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Please only post comments about today's game giveaway; other comments either inappropriate, or not about today's game will be deleted at the moderator or administrators discretion; however a little light banter among community members and with the moderator to keep this a friendly place to visit is acceptable and welcomed. All comments not specifically about today's game giveaway will be judged by the moderator and if deemed not appropriate, will be deleted with no explanation. Please see the end of this review for further details about posting comments and links to the teams contact, moderation policy and the FAQ's thread, thank you.

Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures

In Brief

Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures was originally giveaway here May 5th 2012 and received 50 comments and an 84% positive thumbs up out of 410 votes. you can read all of those comments HERE. It's the sequel to Turtix, which we received earlier this month (5th February). It's a side scrolling puzzle platformer suitable for all ages.

The installed game says it's Turtix: Rescue Adventures, but this is Turtix 2 (at least the same game as Big Fish purport to be Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures. I think Turtix: Rescue Adventures and Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures are the same game, they have just been labelled differently by different game houses. I've installed both and playing them, they are exactly the same, so I presume the 2 refers to the fact that Turtix: Rescue Adventures is the second in the Turtix themed games?

Suggestions:

Whether you like or dislike Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures please give some feedback about your opinion of today's game giveaway, for example, what you liked or disliked about the game, and how it could be improved from your point of view. If you don't like this genre at all, please explain why. What improvements would change your opinion? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality? Giving such feedback instead of saying nothing or just saying this game is rubbish or good may bring more developers to the site, which could mean more and better games. Would you give away thousands of copies of a game (or extra content for a game) away to a community that complains all the time instead of giving useful feedback? It only takes a few moments of your time. This site could be transformed if only the community would be more forthcoming in their opinions of the games they are getting for free instead of complaining about the way this site has changed or that they don't like Steam games. If something isn't for you then move on to the next giveaway, or check out the extra's section at the end of this review; you never know, you may find something that interests you..

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game from Big Fish Games 24/7 HERE. It costs £2.99/$2.99

Installation:

Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures downloads to a 33.7 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 39.8 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Turtix - Rescue Adventures

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

Introduction:

Help a heroic turtle navigate three gorgeous game worlds dripping with detail. Block the bad guys on their mission to capture toddler turtles in this side-scrolling Arcade game. Use your brain to eliminate traps and obstacles while crushing dozens of enemies with crates. Navigate 60 wondrous worlds with loads of puzzles while collecting bonuses and power-ups. Can you recover the baby turtles in Turtix 2 Rescue Adventure?

Reference accessed HERE. 25th February 2017

Main Features:

⦁ Tons of puzzles
⦁ Rescue young turtles!
⦁ Boss battles and bonus levels
⦁ Dozens of unique enemies to defeat
⦁ Casual and Hard modes
⦁ Game play that's appropriate for all ages
⦁ Three gorgeously detailed worlds to conquer
⦁ Mouse, keyboard and joystick support

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE

The Game:

You needn’t be familiar with the previous Turtix game or other platform-like puzzlers like Lemmings or Vikings to enjoy playing through Turtix – Rescue Adventures. Don’t be fooled by its cutesy graphics: this game will provide hours of head-scratching fun for those who like a challenge. Oddly, though, it’s missing some features we liked in the original game – but we’ll get to that in due time.

Turtix the bug-eyed turtle is back, and this time you’re asked to travel to three huge worlds – the Magic Forest, Underground Caves and Barren Desert – to rescue fellow students accidentally trapped in magical bubbles. But these hapless creatures will simply walk blindly to the exit of the multi-tiered level, so it’s up to you to preemptively protect them from harm before you set them free.

Therefore, you must shutdown traps and bypass prickly enemies before the student turtles can hurt themselves. You’ll accomplish this by activating switches, pushing crates onto dangerous spikes or taking out baddies by jumping on them. If you get hurt falling onto spikes or dropping off a ledge you’ll lose a valuable health point but if you find chests hidden on the levels you can gain some of that back (or be rewarded with other bonuses, such as an extra life or more time added to your clock for higher points). You’ll also collect stars and find secret areas to collect gems.

The player must also figure out how to reach hard-to-reach places, such as ledges that require a crate to jump on, buttons that open doors, underwater caverns, teleportation portals and a gorge you can only bypass by climbing on vines. The trick is to figure out which order is required or else you might have to restart the level and try a different path.

Speaking of which, some of the tasks you had to complete in a certain order didn’t make much sense. Specifically, early on in the game I had to push two crates over a spiky area before my little turtle buddies walked towards it. But if you choose to push the, say, left box onto the spikes instead of the right one first, the second box won’t fit for some reason, even though they’re identical. Instead you need to push the left box on first, followed by the right. If you do it in the wrong order the puzzle cannot be completed. This was frustrating.

Another minor beef: Gamers navigate around the various levels using a mouse, keyboard or mouse, but the it’s too bad the player can’t remap the keyboard commands; I found it awkward to press the Up arrow key to jump when I would’ve preferred the space bar as required in the first game.

Speaking of which, unlike Hollywood movies, casual game sequels are usually better than their predecessors because game designers add new features and fix issues. Oddly, Turtix: Rescue Adventures isn’t quite as good as the first game because of only one game mode (instead of two in the original), two levels of difficulty (opposed to three) and I preferred the closer “camera” in the first game to see all the great graphics with more detail.

That said, Turtix: Rescue Adventures is still a very fun and challenging puzzle game with 60 levels, dozens of secret areas, bonus levels and tougher “boss” creatures you must defeat by studying its pattern and attacking at the right moments. The game is also a refreshingly unique option for casual players bored with Match-3, hidden object and time management games.

Edited reference accessed HERE. Original review written by Marc Saltzman
on 8th June 2008, Edited by Whiterabbit-uk 25th February 2017

Other Reviews, Videos (including walk through videos) and Slideshow of Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures:

You can see community reviews of Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures HERE and more information in the Big Fish forums HERE.

if you want to see some game play you can see some videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE - (leads on to 19 other videos showing walk throughs for all levels via right hand panel), HERE, HERE and HERE. You'll find a slideshow of almost 50 images showing various tutorial messages HERE

Conclusion:

This is an excellent and very colorful platform game that's ideal for the family. There are slight differences from the original Turtix, that in my opinion take away from the game, for example there's only one mode and the game world has been set further away with respect to perspective compared to the original. This gives a feeling of being detached from the game (though that may just be me) whereas with the first Turtix game I felt I was right there in the action. Still, it's nothing major. The game play remains with the endearing character of Turtix.

Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures offers Increasingly challenging puzzles with more than More than 60 levels to complete. It also has cute and attractive graphics which the whole family will love especially the younger ones, though I'm sure adults will to. I used to play this with my kids when I purchased it from Reflexive Arcade when it was released over 8 years ago. Game play is well worth a good 8 out of 10 IMO.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games, in this case Steam keys.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

If today's game giveaway 'Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures' didn't appeal, you may find other games either free or for less than the price of a cup of coffee via the 'Weekly Roundup of Game Deals' thread which I've posted a link to above, or HERE.

The free game over on Origin is still the excellent atmospheric Sci Fi RPG third person Shooter Mass Effect 2, but it will probably be ending soon. If you've still not got a copy, get it now, it's well worth. It usually costs £19.99/$19.99 (though I paid the pre-order price of over £30 prior to it's release back in January 2010) . You can get it HERE. Please note that you do require the Origin game platform to be able to download and install the game.

You will also find lots of deals over on Green Man Gaming and Big Fish Games usually have 70% off the first game you buy from them, plus they also have other deals occasionally. Desura was purchased from Bad Ju Ju games last year by One Play. If you already have a Desura account you can read details of what is happening HERE. As yet you can't access games you previously purchased via Desura (I have around 1400), but One Play are working to recover everyone's accounts and hope to do so by the end of March 2017. Indie Royale will also resume on a weekly basis, though at this time I don't know if previous Indie Royale Greenlight bundles will be honoured? Alawar, Gamehouse and Playrix entertainment have free games available (usually online versions) and other game houses such as the AAA distributors Ubisoft and Origin always have some games on sale. I've updated the Weekly roundup of game deals HERE to include a large list of other sites where you can find games on sale ( e.g. Origin, uPlay, GreenManGaming etc, as well as links to free online games and other game houses such as Alawar, Playrix and Gamehouse plus gaming news sites such as Rock Paper Shotgun and Game Seek, and included a list of free to play Massive Multiplayer games such as World of Tanks, World of Warships, Liberators and Allegiance to name a few. For more details please go to the Weekly roundup of game deals over in the game discussion sticky section HERE.

There are 714 games on sale over on Steam at the moment, with up to 91% off. Game prices range from as little as £0.15p (most of these cheap games are actually cheaper in the UK than the US, so if you are a US citizen and have a UK friend, get them to buy the game for you). There are almost 200 games and dlc less than $1 and almost 250 for less than £1. You can find all of the deals HERE.

If you spend more than $3 in the Indie Gala store you'll also get a free copy of the old school anime rpg '200% Mixed Juice' worth $6.99/£4.99There's 60% off the enhanced version of Dying Light The Following, plus there are loads more deals with excellent discounts that you'll find HERE.

