Sola Rola - dead game!

This game hasn’t worked in months (possibly years looking at some of the older posts).

The developer appears to have disappeared quite some time ago.

Many people have already contacted you.

Why is it still running?

Yes, it’s a known broken badged game, and it would be up to the developer to fix. That being said, the only other way it could be fixed is if someone has a working copy of the .swf for the game, and they could upload it so that the game could be played again, or host it so that it could be inserted back into the frame via a script, like this one for DTD 1.5. However, since the game is no longer even on the host’s site, it’s unlikely that it’ll be fixed.

So therefore, by logic, it becomes a Kong tech support issue and the onus moves on to Kongregate to remove the dead link and keep the site tidy, ja? Personally don’t care too greatly for the game, just thought that was what these forums were for?

If it was an unbadged game, I’d just say who cares. Since it’s badged though, Kongregate should do something about it.

Yeah, but they’re kicking off the advertising of it again in the “top six badge lineup”. Heading to it wasted me at least three button clicks of my time ;) (Which encouraged me to invest a couple more here)

The thing is that Kongregate can’t do anything to remedy the issue, since it’s the developer’s problem. While I would hate to see it, the badges could be removed if the game isn’t fixed or if no work-around is made like with DTD 1.5, but until it’s absolutely necessary to remove them, they might as well stay up in the hope that a fix can be found.

But that doesn’t make any sense (tell me if I am missing something though!)

Basically, the developer has disappeared (kongregate-profile). The game is no more, even on the developers website.

Therefore, it is as good as a dead link. The achievements – or possible lack thereof – are irrelevant..

Originally posted by Lotusflower:
The achievements – or possible lack thereof – are irrelevant..

Not really. Kong can’t just remove achievements, as that would cause problems for people who have already earned them. Sure, it’s frustrating knowing that there are badges out there that you literally cannot achieve, but you have to look at both sides of the issue.

Removing all traces of the game and badges from the lists (like they did with Caesary) is probably about all they can do, but I can see how even that really isn’t satisfactory.

The only thing I can think of that is satisfactory is this: run a script that awards “Bonus Points” that are worth the same amount as any badges earned from the game, then remove the game and/or the badges.

It is annoying that Sola Rola is appearing in my recommended badges section. Is there any way that I can get rid of it?

Originally posted by BlueTube:

It is annoying that Sola Rola is appearing in my recommended badges section. Is there any way that I can get rid of it?

If you hover over it on the front page you can click the x to make it go away.

Originally posted by uuu2:

Originally posted by BlueTube:

It is annoying that Sola Rola is appearing in my recommended badges section. Is there any way that I can get rid of it?

If you hover over it on the front page you can click the x to make it go away.

Thanks very much! I hadn’t noticed the x before. Now I can get rid of all the tower defense games that get recommended too. Yay!