- Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched! - 9 May 2017
Hey there, Simply Chess Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game: Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we used for Simply Chess and have been growing over the years for our other games. The game will be available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, as usual, and we hope to use the Kickstarter to fund a bunch of translations and a few other new bells and whistles. We hope you'll take a few minutes to check out the Kickstarter: http://bluelinegamestudios.com/kickstarter/lost-cities We also have already put out a demo for the game that you can check out on the Lost Cities Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/520680/Lost_Cities/ Thanks for your continued support of BlueLine Games! Enjoy!
- Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched! - 9 May 2017
Hey there, Simply Chess Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game: Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we used for Simply Chess and have been growing over the years for our other games. The game will be available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, as usual, and we hope to use the Kickstarter to fund a bunch of translations and a few other new bells and whistles. We hope you'll take a few minutes to check out the Kickstarter: http://bluelinegamestudios.com/kickstarter/lost-cities We also have already put out a demo for the game that you can check out on the Lost Cities Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/520680/Lost_Cities/ Thanks for your continued support of BlueLine Games! Enjoy!
- Network issues fixed :) - 24 March 2017
If you see any remaining issues, please report them to me. Thanks for playing!! :D
- Network issues fixed :) - 24 March 2017
If you see any remaining issues, please report them to me. Thanks for playing!! :D
- Network issues... - 24 March 2017
Upgrading some stuff & ran into some issues... fixing it now!! Online play will probably be down for half an hour or so. Sorry! ^_^;
- Network issues... - 24 March 2017
Upgrading some stuff & ran into some issues... fixing it now!! Online play will probably be down for half an hour or so. Sorry! ^_^;
- Russian Translation! GamePad fixes!! GROUNDHOG DAY!!! - 1 February 2017
In the most fantabulous coincidence ever, we have just finished releasing the Russian translation of Simply Chess... the translation was finished up by Steam user " ⇜ǤȐƠƲƝƉHƠƓ⇝" and it is February 2nd in Russia right now!! :D (pro-wiki-tips for the unacquainted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day) OH, THIS IS BEST! Ok, I'm better now. So it's a pretty straightforward update: Russian translation by Steam user ⇜ǤȐƠƲƝƉHƠƓ⇝ and Steam user Novoleg GamePad fixes (especially relating to Online Play & associated menus) with huge kudos to Steam user Comp9 for helping us debug this, and to user Junkyard for reporting that we had issues. GamePad support is really important for both Steam OS and for people with alternative input devices (that usually communicate as game pads). Get some Chess!!!
- Russian Translation! GamePad fixes!! GROUNDHOG DAY!!! - 1 February 2017
In the most fantabulous coincidence ever, we have just finished releasing the Russian translation of Simply Chess... the translation was finished up by Steam user " ⇜ǤȐƠƲƝƉHƠƓ⇝" and it is February 2nd in Russia right now!! :D (pro-wiki-tips for the unacquainted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day) OH, THIS IS BEST! Ok, I'm better now. So it's a pretty straightforward update: Russian translation by Steam user ⇜ǤȐƠƲƝƉHƠƓ⇝ and Steam user Novoleg GamePad fixes (especially relating to Online Play & associated menus) with huge kudos to Steam user Comp9 for helping us debug this, and to user Junkyard for reporting that we had issues. GamePad support is really important for both Steam OS and for people with alternative input devices (that usually communicate as game pads). Get some Chess!!!
