- Update 1.3: Director's Cut - 5 March 2025
Hey ducks! It’s been a little while! Since the last update, we’ve been hard at work on the Switch version of the game. After a few days of development it became clear that it was going to be a much bigger job than we expected. I’m going to put it simply - the Switch is so outdated performance-wise that its toaster-class hardware could be beaten by a modern $50 smart phone. If we were ever going to get this game running at 60fps it was clear that a lot of the game systems would have to be rebuilt from scratch and almost every single part of the game would need to be modified. Now, many developers would see this as an enormous headache (which, to be fair, it is), but I saw it as an opportunity. A chance to go through every part of the game and make all those little changes I wish we could have made the first time. The best part of all, all of these updates will be made to every version of…
- Update 1.2: The Wizard Duck is here! - 30 July 2024
Hey there, fellow Ducks, This update introduces the wizards tower into the flock. In this mysterious building you’ll find the Wizard Duck. If you donate him enough materials, he can transform the look of your flock's environment! Bored of the grassy pastures? Why not turn your flock into a beach? Or how about a volcano area with a lava river? Your flock will never look the same again! That’s everything for now. Don’t forget to leave a review if you haven’t yet, and wishlist the game. ➣ Follow us on Socials and stay up to date Facebook Twitter Instagram TikTok YouTube Catch you soon on the island!✌️ ~Wix Games
- Get Duck Life 9 at -20% DISCOUNT - 27 June 2024
Gather up Ducks! We're taking part in the Steam Summer Sale from June 27 till July 11, you can get your friends and soon-to-be fellow ducks in for -20% off. You heard right: Duck Life 9 will be on sale from now until the Steam Summer sale ends. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2416880/Duck_Life_9_The_Flock/ ⚠️ Don’t forget to check our Duck Life collection.👇 If you're still keeping Duck Life 9 on the wishlist, now is the time to buy it for an incredible value. Grab a copy for yourself & let your friends know about it! Catch you soon on the island! ~Wix Games
- Update 1.1: Enter The Cave - 5 June 2024
Hey there, fellow Ducks, You might have wondered what is in the cave, and I am happy to let you know that it’s now available in our latest Update 1.1 Enter the Cave. But before that, we want to take a moment to thank our amazing community for their continuous support. Alright, let's dive into the notes and see what this update is all about! Update Notes Post-game content (we won’t spoil it here! 😉) Added the Arcade, a place where you can play any training game you want and go for highscores! You can build this in your flock after you have beaten the game New flock decorations. You can now rotate flock decorations with the Q and E keys Fixed bug that stopped slow ducks being able to escape water in races With that said, I am happy to also announce our first Village Decorating Contest. ▶️ For more information about the event, check out our Discord Server. That’s everything for now. Don’t…
- Day 3 update - 9 May 2024
- Fixed bug that caused your meal count to double every time you put one in your bag - Fixed bug in the Sunflower Ravine tournament race which made your duck never climb to the top of the wall - Fixed broken tightrope in a Toadstool Towers race - Tenzing will now be added to your recruit queue when transferring completed save data over from the demo version - Fixed issue in Jumping Pro minigame where flumes would spawn too far away for you to reach - Fixed issue in Jumping Pro where chest contents would not match the item image appearing on the chest speech bubble - Fixed wall clip in Sunflower Ravine - Fixed duck sorting options - Fixed a rare bug that prevented the game from starting
- COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION! - 9 May 2024
Hello, fellow ducks! We've got some exciting news to share with you! In the spirit of celebrating our release of Duck Life 9, we're excited to bundle the whole series. Introducing the "Duck Life Ultimate Collection" bundle with an exclusive -20% discount. If you want to get the entire Duck Life experience, now is your chance! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41414/Duck_Life_Collection/ Already own one of these epic games? No problem! The bundle adjusts, so you only pay for the game you don't have – and you'll still snag that extra discount. So whether you're a seasoned duck or you want to grow some wings, this bundle has got you covered. Grab this deal and embark on an epic journey with your favourite ducks! ~Wix Games
