UFO 50

Released: Sep 18, 2024
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 14:49 GMT

Updates & announcements

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27 Aug 2026Developer post
Cherry Rush 2026 - This Weekend
By Stegnar, it's the return of Cherry Rush , a three-day charity marathon organized by members of the UFO 50 player community to show off the game and raise money for Partners in Health! ːufocherryː Last year was an amazing showcase of the community's skill and creativity - as th
06 May 2026Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.9.5
ːufocampː UFO 50 Fixed a number of typos and small issues with Japanese text across the Library and various games. Fixed some issues with profile name entry in Japanese. Cyber Owls Fixed: Sometimes the key would not spawn at the end of the first section of Octavio's stage. Grimst
ːufocampː UFO 50
Fixed a number of typos and small issues with Japanese text across the Library and various games.
Fixed some issues with profile name entry in Japanese.
Cyber Owls
Fixed: Sometimes the key would not spawn at the end of the first section of Octavio's stage.
Grimstone
Fixed some issues with name entry in Japanese.
Night Manor
Fixed: Second obtained journal entry would cause the last item you picked up to flash.
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15 Apr 2026Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.9.1
ːufoshockː Fixed: Japanese localization credits were not displaying. ( Many thanks to 8-4 for their hard work on UFO 50's Japanese localization! ːufocherryː)
15 Apr 2026Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.9
Japanese language added.
15 Mar 2026Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.8.44
ːufocampː UFO 50 More performance optimizations. Block Koala Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the code editor where you could place a fountain that went past the right edge of the level Level Editor: Fixed crashes in the code editor when placing fountains near the right and bottom ed
ːufocampː UFO 50
More performance optimizations.
Block Koala
Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the code editor where you could place a fountain that went past the right edge of the level
Level Editor: Fixed crashes in the code editor when placing fountains near the right and bottom edges of the level
Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the graphic editor where you could place a block on top of flowers and fountains if it happened in the same frame as moving
Bug Hunter
Removed a dead frame in the movement system that could affect speedrunning.
Campanella 2
Fixed bug where you could get a glitched game state by doing a frame perfect pause during a transition.
Elfazar's Hat
Fixed 2P Bonus Game erroneously displaying P1's lives for both players.
Grimstone
Fixed: Two townsfolk in Heston would say "0" after defeating Gobbler, instead of their normal dialogue.
Mini & Max
Fixed a bug that could cause the completion time to read AM instead of PM or vice versa.
Mortol
Fixed a bug where you could clear the wrong data (1P data / 2P data) when starting a new game.
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21 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.8.38
Bug Hunter Fixed: When shooting from an elevated position, you could not target another, disconnected elevated position. ːufoshockː
Bug Hunter
Fixed: When shooting from an elevated position, you could not target another, disconnected elevated position.
ːufoshockː
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19 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.8.35
ːufocampː UFO 50 Fixed a rare crash that could occur in the pause menu when connecting and disconnecting controllers. Various performance optimizations, focusing on games with the most slowdown (e.g. Grimstone, Porgy). Other minor improvements. Avianos Fixed a bug that caused anc
ːufocampː UFO 50
Fixed a rare crash that could occur in the pause menu when connecting and disconnecting controllers.
Various performance optimizations, focusing on games with the most slowdown (e.g. Grimstone, Porgy).
Other minor improvements.
Avianos
Fixed a bug that caused ancestors to remain scrambled after moving on to an unscrambled scenario.
Bug Hunter
Fixed: Movement prediction wasn't working properly for the Traverse module.
Fixed: Movement prediction wasn't working properly for pushing bugs into bug spray.
Fixed: Transport and Tunnel were not comboing with Power Up.
Fixed: If your final bug died from energy cubes dropping in at the end of round, you didn't win the game like you were supposed to.
Fixed: When activating modules, you could use simultaneous inputs to select supposedly unselectable areas.
Fixed: French intro text was getting cut off.
Campanella 2
Fixed some bugs with level generation.
Grimstone
Fixed: Some text was always displaying in English irrespective of the Language setting.
Fixed: In groups of 8 enemies, two enemies could overlap each other.
Fixed: CHACHA affects the entire party but the text would refer to a single target.
Hyper Contender
Fixed: When using the code PAST-RULE, Donkus could crash the game.
Lords of Diskonia
Fixed: The failed scenarios stat wasn't working properly.
Mini & Max
Fixed: When certain cave enemies laid their eggs in item blocks it would crash the game.
Fixed: When projectiles thrown by cave amoebas passed through other enemies, it created slowdown.
Fixed: Softlock in Mini & Max if you enter the evil Hexan town from the left side (requires moving a block).
Night Manor
Fixed: Using the garage opener displayed a blank text box if the garage door was already open.
Vainger
Makes player shot collision hierarchy consistent.
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26 Nov 2025Developer post
UFO 50 Shortlisted for Best Game at the GameMaker Awards!
UFO 50 has been shortlisted for Best Game at the 2025 GameMaker Awards ! Honored to be part of this fantastic group of games. Most of the UFO 50 team has been using GameMaker to develop games for a long time... even before we started working on UFO 50 together! Suffice to say, it