The Humble Bundle site has two excellent bundles plus their monthly package that is excellent value for money. The game bundle is the Humble Civilization bundle that includes Civilization III, iV, V and 20% off Civilization VI, or 25% off the deluxe version. They even have a software bundle at the moment with apps such as System Mechanic, Air Parrot, EaseUS Partition Master, all three worth over $100 for a dollar, or for just over $6/less than £5 you can get Daemon tools Pro 8 lifetime, Blackblase Online backup, 3D Mark Advanced Edition, worth £110 or for $12 /under £10 PC Mark 8 advanced, VR Mark Advanced and Dashlane Premium (1 year) worth around £110, plus you get 10% off the humble monthly bundle for $12 worth over $100. If you subscribe now (ends in just over a week) you'll get as a bonus Total War: Warhammer. The Humble store features loads of discounted games (usually steam codes). If you subscribe to the Humble Monthly, which costs $12 a month (or less if you choose various monthly plans) you not only get a large collection of decent Steam games you will also get for the first month of the subscription Total War: Warhammer, which was released last Spring and costs $59.99/£39.99. The great thing is, you can cancel at any time, so only need to receive the first bundle of games. I personally haven't bothered, but only becasue I usually have already purchased most of the games included in the monthly bundle. The usual savings on the games you get are around 90%, not counting the introductory offer. There's also lots of games on sale over on the Bundle Stars and Indie Game Stand (IGS).

For those who missed out on the Alien Shooter 2 - Conscription giveaway from last month or Zombie Shooter from last October or Alien Shooter 2 - Conscription from last June or Zombie Shooter 2 from last May you can get six games from the series including Alien Hallway, Zombie Shooter 2, Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded, Alien Shooter: Revisited, Alien Shooter and Zombie Shooter for $1.49. HERE. Pay an extra $0.50 and get a second bundle to give to your friends. All keys are Steam based. This offer ends mid March. ;) stores. Or you can join the competition to win a copy of Alien Shooter TD HERE.

Giveaway Team Contact and Moderation policy:

Continued from the first paragraph at the beginning of this review ........... I am posting this in light of the massive increase in negative comments not related to the game being given away, inappropriate comments and spam that have occurred over the past several months since the site was updated and in particular since the site started using Facebook, Twitter and Steam. Almost 700 spam comments were posted over a 24 hour period last month. This is a site that gives free games away, so it's quite shocking to see the number of negative and sometimes inappropriate comments being posted here, especially when they are not even related to the actual game that we receive. I always though getting something for free was a privilege/perk/treat/ and deserves at least some thanks or gratitude and cannot understand why we get so many negative comments that possibly turn away potential developers who would otherwise have given the project their games. Of course we have freedom of speech, but as mentioned in my review above, there are rules to posting in this comments section; even a free society requires rules and regulations to run properly, so please bear this in mind when posting a comment.

I believe if we get lots of decent feedback about the games we get here, more developers would be happy to give away their games. Seeing lots of complaints (and spam) instead of feedback about the giveaways will not persuade other developers to give their creations away for free, especially when they may have spent thousands of hours working on them. So please also consider this when posting your feedback. Any comment not about the game for example complaints, or if deemed unfriendly or inappropriate, will be deleted (usually with no explanation) or added to the spam folder, which automatically black lists the IP address you used. Although I have enjoyed responding to many of those comments in the past, I will no longer waste my time answering comments from community members who should have read the moderation policy.

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FREE game offer from the moderator in exchange for quality feedback:

There were some winners from last weeks game giveaways, which I mentioned in reply to their comments. I've already given a couple away so far, but I'm still waiting to hear from others.

I've posted a list of over 200 Steam games in the forums HERE and will be adding more as time permits over the coming weeks. It is quite an extensive list of games taken from the 10 000+ Steam keys I've collected over the last several years. All keys were either purchased by me, with a few received free for pre-ordering games on Steam, plus a few others for entering competitions and other offers). There will be a limited number of other keys available, such as Origin, uPlay and Desura keys as well as some DRM copies. Desura has recently been purchased following the original owners demise and should be up and running by the end of March. I will announce winner's from each giveaway the following week. If no announcement is made, it means no one posted feedback that qualified for a free game that week. If you have won a game, I will also post details in the thread I've created specifically for that purpose HERE. Once I've given a key away, the game and any comments by the winner will be removed from the list the following week. I will assume if you don't reply within a few weeks you aren't bothered about a key. Please post your preferences (list at least 3 games in order of preference over in the forums HERE. Thank you. Happy gaming.)

Depending on the quality of the feedback, I may choose to award games to more community members for each game given away, 'at my discretion'. The feedback must be about the game, and it must include a couple of paragraphs of feedback following the guidelines I've posted in the suggestions section of my review. i.e. your opinion of the game, what you liked and/or disliked plus suggestions for improvement. If you choose a game that is very cheap I may give you a second game; so, when choosing from the list I provide, please list more than one choice. If a game is chosen by more than one community member and only one key is available the key will go to the one I deem the most useful. I do have multiple keys for quite a lot of the games I've listed, so, don't be put off if you see someone else has chosen the game you want. I haven't indicated any of the games I have multiple keys for (though for example I do have several keys for the excellent Western themed AAA game Call of Juarez, which i picked up for free for purchasing several games via the Indie Gala store several months ago. spending a few dollars got me a copy of the game, so I made several separate purchases over a couple of days while the offer was still live.

I do own at least three community members a game from the previous giveaways that I posted several months ago. I'd totally forgotten about those. I do have a document with their names on, so they will get a game from the original list when I find the document (I'm extremely disorganized); or they can peruse the new list and choose something different. Just post a comment over in the forums in the appropriate thread. If you do post feedback with a view to getting one of the games and think you have covered the requirements, you don't have to do anything until I announce the winners the following week.

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<blockquote>Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures</blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><a href='https://postimg.org/image/mgmhh2stx/' target='_blank'><img src='https://s10.postimg.org/b49vzak55/turtix_2_003.jpg' border='0' alt="turtix 2 003"/></a></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><a href='https://postimg.org/image/kdc29et11/' target='_blank'><img src='https://s10.postimg.org/vcx9l0jg9/turtix_2_004.jpg' border='0' alt="turtix 2 004"/></a></blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote>In Brief</blockquote>
<blockquote>Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures was originally giveaway here May 5th 2012 and received 50 comments and an 84% positive thumbs up out of 410 votes. you can read all of those comments <a href="https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/turtix-rescue-adventures/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. It's the sequel to Turtix, which we received earlier this month (5th February). It's a side scrolling puzzle platformer suitable for all ages.</blockquote> <blockquote> The installed game says it's Turtix: Rescue Adventures, but this is Turtix 2 (at least the same game as Big Fish purport to be Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures. I think Turtix: Rescue Adventures and Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures are the same game, they have just been labelled differently by different game houses. I've installed both and playing them, they are exactly the same, so I presume the 2 refers to the fact that Turtix: Rescue Adventures is the second in the Turtix themed games?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Suggestions:</blockquote>

<blockquote>Whether you like or dislike Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures please give some feedback about your opinion of today's game giveaway, for example, what you liked or disliked about the game, and how it could be improved from your point of view. If you don't like this genre at all, please explain why. What improvements would change your opinion? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality? Giving such feedback instead of saying nothing or just saying this game is rubbish or good may bring more developers to the site, which could mean more and better games. Would you give away thousands of copies of a game (or extra content for a game) away to a community that complains all the time instead of giving useful feedback? It only takes a few moments of your time. This site could be transformed if only the community would be more forthcoming in their opinions of the games they are getting for free instead of complaining about the way this site has changed or that they don't like Steam games. If something isn't for you then move on to the next giveaway, or check out the extra's section at the end of this review; you never know, you may find something that interests you..</blockquote> 
<blockquote><blockquote><a href='https://postimg.org/image/43lw6iid1/' target='_blank'><img src='https://s10.postimg.org/n8p5g9x15/turtix_2_005.jpg' border='0' alt="turtix 2 005"/></a></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><a href='https://postimg.org/image/hyk6ozcs5/' target='_blank'><img src='https://s10.postimg.org/69g710ltl/turtix_2_007.jpg' border='0' alt="turtix 2 007"/></a></blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote>If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game from Big Fish Games 24/7 <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/2562/turtix-2-rescue-adventures-game/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. It costs £2.99/$2.99</blockquote>

<blockquote>Installation:</blockquote>

<blockquote>Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures downloads to a 33.7 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 39.8 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:</blockquote>
<blockquote>C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Turtix - Rescue Adventures</blockquote>
 <blockquote>Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Introduction:</blockquote>
<blockquote>Help a heroic turtle navigate three gorgeous game worlds dripping with detail. Block the bad guys on their mission to capture toddler turtles in this side-scrolling Arcade game. Use your brain to eliminate traps and obstacles while crushing dozens of enemies with crates. Navigate 60 wondrous worlds with loads of puzzles while collecting bonuses and power-ups. Can you recover the baby turtles in Turtix 2 Rescue Adventure?</blockquote> 
<blockquote>Reference accessed <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/2562/turtix-2-rescue-adventures-game/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. 25th February 2017</blockquote>

