On the 3rd level a guy with a window popped up when I tried to fix a bridge and did not have enough wood to do so with a window saying "if you need more wood use the sawmill". It would not go away when left clicked as it indicated it should. The window covered other things in the game and I had to restart the level. I am running the game on a 48" 2160p aka 4K monitor, I also have a 1080p monitor to either side of it, so not a typical setup.

Hi anyone having the same problem? I downloaded and installed this yesterday (time zone europe) and played it for about an hr, but this morning it wont start up again. So i just reinstalled which all goes fine but it wont start up at all again. This is the error details i get, can anyone help? ...
Problemereignisname: APPCRASH
Anwendungsname: Royal Envoy Campaign for the Crown.exe
Anwendungsversion: 0.0.0.0
Anwendungszeitstempel: 52305726
Fehlermodulname: ntdll.dll
Fehlermodulversion: 6.1.7601.18798
Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 5507b3e0
Ausnahmecode: c0000005
Ausnahmeoffset: 0002e04e
Betriebsystemversion: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Gebietsschema-ID: 1031
Zusatzinformation 1: e8ad
Zusatzinformation 2: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
Zusatzinformation 3: e8ad
Zusatzinformation 4: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

Hi Stephen,

Glad to see you and your review back. I will be continuing to check in on this site to see how things are progressing, but until I figure out the new downloading process will likely not be commenting much. I'm sure if my husband were still alive, he would figure things out for me, but on my own I am a computer dummy. I certainly echo all the comments that the changes are discouraging: the white background being harder to read or tiresome on the eyes, needing facebook or email to get game, springing these changes on us without forewarning. Many thanks to the game companies who have donated games over the years, and most especially to you, Stephen, for all your work reviewing and moderating. No thanks to Game Giveaway of the Day for current format.

Cara in NC

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Hi Cara,

When you open the giveaway page click on the green 'Proceed to Download page' - on the next page you should see another larger green button that says Download Now with the name of the game underneath. Click on that.

From there you should get two alternatives, go via Facebook, (which doesn't work for my old Facebook account) or type in your email. some browsers such as Firefox and i think I.E. do not work, but Chrome or Waterfox do. You need a 64 bit system to run Waterfox. You can check what your system specs are by using the free program from piriform called speccy. That program is safe to use and will tell you virtually everything about your computer. You can download speccy from the following link:

https://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

Click on the piriform link that's located just below the filehippo link in the left hand pane (this is for the free version of speccy). Once you've given them your email you should get a download link in that email. clicking on it will open up a download window, then do as you usually do. If you don't want to use your usual email, I recommend you create one specifically for the giveaway site.

I was playing and it crashed at about level 5 (Win 8, 64 bit). Don't know what happened. My computer froze for awhile, and escape would not work for 5 minutes. I lost my pointer. Ended up uninstalling. Seemed like a good game for those who like that genre.

What's up with this game?

As others have mentioned the game starts fine first time - automatic after install. Refuses to restart!
Have uninstalled and reinstalled, fresh download etc, all to no avail. If I close it or turn off my computer, it's dead in the water!

I don't have time to finish this adventure today, Royal Envoy is one of my favorites I was really looking forward to having this on my system A really enjoyable game when it works

Still Don't like the layout, but I'm glad to see Stephen and his review back, the only thing that really makes this site different. If Stephen Leaves I'll join the train and exit this station!

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Hi Stephen, sorry to hear you are having problems. Try booting up the game again, then immediately after (assuming the issue is still there) check the event logs to see if there is anything logged that is associated with the game. Often you can get clues as to what the problem is from these log entries. To access the event logs just type Event viewer in your Start Menu's search field. Please let me know if you find anything related to the issue because someone else has had the same problem. Thank you.

