Downloaded & opened fine. Well done game. Enjoying games are so subjective to the person playing, one will love it, another won't. Games always balance on the edge of "the task is fun enough to keep you playing, or-the work involved is just that--work, without the fun". That's how I feel about this game so far-it's a frustrating task to complete, and low on the fun side for me. But as I said, well made & cute, I can see how someone would really like playing it.
Thank you all for offering it.

Moderator, very nice that you leave out the comments that you don't LIKE.


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What on earth are you talking about.

Unfortunately I can´t read my last comment. I told you that I am not satisfied with your free offers. A lot of Freeware in Internet is better.


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Each to their own. You should check out the forums. We have a free game project that was started three years this September with around 2000 games posted so far. We've tried to post only the best freeware games. I'm sure you'll find something to satisfy you there. :)

Sorry, I had one of my migraines yesterday so didn't feel like posting much. The "switches" is really different. You really have to watch all around you because of all the activity. Planning ahead/thinking is required. Not sure why "Peggle" was mention except for the pots at the bottom. Once you shoot in Peggle you have no control and in this game you have the control if you are paying attention. The music is really annoying. Because of the headache I haven't gotten to the "bosses" yet.

Thanks Game in Hat for the game and Wrascally Wabbit for the review.

The game is fun and demands the player's alertness. It's an arcade game with simple puzzle solving. The artwork is carefully crafted to mimic a quality Children's book.

Thanks GOTD and Game in Hat for today's game. I am still laughing from my failed attempts to get only 4 balls into the correct jar. For many years I have been playing the same 9 games and am new to this experience of so many new and different games, thanks to GOTD. As a novice I will need to learn how to do better, but this is the enjoyment for me on trying different games. Thanks Whiterabbitt for another FINE review.

What version of the game is this...if anyone would care to reveal?

I like this game. It makes me think and plan ahead. It's well though out and pleasing to the eye. I's a fun game; thanks for sharing.

Downloaded fine in Win XP, but crashes right after intro. screen with "Fatal Error
Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 004A3412 in thread 544..."
and I don't have time to track this down, so will uninstall. A shame, I wanted to try this game.

Thanks anyway, GGOTD and Game in Hat!

Dear # 17 Rabbit, I mostly make comments when things go wrong with the application, hence the name "itdontwork". So, just expect my comments to show up if the apps. do not work for me. Just to let you know.

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You did make positive comments and suggested some improvements when we got spirit of Wandering. :)

@ moderator: Tried it in window mode.... that didn't solve the problem either...


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Sorry I wasn't able to help. I was locked out of the admin console for several hours until now (four hours into the next giveaway)

Fun game, at first looks a little childish but after playing to level 3 got hooked on it. LOL

Thanks for the game

Installed fine on Vista Home,2x2g-starts & runs just fine here.
Cute story line, it seems like the whole 'mood' is lighter and brighter
than a couple games I have tried.
thanks for helping break up the day with a new challenge !

Tried the reboot and fresh off the loading, the screen still flickering. Oh well, thanks anyway!

Can't run the game. Get the following message: Game failed to open because audiere.dll was not found. Reinstalling may fix it. I did reintstall but get the same message. Where can I get audiere.dll and where would I put it if I find it?


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You can get if from http://www.dll-download-system.com/x/a-dlls-not-system-/audiere.dll/details.html though make sure you click on the correct link. There's another and better site, but I've forgotten the url. place the dll in the system 32 folder if that doesn't work try placing it in the game folder.

I really didn't think I'd like this game, but I thought that I would give it a chance. I do like it. It's one of those games that one needs to concentrate on in order to win. If you pay attention to just the task at hand (getting the colored ball in the correct cauldron), you'll miss all the things you need to do in order to get the next ball in the correct spot. You need to quickly get all the switches set for one ball and then forget it in order to concentrate on what's coming next. I like it!

My only complaint about the mouse cursor REALLY lags far behind the movement of the mouse itself. It's still "doable" but not as easy as if the mouse tracked more quickly.

It's a very cute game. My only knock is the "monster levels". They're not really as fun as the sorting ones.

Installed game under windows XP - After clicking on the first level the games diaappears. Tried to re-install but didn't resolve the issue.

