What To Do If Game Pigeon Won't Download

A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

A low-poly epistolary game where you navigate a messenger pigeon through a city. During your journey, you hear the contents of the letter you're delivering.

Made by Michelle Lega
Voice: Charlie Irving
Music: Jes Klass

It can be download in iOS or Android. So multiply scan but you can either play with your friends. If you want there you go so some of the games it has it has three basic games. But now the phone you can. Swanna I love this game I don't ever find hardly many pigeon simulators it would be nice if you creators could add more a realistic day and nightime cycle and customize you bird like male or female, have baby pigeons, mate and make a bird nest and other things the pigeons graphic is really good I wish you could make more simulators like this one but just a few more improvements.

This game is compatible both with keyboard and mouse and controller. Please download the correct file for your setup, noted with (Keyboard) or (Controller).

NOTE: If you have a Mac running Catalina, you have to launch the game from the itch app, otherwise Catalina won't run it properly!

*If you would like to view a playthrough of the game without downloading, you can watch here.

Updated 8 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Rating
AuthorPigeonkind Games
GenreAdventure
Tagsgrief, Lesbian, LGBTQIA, Low-poly, Narrative, Queer, Unity, Walking simulator

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What to do if game pigeon won

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Development log

  • Homing 1.2 - Subtitles!
    Jul 22, 2020

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I didn't expect to actually tear up but here I am, teared up

Lovely short game, beautiful narration.

Probably the fastest a game has brought me to tears (in a good way!)

Thank you so much for making this <3

Hi, I just played on Mac (Mojave, KB+M version) and had a bit of trouble figuring out how to pause the game to change options and see controls. Seems that although both Esc and P are supposed to pause, the game wasn't responding to the escape key.

Hey, sorry I didn't trust you, but...I checked and your game actually does run on Catalina! People just need to download and launch the game via the Itch app, instead of the website. This is true for many games right now. For some reason, Catalina doesn't seem to be able to unzip certain files properly.

This game is cute! I like everything about it (and I really like the name of the pigeon)!

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NOTE: If you have a Mac running Catalina, the game unfortunately won’t work - this is an issue with Catalina being very restrictive on what apps it will allow to be played on your computer.

I thought that was a matter of Catalina not supporting 32-bit code. Does this game use 64-bit binaries? AFAIK that’s the only barrier new to Catalina (though quite a bothersome one).

I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what the issue is, the game uses 64-bit, but I don’t have a Mac with Catalina to test and I’ve had some people not be able to run it at all and some people be able to run it fine so my guess is it’s a permissions thing on the user side.

Ah. I’d offer to help test, but I haven’t upgraded to Catalina for exactly this reason (I’m still on the previous release, Mojave).

I found that you can open terminal and run

and then just run the game normally

I think this game would be cool, but I need subtitles because of my hearing. Let me know if there is an update.

Hello! I have uploaded a new version of the game with subtitles - I hope it helps!

what a sweet game!! i really enjoyed playing it :-]

I've tried a few times to run the Mac version, but I just get 'This app can't be opened', which probably indicates some permission problems, or a corrupted zip archive. I've tried unzipping it with tools other than the standard OSX archiver, but it still doesn't work.

Hello! Are you running Catalina on your Mac? If so, that’s because Catalina has very strict permissions for unverified apps. There’s a workaround here, although I can’t verify if it actually works because I don’t have a Mac. If you’re running an older OS than Catalina, can you let me know what you’re running and what specifically the error message says and I can try to troubleshoot?

Nope, this was on Mojave. Also that was the exact (and very unhelpful) error message 'This app can't be opened'. I don't believe this is the usual key signing error you get for unverified apps, because that has a 'because the developer couldn't be identified' on the end of the error. This error, which I've had before from itch games, usually means something needs to be set executable, but isn't

Interesting. I've done a bit of research on this and the only thing that keeps coming up is something telling me to run chmod to set it as an executable but I can't do that on a PC. I'll rope in a friend who has a Mac and see if I can figure out the problem from there!

Got it. You need chmod u+x on Homing1.1_Mac_KBM.app/Contents/MacOS/Homing

Then it runs. The app bundle itself is already executable, but I that file needs to be as well

Thank you! I think this is unfortunately something I can't fix in the build, not sure why building to Mac from a PC in Unity is so touchy but alas.

I miss some subtitles (english is not my first language), but i find it's a very touching experience.
Thanks. :)

Thank you for the comment! I will work on getting subtitles in the game!

Hello! I have uploaded a new version of the game with subtitles - I hope it helps!

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What To Do If Game Pigeon Won't Downloads

Are you trying to download GamePigeon from the App Store but when you click Get nothing really happens? If you have enabled a password, you will be prompted to add it but afterwards the download with stop midway? Try these steps to download GamePigeon successfully:

Check your internet connection

Switch between your cellular network and Wi-Fi and then try downloading GamePigeon. You can also try to download the app on another device while connected to the same network. If both don’t work then the problem could be caused by your internet provider. If the other device works then proceed to the next step.

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Pause the download

On iOS 6 or later, tap and hold the app immediately it starts downloading then pause the download. Wait for a few seconds before you resume the download.

Check other downloads

There could be other downloads that are preventing GamePigeon from downloading. Go to App Store then tap Updates to check apps that are stull downloading or need to be updated. Pause or cancel them first before you try GamePigeon once more. If it doesn’t work, proceed to the following step.

Disable restrictions on downloading apps

When enabled, app download restrictions can hinder you from downloading GamePigeon. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions then enter your passcode. Toggle on Installing Apps then turn on the updating feature before you retry to download the app.

Disable password

Open Settings > [Your Name] > iTunes & App Store > Password Settings. While here, toggle the Require Password option to an off position. Close App Store then reopen it and try downloading GamePigeon.

Change the date

Go to Settings > General > Date and Time and ensure that the date is correct. If not, set it to the correct date and time before you retry to download the app. Alternatively, you can toggle on Set Automatically.

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Log out of apple ID

Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID then sign out. Retry the download while signed out. Remember to sign in again after the download.

Clear App Store cache

What To Do If Game Pigeon Won't Downloaded

Open App Store then tap ten times any icon at the bottom of the app you wish to download. The app will appear to restart and then redirect you to the start. The cache will be clear allowing you to do a fresh download.

Check available storage

Go to Settings > General > About > Available to check if the storage is enough to download GamePigeon.

Restart your device

If all of these failed then you have to restart your device. For iPhone X, press and hold the Side button and either Volume Up or Volume Down until a slider appears then slide it to an off position. To restart, press and hold the side button until you see an Apple logo.

When using iPhone 8 or earlier, press and hold the Top or Side button until the slider appears. Drag it to turn your device off. To restart it, press and hold the Top or Side button again until an Apple logo appears.

Final word

Hopefully the steps above have helped you download GamePigeon and play some of the best texting games out there. With this app, you can play a variety of online games with friends easily. If you’ve downloaded the app but it isn’t working, consider checking out our detailed guide with steps to follow when GamePigeon is not working in order to fix it.