We just want to extend a big WELCOME to all the new Virtual Villagers players who have found their way here.

Regardless of where you bought the game, we love it when people find their way 'home' to us.

Whether you need help with the game, you just want to chat about it, or you want to tell us all the things that we should have done differently, we're very glad that you've joined us!

Just got the game Friday afternoon and LOVE IT!!!!
So many questions I have but Im reading the threads to see if I can get any answers or clues
Thanks Arthur for the big WELCOME

played the 60 min trial and thought it was great so paid to get full version on friday and still waiting for the activation code so getting annoyed that not able to play it yet

I have recently bought the game, the Friday advance sale from Big Fish. Great game! Thanks for the guide section that has come in helpful! I am off to read and get some more ideas, although I am not sure that the palm ideas will work for the desktop version.
Thanks again!

There is now a guide written specifically for Virtual Villagers. You can find it here.

Thank You for the welcome!! I also tried the 60 minute trial and had to buy the game before it ran up. I have tried many, many trial games before, but this game is the first game that I NEEDED to buy. I couldn't get enough.!!

Hello, I tried the Virtual Villagers demo and was hooked, so I bought the full version yesterday. I finished the game today, and although I loved it while I was playing, I was a little disappointed that there was no big finale ending when you complete all the puzzle pieces. Oh well. Make a Virtual Villagers 2! LoL

A few months ago I became hooked on Fish Tycoon (due to the fact that I love fish but my little kitten kept eating them, she can't eat these ones though) that I got from BFG (love that website man...., I have become so unproductive at work due to it). I got an email advertising the advance sale of Virtual Villagers and once I realized it was from LDW, I didn't try it out, I just out right bought. New it would be great at I was right. I can't wait to see where you go with it in the updates.

However, I agree with SweetCaro on one thing, no finale.... should have a finale I think.

Keep up the good work, can't wait for Plant Tycoon to hit Windows in the fall.

Thanks for the welcome. I'm sooo glad there's a forum for this game. I didn't search for help or hints until I had two tribes die. It's completely addictive. Me (43) and my 7 y/o daughter play side by side.

I played for 5 minutes, stopped and bought the full version from bigfish. I love it. I can't wait to see what happens when I get home.

How have you all managed to finish it within a day?????? In a 24 hour period I'm lucky to have got a couple of babies and have just enough food to feed everyone!

got my game from big fish two days ago and absolutely love it!

I'd also like to know how some people have completed this game in one day!

I'd say it's likely that they're messing with the system clock on their computer - something I don't recommend unless you understand all the ramifications of doing that.

I'm glad to finally make it to the forums. Thank you for the manual admission. I have been playing the Palm version of Villagers since the beginning of June. I think I was first in line to get the PC version. I played the demo for about 5 minutes and said "Okay, this is one I can't live without!!" I've got three different villages going now.
Thanks for a great game.

My daughter (age 5) and I love the game. She plays on her computer, my son (age 3 1/2) is attempting to play on his (but the villagers keep dying on him), and I have finally finished the game (took 7 days) on my laptop. We were totally hooked!

We also purchased it from Big Fish Games during the presale.

Does anyone here know the difference between 1.1 and 1.0?

I have only been playing the game for 125 hours, but it is definately ADDICTIVE! I love seeing my tribe grow and grow and solve the puzzles. I hope that 'Virtual Villagers 2' is in the works with more complex puzzles to solve. I would definately buy that one too. Bravo!

Addicted to my little peeps, I almost cried when Eko died. Did you know a nursing Mother can go swimming with babe in arms? Didn't seem to hurt it any. What's with all that laundry? They never change their clothes. Wish we could make new clothes...what can I say I'm such a "gurl".

You are awesome! I've been playing with the same village for about three weeks now and have not figured out how to get the golden child until I read your post. I was trying to mate villagers after I got them to be masters at all trades .... whew .. then I read your post tried the mother in the water with the baby and ta-da! Thank you!!

Ditto!! I played the Mac Demo for 5 minutes then stopped and baught the full version direct from LDW's purchase link. I love this game. i have it also on my Palm Treo, but i like this PC/Mac version with more puzzles and surprises... better. Also Baught Plant Tycoon for my Palm a few weeks ago after having so much fun with the demo for a few months prior. Keep up the Good work LDW.

