Play face to face

Version 5 of Pasang Emas is out with a new fresh look. This version supports two-player mode so you can play with your friend on a tablet face to face.

Spread the word and enjoy.

Fixes coming

It has been a long time since I touched Pasang Emas. After all, it has been a rather stable product with no urgent defect to attend to. I was aware of changes in GTK+ (a toolkit that Pasang Emas uses), but I did not think that they would significantly affect Pasang Emas.

The situation changed when I received the following announcement on a mailing list:

    Since glib 2.41.2, the mutex/cond implementation on Linux has changed. The
    code compiled with Vala < 0.26 which targets at least glib 2.32 with
    --target-glib 2.32 will suffer from deadlocks.

That message means Pasang Emas may fail to run on newer GNU/Linux systems.

So, I hastily took action and fixed this. I also discovered that some changes in GTK+ cause some parts of Pasang Emas to fail. This has been fixed too.

However, I'm not ready to make a release yet. I want to do some code cleanup. If you are impatient for the next release of Pasang Emas, you can get the latest development version from its git repository. The latest development version is usually usable.

Get it from 1Mobile

Pasang Emas for Android is now also available from 1Mobile.

What do you call those mobile pieces?

In pasang, each player has only one mobile piece. This piece is called a "kas". A "kas". Singular, despite the 's' at the end.

"Kas" is a Malay word. What to call it in English? "Kas" is the most obvious choice. Pasang Emas uses "kas" in its help document.

The word "ka" (plural "kas") is used in the Wikipedia entry for pasang (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasang). This was picked up by The Brunei Times.

So, what is it? "Ka" or "kas"? Just accept both. No war!

Hari Raya gift to pasang fans

Version 4 of Pasang Emas has been recently released. There has been a major overhaul to the theme engine to allow more customization. In particular, the score board is now also themeable. The built-in themes have been considerably improved.

As always, Pasang Emas is a free software. Consider this new version as my Hari Raya gift to pasang fans (even if you don't celebrate Hari Raya, and even if you stumble upon this new version after the festive season is over).

You are welcome to contribute your own themes. The best way to start making your own theme is to look at the "Wooden" theme which is bundled with Pasang Emas.

Pasang Emas for Android

Please help spread the word. Pasang Emas is now available for Android from http://pasang-android.sourceforge.net. As always, Pasang Emas is a free software. That means you are free to use it, to modify it and to distribute it.

Pasang Emas for Android provides human-versus-human and human-versus-machine mode.

Enjoy!

Cygwin package for Pasang Emas

People have been asking me about Pasang Emas for Windows. My usual response has been that I've no resources to support a Windows package, but any programmer should be able to build one.

Now I have a more helpful answer. Cygwin Ports has a Cygwin package for Pasang Emas. Get it there.