- Day 2 Update - 8 May 2024
- New overhead icons - Fixed training level cap bug when close to level 50 - Fix animation looping during fishing - Implement fishing rod upgrade functionality during fishing - Fix dialogue locking when talking to Viola - Improve behaviour of climbable vines and stepping stones in overworld - Fix softlock that sometimes occurred when attempting to skip news cutscenes - Fixed duck task stealing in Flock - Fixed jumping conversations in Flock - Tweaked duck AI decision making
- Duck Life 9: The Flock is Out Now - 7 May 2024
After many months of hard work, we’re finally ready to unveil our biggest project yet! As a small indie studio, we couldn’t have achieved this monumental feat without the support of our fans and our beta testers - we appreciate all of you! Duck racing is officially back! We’re thrilled to announce that Duck Life 9: The Flock is now available to play on PC, so get ready to dive in to the biggest, craziest, and most fun Duck Life game ever! You’ve been handed a first-class ticket to Featherhaven Island - but what should you expect once you touch down? Duck Life In The Fast Lane It wouldn’t be a Duck Life game without races - and this game is packed full of them! As you venture around the island, yo’ll uncover dozens of unique, bespoke race tracks to test your mettle. Also, for the first time ever, we’ve leapt into the third dimension to give each track more personality and fun than ever b…
- 1 DAY LEFT FOR THE FLOCK TO COME! - 6 May 2024
Hey, Ducks! The day we've all been waiting for is almost here! Get ready because tomorrow, MAY 7TH, our flock is about to get bigger with the release of DUCK LIFE 9: THE FLOCK. Mark your calendars and get ready! Don't forget to WISHLIST the game if you haven't already. We would like to take a moment to thank all of you for your continued support! We can not wait to share this next chapter with you, this is a massive leap forward compared to our previous titles! Watch our latest teaser trailer to celebrate this joyful event! Now, let’s move on to the last recap of the most important features coming to Duck Life 9! Shall we? Duck Management Each duck has needs which must be taken care of. Your duck can start feeling a bit down when it’s been left alone for too long, needs a quick toilet break, it hasn't had a snack in a while, or it hasn't caught some Zs in a while. If these needs are not…
- 2 DAYS LEFT FOR THE FLOCK TO COME! - 5 May 2024
Hello Folks! Hope you are all ready because... WE'RE RELEASING THE GAME IN 2 DAYS FROM NOW! We can not wait for you to put your hands (or wings if you're an actual duck) onto the game! Let’s keep going with the recap of the most important features coming to Duck Life 9! Shall we? Speak easy We’ve given unique personalities to every character on the island, while also retaining the relatable, approachable, and slightly absurd personality of the series. You’ll never quite know what to expect when you start talking to someone! It’s a feature you’ll look forward to, not just something to smash the “A” button through. We’ve taken a lot of inspiration from the Animal Crossing series of games and how well they get across an animal’s character in only a few lines of text. Building the ultimate village With a bustling flock, your ducks need a place to call home. Create a thriving duck village us…
- 3 DAYS LEFT FOR THE FLOCK TO COME! - 4 May 2024
Hello hello Ducks! This is the final stretch for Duck Life 9 to release... JUST 3 DAYS LEFT! We're so happy about what the game looks like and all of the new adventures you will face! We're going to recap all of the most important features coming to the game in these 3 days, let's go for it! A new lick of paint With every new game, we’re always trying to push the boundaries of how beautiful we can make the world around you, so this time we’ve decided to go with a lovely pastel art style, with calligraphic outlines to nail that painterly feel. Above you can see some of the visual development of how we evolved the look of the ducks, with the OG style on the left morphing into something a little *too* different in version 2, and being reigned back into something more familiar by the end. The result is a cute new spin on the designs seen in Duck Life Adventure, with slightly altered proport…
- Demo Update Notes (3/5/24) - 4 May 2024
Fixed bug which caused the Lover’s Spring chest to not open Added Headmaster Hoot, school and owl tasks Tournament qualifiers are now hosted by DNN Improved cookbook and cooking system Food shop has been removed (sorry Mona fans!) Too many small fixes and improvements to count!
