems to work fine on the desktop computer. Oh well. I give up.

I see a 'data\robbie.log' text file in my installed location that appears to be a trace start-up log. Mine shows "Can't load resource: menu.wav" and "Can't load resource: data/font1.fnt" among other entries which indicate that tracking might help determine where some people are having problems. I haven't noticed any problem with the game myself yet, though.

Just thought this info might be helpful for some if they check there.

It seems like it'd be a nice game, doesn't seem to have a particularly high set of requirements but won't run for me. Win 7 netbook, 1.6G Atom, Intel GMA 950

Okay there is definitely a bug in this program. A bit like Emily's problem.

As before I downloaded it all fine, no problems playing game. Shut down computer and came back to play later on. Loaded game, at the loading it just hung and stayed. Had to bring up Win Task Manager to clear it. Tried again and same thing happened but a screen came up with something about Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library. Now I don't know anything about this stuff.

Anyways, tried it all again, even started with Administration and the game played. Or so it seemed. Played when it felt like it. Other times, it hang at the loading page. I now can only load with Run as Administrator.

Also would like to mentioned that while playing a level (cant remember) 8 I think, the game stopped dead. Had to reload again, then played fine. Also a couple of levels didn't give me coins, level 8 and 12.

Will keep trying at it.

Emily, try and open with Run as Administrator. If the files are downloaded, then find the Application and right click, run as Administrator.

Neat little game if I say so. It pays to read the comments to find the faults and yes I did delete the player 123 and added my name. For those who dont know, the player is YOU, the gamer. Delete player 123 and add your name down.

At the start of downloading I did find a problem loading the game. I just re-ran setup.exe and it went straight into the process. I am running on Vista (32bit)with DirectX Ver 10.

One problem, can I shoot those pesky squirrels trying to fry me? :)

Very good game for children and their parents! Thank you!
P.S. "Minimum System Requirements:

Processor (c.p.u.)……………………Pentium III 800

Operating system…………………..Win 98/ME/NT/000/XP/Vista !!!and!!! Windows7RC 7100

Direct X ……………………………….v8.0 or later

Video RAM……………………………32Mb

System RAM…………………………64Mb

I'm having the same trouble as #34 Firefly. The buttons slide off the screen,left and right and never return. Also locks up and can't be closed out even with control/alt/delete. I'm re-downloading to see if it's a bad download.

Big Fish has a toolbar that offers a game a day (sometimes 2) (one after another) for $2.99 with a code to that game.

Many games come with fictitious players already set up to make it easier for users to see how to add and delete their own names into the game. I suspect that is the case here. However, the necessity to delete the preset names first must be a programming bug. I did that right away when I installed it because of the comments here, so I don't know for sure whether I would have had that problem or not.

Most other problems are a result of configurations on the users' computers which the programmers would have no way of knowing about. Apparently most users here have been able to run the game okay. If you can't, the problem is most likely with your computer, not the game.

That's a great idea Future Gamer, let’s hope Realore sponsor a developer to create a game with those prerequisites. :)


Thanks for the heads up Jempeace, I'll check that out. I used to check BFG every few days, but have become increasingly disillusioned, but rarely visit now due to the H.O.G. avalanche. It seems to me these things go in waves. It was match threes a few years ago and previous to that point and click and before that Arkanoids. Let's hope the next wave will be Indie games :) (though whenever people jump on the band wagon, quality seems to be sacrificed for quantity. The independent developers seem to be the light at the end of the tunnel as far as I'm concerned, there have been some brilliant games released over the last few years with more in the pipeline. I've bought quite a list of indie games over the last year, none of which have cost more than $20 and most considerably less, for example, Rag Doll Kung Fu, Trials 2: Second Edition, Gumboy Tournament, Nation Red, Switchball, Larva Mortus, Trine, Zeno Clash Obulis, Spectraball, Smashing Toys, Bad Rats: The Rats Revenge, And Yet it Moves, Mightier (free) World of Goo, Crayon Physics, Plants v Zombies, Galactic Bowling, Audiosurf, Braid, Multiwinia, Quantz, Blueberry Garden, Atmosphir (free), Gravitron 2 (Gravitron 1 is free), Droplitz, I-Fluid, Defense Grid: The Awakening, plus several more that I've forgotten the names of. :)

Hi Marge, glad to hear you've got the game working. :lol:

Hi Emily,

Try one or all of the following.

• Update your graphics and audio drivers.

• Defragment your hard drive.

• Clear out your internet and windows cache.

• Try clicking directly on the games executable rather than the shortcut that was created (if this works create a new shortcut from the executable).

• Try changing the compatibility mode.

• Check your anti virus to make sure you've not accidentally excluded the program.

• Check to see if any of your background programs are incompatible by turning off one program at a time (though some processes and services may stop your computer from working if you shut them down) and then trying to run the game again. You can access all of the background program via your task manager - (Ctrl - Alt - Delete)

• Install the demo from Realore to see if that works, then do some file juggling (if the demo works) - the download link is at the of the page just above the file size.

