I've just completed this game (with a crick in my neck from bending to get close enough to the screen to try to see the objects!). I'm sad to say that I agree with the various negative comments about the graphics: blurry and dark (even with the brightness turned all the way up). The hint is so slow to recharge, and then when it shows it's difficult to see just where it's pointing to.

On the positive side, I liked the music and also found that there was ample time on the timer.

It's very short and it was a bit disappointing to find that there were just HOGs and a tile-swap (make a picture) puzzle in between each set of HOGs; also that the HOGs had a lot of repeats - although that did help with slogging through the game!

Sorry - I'm deleting this one, but at least I finished it before doing so. It felt like a very early game (or at least an early attempt by a trainee).

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Thank you for your feedback Margaret. :)

good game! thanks!

I have tried to install the give a way to day and keep getting a message that says ggaotd has quit working. Never had a problem like this before.

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Hi Helen, you can only install the game on the day of the giveaway. Each giveaway is only live for 24 hours. The Flying Dutchman ended Sunday morning 8am (GMT)

Awful!!! Had to uninstall due to program not working.

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Did you checxk your event logs? Tey may have given you a clue as to what was wrong. It may have been your security that was preventing the installation or a conflict with a nother program. There is a FAQ's thread over in the game discussion forums that covers these issues and was linked to in my review above.

Horrible graphics, hurting the eyes. Some items can't be found, even w/ the hint. Huge waste of pc space and my time. Tis is not well thought out game. Uninstalled this one in a hurry.

Thought I would post this; I downloaded and installed this game yesterday onto my Win7Pro with no problems. Yes after installation, I tried to pull the game up to play, but it said I had no java installed. I thought to myself while; had this computer now for 4 years without java. I wanted to play the game so I installed the java; I played the game through to the end which wasn't long as it only had 6 picture puzzles to solve (which were very easy)and then it said "End". Disappointed. Throughout the game, I was impressed at attempting to find a few (very few) objects and did find them with the help of the "hint" (liked the hint process using a telephone; getting a dial tone when you couldn't use the hint until it was recharged/since I hadn't used it, I wondered about that). I must say I did enjoy playing it, but just now I uninstalled it as I got my fill of the game! Thanks goad for having it yesterday, but I am still curious about no java installed at the beginning of this game.

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Thanks for your feedback Mardel.

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i didn't get very far . the hint indicator is lacking and has s a time out. not good as my memory isn't that great to find them a second time.

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Thanks for your feedback Dave.

Sadly I agree with the other comments about this not being a great game. Just repeating the same items and adding in a couple of extra items on each level makes it boring. Finished it way too quickly. Ending really flat, no real conclusion. If there is a story to a game at least make it interesting and come to a proper finale.

I had no problems technically - didn't lose progress, graphics ok but nothing great.

Sadly it's such a duffer I will delete and not keep for playing again.

@25
"Phew! someone whose relatively happy"

Hahaha.
Only when there is'nt anything else to do.
But that will be one, maybe two times a year... ;)

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Completely forgot about your suggestion form September (Free Commander). Will post it in the FAQ's thread. :)

Your explanation also made me smile. I’m also retired, (due to my accident), I spent some time working on the road as a motorcycle courier. loved the job
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Funny as I was a courier for the 10 years proceeding the 5 I spent driving the cab, but in cars and trucks, not on a bike. Although at one time I owned one...dropped it once and had to get help picking it back up so decided I needed to sell it if I couldn't pick it up anymore.

And I always sorta thought White Rabbit came from Alice in Wonderland and your love of games! :D

LadyLei
aka
CabLady

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Indirectly it does come from Alice in wonderland. The song was about the story. :)

Hi!!

Downloaded with ease. Graphics decent - could be more enhanced! Game plays easily. If anything a little slow. I like to click on next item, but have to wait for the program to digest them first. I thought this was the one I had some time back and lost in a crash. The name sounded the same, but I think the items are different. I remember that game having difficulty finding items from shapes, but prefer something of a challenge. but all didn't fit on the screen too, so far they have with this one.

Played a couple of rounds easy. Couple of items very hard to discover, but fine with me. I did find it odd they didn't have an enter button after clicking New and typing in name. Pressing enter is always the alternative, but some may have difficulty. I didn't hear the Christmas music b/c I have the sound low, since others are sleeping. lol!

Thanks for another game!!

