Town Center

Town Center
Town Center
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Information
Where	Between the Dock and the Snow Forts
Opened	March 31, 2005 ; (Penguin Chat 3) ; August 22, 2005 ; (Beta Testing only) ; October 24, 2005 (Official Launch) ; December 12, 2013 (Club Penguin App)
Renovated	December 6, 2012
Closed	Still open
Mini-games	None
Room ID	100
Tour Description
"Welcome to the Town Center! This is often the first place you visit. If Club Penguin is having a party... this room is usually well decorated for it."

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The Town Center (more commonly known as the Town) is the main gathering area in Club Penguin, where many penguins chat, and advertise parties at their igloos. The Town is usually the point of many penguins as it is the first area that penguins join, unless there are one hundred penguins already in the Town, in which case they will enter into many other places. It is the main area of Club Penguin Island's City. The other main area of the city of Club Penguin Island is The Plaza.

The Town has no games, but it is an easy way to access rooms including the Coffee Shop, Dance Club, Clothes Shop, Dock, and the Snow Forts. It is almost always decorated for parties and events. Penguins often advertise their igloo events here. Along with The Plaza, the Town is the busiest room in Club Penguin. The Town is also the oldest room in Club Penguin. Pins are not hidden in the Town, since it is one of the busiest rooms, and a pin would be very noticable.

Graphical Update

As seen in the end of Polo Field's and Businesmoose's documentary video, the Town would be, and has already been, graphically updated. The window in the Coffee Shop is now on the right side, and the Night Club and Gift Shop are now renamed the Dance Club and Clothes Shop, respectively. There is also a cork board that is taken from the cancelled News Room.

Parties

2005

During the Beta Test Party, it had a banner hanging from the Coffee Shop that read "BETA TEST PARTY", and there were two boxes of party hats.
During the Halloween Party 2005, not much was decorated, except that there were orange lights at the Night Club instead of the white ones, and there were a few cobwebs around.
During the Christmas Party 2005, there was a small Christmas Tree with ornaments on it. Also the outside of the Night Club was Christmas colored.

2006

During the Summer Party 2006, the Town was decorated, with green lights at the Night Club instead of the white ones, and there were two sievings.
During the Western Party 2006, the Town was decorated, with a banner hanging on the Coffee Shop that read "Surprise Party", while the Night Club was turned to a Barn.
During the Sports Party, the Town was decorated, there were small flags that some were red and some were white. Also, there was a banner hanging on the Coffee Shop that read "Red Team" with red and white balloons.
During the Halloween Party 2006, the Town was decorated, there were orange lights at the Night Club instead of the white ones, and one pumpkin and small ones hung over the Coffee Shop.
During the Christmas Party 2006, the Town was decorated, and was covered with snow. There were two Christmas Trees made of snow, a snowman can be seen there between the Night Club and Gift Shop. Also, there were red and green lights instead of white ones at the Night Club.

2007

During the Winter Fiesta 2007, lights, lanterns, and piñatas were placed among the buildings in town. A palm tree was also placed next to the Coffee Shop.
During the Festival of Snow the Night Club was turned into an ice palace. Cut-out snowflakes were placed all over town. A banner which read "Festival of Snow" was placed on the Coffee Shop.
During the St. Patrick's Day Party 2007, the buildings in the town became green and a big four leaf clover was carved in the snow.
During the April Fools' Party 2007, not much was changed. However there were boxes scattered, and banner which read "April Fools!" was placed on the Coffee Shop.
During the Pirate Party 2007, the buildings were pirate themed such as the Coffee Shop looking like a tavern. There was a banner on the Coffee Shop which read "Ahoy!". There were also treasure chests.
During The Summer Kickoff Party 2007 the Coffee Shop was turned into a giant coconut with a straw in it. Surfboards were around town, and a smiling sun was carved into the snow.
During the Water Party 2007, there was a hose which lead into the Night Club, a banner which read "Water Party" with a picture of a water balloon on it, and a water splat was carved into the snow.
During Camp Penguin 2007, there was a sign that read "Camp Penguin" and a trail was made in the middle of the Town.
During the Fall Fair 2007, the Town was given a carnival feel with many lights and stylized signs. The Night Club was turned into a Carnival Tent, and the Coffee Shop had a sign which read "Fall Fair" and featured Rockhopper and Yarr.
During the Halloween Party 2007, the buildings in the Town were given a haunted house look. As well as the rest of the island, the town featured a night sky.
The Town Center had a Christmas village look during the Christmas Party 2007.