20 Nov 2025Developer post
Free Shipping on UFO 50 Merch!
From now through December 1, every in-stock item in Fangamer's UFO 50 collection will ship for free within the US and at a discounted international rate, in addition to building up store credit for future orders! If you're in Europe and the UK, you can also get free shipping from
17 Oct 2025Developer post
New Merch! Night Manor Shirt and Party House Pins!
Some new merch for you, as part of our UFO 50 Merch Collection at Fangamer: Night Manor Shirt - Zero bad dreams while wearing this awesome tee Party House Pins - You'll be the life of the party! (Not guaranteed to cancel out trouble.) Hope you enjoy! ːufocampːːufocherryː
Some new merch for you, as part of our UFO 50 Merch Collection at Fangamer:
Night Manor Shirt - Zero bad dreams while wearing this awesome tee
Party House Pins - You'll be the life of the party! (Not guaranteed to cancel out trouble.)
Hope you enjoy!
ːufocampːːufocherryː
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15 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.8.9
Valbrace Fixed crash when casting WHIRLWIND. ːufoshockː
Valbrace
Fixed crash when casting WHIRLWIND.
ːufoshockː
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15 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.8.8
ːufocampː UFO 50 Fixed an issue where a game's attract mode could cause win times to be overwritten incorrectly. Addressed an issue with the in-game timer that could affect times slightly in certain games. Bushido Ball Fixed: Player 2 Selector was displaying incorrectly. Lords of
ːufocampː UFO 50
Fixed an issue where a game's attract mode could cause win times to be overwritten incorrectly.
Addressed an issue with the in-game timer that could affect times slightly in certain games.
Bushido Ball
Fixed: Player 2 Selector was displaying incorrectly.
Lords of Diskonia
Fixed: Panning the camera during a shot could temporarily render the disk invisible.
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11 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.8.5
ːufocampː UFO 50 More performance optimizations across the board, but in particular: Golfaria, Lords of Diskonia, Porgy Lowered the amount of times that the collection/games write to disk. Block Koala Fixed bug in Level Editor that prevented you from inputting a "P" (Player). Fix
ːufocampː UFO 50
More performance optimizations across the board, but in particular: Golfaria, Lords of Diskonia, Porgy
Lowered the amount of times that the collection/games write to disk.
Block Koala
Fixed bug in Level Editor that prevented you from inputting a "P" (Player).
Fixed bug in Level Editor that prevented you from placing black 2 and 3 blocks along the bottom/right edges.
Combatants
Fixed a bug where the battle sound could get stuck looping indefinitely.
Golfaria
Fixed a bug where the ball would brake excessively against the edges of pits.
Hyper Contender
Fixed a freeze that could happen if Yogo used his claw arm to latch onto a moving platform near the edge of the screen.
Lords of Diskonia
Fixed a bug where going from Match Mode into Streak Mode meant that your units would end up randomized.
Mini & Max
Fixed: You could get softlocked if you quit immediately after killing Gearface.
Mortol II
Fixed: Knight's slashes were not being destroyed.
Planet Zoldath
Fixed a bug that caused warps to only work in one direction.
Fixed a bug that caused metamorphed trees to turn invisible.
Rail Heist
In Rescue Mission, if you break any of the walls around Brand, you now gain control of him and he can escape.
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16 Sep 2025Developer post
UFO Companion Guidebook Available for Pre-Order
ːufocampː In case you missed it, you can pre-order the UFO Companion guidebook from Fangamer (shipping in February 2026): 100+ pages of tips, tricks, maps, stickers, and original artwork that covers all 50 games in UFO 50! A jam-packed guide that's fun to flip through, even for t
04 Sep 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.7.8.21
ːufocampː UFO 50 Performance optimizations across the board. Lowered the amount of times that the collection and specific games try to save. Various improvements to localization. Avianos Fixed bug with Fog of War in Multiplayer that could expose your army to your opponent. Campan
ːufocampː UFO 50
Performance optimizations across the board.
Lowered the amount of times that the collection and specific games try to save.
Various improvements to localization.
Avianos
Fixed bug with Fog of War in Multiplayer that could expose your army to your opponent.
Campanella 3
Fixed: If you exited the game during the Bonus Stage the library record stat would erroneously display STAGE 6 (one beyond max).
Grimstone
Fixed: When naming your party, you were limited by the number of characters in the original name.
Quibble Race
Fixed a bug that caused "very steady" quibbles to be described as just "steady."
Warp Tank
Fixed a bug where you would explode when warping off-screen in a place where that shouldn't happen.
Fixed a broken checkpoint state which could occur in one specific place.
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28 Aug 2025Developer post
Cherry Rush Event This Weekend
Fun UFO 50 event happening this weekend (August 29-31)! Cherry Rush is a three-day charity marathon organized by members of the UFO 50 community to show off the game and raise money for Partners in Health, a nonprofit that works to provide high-quality healthcare around the world
07 Aug 2025Developer post
UFO 50 Out Now on Nintendo Switch!
Hey, everyone! Wanted to let you know that UFO 50 has just been released on Nintendo Switch, in case you're interested or know someone who might be! Thanks to Hidden Trap for assisting us with this port. Obviously this console release has taken quite a bit of work, but we still h
29 Apr 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.7.6
Barbuta Fixed an issue where one puzzle would be unsolvable under certain conditions. Planet Zoldath Fixed an issue with things being temporarily invisible after teleporting.
Barbuta