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Thank you for your feedback Lee, one of only a handful of positive ones.

I agree with the criticisms already given: the graphic resolution is not great, so objects in the dark areas are really hard to find; the music is oddly inappropriate; the hint meter takes too long to recharge and the hint highlight was really dim and hard to spot. I don't like timed games as a rule, but this was so generous (30 minutes per scene) that time was not an issue.

But I did enjoy this game, and played it through in one shot (It's a short game), so thanks GGOTD and Xing!

Note: 1. Watch the clock hand in the telephone dial of the hint meter to see when it's recharged -- it's slow, and carries on recharging into next scene. 2. The timer is in upper right corner of the screen, and not easy to see. 3. You can only act in map areas with a magnifying glass.

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Thanks for your feedback mac. :)

It isn't often that I delete a free game within 24 hours of downloading it, but I have done so with this one.

It's incredibly frustrating to search for dark things hidden in dark corners of a screen, moreso when you don't really know what they are (bad translation?). To be timed out by a clock you can barely see (it's hidden top right) and then get sent right back to the beginning makes it even worse.

Not only that, but if you do manage to complete any part of the game, and quit to come back later, nothing is saved so it's back to the beginning, again - leading to more frustrated searching and wild clicking which reduces the time available leading to yet another view of the sarcastic comment.

Of course I haven't finished the blimmin game! Has anybody, ever?!

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I think this game has scored one of the lowest I've ever seen since the giveaways started 8 years ago.

For the price I don't see why all the negative comments, it's a H.O.G. but there are many out there with better graphics, but if you play this you will find it very challenging. Thanks GGOTD!

I have to agree with the others - the game is hard to play - you can't see the objects you have to find. The not so sharp graphics isn't bothering me but the very small window in the windowed mode is.

I don't think I will play it farther cause I play for distraction and this is upsetting for me.

The installation wasn't possible from the download window - I got failed to lunch but when I went to the download folder in the explorer I could install it after installing Java like all the other had to - which couldn't be as I already play a lot of other Java using games but who am I to know...? *shrugs*

I'll be back tomorrow to see what you have to offer and thank you nonethless for the game today.

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Thank you for your feedback Anu

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Thanks for your feedback LadyLei (is your screen name derived from Bob Dylans Lay Lady Lay?).
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That made me smile!
Actually no it wasn't, although I am familiar with the song and like it.

I retired and thought I need a different screen name than CabLady as I was no longer driving for a living. So thought of this as a sort of play on words, female, so Lady; Lei because they are made of flowers and I like to garden. Also are giving out in Hawaii where I would love to visit and Lei as Leisure as I have a lot of time to do as I wish (even without any cash!) and I can lay (pronunciation) around as much as I want. Like the way you think though!

LadyLei
aka
CabLady

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Your explanation also made me smile. I'm also retired, (due to my accident), I spent some time working on the road as a motorcycle courier. loved the job as it allowed me to visit my old university friends across the country and it paid for my Masters degree. As for my name, it's derived from Grace Slicks song White Rabbit, sung while she was with Jefferson Airplane, I also use the online name Slickwhiterabbit. Loved the song during my hippy days.

When I look for a game to play this is the type of game play I prefer; a point and click to discover and or solve for logic without time limitations. Upon loading up I liked the theme of a ghost ship but was surprised to hear Christmas music at the opening menu. This confuses the feeling of the game. I can understand that somewhere there was a young programmer kid who needed some eerie sounding theme music and without realizing it decided to use a popular piece from "the Nutcracker" Christmas play. I hate unoriginal ideas and/or lack of creative concerns to ensure a game remains intriguing and fascinating. The lack of a consistent game flow has ruined my interest in this offering here today. Additionally, the map which guides you through the discoveries of the game to develop the story of the ghost ship has many unclickable items from the very start. It would make more sense to force guide the user/player to what he or she needs to investigate next rather than to waste time clicking on every item you cannot use as of yet. In other words, make every item I see on the screen a playable item or don't waste my time with your inability to provide me with the good entertainment I seek. In my opinion this game is a waste of money to buy because the software company is rushing publication on its gameware without an editor in chief to double check game quality and consistency. The "Flying Dutchman" has zero value in monetary terms and is not marketable because it is incomplete. My advice is to take this great theme idea and put it back into production with coders who are more familiar with the grandfather of this style of gameplay such as the Myst trilogy. You can do better than this. Please don't make garbage. Thank you.