<blockquote>Main Features:</blockquote>
<blockquote>
⦁	Tons of puzzles
⦁	Rescue young turtles!
⦁	Boss battles and bonus levels
⦁	Dozens of unique enemies to defeat
⦁	Casual and Hard modes
⦁	Game play that's appropriate for all ages
⦁	Three gorgeously detailed worlds to conquer
⦁	Mouse, keyboard and joystick support</blockquote>

<blockquote>If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></blockquote>

<blockquote>You needn’t be familiar with the previous Turtix game or other platform-like puzzlers like Lemmings or Vikings to enjoy playing through Turtix – Rescue Adventures. Don’t be fooled by its cutesy graphics: this game will provide hours of head-scratching fun for those who like a challenge. Oddly, though, it’s missing some features we liked in the original game – but we’ll get to that in due time.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Turtix the bug-eyed turtle is back, and this time you’re asked to travel to three huge worlds – the Magic Forest, Underground Caves and Barren Desert – to rescue fellow students accidentally trapped in magical bubbles. But these hapless creatures will simply walk blindly to the exit of the multi-tiered level, so it’s up to you to preemptively protect them from harm before you set them free.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Therefore, you must shutdown traps and bypass prickly enemies before the student turtles can hurt themselves. You’ll accomplish this by activating switches, pushing crates onto dangerous spikes or taking out baddies by jumping on them. If you get hurt falling onto spikes or dropping off a ledge you’ll lose a valuable health point but if you find chests hidden on the levels you can gain some of that back (or be rewarded with other bonuses, such as an extra life or more time added to your clock for higher points). You’ll also collect stars and find secret areas to collect gems.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The player must also figure out how to reach hard-to-reach places, such as ledges that require a crate to jump on, buttons that open doors, underwater caverns, teleportation portals and a gorge you can only bypass by climbing on vines. The trick is to figure out which order is required or else you might have to restart the level and try a different path.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Speaking of which, some of the tasks you had to complete in a certain order didn’t make much sense. Specifically, early on in the game I had to push two crates over a spiky area before my little turtle buddies walked towards it. But if you choose to push the, say, left box onto the spikes instead of the right one first, the second box won’t fit for some reason, even though they’re identical. Instead you need to push the left box on first, followed by the right. If you do it in the wrong order the puzzle cannot be completed. This was frustrating.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Another minor beef: Gamers navigate around the various levels using a mouse, keyboard or mouse, but the it’s too bad the player can’t remap the keyboard commands; I found it awkward to press the Up arrow key to jump when I would’ve preferred the space bar as required in the first game.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Speaking of which, unlike Hollywood movies, casual game sequels are usually better than their predecessors because game designers add new features and fix issues. Oddly, Turtix: Rescue Adventures isn’t quite as good as the first game because of only one game mode (instead of two in the original), two levels of difficulty (opposed to three) and I preferred the closer “camera” in the first game to see all the great graphics with more detail.</blockquote>
<blockquote>That said, Turtix: Rescue Adventures is still a very fun and challenging puzzle game with 60 levels, dozens of secret areas, bonus levels and tougher “boss” creatures you must defeat by studying its pattern and attacking at the right moments. The game is also a refreshingly unique option for casual players bored with Match-3, hidden object and time management games. </blockquote>

<blockquote>Edited reference accessed <a href="http://www.gamezebo.com/2008/06/08/turtix-2-rescue-adventure-review/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Original review written by Marc Saltzman 
 on 8th June 2008, Edited by Whiterabbit-uk 25th February 2017</blockquote>

<blockquote>Other Reviews, Videos (including walk through videos) and Slideshow of Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures:</blockquote>

<blockquote>You can see community reviews of Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/2562/turtix-2-rescue-adventures-game/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and more information in the Big Fish forums <a href="http://forums.bigfishgames.com/forums/show/846.page" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote>

<blockquote>if you want to see some game play you can see some videos of game play <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmRHzDdy1fA" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkyBG0sXXL" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vonixFpJN-M" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vonixFpJN-M&list=PLWTyP46Ze_v-Sgk5GdVl9E8U5cgNxW4fZ" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> - (leads on to 19 other videos showing walk throughs for all levels via right hand panel), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1dZG7Dewxw&list=PLWTyP46Ze_v-Sgk5GdVl9E8U5cgNxW4fZ&index=10" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg2Blu2JTPE&index=18&list=PLWTyP46Ze_v-Sgk5GdVl9E8U5cgNxW4fZ" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdF10yvt8QA" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. You'll find a slideshow of almost 50 images showing various tutorial messages <a href="http://s571.photobucket.com/user/Whiterabbit04/slideshow/Turtix%202%20-%20%20Rescue%20Adventures?sort=3" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></blockquote>

<blockquote>Conclusion:</blockquote>
<blockquote>This is an excellent and very colorful platform game that's ideal for the family. There are slight differences from the original Turtix, that in my opinion take away from the game, for example there's only one mode and the game world has been set further away with respect to perspective compared to the original. This gives a feeling of being detached from the game (though that may just be me) whereas with the first Turtix game I felt I was right there in the action. Still, it's nothing major. The game play remains with the endearing character of Turtix.</blockquote> 
<blockquote>Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures offers Increasingly challenging puzzles with more than More than 60 levels to complete. It also has cute and attractive graphics which the whole family will love especially the younger ones, though I'm sure adults will to. I used to play this with my kids when I purchased it from Reflexive Arcade when it was released over 8 years ago. Game play is well worth a good 8 out of 10 IMO.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games, in this case Steam keys.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:</blockquote>

<blockquote>The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote>
 <blockquote> I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/458939#post-569898" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote>

<blockquote>If today's game giveaway 'Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures' didn't appeal, you may find other games either free or for less than the price of a cup of coffee via the 'Weekly Roundup of Game Deals' thread which I've posted a link to above, or <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/458939" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote> <blockquote>The free game over on Origin is still the excellent atmospheric Sci Fi RPG third person Shooter Mass Effect 2, but it will probably be ending soon. If you've still not got a copy, get it now, it's well worth. It usually costs £19.99/$19.99 (though I paid the pre-order price of over £30 prior to it's release back in January 2010) . You can get it <a href="https://www.origin.com/en-gb/store/free-games/on-the-house" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Please note that you do require the Origin game platform to be able to download and install the game. </blockquote>

<blockquote>You will also find lots of deals over on <a href="https://www.greenmangaming.com/hot-deals/" rel="nofollow">Green Man Gaming</a> and <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/" rel="nofollow">Big Fish Games</a> usually have 70% off the first game you buy from them, plus they also have other deals occasionally. Desura was purchased from Bad Ju Ju games last year by One Play. If you already have a Desura account you can read details of what is happening <a href="http://www.oneplay.com/en/news/details/244_Desura_is_now_a_part_of_the_OnePlay_family_" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. As yet you can't access games you previously purchased via Desura (I have around 1400), but One Play are working to recover everyone's accounts and hope to do so by the end of March 2017. Indie Royale will also resume on a weekly basis, though at this time I don't know if previous Indie Royale Greenlight bundles will be honoured? <a href="https://www.alawar.com/" rel="nofollow">Alawar</a>, <a href="http://www.gamehouse.com/#/" rel="nofollow">Gamehouse</a> and <a href="https://www.playrix.com/games/pc/" rel="nofollow">Playrix entertainment</a> have free games available (usually online versions) and other game houses such as the AAA distributors <a href="http://store.ubi.com/uk/deals" rel="nofollow">Ubisoft</a> and <a href="https://www.origin.com/gbr/en-us/store/browse?fq=price:on-sale&sort=rank%20desc" rel="nofollow">Origin</a> always have some games on sale. I've updated the Weekly roundup of game deals <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/458939" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> to include a large list of other sites where you can find games on sale ( e.g. Origin, uPlay, GreenManGaming etc, as well as links to free online games and other game houses such as Alawar, Playrix and Gamehouse plus gaming news sites such as Rock Paper Shotgun and Game Seek, and included a list of free to play Massive Multiplayer games such as World of Tanks, World of Warships, Liberators and Allegiance to name a few. For more details please go to the Weekly roundup of game deals over in the game discussion sticky section <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/458939" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote>

<blockquote>There are 714 games on sale over on Steam at the moment, with up to 91% off. Game prices range from as little as £0.15p (most of these cheap games are actually cheaper in the UK than the US, so if you are a US citizen and have a UK friend, get them to buy the game for you). There are almost 200 games and dlc less than $1 and almost 250 for less than £1. You can find all of the deals <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/search/?specials=1&os=win" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote>

<blockquote>If you spend more than $3 in the <a href="https://www.indiegala.com/store" rel="nofollow">Indie Gala</a> store you'll also get a free copy of the old school anime rpg '200% Mixed Juice' worth $6.99/£4.99There's 60% off the enhanced version of Dying Light The Following, plus there are loads more deals with excellent discounts that you'll find <a href="https://www.indiegala.com/store/search?type=games&filter=discounted&page=1" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/store" rel="nofollow">Humble Bundle</a> site has two excellent bundles plus their monthly package that is excellent value for money. The game bundle is the Humble Civilization bundle that includes Civilization III, iV, V and 20% off Civilization VI, or 25% off the deluxe version. They even have a software bundle at the moment with apps such as System Mechanic, Air Parrot, EaseUS Partition Master, all three worth over $100 for a dollar, or for just over $6/less than £5 you can get Daemon tools Pro 8 lifetime, Blackblase Online backup, 3D Mark Advanced Edition, worth £110 or for $12 /under £10 PC Mark 8 advanced, VR Mark Advanced and Dashlane Premium (1 year) worth around £110, plus you get 10% off the humble monthly bundle for $12 worth over $100. If you subscribe now (ends in just over a week) you'll get as a bonus Total War: Warhammer. The Humble store features loads of discounted games (usually steam codes). If you subscribe to the Humble Monthly, which costs $12 a month (or less if you choose various monthly plans) you not only get a large collection of decent Steam games you will also get for the first month of the subscription Total War: Warhammer, which was released last Spring and costs $59.99/£39.99. The great thing is, you can cancel at any time, so only need to receive the first bundle of games. I personally haven't bothered, but only becasue I usually have already purchased most of the games included in the monthly bundle. The usual savings on the games you get are around 90%, not counting the introductory offer. There's also lots of games on sale over on the <a href="https://www.bundlestars.com/en/games?page=1&types=game,dlc" rel="nofollow">Bundle Stars</a> and <a href="https://indiegamestand.com/" rel="nofollow">Indie Game Stand (IGS).</blockquote>

<blockquote>For those who missed out on the Alien Shooter 2 - Conscription giveaway from last month or Zombie Shooter from last October or Alien Shooter 2 - Conscription from last June or Zombie Shooter 2 from last May you can get six games from the series including Alien Hallway, Zombie Shooter 2, Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded, Alien Shooter: Revisited, Alien Shooter and Zombie Shooter for $1.49. <a href="https://otakumaker.com/index.php/account/admin/deal/view/76/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Pay an extra $0.50 and get a second bundle to give to your friends. All keys are Steam based. This offer ends mid March. ;)</a> stores. Or you can join the competition to win a copy of Alien Shooter TD <a href="https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/alien-shooter-td/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.</blockquote> 
<blockquote><blockquote><a href='https://postimg.org/image/eo50gl1md/' target='_blank'><img src='https://s10.postimg.org/rsakt9to9/turtix_2_048.jpg' border='0' alt="turtix 2 048"/></a></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><a href='https://postimg.org/image/b5t0k70qd/' target='_blank'><img src='https://s10.postimg.org/gh7x4wmt5/turtix_2_049.jpg' border='0' alt="turtix 2 049"/></a></blockquote></blockquote>

<blockquote>Giveaway Team Contact and Moderation policy:</blockquote>

<blockquote>Continued from the first paragraph at the beginning of this review ........... I am posting this in light of the massive increase in negative comments not related to the game being given away, inappropriate comments and spam that have occurred over the past several months since the site was updated and in particular since the site started using Facebook, Twitter and Steam. Almost 700 spam comments were posted over a 24 hour period last month. This is a site that gives free games away, so it's quite shocking to see the number of negative and sometimes inappropriate comments being posted here, especially when they are not even related to the actual game that we receive. I always though getting something for free was a privilege/perk/treat/ and deserves at least some thanks or gratitude and cannot understand why we get so many negative comments that possibly turn away potential developers who would otherwise have given the project their games. Of course we have freedom of speech, but as mentioned in my review above, there are rules to posting in this comments section; even a free society requires rules and regulations to run properly, so please bear this in mind when posting a comment.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I believe if we get lots of decent feedback about the games we get here, more developers would be happy to give away their games. Seeing lots of complaints (and spam) instead of feedback about the giveaways will not persuade other developers to give their creations away for free, especially when they may have spent thousands of hours working on them. So please also consider this when posting your feedback. Any comment not about the game for example complaints, or if deemed unfriendly or inappropriate, will be deleted (usually with no explanation) or added to the spam folder, which automatically black lists the IP address you used. Although I have enjoyed responding to many of those comments in the past, I will no longer waste my time answering comments from community members who should have read the moderation policy.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Negative feedback about the games given away will always be welcomed because they can also be very constructive for developers, however, complaining about the way the site is operating or problems about downloading or installing the games or about Steam keys not received should be directed to the giveawayoftheday team via the contact form together with evidence of completed tasks, the name and email you used to enter the competition, or giveaway). You can find the contact form <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/about/contact/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>; alternatively, if the problem is game related and it is late in the day, please also consider posting your issue in the forums where you may get a response from the community because I cannot moderate 24 hours a day. All games given away here have been thoroughly checked using several anti malware suites to ensure a safe download and in the 10 plus years this site has been operating, there has never been a game infected with malware. If your security software flags an issue, it's probably the Themida code that is used to protect the game from hackers or sometimes the non invasive adware that MPC games use. Themida code can also be used to hide malware, so some security software's will automatically block anything with Themida code, even if it's absolutely safe to install; also, other computer configurations (i.e. the way your computer is set up) may have blocked the installation. Often, such problems are related to your computers set up. i.e. your security may block the installation; for example, quite a few game giveaways I've installed have been blocked by my copy of Zemana AntiMalware. Also please read the moderation policy which can be found <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/faq/#moderation" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and if you do have a problem please check the FAQ's thread <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Thank you for reading.</blockquote></ul>

<blockquote>FREE game offer from the moderator in exchange for quality feedback:</blockquote>

<blockquote><blockquote>There were some winners from last weeks game giveaways, which I mentioned in reply to their comments. I've already given a couple away so far, but I'm still waiting to hear from others.</blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote>I've posted a list of over 200 Steam games in the forums <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/466680" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and will be adding more as time permits over the coming weeks. It is quite an extensive list of games taken from the 10 000+ Steam keys I've collected over the last several years. All keys were either purchased by me, with a few received free for pre-ordering games on Steam, plus a few others for entering competitions and other offers). There will be a limited number of other keys available, such as Origin, uPlay and Desura keys as well as some DRM copies. Desura has recently been purchased following the original owners demise and should be up and running by the end of March. I will announce winner's from each giveaway the following week. If no announcement is made, it means no one posted feedback that qualified for a free game that week. If you have won a game, I will also post details in the thread I've created specifically for that purpose <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/466680" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Once I've given a key away, the game and any comments by the winner will be removed from the list the following week. I will assume if you don't reply within a few weeks you aren't bothered about a key. Please post your preferences (list at least 3 games in order of preference over in the forums <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/466680" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Thank you. Happy gaming.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Depending on the quality of the feedback, I may choose to award games to more community members for each game given away, 'at my discretion'. The feedback must be about the game, and it must include a couple of paragraphs of feedback following the guidelines I've posted in the suggestions section of my review. i.e. your opinion of the game, what you liked and/or disliked plus suggestions for improvement. If you choose a game that is very cheap I may give you a second game; so, when choosing from the list I provide, please list more than one choice. If a game is chosen by more than one community member and only one key is available the key will go to the one I deem the most useful. I do have multiple keys for quite a lot of the games I've listed, so, don't be put off if you see someone else has chosen the game you want. I haven't indicated any of the games I have multiple keys for (though for example I do have several keys for the excellent Western themed AAA game Call of Juarez, which i picked up for free for purchasing several games via the Indie Gala store several months ago. spending a few dollars got me a copy of the game, so I made several separate purchases over a couple of days while the offer was still live.</blockquote><blockquote>I do own at least three community members a game from the previous giveaways that I posted several months ago. I'd totally forgotten about those. I do have a document with their names on, so they will get a game from the original list when I find the document (I'm extremely disorganized); or they can peruse the new list and choose something different. Just post a comment over in the forums in the appropriate thread. If you do post feedback with a view to getting one of the games and think you have covered the requirements, you don't have to do anything until I announce the winners the following week.</blockquote> <blockquote> Please remember, this comments section is mainly for feedback about today's game giveaway. If you're not sure, read the moderation policy, which you can see <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/faq/#moderation" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> </blockquote></ul>

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Reply | Comment by Whiterabbit-uk – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)

Whiterabbit-uk,

"Another minor beef: Gamers navigate around the various levels using a mouse, keyboard or mouse, but the it’s too bad the player can’t remap the keyboard commands; I found it awkward to press the Up arrow key to jump when I would’ve preferred the space bar as required in the first game."

Just a quick reminder to folks, lots of keyboard &/or mouse software allows re-mapping -- if you don't use it regularly it's easy to forget it's there.

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Thank you for your feedback Mike. I agree, I was having problems jumping as I'm used to the space bar. Definitely being able to re map the key bindings would ba a big improvement. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

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#34

Fun game but appears to have error in level 3. One turtle never goes in escape hole. One turtle falls past the path out of screen. One turtle doesn't drop to below level. It seems to stop between level and just walks back and forth in the rock.

No way to get past this.

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#33

Hi WR, wanted to say a BIG thanks to you, GGOTD, My Play City and Alawar. LOVE this game, I had played the first one and everything that I thought was missing seems to have showed up in the second version. Knowing how many secrets, being able to replay a section, etc.

I do really miss the double jump as I am not wild about the bouncy bubbles.

Also I have found a glitch in level 2, section 4. Once the crates are placed in the 2 places to turn off the electrical charges in the blue key area (you have to climb in between them and go up to do this). Sometimes the charge is no longer visible (it has the crate to turn it off in place above) BUT it still is sending a charge and kills the baby turtle. This does not happen all the time and it is the one to the left side where the blue key is needed.

