Puffle Rescue Tips!

Hi everyone, Screenhog here!

By now many of you have probably tried out the new Puffle Rescue game in the Mine. If you haven't, I definitely suggest heading down and trying it out. It's a lot of fun and very different from other Club Penguin games.

For everyone who's trying to get the hang of the game, I thought I'd post some suggestions and tips that have worked for me so far.

1. Look before you leap... or swim.

It helps to look ahead and plan your jumps. Remember that while you only have a little time to act, looking ahead and waiting for the best chance works well.

2. Sometimes 'close' is close enough.

If you mistime your jump, or if you need to make a fast leap, you can still land safely even if your aim isn't perfect. You'll grab onto moving platforms automatically if you're close enough...


3. Watch for new challenges.

At first, each level you reach will introduce a new challenge. Be cautious - there are tons of break-away platforms and ice chunks, along with sharks, bumpers, cannons and more. Pay close attention until you master all of them...

4. Last but not least, a few hidden tricks...

Have you tried standing on the mine carts until they leave the screen yet? Try it out! And if it gets too dark for you in the mine levels, remember that standing on the black and white check points will give you more light.

Do you guys have any other suggestions? If you can spare a moment from rescuing, I'd love to hear any tips you may have in the comments.

Otherwise, I hope you enjoy the new game.

Waddle on!

-Club Penguin Team

Night Club Secrets

Hello Penguins. Screenhog here again.

We've been hearing reports that the green puffle's missing from the Night Club. Have you seen it?

You know, the Night Club is one of those places where there's often a lot happening. And recently there have been some upgrades that make it even more interesting. You might have noticed that when there's more than 10 of you in the room, the lights change. But did you know that if the majority of you (at least 10) are the same penguin color then even more cool things start to happen?


So the next time you're there, try to get penguins in the Night Club to all turn the same penguin color. Also, if you and your friends have time, see if you can find out what's going on with that missing puffle...

In Other News - Lots of you voted a few weeks ago on a penguin to be carved from ice for the Carnaval de Quebec. As you know, The Rocker penguin won! And here's what it looked like...

Until then...Waddle on!

-Club Penguin Team

Screenhog on Puffle Design

Hi everyone, it's Screenhog!

It's the time of year when we honor the island's best pets - puffles. Way back when Club Penguin first launched, there weren't any puffles at all. But a lot of you asked to have some kind of pet to adopt and we decided to make up a completely new creature. That's how the puffle came to be. Actually, you guys even decided on the name "puffle"!

Last year we showed a couple of the original sketches back from November 2005 when artists first started sketching what a penguin's pet might look like - we wanted to show some of those again (in case you missed them) plus a few more that have never been seen before.

What do you think?

Hey, if you had the chance to design a make-believe pet, what would it be like?

-Club Penguin Team

Screenhog's Do Not Miss List

Season's Greetings Penguins. Screenhog here!

The Holiday Party will be done on December 28th and we didn't want you to miss anything.

• Santa's Sleigh Ride - did you deliver all the presents and get your prize yet?
• Lighthouse Stage - did you get the chance to try out the new song?
• Pictures With Santa - in the Book Room upstairs in the Coffee Shop!
• Coffee Shop - have you tried clicking the toy train running along the top?
• Pizza Shop - have you tried clicking the various plates and foods on the table?
• Toy Trains - speaking of which, did you find all the toy trains around the island? I found 4!
• Did you know? - you can see the giant tree in the Forest from the Cove?

The team's always planning new stuff for you and we'd like to know the things you liked most about this party.

Screenhog on how to play Card-Jitsu Fire

Hello Penguins! Screenhog here.
Lots of you are already Card-Jitsu Fire experts! But I wanted to give you some game info in case you haven't had a chance to play the new game in the Fire Dojo yet:
General Stuff:
There are practice mats for 2, 3, and 4 players. You can play with friends there.
If you talk to Sensei, and you pick the "Earn your Fire Suit" option, he'll set up a match. You get more experience points if you do this.
You can enter new offline trading card codes and you'll get cards added to your online deck. You won't see the animations in the Card-Jitsu Fire game but you can see them if you're playing the original Card-Jitsu game.
How to Play:
On your turn, select the stone which determines the spaces you move, choose your tile (you have 2 options), and then you'll pick your card to determine the outcome of the round.
If you land on one of these, - choose a card. The highest number wins. If you don't have the element, you cannot win that round.
If you end up with this symbol, or if you land on the same space as an opponent, you're going to have a Card-Jitsu battle - the elements determine the winner (water beats fire, etc. as in the original Card-Jitsu).
If you end up on this symbol, you get to choose which of the 3 elements you'd like to play!
If you're playing and someone quits, you get the experience points. If you quit, you don't get any points.
With all this exciting fire stuff, don't forget the important element of snow... The Great Snow Maze and snowy sport celebrations start Friday at the Ski Village.

Screenhog talks Card-Jitsu Fire!

Hello penguins!

Screenhog posted about the Card-Jitsu Fire today. Check it out:

Hi everyone! It’s Screenhog again.

If you haven’t been there yet, you might want to check out the construction for the Card-Jitsu Fire game. It’s our newest multiplayer game and it’ll launch November 24th!

You might not know, but multiplayer games are pretty complicated to make. Only one other game in Club Penguin supports 4 players – Sled Racing. Up to 4 ninjas will be able to play together in Card-Jitsu Fire and the team’s been working really, really hard to get it ready. Since the new game starts next week, I wanted to try and cover a few things you’ve asked about:

· Card-Jitsu Fire isn’t just about new cards. It’s a whole new way of using all your cards in a Fire Ninja setting.

· You’ll be using the cards you have already collected. But it’s not just Fire cards – you’ll be able to master the element of fire but you’ll have to use all the elements to do so.

Isn’t this game going to be Club Penguin’s 3rd multiplayer game that can have 4 players? I think Screenhog forgot the Dance Contest. What do you think?

Screenhog on making stuff

Hi everyone - It's Screenhog!

There's a lot of Halloween spookiness going on around the island. The Halloween Igloo Contest is starting on Friday along with a new furniture catalog, and the team's even been putting together more costumes for later this month. And speaking of costumes, we wanted to show you a little secret about something we do when we design clothing for penguins.

Remember the You Decide Poll with the rough art of the Gnome costume for the new November Stage? We got quite a few people asking why the penguins are always grey in these pictures. Some of you even asked if it's a new penguin color that's coming out!

It's not a new penguin color... but we do put the clothes on grey penguins for a reason. Grey is neutral - which means it doesn't look strange next to a different color. If we were to use a yellow or dark blue penguin all the time when we designed clothes, we might end up making a lot of clothing items that look really good on yellow or dark blue penguins, but nothing else! Using a grey penguin gives us the best chance of creating clothing items with colors that work on all penguins.

What do you think? If you've got any secrets of your own for putting together costumes or decorating a spooky igloo, leave them in the comments.

Waddle on!

Screenhog on The Fair Party!

Hi everyone! Flame0522 here!

The Fair's only going to be here for a few more days.... Here's a list of some of the cool stuff at the party, so see if you can find all of them. Good luck!

•5 penguins, including one with huge muscles
•3 saddles in one room
•A popcorn stand A caramel apple
•A place to scoop out cotton candy
•Over 300 balls in one room
•A wall of cactus
•A spinning blue puffle A spinning green puffle
•A room that has only a single color of balloons (any other room with balloons has them in more than one color)
•The Great Puffle Circus

OK...I admit, the last one's pretty easy, but the Puffle Circus was too cool not to mention. I hope you're able to find all of the stuff on the list! See you later!