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Thank you for your excellent feedback Arthur, much appreciated..

It's very hard to see things with these graphics. The hint does not recharge after you use it. I used it once and it didn't recharge even when I switched to a different scene. I also noted the same errors that others before me mentioned in their comments.

That was the worst HO game I've ever seen. It lasted less than 3 minutes on my computer. I'm not going to rehash what was wrong but all the complaints I read in the comments were true. Sometimes you just have to see for yourself though.
Poking my eye out would have been more fun.

I really don't understand why in this day and age with wide screen high res monitors, gamemakers still have their games running only on 800x600 4:3. t.b.h it is not just this game by xing but I see it also still with playrix and the likes. running this game on my Bravia is highly annoying, a big black screen with an iluminated square in the middle where substandard graphics hurt my eyes. When starting up you get the "hint" that you can click whatever location to search for clues but the first 4 locations gave me a "no hints left" notification.Not a biggie of course yet still annoying, if just one location is available for clues/hints say so, don't say I can choose whatever location I want. imo one of the lesser games given away here and I have seen some cr** floating by here. I hope next game will be one of the better giveaways like we got a while ago with Legends of the Iron Lord

I agree 100% with #12 (TopazMystique)
Game ran fine on Win 7-64. Graphics are bad, hard to find items.
When you revisit a site, the items are EXACTLY in the same place! Lol.
Didn't know about the timer. That is bad also that you have to start over. Uninstalled via reboot.

What an absolutely horrible game. The graphics are so crude, couple that with hidden objects that are semi-transparent or hidden in dark or light areas and you simply can not locate the objects. I clicked on a handsaw handle 8 times before it took it. I wasn't sure what it was so I used the hint and sure enough it was the hand saw I had been clicking on.

The hint is terrible as well. Very hard to see and your object is not necessarily in the center of the hint circle.

The developers need to fix the bad graphics and then maybe this game will be playable.
Sorry, uninstalling.

Horrible game. I'm not really very good with HOGs, but this one is just frustrating to lay. I have the latest Java, no problem with that but I'm not a very patient HOG player...maybe if it was designed for six-year olds, it might work for me.

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Forgot to mention earlier. There's a new free game over on Origin called Crusader: No Remorse; you can see details of the game over in the game discussion forums (see link below) or go directrly to Origin via the following link. You do need Origin installed and have an EA account to get the game:


https://www.origin.com/en-gb/store/free-games/on-the-house


You can see some video of game play and images via the following link:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/242917

My Norton AV flagged the setup as a virus and removed it. False positive? Maybe, but I'm taking no chances.

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Hi Brian, the gamegiveaway team use several well known anti malware suites to check all games given away here. Only yourself and one other user out of thousands have reported this probelm and both of you are using that bloatware Norton. The game giveaway team have never given away a game infected with malware. It would destroy this site completely if they allowed it.

I agree with everything that TopazMystique (#12) mentioned since I felt the same way about it. Then I don't know if the creators have problem with the english language or not, but in the first scene, you havd to find a "bird". There a three of them on the screen! A parrot, a toucan and a seagull....(psst, it is the seagull they mean)
In the second scene you are supposed to find a "duck". No duck to be found, but if you click the swan, the word duck disappear!

Gave up at that point and uninstalled it.

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Thanks for your feedback MrBub

I thought I had this game but it must have been from another computer. It is available from MyPlayCity but even then, I cannot have this game.

It requires java! I tried this version and watched as it installed and spot .jar files. That is definitely java.

I refuse to have java on my computer because I got tired of all the security problems a couple of years back. Every other version was being blocked by Firefox and giving all sorts of security errors.

Instead of being up one game in my "collection", I'm DOWN one because I'm removing the copy of "The Mystery of the Flying Dutchman" from MPC!

That java requirement should be listed! It's not fair to make us go through the trouble of downloading and installing (even with a fairly small game) for nothing!

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Hi Diane, I did post the requirement in my post above.

Personally I've never had any issues with JAVA. I'd be unable to play quite a few of my games if I was to uninstall and block JAVA from being installed on my computer.

Uh, Stephen, this isn't the "match three" game that's been given away before. This is a HOG that happens to have the same name. And after playing it for 20 minutes or so I would say it is not a very good one. The three screen shots at the top of the screen are from this game but all of the others at comment 11 are from a different game.