• Install Game booster – a program that optimizes your computer for playing games. You can download it HERE


Trying the demo is just to check whether there's something wrong with today’s download (for you at least). If the demo doesn't work either it could indicate some incompatibility with your computer, a program you may be running in the background, or some hardware issue; however I'm just brainstorming, trying to come up with possible fixes for you. The alternative games may be the only way out if none of the above ideas work. Sorry I can't be more specific. It's unlikely to be your computer specs. Just looking at the specs (see #1 minimum specifications), shows that this computer should play on all modern computers and probably most built this decade. I don't think you can buy a c.p.u. with a 800MHz (0.8GHz) core any more. I recently threw out two c.p.u’s with speeds of 1.3GHz simply because they are useless for my needs.

None are guaranteed to work, but one of them may help (I hope.
:lol:

To Valerie, you could also try one or all of the fixes mentioned above.

Ok on Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit. Deleted both default, game created,
player names. (Use of 'player' confused me in initial reviews thinking was a media player, or game's internal player.)
After player 3 levels and exit to main screen, the 123 labeled player
name had returned but not the It's Not Me. Just left it all alone.
Very nice variation on Pacman with some game play twists. Only at
beginning but will return to it later. Used default location.
Did notice you can continue to collect some gold bonus round coins even after the short time allowed expires, assuming the pop up box hasn't covered up the coins' path. Loading up on coins may come in handy at higher levels. Didn't seem to have the usual Difficulty Select set of options, Easy, Normal, etc. So could get tricky to make up for that later, or just stays at a sort of kiddie level.
Thanks for the brief diversion GOTD. More pudding please.

Hello Whiterabbit,

thank you very much for your help.
I like the game und I'm glad that now I'm able to continue to the next levels.

Kind regards

Marge

Installed and ran just fine on my Windows 7 Pro machine. Might be a nice little diversion form time to time.

Thank you Realore Studios for another well-made game like those you have given us before. I wish you had a better English translator, but that only slightly detracts from the overall professionalism of your work.

I would like to take this opportunity to offer some suggestions for consideration in your next similar game project.

I'd like a game which combines several elements of popular game types such as Line-Up-Three, Hidden Object, etc. into a maze game like this.

e.g.

[1] The maze contains colored boxes (etc.) which must be pushed together into groups of three (e.g.) which then explode creating holes nearby to otherwise inaccessible areas. (The boxes can be in different rooms, but be able to align through the walls.)

[2] Some objects could be hidden in the artwork, especially bonuses.

[3] Perhaps make some "boxes" Tetris-shaped to make alignment more difficult and interesting? Provide a way to rotate them, too.

Such a game should not be time-limited because of the puzzle aspects.

this game hung from point one... xp sp 2 here if I can play halo I should be able to run this... too bad Realore

Hello all. First off I would wish to give the GGAOTD a big thank you for this offering. We love Realore games and always appreciate any opportunity to get them. That being said I have some negative comments. I read about the work around so users may advance beyond level 2 (it worked for me..... thank you TFJ and WR). My question is if this is a fresh install, why are there previous players listed? A fresh install should be that ....... a fresh install. There should be no previous players.

As for getting games. I looked into Big Fish. I liked the prices but I did not like the fact that I could not download the game and install it myself. (Just let me download the exe and run it). I was left up to them to decide where and how the game was installed. I even have a free key for one of their games but decided it was not worth the bother.

Edit by moderator.... Sorry GPC111 I've had to remove part of your post; it's downright dishonest, the practice you're suggesting is tantamount to stealing and compromises quality (because the developers who are losing money through this practice have less money to plow into R&D. Not only that, all the honest gamers are probably paying for your dishonesty through increased prices. Please don't suggest such practices here. Thank you ........I agree with you about Big fish, give me a exe file and a password any day. There is a way of not having to use the games manager. someone posted the procedure in the games discussion forums last year. I think you have to find the installed game and create a new shortcut from th executable. Using the BFG games manager feels like I don't own the game (though technically we don't anyway as all we are paying for is the licence not the software, lol)

It seem that this game from Realore Studios is having more than a bad day, I am having trouble just getting past the main menu. when I click on the It's not me button or the Opitions and Play buttons, the buttons slide off the screen just fine but then nothing happens, no new screen or button return, just Robbie with his Peace sign or Victory sign (depending on your age) stuck in the air.

I've tried the suggestion from YFJ and still no fix, I did note that when I capitalized the first letter of my name, I got a ? instead of the letter I expected, so using all lower case letters solved that. I have reinstalled the game twice with the same results.

So as the game is I'm left with a screen shot of Robbie and a catchy little tune that's perfect for a sidewalk stroll but no game, so if there's no fix by days end, can we expect a patch from Realore Studios or do I dump the game like some unwanted secrete.

Hmm. Robbie moves too slow for me. Not good if I want to play a quick round or something. Also, there seems to be a millisecond pause before him speeding up in the bonus coins rounds when Robbie's moving. It makes sense, but still sort of annoying.

Full screen and windowed mode are pretty much the same. I guess it's for everyone who has a high-resolution monitor and don't want pixelation. I would still prefer a resolution change option.
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Tried to unzip the textures, but it's password protected. Tried the things that I could find in the EXE but still no luck. Why can't they open up their textures like most other companies?
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Horizontal rule test...

