Works fine for me, but then I'm running Windows 7. There's a relaxed mode, which is a plus for me, as I hate being timed. Also three different modes of game mechanics, and you're building a city.

I like it. It plays fine on my ancient Win XP SP3, 32 bit machine. In the Gamezebo review that Whiterabbit linked to in the 1st - 2019 - giveaway, the reviewer gave it a middling rating, saying that the game has a nice combination of things seen in other games. It's a valid point, but then, how many good games have all sorts of unique, inventive touches? As Isaiah said in the Bible, "there's nothing new under the sun". Or at least not that much new. So, in most case, it's a question of whether you like the game play, not how unique a game is, IMHO. Although, building villages/buildings as you do here, or gardens, zoos, aquariums, or whatever in many games where you just earn "money" and then buy something when you have enough money, with no real strategy I find uninteresting and unnecessary. But, the 3 different matching mechanics up the replayability here to me quite a bit, and that feature is missing from a LOT of match 3s, and I'm a BIG match 3 fan. And the extra game of the drop the object down the board type is an extra bonus to me, though too short so far here. So this is a keeper for me.

But not perfect. The help has a slightly incorrect instruction or 2, like insinuating the drop the key is part of the regular game, and not a bonus game. Worse, there is no explanation of the 5 bonuses. At least one of them is obvious, the bomb, but the others you'll have to play with to get a feel for. Also, there's an interesting mechanic that has a notice slide in telling you that you can - at least for a limited time - make 3 quick matches of a particular tile and then get a bonus, actually supercharging 1 tile. Although it's not 100% clear, unless you stop and watch, what this tile does when you match it. (Though you often can't use this because there's often not 3 available matches for that tile on the board at that particular time.) There's also a notice about something concerning an electrical charge after you match that charged tile, but what that means or does??? The result seems to be bonus points, but not 100% sure. This kind of imprecision can be annoying unless you really like match 3.

Of course, most important is the unfortunate glitches folks are having with this game. Since this is a 4:3 game adapted for wide screen, it's much older than the 2019 giveaway date. The Gamezebo review seems to be from about 2010/11, so it was likely designed for XP, Vista, or Win 7. On the 2019 Giveaway page, some Win 10 users mentioned problems. And a Win 11 user on this page. It appears it's forward compatibility is not universal. Some Win 10 users can get it to work, others, unfortunately, can't. Quoting one solution from 2019: "right click on the program icon, open properties, then compatibility, edit high DPI settings. Select Override the high DPI scaling behavior. Click OK then Apply and finally Ok." But that didn't work for everyone. I definitely recommend playing with your compatibility troubleshooter. One other interesting thing from the 2019 page: one commentator posted this question to someone who had gotten the game to work on Win 10, "Are you running this version of Windows 10?:

Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362."

I'm assuming the questioner was running that version of Win 10 and was not able to get the game to work. And that may be the problem some of you good folks are having too, in that you may also have this version. Well, still worth trying the compatibility troubleshooter. Good luck!

Thanks GGOTD and Toomky.

Seems to be working fine for me, but I'm still running Windows 7...

By running with compatibility program on Windows 10 64bit, I was able to succeed !!

I set it it up and it ran for me with no problems. Running Win11.

I sent Wabbit an email last week and he never answered but I just messaged him on Steam because he posted some pics of a game he was playing.

He's fine, everyone.. Just taking a break.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit, German version: This game runs without problems.

Hello - Downloaded and installed fine on Win 10. Not sure if that is making a difference or not.
It is a cute little game, colorful and cheery. As I'm older (don't care for blowing things up and gore) it is quite charming. Nothing to play for hours at a time, but worth the download. It is also available free on Toomky Games all the time.
Not too helpful for others who can't make it play, but this is my experience.

I have it running on Win 10. The only thing I can think of that might be different is that I install these games into a folder that is not protected by the 'Controlled Folders' in Windows security. IE I don't install it in the Program Files folder, I have a second HDD that I created a Games folder on and I install the games there.

All, it appears this game has a chronic issue maybe with Intel graphics chips? Or perhaps this is an unfinished build of the game? From the previous reviews on the last giveaway, there was the same problem for many. It's quite a shame as this is a fun game if it would run fine. I do not have additional hardware to test on to check if it works on similar platforms.

Toomyky Games if you're reading this please check with the developer for an updated build please. I am going to also email Rumbic Studios in the mean time to see what they say about this.

Same here. The game loaded, started and then screen went blank and then closed.

Will not open "fatal error" Win 10 updated

Woodville Chronicles also a giveaway on December 22, 2019!
User rating:+26 (87%) -4 (13%) 16 comments
https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/woodville-chronicles/

If anyone is able to successfully run this game, please let the community know how you liked it. Unfortunately when I installed this game and tried to run it, I got as far as the loading screen and then the game quit.

However, there is a short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsduHEsWfEo

In case one is debating on downloading the game.

This game was also part of a compilation that was sold at Walmart, Staples, etc to name a few. It was called Casual Combo which included this game plus 3 others on one CD. You can find a used copy of this here

https://www.amazon.com/Casual-Combo-Collection-PC/dp/B004H48VUG/

I am unsure if it will run on today's computers so ask around.

But for those who can run it today you're in for a nice treat of a game.