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Spike Hike Pays a Visit
If you’ve been part of the Club Penguin journey for the last few years, Spike Hike is probably a name which will instantly cause some nostalgia; he was the former General Manager and one of the many icons of the game.
Just a few hours ago, Spike Hike made a return to the community on Twitter, after over two years of hearing little about him. He said he missed the community and left some kind words.
“Club Penguin kids, I’m proud of you. You continue to make the world better, I see it every day. Remember, this world is what you make it. You can fill it with anger or joy. Choose joy, if nothing else it’s a lot more fun! #WaddleOn”
-Chris Heatherly (aka Spike Hike)
I’m sure that a lot of you might remember him, so I thought that this would be worth sharing, especially since he’s not been around for so long.
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
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Small Bursts of Imagination Pitch Rejected
You may remember from a couple of weeks ago that there were plans from former Club Penguin staff members to create a documentary on Lance Priebe’s (rsnail) games, and a trailer was even released! If you’re unaware of this, you can find some more details here.
I promised that I would keep you informed regarding this documentaryo, and unfortunately, Chris Gliddon (Polo Field) gave an update last night that this movie pitch had not been selected by Storyhive.
Update on our movie pitch: looks like our pitch wasn’t selected for the Storyhive program. That’s okay! We’ll find a different way to make this thing happen. Thanks for your support!
-Chris Gliddon, one of the people behind the planned documentary
Lance Priebe (rsnail) who the documentary is primarily intended to focus on That doesn’t mean a film relating to Lance Priebe’s work is completely out of the question though! As Screenhog, a former Club Penguin artist, said:
There’s certainly enough fan interest in Club Penguin to make this [film] a reality. It’s just a matter of tapping into it.
-Screenhog
But unfortunately, the idea was not accepted for the $50K production grant. I’ll let you know if anything else regarding the project is revealed though!
Thank you for reading, waddle on!
-Torres 126
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Small Bursts of Imagination Voting
Some more information has been revealed on this here
Voting has begun until May 31st for the documentary about Lance Priebe’s games, featuring Chris, Emma and Johnny! You may recognise them as Polo Field, Bambalou and Businesmoose, who were three really iconic staff members from classic Club Penguin.
It will be based on the making of Mech Mice, AdVenture Capitalist, Box Critters, and of course, Club Penguin, and will also feature many of the workers behind the games, including Lance/rsnail himself! In fact, there’s even an amazing pitch video regarding it.
For this to happen though, the project needs to be voted for on Storyhive. Thirty documentary ideas will win (only fifteen through voting), which offers a $50K production grant to the winners. Polo Field has stated though that “this may seem like a lot, but in the film world, this is really only enough to get started.”
It’s also going to feature a variety of people regarding a really amazing topic to all of us!
All three co-founders (Lance, Lane, Dave) have agreed to participate. We also have some key other folks like Lance’s brother Chris (who coded the original servers for Club Penguin), AdVenture Capitalist creator Cody, as well as the mayor of Kelowna (because why not have a cameo from the mayor, right?)
So in order to support this documentary, we can all vote for it on Storyhive! The voting process is very simple, you need to go to the link and click the orange “vote” button at the top.
You can vote once per a day until voting ends on May 31st!
Definitely please do vote, as this seems to be a fantastic documentary made by some fantastic people who are hugely connected to the games. Hopefully, it’ll be a winner!
Small Bursts of Imagination tells a story about the level of deep personal investment and sacrifice that goes into creating companies. It’s a journey that anyone who has been told “you can’t do that” can relate to. In 2007, Lance Priebe sold the virtual world he created with his co-founders to Disney for $350 million. He built a fun social game for hundreds of millions of kids around the world to play. He’d also created jobs for hundreds of workers in Kelowna, BC in the process. But replicating the success of Club Penguin was harder — and more costly — than anyone could have imagined. In this story, we learn about how Lance and his new studio Hyper Hippo Games almost fell apart, and what they did to create success once again.
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
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Polo Field & Businesmoose Movie about Rsnail Planned
Some very exciting news has been revealed about a plan from Polo Field and Businesmoose, two very well-known former staff members at Club Penguin who frequently collaborated together when making videos!
They intend to create a movie about the making of Club Penguin, Mech Mice and Box Critters with Lance (rsnail), a founder of Club Penguin. The latter two of those games are both games which Lance has also been behind.