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I must apologize for my very slow moderation today and yesterday. I have a very important report to write that is still unfinished (I'm going to have to stay up all night working on it). There's a lot more comments than normal. In fact around 80 comments still to moderate, which could take me at least 2 hours to work through. I'm going to have to cherry pick those comments that are having issues installing the game and probably wont respond to the rest. I don't like doing this, but time is of the essence at the moment. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I forgot to mention that there are almost a thousand games on sale over on Steam for less than a pound (or just under a dollar fifty) the prices range from £0.39p to £0.99p ( approx $0.50 to $1.40)

The following link will take you to the last page of the sale items i.e. page 70. the first 30 pages are free and free to play games, then there's 40 pages of less than a pound games. You will need to copy and paste the link into your browser :)

http://store.steampowered.com/search/#sort_by=Price_ASC&sort_order=ASC&category1=998&tags=-1&page=70

regards


Stephen aka Whiterabbit

Win10 64bit Home. What a lovely game. Got the code straight away with a hotmail account. Love these types of game. I got stuck at Level 7 but had to click Exit to get out of it. I didn't loose my place but yeah will keep playing this. Thank you.

Oh, and WELCOME BACK WR.

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Thank you Suzanne :)

I commented several hours ago, and apparently did not make it through moderation, though there were no naughty words, just criticism, and also replied to WR's review. From this I deduce there is non-WR moderation occurring, or else the comment form is unreliable. If this gets posted, I'll try again. I hope you can see all the comments, WR. All the best.

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Sorry historymom, I've been totally absorbed in the report that I have to write, which I have to complete before Monday close of shop. It's worth £1600 to me. If I don't finish the report I will lose everything, so have not had any time to moderate. I decided to take a breather from it as I was falling asleep at the keyboard. will check into your missing comment.

Did you click on the arrow at the bottom of the page? That should take you to earlier comments.

I have a slow ISP with capped monthly bandwidth, so when I downloaded this LARGE file, and then during the install I get "Failed to launch the program", I'm not a happy camper. You get one strike. If this ever happens again, I'm gone.

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I presume you are new to this site Mark? I usually explain in my reviews that there may be problems with unpacking/installing etc due to a Themida based wrapper, which many anti-malware suites will see as a threat because Themida code has also been used to hide malware. If you temporarily turn off your security you should find everything installs properly. The gamegiveaway has been operating since late 2006 and there has never been a game given away that was infected with malware, so it should be safe to turn off your security temporarily.

There is a FAQ's thread over in the game discussion forums sticky section that lists loads of fixes for issues with the game giveaways. Please do let me know whether or not you sorted the problem. Thank you.

I am one of those who really hates the new look of this site. All the white is really disturbing and makes it look like it was put up by a child with no computer experience. I also hate that we don't have an option to view the comments from old to new. I don't like having to scroll down and spend a lot of time trying to find older comments that new posts are talking about.

Although I have a facebook account, it's only to keep in touch with my daughter. I refuse to post a link to a site, as was requested yesterday to get that game. Luckily I didn't want that game anyway.

I'm sorry to have to say these things because I've been using GOTD and GGOTD for several years, and have always loved this site and especially seeing White Rabbit's reviews. I appreciate the software I've been able to try. Some I've used free since it's a program I rarely use; others I've purchased partly just to support the developer, even though my income is limited. Some programs I've purchased I have used a lot and was glad to find them here. Otherwise I might never have known about them.

I'm not sure if I will continue coming to this site, since there is rarely anything I'm interested in except for match 3 games. If the site improves, I might still visit it. But I hate having this garbage crammed down our throats in spite of all the complaints.

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Thank you for your comments Laurie. Lets hope the giveaway team take note of all the complaints. I would dearly wish to return to the old site. It was so much better on the eyes, plus it looked better. We can use emicons anymore either :(

Well I do have an unused Facebook account but my extra email address worked yesterday.
I'm pleased that todays' download was easier. I have a Royal Envoy game and it's excellent, so am looking forward to this one. Welcome back Stephen, I do enjoy reading your comments especially as the colour is toned down a little.
Thanks to Playrix and to GGOD for at least making the downloads less complicated.

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:)

When I click on the "Share and Download" absolutely NOTHING happens. I've tried in 3 browsers (Firefox, Explorer, Opera). So it looks like I'm not gonna get any games......

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Every time I've tried using Firefox or I.E. neither ever worked, but it does work with Waterfox or Chrome. I don't know why. I've never used Opera

I have been waiting for 5 hours for an email link that does not seem to arrive ? What can I do ???

