Hi Penguins,
Welcome to the very first Club Penguin Legacy What's New Blog Post. We thought the most special way to commemorate this is to write up a blog post regarding some of the most important changes and additions that will be arriving to our snowy island very soon.
This update is called: New Horizons, an ode and an homage to the original company and creators that founded Club Penguin. It's also a fitting name as we are finally transitioning away from a simple chatting game to a more immersive gameplay experience.
We have so much content that we'll be gradually releasing over the next couple weeks, here's a few things to watch out for.
Penguin of the Week
We've made a few quick changes to the Penguin of the Week system. From now on, Penguin of the Week will be rewarded 10,000 coins, existing Penguin of the Week players will have 9,000 coins when you log on next as well as the Penguin of the Week background.
Stampbook in HTML5
With various new changes coming to our island, and many features now being ported to HTML5, we wanted to tackle a complete rewrite of our Stampbook system in HTML5. This transition should not take long however we are no longer supporting our current Stampbook system, which means that we do not plan on adding any new stamps beyond what we currently have available so that we can focus on bringing this new system out as fast as possible.
You are still able to earn stamps, and you will not lose your stamp progress when we transition over to the HTML5 version of the stampbook.
With this change, you may be wondering why we've decided to ultimately redo the stampbook, and we've decided this for multiple reasons, mostly for performance as well as the flexibility for us to actively maintain and add new features to the stampbook.
Revisiting Beta
As our community continues to grow, we want to stay true to our vision and goal of Club Penguin Legacy, and that is to foster the community while striking a balance between nostalgia and new content. Over the last couple weeks, our team have discussed to revamp our existing Beta colors to better suit these goals, to be original, while also paying our tribute and homage to the original Club Penguin by implementing their color palette.
With this new change, those who have already had the Beta Hat in their inventory will have their Beta Hat swapped automatically. Please note that we are not offering the Beta Hat to any new players, this is simply a recolor of our original Beta Hat item.
To further add to this, the Beta T-Shirt has been temporarily disabled as we are working to fix bugs that are associated with the new item. You will not lose your Beta shirt, please expect it to re-appear in your inventory in the coming days.
Penguin Art Wall
Our community is what makes Club Penguin Legacy such a vibrant, welcoming, and safe place to be. We want to cherish, promote, and value our community's contributions by giving back however we can. That's why that starting today, we'll be introducing a new community feature called the Penguin Art Wall.
Each month, we'll be selecting 10 Penguins to feature their artwork on the Penguin Art Wall, which is located directly above the Coffee Shop in the Bookroom. From then on, your artwork will be marveled at by thousands of Penguins for the next month.
Not only that, if you've contributed to our Penguin Art Wall, you'll be rewarded a shiny Contributor Pin that you can wear, along with 5,000 coins. To submit an art piece, simply click the button in the Penguin Art Wall interface, or click the link here.
We hope with this new change, it'll further foster our community and bring more people to share their fantastic art pieces with us and the entire community. We can't wait to see what amazing art pieces await in our submissions inbox.
Find Four & More
We've heard your cries for Find Four, and we're proud to announce that we've made a ton of progress in getting this new experience out to our snowy island. With that also, we're progressing to bring out more multiplayer experiences to Club Penguin Legacy, such as Mancala, among others.
For the last couple of months, we've also been working behind the scenes on Card Jitsu, but the release of this project is dependent on how fast we can dig up the Dojo, so make sure you get your shovels and start digging alongside the two mysterious Penguins, maybe someday their true identities will be revealed!
Tour Guides
Tour Guides was a system that we knew we needed to bring back for this update. We're excited to announce that starting today, you'll be able to become a tour guide. Note that for the next couple of weeks, we will not be verifying your Penguin's age when you sign up to become a tour guide.
One of the first things that our team mentioned when we were working on this system was how we could take the original Tour Guides feature, and improve upon it, and we've done just that—starting right as you start, with the Tour Guide Quiz.
In the original game, you were prompted with ten questions, where you would have to answer eight out of ten to pass. In our revamped Tour Guide Quiz, you'll need to score 100% to become a Tour Guide, with revamped questions that you haven't yet seen before.
We also plan on cycling new questions in on the occasional basis to keep the Quiz relevant, new, and true to the game and progression of Club Penguin Legacy. Are you excited to become a Tour Guide? Why don't you take the Quiz today?
