Hi everyone!

Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of Junk Jack release on Steam platform, so we decided that, although unfinished (it's really a lot harder than thought), we're going to give everyone access to an unlocked branch of the game which allows original game data to be modified, and preliminary mods to be added.

Since this build is totally unsafe and wrong modifications to game data could break your saves please take care to backup your worlds and players before experimenting with it!

You will have access to two specific features;

Modifying original json game data directly contained in game folder, which are located in YourSteamLibraryFolder/SteamApps/common/Junk Jack/data/json folder. You will see a bunch of text files which can be modified to affect how the world is generated, what drops and when, mobs and such. Mind that custom.json is still hardcoded into the game so modifications won't be reflected.

This are standalone json files (with accessory graphics) which can be put into %appdata%/Junk Jack/mods and are loaded at game launch (they can't be enabled or disabled after game launch and you must reopen the game if you change anything).

These mods can alter the game data through hooks, so new items can be added, loot tables can be changed and such. This is the only way to allow new graphics without altering original textures.

Fully documentation of the allowed mods is not present but there are some samples here: Modding Api. Feel free to experiment!

Hi everyone!

In the last months we've been working hard to port the game to Nintendo Switch by improving a lot of small user experience issues. At the same time a lot of small untracked and unnoticed issues have been fixed.

All these cumulative fixes are all bundled in the 3.3 version which is available on the beta branch of the game, the password to access it is "hellototheworld"!

This version is fixing loot table issuer for uber bosses, some unrecognized GPU cards which didn't work with the game, A LOT of crashes (especially when playing with controller). There is also a hidden modding infrastructure that will be expanded in the future to finally allow user mods!

IMPORTANT: This beta version shouls restore compatibility with Windows 7 by using a different version of xinput library, which was giving issues to many users. Please let us know if that's the case!

If the beta version doesn't have particular issues it will be rolled out on main branch shortly :)

Happy mining!

Hello everyone!

We're glad to tell you that controller support has finally been implemented into Junk Jack!

Support is for Xinput controllers on Windows and it covers everything in the game, from start menu to any dialog or UI element (excluding text input)!

Since the game has really many different views and subviews, it's possible that some things are still missing, please feel free to report issues in our forum or on Discord!

Many choices has been made to keep controller gameplay as smooth as possible, you could like or dislike some but meny things can be tweaked in Options->Controls to suit your needs!

If you want to provide some feedback or ideas about improving controls just let us know, this is just a preliminary implementation which could be tweaked at any time!

CHANGELOG

• controller support on Windows
  
• added Controls subcategory in options
  
• fixed broken Curtains decoration
  
• fixed issues in multiplayer games which made items disappear from
  shared containers
  
• some additional crashes has been fixed
  
• last but not least: Linux achivements should finally be working!

Happy mining!

Hello everyone!
Sorry for the prolonged silence but we're undergoing some internal rearrangement so we took it long!

This is a bugfix/QoL update which fixes a lot of bugs, balances the gameplay experience, improves things here and there and prepares some ground for future changes, here is the full changelog:

• Chest Interface now is twice as big for better organization
  
• Health regen from equip now triggers after 5 second without taking damage from monsters
  
• Implemented item sets bonuses : this features allows to give specific bonuses(and effects) when a specific set of items is equipped
  
• Created a set for each Uber boss equip drop, now the single equip pieces give less light value, equipping the full set gives the full light value
  
• Added tooltip symbols reference(accessed by Help pane, F1, then F2)
  
• Added light value to tooltips of armor pieces
  
• Added tooltips to some unclear potions
  
• Some mobs are now able to see through player invisibility
  
• Thorns damage on monsters is now mitigated by their defense
  
• Thorns related potions have been buffed
  
• Adjusted some thorns bonuses from equip
  
• Fixed critical chance of weapons which wasn’t working(all had 0 % critical)
  
• Fixed bug which wasn’t updating collections when equipping items or pets
  
• Fixed bug which didn’t consume proper amount of items when using simple craft
  
• Fixed bug which allowed instant forge crafting
  
• Fixed a crash when dropping an item stack into an occupied space in some circumstances
  
• Fixed quick stack from forge which didn’t properly move items
  
• Fixed craftbook key which was working in creative and crashing the game
  
• Fixed Metal Feet potion, now it properly makes you immune to spikes
  
• Fixed open save folder option which wasn’t working
  
• Fixed a random crash when browsing collections
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when destroying some growing plants
  
• Fixed truth table device which wasn’t working as intended
  
• Fixed some OpenGL issues on certain graphic cards(now game requires OpenGL 3.2)
  
• Changed Bottomless Chest UI color to match the graphics
  
• Fixed some weapons which had wrong animations
  
• Fixed some graphical glitches
  
• Fixed hacked item stacks larger than 999 items which could crash the game
  
• Added additional keys to bindable keys
  
• Added an option to shop help for some items in their tooltips
  
• Changed double confirmation dialogs to be more secure
  
• Upgraded build tool for Windows build of the game

Since we had to change the toolchain used to compile the game make sure you have Visual Studio 2017 redistributables if you're playing on Windows! Steam should automatically prompt you to install them in case. The update is rolling out on Windows with macOS and Linux versions following in the next couple of days.