Currently, Chris (Polo) and Johnny (Moose) intend to “start small first, but the plan is feature-length”. Some names they’re considering so far is “Game Changer”, “Start Small” and “Lance”, but they could go with something completely different.
Lastly so far, if you’ve got any Club Penguin artwork that you’d like to be featured in the movie, you can submit it to the duo for a chance for it to be included.
Some more news is likely to be revealed as time passes, and I’ll be sure to share anything else revealed! If you haven’t already, make sure to check this (links to YouTube) smaller but still amazing documentary!
Thank you very much for reading, waddle on!
-Torres 126
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Club Penguin’s Original Proposal
Over a decade ago, Lance (or rsnail) made a proposal to create Club Penguin. Earlier this week, he found and shared the original proposal, which eventually led to the game being created and everything since!
I thought it was actually pretty interesting, so you might want to check it out. Here it is if you’re interested! You can click the image to zoom in.
It’s really interesting and cool how the island progressed since the initial plan, and Club Penguin certainly did go on to encourage, inspire and challenge players all around the world. I thought that alone made this worth sharing!
Thank you for reading, waddle on!
-Torres 126
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Thank you for two million views!
Hey everyone,
Last night, Club Penguin Mountains reached over two million views, by over 350K people! I just wanted to make a quick post acknowledging this.
Although this post will be short, I wanted to express my thanks once again for all the support which made achieving this milestone possible! I never would have believed that this blog would’ve come so far five years ago, but I’m grateful that you’ve made it possible.
Thank you for all of the support!
Two million is such a huge number, and it always means a lot that people continue to find this blog helpful and enjoyable, so whether you’ve read just one post or you’ve been around for a few years – thank you!
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
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Club Penguin Music #7: Pufflescape
A new video has been released by Screenhog, and this time it’s all about Pufflescape, including some of the tunes behind it and some insights to the game!
You can learn about the Behind the Scenes to the music of Pufflescape in his new video!
For those of you who aren’t aware what Pufflescape is, as it isn’t a game which can be played on Club Penguin Rewritten or Island, it was an awesome physics-based game based on collecting O’Berries.
The idea was to use your keyboard to collect O’Berries with your puffle, and then progress through levels!
Pufflescape artwork Perhaps one day it’ll even come to Club Penguin Rewritten too, because the soundtrack is definitely cool!
Thank you very much for reading, waddle on!
-Torres 126
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CP Music #6: Box Dimension
Hi! A new video has been uploaded by Screenhog, featuring the behind-the-scenes details of creating the iconic Box Dimension tune!
By now, you’re probably familiar that I tend to post these videos as I find them awesome, and you may do so too, so I wanted to share them with you in case you’re interested. Here’s the latest one!
If you’d like to just give the track a listen, though it’s also included in the video, you can hear it here too.
Feel free to watch it if you’re interested, as Screenhog mentions a really interesting story too about how the team collaborated for the April Fools Party!
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
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CP Music #5: Cave of Creeps & Clarinets
Happy Halloween! Well, I’m a few days late, but in case you missed it, I just wanted to let you know that Screenhog published another awesome video about the Behind the Scenes of Club Penguin music!
This time, it’s about the story of creating one of the iconic Halloween tracks: Cave of Creeps & Clarinets. Feel free to watch it if you’re interested!
If you’d like to just give the track a listen, though it’s also included in the video, you can hear it here too.
I just wanted to share this with you in case you missed it, as I think the Behind the Scenes element of Club Penguin is really interesting, and I know that you might think so as well!
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
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LEGO Club Penguin: Official Concepts
A while back, you may remember that there used to be a lot of hope that Lego (the construction toy company) would make sets for Club Penguin, which you could buy and build!
Unfortunately, this never happened, but the Club Penguin team wanted it to! tigerrkid, who recently travelled to the CP Headquarters in Kelowna, kindly allowed me to share the pictures of the Lego designs!
In order for Lego sets to be considered, the team would’ve had to submit them into Lego Ideas, at which point we could vote for them. If it reached 10 thousand votes, then the Lego team themselves would’ve considered making them a reality.
Sadly though, it never got to that stage, and never will with Club Penguin Island closing. However, these pictures do look really cool, so I just wanted to share them in case you were interested.
The Plaza 
The Dojo 
The Migrator I would’ve loved for these sets to have become a reality (you may remember the #LEGOCP project from a few years ago!), and whilst it never will be, I’d like to thank tigerrkid for sharing these photos, and the Club Penguin team for trying their best.
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
