Same problem as the posters above me. Sometimes the game actually manages to load without the Javascript alert - but it then seems that it’s frozen, because nothing happens with the game I just started developing. I can still click and see a history of the older games et cetera – everything there works – but it doesn’t progress any further than that.
Here’s the error message:
Sending my saves over now.
Sent you my save games as well. Same crash on v.1.3.3 (didn’t have that crash in the previous version though).
I checked the savefile, and it seemed corrupted (missing some json specific char at the end).
So it looks like I quit the game after saving, but the write wasn’t finished.
I’m quite disappointed also, because, I was at the year 27… And I lost everything… And it was my 2 days video game a year 
oh dear, that doesn’t sound too promising… 
If that’s true I could start a new game just as well, I guess… 
just out of boredom I tried to launch it again and -surprise- it did actually start and load my game. I could do everything as normal and watch my just released game sell. However, once I started developing a new game the same Javascript alert popped up and now it’s like it was before: it crashes right after clicking to continue…
I have this issue as well. The game boots, and when you “Click to Continue” I see a progress bar for a split second, then it crashes. But with no error message. I was playing it fine for the past two days, but this last time I built a large company well into YR36 or something. Judging from the other posts, this may have something to do with it.
I suppose it’s a good thing right now, because I was ADDICTED to this game, and not getting anything done.
That would be the Crash on Load bug described above. If you could send your save file to support@greenheartgames.com, it’d help figure out the problem faster.
Your save file is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Game Dev Tycoon/Local Storage/ saved as file__0.localstorage
I had this problem too. Here’s my error code
Uncaught Error: InvalidStateError: DOM Exception 11
(file:///Applications/Game%20Dev%20Tycoon.app/Contents/Resources/app.nw/compressed/codeNw.js:1361)
I went and installed the latest update as of this time and reopened the game and it seems okay now.
Same problem (crash on load) here.
Running version 1.3.3 and the software is not able to load the sqlite database with the save game properly.
I know that I can fix the problem by removing the save game, but what I’d really like to know is if the file is corrupted or not. And, in any case, if it is going to be possible to recover the save game.
According to the latest email I got back, my save file was fine but they have to release a new update to load it properly. Of course, YMMV, but yours is probably fine too.
I was having this problem too. I’ve come up with a fix to it, at the cost of your last saved file.
1] This is not an official patch. Just a hack.
2] In order for this hack to work you need to have more than one save file.
3] You’ll lose your last saved save file. I recommend you making a backup of it for when the developers come up with the official solution.
4] If you can cool your jets down and wait a couple of day for the developer to come up with an official solution is better.
5] After I did this hack, 2 of my employees became invisible. They are there, I can interact with them but their graphics were not loaded. It might be a unrelated problem but I’m just warning.
Here’s how to do it -->
1] Download this file: codenw <-- It will load your second most recent save file.
2] Go to Finder -> Applications
3] Right click GameDevTycoon icon -> "Show package contents"
4] Go to /Contents/Resources/app.nw/compressed
5] Make a backup file of codeNw.js (name it codeNwOfficial.js)
6] Replace the file codeNw.js for the one you downloades
7] Open the game. Save. Then quit.
8] Deleted the file you downloaded and rename codeNwOfficial.js to codeNw.js
I had the same problem as Unifish did above. I noticed that it was a EXC_BAD_ACCESS code, which means that the game was trying to access something that wasn’t there. I took an assumption that Greenheartgames probably tests there Mac version on a fully updated version of the system, so I did a system update and it works fine now. I know it probably won’t solve a lot of the other errors, but if your game is quitting at launch, try to do a software update of the system, and especially the Java updates for Mac. Hope this helps some of you.
My system is update and keep on crashing.
Same here:
Javascript Alert Uncaught error. Please report this to
support@greenheartgames.com: Uncaught Error: InvalidStateError: DOM
Exception 11
(file:///Applications/Game%20Dev%20Tycoon.app/Contents/Resources/app.nw/compressed/codeNw.js:1361)Please restart the game.
Mac mini
OSX 10.8.2
2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM
Yesterday I loaded a saved game, no problem, just had my first hit and moved out of the garage. After failing miserably I finally hit the jackpot with a sequel of my first hit, moved to the offices near the university, got 6 employees and released an awesome game for the Play System 3. At the moment I was getting my well deserved 9/10 ratings I looked at my watch and realised it was already 3:00AM, so I saved and went to sleep.
Today, I launch the game and most of the time it just dies without any feedback, some times I get the message above.
I was about to go to the js file and patch it myself, but sincerely, I have enough js in my day job.
It seems to be an issue with loading a save game that contains a custom console. It’s being looked into, and there is a fix for the DOM Exception, but not the crash (which, looking at the dumps, is caused by Bad Access).
If you want, you can try patching the JS yourself, but, since you don’t want to, your only option right now is to create a new game (by moving/deleting the save file) or waiting for the update.
Just did. I moved the save files and started a new game. Gotta tell you, this game sure is good. Any other game would have ended in the trash. Don’t let it go to waste guys, you have your own JS interpreter, and a reliable framework (jQuery), there’s no excuse. I usually have to deal with cross browser compatibility (IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 in Vista, 7 and 8, desktop and mobile, FF and Chrome in Windows/OSX/iOS/Android, Safari OSX/iOS) while merging libraries in 3 different frameworks (jQuery, Prototype and Ext) + pure JS, not to mention the myriad of screen resolutions I gotta make the web app fit and look good… oh, and take into account every connection speed for lazy loading and on-demand requests. yeah yeah, and uphill, both ways, blah blah… whatever.
I’m rooting for ya’. Clear this mess and release it on mobile, you’ll have your own RL game dev tycoon.
Hi I have a similar problem. but my game crashes the “click to start game” screen, no error message, just closing the window.
removed the game folder form application support and it all works fine running a new game.
copied back the save files and it crushes again.
what do I do?
please dont make me start over…
I’m still having the exact same problems (Javascript error, crashing or frozen game whenever it loads) on 1.3.5.
Perhaps it’s my savegame?
I’m still having the same problem too, no error message shown, just click to continue and crash.
There is “bad access” in crash report
Same here, still crashes when loading.