- Farming Fest begins today! - 29 April 2024
Hello fellow Ducks! We are thrilled to announce that Duck Life 9: The Flock will be part of Farming Fest – the festival celebrating all things related to farming based video games starting today until May 6th. During the festival, you'll also have the chance to watch our devs stream Duck Life on the Steam page and get a sneak peek of what's coming with the game release. ➣ Don't forget to follow us on Socials and stay up to date Facebook Twitter Instagram TikTok YouTube Catch you soon on the island!✌️ ~Wix Games
- Dev Log 18 - Mark your calendars! - 22 April 2024
Firsts Hi everyone! It’s Sam the artist here, and I have the honour of bringing you guys the final Duck Life 9 dev log before the release of the game - yes, you read that right! It’s with great pleasure that I can finally reveal the release date of our latest entry into the series, Duck Life 9: The Flock, and that date is… The 7th of May! Mark your calendars! In celebration of this, today’s blog post is going to be all about “firsts”, that being everything we’ve packed into DL9 that’s a “first” for the duck life series overall. Let’s face it; when you’re working on the ninth instalment of a series it can be hard to innovate the experience if you just keep sticking to the same old formula. “More races and mini games with a different coat of paint” may have been enough in the past, but as we look to the future and build up the Wix Games team we can finally start to push some boundaries. I…
- Dev Log 17 - 8 April 2024
Duck Life has always been known for its training mini games. But in Duck Life 9, we’ve included a whole bunch more mini games that have nothing to do with training whatsoever! In today’s dev log we’re going to take a look at some of them (warning, this dev log includes some spoilers!) Archery Cave In the archery cave, your duck is given a crossbow and told to shoot! Shoot all of the targets on the doors to open them up and progress through the cave. Watch the time limit bar at the bottom because if it runs out, you’ll have to start over. Get the to end of the cave before running out of time to receive a mystery prize! Beach Clean Up A clumsy duck has dropped all of their precious paper cranes on the beach, and they need your help to pick them all up. But watch out, the tide is coming in (and fast!). You’ll have to think about the right route to take in order to pick them all up without…
- Dev Log 16 - 25 March 2024
Mr.Wix is here, and today we’re going to do a deep dive (or big leap) into Jumping Beginner training! The Jumping Maestro Who better to teach you than Featherhaven Island’s very own Fred the Frog! No other animal around can compete with Fred at jumping and he’s willing to teach you his skills (if you can find him that is!). He’ll train you in his swamp in one of 5 mini games. That’s right, this single training game has 5 games inside it. Don’t say we don’t treat you! Let’s take a closer look at them... Skipping Rope In skipping rope, you need to jump over the rope and don’t get hit! You get xp every time you jump over the rope, and Fred might even throw you some coins if you do a lot of successful jumps in a row. Sounds easy? The rope moves faster and faster as you play, and begins to try to trick you by slowing down or speeding up. Not only that, the camera will start changing angles,…
- Devlog #15 - 11 March 2024
Welcome back to another ducktastic devlog. Storm here, your fav 3D artist(I hope)! Today we’ll be revisiting the races but this time round we have new places to explore and will dive deeper into how you can waddle your way to the finish line with tantalising trails that make being a skilled duck worth your weight in feathers. Getting Started Getting to the final product requires a lot of designing and sketching, more often than not I draw concepts of the different things that make up the environments which help direct how the final thing will look. My desk is littered with books, sketches and coffee mugs. It’s no walk in the park but I didn’t choose the the duck life, the duck life chose me. All New Places For Races When it comes to races, we have you covered with loads of crazy new places! We wanted every race to feel unique so each race track is really long and broken up into differen…
- Devlog #14 - 4 March 2024
Hello again, folks! It’s Sam from the Wix Games team, coming back at you with a brand new dev log! This week we’re talking about how you go about preparing food for your flock, in order to keep them happy and boost their energy levels! The ducks of Featherhaven Island are well known for their esteemed and sophisticated tastes, which means you’ll be cooking all manner of different dishes to keep them nourished - there’s even a couple of beverages and dessert platters here and there. So, let’s get into the thick of it to make sure you’re up to speed for when you’ve got your own flock of friends. Someone’s Tummy Rumbling? This here is the cooking screen, where all the magic happens. Here you’ll be able to mix together ingredients you’ve harvested into a consumable meal, or instantly assemble a meal from the list of ones you’ve already unlocked. In the image above, we’re looking at the “rec…
- Devlog #13 - 26 February 2024
Welcome to an extra special edition of the Dev Log! We asked our Discord members for any questions that they have about the new game, and today we’re going to be answering some of our favourites! Will it be like all previous DuckLife games where there is a clear ending or will it be like Animal Crossing or The Sims where there isn't a clear ending? - Duckzila There will indeed be a clear ending, however this time we are concentrating a lot more on post-game content than we ever have before. The story may have a clear ending but the game will not end so easily! Will we have any appearances from the villains/final race competitors or protagonists from other games in DL9? - Avimo There are currently plans to bring back a whopping 8 characters from previous games! Who these characters are, you’ll have to discover for yourself Do you have any idea exactly when in early 2024 it will come out?…
- Devlog #12 - 19 February 2024
Hi everyone! It’s Freddie, back with another update about exciting Duck Life 9 content! This time around, we’ll be exploring a handful of the different quests we’ve added to the game. We’re making sure to pack as much fun and variety into the overworld as possible; in fact, just in this Devlog, we’ll go from piloting hot air balloons to navigating tricky hedge mazes! Clowning Around Although hot air balloons have featured in past Duck Life games, we’ve introduced a series-first here: you’ll be able to fly the balloon yourself and control your duck as they close in on the prize. You’ll need to carefully navigate airborne obstacles if you want to claim the key that Pimples is talking about here. I wonder what you need it for in the first place… Of course, a quest is nothing without a reward at the end of it, and in Duck Life 9 some of these rewards will enable you to unlock new challengin…