I've been waiting for something even close in quality to Turtle Odyssey.
While Robbie will not hold my interest for too long, my kids love it. It installed and ran without error on my Vista machine. I may try it on the Windows 7 machine as well

This is a cute game. I found the same thing out as WR. Girls 7-11 and boys 7-9, but all kids are different.
I was with BF, but I'm 1 of those people that rarely go back and play games. The solution for me was Shockwave. They only get games once a week, have over 600 games and you can play each game 80 times. It's not just BF that's over-flowing with poorly made HOGs, everyone is. The creator of Laxius, which was a game given away here through the forums, has a nice game out. It's 1 of the few new games on BF that's not a HOG.

I can't seem to get the game to load. I downloaded the zip, ran my virus scanner, unzipped the folder, then double clicked the setup.exe icon. It ran through its thing and when I got to the very end it gave the option to launch the game. But when I clicked finish, nothing happened. It just opened up my browser and went to the page where it says activation successful. I tried opening the game from my start menu, but nothing happened. Well, a little window popped up in my taskbar, like it was opening a program, but then the window disappeared and the game never showed up. I tried several times, same thing. I tried uninstalling the game then reinstalling it, still nothing happened. I uninstalled and deleted the folders, then tried downloading the game again, and starting from scratch. I'm still not able to load the game. I tried changing my screen resolution (it's set at 1024x600) to both 1024x768 and 800x600, but it still would not load the game. I'm using XP and have directX 9.0, although I'm using a netbook with an Atom processor. Would that be the trouble? I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

Hi Valerie,

I would suggest deleting it using the uninstaller then reinstalling it. Not sure why it should work, then stop working???

W.R.

Hi OMcOuntry, lets not split hairs over a dollar. However, I do actually pay that much for my subscription because of bank charges. I've been meaning to cancel my subscription for ages, but never seem to get around to it. I have six credits to spend, but they only seem to release HOG's nowadays, and then more HOG's. (which I've had enough of). Once you've played several they become rather boring IMO. Well the ones I've beta tested and those I've bought would indicate that fact. But then again I suppose most games are just variations on several genres and if you play a lot of them the same could be said for most arcade games ('please excuse the cynicism) :)

By the way, what are these extras that those with one year plus membership entitled to? I've not really paid any attention to my BFG account for the past several months :(

GREAT GAME!! Thanks for all the chatter... let me know exactly what to do to get optimal game play.

I am confused by the problem everyone seems to be having. I easily got through level 1 and 2 and went on to 3.

I used the default player # 123 and it worked fine. Does this only happen when you create a new player?

Whiterabbit you state the "it's not me" is located on the top right. Mine is located on the top left. Could they have changed the download since the others used it?

You do such a good job here. Wouldn't it be nice if the main giveaway site ran as smooth as the game site.

Thanks, John

You're incorrect about BFG. The subscription is only $6.99 a month, which buys you a free credit and access to tomorrows game today and the $2.99 games each day. It can be cancelled at anytime, which prior to that you had to sign up for a 1 year membership. However, extra benifits are added for those who stay signed up for a year or more.

Hi Marge,

If you read the introduction, plus look at the images I've posted via my review @ 1, it tells you what to do (vaguely). But to save the bother.....

When the game opens to the main menu, click on the button to the top right that says "It's not me" This opens up a new window that has two buttons - Create Player and Delete Player. You can't have a game without at least one name present, so firstly create a new account using just letters because it seems numbers may cause the problem, so don't use them.

Do this by clickig on the + button and then typing in the empty field whatever name you wish, then click the Create button.

Then clck on the name you wish to delete. This should hightlight the name. Then click the X button....... a new window opens, click on Yes.

Repeat for any otther names you wish to delete.

Problem solved. :)

I hope the above helps?

W.R.

... and I can confirm that creating a new player fixes the bug. :-)

I had two default players named "123" and "player", both of which got deleted but it didn't help. I also noticed that the name I "created "Ladylc0" kept changing "Ladylc1, 2, 3, 4" etc. so I guess it also does not like numerics.

Anyway, I created a whole new player and everything is okay!!!

Blocked in level 2 here also. :-(

Yep, that's the answer to the level problem - change the player!!

I can't get past level 2 either. For those of us that aren't computer wizards could someone please tell me how to change my default player? I'm running Vista--I know I know it's painful

Could someone please tell me, how to change or delete the player? Which player is meant?
Thx
marge

Cute game, the kids will like this. Nice theme and color scheme.

Nice game, thanks.

After posting, (13) I saw 12 & 9, and by golly that's the trick! I'm on 3. Good catch YFJ!

PLEASE READ YFY's comment #9 to RESOLVE the problem with not being able to go past level 2.

Thank you.

W.R.

The game would not progress beyond level two for me as well, just kept repeating it. I am running Win XP media center ed SP3, AMD athlon, 2.4gb ram. defrag often. I would agree there is a bug.

Ah YFJ, I think you could be right because I also deleted the default player before I started playing the game this morning... nice one,. :lol: