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Mar 8 2006: German Manual
A draft version of the German manual is now available in the documentation section.Jun 7 2005: Enigma 0.92 Released
- Added Spanish translation
- Fixed bug: ice is now working
- A few smaller bug fixes
Apr 26 2005: Enigma 0.91 Released
As usual some unexpected bugs crop up shortly after a "stable" release. Enigma 0.91 fixes the following problems that occurred with Enigma 0.90:
- If you used the 640x512 video mode in Enigma 0.81, the game doesn't enter an endless loop any more after after loading the game data.
- All level packs are visible in the menu, instead of only "Tutorial" and "Sokoban".
- Plus a few smaller problems that most users won't have noticed.
Apr 20 2005: Enigma 0.90 Released
The new stable release of Enigma has finally been released, after having been in development for almost 18 months. The list of new and improved features includes:
- Many new levels (now more than 750 in total)
- Support for 800x600 and 1024x768 video modes
- Support for non-English languages
- Vastly improved Oxyd 1 and Per.Oxyd compatibility
- Redesigned options menu
- Countless smaller enhancements
Jan 02 2005: Web Forum for Enigma
Thanks to the untiring effort of "illmind" we now have a web forum for Enigma and BlackBallEd, the Enigma level editor. If you need help with certain levels, or want to exchange ideas and levels, this is a good place to start.
Jan 26 2005: Enigma 0.90 Release Candidate!
As always, please consult the download page. Have fun!
Nov 04 2004: Beta version of Enigma 0.90
I am happy to announce, after a long hiatus, the first public test release of Enigma in more than a year. It's available from the download page. Since the purpose of a test release is to uncover and fix as many problems as possible, please do report all the bugs that you find to the Enigma mailing list. Have fun!
Jan 05 2004: Download problems
As you may have noticed, the links on the download page currently do not work. For the time being, a few of the packages are available from my personal home page. We expect the main download server to be back in the next few weeks and hope to release Enigma 0.90 shortly after that. So stay tuned!
Oct 12 2003: Enigma 0.81 released
This release fixes a few problems that surfaced in version 0.80. In particular, it doesn't automatically restart the level whenever you die.
Right now, only the source code and an installer for Windows are available; packages for other operating systems will follow in the next few days or weeks.
- Detailed list of changes
- Download
Oct 09 2003: Enigma 0.80 finally available
Download it here.
Sep 24 2003: User manual online
See here.
Sep 14 2003: Beta Release
It's now almost half a year since we made the last stable release of Enigma. A lot has happened in the meantime, and we are now approaching the release of version 0.80. If you want to help us fix the remaining bugs, please download and test it from the download page.
Feb 26 2003: New packages
New RPM packages are available from the download page. If the old one did not work for you, you may want to give them a try; the new packages are known to work with Redhat 7.3, SuSE 7.3, and Mandrake 9.0.
Feb 16 2003: Enigma 0.70 is out!
Get it from the Download page. Here is a short list of changes in this release:
- Some speed improvements
- Stereo sound
- More than 70 new levels
- Greatly improved mouse controls
- Support for Oxyd's original sounds (see the README file that comes with Enigma for details
- New game objects like rubber bands, worm holes, and moving platforms