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Hi Tina, sorry for the delay in replying, been extremely busy on an important report which I have to finish before the end of Monday. Some browsers don't work, so you will need to use one that does. I've tried I.E. and Firefox, neither of which work, but Waterfox and the Chrom browsers did work for me. I don't know why this is so?

One simple request for the new Game.Giveawayoftheday page: Please put "Genre:" in the upper right corner summary, maybe just above "System Requirements:". That would be VERY useful, as many of us do not play certain genre's, and it's a pain to read long descriptions just to try to determine the genre. Thanks for a great website!

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Hi Mark, I did start to include a In Brief summary of the game in my reviews which usually includes the genre. I didn't include it in todays short review though as i had very important matters to attend to and didn't have the time to write a full review.

I'm having an issue with this game. It started and played fine after installation but I closed it down and came back later and now I get an error message that the game crashed and will not start.

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It may be conflicting with something running in your system background, or it may be your monitors resolution. Check the FAQ's section over in the game discussion forum sticky section to see if there is a fix, though I don;t think their is for what you describe. Also check your event log, you may find an error message related to the issue that may give clues to the problem. It's best to check the event log immediately after the issue occurs otherwise you may have to search through a lot=t of logs to find the one related to the issue you describe. - (by typing Event viewer in your search field)

Thank you for what should be a most enjoyable game!

It is a pity responses about it are getting buried under all the upset-with-the-site comments, but really, GOTD team, REALLY, did you really have to 'fix' something that wasn't broken?!?!?!

AAARRRRGGGHHHH

Good morning! (Well, it's still morning where I am.)

It looks like a couple of things have changed this morning. The "sort by" button, which did not work, is gone, and although the general comments are still newest on top (dumb), Whiterabbit has managed to get his review post attached up where it belongs. But, the site design is still a dog's breakfast, even if one were using a mobile device, which, as Ben so sharply pointed out, we are not.

GGotD has opted to join the ranks of sites that believe the business of the web is conducted on smartphones, and that Facebook is as universal as gravity. (Funny side note -- as ubiquitous as GGotD believes Facebook to be, it still gets tagged by the site spellcheck!) I suppose I am expected to be downloading GG offerings onto my smartphone or tablet -- oh, wait. Not functional.

There are already plenty of sites I don't read, use, or shop at because they are poorly designed and/or require a Facebook connection to participate as the default. Poor web design does not fill one with confidence about the use/misuse of personal information, and of course, Facebook is a very exploitative environment generally.

I'll keep checking in, to see if anything changes for the better. It would be really interesting to know how the download rate has changed -- maybe there are enough folks willing to put up with this crap to keep the thing ticking along. They will probably lose the community of knowledgeable commenters, though. The regulars have been most irate.

I am not ungrateful for the many lovely games I've played from GGotD over the years. I do not get how these changes benefit the business plan of Giveaway of the Day at all. I really think they're shooting themselves in the foot. But what do I know? Plenty of people use MyPlayCity, at least for awhile, and look what they're like.

Enough with the whining , wanted some to upgrade the site and done, now what does not work , lots . go to Giveaway Radar and see the bypass link on AnonymZ http://anonymz.com/?http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/download/?id=1081 , hope this helps , should not be too worried about e-mail harvesting since it is fairly universal now and almost always a hidden terms of use. Take the regular precautions and keep track of who gets what , then you know where the "spam" comes from although sometimes useful or at least amusing , hope this helps as we have lost many who where most helpful to me in the past.

Hi WhiteRabbit/ Stephen,

My comments from yesterday were also deleted. I may come back just to see how you are doing, but I will not be using the site anymore unless it is fixed. In my eyes it is now broken. Not to mention that it breaks my eyeballs. I stopped using the app site for the same reason. Very sad, as this used to be a great site and I have enjoyed it from it's earliest days. Hope to run into you some other place on the internet with a friendlier attitude towards it's users. I doubt if it will happen, but should the owners get their collective heads out of their nether regions I will be back. If you should happen to find another home online somewhere please contact me and let me know (hoping as moderator you can see my email addy) I am very glad I got to know you (will miss you bunches!) and the other folks who post here and the ones who used to post on the app page and left due to that change.