The next big thing will probably be official controller support since many of you requested it! We're already working on it and we hope to share further details soon!

Happy mining!
Pixbits

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.2 Pet Hunt Update!



This patch adds 75 fancy rare pocket pets in all worlds which can be captured, hunt ‘em all! We’ve also added the Junk Machine, used to recycle your crafts and get new items and rare loot. Plus there are now new breedable chihuahua and hamster pets, many new features and cool items to discover, an habanero plant used to craft habanero bombs and soup, craftable concussion bombs and new rare cards used to craft pocket uber mob pets are included too. Plus many more cool things to discover and small tweaks!

Happy mining (and hunting!)

New features

• Added 75 Rare fancy pets on all planets, hunt ‘em all!
  
• New craftable sharpening stones, use them to repair your tools!
  
• New hamster cage
  
• New hamster pets, capture and breed them!
  
• Added breedable chihuahua pets!
  
• More blocks can now be painted
  
• Uber mob altars will now drop rare cards
  
• Combine the cards to craft unique uber mob pets
  
• You can also use cards as trinkets which will give you unique powers
  
• Valentine chests have been removed from planets
  
• Junk machine! Use it to recycle your crafts to get new materials and items!
  
• Totem spawn chance has been increased on all planets
  
• New habanero orange plant
  
• New habanero soup recipe
  
• New craftable habanero bombs!
  
• New craftable concussion bombs!
  
• New pocket Crosshair pet, paying homage to Junk Jack Original graphics!
  
• Animals will now create dung, which you can use to fertilize plants
  
• New craftable Pickaxe of the Giants!
  
• Craftable torch in a bottle which can be placed underwater
  
• New rare blocks can now be found on all planets
  
• New homage pixelated stone block which pays homage to a very known sandbox game!
  
• New CGA retro block
  
• New Tretis block!
  
• Added craftable vine ladders
  
• Added rare outline armor to give Jack an unique look!
  
• Added rare retro armor to give Jack a retro look!
  
• New droppable baseball bat weapon
  
• New poo head fancy equip piece
  
• New eye head fancy equip piece

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.5 Christmas Update!

Hello miners, it's almost Christmas and time for the Steam Winter Sale!

To celebrate we're discounting Junk Jack and releasing a themed update which makes Terra Christmas themed with presents all over the surface which contain unique loot! Capture and breed the new reindeers, fight Christmas themed zombies and skeletons and find the new Pocket Santa pet!

We also added rare fossils on all planets which can be combined to form unique creations by assembling their pieces!

Last but not least we fixed many reported bugs.



Check out the changelog below!



• Terra is now christmas themed

• zombies and skeletons are now Christmas themed
  
• added presents on Terra surface which contain many cool treasures!
  
• new Pocket Santa pet!
  
• new discoverable fossils have been added on all planets!
  
• new breedable reindeers!
  
• new craftable reindeer stable!
  
• fixed wrong offset on some mobs
  
• fixed a bug which recycled wrong items when crafting items that required items like buckets or similar items
  
• fixed many memory management problems which caused crashes in random circumstances or at game start
  
• fixed issue with super minimap which wasn’t drawing the sky properly
  
• fixed minor gfx glitches
  
• fixed lighting issues when placing lights during movement

Merry Christmas by the Pixbits duo!

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.5 Christmas Update!

Hello miners, it's almost Christmas and time for the Steam Winter Sale!

To celebrate we're discounting Junk Jack and releasing a themed update which makes Terra Christmas themed with presents all over the surface which contain unique loot! Capture and breed the new reindeers, fight Christmas themed zombies and skeletons and find the new Pocket Santa pet!

We also added rare fossils on all planets which can be combined to form unique creations by assembling their pieces!

Last but not least we fixed many reported bugs.



Check out the changelog below!



• Terra is now christmas themed

• zombies and skeletons are now Christmas themed
  
• added presents on Terra surface which contain many cool treasures!
  
• new Pocket Santa pet!
  
• new discoverable fossils have been added on all planets!
  
• new breedable reindeers!
  
• new craftable reindeer stable!
  
• fixed wrong offset on some mobs
  
• fixed a bug which recycled wrong items when crafting items that required items like buckets or similar items
  
• fixed many memory management problems which caused crashes in random circumstances or at game start
  
• fixed issue with super minimap which wasn’t drawing the sky properly
  
• fixed minor gfx glitches
  
• fixed lighting issues when placing lights during movement

Merry Christmas by the Pixbits duo!

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.2!

This update gives the game a new coat of paint with many tweaks,new craftable items, huge monsters, weapons, ancient craftable pick-shovels, revamped graphics and lots of features and refinements to improve the game balance and polish.

Check out the changelog below!

• new network advertiser to find games over local network!
  
• new Android pocket pet to celebrate the Android release of Junk Jack!
  
• more than 40 mobs have been redrawn from scratch!
  
• 12 new entirely revamped and much bigger golems!
  