2008

During the Winter Fiesta 2008, the Night Club was turned into a golden Mayan pyramid. Lanterns and piñatas were also around the Town.
During the Water Party 2008, the Town was given an underwater feel. The Coffee Shop was turned into a seashell, the Night Club was turned into a sunken ship, and the Gift Shop's paint was somewhat rusted.
During the St. Patrick's Day Party 2008, the buildings became green, and there was a banner on the Coffee Shop, which read "St. Patrick's Parade".
During the April Fools' Party 2008, the Night Club was pixelated, the Coffee Shop was drawn in crayon, and the Gift Shop was white with dark tan lines.
The design of the Town Center during Rockhopper's Arrival Party, was quite similar to the design of the Pirate Party 2007. The only difference is the red dotted trail in the middle of town.
During the Medieval Party 2008, the Night Club turned into a castle, and it's sign read "Knight Club". The Coffee Shop and Gift Shop, were both a given a Medieval Look.
During the Water Party 2008, not much was changed, except for the Night Club turning blue, and a hose running into the entrance.
During the Music Jam 2008, balloons, flags, and signs set up around town center. There were also cut-out music notes as well a sign in the shape of a jar that said, "Music Jam".
During the Penguin Games 2008, the Town showed full support for Team Red. Red flags and balloons were set up around town.
During the Fall Fair 2008, the Town was given a carnival feel with many lights and stylized signs. The Night Club was colorful, and the Coffee Shop had a sign which read "Fall Fair" and featured Rockhopper and Yarr.
During the 3rd Anniversary Party, all of the buildings of the Town were decorated. The Coffee Shop was decorated so it looked like the cake in the Coffee Shop. The Gift Shop was decorated with an ad outside, and it seemed bigger. However, the interior of the Clothes Shop was not decorated, and the town looks like Times Square.
During the Halloween Party 2008, there were pumpkin heads over the Coffee Shop, also the lights of the Night Club turned orange and the sky became dark.
During the Christmas Party 2008, the rooms were covered with snow, and there were two Christmas trees and two others made of snow.

2009

During the Dance-A-Thon, there was a long red carpet leading to the Night Club.
During the Winter Fiesta 2009, the Night Club was turned into a golden Mayan pyramid. Lanterns and Pinatas were also around town.
During Puffle Party 2009, it was decorated as if it was an igloo filled with puffle furniture. The exterior of the Coffee Shop was fuzzy and was green, resembling a Small Scratching Post. A Puffle Party banner was hung there. The interior of the Coffee Shop was not decorated.
During the St. Patrick's Day Party 2009, the buildings in the Town became green and a big four leaf clover was carved in the snow, where the snow was colored green. There was also a banner hung over the Coffee Shop.
During the April Fools' Party 2009, the rooms in the town were turned to boxes. The Coffee Shop also had a banner that reads "APRIL FOOLS!" and some boxes can be spotted in the Town.
During the Medieval Party 2009, the Night Club turned into a Castle, and its sign read "Knight Club". The Coffee Shop and Gift Shop were both a given a Medieval look.
During the Adventure Party 2009,the Night Club, Gift Shop and Coffee Shop were made of bamboo shoots. There was a wooden statue of a penguin next to the Coffee Shop and two other wooden statue of puffles next to the Night Club. The Town was also full of trees.
During the Music Jam 2009, the Coffee Shop had a banner that reads "LIVE MUSIC". Also, some balloons that are colored blue. red and yellow, along with the pink and yellow lights in the Dance Club.
During the Festival of Flight, the Coffee Shop had a banner that reads "FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT". Also, a sun was placed next to the banner, along with two clouds, one in the Night Club and the other in the Coffee Shop, along with some balloons next to the Night Club. There are two fans that could be found in the Town during the party.
During the Fall Fair 2008, the Night Club was colorful, along with the Gift Shop banner, and the Coffee Shop had a sign which read "THE FAIR" and featured Rockhopper and Yarr.
During the 4th Anniversary Party, the Coffee Shop was turned to a cake from outside, which was colored green, blue and purple. There were also gifts and balloons around the Town, and the sky was stormy in preparation for the Halloween Party 2009.
During the Halloween Party 2009, there were pumpkin heads over the Coffee Shop, also the lights of the Night Club turned orange and the sky became dark. On the Coffee Shop and Night Club there was two signs, that reads "NIGHT OF THE LIVING SLED".
During the Celebration of Fire, the sky along with the ground turned fully orange.
During the Holiday Party 2009, it was well decorated, as not a lot of things were the same.

2010

During the Puffle Party 2010 the three buildings looked different and a "Puffle Party" sign was hung out of the Book Room.
During the Penguin Play Awards 2010 there was a banner hung from the Book Room to the Clothes Shop with the Penguin Play Awards logo.
During the April Fools Party 2010 the Coffee Shop and the Gift Shop turned invisible.
During the Earth Day 2010 the buildings were painted green like during St. Patrick's Day parties but darker and plants were everywhere.
During the Mountain Expedition, there was a banner on the Coffee Shop that said Mountain Expedition and there were balloons everywhere.