Any suggestions ?


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Try putting it in windowed mode.

I think this is a great game to play like White Rabbit suggested, between the harder games to give yourself a break! It is quite colorful and fun to look at, the menu map is so pretty! I love the attention to detail and the little things like the bees and such make it more fun! It is very simple but the difficulty does ramp up! I found the storyline to be quite engaging, and the villain to be quite cute!

Making a shortcut was easy. I enjoyed the animation and shading also. It is a bit different from other games, and that is a great thing! I enjoyed the music, and will look into playing my own later on. I really like that the developers gave us a way to use windowed mode. This is a necessity with most games. I liked that the adventure mode was not timed. With my disabilities in my hands having things timed can cause me to stop playing games I like.

Thank you for another great give away. I hope the developers will read our posts and get a bit of help from it.

Ok Win 7 Ultimate x64. First game tried on x64 vs z86. Rarely a prob with x86 but want all the 8MB ram & new SSD fully used. Game set up nicely w/ just the mentioned issue about making a shortcut. Till I read that I at first wondered if x64 was an issue. First time I've gotten a no go (blank icon) after renaming a desktop file made using my preferred method Send to rather than Create desktop. But Create destop shortcut can be renamed & run.
As to game. Nice little one. Pleasant look & feel w/ unique gameplay.
Just did first 2 levels for a test. Sense is flipping the flat line levers at higher levels might get darn hard even on Normal setting.
They hook you in with the easy learning levels than whack you.
Like they say in trading school -- First the result, then the test.
Realizing this is nicely done for a freebie on 10 scale.



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I forgot to mention in my review that in later levels you have four containers with four different colored ingredients falling. :)

Downloaded and installed perfectly on an XP sp3. So far no glitches or the aforementioned flickering. Simple game-play, only suggestion I have is that fact that even though the 1st 2 level trainings are very well explained, they did not mention on how to deal with the bees that start showing up on level 3. After losing a few lives I ventured the possibility to hover over a bee to notice that you can flick them off the screen! I was able to figure it out, but maybe not everyone would. If this detail were added to the training, it would help a lot. Thanks to the developers and to GGAOTD for the chance to try this.

Now if you'll excuse me, like a few other's have mentioned this game is addictive, so I have some levels to complete, LOL!

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when a bee first appeared a small meesage popped up telling you what to do. It was also mentioned in the review at comment #1

Game installed fine on windows 7 64bit. Haven't got into the game yet. but everything seems to be working ok. I was able to install it to a folder on my desktop simply by changing the destination folder during the install. Thanks for the game, guys!

Very different game play. But it's fun. Downloaded fine on my XP SP3.

@12, 13, 16, and anyone else having the problem: This happens when a full-screen program can't get a lock on the entire screen, because something else is competing for the screen as well. Usually if it's a one-off problem, clicking the game's taskbar button will bring it back, after a few seconds of screen locking delay. If the game hides itself again, make sure you don't have any other video or DirectX apps (such as games, 3D programs, etc.) open, and try again. If it still doesn't work, log out and log back in. That should usually do it. If still not... reboot.

When will the word "addictive" be banned in describing games. It is totally worn out chiché. Please try to come up with something different. Thank you.


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If a game is so good that you can't put it down, like many games I've played over the past 30 years, then it's addictive. According to the Oxford thesaurus other words that could be used instead of addictive include supporter, adherent, follower, admirer, devotee, aficionado and enthusiast as well as a whole host of drug related words, none of which quite fit the point. Isn't the use of the word cliché totally worn out and clichéd/ IMO it’s rather snobbish to even complain about its use especially when we’re looking for comments about the game, not the use of a descriptive word that’s perfect for the occassion.

:lol:

Fun game. Can be tricky, but, that makes it fun.

Thanks for the game!
@Hernor: You've got to be kidding me! If you think its so bad, delete it and move on. The comment you left was useless. Please just leave comments that actually help people with the game. Thank you.
@Whiterabbit-uk: Thank you for the information on how many people have downloaded it.

9 hours into the giveaway there have been 5584 downloads so far today, with only 0.28% of community members posting comments.

