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Version 0.10.0.0 is now available for download!

This is a major update, now Sound Effects during game play are supported (Currently on Windows and Mac only)

Release Notes:

• SOUND! Sound effects are now supported in Windows and MacOS. (Linux may support sound at a future date)
  • New Games Types added:
    • A-6 Lowball Draw Poker
    • A-6 Lowball Triple Draw Poker
    • California Lowball
  • Game designer polish
    • Support for prohibiting Check-raises in game types
    • Support for optionally prohibiting checks based on the players cards.
    • Removed several “experimental” design steps that were not fully supported in the engine
• A much improved "out of box" experience for new users
• Tons of “under the hood” improvements, crash fixes and logic errors.
• The “Tournament Master” feature is shelved for the foreseeable future. (It was never in a usable state, and was not enabled in the trial licenses).
• Removed “Multiple Runs” and “Straddle Bets” as options for new games, since these features are not yet supported in the engine. They will return in a future update.
• Multiplayer minor improvements ◦ Cleaner networking ◦ Minor protocol updates, only clients 0.10.0.0 or newer can connect. This may happen periodically during the beta.

Things have been a bit slow on the site in recent weeks. Rest assured we're working on some awesome new updates we hope to drop in the near future. Sound is an important part of any computer game, and that is one of (but not the only) big pushes for our next feature release. Implementation of sound on the cross platform codebase of Straight Up Poker has presented a greater than usual challenge compared to most features we add. Every operating system and environment tends to do things a little differently when it comes to audio output. Linux has been a particular challenge. The good news is that we already have promising results, and it will even be a feature in the web-based demo.

Stay tuned.

Version 0.9.9.1 is released.

This version does not contain many new features since the previous release, mainly it is bug fixes and visual polish in the UI and game rendering. The notable exception is that now games with blinds will display table buttons for the small and big blind players. This can be turned off in the options.

Version 0.9.9.0 is out, with dozens of bug-fixes and new features.

Notable updates include:

• Better general window management. Actions that will cancel running games should now get confirmation.
• Improved stats calculations during game play
• General game table rendering improvements.
• Winnings display in replay.
• Engine: “Hide Cards on Fold”. Player's cards will now optionally be hidden when they fold (enabled by default).
• Added full screen support for game play, toggle with F-11
• Better support for “rollover pots” ( not used in built-in game types, but can be setup in Game Designer).
• Incompatible game type and tournament type combinations are now checked in the new game dialog.
• Many misc bug and crash fixes.

Version 0.9.8.0 is out.

New In this release:

• Career mode is not more customizable, with the ability to fine tune which game types are included
• Hotkeys are now available for player actions and some UI navigation
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
• Probability calculations improved for games with draws and discards
• Chip graph was not displaying during game play.
• More statistics calculations are performed in the background, rather than UI thread
• 3rd party library updates with better performance.

Straight Up Poker SE (Special Edition) is now live on Steam! The Special Edition is a separate product from the game you can download here, but it's based on the same code base, and we'll keep them updated with bug fixes and new features in tandem. The Special Edition focuses on the single player and career mode aspects of the game. Note that you cannot share data between the two editions and to own both editions, they must be purchased independently.

Things have been a little quiet. That's because we're busy cooking up something pretty cool. There's a major new feature coming that will add a lot of value. Soon you will be able to host your own online games, and have other players find and connect to you over the Internet. This will include custom game types and options. We're still working out how different editions will support this feature. Stay tuned!

There's a new update, version 0.9.6.4. If you downloaded the previous version 0.9.6.2, please update. This fixes a bug that caused a crash in clients of LAN and online games.

A new version is out, 0.9.6.2

You can now configure wild cards in the Game Designer. Also the core engine has had some optimization done, it is noticeably faster now, and uses less memory.

You can see the engine optimizations in the in-browser demo on this site, it's more responsive now.

Open Beta is now ready!

Anyone may download the game. When you launch the game and create an account, you will be given a trial license for the full software for 3 weeks. After that time, you may purchase a full license, or continue to use the software with reduced functionality in free mode. Note the online game activity might be sparse at first. This software is still in beta development, and not all of it's features are 100% complete. Data created in beta versions of the software might not load in future versions(we will try to avoid those situations when we can).

A few more tweaks and polish were added. NOTE: there have been some issues with the in-app updates occasionally not working. If this happens, simply download the latest version from this site and install over top of the existing application.

Version 0.9.5.0 is out now. You should be prompted to update next time you run. This build was a major refactoring of the code that was a two week process.

In the near future, a "Special Edition" edition of Straight Up Poker will make its way to the Steam platform. This refactoring was largely in preparation for that, and for the mobile apps that are in development.

The web-based demo also saw a major overhaul and works a little differently now.

One new major feature is Arm64 based Linux support. Straight Up Poker runs on a Raspberry Pi! This is tested on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspberry Pi OS. It should run on other Arm64 platforms with Debian-like operating systems.

Across all platforms, a new feature in this release is an overhaul of the graphics system. A lot of visual improvements were made to the way the table and cards are drawn. You can now pan and zoom with a mouse, and there is an "auto-zoom" feature that will follow the active player during a game. This graphics overhaul will also help support the planned tutorial and replay highlight/analysis features.

This build is actually slightly smaller now because the refactoring reduced some duplicated code and resources.

We are seeking people who want to help beta-test the latest build. We're looking for people who are a little more than a 'casual user', but want to have an active role in the release process. This is a closed beta test, so you need a code to download the app and another code to create an account. If this sounds like you, please go to the "Feedback" tab and submit a request. Note at this time, we're looking for testers in the US. Don't worry though, if you are outside the US and interested in helping, send the feedback anyways, and you will hear back from us eventually.

Beta testers from this round of testing will get their names included in the credits in future releases.

The closed beta will be launching soon. You can download the app on the downloads section if you are part of the beta testing.

The demo has been updated to fix a few game play bugs. Occasionally a round could get "stuck" when there were multiple all-in players adjacent to the action player. There is a minor known issue still with all in players when the ante, bring, or blinds put the player all in and there is only one non-all in player left in the hand. That issue doesn't affect game play however, the player is incorrectly offered a chance to raise, but raising will have no effect on the outcome of the hand in that case.

Check it out!

I'm working hard to get all the necessary pieces in place to start the closed beta program. In the mean time, there will be an update soon to the demo that will address a few minor bugs in game play.

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