LOVE the game and really appreciate it!

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Thank you for your feedback Laura, please excuse the extremely late moderation. Missed your comment two weeks ago.

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#32

Turtix: Rescue Adventures is a platformer game genre suitable for all ages particularly kids. It consists of 63 levels with 3 different environments - land, ocean and desert. I praised the game because it was relaxing to play after you have worked hard during the day. Secretly, I will admit the game is addictive to play.

The mission of this game is for you to rescue baby turtles who were lost and bring them to safety. Characters-wise, you play as Turtix to rescue those little turtles. You start off with 3 health bars and if you managed to find the chest in the secret area, your level will be upgraded and thus your health too. I got up to 5 health bars.

The game can be easily scored in casual mode but in expert mode, although it takes a few tries, you can get gold medal easily. The only difference between the two modes are if you lose all your health bars, you need to restart from the beginning of the level in hard mode.

The game instructions and information are given generously and are very detailed because you are notified in a box when you approach particular enemies, rewards, secrets, turtles and obstructions. The game tells you the enemies weaknesses so that you do not need to wonder what and how to beat the enemy. You are also notified on the safety level of the baby turtles before you rescue them which can save you a lot of time from making a mistake from saving them too early.

For a challenge, you are actually racing against the clock. The faster you complete the level, the better is your score. Players can get either gold, silver and bronze medals. To achieve the score, you need to rescue all baby turtles, collects all the stars, find the secret areas and if you are quick, you will get the remainder bonus time added to the total score.

After playing about 10 levels, you will be introduced to bonus levels where you need to collect a certain number of stars to pass the level. Also, you need to beat the level bosses. To beat the bosses, you need to avoid the obstacles and jump on the bosses until their 3 health bars are reduced to 0.

The level designs are very straightforward although you need to execute the same movements to save the turtles in that particular level. For some, this might be repetitive. The environment is very colorful and nice to look at. It reminds me of the time when I played this kind of games when I was a kid. The music is relaxing too and not annoying.

Level navigation is pretty easy as well because an arrow will guide you on where the little turtles are located. The paths are very direct and it is not hard to find the secret area. Sometimes, you need boxes to help you access the area. You can zoom out the level either to move up, right, left or down to get an overview of where you need to go next.

Players are given an option to play using mouse, keyboard or joystick. I personally chose to play using the keyboard because I could control the speed of Turtix. I find it uncomfortable that I need to use UP arrow to jump instead of SPACE. But eventually, it makes sense because the SPACE bar is used to zoom out the area.

I have managed to finish until level 3-8 level (in other words, level 51) in hardcore, and an unexpected bug has ruined the game. The turtles that I have rescued will get stuck in the cliff after they fall. I was determined to finish the game and thus, I created another player account but the situation got worse. The bugs started to show in level 3 itself. I took the next step to uninstall the game and install it again via MyPlayCity but unfortunately, the data from the old game still exists as well as the bug.

Also, a minor thing that I found is that I could not keep up with the game motion if I move Turtix too quickly. The game looks fuzzy when it occurred. I am unsure if others felt the same way too.

Overall, this game is really fun, entertaining, relaxing and complete but due to the unknown bug that I have faced, I have to give this game 7 out of 10. I really wish I can complete the game but I guess I have to purchase it to finish. I hope that the developer will look into this matter and able to give an update in the future installments.

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Thanks for the excellent feedback, another Steam key awaits if you can post what you want, I'll send it to you soon.

Turtix: Rescue Adventures is a platformer game genre suitable for all ages particularly kids. It consists of 63 levels with 3 different environments - land, ocean and desert. I praised the game because it was relaxing to play after you have worked hard during the day. Secretly, I will admit the game is addictive to play.

The mission of this game is for you to rescue baby turtles who were lost and bring them to safety.  Characters-wise, you play as Turtix to rescue those little turtles. You start off with 3 health bars and if you managed to find the chest in the secret area, your level will be upgraded and thus your health too. I got up to 5 health bars.

The game can be easily scored in casual mode but in expert mode, although it takes a few tries, you can get gold medal easily. The only difference between the two modes are if you lose all your health bars, you need to restart from the beginning of the level in hard mode. 
 
The game instructions and information are given generously and are very detailed because you are notified in a box when you approach particular enemies, rewards, secrets, turtles and obstructions. The game tells you the enemies weaknesses so that you do not need to wonder what and how to beat the enemy. You are also notified on the safety level of the baby turtles before you rescue them which can save you a lot of time from making a mistake from saving them too early.

For a challenge, you are actually racing against the clock. The faster you complete the level, the better is your score. Players can get either gold, silver and bronze medals. To achieve the score, you need to rescue all baby turtles, collects all the stars, find the secret areas and if you are quick, you will get the remainder bonus time added to the total score.

After playing about 10 levels, you will be introduced to bonus levels where you need to collect a certain number of stars to pass the level. Also, you need to beat the level bosses. To beat the bosses, you need to avoid the obstacles and jump on the bosses until their 3 health bars are reduced to 0.

The level designs are very straightforward although you need to execute the same movements to save the turtles in that particular level. For some, this might be repetitive. The environment is very colorful and nice to look at. It reminds me of the time when I played this kind of games when I was a kid. The music is relaxing too and not annoying.

Level navigation is pretty easy as well because an arrow will guide you on where the little turtles are located. The paths are very direct and it is not hard to find the secret area. Sometimes, you need boxes to help you access the area. You can zoom out the level either to move up, right, left or down to get an overview of where you need to go next.

Players are given an option to play using mouse, keyboard or joystick. I personally chose to play using the keyboard because I could control the speed of Turtix. I find it uncomfortable that I need to use UP arrow to jump instead of SPACE. But eventually, it makes sense because the SPACE bar is used to zoom out the area.

I have managed to finish until level 3-8 level (in other words, level 51) in hardcore, and an unexpected bug has ruined the game. The turtles that I have rescued will get stuck in the cliff after they fall. I was determined to finish the game and thus, I created another player account but the situation got worse.  The bugs started to show in level 3 itself. I took the next step to uninstall the game and install it again via MyPlayCity but unfortunately, the data from the old game still exists as well as the bug.

Also, a minor thing that I found is that I could not keep up with the game motion if I move Turtix too quickly. The game looks fuzzy when it occurred. I am unsure if others felt the same way too.

Overall, this game is really fun, entertaining, relaxing and complete but due to the unknown bug that I have faced, I have to give this game 7 out of 10. I really wish I can complete the game but I guess I have to purchase it to finish. I hope that the developer will look into this matter and able to give an update in the future installments.

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<blockquote>Thanks for the excellent feedback, another Steam key awaits if you can post what you want, I'll send it to you soon.</blockquote></ul>

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Reply | Comment by Torque – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#31

I'm having the same problem as #20 & #30. Looks like I will just have to uninstall.

Reply | Comment by James Ferguson – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

#30

I am having the exact same problem as commentator # 20

"Here-s the problem- upon freeing all the baby turtles, the portal is gleaming, but I cannot enter it. Then I see inside of (or in front of) a cliff is a baby turtle running back and forth. This is not an area which was planned for turtles to be. He seems to be trapped but there is no way to get him out of there. So I cannot exit the game. I have not seen this glitch before. I see no compatibility problems"
Have tries looking on line for solutions but didn't find any.

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It definitely sounds like an unusual bug. Reminds me of a breakout game I once played, where the ball started to bounce between thee or four objects and followed the same path and wouldn't come back to the bat, so each time it happened i had to close the game down and start again. It occurred several times before I ended up scrapping the game as I had better breakouts anyway. Sorry I can't help. It may be one of those bugs that only occurs if you do a certain series of actions. I can only suggest you start a new game and see if that resolves the issue. sorry I can't be of more help.

Reply | Comment by sherry pennington – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

sherry pennington,
Thanks for the reply, I had re downloaded and installed again , then uninstalled and reinstalled and restarted numerous times before I had even gone to the comments to see if anyone else was having the same problem. I would would download again right from Play City but I don't know if it is safe to do so. Any other suggestions ???

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Hi Sherry

Sorry for the late reply, I tend not to log into my Admin account much once the giveaway is over unless there has been a new giveaway; at least not during weekdays. I hope you got it installed and working in the end? The MyPlayCity (MPC) versions include non malicious adware, which is there so that the site can earn money to pay the developers who allow their games to be given away. So long as you uncheck the three check-boxes that are presented when you start the installation and the first window opens, the game is absolutely fine and basically the same as the one we were given at the weekend. The only difference's (apart from the check-boxes) is you usually get an advert for one of the online games MPC have in their library presenting itself in the loading window. Once the game is ready to play you get the usual game menu (and is free from adverts). Both the giveaway version and the MPC versions will still open your browser when you close the game down. This ensures that MPC earns money each time you play the game and also earns the developer money that he would otherwise not have earned. It's a great business model because all parties i.e. the community member, the middleman, in this case MPC and the developer all win. If you didn't manage to get the game installed please do let me know and I will try to think of some suggestion to help. Check the FAQ's thread HERE; you may find a fix that enables you to install the game.)

sherry pennington, 
Thanks for the reply, I had  re downloaded and installed again , then uninstalled and reinstalled and restarted numerous times before I had even gone to the comments to see if anyone else was having the same problem.  I would would download again right from Play City but I don't know if it is safe to do so. Any other suggestions ???