Fixed an issue where one puzzle would be unsolvable under certain conditions.
Planet Zoldath

Fixed an issue with things being temporarily invisible after teleporting.
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07 Apr 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.7.5
Barbuta Fixed an issue with ladder visibility. Caramel Caramel Fixed a potential crash when idling on Game Over screen. Ninpek Fixed a bug where lightning was failing to warn before striking. Rakshasa Fixed an issue with an enemy attacking from off-screen. Warptank Fixed a bug wh
Barbuta

Fixed an issue with ladder visibility.
Caramel Caramel

Fixed a potential crash when idling on Game Over screen.
Ninpek

Fixed a bug where lightning was failing to warn before striking.
Rakshasa

Fixed an issue with an enemy attacking from off-screen.
Warptank

Fixed a bug where music wouldn't change as you transitioned between screens.
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17 Mar 2025Developer post
Patch Notes: v1.7.2.2
ːufoshockː Small patch to address a couple of serious bugs introduced in the previous patch (1.7.2.1): Fixed: Barbuta "ROOMS SEEN" stat was not counting properly, making the gift impossible to obtain. Fixed: Crash when assigning a pad in Joypad Config.
ːufoshockː Small patch to address a couple of serious bugs introduced in the previous patch (1.7.2.1):

Fixed: Barbuta "ROOMS SEEN" stat was not counting properly, making the gift impossible to obtain.
Fixed: Crash when assigning a pad in Joypad Config.
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