Heads up, Puzzle Pals! We're getting ready to try something different. As we've been discussing here, we're looking at making changes to the way Puzzle Clubhouse works. We haven't got it all figured out yet, but we're really coming to believe that this place may work better if it focuses less on "a game a month about Jasper and Cornelius" and more on "bring your game ideas and if the community likes 'em, we'll build 'em!" Our first experiment will come with the next episode, (which we are calling episode 5, because we are going to renumber the episodes, making Laz0r Frogs #1, and the time travel episode #4). The big change for episode 5 will be that we will open up submissions of game ideas on an ongoing basis, and based on member votes, we'll prototype the most popular ideas a little bit at a time, and eventually we'll have everyone vote as to which prototype should become the finished episode 5. Longer term, we may be making more radical changes, but for now, this will let us experiment with this new system of parallel prototyping, to see how it feels. 

The thing we know for sure: Prototyping multiple games in parallel will definitely take longer than our old system of just picking an idea and running with it. So, we don't expect to have episode 5 up for January 1. In fact, we're not at all sure how long it will take to get it done -- we're guessing 3 months, but that's just a guess. It might sound like a bummer to have to wait -- but the upside is that there will be lots of prototypes to test and talk about along the way! This is all crazy and experimental, but we're doing it because we really believe it will be more fun for everyone. So -- get your game ideas ready, because we're getting ready to make them a reality! Watch this space, and we'll have more info about next steps soon!

There's an important conversation starting in the forums -- we're discussing ways to change Puzzle Clubhouse to better realize the vision of a place "where the players make the games!" We want to shift PCH's focus to center more on YOUR game ideas and enable community involvement in the playtesting and iteration process, rather than just submission of initial game concepts.

Got thoughts on how PCH can better become what you want it to be?

Check out the discussion!

Planning for Episode 4 has officially begun! Check out the community chosen game prototype we'll be taking into development!

Not Your (Proto)typical Episode!  (game idea)

Check out this article on PRWeb all about Episode 3!

Read the Article! 

Do you find yourself wondering which winning submissions are going into Episode 2? Well here's a breakdown of all of the community voted items that will appear, along with our special *ghost* star, in our November 1st Episode! (Reminder: some community submissions were developers' choice, so we'll leave them as a surprise!)

Ghost Catching (game idea)

Location, Location, Location (story)

Ghost Art (art)

Woe Goggle (concept art)

Transplanar Bat of Whiffling (concept art)

Wight Noise (sound)

Puzzle Clubhouse Home Decorating (art)

Bingo Was His Name-O...Or Was it? (story)

Aquarium Fish (Dev Choice) (art)

Werehare posted an awesome walkthrough video for Episode 0's game! It also features our now favorite primate, Puzzle Monkey.

This video will reveal how to solve the puzzles of this game! You have been warned.

Long live Puzzle Monkey!

Our community members get a shout-out in this awesome Gamasutra article! Read the thread

We’re so glad you’re here! Puzzle Clubhouse is an online community for a new kind of game development process -- a place where the players make the games! We publish a new crowd-designed and crowd-supported game on the site every month.

Puzzle Clubhouse is the only place we know of where anyone can get involved in making games. You can check out and give input on game prototypes, submit your own original game ideas, prototypes, art, sound effects, levels, and writing, and discuss and vote on what content should make it into the next published game. With your input and feedback, we’ll keep evolving our process to involve the community more and more deeply in the aspects of game development that excite you.

The Puzzle Clubhouse collaborative design process is a creative experiment that will require iteration. We’ll listen to your feedback, pay attention to what’s working and what’s not, and keep evolving the production process and the website to make things better. Consider this a starting point -- let’s see where we end up together! Read the thread!