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Thanks Jerry, just realized my mistake about 5 minutes ago. Have deleted the review and left a message. Too tired to concentrate on playing what appears to be quite a poor game then spend hours writng aobut it, so won't be posting a review today. I will concentrate on tomorrows game. :)

I installed the game on XP sp3 and windows 8.1. The game works fine on both OS's.
The graphics are not of a high quality, and that's a pity. But the game fills some empty hours and that's good enough for me (sometimes). ;-)
Thanks Xinginteractive and GGAOTD.

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Phew! someone whose relatively happy. ;)

I'm confused. The review is for The Flying Dutchman - in the Ghost Prison match 3 game but this giveaway is for The Flying Dutchman hidden object game. Or did I somehow download the wrong game?

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Hi TopazMystique, no you didn't download the wrong game, it was my fault. I made an assumption when I saw the name of the game and posted a review of a game with a similar title; Now deleted. I'm not going to spend another 4 hours playing then writing up the game as it's already well into the giveaway.

White Rabbit, I have the game that you reviewed, but it's not the game that I downloaded this morning, The name is similar and that's what I thought it was, but this one is pure HOG, not a match 3.

LadyLei

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Oop's. That's what happens when I oversleep and try and sort a review while still half asleep
Thanks. :)

Downloaded in a few seconds, installed and opened fine. Win7Pro.

Tried playing the game and did a few scenes.

Very hard to see stuff and in one scene objects were below the screen.
The computer part of the game that I played twice was just jigsaw type puzzles that were a bit strange as they grayed out as the pieces got into the correct place.

When I got to the fourth location I couldn't find a key even with the hint button vaguely showing where it was. Ran out of time and the game informed me that I would have to start all over again and kicked me back to the opening splash screen. Not a happy camper with that and deleted the game. Graphics are not very good at all, scenes are too dark for the most part, hint button doesn't work very well in the locations, minimal story line...seemed more like an afterthought.

I would give this game a 1 out of 10 overall. Needs to go back to the drawing board in my opinion. Game Deleted. Sorry just not for me at all and I like HOGS; just not this one. Looking forward to tomorrow!

LadyLei
aka
CabLady

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Thanks for your feedback LadyLei (is your screen name derived from Bob Dylans Lay Lady Lay?).

I've tried downloading this three times without success. I give up. It is the first time one of your games hasn't opened for me to play.

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Hi Bella, do you actuially get the zipped file downloaded? Check the size of the file to make sure it's downloaded completely. If so, try using a different file archiver such a s7 Zip of J Zip to unpack the game. I've linked to several over in the FAQ's thread:


http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647

My DX9 drivers were released a month ago. My graphics card drivers are fine with the wide range of modern commercial software installed on my PC, and therefore completely satisfactory for my purposes. And looking at the rest of the comments here, I'm quite surprised to be told that my drivers need checking.

Nice Game, but when playing through and start the game again, the first puzzle is marked as "solved" but isn´t solved.

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I can't explain that tenhawk, sorry.

A HIDDEN! Object game that is only 20MB? How is that Possible! Does it only have like two, three, four seens? (HA! I made a PUN! Get get? Seens? In a HIDDEN OBJECT game!)

Downloaded fine. Started install (Norton states "SONAR.Heuristic.120" virus) I removed form system!

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If lots of community members posted the same, it would probably be true. As no one else has so far posted this problem, it's almost certainly a false positive. It's more likely that your anti-malware suite is picking up the security file packaged with the installer.

The giveaway team have been operating since early December 2006 and have nbever given away a game that contains any sort of malware.

I should have known when I saw the polar bear on the island...

So, I started the game, and right away "click anywhere on the map" doesn't quite mean *anywhere.* (I don't like that.) I got started with the hidden objects. Some were easy, but the last couple, I simply could NOT find, leading to a Timed Out message: "What took you so long? Now you'll have to start all over." I thought they meant there, but no - at the beginning of the game at the "click anywhere." (I don't like that.) Same scene, different list of objects, except for two. If you click too many times in rapid succession, the timer counts down faster. (I don't like that.) There are glowing spots that get brighter, then dimmer, as does the overall scene. Here on my home PC, I had to stand up to see the screen in a different lighting perspective. And STILL couldn't find that one thing. (I don't like that.) Even when the hint showed me where it was - twice - couldn't find it.
Sorry, I really don't mean to complain so much, but I guess this one was just too aggrivating for me. I did, however, like the phone.

