19 Mar 2024Developer post

Spring Cleaning

Hi all! Today's update features a ton of small tweaks, fixes, and changes to almost every level in the game. Here are some of the highlights: - New Setting: Panel Quality - Try the low setting here if you're encountering any instability while playing. - Settings: View Clip - Chan

13 Dec 2023Developer post

Happy Birthday, Lingo!

Lingo turns two today, and what an amazing two years it has been! Thank you to everyone who has played and enjoyed this game. I hope you will continue to find new experiences in Lingo, if you're interested in continuing along this road.

30 Sep 2023Developer post

The October Update

Happy October! In the spirit of the season, Lingo has some (not too spooky) areas for you to explore! Since the release of Level 2 this spring, we have added: The Staircase - A hub area for late game content. This is accessible after completing (most of) Level 2. The Pumpkin Patc

29 Jun 2023Developer post

Steam Workshop Support and More

Hi all! Lots to share with you today! If you're in the Discord, many of these items will be repeats from weeks prior, but I wanted to catch our Steam friends up on what's been going on. Steam Workshop Integration You may have noticed this already but if not - Lingo now has Steam

Hi all! Lots to share with you today! If you're in the Discord, many of these items will be repeats from weeks prior, but I wanted to catch our Steam friends up on what's been going on.

Steam Workshop Integration
You may have noticed this already but if not - Lingo now has Steam Workshop support! This means you can subscribe to maps directly inside Steam, and they will appear in your maps list in settings automatically, shortly after booting the game.

It will also allow mapmakers to push updates to their content automatically, without needing players to download the maps a second time.

New Settings
Due to very popular request, Lingo now has volume sliders for music and sound effects, as well as a slider for mouse sensitivity.

Hints
You can press the insert key during solve mode to replace the first space of the placeholder text with the first letter of the solution.

Content Changes
Level 1

Hid a mastery that was available too soon.
The doors into the Orange Tower are orange now. Tasty!
Mint has been de-aquaed and re-minted in the perception room.
De-eyed those pesky eyes in the perception room.
Two puzzles in the maze basement were moved away from the walls.
Something in the Room Room was resized to make it clearer what was going on.
Added Mastery hints and tracking into the game. Thank you Deusovi for your spreadsheet page; it has worked hard and deserves its well-earned retirement.
Changed the Pilgrimage indicator; now you can't miss it.
Differentiated some entrances and exits.

Level 2

Added a sign to the Orange room. 2 IS NOT 1. This sign has layers.
Lavender Room got some ugly but important puzzle logic fixes to help denote how they work. If you've gotten them, I think you probably know what I mean.
A thing at the end of the game got some new countdown panels.
Five panels were added outside the Parthenon to help you find some extra hard puzzles late in the game.
Math Room title was breaking one of our logic rules, so I found a ruler and overruled it.
Kiwi Room became a little less magenta.
A thing after the end of the game got some signs.
A novice got lost and replaced with a rookie.
Another issue with magenta in the southwest.

Library

Way more paintings from the community were created and hung! A huge thanks to Brendan for organizing these additions and adding them into the game.
A few other content tweaks and additions here and there, probably nothing to worry about.

Reviews
As of writing this, we're almost at 100 reviews! I never in my wildest thought this game would get more than a handful of players. I'm incredibly appreciative of everyone's time and interest, of the people helping to make this game better and add new content, and everyone out there finding and playing it.

If you see this and haven't yet, please consider leaving Lingo a review on Steam. Reviews are the best way to help small indies like this one compete for storefront exposure. I also read every review, always, and I always appreciate hearing your thoughts on the game.

That's all for me today! Thanks so much for reading, enjoy the Steam Summer Sale, and I hope to hear from you soon!
-Brenton

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11 May 2023Developer post

Update - Lingo Day

Hi all! Happy Lingo Day! This week brings a slew of new additions and enhancements to the game, and I'm very excited to share them with you! But first, I need to thank Chris for creating so much of this. He has once again elevated this game beyond what I could accomplish, and I a

Hi all! Happy Lingo Day!

This week brings a slew of new additions and enhancements to the game, and I'm very excited to share them with you! But first, I need to thank Chris for creating so much of this. He has once again elevated this game beyond what I could accomplish, and I am immensely appreciative.

New Custom Map: Lingo Level Mint - With Friends!
I hope you recall Level 1, because mint has taken over the game! Play through Level 1, but every block is mint, and every clue only tells you its first letter. Sound like too much of a nuisance? Share a New Game name with your friends, and you can fight through this mint-strosity as a team!

New Custom Map: Nerds Onvy
Thank you Brandon for this very small and very challenging new map!

New Graphical Style
Lingo has shaders! Now, it can look even more like a game it had already acquired a lot of its style from. Try it out in the options menu!

