Any major changes since the last version I was able to try out?
Yes, I agree - it's a very fun game

About Linux cross-platform compatibility - bear in mind that part of the problem is Linux (or UNIX in general)'s openness: it's not a homogeneous system such as Windows is, but highly adapted and specialized for whatever hardware it's running on. That's the nature of the beast.
I agree that this sucks somewhat for the average home user with his standard PC, but that's not the (original) target user of UNIX systems, and it's great for advanced users with fancy hardware.

Thou were right miran. I didn't check music/sound since I have music playing in the background so I'll check later.

I don't recall being warned about anything.

Has nothing to do with the OS, since you can get the same problem in Windows. There's no guarentee that the directory the exectuable is in is the active directory, ever.
You could argue that the file browser should start the exectable with the current directory as its working directory, but on a system where binaries conventionally live detached from their associated data in a dedicated (part of the) filesystem (namely, /bin or /usr/bin), that's rather bad and pointless behavior too. And ofcourse, it presumes something about the user, namely that he will start the binary through a file browser.

Yup, that's the easiest way to do it.

Oddly enough, my OSX system does that same thing

Heres some code I whipped up to fix the problem (which is being activley used in outer-rim pod digger):

void ConvertToDirectory(char s[]) {
  int endlength = 0;
  int spos = 0;
  
  while (s[spos] != '\0'){
    spos++;
    endlength++;
    
    if(s[spos] == '\\' || s[spos] == '/'){
    endlength=0;}
    }
    
    s[spos-endlength] = '\0';
}

Then all you need to do is call something like this:

// Get Executable path, then find executable directory
get_executable_name(exe_path, 1024);
ConvertToDirectory(exe_path);

This will properley format and store the exact executable path in exe_path. To use the path all you need to do is append it to the names of your data files and bingo.

Edit
Kitty Cat:
(strrchr(exe_path, '/'))[1] = 0;This line crashes my program. And im really not sure what it does.

A new version of the archive is now up at the site which, hopefully, addresses the file browser launching issue. It's the same archive, so if you want the new stuff just download exactly what you did last time.

runs fine on my Gentoo when launcing from console. Opening in KDE gives an allegro message complaining about datafiles not found.

This is a very fun game. Level 8 is just mean. Level 10 was hard, and level 13 is tricky. I quit when I got to level 14 after seeing all those transporters. My brain can't take much more. Is there a way to save your progress?

[EDIT]

OK, I just did 14. Not that bad. After awhile your mind start to think differently.

Did 15. This is a great game.

16. I can't stop. It's like the game has me in a dream world.

I actually didn't have any problems finding the s key to safe my progress... I think I was at level 34 or something a few days ago, haven't played since.
Really nice game... must have beenhell to think of all those levels though. I usually have to think a while on each level, even if I do know in principle how to solve it. Really great stuff.

Just wanted to say as well, this is a really great game! Thanks a lot. I only have one small suggestion, which is to make switching between windowed and fullscreen modes easier (e.g. ALT+Enter).

That's a really good idea. I don't think it would be too hard to do with the current code I have. Maybe for a 1.03 or 1.10 release if any of those ever happen?

31 was a little bit tricky. First move right (make sure you replace breaking blocks with new ones, so that you can always walk back) to place a block to prevent you from plunging to your death, then move back left. Go down the left side and enter a teleporter. I don't remember the exact sequence, and I remember screwing up by misplacing a block up to five times after I'd figured it out... anyway, hope this little hint helps some...
Oh, you may have to block the teleporter immediately left from where you started by placing a block over it, I forget... could be another level I'm thinking of.