Any problems with linux-version?

I have to ask any of you, who can’t start the linux version of the game (no matter deluxe or free), to send us a letter to with the following info:
  1. What Linux distribution are you using?
  2. Is it a 32bit or a 64bit distribution?
  3. Are you using the standalone version or starting the game with Desura client?
  4. Attach the ~/.OGStudio/Mahjong/log.html file to the letter.
  5. Attach the ~/.OGStudio/Mahjong/game.cfg file to the letter (if it exists).
We’re going to release the 1.0.2 version soon, and we want to solve the problems you encountered.
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Can you tell us about youself?

Hello everybody!
Since the release of OGS Mahjong 1.0, almost 5 months ago, the game was downloaded more than 6,000 times by users from around the world, and every day the number of downloads increases by 20-30.
Unfortunately, we know very little about our users. Do you like our game? Are still you playing it? How do you want us to improve it? Our goal is to please you with the further development of the OGS Mahjong as well as the new interesting projects. So, we’re offering you to help us to fix this lack of knowledge by taking a small survey. It’s anonymous, we will not know about you more than you want to tell us. After taking the survey you will get a code. Save it. When we will complete our research, you will be able to use it to receive a gift from us (we will post the details separately).
Take the survey
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We’re moving articles to the blogs section

We decided to change the way we store articles, so from now on, you can find all old and new articles in the blogs section.
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GPG Key for our APT repository

From now on, all the deb-files in our APT-repository will be signed with the gpg-key, so you can always be sure that you downloaded deb-files that were actually created by us. To verify the signature of our deb-files, you will need to add our key by using this command:
apt-key add opengamestudio.key
If you use Synaptic instead of the command line, you can add the key in the “Authentication” tab of the “Software Sources” window.
You can download our key here: http://packages.opengamestudio.org/opengamestudio.key
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We wish you a happy new year!

Let’s make it better than the previous one.
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Gentoo ebuilds for OGS Mahjong 1.0.1

Gentoo ebuilds in opengamestudio-overlay were updated. You can find more information about this overlay in this post
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OGS Mahjong 1.0.1 XMas edition

Okay! We hope, the world will not end in few days. Because if it will not end, then there will be Christmas holidays soon. And we like holidays a lot.
So, we made a new tileset for you, called “XMas”, and also a new version of OGS Mahjong.
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So, here are the changes:

  • Game
    • camera initial zoom, pitch, yaw and position are now stored in a config file
    • new tileset – Xmas
    • new music track – East River (included in full vesrions only)
  • Tileset builder
    • fixed tileset generation when relative file paths are used in a tep-file.
  • Windows version
    • fixed some crashes related to Windows Vista’s UAC system.
  • Deluxe version
    • higher resolution textures for the Room scene.
    • higher resolution textures for Eastern, Sports and Xmas tilesets.

Download links

If you are using Desura, you can install or update the game with your desura-client.

Desura Digital Distribution

The users of Ubuntu, Debian and Mint linux distributions can use our repository:

deb http://packages.opengamestudio.org stable ogs
apt-get install ogs-mahjong
or
apt-get install ogs-mahjong-full

Everyone else can download the game using the folowing links.
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Gentoo overlay

We are pleased to inform you that we have made an overlay for Gentoo Linux, and now the users of the system can install OGS Mahjong the usual way.
If you’re using a Layman to manage your overlays, open the Layman configuration file(/etc/layman/layman.conf) find the line
overlays: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/repositories.xml
and add this line after it:
http://packages.opengamestudio.org/portage/ogs-rep.xml
Then run following commands:
layman -f
layman -a opengamestudio-overlay
After that, you’ll be able to install the OGS Mahjong with this command:
emerge ogs-mahjong
To install the layout editor or additional music, you can set musicaddon and editor USE-flags (they are off by default).
And one more thing, with unstable cegui-0.7.7 the game doesn’t start. Use stable cegui-0.7.6.
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Enemies, explosions, MacOS version and the true mahjong.

In the week that has passed since the release, OGS Mahjong was downloaded almost 2000 times. Can’t say that it is very much, but for us it is a highscore.
Thank you. The fact that our work is in demand, encourages us to work further.
We decided that it is time to share with you our plans for the future.
So, in the future, the Opensource Game Studio team will work on two projects at once.
The first project – arcade shooter in a sci-fi style. We have received many snide comments that our game lacks shooting and enemies, so we decided to fill the gap and make the game entirely about shooting the enemies.
The second project is OGS Mahjong 2. In the second version, we’re planning to expand the game modes list with classic Chinese Mahjong for 4 players (some of them can be replaced with AI, but don’t expect too much from it), also we are planning to add the ability to change the rules of the game by using scripts. In addition, we want to support MacOS, and, if possible, iOS and Android.
It may seem that splitting our attention on two projects is a bad thing to do, but we made this decision consciously and we’re considering it as a right step on the way to our goal – the creation of a simple and convenient tool for game development.
We aren’t ready to give you any dates neither for OGS Mahjong 2, nor for an arcade shooter. We are devoting our spare time to these projects, and each of us has his own life: work, family and friends. However, you can help us to do it sooner by supporting us (for example, by purchasing the deluxe-version), or you can join our team and work with us, or can just tell your friends about our project.

Desura Digital Distribution

We will certainly keep you informed about the progress. Stay tuned.
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Additional layouts and tilesets

Here is a small selection of screenshots, displaying additional layouts and tilesets from the Deluxe-version of OGS Mahjong. You can have them if you decide to support us by purchasing the deluxe-version. Also, the deluxe-version of the game will be available to all the people who helped us in the development process. The participants, who tested the unstable version of the game and completed the survey will also receive the deluxe version (those who told us their email adresses).
Deluxe-version is available on Desura. We’ll also try to give it to each team member and everyone who donates to us $ 5 or more, regardless the payment method..

Desura Digital Distribution

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