Signing off, a very disappointed and sad....
LadyLei/CabLady

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Hi,

I'm going to post the games games games section over in the game discussion forum sticky section later this week. I will then update it each week to include the latest deals. There are always some great deals available for virtually nothing. Steam has 30 pages (25 games per page) of free and free to play games available. Most of the free games are single player games whereas the free to play tend to be (but not all) pay to win games where you can get the basic game for free, but to get items that make the game more pleasurable to play you have to purchase.

I do hope the owners of this site reconsider, especially after the response from the community. i've never seen so many comments over one weekend. Most feel very strongly about the change .

regards

Stephen

I have Win7 and SeaMonkey, I did the email me the code and had no problem at all with the download or install. I've played another Royal Envoy game from GGOTD and loved it so I'm excited to play this one. :D

While yesterdays arrival was a little shocking to say the least, I did not try the game because I no longer download match 3's. I like them, but I just don't.

Today's download arrived without a hitch. I used the email link with my hotmail address that I set up specifically for questionable spam sites. clicked the link in firefox and it opened the download box. It was slow to pop open, but that may be my computer or may be why some think the link may not work.

I am also happy to report I did not have to pause my AVG while installing. This has been something I had to do for the past few months for GGOTD downloads. I would run the .exe, the activation screen would open, then nothing... No error, or any hint what may be the problem. Today was just click and go.

Also, this Playtrix game made its own short cut on my desktop. Don't remember if GGOTD Playtrix games usually do this or not. Was nice not to have to search out my folder and make my own.

CJ

Todays game is nothing for me but I want to shout out a huge welcome back to White Rabbit.

Could it be once you entered your email, the next time it downloads automatically until the cookie gets invalid?

Still so many complainers. Are people those days really not able to use an email adress just for stuff like this? I do this since years.

This awful new website design now on gamegiveaway. I liked previous design much more.

Hi everybody.

If you want another background, you can change it in your browser.

Example with MSIE11, tools, internet options, general tab:
1) Click accessibility button, tick/select ignore colours specified on webpages, click ok
2) Click colours button, untick/deselect use windows colours, select your preferred colours for text and background, click ok, click ok.
3) The previous settings will be applied to every webpages.
If you want them applied only for game/giveawayoftheday.com, you should only tick use windows colours when you come here and you should only untick use windows colours after you leave this website.

Hope this helps!

hi Stephen , greetings from Congo. hate the new page and its facebook ideas. However , glad to see you functioning and alive. Excellent reviews when available.Bought this game the day it came out, love it and all the others in the series.Hope they dont make Royal Envoy 4 with walkthorughs,i hate it , it spoils the fun, if you gonna write an exam why provide the answers too?

Sadly, I won't be enjoying this game today. I'm running Windows 10. I've downloaded / installed this program three times. First time, I didn't get the FB / email prompt - nice - downloaded and installed. I had the program open when I clicked finish. Played it for a bit, then closed it. I was thinking it was going to be a fun program. When I tried to open it again, I got the message "Unfortunately this program has stopped working" with the close button beneath it. I uninstalled and downloaded again. This time I did get the FB / email window. I was also using IE instead of FF. Installed - same problem (only this time I had unchecked the run program before hitting finish). I wasn't sure if the program was successfully activating since I never saw the successfully activated tab in my FF or the little box that pops up on the desktop. Decided to give it one more try. Uninstalled, cleared my cache with CCleaner and downloaded again . This time I made sure I saw the little successfully activated box on my desktop. I had also suspended my security suite (I really do trust GGOTD to have secure downloads). Same outcome as the other two so I uninstalled. I was successfully able to download yesterday's game with no problems at all - other than having to go for an email link and I've never had a problem with Playrix downloading and installing correctly before.

I managed to download without having to use the e-mail link like I had to yesterday and it was much better. This game is very challenging to play and if you like time management games its great from the story line graphics and sounds and music and it plays on windows 10. Thank you.

