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What’s Going On? #3 + QnA
By Stu on July 10, 2018 | CommentsHi Penguins,
Let’s dive into some fun behind the scenes for you to see what we’ve been working on!
IN-GAME CONTENT
We always take pride in our content and are constantly working on new features to add. Over the past month, we’ve gathered up some amazing content for you all to enjoy, even taking in ideas straight from the community.
If you ever have any suggestions, please feel free to share via our Social Media pages.
Catalogs
We’ve released TWO new catalogs this week and it’s packed with so many goodies for you to enjoy. We’ve taken ideas, and suggestions from the fans of Club Penguin Rewritten and brought them all to life for YOU to experience. You also have a few igloo catalogs to look forward to that will be released on the 12th of July!
Rockhopper
The popular captain is once again on his travels back to the island. If you waddle on over to the Beacon and use the telescope, you’ll be able to see the Migrator filled with exotic plants on his beloved ship … what does it mean?
101 Days of Fun
Feeling a little bored this Summer? Don’t worry, we have you covered with activities – 101 activities. And no, that wasn’t a typo, we’re filling the Summer up this year with a bunch of new activities EVERY single day until the end.
Not only that, but we’re giving away 1,001 coins for those that participate in any of the events that’s listed on the day of the Newspaper activity.
NOTE: An in-game staff member must see you doing these activities for the coin rewards. Please do not participate just for the coins, have fun out there!
Pizza Parlor Room Updated
If you enjoy pizza like myself, then you’ll be visiting the Pizza Parlor on the regular, and by now, you would’ve noticed a slight difference with the room. That’s because we’ve gone ahead and improved the lighting inside the room and more!
FUN FACT: Click on the plates for a tasty animation!
ADDITIONAL STUFF
Here’s some stuff you might’ve not noticed when checking out the island!
Extra Safe Chat Messages
That’s right! We’ve gone ahead and took in a suggested feature surrounding the Roleplay aspect of Club Penguin Rewritten. We always enjoy seeing users get involved in events around the Pizza Parlor, or even the Coffee Shop. To make things easier for you, we’ve gone ahead and made an entire new section dedicated just for that!
New Report System
The report system has always been a little complex to get used to, especially with different report reasons not making much sense on our game. We’ve gone ahead and improved that for you, we’ve introduced two categories when you report someone being “Chat” and “Player”. These two sections will allow you to successfully report someone correctly, making it easier for us to investigate the matter.
Technology, Technology!
We’ve been looking into new technology for our servers to reduce the amount of server reboots needed for the future.
New Animations
Ever wanted some extra animations for your penguin? We’ve got you covered.
During the Music Jam this year, we started fixing ALL of our animations on the island, meaning no more “Long Boi” and more “I <3 Heart Pizza!” animation.
ISSUES & FIXES
Sometimes bugs can happen, but we’re here to squish them. Here’s a list of issues that we’ve found and have fixed them, and also a list of a few issues that we’re aware of.
• Find Four sets would break when a user would leave the table mid-game and cause a forever playing game for users that decide to play on the same board, fixed.
• Card-Jitsu and Sled Race would give users a forever loading screen and refuse to play, fixed.
• Users would be auto-kicked after playing in certain areas, fixed.
• All animations are now fixed and fully working
Those are the fixes we’ve released on the island, now here are a couple of issues we are aware of and are actively looking into:
• We have been investigating a following issue related to the server ‘Blizzard’ and the several crashes occurring on said server. We have been investigating the issue for a few weeks and have been updating the game to figure out the issue and to hopefully patch it, once we have figured out a solid fix, we will keep you all updated.
• After completing a Find Four game, it’ll send you back to your previous location – Example: Ski Village.
• Puffle Stats will be looked into, after fix, this will allow you to successfully remove puffles depending upon false care.
• Negative coins after playing several mini-games.
• Card-Jitsu “Earn Your Belts” isn’t loading properly, will be fixed ASAP.
• “Mute All Sound” option is being looked into to save all your ears from the toot spam!
Those are only the few bugs and issues we’ve listed, a lot of our updates recently have been us improving our servers and keeping them up to speed for your enjoyment.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
The future is a magical place and very unpredictable, we try to make it more predictable with fun twists and turns for your excitement.
• YouTube videos will be coming back and becoming a regular thing. Please keep in mind our official YouTube channel is linked here. This includes party trailers, sneak peeks, and more!
• Mobile users, don’t think we’ve forgot about you! We’re working on fixing the website and making it more mobile-friendly.
• Not only are we improving the website for mobile users, we’ve also got a few plans to improve some things regarding the website.
Unfortunately, I’m unable to give you all a full list of what’s to come to the island, but a LOT is happening behind the scenes and it’s truly exciting, I can’t wait to share with you our sneak peeks, for now it’s best to keep up-to-date with our social media pages and our What’s New blog!
DEVELOPMENT QnA
Ever wanted a question of yours asked by our Development team? Now it’s time to ask away!
Share your questions down in the comments section below! Unsure if we’ve replied? A staff member’s reply has a different shade of blue than a regular community member, check it out:
You can ask as much as you want, your question could be anything but please make sure that it is appropriate for it to be approved.
Until then… Waddle on!
– Club Penguin Rewritten Team
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HI
Hey there!
CPR is getting better and better each and every day. Thank you so much to the staff for working so hard on satisfying us! We love you! 😀 <3
Thanks!
What is the fate of mountain expedition stamps?
And also will some newer games ever be added? (Smothie Smashie, Pufflescape)
I always want Smoothie Smash to come to CPR? 🙂
Is it possible to add Smoothie Smash?
Will Operation: Puffle come to CPRewritten?
It’s not something we have planned currently, we do have plans to make some cool things happen regarding the EPF but currently that is under secret .. for now! What other parties would you like to see on Club Penguin Rewritten?
an custom party called “the pizza party”
Can we get Festival Of Flight this year? And if you are doing the fair, can Rookie be the mascot? Rookie has made one appearance this year in the Waddle On! party. And also for mobile, flash doesnt run so CPR is unplayable. It would be cool if you could fix that.
@TruMineYTCancel you can install the puffin browser which has android or if you device is android 4.0 or older than you can install flash natively and use it in any browser.
hope this helped
ment its on ios or android not it has android it has flash
Please tell me you guys are doing the two marvel events. Those were honestly my favorites.
I’d like to see a Penultimate Card-Jitsu party with all three elements! Classic shut down JUST as I finished the amulet. I would also like a decendants party (Although that’s roughly impossible) because Ben’s hair is the only hair in CP that looks the same as mine IRL.
Could we get Underwater Expedition? *-*
It’s awesome that the dev team are killing some bugs, these bugs have annoyed me for quite awhile and I’m glad to see that they are fixed / being looked into!
They are indeed, we’re always working on fixing those pesky bugs!
Can we, FOR ONCE, drop somewhere that isn’t Tilted Towers?
pretty plz thx
NO
do I have to do the dear aunt arctic, and from,(insert user name here) thing to get in the newspaper or no?
You don’t have to input your username, we receive that either way!
Will there be a water party 2018?
fluffy pancakes or thick pancakes? seriously is the hockey jersey fixed when you sit down-right and right? (any color and any type of jersey)
Has to be fluffy! I haven’t heard of a bug with the jerseys but if there’s still a problem let us know and we’ll look into it for you.
Amazing fixes and interesting content and hints for the next party on the island. I have only one question I have to ask is when a fix for the Puffles Bars will be fixed. I have noticed depending on the day and time some Puffles bars are different than others. When will this be fixed?
I don’t have a specific time for you but it’s something we really want to work on fixing!
I’ve always wondered, do you plan at anytime at all changing a few things about the game to be easier to tell colors for people who suffer from colorblindness? I’m colorblind and while it hasn’t majorly effected my experience, it has been pretty bad in some instances (Like the Staff comment example)
We appreciate the feedback.
If I’m honest, I’ve never actually had any emails or comments about colour problems and of course, it’s always needed no matter what to support every person.
Now that I’ve received a comment about it, I’ll definitely look into some sort of an option or a help page of some sort, I’ll keep you updated.
Soooo… Is there an update for colourblind people?
Hey CPR buddies!
I was just trying to comment something, but it was too long for the character limit… would you consider making it a little longer?
We’re not too sure about that, but we appreciate the suggestion!
Who made the DJ Maxx and Jet Pack Guy background and how? (What art you used and edited for the background)
Staff Members, please tell me: What are you all having for dinner tonight? OR what did you have for dinner tonight?
I’ll get back to you
This was really informative, thank you so much for all of your hard work. I’m a very recent CPR player (three days!) but I’ve been a CP player for even longer (since 2010) I LOVE what you’ve done with the site and how you’ve brought it back to life. Keep it up team 🙂
Will the AS2 Gold Puffle ever happen and when will we get the grey puffle
The Pizza Parlor seems really nice! Next, it would be nice to update the other rooms like the Coffee Shop and the Dance Lounge. Also, when is Mancala coming to the island? It was like, my favorite games from original CP
Mancala hasn’t been a priority of ours as there isn’t a big demand for it but it’s on our todo list. What would you like to see changed or added to the Coffee Shop or Dance Lounge? I’d like to see more seating in the Coffee Shop personally.
Hmm I have a realistic suggestion for the Dance Lounge and an unrealistic suggestion for the Coffee Shop! For the Dance Lounge it would be cool if the room was a tad darker just like you did with the Pizza Parlour, this way there could be a cool lighting coming from the lamps and arcade machines!
For the Coffee Shop and here is a really unrealistic idea, but I saw a concept when the Coffee Shop was being created and it included a pool table, something like that would be amazing and it could maybe even be a multiplayer minigame! But I can imagine how difficult this would be to create!
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yes.
You know you’d get stuck in the chairs tho 😤
Can you put the newer lounge with the glass floor window and the hit the target game? as well as the game bits & bots
also have you ever played game day on the wii or the epf games for the ds
The Cart Surfer update brought a level of competition to the game that we hadn’t really seen before. Will there be any more content like that in the future?
You can literally speedrun Club Penguin. So this “level” of competition has been seen before.
Personally, I’d like to head towards a more competitive feel with certain aspects of the game. Obviously with different opinions involved within the community, that’s always our number priority. But yes, personally, I’d like to see this happen with different mini-games and to keep it competitive.
Club penguin speedrunning has been a thing for ages, we just need CPR to award medals or something to people first place on the leaderboards.
getting first place in cart surfer already gives you a medal, my friend.
Are you prepared for the death of flash by moving to html5 or will you let CPR die in 2020 with flash?
We’ve thought about HTML5 and where we want to go with it with Club Penguin Rewritten.
As you know, Club Penguin Rewritten is a huge and demanding game, the resources it uses is just an insane amount. HTML5 is of course always running through our minds, and we’re currently not sure where we want to head on with the game around 2020. Right now, we’re just focusing on our future content, we’ll always obviously keep everyone up-to-date with our development regarding Club Penguin Rewritten.
Hey staff! Is there an estimated time when the EPF will be up and running again? And also, do you guys have any ideas on bringing in the Tech and Stealth gear once the field ops and elite gear are back and working too?
I love the dedication the mods and staff give towards Club Penguin and the community itself. I wish you all the best 😃
Thank you! I hope to see you around the Island at some point 🙂
What was the hardest thing to add to CPR? Or, what was the most challenging update to release?
I’d say a lot of things.
Behind the scenes it can be extremely stressful for us, especially right before updating as a lot of things can easily go wrong with updates and we have to quickly figure out a way to solve an issue or a quicker way to push out the update if anything goes wrong, which 9/10 it does actually happen, even if it’s a small issue.
The most memorable “stressful” thing that I can remember was during our Snow Maze event on the island. We pushed out the update, but the maze itself was having issues with the directional arrows, they just weren’t working, so we started fixing the problem as the party was going on in-game, in a sense, real-time fixing an issue as thousands of penguins were logging on to see the mini-party. It was stressful, but insanely fun looking back at.
It’s always amazing to look back at our problems. Problem solving is fun.
Hey Stu!
I have two questions.
1. What will happen when flash dies?
2. What will you do to AS3 parties?
Thanks, Pinpin
Would you ever consider awarding in-game medals for penguins first place on a speed run website for CPR?
It’s not something we’ve looked into, but that would be fun!
I always wanted Smoothie Smash to come to CPR.
Can Smoothie Smash come to CPR?
BTW keep up a Good Work! 😀
Thanks for the suggestion!
yes please
Yess please add this game I was just asking this on twitter
Even after clearing my cache, restarting my PC and using different browsers, I am unable to connect to CP Rewritten. What should I do?
Could you let me know what browser you are using, and what is actually showing when trying to connect? What part are you getting past, logging in, or server select?
I’m using Google Chrome. The message says “Unable to connect to the game, please try again later” with c0 in the corner of the message. It happens when I try to log in.
Have you tried using Incognito mode, and also tried restarting your router?
Neither Incognito nor the router reboot worked.
It’s possible you have an anti-virus or firewall installed either on your computer or router that is blocking connections to the CPR servers, you might need to disable these to connect.
Just wanted to ask if Field Ops will be back on the island again? I mean, the stamps are still there and they are impossible to obtain these days
Next stage play when?
July 12th!
Which play is it?
I’ve probably asked this before at some point, but do you guys plan of fixing the DJ3K game someday? It’s been around for a while, but it’s been kind of empty since it has no purpose at the moment. Will we ever be able to record our songs, and maybe even find a way to play them in our igloos?
Will older parties such as the Water Party make a comeback with similar or exact items?
That would be fun, I don’t believe a party such as that would make a full on replicate return. There’ll always be different items!
What other things will the development team bring to CPR to make the community more engaged and interested?
By the way, I just want to thank the staff team for all of the hard work and new custom content. I love the direction in which CPR is heading, and I can’t wait for what the future holds for
We have a lot of things planned regarding the community. Right now, we’re actively looking at user feedback and statistics for our updates and what we should add, what we think would be great for the island, but most importantly the community. Right now, I believe our ideal eye for the future is definitely a competitive aspect towards certain things. For now, I have to keep quiet about it, but it’s definitely exciting and fun.
Will there ever be an option to change your name? And also will old items be returning to future catalogs?
We were actually talking about this behind the scenes, yesterday actually, we believe it would probably be best to add a name change option for those that have their usernames unapproved due to several reasons. Maybe an inappropriate username, etc. Similar to how original Club Penguin did it.
Fact Friday Revival when boyo :triumph:
If a lot of you penguins all want Fact Friday back, let me know and I’ll make it a return. (Fo’real this time.)
Of course, stu, I want it back. And what about making our friend “Undefined” a mascot to remember that pesky CJ bug? 🙂
This is cool thx stu
Yup, no problem!
Please fix the igloo UI, there’s the wall icon (painting) that goes to the furniture items, and the floor icon (rug) that goes to the wall items. Not to mention the fact the furniture icon (chair) doesn’t even work and clicking the puffle icon leads to the furniture. Step up the game, CPR.
Thanks for the feedback. We have been looking into improving the overhaul design of the igloo UI and of course puffles are being worked on, thank you for the feedback and bug report(s).
Thanks for letting us know about these bugs! Do you have any suggestions for what we could improve on for igloo makers?
If it’s possible, try something reminiscent of the modern igloo UI from Club Penguin. I feel it’s a lot more cleaner.
Who made the Jet Pack Guy and/or the DJ Maxx backgrounds and how? (What artwork did they use and edit)
I believe both Jet Pack Guy and DJ Maxx were created by our great in-game designer “Joee” 🙂
Kool but do you know what artwork was used? (I’ve never seen that JPG artwork in the PSA missions) And a progress check on the EPF and PSA rebuild? (Will it come out soon)
I’ll make sure to ask Joee himself and hopefully he’ll reply back to this comment. I sadly can’t give any information on the EPF and PSA rebuild, but it looks absolutely incredible.
I have an idea, what about an training room near the dojo? It will serve to make ninja outfit and elemental armors have more dances, please think of it.
Is bringing back old catalog items in the future an idea?
Yes, all catalog items will be making a return.
Also what will happen after flash closes? Will you use unity?
I don’t think we’ll be using unity, as that would be a completely different game if we ever do decide to do that.
then what will happen? will the game close again?
so what will happen? will the game close?
If an account its inactive for 1 year (or 2) it gets deleted like in old CP?
We have been looking into doing this, we do plan on removing inactive accounts in the long run, but we are not sure when, of course we will give everyone a heads up.
Another question, with the furniture categories, is there any way to fix the issue where some aren’t appearing in the right section, like the wall items in the floor section?
It’s an odd bug, don’t you think? I’ll make sure it’s looked into! Are there any other improvements you’d like to see be made?
Well, speaking of igloos, it would be really handy to have a “save igloo” feature. I’m not too sure if its a bit modern to have a feature like that, but it’ll help when changing your igloo from a dance, to a pool, to a restaurant, etc in just seconds!
I agree, that’d be a great feature to have.
When will the EPF be complete? And will we see some new missions for the EPF?
Sorry I keep asking lots of questions HAHA but – If someones name is the one you want and they have been inactive over a certain (long) period of time – if name change does become available would we be able to take their name?