Dude! I think I'd better see if following the polar bear will get me off The Island. Otherwise, I'm LOST. But thanks for another game to try. Namaste.

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Thank you for your feedback Mary Lee, much appreciated. The game has never been really well received apart from maybe the first time it was given away when it received a 69% rating

Downloaded and installed on a windows 8 (64) system.
Had to download java to be able to play.
Normally I like hidden object games, but this one is disappointing.
The sounds are over the top and annoying.
The graphics are bad, and the hint doesn't seem to work.
I don't think i going to play this one.

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Thank you for your feedback much appreciated.

I like ho games, but this is one of the worst. It runs with strange resolution, locations are dark and additionally flashes from dark to very dark. Some objects are very hard to find and totally invisible, black on dark and/or located on the edges, which are even darker. Puzzles are easy but less than 25% of the screen.
Thanks, but no.

I'll start off by saying I am totally shocked at how many thumbs up this game has gotten so far and that they are asking $10 for it! For those who have given it a thumbs up, have fun. For me, this has got to be THE WORST hidden object game I have ever attempted to play. Let me list just SOME of the things that are wrong with it.

1. I can forgive the poor English translations from foreign developers but the caustic remark when the timer runs out is simply unacceptable.

2. A game that has a timer should show it PROMINENTLY in the scene. It is in a dark area and the numbers blend into the background too much. I played in windowed mode and did not actually find the timer until I changed back to fullscreen. NOTE: This game would definitely benefit from a relaxed mode, i.e., NO TIMER.

3. The graphics are not only poor but most of the items rather than being blended into the scene are hidden in dark areas making it next to impossible to find. I turned up the brightness and still couldn't find items. I basically just selected dark areas and clicked all over.

4. The HINT indicator should have some indication that it is "charging". I kept trying it and it just kept giving me a "busy" signal so not sure if my clicking actually slowed it down or what.

5. Even using the HINT and madly clicking all over in the general area indicated, I still could not FIND whatever was hidden there. So either the hint was bad, there was nothing there or the item is so tiny it's almost impossible to find.

6. Run out of time and start over. UGH!

7. Game did not save progress for me so if that is the case, plan on playing until the end or leaving the game running.

About the only thing I can say GOOD about it is that there doesn't seem to be a misclick penalty.

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Thank you for your feedback much appreciated. The game has always got between 54 to 69% w.r.t. thumbs up. Over time the rating has come down from the higer level. Possibly due to the game looking a lot more dated now than it was when it was first given away. There have been loads of much better games of this mixed genre created since this one was released. That said, for it's time, it's still a decent game IMO.

sorry over-slept this morning,hence the late posting.

To those experiencing problems running todays game. Make sure you have the latest version of JAVA,

Java Runtime Environtment version(JRE) 1.6 or later needed to run The Flying Dutchman. The latest JRE can be download from http://www.java.com

The Flying Dutchman uses OpenGL and OpenAL technology through Light Weight Java Game Library (LWJGL).

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I've removed my review as I posted something completely different to the actual game (Thanks Lady Lei for pointing out my mistake - it's been a hectic week and I'm rather tired. didn't go to bed until after 7am this morning 1 hour before the giveaway started. When I finally woke up I had assumed it was The Flying Dutchman - in the ghost prison, but it's actually a game we've not had before. Sorry for the confusion.

It's far too late in the day for me to spend another 4 hours playing then preparing a new review. By the time I'd finished it, the majority of the community would have already visited.

Hopefully the comments left by regulars will be enough to inform you all.

Tomorrows game WILL be worth downloading (for the majority of the community). :)

Problems:


If you have any problems installing or getting to work today's game please go HERE for help. I've posted all of the common problems and solutions in a FAQ thread, which you can find in the sticky section of the forums by following the above link.

If you are posting late in the day I would also suggest posting in the main giveaway forums, in the game discussion section because I cannot moderate 24hrs a day over the weekend. If you've installed the game but it won’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at another time. Unfortunately if your problem is actually installing it then once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done until the game is given away again (though that isn't guaranteed). Sometimes you can still register the game after the giveaway has ended so long as you managed to start the download before the giveaway ends. I've tested this and sometimes the grace period lasts for up to 2 hours, but more often than not 1 hour is the norm.