Hey, Whiterabbit!!!
Good to know you're still around here. Your service to the community is greatly appreciated! I agree with you and everybody who dislikes the changes to the website. I'll actually scroll to the bottom of the page to see your review, esp. because the new style "brief info" doesn't even tell us what type of game it is.

For those who are worried about spam, if 10 minute email accounts don't work for download, get a permanent one with false info (or no personal info at all) to use it for downloads, registration etc. (remember to uncheck any boxes, like here). If it becomes too full of spam, you can just abandon it and get a new one.

Oh, the new website won't let me post from FF. Let's try IE.

Why the sudden issue with the site, it's been like this for several months, unless I'm missing something. I liked the old format and don't know why it was changed, it was fine like it was. I also don't like the fact that you have to send the link to your Facebook page. I guess the only thing to do is delete it after you finish your game download.
Incidentally, I'll pass on todays game as I did yesterdays. However thank you GGOTD!

Having downloaded yesterday's via email link, today's download went straight to the download link without asking for the email again. It's good that we don't have to keep repeating that once we've "registered". The game loads easy enough on my Win 10 HP Core I-3 desktop, it runs very smoothly. Graphics again are top shelf, and the play is enjoyable, even if I do get enough TM in my daily life. Thanks for another great offering. BTW, I think it's time to put another Tower Defense game online. The last one (Goblin Defender, I think it was) was lost when my last machine crashed and I had to start over.

It's been a mostly interesting and enjoyable seven years. Goodbye all, and fair well.

As Stephen wrote, " I don't think many community members actually scroll through to read all the comments made..." so this comment will probably won't be read by anyone if it even makes it past the "spam filter" or the Nazi censors.

Stephen: Censoring comments does not make problems go away. Please don't keep telling people about how there's never been viruses in software downloaded from this site. It is very rare, but despite your cognitive dissonance based beliefs, it has happened. Nothing done by mere mortals is perfect, and I sincerely hope you realize that someday.

After installing, uninstalling, re-downloading, re-installing I got it to work. But the desktop icon doesn't work - I have to go through the start menu and run it as administrator. Very odd, but at least I can play the game. And it's a very fun one.

My comment on the new GGOTD site design: I don't like it - the old one was good and did not need "improvement". And I don't like the Facebook/email choice for the download link.

Having said that, I'll mention that the GOTD site has had the new format for a while now, and having downloaded a couple of sw using the email link, I have had no increase in spam, at least nothing that made it through Gmail's spam filters...

So, thank you GGOTD for the good game, and thanks Whiterabbit for all your work. Good luck today.

Fr those wanting the Black layout, there is a temporary work around until the site owners decide to go back in black.
For Chrome users
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/invert-page-colors/hjhdnhiofjddcapmffbllcpaodjmdphn

example http://my.jetscreenshot.com/3161/20160207-djkf-226kb

for fire/waterfox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-night-mode/?src=api

example
http://my.jetscreenshot.com/3161/20160207-u3vx-282kb

the chrome version works with a black.white icon in your adress bar, the fox version is a righclick option

hope this helps many

Whiterabbit, I am HUGELY relieved to see you back at the helm with the reviews and comments! And, at least for now, they are appearing at the top of the comments where they belong.
Since the subject matter has become the new format, rather than the game, I'll leave you a couple of thoughts for format...
1) Just a slightly off-white background appears to be what everyone wants to make the site more eye-friendly. That should not be impossible.
2) If the background color is not changeable, perhaps using a heavier font, perhaps even to BOLD? And to distinguish the moderator comments, currently in bold, perhaps you could use a larger font?
3) Somewhere in the headings, I would like to see a little more information posted such as "download size", "game type", "last time offered", "publisher's comments", etc. You might look at the format for any individual software provided on Download.com for some of the publisher's comments. Note that they still include "editor's comments" as well, along the same lines as Whiterabbit's reviews.
4) And the real issue, as I see it, is not the new layout, but the fact that it IS new. People get comfortable with what they are used to. They don't like to have change thrust upon them without having their opinions heard. And they are going through the process of "expressing their opinions" now. Most will accept that this is how it is, and get past it. Some will be indignant and refuse to revisit the site. That's their loss. If this had been the format from the beginning, it would never have been an issue.

