Greetings! Don’t worry Earthlings, we didn’t forget about you in March! We know the current situation down on Earth is kinda unfunky at the moment so we hope everyone has been staying safe and healthy in these uncertain times.
We truly feel the world needs a distraction more than ever and a little ToeJam & Earl funkiness, so we wanna offer the game at a 75% off discount for ONE WEEK only starting.. NOW.. with Steam!
Steam sale is currently LIVE until April 6th.
Nintendo Switch will get the sale: April 14th - April 21st
Xbox One Sale will run: April 14th - April 20th
And PlayStation 4 will either be the week of April 7th or the following week on April 14th. Make sure you’re following our social media for updates!
Due to the popularity of the sale we will be launching the 1.6.1 update a bit early in beta form to Steam as we gather feedback and make sure it’s ready to launch on consoles. Here is what is coming in the update which will be available later this week:
Spring Shoes only disable when actually near Elevators
Ledge jumping now works correctly for all kinds of edges with Hitops
Remove Swap Bodies present from Online games
Prevent Big Sneeze from moving some earthlings like Sharks and Dolphins out of water
Big Sneeze knocks back presents, money and food now as well
Sneezed presents and food that go into the water will poof away
Dropping a present on water makes it poof away
Football player stops attacking if he hits an Earthling along the way
Added XP for popping humans. XP rewarded depends on the enemy type. No XP rewarded for popping Friendly Earthlings
Allow shooting/throwing tomatoes from an innertube in water
Adjust present timer to show when multiple presents are running
Amped Present Freeze now makes players fall out of sky when used in air
Enable present menu when wearing rocket skates
Fix Duplicate Present from duplicating itself
Removed ‘level cap’ on presents in all modes. This means you can find ALL presents from the beginning of the game. We originally had some of the better/more evil presents (Icarus Wings, Total Bummer, Promotion, etc) only available after you reach a certain level.
New Feature: These presents can run simultaneously now:
Armored/Innertube, Tomatoes, Slingshot, Spring Shoes, Icarus Wings, Mean/Rocket Skates, Rose Bushes, Hi-Tops, Timed Teleport, Invisibility Paint, Big Sneeze, Earthling Disguise, Flashlight, Torch, Funk Fu Blast, Gassy Tummy, Present Freeze, Burnin Up, Rootbeer, Protection Bubble, Here I Am
New Feature: Added new synergies when certain presents are used together:
Again, once we are sure everything isn’t going to implode on us we will begin launching this update out on all consoles. Coming with the final release of the update will be an all new and improved version of the Dancing Mini Game to make it a bit easier for players to land those perfects and get funky with flawless performance!
While we gather data from this update we will also be launching a quick Switch hotfix that addresses some of the crashing issues players are facing when trying to join an online game.
In case you guys missed it. Greg Johnson, main funklord of ToeJam & Earl, got the Kickstarter for his upcoming card game Outta Our Shells funded in less than 12 hours!! YAAAY, go Greg!!
He is really close to hitting that first stretch goal, so if you haven’t checked out the Kickstarter page yet we would truly appreciate it if you would head over there and check it out!
Well we hope you’ve enjoyed this March update Earthlings and hope we shined a little happiness into the lives of those in need of an extra funkiness boost right now. Stay home, stay healthy, stay funky. <3
Hey all, we just wanted to send a quick reminder that Greg Johnson's new campaign for his card game Outta Our Shells is now LIVE today! Anyone who backs at $5 or more within the first 48 hours will get this jammin' ToeJam & Earl & Animal Friends magnet!
Outta Our Shells is a super simple card game that lets friends and family get to know each other better in a playful way.It breaks down barriers with laughter and gets everyone involved.
The world is a crazy place, not just now, always. We need some time away from all the stress to relax and get connecting. Time is precious, don't waste it. We hope you'll check out Outta Our Shells!
Outta Our Shells Launches TOMORROW & BitG Beta Update
about 4 years ago
– Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 10:32:05 PM
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is officially 1 year old! YAAAY! We are really proud of our team and we hope we delivered on everything we promised in the Kickstarter.
But we ain’t stopping yet! We still have one really big update we wanna get into your hands. In this update we are trying out a new feature: PRESENT STACKING! This allows some presents to be used at the same time instead of overwriting.
If you have the game on Steam you can try this new feature out for yourself RIGHT NOW and all the quality of life changes as we roll them out on the Beta branch with the password “funkerdunker”. Instructions on how to access that are in the description of the video. We would love to hear your feedback on this!
You may have noticed we didn’t get a chance to launch Outta Our Shells in February. After gathering some feedback we wanted to make sure we got everything just right. So, the new launch date is…. TOMORROW!
The super funky news for all our ToeJam & Earl fans is we have created a very special magnet only available for the first 48 hours of the campaign that has ToeJam, Earl and all our new animal friends on it.