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<blockquote>Sorry for the late reply, I tend not to log into my Admin account much once the giveaway is over unless there has been a new giveaway; at least not during weekdays. I hope you got it installed and working in the end? The MyPlayCity (MPC) versions include non malicious adware, which is there so that the site can earn money to pay the developers who allow their games to be given away. So long as you uncheck the three check-boxes that are presented when you start the installation and the first window opens, the game is absolutely fine and basically the same as the one we were given at the weekend. The only difference's (apart from the check-boxes) is you usually get an advert for one of the online games MPC have in their library presenting itself in the loading window. Once the game is ready to play you get the usual game menu (and is free from adverts). Both the giveaway version and the MPC versions will still open your browser when you close the game down. This ensures that MPC earns money each time you play the game and also earns the developer money that he would otherwise not have earned. It's a great business model because all parties i.e. the community member, the middleman, in this case MPC and the developer all win. If you didn't manage to get the game installed please do let me know and I will try to think of some suggestion to help. Check the FAQ's thread <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/11647" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>; you may find a fix that enables you to install the game.)</blockquote></ul>

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sherry pennington,
Thank you so much. Looked through the FAQ's section and checked out my graphics card (the directions how to were right on ) went to the Intel site and downloaded update for my sys. The game play is now fixed !!!!! Hopfully commentors #20 & #31 will see this . You have an awesome day ....I'm off to play this awesome game. :)

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Glad you got it sorted Sherry. ;)

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#29

I downloaded the program three times and it will not install. I click on the setup.exe file, give permission for it to make changes to my computer, and then all I get is an activation confirmation. No installation dialog box, error messages or anything else. However, no program has been installed on my computer. Neat trick. I've spent too much time fiddling with this, and won't try a fourth time. Just wanted to report this in case whoever is responsibile for packaging these files can do it better next time. So I've given up my email address for nothing. Very disappointed.

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Hi Two Cents

Did you read any of the communities comments? Ther eis a common problem with giveaways due to the use of a Themida wrapper. The giveaway team were forced to use the wrapper to protect the giveaways after the community found ways of circumventing the original protection. What happened was some community members found a way to be able to install the giveaways any time they wished instead of the limited 24 hour period. not only that, they posted you tube videos showing the world how to do it. It soon became common knowledge and we started to lose developers, who quite rightly did not want to give games away only to find them on peer to peer sites. Unfortunately Themida wrappers can also be used to hid malware so a lot of security software will automatically block anything using themida. You have to either white list the giveaway files, reboot in safe mode or temporarily turn off your security. The giveaway team have been giving games away for 10 year and have never given away a game infected with malware.

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#28

Norton Autoprotect says: Dangerous
1-"Failed to launch the program",
2-Trojan.Gen.2,
3-Heur.AdvML.B

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Hello C

Your security is detecting the Themida wrapper, which protects the giveaway executable. Themida can also be used to hide malware, so some security software will automatically block anything with Themida wrappers. The giveaway team have been giving games away for over 10 years and have never allowed a game infected with malware to be downloaded. What your security is giving you is a false positive. if the game was infected we would have received literally hundreds of comments from the community warning of malware. To install you need to either white list the giveaway files, reboot in safe mode with networking, then install the game, or temporarily turn off your security. The giveaway files are totally safe.

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#27

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I'm about to retire for the night. i'll check any comments in the morning before the giveaway is over. If you ar having proboems, please read the comments here. I've replied to those that do have problems. Generally its security software blocking the installation due to the wrapper. Good night all.

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#26

Shut Down Error- "Failed to set DeviceFormat!" upon trying to launch- what could be the problem please?

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Sounds like a video failure. This is an old game so may have problems if you don't have updated video drivers. Download the latest drivers for your video card. You can find out what your video card is by opening up the drectX diagnostics panel. Type DXDiag in the search field to open it up, then check the display tab. you should see what video card you have. Then go to the manufacturers web site (usually ASUS/ATI or NVidia) and download the latest drivers for your card or graphics chip.

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#25

I cannot install this game, because Anti-virus popped up twice with trojan viruses.

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Hi James

There is no Trojan. The game giveaway throughly check all games given away. they have been giving games away for over 10 years and have never given a game away that wa sinfected. If you read some of the other comments you will see that the game giveaway is protected by a Themida wrapper that stops the game from being hacked. The problem with Themida is that some security software think it's hiding malware becasue it has been used to do that, so they will block it. If the game really was infected we would have received many comments from the community, but as you see there are none. Xilolee has even posted his research, which shows the game is clean. To install you can either boot up your computer in safe mode with networking, white-list the giveaway files via your anti virus or temporarily turn it off while you install the game.

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#24

I wonder if GGOTD would consider adding the genre of the games near the top of the listing with the file size and other details. It would be such a big help to those of us who don't recognize the type of game by its name. I finally found today's type by searching online on other sites.

It shouldn't be much trouble to add it, I notice that today's iPhone giveaway clearly states in a prominent place that "The ultimate Western action RPG has arrived on iOS."

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Hi Buster

I always post details of the genre in the ''In Brief'' comment at the beginning of my reviews just after the title plus I always quote the file size both the giveaway download and the final installation size. for example today I posted the following in the In Brief section:

It's a side scrolling puzzle platformer suitable for all ages.

and in the Installation section I posted the following:

Installation:

Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures downloads to a 33.7 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 39.8 MB in size. The download size is usually posted in the panel just below the download button on the second page. That said, it wouldn't take much to add the genre on the front page.

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#23

Hey Wrascally Wabbit,

Once again I already have this adorable game on a CD..somewhere.....You guys are going to make me go searching for it if you continue to post these Turtix games. If you want to lean how to play platform games, this series is one of the best to practice and learn how to work them. These games are so cute and colourful.. Enjoy, everyone!

Thanks GGOTD, Alwar and MPC for the opportunity to try these games out. Thanks Wabbit for the review.

P.S.

Check this out. You may qualify for a free Steam key for Immortal Defense if you have the receipt,
https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/466748#post-578826

Make sure you change your password @Rock, Paper, Shotgun...Both the main account and forum because of that Cloudflare security breach.

RPS' article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/24/psa-you-should-change-your-rps-password-just-in-case/
Discord's article: https://blog.discordapp.com/safety-jim-psa-cloudflare-security-issue-77a4ecc48298

Really sweet game on SteamGreenLight. It's called HEART.PAPERS.BORDER. A strategy game about nationality, identity and freedom. Please vote to get it on Steam....https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/466749

Huggles to your family and you, Wabbit!

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Thanks for posting Delenn, already replied to your thread over in the forums. Thanks for posting.

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#22

Game is not working. Installation program can't run because "The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program."
I have downloaded this game three times (from different webbrowsers) and I'm still unable to install this game.

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Hi Majka, your security is blocking the installation due to the Themida code that is used to protect the game from hackers. You can either reboot your computer in safe mode with networking, then install, white list the giveaway files with your security or temporarily turn off your security until you've installed the game. The giveaway team have been giving away games for over 10 years and have never given away a game that contains malware, so it is safe to turn off your security temporarily as quite a few (including me) do when installing these giveaways.

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Majka, Turning off security don't change anything. I installed game from myplaycity site. I have 360 Total Security antivirus and I changed activity to disabled. I don't want turning off computer, go to safe mode to install simple game (once ok but it shouldn't be common process). Could you check 360 Total Security and write me if it is a problem? I think problem is elsewhere.

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The advise for turning off security is due to the Themida wrapper the giveaway team use. As you installed using the game directly from MPC then the advise is moot. You didn't make it clear that the you'd downloaded from MPC rather than the giveaway version. If you have an ad blocker that could have been the problem due to the adware that the MPC version hides. The adware is removed from the giveaway version, tohugh both versions still open up your browser to the MPC web site. This is done becasue every time you play the game, you earn MPC money, part of which goes to the developer to pay for allowing the game to be downloaded for free.

Try checking your event logs to see if there are any error messages that will shed light on the issue. the best time to check your event logs is immediately after attempting to install, otherwise you may find it difficult to find the appropriate logs. Failing that, please check the FAQ's thread HERE.

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"You didn't make it clear that the you'd downloaded from MPC rather than the giveaway version." Because I couldn't install version from GAOTD - my first message with "The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program." error was after problems with installation GAOTD version, next I installed version from MPC and there was no problem.

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#21

First of all, a BIG THANK YOU to the web dev team from GGOTD/GOTD for adding anti-troll measures. It is actually a pleasant experience again to come onto this site and browse the comments without having to wade through the fsgdsdgfjshs comments.

Download and install: As I have no issues sharing giveaways from this site with my FB friends getting the download was not a problem. Installing it went fine as well and after deleting the 3 shortcuts to goodgame and MPC I was ready to play.

I love Turtix, he reminds me of Stoffel, a turtle from a children's series in my country I watched when I was just a little Mavadelo. Initially I had the "drifting" as wel, it proved that removing my xbox controller fixed this problem. This is NOT a problem with the game but a known xbox controller problem where drifting thumb sticks are a well known issue on PC.