That’s not currently possible but we have considered freeing up the names of inactive accounts for the future.
Nice work CPR Team! I like the new Pizza Parlor and safe chat messages and all the other updates and fixes! 😀
It would be cool if you get a message saying that your comment needs to be moderated after you post a comment.
It seems the comment system confuses a people, definitely a change we need to look into. Awesome to hear you’re enjoying the small updates too 🙂
The new Pizza Parlor update looks neat! Do you plan on updating other rooms like the Coffee Shop and the Dance Lounge? And, what about custom party rooms?
This is great to hear! I have a few questions… Will Mancala be fixed soon or in the next year? and Will there be some activities stamps and event stamps from the original Club Penguin return to this game like the coins for change one? Thanks!
will you add a comment thing to the blog like blank amount of comments and blank amount of replies?
That’s an interesting idea! I’m not sure if that’s currently planned but I know there’s a lot of changes coming for the website and community section soon.
also will we be able to edit comments if you make a mistake like misspelling a word?
That’s not currently a planned feature but if a mistake impacts the readability of the comment a moderator will edit it before approving. Is there anything else you’d like to see be added to the blog?
What do you mean mobile friendly? Do you mean just users using flash-compatible browsers, or something bigger?
It applies only to the website itself, not the game. Currently, it’s difficult to read and interact with which is what we will be fixing.
So i cant login through my cpr account before it was deleted and every time i login and wait for a while, it always say this message “Cannot connect to the game please try again later” i looked through everything through my computer and its all fine. Help. cpr username coolboy23287
I’m sorry to hear you haven’t been able to login! Please email us at support@cprewritten.net so we can help or if you’ve already sent in an email, reply with your ticket ID so I can look into it for you.
Hey,
I have one question about cpr. Would you consider bringing the element dojos from the original cp back? It was a really enjoyable way to earn more items and cosmetics (fire, water, air robes/suits etc.). If somehow this gets added I feel a lot of users would have fun, thanks.
Will any of the more basic home stuff come back to better igloos? (kitchens, coffee tables, the coat rack) I joined pretty recently so I missed my opportunity to buy them.
Do you have any plans for hosting any more igloo contests in the future, and if so what do you think the reward igloo would look like?
I’m not sure if I can tell you this so it’ll have to be our little secret. *leans in* We’ve actually been working on some technology behind-the-scenes to allow the team to manage igloo contests better in the future as they are incredibly time consuming but this should help so hopefully!
Are you gotta make the other room look the lighting so higher
Are you gotta make sounds effect in-game
are you animated ui pop-up
Are you gotta remake the lighting so higher the minigames
When it comes to picking igloo music I always run into so many good songs, and it can be really difficult to choose between them. Do you think it would be possible to create a way to save a few songs to use at any time?
Will Card-Jitsu Fire, Card-Jitsu Water, and Card-Jitsu Snow be released?
Will a Grey Puffle be added
Will there be a way to get the stu jr green puffle?
I don’t think Stu would be very happy with people trying to take his puffle. When are we breaking into his igloo?
In 2 days at precisely 2pm AEST Time
LOL
Will a Grey Puffle be released?
Will Card-Jitsu Shadow be released?
Club penguin didnt even make card jitsu shadow so no
Will Card-Jitsu Cheese be released
Will a Golden Puffle be released?
Will a rainbow puffle be released?
is the psa ever gonna come back?
Do you plan on adding unreleased CP content (like the server hopping feature, for example)? This is my last question for sure 😉
I don’t see a need for server hopping on CPR personally as people normally bunch onto one or two servers where the majority of your friends will already be but it’d look awesome hopping into that box and popping out into another server.
I think it would be so cool to see a custom item with that animation, maybe for next april fool!
remind me in a year
Quick question, which stamps have you guys recently fixed, and which stamps are you currently working on fixing?
If you ever run out of new 2005-2012 parties (Which is unlikely) will you use 2013-2017 parties instead?
If we ever run out of parties, which I don’t see happening any time soon, we will most likely go the full custom route.
I still have negative in my coins after minigames AND doing nothing. Then when i reload the page it changes to zero coins even if i had more than zero FIX PLEASSSEEEEE
Will the gold and rainbow puffles come back? Also is the grey puffle still a thing? On twitter i saw concepts for it and it would be amazing to see another new color puffle and not an animal lol.
So I have seen some penguins using inappropriate language, (not cursing) but I don’t know what category to put the report in.