- Finnish translation! Premium discount! +more little fixes - 27 January 2017
Pushed an update to Windows yesterday (same fixes will go out to Mac & Linux on the next rebuild). The main newness is that there is now a Finnish (Suomi) translation!! Big thanks to vsi65 for the translation!! Updates since the last announcement: Fixed the directions of the gamePad and keyboard when playing with white not on the bottom in Chess. Fixed a bug where clicking "Rejoin" very quickly after entering the Online Game Menu Screen could cause it to crash. Removed the King from the Piece Counter part of the HUD. This was always 0, but it bugged some people that it was there. Fixed the "Ready" button in the Online Multiplayer some more... potentially fixed other button clickability issues. Basically, MouseUp was refreshing the Input events even if the events weren't being handled. So if it refreshed and the button was already up... maybe that was the issue? Regardless, this fixes ou…
- Finnish translation! Premium discount! +more little fixes - 27 January 2017
Pushed an update to Windows yesterday (same fixes will go out to Mac & Linux on the next rebuild). The main newness is that there is now a Finnish (Suomi) translation!! Big thanks to vsi65 for the translation!! Updates since the last announcement: Fixed the directions of the gamePad and keyboard when playing with white not on the bottom in Chess. Fixed a bug where clicking "Rejoin" very quickly after entering the Online Game Menu Screen could cause it to crash. Removed the King from the Piece Counter part of the HUD. This was always 0, but it bugged some people that it was there. Fixed the "Ready" button in the Online Multiplayer some more... potentially fixed other button clickability issues. Basically, MouseUp was refreshing the Input events even if the events weren't being handled. So if it refreshed and the button was already up... maybe that was the issue? Regardless, this fixes ou…
- Vote Simply Chess for the "I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award" Award - 29 November 2016
Some people have been rep-ing chess for (thousands of) years! ...Let's show the world that we've known Chess was cool, long before any of this newfangled stuff!
- Vote Simply Chess for the "I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award" Award - 29 November 2016
Some people have been rep-ing chess for (thousands of) years! ...Let's show the world that we've known Chess was cool, long before any of this newfangled stuff!
- Updates! Translations! Sales! and a way to get Premium for free! - 12 November 2016
This is a big announcement with a lot to cover! Updates! Since the last announcement, here are updates we've made to Simply Chess: Mac: fixed crashing that would happen in various versions of OS X on various machines. It was due to several versions of Mono crashing in different ways on different versions. We found an old version that works consistently. The "Online Multiplayer" lobby said "Local Multiplayer" at the top, previously. Old "Steam Notifications" have been deleted and any games that end will now get their notification deleted once both players have seen the end of the game. GamePad support for BlueLineCloudSignupDialog is no longer broken... can fill it out correctly, or skip it and play without an account just like with keyboard/mouse. Made resizing the window conform to the ratio instead of using leterboxing. The Online Game Menu Screen doesn't flicker when the list reloads…
- Updates! Translations! Sales! and a way to get Premium for free! - 12 November 2016
This is a big announcement with a lot to cover! Updates! Since the last announcement, here are updates we've made to Simply Chess: Mac: fixed crashing that would happen in various versions of OS X on various machines. It was due to several versions of Mono crashing in different ways on different versions. We found an old version that works consistently. The "Online Multiplayer" lobby said "Local Multiplayer" at the top, previously. Old "Steam Notifications" have been deleted and any games that end will now get their notification deleted once both players have seen the end of the game. GamePad support for BlueLineCloudSignupDialog is no longer broken... can fill it out correctly, or skip it and play without an account just like with keyboard/mouse. Made resizing the window conform to the ratio instead of using leterboxing. The Online Game Menu Screen doesn't flicker when the list reloads…
- List of recent updates - 5 July 2016
Howdy! I haven't announced the updates in a while, I've just been pushing them quietly. Time to fix that so that you have a better idea of what to expect :) Bugfix: The buttons for the second-player in a Lobby had regressed to not be mouse-clickable anymore (hotkeys still worked). Thanks dani_as0 and bentley_maniac for the reports. Fixed regression that was causing log-spam of loading SDF fonts. Fixed it so the local player is always on bottom if there is only 1 local player (this was messed up in online games, previously... because we had assumed the local player was always Player 1). Pressing "F" in Pass-n-play mode now works. This allows (for example) to play against yourself and swap the board each move so you always play from the bottom perspective, etc.. Fixed the occasional crash on Mac/Linux that occurred especially when entering the Online Game Menu screen very quickly after st…