For me, playing with the keyboard was the best way to play. Did a few levels and it is a nice basic platformer. collect stars, rescue little turtles, find secret areas. Graphics are ok, plays well, not really anything I can find that would keep me from playing this.

If you are looking for a nice platformer take it. 9/10 (I don't give 10/10 for any game)

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Thanks for the excellent feedback Mavadelo. Still not found that anime game, but will do. :)

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#20

Thanks so much for the game. I had it years ago and enjoyed it very much; I very much like this type of game. However, I found a problem early on (level 1-3) which I did not have in my previous install of the game. I don't know if it's because I'm now running win 10, and when I first ran the game I had vista. Here-s the problem- upon freeing all the baby turtles, the portal is gleaming, but I cannot enter it. Then I see inside of (or in front of) a cliff is a baby turtle running back and forth. This is not an area which was planned for turtles to be. He seems to be trapped but there is no way to get him out of there. So I cannot exit the game. I have not seen this glitch before. I see no compatibility problems (aside from my wireless mouse being WAY too sensitive and drifting this way and that) so I am using my keypad arrows with no problem. So I am stumped, literally and figuratively.

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Glenrd,
I am having the exact same problem. I tried reinstalling it but that didn't do anything.

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#19

I've downloaded the game and activated it, but it's nowhere to be found, including the myplaycity directory. I've done it twice, and nothing. No shortcuts, zip. Where did it go? I didn't change anything in the install process.

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Hi Paul

The games exe file is protected by Themida code, which is sometimes blocked by anti malware programs becasue it can also hide malware. try booting up in safe mode with networking then install the game. Or alternatively temporarily turn off your security and install. A third option would be to white list the giveaway files with your security. That should solve the issue.

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#18

I have this game from a previous giveaway. No problems with playing, mouse drift or anything. The full screen mode has a vertical black stripe on each side of the screen on a 16:9 monitor, so the game must have been released quite a while ago. But the graphics is good, steering even with a keyboard or a regular (non-gaming) mouse is possible (in casual mode at least). Nice platformer, even for those who aren't addicted to this genre.

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#17

Problems with this author is always installing so many shortcuts to various games/sites, ad during starting the game and website pop up on exit. I really wish GGOTD would either remove them or warn us before we install.

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Hi Harry

The desktop shortcuts are totally innocuous. they can be deleted with no effect on the game. with respect to your browser opening when the game closes down. The reason for this is because the MPC site earns cash when you visit their home page. Part of that cash goes to pay the developers who are allowing their games to be given away for free. all the game son the MyPlayCity (MPC) site are actually commercial games, that are sold via places like Big fish Games, Gamehouse and Amazon. The in game advert at the beginning while the game is installing is advertising one of their online games, which they are keen for people to playbecasue many of those free online game s do have micro transactions that can cost real money. a friend of mine used to play a lot of the games you get via Facebook. Over a period of a year he spent over £500 on micro transactions. Crazy, but easily done. for example i love train sims. I purchased Railworks via Steam when it was released in 2009 . I've also purchased at least 80% of the dlc available for that game. (I only buy them now when they are on sale). The total cost of all DLC forRailworks (now called TrainSimulator 2017) presently comes to over £3800 :)

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#16

Sweet music, adorable graphic style, fun goals

star ratings on scale of 1-5:
storyline 5
fun 5
visual/sound 5
challenge 5
overall 5

The goal of the game is to rescue a bunch of baby mage turtles. You essentially have to baby-proof the levels so the defenseless babies can safely pass through and return home.

I had a lot of fun playing this. Just seeing that it’s on offer today made me smile, as did looking through my game play screenshots.

The illustration style is adorable, and the music integrates well with the visuals. It’s all very cute.

I played several levels in Hardcore mode, which has perma-death. It got stressful quickly enough that I knew I wouldn’t want to play through that way, so I started over in Casual mode. If you lose a life, you pick up where you left off and are restored to full health. It would have been nice to be able to switch difficulties mid-stream.

There are some egregious typos at the beginning.* They didn’t bother me; I found them endearing. After a while, there don’t seem to be any more. (*Examples: The game installs to a directory called "Turtix Resque Andventure." When you launch it, Turtix is spelled "Turix" in the window title. Also an intro screen has "click" spelled "clik.")

As I played, I was increasingly impressed by the amount of information conveyed in the seemingly simplistic interface. You’re always shown generally what direction you need to go in, your own status and health and those of each baby, where the threats are coming from in some boss levels (e.g., via shadows on the ground), when explosions are about to happen, the pathways by which triggers open doors, a timer on power-ups, keys collected, bonus time, stars collected. There is no counter for the secrets collected until you return to the exit area, though you can usually go back and collect what you’ve missed.

I love it and don’t think I would change anything about the game.

Thank you, MyPlayCity and GGOTD for offering this!

(System info: WinXP Home SP3 on an Acer Aspire One D250, 2GB RAM, 1.6GHz, 1024 x 600 resolution)

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Thank you for your excellent review tinyearl; this definitely deserves a Steam key from the selection you can find over in the forums HERE

Sweet music, adorable graphic style, fun goals

star ratings on scale of 1-5:
storyline 5
fun 5
visual/sound 5
challenge 5
overall 5

The goal of the game is to rescue a bunch of baby mage turtles. You essentially have to baby-proof the levels so the defenseless babies can safely pass through and return home.

I had a lot of fun playing this. Just seeing that it’s on offer today made me smile, as did looking through my game play screenshots.

The illustration style is adorable, and the music integrates well with the visuals. It’s all very cute.

I played several levels in Hardcore mode, which has perma-death. It got stressful quickly enough that I knew I wouldn’t want to play through that way, so I started over in Casual mode. If you lose a life, you pick up where you left off and are restored to full health. It would have been nice to be able to switch difficulties mid-stream.

There are some egregious typos at the beginning.* They didn’t bother me; I found them endearing. After a while, there don’t seem to be any more. (*Examples: The game installs to a directory called "Turtix Resque Andventure." When you launch it, Turtix is spelled "Turix" in the window title. Also an intro screen has "click" spelled "clik.")

As I played, I was increasingly impressed by the amount of information conveyed in the seemingly simplistic interface. You’re always shown generally what direction you need to go in, your own status and health and those of each baby, where the threats are coming from in some boss levels (e.g., via shadows on the ground), when explosions are about to happen, the pathways by which triggers open doors, a timer on power-ups, keys collected, bonus time, stars collected. There is no counter for the secrets collected until you return to the exit area, though you can usually go back and collect what you’ve missed.

I love it and don’t think I would change anything about the game.

Thank you, MyPlayCity and GGOTD for offering this!

(System info: WinXP Home SP3 on an Acer Aspire One D250, 2GB RAM, 1.6GHz, 1024 x 600 resolution)

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Reply | Comment by tinyearl – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

You are so kind, Whiterabbit! I'd like Teslagrad, please, if it's still available. Otherwise Caravanserail or Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage. Thank you!

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What a coincidence! I'd so much enjoyed the Turtix game given away a couple of weeks ago that I downloaded this sequel from MyPlayCity just a few days ago! Fun casual game, good for taking little breaks. I especially appreciated that they have adjustable difficulty settings! For example, in this 'rescue' one on the easy setting your hero essentially has infinite lives letting you continue to progress through the game and enjoy the different settings and puzzles instead of having to restart from scene 1 each time you die. I also liked the way the sequel focuses much more on solving puzzles (rather like Lemmings, the point is to get the little turtles you rescue home safe by blocking off or destroying places and creatures that would endanger them) rather than pure agility and precision in leaping over/onto obstacles. Overall, a really fun game. Thanks, MPC!

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Thank you for the feedback Susan

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#14

I have downloaded the game 4 different times in two different browsers. when I click the setup it activates the game but does not install it. I deleted everything and tried over and over. I don't know why it wont install the game. It only pops up the activation screen.
I have downloaded many games from here and never had this problem before.

Thanks for all the effort you have put into this site. Great job.!!!

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Hi Magoo

It's probably your security that is blocking the installation. I've explained the issue elsewhere. Try rebooting in safe mode with networking, or turn off your security temporarily until installed. that should fix the issue. If not, check the event logs via the event viewer.

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I turned my anti virus off and it installed fine.
Thanks.
Magoo

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#13

FYI, Game is also available 24/7 at MyPlayCity under name:
Turtix- Rescue Adventures

http://www.myplaycity.com/turtix_adventures/

R

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Thanks R

We know this is also available via MPC. It was MPC that gave us the game, tohugh I was initially confused yesterday, when i couldn't find Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures. It wa sonly when I installed the Big fish version, then installed the MPC version that was given to the game giveaway project that I realized they were the same game.
The difference between the MPC and the gamegiveaway version is that the adware has been disabled. The files responsible for installing toolbars and changing your home page and provider have been removed from the games installer, so it's much safer to install than the MPC versions. Thanks for posting the link though.

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#12

The game installed just fine. Unfortunately it's unplayable. The moue has a severe downward drift. After I start the game and am at the main menu, if I move the mouse to the top of the screen (which is itself fairly difficult with the downward drift) and let go of the mouse, in 2 seconds it's back (on its own) at the bottom of the screen. This only happens inside the game. Outside the game, just in Windows or any other app (full screen or not) the mouse works fine.

