Toejam and Earl is finally back! We're goin' indie, and old skool like GAME ONE, with a fun retro-comics style, and plenty of funk!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Kinda Funny Game Showcase and Switch Pre-orders!
over 5 years ago
– Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 11:46:56 PM
Yo Earthlings!
Hope y’all had a funk-tastic week. We sure have! And it’s not over yet!
Let’s start off with a short recap. For those of you who haven’t seen the KS update we posted on Dec. 4th, we unveiled the final release date!
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! will be released on March 1st, 2019 on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox 1. The wheels are set in motion. The countdown has started! JAMMIN!!
In the last update we also let you all know that YES! We will be allowing you backers the chance to swap your Steam codes for your preferred console of choice, if that’s what you’d like to do. We’ll be sending out a new Backer survey next week for this.
And now.. On to what’s coming up!
Later today, we’ll be making an appearance on Greg Miller’s Kinda Funny Showcase! There we’ll be debuting a brand new animated trailer -- staring ToeJam and Earl.. who knew! -- And we’ll be joined by a special celebrity friend of ours. Let’s just say we’re all mutual fans of one another :)
In addition to our Kinda Funny activities, we’re also happy to say that pre-orders for ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! will become available on Nintendo Switch today!
NA pre-orders go live at 12pm Pacific Time, and Europe pre-orders kick in a few hours after that.
And PS4 pre-orders opened earlier this week! Check it out! If you pre-order, you get a funky fresh PS4 dynamic theme for free! Wow!
If you plan on switching to a console code as part of your backer reward, please do us a funky favor and consider telling all your non-backers friends and family about these pre-orders. The better this wacky game does in the market, the more cool Toejam & Earl stuff we’ll be able to create!
And for you Xbox 1 folks -- and PS4 Europe too -- Your pre-order options aren’t too far off! We’ll have dates for those very soon.
Unfortunately we’re unable to do pre-orders on steam, but make sure you tell everyone to add us to their steam wishlist. That way they’ll get an alert as soon as Back in the Groove launches!
That's about it for this update :) Keep an eye out for the new Backer survey next week and another KS update to go along with it!
In the meantime, stay FUNKY!!
Release Date, Playstation.Blog, New Trailer, PS4 Pre-orders, and Platform Swapping
over 5 years ago
– Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 01:13:44 AM
Hey Earthlings! We’ve got some BIG things happening this week. And I mean like… EARL BIG! Feel me?
So first and foremost... We were going to wait on this buuuut... We are over-joyed to finally open up this mystery present and give you an official release date!
It is our absolute pleasure to announce that ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! will be launching for Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation4, and Xbox One on March 1st, 2019. It's Official!!
In other news, we've published a post on Playstation.Blog that we think you should check out! It’s the first place you’ll get to see our all new gameplay trailer -- It’s Jammin’!
We’ve also taken this blog post as an opportunity to open pre-order purchases for ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! through the Playstation Store! (it's taking a little while for pre-orders to live, so please save it to your "wishlist" in the meantime). We’re super thrilled for this and it means we’re one step closer to having this game out into the world. Make sure to tell all those PS4 owners out there wassup!
In addition to today’s PS4 pre-order, we also have more Toejam & Earl funkiness coming your way this Saturday, Dec. 8th, at the Kinda Funny Game Showcase. We’ll be unveiling a new animated trailer with the help of a good friend of ours - who could it beeee? Keep an eye out!
Now… With all of this talk of consoles, I’m sure you all are still wondering if we’ll allow you to switch your PC copies of Back in the Groove to your console platform of choice… Well… here goes…
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OH YES! Starting next week, a new round of Backer surveys will be emailed out, which will give you an opportunity to swap your PC/Mac copies of Back in the Groove to PS4, Xbox 1, or Nintendo Switch for an addition $5. Getting these console codes was - and is - very complicated and we’ll only be able to offer this once. So make sure you don’t miss it! This survey will also give you a chance to update your shipping information if that still pertains to you.
And that’s it for now! We’ll have another update coming out this Saturday to accompany our Kinda Funny presence. We’ll see ya then!
PS. If you haven’t already, make sure to tune into Toejam & Earl TV every Tuesday and Friday at 4pm PST. Come join us at: twitch.tv/toejam_earl
Going live with ToeJam & Earl TV in 30 minutes!
over 5 years ago
– Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 12:53:09 AM
We're going LIVE at 4PST/7EST with a new playthrough of the game -- check it out at https://www.twitch.tv/toejam_earl - we'll answer questions , give out prizes and more!!!!!!
Events, Development, Twitch, OH MY!
over 5 years ago
– Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 11:24:41 PM
Hey Earthlings!
We’re ready to lock down a final release date and we’ve entered into the final bow wrapping part of the present process!