Same as #13. I'm on Vista and after the title screen it flickers then disappears. If I click on the icon on the task bar it comes back with the music playing then flickers out. All my drivers are up to date.

Funny, my daughter is the one playing only Roller Coaster and Tomb Raider games! Thanks for the game.

Running into a similar problem. I get as far as entering my name & clicking "Adventure," then it crashes with a Fatal Error:

Unknown exception: (code 0xe06d7363) at address 7C812AFB in thread 9C4
Module: kernel32.dll
Logical Address: 0001:00011AFB

0012F664 7C812AFB RaiseException+52
Params: E06D7363 00000001 00000003 0012F690

0012F69C 0054939E 0001:0014839E game.exe
Params: 0012F6AC 005B3514 0057D6A8 0058CE64

0012F6B8 00549357 0001:00148357 game.exe
Params: 000C7380 0659DE00 0012F700 0012F6EC

0012F710 00491F20 0001:00090F20 game.exe
Params: 0012F754 F020889F 00B65008 00B65008

0012F8B8 004939E1 0001:000929E1 game.exe
Params: 0012F948 00000001 F0208757 00B65674

0012F8E8 004845F3 0001:000835F3 game.exe
Params: 0012F948 00000001 0000000F 0012FBB4

00B65674 004D1DF9 0001:000D0DF9 game.exe
Params: 00001606 00000000 00B665F8 00000000


EAX:0012F614 EBX:0000012C ECX:00000000 EDX:005C24E0 ESI:0012F69C EDI:0612FD28
EIP:7C812AFB ESP:0012F610 EBP:0012F664
CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00200206

Windows Ver: NT 5.1 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
DDraw Ver: 5.03.2600.5512
DSound Ver: 5.3.2600.5512

Product: Balls
Version: 1.0
Time Loaded: 00:05:00
Fullscreen: Yes
Primary ThreadId: 9C4

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Try updating your Direct X graphics and sound drivers. From the above i see that you are still using Win XP, so you will require DX9.0c not DX 10 or 11.

Installed on Vista and I can not make it past the intro screen. All I get is a flickering screen.

Suddenly stops in the middle of a level, but keeps running in the background (until I task-manager killed the -partly frozen- process) ... Seems a memory issue! Anybody else with the same problem? I can run all possible games on the same laptop without a problem... while others think that I am busy working! :)

Any suggestions?

FYI: main.pak is a PopCap archive (7x7m). You can use QuickBMS to extract it. It seems to contain graphics only, so you don't necessarily have to unpack it to edit the game.

No what im saying is the application in C:\Games\ is not called rolling spell but is called Game.exe

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Ahhhhh!. yu'll have to excuse me; I'm a little distracted at the moment. :lol:

This game has satanic undertones. Do not play with the devil.



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What???? It's a game with a story line.

well done couldt even five the application a name 'game'? brillant

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Hi Brendan, Hmmm, What do you mean exactly??? :) It looks like you're saying you couldn't find the application. I do mention in my review above that you will find the game in C:\Games\Rolling Spell or are you saying Couln't even give the application a name????

opens than stops . runs in background. win 7 32bit os pls help

#1: "There is no uninstaller, but this game is free standing so to delete just remove the installed folder from your hard drive."

Purely FWIW... many of these stand-a-lone games also add a folder on 1st start when you enter a name, usually under User Application/App Data [XP/7] to store saved games, config. info etc. Also FWIW, I sometimes use Portable App Creator [ http://goo.gl/zUZOo ] on or with them in XP Pro or 7's XP Mode VM -- it records changes in the registry, the Documents and Settings folder etc., makes a copy of those changes on the USB [or whatever external storage] device, then creates a new .exe file that starts the game & re-directs it to use those local copies. If/when you like to play a game like this as a break, to pass a bit of time etc. Stephen, maybe being able to plug in a USB stick, then start playing where you left off, &/or having access to the unlocked levels might be handy? You can always sync the saved game files between the USB stick & your hard drive -- they're not hidden or altered or anything. The game itself will run double clicking the new .exe file, or you can add/use the site's launcher, which gives you a menu that pops-up from the right end of the taskbar.