We're also adding new interactive features, such as the ability to earn coins while you give tours to new players, and fluctuating the monthly coin paycheck depending on how active you've been a Tour Guide. We're still working on perfecting this system, so expect major changes and features to be revamped, we expect these new interactive Tour Guide features to be rolled out within the next few weeks.
Lastly, we're already working on further revamping and overhauling the Tour Guide Quiz, such as timed quizzes which will prompt players to think fast and effectively. Are you a trivia buff? Well, good news! If you're already a Tour Guide or soon to become one, the Tour Guide Quiz will be replaced with a "Trivia" interface where you can test your knowledge in general Club Penguin nerd facts!
To celebrate the release of Tour Guides, we're temporarily disabling the Penguin age requirement so that everyone can get the chance to become a Tour Guide.
Let's Go! Underwater!
One of the last remaining rooms that we have yet to release is the Underwater room, which as of today, is officially open! Go diving with your friends, experience marine life, and watch out for dangerous sea creatures that may lurk in the vast water.
The Underwater Room is open to everyone for a limited time without the need for the Moss Key Pin. The pin is available to pick up once you enter the room. Be warned that within the next couple of days, the Underwater room will be closed to those with the key, which can be obtained now or in the future while playing Puffle Rescue.
New Horizons Patch Notes
Over the last month, we've added so much new content to the game that we simply don't have enough time to go into detail regarding each specific one. With that in mind, here is an overview of the list of changes you'll be seeing when you log on next:
- Penguin Art Wall
- Updated Telescope in HTML5
- Updated Binoculars in HTML5
- Updated Game Upgrades Catalogs in HTML5
- Membership Badges now reflect how old your Penguin is
- Igloo Doors are now animated
- Updated UI in various game elements
- Unlock Items
- New Emoticons (So many secret ones!)
- Updated Start and Loading Screens
- Tour Guides
- Animated Membership Badges
- Underwater Room
- Bookshelf with our first book (Updated very frequently!)
- Postcards
- Pet Shop Renovation
- 'Haunting of the Viking Opera' Stage Play Script added
- New Support System
- Penguin of the Week Penguin will now receive a Background
- Updated Town, Plaza, Ski Lodge, Lodge Attic Music
- New Penguin Style for July 2022
- Report and Ignore System
- Tutorial for New Penguins with the New Player Background and Cap
- Updated Newspaper for this week
- Construction rooms for our upcoming party
- Updated Clock Tower to fit the current Island story
- Updated Dojo Courtyard to fit the current Island story
- New DJ3K and Sled Racing Catalog in preparation for upcoming mini-games
(this list is in no particular order)
What's going on with Puffles?
With the recent ongoing changes and renovations in the Pet Shop, a lot of Penguins may be wondering what era of Puffles the team will be focusing on. Rest assured, we will be focusing on revamping the older style of Puffles, with new animations and much more. Read below to get a quick sneak preview of what's to come in the distant future.
Puffle Care
Something that we have been looking into as a team from the very start is finding a way to incorporate the best gameplay features from both the new and legacy games and how we can correctly port features from existing gameplay into one to create the ultimate remastered version.
The Puffle Care system drew immediate attention to us and was something that we wanted to include; an optional feature for those who feel nostalgic or more intrigued.
With this in mind, the Puffle Care system shown above is optional, meaning you'll have the ability to care for your Puffle using the legacy Puffle Card format.
Adoption Certificates
The Adoption Certificate was also a unique feature from the newer style of the game that we wanted to include with our rendition of Puffles. You'll be able to print these certificates at home using a printer while also viewing it as you access the optional Puffle Care system.
We're even planning on including unique stats such as how much time you've spent with each individual Puffle, how long you've spent taking care of them, walking them, among others!
Pufflescape
Pufflescape has started development! This game is our very first in HTML5 and will come with some much needed upgrades and asset refreshes. Because this game was originally intended and created for the newer era of Puffles, we've been hard at work with some our external artists to create custom animations and artwork to match the style of Puffles that we're focusing on.
With that being said, the team is also planning on integrating new gameplay features that have not existed in the original game, such as multiplayer and special unique powerups for various Puffles that you can use to your advantage.
We'd love to hear your feedback! Would you be interested in a game mode where you race against your friends to see who can finish a level the quickest, or even work together to solve puzzles together?
We're currently hard at work with development on Pufflescape, we don't have a timetable on when you can expect to see this game, however it won't be too farfetched to claim that it may be ready for you to experience when we release Puffles.