- List of recent updates - 5 July 2016
Howdy! I haven't announced the updates in a while, I've just been pushing them quietly. Time to fix that so that you have a better idea of what to expect :) Bugfix: The buttons for the second-player in a Lobby had regressed to not be mouse-clickable anymore (hotkeys still worked). Thanks dani_as0 and bentley_maniac for the reports. Fixed regression that was causing log-spam of loading SDF fonts. Fixed it so the local player is always on bottom if there is only 1 local player (this was messed up in online games, previously... because we had assumed the local player was always Player 1). Pressing "F" in Pass-n-play mode now works. This allows (for example) to play against yourself and swap the board each move so you always play from the bottom perspective, etc.. Fixed the occasional crash on Mac/Linux that occurred especially when entering the Online Game Menu screen very quickly after st…
- Pre-Holiday Polishing! - 15 December 2015
We've given a round of polish to the game, and pushed that update to Windows, Mac, and Linux. Some fixes: Fixed some really bad edge-cases that were caused by playing an online async game, then leaving it, then finishing a local game in the same run of the program. Yikes. This affected level-unlocking in Simply Chess and in all games had the potential to result in some games being ended prematurely. Removed old HUD images. This just makes the size of the game on your computer smaller. Fixed the game's icon to show up on the window (was already fixed in Windows, but I'm not sure when). This release fixes it on Mac & Linux also. Since the last release of Simply Chess, we finished our re-write of our entire font rendering system to use a more scalable system. On users with huge high-resolution monitors, they should now be able to see the fonts as clearly as someone with a standard monitor.…
- Pre-Holiday Polishing! - 15 December 2015
We've given a round of polish to the game, and pushed that update to Windows, Mac, and Linux. Some fixes: Fixed some really bad edge-cases that were caused by playing an online async game, then leaving it, then finishing a local game in the same run of the program. Yikes. This affected level-unlocking in Simply Chess and in all games had the potential to result in some games being ended prematurely. Removed old HUD images. This just makes the size of the game on your computer smaller. Fixed the game's icon to show up on the window (was already fixed in Windows, but I'm not sure when). This release fixes it on Mac & Linux also. Since the last release of Simply Chess, we finished our re-write of our entire font rendering system to use a more scalable system. On users with huge high-resolution monitors, they should now be able to see the fonts as clearly as someone with a standard monitor.…
- New HUD, better accessibility, "Premium" discount, Elo fixes - 27 October 2015
It's been a month since our last big release, so we've done a batch of bug-fixes and other improvements! We're also knocking down the cost of Premium to $3.99 for a short time (I haven't decided how long). Grab it now! :) UPDATE 20151027: These changes are now on Windows, Mac, and Linux instead of just Windows like they were last night. Here are a bunch of fixes we've done! New HUD! We noticed that the old HUD would occasionally cause people to think that they were the opposite color than what they really were. This was partially because the OPPONENT's captured pieces were on your own HUD. The new HUD makes that much less ambiguous and it also encapsulates the turn-timer which was previously just kind of thrown onto the screen. Elo Ratings changes can't be "re-played" by clicking on a Steam Notification from a finished game and re-loading the endgame anymore. Fixed the layout of the bel…
- New HUD, better accessibility, "Premium" discount, Elo fixes - 27 October 2015
It's been a month since our last big release, so we've done a batch of bug-fixes and other improvements! We're also knocking down the cost of Premium to $3.99 for a short time (I haven't decided how long). Grab it now! :) UPDATE 20151027: These changes are now on Windows, Mac, and Linux instead of just Windows like they were last night. Here are a bunch of fixes we've done! New HUD! We noticed that the old HUD would occasionally cause people to think that they were the opposite color than what they really were. This was partially because the OPPONENT's captured pieces were on your own HUD. The new HUD makes that much less ambiguous and it also encapsulates the turn-timer which was previously just kind of thrown onto the screen. Elo Ratings changes can't be "re-played" by clicking on a Steam Notification from a finished game and re-loading the endgame anymore. Fixed the layout of the bel…
