Club Penguin Island

The game was originally known under the code name of Project: Super Secret, first used in 2014 and teased with sneak peeks in June 2015. However, Project: Super Secret was initially said to be Disney Mix, with the game's actual development confirmed to have started in 2015. On November 17, 2016, the project was revealed to be Club Penguin Island. A semi-private "geo-beta" took place in Australia and New Zealand between December 15, 2016 to its worldwide release. This beta was extended to iOS users in Canada on January 13, 2017. The original Flash game's servers went offline on the day of the game's release on March 30, 2017 at 12:01:39 AM PDT (7:01:39 AM UTC). On September 27, 2018, Disney confirmed in a letter to Disney Canada, obtained by the website Kotaku, that Club Penguin Island would be shutting down. Disney HR cited "global competition" as a factor in their decision. In addition to the shutdown, the entire Club Penguin team, based out of Kelowna, British Columbia, was laid off, despite being greenlit for two more years of work only three weeks prior to the announcement of the shutdown. The Mobile App was removed from the Google Play Store and App Store on November 20, 2018, one month prior to the server shutdown. The game was shut down on December 20, 2018 and is no longer available to play online. Offline mode was launched on December 21, allowing the player's account/penguin to be saved after the shutdown. == Plot and gameplay ==

Club Penguin Island is divided into various zones and distinct areas and contains a variety of features. Each player has a penguin level that is a measurement of their progress. Progress increases as the player completes Adventures and Daily Challenges. Every time a player reaches a new level, they receive a reward in the form of a pack, containing various items, such as emojis or blueprints. All rewards apart from emojis in these packs require membership to use. == Features ==

Club Penguin Island's features centered around customization and progression. Players could design clothing using blueprints, fabrics, and decals, customize igloos, and collect items scattered around the island. Adventures (quests) and Daily Challenges were the main ways to earn coins, XP, and level up. The game also offered various multiplayer games, seasonal events, and a phone-based hub called Island Live for tracking challenges and events. == Membership ==

Membership unlocked most of the game's full content, while free players had a meaningful but limited experience. When the game shut down, all players received free membership on November 5, 2018, followed by an Offline Mode on December 21, 2018, which let players access a solo, device-stored version of the game with added developer tools like Debug Mode. A new feature called Debug Mode was also added, which is a tool that Club Penguin Island's developers used to test the game. It allows players to teleport to different locations in the game, add a custom number of coins to their account, and import/export their player data – among other tweaks. The network menu allows players to create their own private server using SmartFoxServer (similarly to private servers from the original Club Penguin), although there is no documentation on how to do so. A content submenu was added on March 28, 2019; it allows players to customize the game. == Accolades ==

The game was nominated for "Best Music in a Casual/Social Game" at the 16th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards. == Notes ==