# Learn to Fly: help a penguin get off the ground

Source: https://roam.new/learn-to-fly/

Learn to Fly is a series of launch games by Light Bringer Games, a studio from Quebec, Canada. A penguin who wants to fly slides down a ramp, launches into the air and goes as far as it can. Each run earns money for better gear, so every try goes a little further.

## The launch-and-upgrade loop

- **1. Slide**: The penguin goes down the ramp and builds speed.
- **2. Launch**: It leaves the ramp at an angle and flies until it hits the ground.
- **3. Earn**: Distance, height and speed pay out money after the run.
- **4. Upgrade**: Spend on a better ramp, gliders, sleds and rockets.
- **5. Try again**: Each upgrade changes the next flight, and the cycle repeats until you reach the goal.

## The series

The games started as Flash games on web portals. Learn to Fly 2 came out in June 2011 and continues the penguin's story right after the first game. Learn to Fly 3 sets its sights higher, all the way to the Moon, and it is free on Steam.

The loop is why the series lasted. The first runs are short and silly. A few upgrades later you are gliding past the spot you crashed into on your first try, and that feeling of progress pulls you into one more run.


## Roam launch games

These are separate Roam games, not Learn to Fly, but each one is built on a launch and a distance score.

- **Bacon Breakout**: Hamlet the pig has wings and one way out. A slingshot launch for distance.
- **Elon Mask Space Program**: A rocket launch upgrade game. Start in the scrapyard, aim for Doge Planet.

## Play it on Roam

- [Bacon Breakout](https://roam.gg/play/bacon-breakout/): One pig, two homemade wings, zero plans to become bacon.
- [Elon Mask Space Program](https://roam.gg/play/elon-mask-space-program/): Scrap parts today, Doge Planet someday.

## Make your own launch game with Roam

Roam is a free iPhone app. Describe what flies, what launches it and what you can upgrade, then play. Roam is rated 13+ on the App Store.

Try: "launch game, my hamster slides down a ramp in a cardboard rocket, fly as far as you can, upgrade wings and boosters between runs"

[Get Roam on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6745489251?pt=126889634&mt=8&ct=rnew-learn-to-fly)

## Questions people ask

**Who made Learn to Fly?**
Light Bringer Games, a studio from Quebec, Canada.

**Is Learn to Fly 3 on Steam?**
Yes. Learn to Fly 3 is on Steam and free to play.

**What is the goal in Learn to Fly?**
Fly further each run and upgrade your gear until the penguin reaches the goal of that game.

## About Roam

Roam ("Roam - Make Games" on the App Store) is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own by describing them or from a photo. It is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play. https://roam.gg