A quick smattering of fixes, and a little bonus! Added a new silly level, bringing the total to 25 Fixed being able to prematurely end Cat Stacks round to circumvent topple penalties Improved consistency of rapid-fire chickens in Chicken Flinger Improved readability of leaderboar
A quick smattering of fixes, and a little bonus!
Added a new silly level, bringing the total to 25
Fixed being able to prematurely end Cat Stacks round to circumvent topple penalties
Improved consistency of rapid-fire chickens in Chicken Flinger
Hey pals! A mysterious chill runs through the air. The local out-of-business electronics store strip mall is housing a mysterious pop-up shop of some sort, dealing in mysterious garb and decoration. And upon a mysterious breeze, the smell of mysterious snacks wafts right up your
Hey pals!
A mysterious chill runs through the air. The local out-of-business electronics store strip mall is housing a mysterious pop-up shop of some sort, dealing in mysterious garb and decoration. And upon a mysterious breeze, the smell of mysterious snacks wafts right up your oh-so-mysterious nose.
Funnel cakes.
That's right: fall is in the air, and not completely unlike our barnyard friends, the carnival has rolled right in to town. What could this mean? Well, to no one's surprise, it means there are new levels. BUT! To everyone's surprise and delight, these levels are different from the usual fare. How? You'll just have to play (or read on) to find out!
New Features
Three new "mini" games, a never-before-seen type of Pen Pals level in which you don't match animals, and you have a limited time.
Cat Stacks - you only draw square cats, and the dropper moves automatically. Stack cats as high as you can. Your score is based on how high your stack is at the end of the round, and how high you were able to stack at any point in the round.
Chicken Flinger - you only draw chickens. Drop as many as you can into the moving receptacle. When time runs out, you'll fire your collected chickens from an unseen cannon at a target. Time your shot as close as you can to the center.
Long Arm of the Claw - you only draw... claw machine claws. Drop the claws, which will automatically retract after a short pause. Grab as many animals as you can. Larger animals are worth more.
ALSO, a quality-of-life feature for cycle-based levels: FAST FORWARD! Hold middle click or Q to speed up time.
Hey pals! The lazy days of summer have crept up on all of us here at the Dabbleplex, but it's no vacation here, that's for sure. Those wacky animals are at it again, causing all sorts of mischief in the local Themed Locations. Normally I'd take this opportunity to spin you a tale
Hey pals!
The lazy days of summer have crept up on all of us here at the Dabbleplex, but it's no vacation here, that's for sure.
Those wacky animals are at it again, causing all sorts of mischief in the local Themed Locations. Normally I'd take this opportunity to spin you a tale about their latest tomfoolery, but the truth is that these animals have jumped the shark. Not a literal one, mind you, but the fact is that when a bunch of barnyard animals are regularly taking trips to OUTER SPACE, talking about the time they got stuck on the elevator just doesn't capture the reader's imagination so much.
Oh but they did take a field trip to a mountain, too, so that's cool I guess.
New Features
Three (!) new levels are now available, bringing the total up to 21
Bugfixes
Fixed leaderboard friends-only toggling when leaderboard not displayed
Fixed friends-only toggle being desynced from actual state after loading a level
Hey pals! February is upon is, and love is in the air. So what kind of zany hijinks are these animals getting into now? Oh no. They've commandeered a ship unfit for the thick fog and dark seas ahead! The lighthouse isn't alight and they're heading straight for uncharted waters! W
Hey pals!
February is upon is, and love is in the air. So what kind of zany hijinks are these animals getting into now?
Oh no.
They've commandeered a ship unfit for the thick fog and dark seas ahead! The lighthouse isn't alight and they're heading straight for uncharted waters! We still have one hope: Curtis has been chewing on some unlabeled chemical samples that he mistook for a wedge of cheese, and now he emits a mysterious glow in the dark. We should probably check that out, but in the meantime he can light the way out of the jagged rocks of Jagged Rocks Bay. Steel yourself, pal, for Davy Jones has not claimed us just yet.
Oh also Sammy brought enough candy hearts for everyone, so dig in! Yum!
New Features
Two new levels are now available, bringing the total up to 18
Interface Improvements
Global leaderboards (accessed from the level select screen) can now be filtered to only show players from your Steam friends list
Hey pals! We've had one update, yes, but what about second update? You think you've got these animals right where you want them (sitting on a slight incline on a windy day), and the next thing you know they're rolling across the hills, getting into all sorts of wacky adventures.
Hey pals!
We've had one update, yes, but what about second update?
You think you've got these animals right where you want them (sitting on a slight incline on a windy day), and the next thing you know they're rolling across the hills, getting into all sorts of wacky adventures. Before you know it they'll be learning the true meaning of family and getting a direct-to-DVD sequel.
All that to say, they've rolled back to the carnival, no doubt attracted to the smell of funnel cakes and giant pretzels. There's a trail of fur and feathers leading to the hall of mirrors... Let's split up. You check out the mirror funhouse, and I'm going to go check out the funnel cakes.
New Features
A whole new level is now available, bringing the total up to 16
You can now view a larger selection from the Steam Leaderboards on the Level Select menu. Tap Down or press the Leaderboards button to check the standings
Interface Improvements
Updated the keyboard/mouse control hints to make mouse controls clearer in the instructions and in-level
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where daily personal bests would not reset in some situations
Bug fixes Finally fixed the mysterious "boundary merge game over" bug! Special thanks to player "germdove" for sending a video, allowing our team of experts to analyze the issue at the subpixel level. Fixed an issue where wooden garbage circles would still be simulated after a ga
Bug fixes
Finally fixed the mysterious "boundary merge game over" bug! Special thanks to player "germdove" for sending a video, allowing our team of experts to analyze the issue at the subpixel level.
Fixed an issue where wooden garbage circles would still be simulated after a game over.
Hey pals! Welcome to the first ever content update for Pen Pals! We've been busy here at the Dabbleplex, crunching the numbers into the finest powdered data and mixing that into an informational slurry. The goal? Extrapolate these figures to determine exactly what kind of new lev
Hey pals!
Welcome to the first ever content update for Pen Pals!
We've been busy here at the Dabbleplex, crunching the numbers into the finest powdered data and mixing that into an informational slurry. The goal? Extrapolate these figures to determine exactly what kind of new level to add to the game.
We ran into a snag, though. While looking over the charts, a bunch of animals rolled into the office and landed on our precious graphs. We'll try to work around them, but in the meantime maybe you all could try to clear up some of these barnyard invaders.
New Features
A whole new level is now available, bringing the total up to 15
You can now view Steam Leaderboards top 3 (and your immediate scoreboard neighbors) on the in-level scoreboard. Just use the buttons over on the left or the < > hotkeys to switch to other scoreboard views
Interface Improvements
Added a toggle to the options menu to cause the game to auto-pause when the window loses focus (by default, this new option is enabled)
Using the keyboard for swaps no longer disables mouse tracking
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where it was possible to click the gameover retry button before the gameover screen appeared
Thank you everyone for an exciting and successful launch! There are more still bugs to squash and new features to add, so watch for more updates on the horizon!