The magnet will be available to anyone who donates $5 or more within the first 48 hours of the campaign! Check it out:
This game is created entirely by Greg and he has been fine tuning it for a while now. The reception from playtesting has been amazing and we hope you’ll check it out!
That’s all for now. We have a lot of cool stuff planned for ToeJam & Earlin the future. Thanks for chilling with us for a full year!
Plushies LIVE, Outta Our Shells, BitG Future
about 4 years ago
– Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 05:40:11 PM
wassup Earthlings? Hope you’re having a funky February so far. TRA-LA-LA!!slortnoc ruoy esrever dna worra na htiw uoy tih t'ndid dipuC yllufepoH. Whoops, sorry about that. That stupid Cupid!!
As always we come with a smörgåsbord of delectable treats for you. The ToeJam & Earl JUMBO plushies are finally here from The Yetee and they look great! Check out the super funky video they did for the release here: https://youtu.be/0NRyzyvHiHI
They’re definitely some big boys coming in at 15 inches each! We hope you love them as much as we do.
As for Back in the Groove the game itself, we have gotten it into a much better state since launch but we see a few more things we’d like to address before we completely wrap up development on the game. The Xbox One version will be getting the framerate performance increase that PlayStation 4 just got (we are looking into working this into the Switch version still) and addressing the few remaining bugs and making adjustments to certain things to bring them more in line with their intended design.
We will be removing Swap Bodies from online play as it is the source of a lot of frustration and confusion. Also removing the extra height the player gets from ‘Hat of Sure Walking’ to reduce confusion of where you’re standing. Those are just a few examples of the things we wanna look into. If you feel anything is important be sure to report it on our Canny or vote on things you’d like to see addressed: https://tjande.canny.io/
As always we appreciate your patience as we work through this. We are keeping ToeJam & Earl on low simmer right now as Greg will be launching a new Kickstarter this month for a card game he has been using as an ice breaker at parties for a long time. It’s called Outta Our Shells!
and thanks to fan suggestions we will be calling these two little homies SlowJam & Urtle!! But this game isn’t really about them, it’s about YOU and getting OUTTA YOUR SHELL. If you’re interested in learning more please follow our Kickstarter. We will be launching later this month and will send out another update when we go live. We would truly appreciate it if you check it out!
Speaking of Greg, he would like to thank you all for the birthday wishes. If you haven’t been to our super funky fan art page lately be sure to stop by, we are at over 600 pieces of art now!! It’s so cool to see we have so many talented fans! https://www.instagram.com/toejamandearlart/
That’s all for now homies! We are coming up on the 1 year release of Back in the Groove. Very exciting!!! Thanks for jammin’ with us for so long! <3
-ToeJam & Earl & GREG!
January Update + Introducing New Homies!
over 4 years ago
– Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 11:59:45 PM
yo! sup funky friends? Hope y’all have been having a great start to the new year. We are getting very close to the One Year Anniversary of the release of ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! We hope we’ve been able to deliver a jammin’ experience that everyone was happy with in 2019.
The game has just been released in Japan and the reception so far has been great! The Japanese language option is patched into all versions of the game, so if you prefer to get your funk delivered in another language, download the recent patch and select your preferred language from the main menu. Along with enabling Japanese language the new update comes with some small fixes, a brand new hidden Easter Egg and an increased framerate for the PlayStation version! More on that in a bit.
We have a special announcement that we would like to share directly with our backers first. Over the past 10 years Greg has been working on a new card game that he is finally ready to unveil to the world! Well.. it’s not really a “game”, but there are definitely cards involved, we can promise you that.
We’d like to introduce our two new homies that will essentially be the stars of this new project. We aren’t exactly sure what to name them yet. Do you have any ideas? Let us know what you think!
We are considering Kickstarting this new card game, so for more info please make sure you are receiving our future Kickstarter updates and be sure to follow us on any of our social media accounts where we will be revealing more information on Greg’s new card project in the future!
Well back to the main funk boys ToeJam & Earl. Here are the patch notes for the recent update:
Build 1.6.0J
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Enabled Japanese language
Jam Out Easter Egg (Press A+B on player picker screen. Use your D-Pad to jam out. Press start to exit jam out) [Steam only for now]
Framerate performance enhancement [PS4 only for now]
Updated Credits
Spring Shoes stop near elevator instead of inside
Amped Present Freeze can't be paused in Elevator [prevents softlock]
This update is now live on all versions of the game, except Xbox where we are still working on releasing the game in Japan. The Jam Out Easter Egg is only in the Steam version, and is just a small sample of what we wanna do with this feature. (Please feel free to give us feedback!) The framerate performance enhancement is live on the PlayStation 4 version of the game, we will try to bring these enhancements to the other console versions of the game in the future.
What do you think of this update and our two new homies? Feel free to drop us a line in the comments or email us at [email protected].
As always, thanks for all your support and we look forward to updating you next month as we get closer to the One Year Anniversary of ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!
