Flynguin Station news & patch notes

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 1.0.2 is now available! There are a few changes to the level progression from level 4 to level 20. We found that players often didn't learn quick enough about the existence of purchasable objects, so this change should let this information known better. This means that the early progression is now faster, as you can get the early game items earlier and for less money!

• Changed to level 4 ramp obstacle addition from level 5
• Tier 1 objects are now purchasable at level 5 down from level 10. Items at Tier 1 are also cheaper to reflect this change.
• Tier 2 objects are now purchasable at level 17 down from level 20. Items at Tier 1 are also cheaper to reflect this change.

This change is going to be negligible for players at high enough level. However, if you want to maximize your efficiency, and are only low level, around level 15 or level 20, then starting a new game could be best for your. Other changes in this update

• Added a button in the Science Camp to toggle Science Rank's description tool-tip On and Off. It's ON by default.
• Fixed Achievements for level 50 and Level 100 not being rewarded. If you should have this achievement, you will obtain it next time you level up.
• Fixed camera being fixed at the wrong position if the player missed the explosive during launch.
• The player's own leaderboard is always visible during gameplay.
• Fixed the Profile Record Approach HUD element not updating the distance to break record in some cases.
• Fixed known spelling mistakes.

Good luck getting the top spot and getting all 55 Steam Achievements! Have Fun!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 1.0.1 is now available! Flynguin is now available on Steam! Changes in this update

• Removed pressing

  at the main menu from resetting Steam Stats and Steam Achievements.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot and getting all 55 Steam Achievements!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 1.0.0 is now available! The live version of the game is now live for beta testers! This includes a few tiny fixes. This version will be the last one to permit the reset of Steam stats and Achievements until tomorrow's 1.0.1 version.

• Last time to Clear Achievements before tomorrow's launch.
• Removed unsued Reset Steam Achievement line in the Gameplay Options.
• Removed unnecessary skin rewards for level 88 and 98. Player earns all penguin skins by level 78.
• Fixed Distance Travel achievement being tested with best record. Resulting in the Distance Travelled Achievements being rewarded one launch later.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot and getting all 55 Steam Achievements!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.34 is now available! A small update is now live.

• Added 7 new Steam Achievements.
• - Critical Luck
• - Rocket Enthusiast
• - Master Exploder
• - Viva la Resistance
• - Gravity is an Illusion
• - Lift Me Up
• - Shiny!

• Changed Achievement unlock logic. An achievement check is done even if you did not break your record (Combo score, Travel distance, etc.)
• Added a credits window.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot and getting all 55 Steam Achievements!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.32 is now available! Steam Achievements are now available! For beta testers, creating a new profile will ensure that achievements trigger as you would expect, as some checks are only done when you beat your profile's best score. For now, pressing

in the main menu will reset your achievements and Steam stats. This is for testing purposes and will be removed for release 1.0.0.

• Added 48 Steam Achievements.
• Pressing

  in main menu will reset achievements & Steam stats. This feature will be removed on release 1.0.0

• Fixed the order of the offline Steam leaderboard list.
• Corrected known spelling mistakes.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot and getting all 48 Steam Achievements!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.27 is now available! A very tiny update is out to address some spelling issues as well as to update the Help window with current information.

• Corrected all known spelling mistakes.
• Updated help windows with current information. Check it out to learn more about the inner workings of the game.
• Added a base leaderboard list of 10 penguins for players playing offline without a Steam connection.

The offline list will be loaded by default. If the game can't fetch a list from the Steam Leaderboards, then this offline list will be shown. It has 10 penguins, with distances getting harder to pass each time. Known issues.

• Displays as build 0.2.26 in the main menu.
• A few spelling mistakes.

We'll release an update soon to address this issue. Have fun and good luck getting the top spot!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.26 is now available! We just pushed a new update to fix some small issues and extend some features now that the leaderboard list is growing with more entries.

Changed how the Leaderboard menu works.
• Added 'Pages' to the Global Leaderboard. You can now press the next or previous page to go watch the other players in the leaderboards. This pages load in sets of 20 entries
• Selecting 'Find Me' will fetch the leaderboards of the player and the 10 players above and below him.
• Selecting Friends will fetch all leaders for friends in your list.
• Added a musical sound for the thick snow in the downhill stage.
• Added a musical sound for energy oil in the downhill stage.
• Fixed colouring widget not capturing the mouse correctly in some screen resolutions.
• Fixed equip object menu displaying not displaying the text for the object menu.
• Fixed the description for Seal Elasticity being the same as Seal Spawn Chance in the research menu.
• Fixed penguin rotating inconsistently in Shop and Loadout views.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.24 is now available! This update focuses on music.

• Updated the sliding music.
• Added more music/sounds to the gameplay level.
• Fixed penguin rotating inconsistently in Shop and Loadout views.

