Site upgrade, OpenID and spam-fighting

The site software was updated to the latest version.
In addition, we’re returning the OpenID login and closing the site registration.
While the registration was open, the site was inhabited with several hundreds of spambots.
We have deleted a lot of these accounts, but unfortunately, some good accounts may have been deleted as well.
We’re very sorry for that.
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…and about our progress

A new video from our programmer Michael “kornerr” Kapelko.

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OGS Mahjong 0.9 delay

For the past few months we’ve been working to improve the interface of our game. These are tough tasks that require investigation. Sometimes we have to create another task to fulfill the previous one. We were planning to release OGS Mahjong 0.9 at October 10, but, however, we have to postpone it till the end of November. We need this time to complete planned tasks, fix the bugs and test the whole game.
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New background work in progress

We are glad to announce that Anton “Kif” Chernov has created a brand new background model for OGS Mahjong. It will replace the awful litany skybox, which accompanied us almost from the beginning of the project. You can see the new background on theese screenshots. Right now we’re continuing to work actively on improving the look of the game.

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We’re on Twitter

From this moment, you can get actual news about the project from Twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/OpenGameStudio

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OGS apt repository (for Debian, Ubuntu and Mint)

deb http://packages.opengamestudio.org stable ogs

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About the real mahjong

We are studying the question of writing the real mahjong game based on our mahjong solitaire. To make this idea real, we need a consultant. It must be a person who knows the rules and features of the game.
Any volunteers?
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OGS Mahjong 0.8

New beta of OGS Mahjong is available for downloading.
Changes since 0.7:
+ The automatic camera was improved. The rotation restrictions were modified. The option to disable the restrictions was added.
+ User interface was improved. Preview for layouts and saved games was added.
+ Support for translations was modified and improved. Also we fixed a German version.
+ Added new models of tiles.
+ Added three more music tracks.
+ Added option to highlight the even layers.
+ Fixed the issue with closing the game by pressing Q.
+ Fixed the problems with the installation in /usr/games
+ Deb-packages for Debian (compatible with Ubuntu and Mint) were made.
+ Prepared second alpha version of the editor layout (distributed separately).
Download the game:
Additional music.
Download this archive and unpack it to the game directory.
Deb-packages.
Linux dependencies.
To run the game on various Linux distributions, you need to install additional packages first.
  • Debian 6: libopenal1 libfreeimage3
  • Mint 10: libfreeimage3
  • Ubuntu 11.04: libopenal1 libfreeimage3
  • Fedora 14: openal-soft freeimage
  • openSUSE 11.4: openal-soft libpcreposix0 libfreeimage3 (i586 x86_64)
  • Mandriva 2010.02: openal (libfreeimage3 or lib64freeimage3)
  • Arch 2010.05: openal freeimage libvorbis xdg-utils glut
  • Slackware 13.37: openal freeimage
  • Other: usually you need to install glut freeimage openal pcre.
Download, play and use the forum to tell us about problems and feature requests.
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OGS Mahjong 0.8 trailer

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The unstable test builds of OGS Mahjong 0.8

The unstable test builds of OGS Mahjong 0.8 are available. This is not the final 0.8 version, there may be some bugs and problems, that we’re going to find and fix in the next few days. You can help us by testing this version and reporting bugs.

Standalone archives (download, unpack, run)

Deb-packages (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint)

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