As for the game itself, although I'm not a huge of these build-a-road TM type games, anything from Playrix has always been well written, superbly crafted artwork, and easily played by all. As such, I am downloading and adding it to my collection and am sure to not be disappointed.

Once again, I want to personally thank WR for your dedication and devotion. As long as you are part of this site, I will remain a loyal benefactor of your generosity. Thank you.

p.s. Whiterabbit, if there's any way I can talk the owners of this site into providing you with a stipend for all you do, I'll be happy to do so.

I've been a loyal user of GGOTD ever since it debut, but this new format is a bit much. I do have a Facebook page and don't mind sharing it, but gone are image previews when the link is shared. It's just a generic link. Thankfully I can create my own image preview based off of WhiteRabbits images posted when making a post to my friends to share the game.

Love all the Royal Envoy games and have purchased them all except for this one. I had thought it was similar to another Royal Envoy game so I never purchased it. I see that it is different so I will download this and try on my W7 system. Playrix games are almost always well done and a joy to play.

Do I like the changes to this site? No, but people don't like change when things are running smoothly and it takes a while for them to get used to it. Put a new chair in your living room and 5 days later and you feel like it's been there for years.

I rarely go to Facebook so I gave my email address. I see nothing wrong with that and it remembers it for me so I don't have to type it again. It's similar to people being afraid to give their names on the internet but they forget that they are listed in their local phone books. Same thing.

I don't understand how to download the I have not been about to get past the face book part. I like game give away a lot but I don't understand the new web site.

Nice to see you again, WhiteRabbit! First comment at top of the page, no facebook log on or e-mail link..almost back to my collection of #1 sites. Sadly today's game is not my cup of tea and off-white is really really a better color for a site. Oh well, I can't have it all.

Have a nice day and see you next week. With sunglasses on..in February...

While I understand not wanting to post to Facebook or even use Facebook at all, I do not understand why so many fear giving the GAOTD team your email address for a download link. When you post your complaint about it, you must give them an email address. What is the difference? If there is one, I would love to know.

I still however, do not like the format of the new site. I can not read too much of it, it is too hard on the eyes.

PS: Please if you can make the background a bit darker, it would be so much more comfortable on the eyes to read.

Thank you.

I'm so very sorry that you've had traumatic days and I do hope things will smooth out really soon.

I found a simple way to get around posting to everyone on FB, if you have a FB account, and you don't want to go thru the hassle of setting up yet another email account, just change the FB settings to "Custom" and then "Only me". That way, it will only go your timeline and not "out there". (Of course, when you want to post other things to "Friends", etc, remember to change back the settings.)

Well, the first thing I wanted to say was, I'm glad to see Whiterabbit is going to stay, for now, and continue to give us great reviews and game options.
Second, if the giveaway team doesn't see it clear to change the background coloring for our benefit, maybe they will do it for Whiterabbit! It seems totally ignorant to not listen to someone that donates so much of their time to help improve the website, and ignore his needs as far as hurting his eyes with this horrid format!
I will say that I have gotten a couple of programs from the regular giveaway site, and haven't noticed any unusual SPAM since doing so, as I only give my email, never using Farcebook (misspelling intentional).
That said, I still despise the format change, and will spend as little time as possible on here.
Whiterabbit, I think from what I see, that you have figured out how to pin your post to the top of the list, that is the one saving grace that will keep me coming back for games I like.
One question. Yesterday's game download was terribly slow. I never noticed this before, but the GCD package was 345 MB! The game was less than 3 MB! I would hat to be someone that didn't have a cable ISP, and tried to download that game! It took over 15 minutes to download! If they are going to continue to bloat the download with such a large GCD, I may have to stop coming here altogether.

I purchased the classic edition of this game a couple of years ago and it's one of my favorites. I have all of the Royal Envoy series and hope the was hoping they would produce Envoy 4, 5, etc. If you download this, try to complete each segment with three stars. That's the real challenge.

Same problem as yesterday. Shared link through FB,but game doesn't download...just takes me back to the gamepage. Grrrr...hate the changes already.