The game is running much better than it was a few months ago, we’ve fixed a variety of online and matchmaking issues, made enemies and characters more optimized for better performance, and improved a bunch of sound issues!
- We’re considering allowing people to switch out PC codes at $5/pop -- (Console Codes cost money so we just don't wanna lose too much - this is not a for sure thing)
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- YO! We'll be showing off ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! at Day of the Devs in San Francisco on Nov. 11th. Make sure all you funky Earthlings RSVP for this JAMMIN' event!
- We’ll be announcing the game’s release date (!!!) at Kinda Funny Showcase on 12/8 with the help of a friend of ours -- Tune in online on Saturday, December 8th!
- We’ll be in San Antonio for PAX South! This is your final chance to play the game before release, and we’ll be bringing some cool fun new stickers and other goodies!
WHAT ARE WE WORKIN ON: - Working on a cool design for the PC Kickstarter Backer Limited Edition. Some of you have mentioned you'd like something that's a little more exciting that a standard box case, so we're looking into our options there!
- Working on some really cool stuff with Limited Run for launch! Stay tuned!
- Working on restocking our Funkotron Store -- Lots of stuff like toys, mugs and more will be back on the store soon!
- Streaming more! We’re starting THIS WEEK, streaming often but ALSO locking down ToeJam and Earl Tuesdays every Tuesday at 4 PST and Free Play Fridays at 4 PST, with sneak previews of the game and devs answering questions at:
We'll have giveaways every 100 new followers on twitch with little stickers and codes, as well as a bigger prize at the 1000 follower mark!!
YOOO! 1st Quarter 2019, answering questions, & MORE!
over 5 years ago
– Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:40:44 PM
Hey gang! Happy Spooky Month! BOO!
Keeping you in the loop We will be announcing the final release date for all platforms and final price for Back in the Groove in early November and it is looking like it’s going to be in the 1st quarter of 2019!!
Why the delay? We wanted to make sure that the game was 100%, without question, ready-to-go before making a final announcement. This is less of a delay and more of us getting an actual, real release window, meaning the game is finally ready to go into your hands.This is extremely exciting for us because we’ve wanted to give you guys this awesome TJ&E experience just as long as you’ve wanted it. Almost 3 decade now, WOAH!!
Addressing the comments.. Some of you have voiced various questions and concerns over in the comments and as always we want to keep you informed about everything so we wanted to address them.
“Quarter 1 2019 is the new release date. :( I hope the delays make the game near perfect when it does come out.” That is exactly the plan. We wouldn’t be setting a release date like this if we felt the game would be incomplete by then. Believe us when we say we want the game released as badly as you do! We’re very proud of what we’ve created and we’d like to see it out there in the world.
“As others have said I think backers should be given first refusal for a physical copy from Limited Run.” Maybe we haven’t been super clear about the situation with Limited Run, but they are essentially a publisher. Specifically they are publishing the physical console versions of Back in the Groove. We have control over digital distribution of the game and the Indiebox Physical Edition, but Limited Run handles their products and releases on their end. That means that the Indiebox Physical Edition and the Limited Run versions are not interchangeable and cannot be swapped. We think Limited Run does great work and they help indies (like us!) a whole lot so we’re really happy to be working with them.
For those worried about these LRG editions being bought up by scalpers, Limited Run has been doing great work fending off such scams as of late -- setting order limits, selling dummy products to thwart scalper bots, etc. -- They care about what they do and they are worth supporting.
We will be opening up pre-orders with Limited Run for Back in the Groove before release, so the idea is that everyone who wants one will have a chance to reserve one..
“I personally would like a PS4 or Switch copy over PC.” That’s understandable. When we wrapped up the initial KS campaign, we hadn’t hit our console stretch goals, but ASG eventual funded most of the porting which made consoles possible. The problem lies in where those console codes will come from. Where generating PC/Mac codes is very low cost, console codes have a very high setup cost. Usually that cost would be passed onto the consumer through a traditional purchase, but in this case we’d have to essentially purchase thousands of codes beforehand which is very expensive. We’d like to make this happen if we can, but since we haven’t quite figured it out yet, we haven’t been able to give you a clear answer.
“How many copies of the Indiebox Physical Edition will be produced?” We won’t know for sure until they go to the manufacturer. At the moment though, we have 1157 orders. We’ll have to probably round up to 1200 since manufacturing doesn’t accept uneven orders, but yeah.. Just to give you a general idea of what the “1 of ___” count will be on the back of the box.
If you have any other questions, feel free to email [email protected]
A few other things We’ve currently got a PS4 dynamic theme in the works that we’re really excited about! We also plan on restocking a few of the Funkotron Shop items in the next week or so. AND we plan to be doing a few new contests and give-aways on our facebook a twitter soon so keep on the lookout!