Custom Texture Pack Support
Texture overrides can now be set by creating a folder in Game Data and setting up images with the Lingo block names. I'll be making a guide and loading it to the website for those interested in making and/or using texture packs. I also intend to create some menu options that help make the game more graphically interesting and/or amicable to those who have trouble distinguishing between the colors used in the game. Stay tuned for more!

Better Font & HD Font Setting
Fonts in game should now look a lot crisper, and less like they came from a font junkyard. If you want an even better looking font, there's a new setting to effectively double its resolution.

Panel Unsolving
Want to share a puzzle with your friend without giving away the answer? Looking at a panel and pushing the delete key will now return it to its prior state.

Puzzle Fixes
A handful of puzzles have been given new clues or blocks, per community request. No more laughing at me about trough, sorry to disappoint.

More Paintings
Thanks to Brendan, we have 100 new paintings in the gallery! I'm looking forward to putting them on display as we roll out new maps and challenges.

That's all for now! Thank you for being here. I am continually overwhelmed by the kindness of this community. Thanks for reading; until next time!
Brenton

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28 Apr 2023Developer post

Update - Dynamic Keybinding

Happy Lingo Day! This update has been on the to-do list for a while, and is for our friends without QWERTY keyboards. And anyone who doesn't like WASD, really. Movement keys can now be remapped from settings. I'm also pleased to bring you a very cool map from Kiwi today. Every an

16 Mar 2023Developer post

Lingo: Level 2 Has Arrived!

It's Bigger! It's Brighter! It's Back! Lingo: Level 2 is available now! This free content update adds a brand new map with 10 achievements, 40+ rooms, over 800 puzzles, and a few secrets. Explore pyramids made of cubes, schoolhouses made of cubes, trees made of cubes... you get t

31 Jan 2023Developer post

The January Update

Hi all, and welcome to our new players! We've seen a huge spike in our userbase this week and I'm so glad to have you with us. Many thanks to my friend Icely for the awesome promo video. The primary feature addition today is an in-game achievement spotlight that our custom map cr

Hi all, and welcome to our new players! We've seen a huge spike in our userbase this week and I'm so glad to have you with us. Many thanks to my friend Icely for the awesome promo video.

The primary feature addition today is an in-game achievement spotlight that our custom map creators (and I) can tap into. You'll know it when you see it!

New players shined new light on old problems, so I spent some time smoothing some edges (and in one case, adding some). Once again I want to thank the community for finding and in some cases helping solve these problems.

Random Player Floating - The good news is that you shouldn't randomly float upwards any longer. The bad news is that I'm pretty sure this prevents our most acrobatic players from jumping two blocks instead of the typical one.
Sliding Off Corners - Changed the player collision hitbox to a cylinder from a pill, which should make the hedge maze less irritating.
Panel Selection - There was a glitch where two panels next to one another would allow you to keep old partial answers on one of them. The text should now clear on exiting solve mode.
Incorrect Answers Flooding - Typing really fast would let you extend the allowed word in length checking mode (the default for the game). Now it pauses for the brief duration where there's red text, which makes the whole thing feel a little snazzier.
Side Panel Logic - There wasn't any. There still isn't, but I removed the side panels to sidestep the issue, as is my way.
Inconsistent Nonstandard Panel Types - Hopefully this is something that nobody will ever need to think about again; suffice to say, it fixed a weird bug.
Dynamic Credit Scene Text - Another request from our content creator community, the credits for their maps can be different than mine.
Panel Transparency - Panels on glass behaved weirdly, thanks to Chris for this fix.
Achievement Goalposts Moved - There wasn't a lot of logic behind what was required for one of the achievements. It hadn't changed while the world changed around it. If you're mid-playthrough, you may find one of your countdowns has counted back up. But, it should seem a little smarter when it does count back down now, so, hopefully that balances out for you.

Okay, I think that's probably about it. Once again, I want to thank the awesome people playing this game; those who are just finding it now and those who keep coming back. I've really enjoyed getting to see this game and community grow and evolve, and I so appreciate your time and attention.

Happy February!
Brenton

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10 Jan 2023Developer post

Minor Update - Bugfixes and Feature Requests

Hello everyone! Made a few improvements today! - Check that a custom map exists in the maps folder before trying to load it. If not, it sends you to the settings page. We can file this one under "things I should have thought of sooner." - Cross Tower: Moved the panel on the back

04 Jan 2023Developer post

Content Update - New Map: The Library

Hi all, pleased to announce the release of a new map, The Library. You'll need to unlock this in Level 1 before it will be available to quick load into in the settings menu. You must have attained The Master achievement to be able to find it inside Level 1. This was a quick proje

31 Dec 2022Developer post

Minor Update - Additional Performance Settings

Hi all, just a small update to add a couple new options that let you better fine-tune your experience. View Clip - Added options for clipped distances of 50 and 125. Was 75 or none. Use SSAO - Added a new environment setting that gives a little bit of a shadow effect to corners.