2011

During the Wilderness Expedition a sign was put up.
During the Puffle Party 2011, it was well-decorated and extremely colorful. It was decorated like a puffle village, where fair flags and signs were being put up.
During the April Fools' Party 2011, parts of the Coffee Shop and Gift Shop are invisible.
During the Earth Day 2011, the theme color of the town was green.
During the Music Jam 2011 the town was extremely colorful. A large banner was hang up in the exterior of the Coffee Shop, colorful spotlights are casted from the Night Club, while many balloons with music notes drawn on them and banners and being put up.
During the Card-Jitsu Party 2011, it was decorated to be a sort of fire village.
During the Holiday Party 2011, it was quite colorful, and was decorated to look like Santa's Village.

2012

During the Underwater Expedition, the Town was tilted to the left and had a poster for the Underwater Maze. Oddly, it was otherwise undecorated.
During the Rockhopper's Quest, the Town had a sign added directing penguins to the beach. It was otherwise undecorated.
During the Puffle Party 2012 The Town was well decorated but not like any other party this year. The Coffee Shop was a wooden place with red wood, and there was a big puffle drinking tube with coffee in it. The Night Club had two doors, had a big silver puffle on it. It also had lights that changed color.
During the April Fools' Party 2012, there was a mat and a few whoopee cushions. In the corner, there was a box archway leading to the Snow Forts, where the box portal was. The Blue Propeller Cap was obtainable in this room.
During the Earth Day 2012, there was an archway which read 'EARTH DAY' leading to the Snow Forts. The Safari Helmet was obtainable in this room.
During the Medieval Party 2012 The buildings were decorated and rebuilt to look like a replica of dark age buildings. There were pictures of Scorn the Dragon King's face. The Clothes Shop was renamed 'Market', the Night Club 'Knight Club', and the Coffee Shop was the 'Ye Olde Coffee'.
During the Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2012 the Town was like a city, had a car, some other buildings and sidewalks, along with entrances to the Hero HQ and the Villain Lair.
During the Construction of the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Jam, there was a pile of wooden planks, several boxes and some posters in the buildings.
During the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Jam, the Town was covered with neon lights.
During Adventure Party: Temple of Fruit the Town was a combination of previous Island Adventure Parties and Fruit theme.
During the Adventure Party: Temple of Fruit, it was decorated like past years. There were several fruits in the plants and trees, and 1 week after the party, it announced the Smoothie Smash Grand Opening.
During The Fair 2012 the Town was exactly the same as last year, The Fair 2011. The buildings were colorful, balloons were floating in the air, confetti laid on the ground and there was an advertisement of the Great Puffle Circus.
During the Halloween Party 2012 the Town was the same as last year Halloween Party 2011, only with an announcement board from Gary the Gadget Guy about his search for Gariwald VIII.
During Operation: Blackout the Town Center was much darker there were two flags that featured half of Herbert P Bears face and a Golden statue of Herbert. A thermometer telling how cold Club Penguin is and an entrance to the Underground Resistance.
During late Operation: Blackout the Coffee Shop, Night Club and Gift Shop were covered in snow. It had a similar layout like it had the Town during the Christmas Party 2006 and 2008.
During the Holiday Party 2012, it was decorated the same way as last year. It was decorated to look like a Santa Village. There was an advertisement leading penguins to the Cookie Shop or to the Bakery.

2013

During the Hollywood Party, the sky behind the Town got darker.
During the Puffle Party 2013, it was decorated the same way as last year. The only difference was the Stadium and the box of free items got removed.
During the Marvel Super Hero Takeover 2013 the Town Center looked like a very modern city with skyscrapers and many buildings behind the Town Center.
During the Card-Jitsu Party 2013, it was decorated like an ancient Chinese/Japanese town. It was the domain of the element of Fire. It was decorated the same way during the Card-Jitsu Party 2011, the only difference was the removal of the Fire Headbands free item box.
During the Star Wars Takeover, you could see the Death Star in the sky.
During the Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam, you could access the Epic Wave and the Highway in this room. There was a skateboard ramp with the design similar to the Cave how is decorated during the Puffle Parties. The buildings changed like the Dance Club changing into a hut saying "Shimmy Shack". The snow was replaced with sand also.
During the Medieval Party 2013, it was similar decorated to the Medieval Party 2012. However, the background changed instead of showing Scorn's Mountain, it just showed normal mountains and the Dock also. This time you could not use the Skyward Staff to access this room.
During the Halloween Party 2013, the sky changed from daytime to nighttime with a storm. You could see a full moon in the sky. The Dance Club has been transformed into a pumpkin, the Clothes Shop into a Witch Shop and the Coffee Shop changed building as well.
During the 8th Anniversary Party, the Halloween Party 2013 was still going on. There were some balloons here and a banner in the Coffee Shop saying "Happy Anniversary". The banner was rainbow colored as well.
During Operation: Puffle, it was nighttime and there were many missing puffle posters.
During the Holiday Party 2013, it was decorated the same as last year.