Like others I find the background of the page far too white, it gives a headache reading through the comments.

The game downloaded and installed fine, however after playing it for a while and then trying to restart it gives an error message (The program has stopped working) and doesn't start anymore.
Uninstalled and installed the game again gives the same problem. I can play just after the installation but restarting gives the error message.
My pc runs on Windows7 prof, 64bit

I doubt anything will change with this or any other comment as we seem to have entered an age of "FU, you're going to like OUR way of interacting with a computer or you can drop dead after we eviscerate you on a personal level to lay the blame on you." (thank you, Steve Jobs) , but I will say that the new format has curbed my "download and try" actions. If a software came up that was even vaguely helpful I would give it a whirl, going so far as to having a few copies of similar software installed for comparison. Some I have bought from devs, most offerings on the main site are (frankly) trash. However, I did make an effort to either comment or support comments I agreed with on the site as feedback to the devs after trying some truly horrendous or useless software. Now I don't bother. I AM on social media and since I'm not getting paid, I have no intention of being free advertisement for any company. I'm also not interested in having my e-mail harvested for any reason, even the junk one. It's too much work for (mostly) useless software.

What I do now is check the RSS feed to see if it is something I may be interested in and after some research elsewhere, I may go through the effort of downloading and installing. The reality is, I haven't downloaded a GOTD offering in months now and I'm actually happier for it. Less work, less time wasted. No more reading through comments or participation. Where I used to click on the iPhone app links to give the GOTD credit for informing me of the free offerings, I now copy/paste the app name in iTunes to get the offer and to bypass the onerous GOTD hoops.

The GGOTD section is the ONLY one left that I was still participating in to some degree. That is probably going to end very quickly. Whereas before I would have downloaded and tried yesterday's offering, now I didn't bother. I didn't always get to play the game in time to write a comment, but it did expose me to some new and interesting developers whose other games I've purchased.

Ben said it best yesterday about this new design and I wholeheartedly agree with him. It's bad enough to have your eyes assaulted for the benefit of people using simplistic devices that will never run these programs or anything more complicated that their social media apps but to have the extra hoops to jump through to get it is too much.

Yes, I will likely use my junk e-mail to download games with the new format, but they will only be those I am 100% interested in that have good reviews elsewhere and are unavailable through other means. I will no longer read through the comments on this site or offer my thoughts on a game, including today's (which I own) because my eyeballs are hurting just writing this little bit.

White Rabbit, thanks for all the great comments and your hard work. Speaking for myself, don't continue doing something that isn't pleasant for you on our account. I have enjoyed your comments and all of your hard work, but I heartily encourage you to stop moderating if you wish. You don't owe anyone in this community anything, even your presence. In fact, it's the exact opposite. This was a VERY nice community to participate in because of you and I will miss it. Thank you and good luck in all you do.

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Thank you for your comment Melika, much appreciated. It's unfortunate this change has occurred on this weekend as i'm really stretched for time with respect to moderating. There has been around 20 pages of comments, the most I've ever seen, and this weekend i have so much work to sort out that if I don't finish I'll lose £1600. I have to finish and email a report by 3pm Monday, otherwise I will lose the money. So it's been hard to answer most community members comments. I don't know what time you posted this, but it must have been several hours ago. i do apologize for the delay in moderating.

Want the game but don't want it in your Facebook feed? Here's how:

1) Click the download link
2) Click the Share & Download button
3) When the "Post to Facebook" window appears, click the globe to the left of the Share button in the bottom right and choose "Custom" from the pop-up menu
4) In the "Custom Privacy" window under the "Share this with" heading, set "These people or lists" to "Only me"
5) Click the "Save Changes" button, then the Share button to share to Facebook

This doesn't actually prevent the site from posting to your Facebook feed, but only you can see the post and it's easily deleted once it appears in your feed.

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Thanks for the information. :)

Facebook and email constraint still on here. No way I subscribe to facebook. No way I disclose my email adres. So goodbye GGOTD and thank you for the fish. Pity.
But above all: thank's a lot to Whiterabbit for his hard and extremely appreciated work over the last years!

How to download the game?

WIthout facebook?