Hearts for GNOME 0.1.3 review

Hearts for GNOME is an implementation of the classic card game for the GNOME desktop, featuring configurable rulesets and editable co

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 458K Developer: Sander Marechal

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Hearts for GNOME is an implementation of the classic card game for the GNOME desktop, featuring configurable rulesets and editable computer opponents to satisfy widely diverging playing styles. Hearts is Free Software, released under the GNU General Public License and should be able to run on any computer that can run the GNOME desktop.

Here are some key features of "Hearts for GNOME":
Various rulesets with configurable options
Multiple computer opponents with differing styles of play
Drag & drop adding of new opponents
Easy creation and modification of opponents through the Lua scripting language

Requirements:
GNOME 2
libglade 2
lua 5.0

Limitations:
The game doesn't end after reaching 100 points (fixed with revision 18).
Undo, Redo and Hint are not implemented yet.
Choosing a card style is not implemented yet.
Having the computer pick random opponents is not implemented yet.

What's New in This Release:
This release of Gnome Hearts fixes some crashing behavior related to card styles on Debian and Debian-based systems and fixes a similar potential crash regarding background images on any system.
It also adds Polish documentation and updates all other in-game translations.