The catches are it's not a full conversion to the portableapps.com format (if that matters), though it's less work -- you're left with whatever changes to your system, & you may or may not want to delete those -- Portable App Creator works best in XP, since it simply takes too long making before/after snapshots in Vista/7 64.


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Thanks for the useful info Mike. :)

Seemed like an interesting game - but it is rather slow - maybe just the first few levels but I have rather lost interest. But at least it is a bit different :)!! Thanks anyway

This is a challenging game, it looks very simple, get some coloured balls in the corresponding pots. It's quite difficult as every error costs you a life. After the 2-level training, I didn't make it passed the 3rd ;-)

Thanks for this game

I know this one. If you care for quality time with your family don't download this one (it's quite addictive...)

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Haha, I'm sure my kids will like it, but my wife only plays games like zoo and rollercoaster tycoon.

87 Megabytes.....must have a lot of levels, anyone know if you can save the game during a level? like when you die or something.


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Once you've unlocked a level you can play it any time you like, but if you die your score is reset to zero.

Rolling Spells:


Installation:

The game downloads to an 87Mb zip file that when unpacked contains a folder with a read me and dual activation and set up module that once installed takes up 91.5Mb of disk space. (For newcomers to the project, activation is automatic once setup has completed) The game installs to C:\Games\RollingSpells by default but can be changed to suit whatever your wishes are. There is no uninstaller, but this game is free standing so to delete just remove the installed folder from your hard drive. No shortcuts are installed so you will have to create your own which as most of you know is easy an easy process (right click on the games executable then select ‘Send to’ then from the drop down menu select ‘Desktop (create shortcut) ’). If you want to create a start menu/programs folder you’ll need to find the appropriate folders via your account. I’ve posted details of how to do it in XP over in the forums (not got around to updating the post for Vista or Win 7). You’ll find it in the Game Discussion stickies

The game works on all my systems with no problems. (XP Pro 32 bit, Vista home Premium 64 bit and win 7 Ultimate and Pro 64 bit).


Introduction:

Rolling Spells offers you the new and original gameplay, bright graphics and intriguing plot. The action takes place in the Fairyland that has been invaded by a strange creature, the mighty Elephly. And you’re the one, without whom the Good Fairy would never be able to defeat him. It’s only your skill and smartness that can help the Fairy to prepare magic potions and defeat the Elephly and his cunning companions. You’ll have to pass through 35 levels and fight with eight original monsters. A detailed adventure map and useful tips from the Fairy are always there to help you not to get lost. The map allows you not only to see the way you’ve already passed, but also check out how it has been passed. For each victory, you’ll get a prize – gold, silver or bronze. Although true heroes would content only with gold! Therefore, having taken a rest, you can repass the level and get the highest scores. Besides the map and Fairy’s tips, there’s also the indispensable “Book of Knowledge”. This short encyclopaedia will help you to remember how this or that spell works, how you can get a prize, what you should do and what you should fear.
Well, happy trails! Defeat all the monsters, set the Fairyland free and get all the golden prizes!

Good luck – you’ll certainly need it!

Reference : http://www.rollingspells.com/ accessed 15th April 2011


Game Basics:


Rolling spells has a vague connection to Pachinko games, so if you like Peggle Deluxe or Dachinko you’ll probably also like this game. It’s not really a pachinko game but the pins with movable platforms gives it a look of a Pachinko game; however, there the resemblance ends. Basically you have a steady stream of colored balls called spells falling from the top of the playing arena. You have to direct these into various colored containers that match the colour of the spells that are falling from the top of the board. Once you’ve created the Magic spell (which is made from a combination of spell ingredients) the level ends. Using the magic spells collected from the side areas of the gaming arena can significantly help your progress.

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The Game:

There are two modes, Adventure and Survival. In adventure mode you use a map to follow a path through the kingdom, fighting various boss monsters on your way. Survival mode is basically a never-ending level that only ends when you’ve lost your lives. You lose a life when you miss placing a spell ingredient into the correct container. This has to be unlocked by finishing the first 10 levels from Adventure mode. You can replay any level in Adventure mode so long as it’s been unlocked first.

There are three levels of difficulty; easy, normal and hard, that can be selected via the buttons (left and right arrows) just below the players name. You can set up multiple profiles which makes this a great family game because you can allocate a profile to each family member and progress will be saved for that particular profile.