Our next focus before releasing the game will be to add a credit window segment, update the in-game help windows, and to add Steam Achievements. We are also always play-testing and doing adjustments to the game values when necessary. Have fun and good luck getting the top spot!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.22 is now available! This update focuses on hot fixing some small issues that popped up in yesterday's update.

• Fixed rocket's exhaust models and particles having in the wrong position and orientation.
• Fixed Space Interactive Objects not reacting to the Pull Aura fields.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot!

Hello Flynguineers! Patch 0.2.21 is now available! We are excited to share this update with you as there have been several enhancements to the game's look as well as some optimizations and some gameplay adjustments. We invite all our closed beta testers to try out the changes! You might want to create a new profile in order to take advantage of the extra income available from picking up the Fish Power Up and saving you'll get when buying items as costs are cheaper! The full change log is below.

• Launch level now pre-loads the track before launch, so you can see the world ahead with it's interactive objects before starting your penguin's flight.
• Added sound effects to Fish Power Up. Includes a sound 1 second before it ends to let you know it's about to run out.
• Fish Power Up will also double your income while active.
• Reduced Equippable Object costs from (1,400; 4,100; 9,000; 17,000; 31,000; 54,000; 91,000; 150,000; 240,000; 390,000;) to (1,400; 3,900; 8,300; 15,000; 27,000; 46,000; 75,000; 120,000; 190,000; 300,000).
• Updated the Icon file.
• Adjusted lighting in all levels to be more consistent and more Antarctic-ish.
• Adjusted color correction on all levels.
• Fixed Reset Default Key-binds not adding Left and Right Arrow Keys to Move Penguin Left and Right action mappings.
• When mousing over the Penguin to rotate him, the base will light up.
• You can click on the penguin in the Penguin Designer window to spin him around.
• You can click on the penguin/Explosive in the Shop Menu Loadout windows to spin him/it around.
• You can click on the penguin in the Base Camp top menu to spin him around.
• Added Gameplay Music. Music will dynamiclly play transitioning between Flight, Space and Sliding themes as your penguin flies.
• Added color unsaturation effect upon death.
• Added color and vignette effects when passing through objects.
• Added ambience sound effects to Main Menu.
• Added ambience sound effects to the Base Camp.
• Added ambience sound effects to the pre-launch stage.
• Adjusted Slow Time effect when interacting with objects.
• Fixed a bug where hitting a Boost-Pad or snow bump while landing, would prevent the penguin from bouncing back up.
• Pressing U while in the Main Menu will bring up Unit Stats.
• Changed cloud positions to not be on top of the track any more.
• Performed game optimizations for CPU and GPU
• Reduced the amount of dynamic lights in the Main Menu and Base Camp Menu.
• Removed unnecessary tick calculations in some of the game classes.
• General algorithm cleanup/optimization in functions which are frequently called.
• Optimized the track fog.
• Removed unnecessary occluding calculations.
• Reduce cloud material cost.

Have fun and good luck getting the top spot!

Hello Penguins! We figured in order to keep better track of changes for our growing play-testers and for future players to learn more about the game, we'd start posting patch notes about changes to the game starting now. Today a new update will be pushed if all goes well and the game will be in version 0.2.9. Some of the changes are:

• Cape Friction is now affected by Cape Health.
• Cape will no longer take any damage if Fish Power-Up is active.
• Increased Explosives Speed from (5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 35.0, 40.0, 45.0, 50.0) to (7.5, 15.0, 22.5, 30.0, 37.5, 45, 52.5, 60, 67.5, 75.0)
• Reduced Necklace Floor Good Chance from (3.0%, 6.0%, 9.0%, 12.0%, 15.0%, 15.0%, 15.0%, 15.0%, 15.0%, 15.0%) to (1.5%, 3.0%, 4.5%, 6.0%, 7.5%, 7.5%, 7.5%, 7.5%, 7.5%, 7.5%)
• Increase Necklace Pull Aura Strength from (10.00N, 10.25N, 10.50N, 10.75N, 11.00N, 11.25N, 11.50N, 11.75N, 12.00, 12.50N) to (10.00N, 10.50N, 11.00N, 11.50N, 12.00N, 12.50N, 13.00N, 13.50N, 14.50N, 14.50N)
• Added an option to destroy all current HUD elements. Enable it on the Gameplay Options and press O. Note you may soft-lock the game without an option to close or quit the game. Advanced users only!
• Limit player name to 24 characters when creating a new profile.
• Several HUD improvements.
• Work In Progress. You can click on the penguin in the Penguin Designer window to spin him around. We'll be implementing this click-to-spin feature to the Shop window.

You can learn the game version you are playing by looking at the lower left portion of the main menu.