OMG, I thought it was a fluke. Then it turns out to be a spoiler...yikes! I didn't get the results you did but then I wasn't far along in the game.

Just stumblin' along, playing with the little guys. I just wondered if it would say kids can't swim to a baby. Sigh, curiosity gets me in (hot) water everytime. I am a Pisces you know. LOL

wish some of the puzzle were online so you could play game online.

Thank you Arthur! I have long ago purchased Plant and Fish Tycoon via Big Fish, my favorite games site but I never knew about your web site. Now with Virtual Villager I've found my way "home"! Bravo on all your terrific games (especially this one) and for this forum which has helped me through the tough spots. Keep up the great work! More expansions! Thanks, Patrice

Been playing for a few (quite a few) hours and i love this game. It's so enjoyable to see what the villagers will do next. I've had them rain dancing, running around like maniacs (excercising), chatting, telling stories it's great. Thanks for a great game and can't wait for Plant Tycoon.

I have been playin for about aweek. And we love it. From my 15 year old to my 6 year old. We all have our own village. I have one guuy who just wants to complain and argue. I get up set with him and drop him in the ocean or the lagoon. It seems to cool him off a bit. Where is the log book that tells about them getting hurt? I have looked but can't find it. My village took off and they have maxed the population so I guess I will have to wait til one dies to get the golden child.

how do you know how many hours you have been playing and how do you figure out what version you have?

I just bought this game today. I am already addicted to it. I played the trial and was hooked and knew that I had to buy it.

Hello..I love this game! But,,,I have played several times and my sweet villagers seem to die betweek clearing the dam at the lagoon and keeping the food supply ample...how do you learn to catch fish? What is with the boulder in fron of the cave...and i have one game that has been going for 14 hours and i cant get anyone to make a baby...i have the 1st hut built...but still have only 7 villers and am at a stand still with the lagoon ....my researcher seems stuck at adept and i cant ever seem to gain enough tech points to buy anything else...HELP!!

I bought the game, too, but I'm a bit concerned - I got the 90 villagers and the puzzles all solved - what next? No exploring? No other parts of the island? If so, I'll be disappointed.

Yeah I cannot recommend it for the length of time you get to play - it was over too fast and no exploration or uses for a lot of the puzzles - like the treasure chest and temple - so I would say - for the money there are a lot of games with a LOT more game time than this one.

I think my first village is just getting into the swing of things. I even managed to get 3 women carrying babies at once hehe.

For one woman it was her third baby, the other two their second and I think the first one felt the others were catching her up too fast as as soon as the baby became a child she collared a male and dragged him to the breeding hut and got herself a new one lol. Or it could have been cause she caught her mate cheating on her with another woman while she was baby caring and wanted to get him in the sack again lol.

I played VV with my little sister on Friday and we LOVED it! We got it on friday and bought it here, at last day of work!! We paid $30 but it was totally worth the money!!!

help nmn kung saan at cno ggwa nun puzzles #15 plssssssssssssssssss yun n lang di ko magawa thankz advance

Many thanks Arthur! I have been a Fish Tycoon addict for some time now and I've just bought Virtual Villagers and I can see that this is going to be addictive too!
Great games!

Hello all! Just found you!! I got the game from Big Fish. I am having a slow fun time. I guess I am SUPPOSED to leave the game running when I am not on line, but I am SCARED to! My daughter did and all of her villagers were skeletons when she logged back on.

Slow it down to half speed when you arent around, and maybe make sure your little dudes know how to forrage / take care of a crop...

they shouldnt die of starvation while you are not watching them then...

thanks for the welcome. I love this game but i have a question. How will i recognize the golden baby, will it let me know when hes born. I have a bald baby now but he wont do anything.

That's a puzzle that won't be solved until late in the game, and you will know when it happens!

did anyone else notice that the golden child can walk on water?

one more question, ive solved all the puzzles but i cant get my population over 90. I cant figure out what to do to convert the school house.

can't wait for game developments... hopefully a sequel will come out soon...keep the graphics low and simple but put more surprises on the game play but hey this is not the thread for that.. oops sorry...I LOVE THIS GAME!!!