14 Dec 2022Developer post

Minor Update

Fixed and added a couple small things that should not impact gameplay. - New type of sign/panel component for use in customs. - Bugfix, answer label auto size. - Level 1 Legacy is available on the website. Custom Map HQ A bigger announcement regarding player made maps will be com

05 Dec 2022Developer post

The Groundwork Update

Update - The Groundwork One Hi all! Today's update incorporates a lot of small changes, and a few bigger changes. Big news first: - Length Hinting now also displays as placeholder text. No more typing a bunch of random letters just to see how long something is! Unless you really

Update - The Groundwork One

Hi all! Today's update incorporates a lot of small changes, and a few bigger changes. Big news first:
- Length Hinting now also displays as placeholder text. No more typing a bunch of random letters just to see how long something is! Unless you really like that sort of thing; in that case, feel free.
- Settings menu overhauled. New Level Select setting added, as groundwork for custom maps and Level 2.
- Custom maps are currently in development from some of the members of our community. If you're interested in creating your own map, please reach out to me via Discord for more information.
- False walls have been made more obvious, without the use of cheats. The cheat is likely to be removed. You've been warned!

And then the smaller things. If you're still mid-playthrough you may want to avoid some of these, as they're a bit spoilery.
- Added Welcome to Wonderland sign.
- Switched HI in the synonym room to its "correct" location, forward-left as you enter.
- Split Runt:Turn and Runt:Return to separate cubes.
- Replaced Teacher:Substitute with Spoon:Fork.
- Replaced You:Ewe with Ewe:You.
- Replaced Toucan:Bird, Two:Toucan, Primate:Mammal, and Mate:Primate in the blue room.
- Removed unused snowman painting from extending blue hallway area.
- Scaled GUI to better fit extra wide screens. 1920x1080 is my default, but it should degrade more elegantly for extra wide screens now.
- Moved several panels slightly higher to maintain consistency throughout the map. LIES, HIDDEN, TRACE, STEADY, TENACIOUS, and both of the panels outside the purple room.
- Fixed a bug where getting an answer wrong would keep your answer displayed until you started your next guess.
- Switched OBSERVANT *non* achievement panel past Wonderland to SHARP.
- Reduced size of text in the text entry fields on very large answers.
- Added shortcut from Pilgrim Room to heteronym room (The Seeker).

I think that's it for now! I know it's been a bit since the last update; I am full speed ahead on Level 2. Never ask a programmer how long something will take - we're always wrong - but I'm happy at how it's coming together, and I'm looking forward to getting it in front of everyone.

Thanks!
Brenton

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07 Nov 2022Developer post

Update - A Better Player Experience

Update - A Better Player Experience Hi all! Excited to bring you some improvements to the player experience, focused mainly on the early game. - Bulldozed and rebuilt the Crossroads area, what I call internally the Shuffle Room, near yellow. Now if you turn left, it's not totally

03 Nov 2022Developer post

Leaderboards! And! Loading Screens!

Two small changes that are a long time coming. - Implemented Steam Leaderboards for Levels 1 and 2. Obviously, Level 2's leaderboard is hidden right now. Steam rate limits leaderboard score uploads so your score will only upload once you leave the level, and should only keep your

29 Oct 2022Developer post

Content Update - October 2022

**Content Update - October 2022** Hi all! Pleased to announce a substantial set of updates and additions to Lingo - Level 1. Many thanks to our awesome community for their input, efforts, and energy. It's been an AMAZING month for Lingo! *New Stuff* - New mid-sized midgame room,

15 Jul 2022Developer post

Content Update

Hi all! I'm excited to share a new content update today. I'm so glad more people are finding and enjoying Lingo. I love making it and having an excuse to work on it. Changes: Game price permanently reduced. Thanks to everyone for their support! Added the Hall of Fame to the Champ

07 Jul 2022Developer post

Update

This update fixes the following issues with Lingo: Scoreboard puzzle was sometimes unsolvable. That one hurt. Visual jumps in two sections of hallway. This was actually something I fixed before, but in the wrong place, causing two problems instead of one. #development The clock r

22 Dec 2021Developer post

Twelve Days of Christmas

Winter Sale Giveaway It only comes once a year - the Winter Sale kicks off today! Lingo is too new to participate, but I still want to get in on the festivities. To celebrate, I am giving away one free key each day until Dec 31. Anyone interested should email giveaway@lingothegam

01 Dec 2021Developer post

Update

This update brings two new features to Lingo: Move with WASD Overwhelmingly the greatest dislike in Lingo (besides the infamous Hedge Maze) involved the control structure. Controls have been revamped, and the new controls are reflected in the Controls page under the New Game menu

Updates & announcements

Lingo: Level 2 is available now!