The settings menu is very basic with sliders to adjust the volume of music and sound effects plus toggles for changing the game from full screen to windowed mode (the game starts off in full screen by default). You can also toggle the game cursor back to a windows cursor if you wish.

There are 35 levels in the Adventure mode roughly divided up into 8 sections. Each area ends with a boss fight, which differs from the main game in that you have to direct a pink ball onto the monster associated with that level. To make the boss fight more difficult the boss moves along the bottom of the board and you have to work out where the boss will be when the ball gets to the bottom. you can hold balls on the platform by clicking on the platform until you wish it to drop; however, if another ball touches the ball you are holding, both balls are destroyed.

You can earn Bronze, Silver or Gold awards for each level which will show up on the map as a coin placed over the level marker. There are also several awards which can be accessed from the main menu or from the playing arena if required. These awards are separated in to Bronze, Silver and Gold categories, include not losing a life during a level, killing 10 bees or getting a specific number of the same ingredient into the correct container during a level as well as others.

At the start of the game you are given a short tutorial that talks you through all the new steps (which you can see via the slideshow that I’ve posted below).

The playing arena is made up of rows of movable platforms that pivot on a central pin. Clicking on a platform will turn the platform to the right or left enabling you to direct the falling spell ingredients to the correct container, or occasionally to direct a gold coin onto one of the golden pointers which unlocks a useful spell that helps you attain certain objectives. There are six golden pointers, each containing a magic spell. Once accessed a spell is stored at the bottom of the playing arena until needed, at which time you just have to click on it to use it. You can see what each spell does by looking at the book of knowledge which is accessible via the book button above the life indicator (to the top left of the playing arena). You have three lives to start and you can store up to four spells at any one time. If you want to collect different spells you will have to use one of the spells filling the four containers. Some examples of spells include the mallet which can be used to remove ice from the platforms. Ice can be annoying because it freezes up the movement of the platform making it impossible to change the direction of the falling ingredients until the ice has been passed; there are different strengths of mallet, the weakest of which will only free one platform and the strongest which frees all the frozen platforms. . Another spell, called ‘Collect all Red spells’ will move all falling red spell ingredients immediately to the red container. apart from platforms freezing you will find other obstacles appearing such as bees who steal the ingredients as they fall, and which you get rid of by clicking on them a few times. As already mentioned, whenever something new appears you will be given instructions on how to cope with it.


Images: (more images to be posted soon)


http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Whiterabbit04/Rolling%20Spells/?albumview=slideshow


Video

http://vimeo.com/19090401 (there are two videos accessible from this page, one of which is a boss fight)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipPyVSDmlZI

Conclusion:

This is an entertaining game that should keep the whole family happy for short periods. I don't think it's a game you could spend hours playing as there's not a lot of variability in the actual game mechanics and it does seem a little slow; that said if the falling spell ingredients fell any faster i think you'd be hard pressed to complete past the few levels following the 2 level tutorial. I thoroughly enjoyed what game play there was, but i rarely play arcade games for more that 10 to 15 minutes at a time a s I use them to give me a break from bigger titles like Dragonage II, Shogun II: Total War, or Crysis II. The overall look of the game is quite professional and fairy tale cartoon in style and more importantly, it plays well.

Instructions on how to play the game are clear and concise. I reckon there’s also quite a lot of re-playability in this game due to the different difficulty levels and the various awards that can be attained plus the ability to go back and replay unlocked levels so as to improve on your score and perhaps attain a silver instead of bronze or better still a gold award. There are also incentives to carry on if only to win the various awards that are available. It’s quite a simple game with some variability (via the boss levels) and it has some original ideas (as far as I can remember from the many thousands of games I've played over the last 30 plus years.....I've been buying games since 1980), so I think this game is worth 7 for game play, 6 for graphics and 5 for sound (which I found a little bland and annoying after a while), giving an overall score of 6, though IMO game play is more important so it effectively scores a 7 in my books.

At least you can change the music by swapping the music files found via the following path:

C:\Games\Rolling Spells\Music

But you will need to change your own music to ogg files first then rename them to the ones you are replacing. (I suggest backing up the original files).