Support System
Starting today, we’re working with a new company to bring you more safe, secure, and efficient support using our new support system. A fun fact, we're using the same system that is used by Minecraft and other great companies!
This system also allows you to search and find help articles that are relevant to your inquiry while allowing you to communicate with us through a ticketing system or Live Chat.
We've also added an additional method for you to reach our Support team, by using a Live Chat feature when we're online. This means that you can get immediate personal support from us, rather than creating a ticket and waiting. You can do so by simply clicking the 'Support' badge on the bottom right of the screen and then 'Get in touch'
Additionally, you can still continue to reach out to us through the ticketing system, which is the traditional way of contacting us. Please note that with Live Chat, we may request additional contact methods for us to follow up in specific cases. We recommend that in certain situations, you use the ticketing form.
You can also view the up-to-date status of our game by navigating to this link. Experiencing any technical difficulties while playing the game? Other players may be experiencing it as well. Check this page frequently to update yourself on the current status of our game and other experiences associating to CP Legacy.
Milestone Age
We have just enough time to share with you a brand new feature that will be making it's way to the snowy islands very soon. This is called: Milestone Age.
We are constantly in the search of growing our community and expanding our horizons when it comes to updating the game. We want to strike a perfect balance and harmony when it comes to nostalgia and new features, allowing people to relive and cherish past memories while creating new ones. The Penguin Age system has been targeted for revamp since the beginning and we are starting our transitional phase very shortly.
This may come off as confusing however at first, but we believe that once players have transitioned, it will become something that will be interesting long term. We hope that you approach this change with open ears, but are open to community feedback.
In simplest terms, if you’ve logged in a day, your Penguin’s age will increase, rather than increasing every day even when you're not logged in.
This change allows us to be more flexible and make the game more enjoyable. Your Membership Badge will accommodate this change, meaning that players will now have to earn their stripes (literally).
Additional features include special rare items and gifts for your Penguin’s anniversary, or milestone rewards that you can collect once you’ve hit a specific age, with additional rewards such as increased Coin payouts. It’s all quite new and exciting and we believe that everyone can easily adapt to this new system over time.
We understand that knowing when you first started your journey is of utmost importance to everyone. Because of this, we plan on listing your Penguin’s birthday in the Settings menu where you can currently view your Penguin’s age.
We hope that this new system will allow you to have a more enjoyable time on our snowy island, and we’ll be transitioning over to this new system in the coming weeks.
Music Jam
A lot of you may be wondering what the current status of Music Jam is. Truth be told, a lot of our energy has been depleted while working on this party, and while an extravagant and fully immersive Music Jam will be arriving, we've shifted our focus to delivering another party to regain some of our momentum and energy for July. This will become our second party in Club Penguin Legacy.
Music Jam is near complete, however, this decision was made solely on timing and scheduling conflicts, by aligning ourselves to a new party this coming week, we're able to roll out future parties during mid-month while avoiding drastic downtimes in-between.
With that being said, Music Jam will be arriving in August. We're excited to unveil this fully interactive party with you. Stay tuned in the coming days for more.
What's Next?
New Horizons is a huge update, and we've begun rolling out new content updates gradually through phased releases to ensure that you don't miss a single moment. Stay tuned to our What's New blog over the next few days as we begin rolling all the new features out.
We're also working on brand new and updated enhancements such as the new buddy list system, which will allow you to search for other Penguins, see pending friend requests, and much more.
Improvement Project
With these new changes, we want to implement a small, temporary group of players who are willing to lend a hand in attending focus groups and meetings to discuss what they like about the current status of our game and things to improve on.
Requirements are simple: You must be over 40 days old and have been an active contributor in-game and within our community. An additional bonus is if you have worked on other similar QA and QOL-based projects.
By becoming a member of the Improvement Project, you’ll earn the special red hardhat along with 150,000 coins. This is a one-time opportunity only, applications will be opening this Monday (July 25th, 2022) and will close shortly after 48 hours.
Wrapping Up
We want to take the time to affirm and ensure our goals for CP Legacy, to provide a safe and inclusive community where everyone can gather around and play together; a platform and sandbox for all ages to interact, play, explore, laugh, imagine, and create alone, or with others in a shared digital environment.
Thank you for your endless support as we transition into the first leg of our journey, as we become something more than a simple chatting game, but an experience to remember and create new memories with. Until then... Waddle on!
Hats of love,
CP Legacy Team