By Stegnar, it's the return of Cherry Rush , a three-day charity marathon organized by members of the UFO 50 player community to show off the game and raise money for Partners in Health! ːufocherryː Last year was an amazing showcase of the community's skill and creativity - as the developers, when our jaws weren't on the floor from the amazing achievements (how the heck did they cherry Grimston…
ːufoshockː Fixed: Japanese localization credits were not displaying. ( Many thanks to 8-4 for their hard work on UFO 50's Japanese localization! ːufocherryː)
ːufocampː UFO 50 · More performance optimizations. Block Koala · Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the code editor where you could place a fountain that went past the right edge of the level · Level Editor: Fixed crashes in the code editor when placing fountains near the right and bottom edges of the level · Level Editor: Fixed a bug in the graphic editor where you could place a block on top of flow…
ːufocampː UFO 50 · Fixed a rare crash that could occur in the pause menu when connecting and disconnecting controllers. · Various performance optimizations, focusing on games with the most slowdown (e.g. Grimstone, Porgy). · Other minor improvements. Avianos · Fixed a bug that caused ancestors to remain scrambled after moving on to an unscrambled scenario. Bug Hunter · Fixed: Movement predictio…
UFO 50 has been shortlisted for Best Game at the 2025 GameMaker Awards ! Honored to be part of this fantastic group of games. Most of the UFO 50 team has been using GameMaker to develop games for a long time... even before we started working on UFO 50 together! Suffice to say, it's been instrumental to us and many other indie developers and we're hugely appreciative to the GameMaker team for th…
From now through December 1, every in-stock item in Fangamer's UFO 50 collection will ship for free within the US and at a discounted international rate, in addition to building up store credit for future orders! If you're in Europe and the UK, you can also get free shipping from Fangamer Europe. ːufocampː Worldwide: ːufocampː UK & EU:
Some new merch for you, as part of our UFO 50 Merch Collection at Fangamer: · Night Manor Shirt - Zero bad dreams while wearing this awesome tee · Party House Pins - You'll be the life of the party! (Not guaranteed to cancel out trouble.) Hope you enjoy! ːufocampːːufocherryː
ːufocampː UFO 50 · Fixed an issue where a game's attract mode could cause win times to be overwritten incorrectly. · Addressed an issue with the in-game timer that could affect times slightly in certain games. Bushido Ball · Fixed: Player 2 Selector was displaying incorrectly. Lords of Diskonia · Fixed: Panning the camera during a shot could temporarily render the disk invisible.
ːufocampː UFO 50 · More performance optimizations across the board, but in particular: Golfaria, Lords of Diskonia, Porgy · Lowered the amount of times that the collection/games write to disk. Block Koala · Fixed bug in Level Editor that prevented you from inputting a "P" (Player). · Fixed bug in Level Editor that prevented you from placing black 2 and 3 blocks along the bottom/right edges. Com…
ːufocampː In case you missed it, you can pre-order the UFO Companion guidebook from Fangamer (shipping in February 2026): 100+ pages of tips, tricks, maps, stickers, and original artwork that covers all 50 games in UFO 50! A jam-packed guide that's fun to flip through, even for those who have already mastered the collection. Can be bought standalone via the above link or as part of the Nintendo…
ːufocampː UFO 50 · Performance optimizations across the board. · Lowered the amount of times that the collection and specific games try to save. · Various improvements to localization. Avianos · Fixed bug with Fog of War in Multiplayer that could expose your army to your opponent. Campanella 3 · Fixed: If you exited the game during the Bonus Stage the library record stat would erroneously displ…
Fun UFO 50 event happening this weekend (August 29-31)! Cherry Rush is a three-day charity marathon organized by members of the UFO 50 community to show off the game and raise money for Partners in Health, a nonprofit that works to provide high-quality healthcare around the world to those in need. During the event, skilled players will be taking turns collecting ːufocherryː in all 50 games in U…
Hey, everyone! Wanted to let you know that UFO 50 has just been released on Nintendo Switch, in case you're interested or know someone who might be! Thanks to Hidden Trap for assisting us with this port. Obviously this console release has taken quite a bit of work, but we still have plans for Steam: more languages (like Japanese), more bugfixes, and more optimizations. Thanks so much for your s…
Barbuta · Fixed an issue where one puzzle would be unsolvable under certain conditions. Planet Zoldath · Fixed an issue with things being temporarily invisible after teleporting.
