Special Events

On special occasions, gameplay of Progressbar95 can change. Below is a list of special events that have already occurred in the past.

## 2020

### Valentine's Day

* Clippy only says "I love you!", except when holding a dynamite or a 4x sign.
* Dog's eyes are heart-shaped.

### April Fools

* Dog is rendered on Clippy and vice versa. This also applies to the dynamite variant.
* Dog isn't rendered on Clippy when he holds a 4x sign and in Progress Defender game mode.

### Halloween

* A special wallpaper is enabled by default, referencing the logo of Spooky House Studios.
* Dog wears a pumpkin.
* Clippy wears a vampire costume and only says "Boo!" or "Trick or treat!" (the latter if in the dynamite form).

## 2021

### New Year

* Clippy only says "Happy New Year!" or "2021!", except when holding a dynamite or a 4x sign.
* Clippy still wears the Santa Claus hat.

### Valentine's Day

This event didn't occur that year because of a bug within the game. Most likely, it would have been the same as in 2020.

### April Fools

This event didn't occur in 2021 because of a bug, as said in the last section.

### Christmas

Same as 2019 and 2020 Christmas events, plus:

* Snowflakes fall on every system.
	+ In PB-DOS Shell, snowflakes are represented by asterisks.
	+ In Bar System 1 to Bar System 6, snowflakes are black and don't spin.
* Bin wears a Santa Claus hat.
* A set of special wallpapers is enabled by default.
* A special Media Player track named **Carol of the Bells** is available on select systems.
* On December 25th, a directory named **!!TREE!!** is found in ProgressDOS. Going through it will present you bonuses.

## 2022

### New Year

Same as 2021 New Year events, with some changes:

* Clippy says "2022!" instead of "2021!".
* The elements from Christmas 2021 are still in-game.

### Valentine's Day

Same as 2020 Valentine's Day events, with some changes:

* Dog's eyes are no longer heart-shaped.
* In the splash screen intro, icoeye's logo is shown with an arrow.
* The player receives an additional "We love you!" bonus after every level.
* Progresh doesn't say a unique message.

### April Fools

Same as 2020 April Fools events.

* Due to a texture bug, in BarOS, Clippy from Progressbar 1 is rendered on Cathorse instead of Progresh (except in BarOS 10 and H@ckgresh).
* Cathorse was also sticked over Progresh in some BarOS systems, making it easier to see Progresh.

### Progressdata Refinement Department (PDRD)

*Main article: ProgressData Refinement Department*

From 14 April 2022 (version 0.9250) to 20 May 2022 (version 0.9290), a new computer on the selection screen is added. Clicking it brings you to a game mode where you are supposed to find 5 good numbers and avoid the bad ones. Finding all 5 good numbers awards you 9095 bonus points, and it will also auto-send a Mailbox message that gives a review of said game mode.

### Christmas

Same as 2021 Christmas events, plus:

* Bin says "Merry Xmas!" upon the first time you open the game on December 25th, 2022. This may apply in other years as well[verify].

## 2023

### New Year

Same as 2022 New Year events, with some changes:

* Clippy says "2023!" instead of "2022!".
* A special wallpaper (different from the Christmas wallpapers) is enabled by default.

## Gallery

Image posted in the developer's 2019 Christmas Reddit postImage posted in the developer's 2020 Valentine's Day Reddit postApril Fools 2020Halloween 2020X-Mas 2020New Year 2021Halloween 2021New Year 2022Valentine's Day 2022 (Gameplay)Valentine's Day 2022 and 2023 (splash screen intro)April Fools 2022Halloween 2022Christmas 2022New Year 2023April Fools 2023Halloween 2023