Population max is 90 unless you have twins or triplets when your pop. is 89, then it could be 91 or 92. I'll PM the school so as not to spoil

when you look at the images of the game on the virtual villagers home page their population is in the hundreds, how do you do that. One image is 300 the other is up to 7 hundred.

that is my fault...it's wrong and I will fix it. The maximum population is 90.

on my game i had 1 villager who everyone came to complain to, it got sooooo bad the poor guy couldn't do anything without being interrupted. don't know if anyone can help.does anyone know why my villagers names get changed, i get 2-3 people named the same name.

This is a wonderful game! It's extremely addictive though!

I downloaded the trial of VV on Wednesday Aug 9th...Played until my trial expired and instantly went and bought the full version...
Needless to say I was instantly addicted and I have been playing it ever since! I currently have 3 villages going at once right now. One Village I titled "Let it run" I do nothing to it but watch, I assigned the jobs and let them go. I just wanted to see what they can do on their own. The other two games I interact with.


Kudos to all of you who worked so hard to create such a fun (addictive) real time game! Can't wait to see more of the VV games...How about in the next one, we get a few islands to choose from for our villagers to inhabit...
Maybe each island has different plots/goals?

Could someone please PM me the secret to converting the school? I have dropped everyone I can on the roof and nothing happens (that was all I could think of). OSHA is going to have my hide.

Christina

You have to drop a Master Scientist on the school, after that it still says you can convert it but you can't, I think it's a glitch. I read somewhere that if you have v.1.01 its not supposed to happen, but it still does on mine and I have v.1.01

HTH
Lisa

Just want to say kudos to LDW not only for a great game, but also for a great forum!! As my current two villages are well advanced (just waiting to get enough tech to buy the last level of fertility), I find I'm now spending more time on the forum than I am in the game. It's great to see posts from actual LDW people, and helpful folks like Warren (The Village Idiot). Silly me, I never thought to click "Options" in the main menu until Warren mentioned it, and now I'm looking forward to playing future games at "easy" and "hard" and "2X" speed, and other combinations.

I bought VV about two weeks ago and I am totally addicted! Love the game and can't wait for VV 2!

I have been playing for a while and I cant seem to get passed this one area. I have converted the school, done the graveyard, built housing, cleared the lagoon, farmed the rich soil.... but I cant figure out my next step?? Any suggestions?

Just wanted to iterate my thanks to LDW for such a great, addicting game! I have four games running in hopes that I'll get to see some of the "fun" island events. I really enjoy trying different combos of spending tech points, and how many babies to make the villagers have at the beginning. Thanks for such a comprehensive sim game!

Regards,
Susan : )

Played the one hour trial on real arcade then purchased the game with my Gamepass Free Download of the month. I haven't put it down since. Another awesome game guys...GREAT JOB!!!!

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I have been playing for a month. I am on my 16th game.

I've been searching for a way to replace Everquest in some way. Something that I could play on my own. Goodness knows EQ taught me patience and to bring something to read while waiting for things to happen, so I'm delighted with VV. It's not buggy, it's so much easier to figure out (for me) than Fish Tycoon, and it's a smaller addiction than the many years of my life I gave to EQ.

I have two games going on. The first one is probably going to result in a lot of deaths. The second one was started after reading a lot of the posts here. It's so nice to read boards that don't have a lot of flaming or fights with staff.

That's about it, I have to go obsessively see what is happening with my village people.

I Love This Game!! I also tried the demo and fell in love. This is the first game I have ever brought. Wanna hear a really sad! story? I hope my sister doesnt read this... I had just set up my pay pal account specifically to purchase this game I was waiting for it all to be finalised. My sister was in labour so I went to the city to be there for it. About 80% of my thought was directed towards getting home to see if the payment went through and start my first game. My goodness! that sounds so bad, but I am not a bad person really. LDW made a winner here. SPECTACULAR!

Thank you, I too tried the trial version and decided I needed to have this game-it's great stress relief. Keep up the good work!