Barbuta · Fixed an issue with ladder visibility. Caramel Caramel · Fixed a potential crash when idling on Game Over screen. Ninpek · Fixed a bug where lightning was failing to warn before striking. Rakshasa · Fixed an issue with an enemy attacking from off-screen. Warptank · Fixed a bug where music wouldn't change as you transitioned between screens.
ːufoshockː Small patch to address a couple of serious bugs introduced in the previous patch (1.7.2.1): · Fixed: Barbuta "ROOMS SEEN" stat was not counting properly, making the gift impossible to obtain. · Fixed: Crash when assigning a pad in Joypad Config.
ːufocampː UFO 50 · Various performance optimizations. · Fixed: Speed records for completing Avianos and for completing the whole collection inadvertently shared the same variable. Note: Players who already completed all 50 games likely have incorrect times for Avianos speedruns. Unfortunately, we're unable to recover that data. Sorry about that. :( · Fixed: Interface for viewing your whole coll…
ːufocampː UFO 50 · It's now possible to have Player 1 on keyboard and Player 2 on a single connected gamepad. · Added a fail safe to prevent one gamepad from being assigned to both players. · Made it possible to assign "no gamepad" to a player by pressing a keyboard key instead of a gamepad button when prompted. · Memory optimizations for potential performance gains. Elfazar's Hat · Prevented t…
Excited to announce that last week UFO 50 was honored at the 2025 New York Game Awards with an "Off Broadway Award" for Best Indie Game ! Really cool stuff. ːufogoldː We also have some nominations to share: we're up for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design at the DICE Awards, the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival (IGF), and an Innovation Award at the Game Developer…
ːufocampː UFO 50 · More cut off strings fixed in non-English languages. · Keyboard glyphs won't be displayed in prompts while using Steam Deck. · You can now reroute different controller devices to different players from Joypad Config. · Dynamic controller reassignment automatically ensures that connected controllers are paired efficiently. For example, if only 1 controller is connected, it wil…
This patch is focused on localization fixes and improvements. In the new year, we plan to return to fixing regular bugs. ːufocampː UFO 50 · Worked together with Warlocs (localization group) to fix text that was cut off or going out of bounds because of text limits. There are still some existing cases that we're aware of - we'll include fixes for those in future patches. · Made some slight tweak…
The UFO 50 Original Soundtrack is now available on Steam in both MP3 and FLAC formats! The soundtrack, composed entirely by Eirik Suhrke, features 331 tracks in total and is already topping the charts in nearby galaxies. Cover art by the illustrious mushbuh. You can buy the soundtrack as part of the Game + Soundtrack bundle for a 10% discount (this works even if you have already bought the game…
This month, we're collaborating with the Video Game History Foundation on a special UFO 50 art print, illustrated by Derek just for the occasion! All proceeds go to the VGHF and their awesome preservation work. You can find a link to purchase the print on their donation page: ːufocherryː That's not the only way to support the fundraiser, however! From that link you can do a direct donation, joi…
In case you missed it, UFO 50 was nominated for BEST INDEPENDENT GAME at The Game Awards, which is taking place next week on December 12th! ːufogoldː If you like, you can vote on this category up until the day of the show: Please vote with your heart! All these games are cool and we're just happy to be recognised alongside them at this big video game event. Thank you for playing UFO 50!
ːufostareː We wanted to celebrate video games and tell stories in a new way that can only be done like this! In a collection full of surprises! 50 GAMES TOGETHER... we hope you're enjoying it!
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