Hey there, Hive 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 started with Hive 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!

Hey there, Hive 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 started with Hive 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!

Sorry about that.

It turns out the issue is that some database upgrades - that we made in the last few days - had decided that "\" was not a safe character. So any time we were trying to place a piece to the top-left of another piece (in Hive notation this is like "\wG1") we would place the piece ON TOP of the other piece instead.

This is fixed! Now you can move to the top-left of another piece successfully again ;) The fix was on the game-server so there is no Steam update required.

Please let us know if you run into any other issues!


Thanks for playing!

PS: We're still on super sale, so please tell a friend! :)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/251210/

Sorry about that.

It turns out the issue is that some database upgrades - that we made in the last few days - had decided that "\" was not a safe character. So any time we were trying to place a piece to the top-left of another piece (in Hive notation this is like "\wG1") we would place the piece ON TOP of the other piece instead.

This is fixed! Now you can move to the top-left of another piece successfully again ;) The fix was on the game-server so there is no Steam update required.

Please let us know if you run into any other issues!


Thanks for playing!

PS: We're still on super sale, so please tell a friend! :)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/251210/

UPDATE: Fixed!

So, Hive is on sale which is good because more players (yay!) but it seems like we created a bug somehow, in the last few days.

Really not sure what we could have changed that's related to this... but somehow, when piece placements are coming in, we're seeing stuff like new pieces being placed onto the Hive (even Spiders, etc... which aren't allowed to be on the Hive ever, much-less during placement).

Really sorry for the inconvenience, but wanted to let you all know that we're aware of it & actively trying to fix it!

UPDATE: Fixed!

So, Hive is on sale which is good because more players (yay!) but it seems like we created a bug somehow, in the last few days.

Really not sure what we could have changed that's related to this... but somehow, when piece placements are coming in, we're seeing stuff like new pieces being placed onto the Hive (even Spiders, etc... which aren't allowed to be on the Hive ever, much-less during placement).

Really sorry for the inconvenience, but wanted to let you all know that we're aware of it & actively trying to fix it!

First, the updates & translations!!

• 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.
  
• 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 now.
  
• Made Alert dialogs center in the screen correctly (they were slightly off-center before).
  
• Made it so the buttons on the main menu are not partially covered by the tiles on the left.
  
• Added Spanish translation (thanks dani_as0!)
  
• Added Polish translation (thanks Ti_Ichigo from our LiveCoding.tv channel!)
  
• Made it so that asynchronously created games also have the opponent's name added to the serverName when the 2nd player joins.

If you like the digital board games that BlueLine makes, you should consider getting more of them since they're all on sale right now! (for Othello, only the two-pack is on sale... for reasons).
Our game Tatsu is the newest game by John Yianni, the same designer as Hive!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/445070/

Check all of our games out here to make sure you have at least 3 and you can get Simply Chess Premium for free (see below):
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=BlueLine%20Games


Do you own some of our other games already? If you buy 3 or more of our games and you don't have "Simply Chess: Premium" yet, when you play Simply Chess, you will be presented with a Steam Code for Simply Chess Premium as a way for us to say Thank You for being our loyal customer!

NOTE: The Steam Key appears when the game would otherwise show you a Cross Promotion, so it's not immedaite. Basically: finish 4 matches, then from the Main Menu, go to start another game and it should show up.

So check out which games you already own, and maybe grab a couple more at STEEP discounts and maybe even get Premium for free!
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=BlueLine%20Games

First, the updates & translations!!

• 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.
  
• 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 now.
  
• Made Alert dialogs center in the screen correctly (they were slightly off-center before).
  
• Made it so the buttons on the main menu are not partially covered by the tiles on the left.
  
• Added Spanish translation (thanks dani_as0!)
  
• Added Polish translation (thanks Ti_Ichigo from our LiveCoding.tv channel!)
  
• Made it so that asynchronously created games also have the opponent's name added to the serverName when the 2nd player joins.

If you like the digital board games that BlueLine makes, you should consider getting more of them since they're all on sale right now! (for Othello, only the two-pack is on sale... for reasons).
Our game Tatsu is the newest game by John Yianni, the same designer as Hive!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/445070/

Check all of our games out here to make sure you have at least 3 and you can get Simply Chess Premium for free (see below):
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=BlueLine%20Games


Do you own some of our other games already? If you buy 3 or more of our games and you don't have "Simply Chess: Premium" yet, when you play Simply Chess, you will be presented with a Steam Code for Simply Chess Premium as a way for us to say Thank You for being our loyal customer!

NOTE: The Steam Key appears when the game would otherwise show you a Cross Promotion, so it's not immedaite. Basically: finish 4 matches, then from the Main Menu, go to start another game and it should show up.

So check out which games you already own, and maybe grab a couple more at STEEP discounts and maybe even get Premium for free!
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=BlueLine%20Games

After a few months of Early Access, all the kinks are worked out and Tatsu by John Yianni, is fully launched on Steam!!

The tabletop version is available in Europe and is working its way out around the United States.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/445070/

At launch, Tatsu is available in English, Spanish, and Polish on Steam! As time goes on we're planning to add more translations (and we also have plans to release translations for Hive as well!).

Thanks for your long-term support!! For anyone who doesn't know the history, Hive was our first game on Steam.. and now we're still here in 2016, releasing our 5th game in 5 years! :D

After a few months of Early Access, all the kinks are worked out and Tatsu by John Yianni, is fully launched on Steam!!

The tabletop version is available in Europe and is working its way out around the United States.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/445070/

At launch, Tatsu is available in English, Spanish, and Polish on Steam! As time goes on we're planning to add more translations (and we also have plans to release translations for Hive as well!).

Thanks for your long-term support!! For anyone who doesn't know the history, Hive was our first game on Steam.. and now we're still here in 2016, releasing our 5th game in 5 years! :D