I downloaded to trial version from Pogo... after the hour ran out I HAD to buy it. This game is very addictive. My fiance and I fight over the computer to see who gets to check on their village first when we get home... i always win... well most of the time

Thanks Arthur,
Here I go, what next? Do anyone gets to build a big hut? 30 to a hut is way close, right? The younger ones worry. I thought to just let them worry to figure something out. Is it possible? Can't nearly wait for the 2nd, you know? Great job for a teaser.

Arthur how many different Virtual Villagers are you going to make?

I love this game! I'm pretty obsessive about it too. I have all the puzzels except #15 and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get this one! I'm going crazy, does anyone know? Also, do they go to different areas of the island through the cave, or do they just stay where they are?

See the detailed spoiler thread here.

Ooh thanks! That helped a lot, I was using the wrong person. Thanks!!

One more quick question...
Do they get to go to a different part of the island? Maybe I'm just being too impatient?

You can change their clothes if you are handy at photo editors...

I love this game and have been so addicted, but felt a little empty inside with no finale. I worked for so long to get all the puzzles done, then it was just over, nothing major to mark the end. Then the villagers go on like it's no big deal. Maybe you should have made them all go into the cave or something.

The real problem (as I see it), is we get so addicted, no ending would satisfy us. I've played other games that were the same way. Could not put it down. Then I get to the end and boom baam, it's all over. Then the program will ask you, "Do You Want To Start A New Game?" At least with VV, you can keep playing, if you know what I mean?

I played the evaluation game at Real Arcade and was hooked, it took forever to be available to buy,but as soon as it was I had to have it! I can't wait for the sequel, I too was dissappointed with the ending, I can't believe I finally moved the boulder and nothing there. At the beginging I must say I had my doubts about moving the boulder and finding some kind of beast the formers left locked up!

i would love to see alot of versions of this western, school or university, backpacking, etc etc etc, as many ideas and lifestyles as they can come up with i would buy and play

thanks for the warm welcome and the wonderful game. i just found your forum today, and i couldn't be happier

ok i have had it for a couple weeks or so and after not getting far the first time and not sure how to unlock certain puzzles. i restarted it well actually it was an accident that i restarted it. anyway i have done all the tech and the village is at max population i still have 4 puzzles to do on it and am not sure how do to them ..how do i unlock the golden child or unblock the cave and do that second flower/plant? i am lost , but this game is fun and i never bought a game i downloaded before i'm glad i did this one...

thank you for that

I love sim games, have been playing the sims for ages, sims 2 as well, but these little guys are addicting. It does require tactics and I love it.

yea i like playing the sims and sims 2 ...so when i saw these guys i gave it a try and ended buying it..lol

I see it the same way. VV does need to work on the ending a bit but theres no prompt. And i cant stop playing it.

Played the game. Finished all puzzles. Golden child partying like it's 1999. Why isn't the cave explorable? If there is fruit there, shouldn't someone be in there? I have ninety people, is there more to the game? What about the rest of the island? Is it explorable? There could be so much more to this game. We need an expanded version or at least a part two. Still getting tech points but nothing to spend them on.

thanks for the big welcome
i played the demo and had to buy it,not something i normally do,but i love the game got my whole family hooked, 3 of them bought it out right after seeing mine. we have 4 villages going with one completed. i agree about the finish though should have been something more.....where's VV2????

http://www.ldw.com/previews/index.html

<signs up quickly>

lol

Bought the game and love everything except the end. Since I see eyes behind the boulder and one of my villagers found scrolls and disappeared through a secret path, I assume that there will be more to come. If so, when?

Look here for what's next!

Hi all, have only just got virtual villagers in the last week and am addicted!! Finished one game, now got a couple going at once, trying to see which one I can complete first trying different tactics! One of my ladies just had my first set of triplets, so got all excited over that...maybe I should pause it for a day or so to get my life back...

I got it at the weekend and bought it as soon as the trial period ran out. I just had to see how the game developed! I'm completely hooked now. In my first game they all died, alas. I think I left them too long without checking what was going on, and without making sure they had large enough stockpiles of food. I'm playing my second game now and loving it!

I love this game.... I'm so addicted, I have 2 going at one time now...

However, I have a question.... my oldest villager is 40, and I have 90 people... you think this is going to cause problems later? Like everyone being to old to breed by the time the 40 year old kicks it?