It’s always worth checking out the free games sites because sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity (MPC) has the most with over 1000 games to choose from.

If you do download any other games from MPC or the other free game sites 'do' watch out for toolbars etc. Make sure you un-check the check-boxes during installation, and, in the case of MyPlayCity, every time you boot the game up, (this may have changed now as MPC tend to change the format frequently. .. I've posted links to all of the common free game sites below in the games, games games section. :)

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Games, Games, and yet more Games plus Download, Installation & Game play Problems:



There's a Halloween sale on over at Steam. There's too many great deals to mention; just pop over to the specials section for a list of nearly 1300 games on sale HERE

You'll also find some excellent deals over on the following Game sites, some of which have summer sales on. I've been selling my Steam trading cards and have already amassed nearly £200 just from selling these cards. i sold one for over £4 last week. all proceeds are going towards games. :)

GreenManGaming
Gamersgate Summer Sale
GOG (DRM free games)
Desura
Gamestop
GameFly (soon to be sold off)

Free Game Sites:

Jenkat Games
MyPlayCity (over a 1000 games to choose from)
Gametop
FreeGamePick



To be honest there are too many game deals around too list them all. Just visit the sites I recommend above and I'm sure you'll find something that suits you for a very decent price. If like me you prefer Steamworks games, many of the above sites also sell steamwork games.

If that's not enough, check out the Game Discussion forums HERE for details of other games either free or on deals such as the Indie Game bundles (there's over 20 of them - If you purchased all of them you'd be paying around $80 for around a thousand dollars worth of games); or check out the four day sales at IndieGameStand. I've updated the Indie Game bundle thread to include all the latest bundles. you'll find that thread HERE.

The latest IndieGameStand game is Wolf Wars a fantasy strategy card game. If you pay above the average which at the time of writing was $1.72 you will also get a second game called Still Not Dead a survival game with minecraft like graphics. This bundle ends around 5am (GMT)Monday 3rd Nov.

The latest Daily Indie game is Realms of the Haunting, a retro styled blend of FPS and Point & Click adventure with many unique and bizarre universes to explore. From a modern age, mysterious mansion to a medieval, surreal world full of monsters . You can get two keys if you pay more than $1.15; (one for a friend or family member perhaps?). You'll find that deal HERE. They also have a couple of bundles of several games that'll cost you less than $1.50 HERE. The single game deal ends Midnight sunday (GMT)

Most of the bundles retail for around $5 give or take a few dollars, but you can pay as little as a dollar for some.

Finally, if you want more match three games you'll find loads over on MyPlaycity and the other free sites. as already mentioned above, please be aware of the toolbars, home page changes and browser changes that can occur if you don't uncheck the check boxes.

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A Request for help:

Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average between 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you've checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

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Is this game in French?

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No

On my PC, the game crashes silently soon after it is launched. It only gets as far as changing the screen resolution, which is restored a second later. I'm running Windows XP SP3.

The game screenshots look appealing. Ah well. Thanks for the giveaway.

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Check the FAQ's in the Game Discussion sticky section of the forums. Make sure your DX9 drivers are up to date and your graphic cards drivers are as well.

Sad to say, this program will not start for me on my Windows 7 Pro machine. Even after trying to run under Compatability XP settings. Uninstalled.

Oh no! You need Java to run the game. I'm not down with Java. Sorry, but I un-installed it. Thank you very much anyway. I wait for the next game.

Dommage ce n'est pas en Français ..

Nice !!! But nothing for me. But at Saturday one Game :-) Thanks a lot.

I love Hidden Object Games. Thanks GAotD.
But this one beats me ;-)
After starting
I CAN'T FIND MY MOUSECURSOR.

Tried several times.
I have a 'standard' mouse setup in Windows, Win7 Home premium.
No shortcut keys work, only Alt+Tab and Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Tried mouse and tried touchpad.
Managed to open "options"by luck, so there IS amousefunction araound.
Did not manage to reset "Fullscreen" mark.
Did find nothing on the websites of program, only commerce.

Ideas????

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Hi Cas, check out the FAQ's section in the Game Discussion forums. Hopefully you'll find something there:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647

This is a bog-standard HOG, with really badly defined graphics. There were objects I couldn't find even using the hint!