Any suggestions?

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Hi Harry

I've had similar problems in the past. I fixed it by updating my mouse drivers (I use Razer mice). Check the FAQ's thread HERE; you may find a fix there? Also check the compatibility settings and see if changing those helps. The game is quite old now, so it could be an operating system plus conflicts with the way you have your computer configured. Maybe try changing the screen resolution, or try playing it in windowed mode. Finally make sure you have the latest graphics drivers for whichever graphics chip you use. You can find out which chip/card your computer has by typing DXDiag in the search firld. This should open up the direct X diagnostics panel. Click on the display Tab, where you can see the drivers you require. they are usually either AMD (formerly ATI) and NVidia, but could also be others such as Intel. Once you find out go to the manufacturers web site. They will have a section devoted to drivers. find that page then input the data they require (usually the graphic card details and the operating system. Once you've downloaded and installed the drivers, reboot then see if the issue is fixed. Oh yes, just remembered something else. Check the Event Logs immediately after typing to play the game. There may be error messages in the event logs, though it's probably not obvious what you need to see.

The game installed just fine.  Unfortunately it's unplayable.  The moue has a severe downward drift. After I start the game and am at the main menu, if I move the mouse to the top of the screen (which is itself fairly difficult with the downward drift) and let go of the mouse, in 2 seconds it's back (on its own) at the bottom of the screen.  This only happens inside the game.  Outside the game, just in Windows or any other app (full screen or not) the mouse works fine.

Any suggestions?

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<ul><blockquote>Hi Harry</blockquote> 
<blockquote>I've had similar problems in the past. I fixed it by updating my mouse drivers (I use Razer mice). Check the FAQ's thread <a href="https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/faq/#moderation" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>; you may find a fix there? Also check the compatibility settings and see if changing those helps. The game is quite old now, so it could be an operating system plus conflicts with the way you have your computer configured. Maybe try changing the screen resolution, or try playing it in windowed mode. Finally make sure you have the latest graphics drivers for whichever graphics chip you use. You can find out which chip/card your computer has by typing DXDiag in the search firld. This should open up the direct X diagnostics panel. Click on the display Tab, where you can see the drivers you require. they are usually either AMD (formerly ATI) and NVidia, but could also be others such as Intel. Once you find out go to the manufacturers web site. They will have a section devoted to drivers. find that page then input the data they require (usually the graphic card details and the operating system. Once you've downloaded and installed the drivers, reboot then see if the issue is fixed. Oh yes, just remembered something else. Check the Event Logs immediately after typing to play the game. There may be error messages in the event logs, though it's probably not obvious what you need to see.</blockquote></ul>

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Reply | Comment by Harry Perkins – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Just double-checked, this severe mouse drift does not happen with the Turtix game given away the beginning of this month.

Reply | Comment by Lee Perkins – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Ok, I semi-resolved my mouse drift issue. My setup is this: Microsoft Intellisense Optical USB mouse plugged into the back of the computer. Two USB ports on the front, one doesn't work. The one working one has my XBox One controller plugged into it (for playing Witcher 3 and other games).

After reinstalling mouse drivers with no success, I unplugged my Xbox One controller and plugged in a different mouse in the working front USB port (too much trouble to get to the back). Now with 2 mice plugged in I started the game and the mouse (both of them) worked perfectly. I unplugged the front mouse and the original one plugged into the back still worked. Great! I started to play the game and realized it (unlike the one from earlier this month) had support for "joystick". So I plugged my Xbox One controller back in... and the severe mouse drift started again! :(

Turns out it's the game controller making the mouse drift down. If I push up on the stick and let it go gently, the drift "mostly" stops. I tried recalibrating the game controller with no success. I tried playing with game controller and it's not bad, but when you end a level you use the game controller to move the mouse pointer to the continue button instead of changing the selected button directly and that's fairly inaccurate (sometimes mouse point just refuses to go down any further). Switching to the mouse between levels makes it much easier to continue to the next level, although adds a noticeable amount of "annoyance" factor to it.

For those wanting to use a controller, the buttons are (on an Xbox flavor controller):
Jump = A (bottom button)
Action = B (Right Button)
Look = X (Left Button)
Menu = Y (Top Button)

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Glad you got it sorted. :)

Reply | Comment by Lee Perkins – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

#11

Although I Don't normally enjoy playing platform games and I normally avoid them I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised because I found it enjoyable to play. I found the controls easy to remember and use. The game play was very good. I have got to level 5 and will be keeping this game. Thank you MPC for offering the game today.

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Thank you for your feedback Rosalind

Reply | Comment by Rosalind – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

#10

Turtix 2: Rescue Adventures a MPC game, and
The 2nd in the series with the 1st given away here just weeks ago(and the 1st is a really fun game once you get used to it) and this one continues in that theme, although they've taken out a mode and a couple settings for some reason.
Downloaded and installed well, although did get a slower download speed today, and didn't run into any problems or crashes yet. Although it did take a couple starts to get it working with my joystick (actually a cheap USB gamepad, that works well with these types of games) but it finally picked it up..something the first one got right away when I ran it.
Still a much more substance game than the childlike 'Turtle' theme would have you think at first sight, and some really tricky puzzles, make sure you try different ways of moving things, as it sometimes is picky about the order/side you move first etc.., also some bad bosses in this one, and I'm still on the lower levels!

Really enjoyed the first Turtix, and this one looks to be a keeper too, if you like arcade style side scrollers with some twists, definitely check this one out!
Thank you GGAOTD and MPC for these games as always!

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Thank you for your feedback. :)

Reply | Comment by JBurt – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

#9

I don't know where to post this but the game installed fine. The problem is that the game won't scroll for me. I can capture the first baby turtle but when I try to leave the area the screen does not scroll.

Reply | Comment by brian arnett – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

I had the same problem, so I deleted it :(

Reply | Comment by andrea – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

I checked the youtube video and it shows the little turtle moving after you burst its bubble and being led to the portal by the big turtle. My little turtle doesn't move after I burst the bubble, it just stays in place no matter what I try. Windows 10.

Reply | Comment by andrea – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

#8

After I created my profile I couldn't get out of that screen. I don't know if it's a screen resolution issue but I couldn't see any way to continue. I had to use Task Manager to get out of the game.

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Hi Terri

If you cannot see the add or apply buttons it is probably the resolution. Try playing in a window first. You can change to windowed mode by opening up options. Not sure if you need to create a profile first though.

Reply | Comment by Terri218 – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

#7

I get a message saying the offer of this game is over.

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No one else is reporting this Bella. Is your computer clock set correctly? If it's quite old, the motherboard battery may be dead or drained, which means the clock won;t work correctly. I don't know if a wrong time would affect the giveaway, but it's worth checking. Otherwise, try using a different browser

Reply | Comment by Bella – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

#6

I downloaded Turtix extracted it with winrar but i can't find it, it doesn't put anything on my desktop to play it

thank you

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Hi Kim

Your security is most likely blocking the installation due to the Themida wrapper. read my other replies to this issue above. Thank you.

Reply | Comment by kim – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

#5

I'm sure the few visitors you have left are thrilled to see no comments six hours after the game goes live. Way to go, you lazy moderators!

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Pathetic as usual. Thankfully no one will ever see your inane comments again, except the mods and admins. You really need to grow up. Thought I'd reply to this one as it made me laugh.

Reply | Comment by Elmer Fudd – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

#4

Hi everybody and Whiterabbit-UK. :-)

Preamble: I'm using Win10 home x64, DEP always on, UAC enabled with max level, custom scaling 150%, resolution 1920x1080, color depth 32bit, refresh rate 60Hz, Win10 Defender, Win10 firewall.

No problems detected after doing pre-scans and post-scans with Defender, SAS, MBAM2, EEK, GSAM.
No problems detected after I sent the package to virustotal, metadefender, jotti: links at the end of this post.
Virscan doesn't want to scan it (and by the way the package would be too big to scan for virscan).
Those webservices show the same false positives for GAOTD setup.exe found in last years: I won't repeat them.
No problems during game download, during its installation, at its startup and changing its options.

Thanks to the GAOTD team, in particular to Whiterabbit-UK!
Follow the white rabbit, guys!
Thanks for the game to Alawar entertainment, BigFishGames, MyPlayCity!

Scan results on webservices
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/9b995e83881ffc66881ea3fbf28d8240267b2268664f4cb2b9293606c8557bbe/analysis/
https://www.metadefender.com/#!/results/file/YTE3MDIyNkhrcGZlUTRsY3hyMUFNbFE0ZXFn/extracted/files
https://virusscan.jotti.org/it-IT/filescanjob/22lx48w59n

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Thanks for your feedback xilolee. :)

Reply | Comment by xilolee – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

#3

I've still got this great little game from the last giveaway. As I get older (fast heading towards my 7th decade) I tend to play more of the simpler, laid back games like this. So let's have more of them please! :)

Reply | Comment by martin – 7 years ago – Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

#2

I've ended up with 2 codes for Mailbird Pro. My son also entered the competition using one of my old emails and both of us won. I don't think it fair to have two so want to give one of them away. If you entered but didn't win, please post your request in the forums HERE. First come gets the key. (You'll need to have used a genuine email for your forum account as I will use that email to send you the code and download link for Mailbird Pro