Thank you, Astro Gemini and GOTD. I enjoy experimenting with screen savers and appreciate that you give me the chance to do it for free. This one downloaded and installed on my older XP system with no problems. It doesn't seem to negatively affect system performance in any way. There's a nice selection of scenes and it should be especially fun for kids. If you're hosting the family this Thanksgiving, this screensaver will help set the mood.

Folks, it's time to say this again -- if you don't like, need or want the offering of the day, just get on with your life and resist the urge to leave a thumbs down for something you didn't even try. Developers provide free software as advertising, yes, but they also want to know what works and what doesn't work. Giving software a thumbs down just because you're unhappy with the type of software is not constructive. We need to encourage developers to participate, not discourage them by being petty and unhelpful.

Klacey tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+18)

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This is a delightful screen saver especially if you have young children or grand children. Best of all today you get it for free!
I visit here everyday but seldom comment mostly because I'm usually taken aback at the rudeness and ungratefulness of some of the readers.

Pasquanel tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+12)

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Description:
The charming screensavers from Astro Gemini cannot be described as being "Realistic" by todays 3D gaming stadards, but the low-poly-count farm with triangular turkeys has it's charm. It's rendered 3D rather than cinematic cut scenery. The environment is fully 3D rendering and switches view every few seconds with a little meandering country music playing. As a novice description, I guess it's just a basic fiddle, banjo, snare, base line melody playing along with some farm animal noises.

I loved the cheesy Halloween screensaver, and these are fun little giveaways. Although a lot of people here are aparently not interested in screensavers, it's a nice little background scene and I'm sure they are hoping to generate some interest in their other quaint holiday screensavers.

Installs easily, but I am a bit curious that the license agreement refers to it as distributable shareware.

The FPS display and clock have the on/off display option check box. In my opinion they are a little distracting and take from the basic immersion of the screensavers that they offer - I just turn them off.


Criticisms:
I am disappointed in the frequency of the viewpoint transition, it's casual meandering views that change way too quickly. While I like the charming little farm, the camera view changes are busy and feel forced.

Conclusion:
Give it a try - it's not a bad little program, and it works like it's supposed to. Slow down, enjoy the breeze and take in quaint little view of country life, and if you are set back by some chunky vectorizin', well that's a doggone shame.

Thumbs up overall, and thank you Astro Gemini and GAOTD.

Rob tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+11)

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It's a pretty good fall-themed screensaver even for those outside the US, although here it's starting to look more like winter than fall.

Those who have tried other Astro Gemini screensavers in the past will have an idea of what to expect with the graphics and animation. The music could get a little annoying though.

writerpatrick tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+10)

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Installed on Windows 7, 64 bit. No problems. Overall I like it. Plenty of Turkeys "gliding" around, one pony, and other occasional farm noises like cows. Not crazy about the music, especially the banjo. Probably because I hate country music. I think it was around 4 or 5 minutes before I started seeing the same things over.

Robert tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+7)

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