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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.

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 Patch - The smallest map, focused on everyone's favorite color!
The Library, Second Floor - Follow the clues to find a path forward.
Level Secret - A capstone level which may or may not actually exist.
The Afterword - A timed, randomized challenge map, authored in collaboration with Star "Hatkirby" Rauchenberger.

This will likely be the last major addition to Lingo for the foreseeable future. I'm working my way through design of the sequel and look forward to begin sharing it with you as soon as I can. As always, I will continue to fight back against any bugs that might show their faces, and the custom mapmaking community continues to be an absolute treasure trove of Lingo content to participate in.

Thank you for being here, thanks for reading, and I look forward to sharing more with you soon.
Brenton

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

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

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 answer in CODE is a four digit number. This map also hosts more guest designers than any other map, including LL2. I even had the opportunity to design one of them myself!

The guide for adding custom content is available at https://www.lingothegame.com/custom.html. There's also a dedicated forum post in our Discord available for chatting about your time with CODE.

Many thanks to Kiwi, our newest multi-maker, for this fun addition to Lingo's multiverse.

We're also midway through Puzzlefest and have added about 100 new players - if you're new here, welcome!

Thanks for reading! Until next time!
Brenton

It's Bigger!
It's Brighter!
It's Back!


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 the idea. I even included a couple plain white hallways, for old time's sake.

This map has been stitched together over the past five months, and I am very excited to share it with you today. A huge thank you to the beta testers and guest room designers who helped bring this space to life. And a big thank you to you for checking it out!

Welcome Back!
Brenton