2014

As seen in the prehistoric times, there was a prehistoric Coffee Shop and a prehistoric Clothes Shop. Dino Dig was playable here. Penguins could take their puffle to a giant dinosaur footprint with water in it, to increase the puffle's stats.
During The Fair 2014, it was nighttime and otherwise undecorated.
During the Muppets World Tour, it was decorated to represent United Kingdom. The Clothes Shop transformed into a Museum. You could talk with Miss Piggy to claim the Pink Microphone.
During the Puffle Party 2014, it had similar decorations from past years. It had pavement with puffle symbols within. You could claim the Blue Border Collie Headband and the Blue Border Collie Hoodie.
As seen in the future, there will be a spaceship in the room. There is a futuristic Coffee Shop, a futuristic Dance Club and a futuristic Clothes Shop. Meteors are seen falling in the sky and Members can paint their Robo at the Robo Shop, which it's the Clothes Shop in the future.
During the Penguin Cup, there were many flags representing the teams that competed for the Penguin Cup.
During the Music Jam 2014, it was decorated the same way as the Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam Town.
During the Frozen Party, it was decorated to resemble an Arendelle-style Town Center.
During the Halloween Party 2014, it was decorated the same way as the Halloween Party 2013.
During the Pirate Party 2014, it was decorated like a pirate's village.
During the Merry Walrus Party, it was decorated similar to the Holiday Party 2013, except everything was recolored blue, and the sky was also blue.

2015

During the Star Wars Rebels Takeover, it was decorated to resemble Lothal, the planet where the TV show takes place.
During the SoundStudio Party, it was decorated similar to the Hollywood Party, albeit a few minor changes, such as a "SoundStudio" sign on the Dance Club.
During Pi Day, there was a large signpost on the right which directed players to the Mine Shack where the party was being held.
During the Puffle Party 2015, the room was similar to previous Puffle Parties. The only difference from last year was the item booth was missing.
During the Cave Maze, there was a signpost on the left directing players to the Dock, where the event was being held.
During the Frozen Fever Party, the town was decorated the same way as the Frozen Party (2014).
During The Fair 2015, the town was decorated the same way as The Fair 2014.

Trivia

Rsnail (Lance Priebe) designed the original Town.^[1]
When a penguin was created and first logged in before June 27, 2011, the first place he/she started out at was the Town, unless it was full.
According to Screenhog on a blog post, pins are never hidden here because it is the busiest room in Club Penguin.
The Town is one of the rooms that is almost always decorated during parties (except some off-island parties and one-room parties).
There is a sneak peek to a new room in the book The Awesome Official Guide to Club Penguin which may have connection to the Town, but this room was proven to never be released, as the idea was scrapped long ago.
The Town was renovated on December 6, 2012 along with several other rooms because of The Journey.
It was the first room ever to be decorated in Club Penguin, which was at the Beta Test Party.
Its old design was shown on the This Old Town Background released for the 8th Anniversary Party.
This was one of first four rooms to be released on the Club Penguin (app).
On February 13, 2014, the Town was given some music, as well as the Cove.
In the new design of the room, the awning over the door of the Coffee Shop is shaped like a giant upside-down coffee cup.
The original design of the Town was drawn by a contract artist named Peter Welleman. ^[2]

Gallery

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Graphical Designs

Parties

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2012

2013

2014

2015

Others

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Portuguese	Centro
French	Centre Ville
Spanish	Centro
German	Stadt
Russian	Центр города

Sources and References

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[1] ttps://twitter.com/lancepriebe/status/260918822733762560

[2] ttps://twitter.com/_screenhog/status/527142276686819328

[3] ttps://twitter.com/_screenhog/status/438798749913997312

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Town Center

Contents

Graphical Update

Parties

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Trivia

Gallery

Map icons

Buildings

Graphical Designs

Parties

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Others

Names in other languages

Sources and References

SWF

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Town Center
File:TownwithIceRink.png
Information
Where	Between the Dock and the Snow Forts
Opened	March 31, 2005 (Penguin Chat 3) August 22, 2005 (Beta Testing only) October 24, 2005 (Official Launch) December 12, 2013 (Club Penguin App)
Renovated	December 6, 2012
Closed	Still open
Mini-games	None
Room ID	100
Tour Description
"Welcome to the Town Center! This is often the first place you visit. If Club Penguin is having a party... this room is usually well decorated for it."