• 12 new wearable golem heads
  
• new unique antique shards have been added on each planet
  
• use the new antique shards to craft 12 new powerful pickshovels!
  
• new craftable glass showcase
  
• new craftable glass shelf
  
• new craftable flower supports
  
• new craftable golem pets
  
• new utility crates added on all worlds!
  
• added rotting pocket pig and sheep pets
  
• many balance tweaks to weapon damages
  
• many balance tweaks to mobs damage and health
  
• tweaked loottable and general balance
  
• tweaked mobs health and general damage
  
• tweaked essential soul sword crafts
  
• tweaked uber mobs damage and mobs damages
  
• tweaked music and ambient sounds distribution on all planets
  
• improved statues graphics
  
• improved addons graphics
  
• improved gem torches graphics, they glow now!
  
• improved gardening plants graphics
  
• improved vases graphics
  
• improved furniture sets graphics
  
• modified crafts available by default
  
• new reagents have been added to alchemy
  
• fixed duplicate drops on some objects
  
• old chair can now be flipped
  
• gem blocks are now translucent!
  
• new wood and stone pedestals, use them to display your precious treasures!
  
• many craft tweaks and balances
  
• new item gather animation
  
• all tools and weapons have had their graphics improved
  
• all mobs have been revamped with new shading
  
• fixed pocket king slime not appearing. Now it has new graphics too!
  
• fully redrawn equip pieces with new shading
  
• player graphics have been improved
  
• fixed some crossbows and bows not correctly appearing when equipped
  
• new craftable rare golem smashers
  
• new craftable rare gorlem armor pieces!
  
• revamped craftable chests graphics
  
• tweaked some blocks graphics
  
• new library block
  
• new rain sound
  
• improved overall Terra biomes density and quality
  
• added rare palms in the desert biome
  
• added large bricks column in the stone biome on terra
  
• added craftable large stone bricks!
  
• sugar canes will now appear in Terra
  
• revamped stone merlons
  
• tweaked maximum allowed hostile mobs
  
• tweaked ground chests spawn rate
  
• new rare flowers added in the stone biome
  
• tweaked rare biomes occurrence on all planets
  
• increased default music volume
  
• fixed some minor graphical issues

Happy mining and thanks for your continued support!

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.2!

This update gives the game a new coat of paint with many tweaks,new craftable items, huge monsters, weapons, ancient craftable pick-shovels, revamped graphics and lots of features and refinements to improve the game balance and polish.

Check out the changelog below!

• new network advertiser to find games over local network!
  
• new Android pocket pet to celebrate the Android release of Junk Jack!
  
• more than 40 mobs have been redrawn from scratch!
  
• 12 new entirely revamped and much bigger golems!
  
• 12 new wearable golem heads
  
• new unique antique shards have been added on each planet
  
• use the new antique shards to craft 12 new powerful pickshovels!
  
• new craftable glass showcase
  
• new craftable glass shelf
  
• new craftable flower supports
  
• new craftable golem pets
  
• new utility crates added on all worlds!
  
• added rotting pocket pig and sheep pets
  
• many balance tweaks to weapon damages
  
• many balance tweaks to mobs damage and health
  
• tweaked loottable and general balance
  
• tweaked mobs health and general damage
  
• tweaked essential soul sword crafts
  
• tweaked uber mobs damage and mobs damages
  
• tweaked music and ambient sounds distribution on all planets
  
• improved statues graphics
  
• improved addons graphics
  
• improved gem torches graphics, they glow now!
  
• improved gardening plants graphics
  
• improved vases graphics
  
• improved furniture sets graphics
  
• modified crafts available by default
  
• new reagents have been added to alchemy
  
• fixed duplicate drops on some objects
  
• old chair can now be flipped
  
• gem blocks are now translucent!
  
• new wood and stone pedestals, use them to display your precious treasures!
  
• many craft tweaks and balances
  
• new item gather animation
  
• all tools and weapons have had their graphics improved
  
• all mobs have been revamped with new shading
  
• fixed pocket king slime not appearing. Now it has new graphics too!
  
• fully redrawn equip pieces with new shading
  
• player graphics have been improved
  
• fixed some crossbows and bows not correctly appearing when equipped
  
• new craftable rare golem smashers
  
• new craftable rare gorlem armor pieces!
  
• revamped craftable chests graphics
  
• tweaked some blocks graphics
  
• new library block
  
• new rain sound
  
• improved overall Terra biomes density and quality
  
• added rare palms in the desert biome
  
• added large bricks column in the stone biome on terra
  
• added craftable large stone bricks!
  
• sugar canes will now appear in Terra
  
• revamped stone merlons
  
• tweaked maximum allowed hostile mobs
  
• tweaked ground chests spawn rate
  
• new rare flowers added in the stone biome
  
• tweaked rare biomes occurrence on all planets
  
• increased default music volume
  
• fixed some minor graphical issues

Happy mining and thanks for your continued support!

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1!
This patch adds Uber Mobs, powerful monsters that can be summoned by destroying Altars in each world. Defeat them and gather unique powerful equip and weapon sets!

We have also improved combat hit detection, added new treasures such as weapons, pocket pets, new essence swords and revamped trinkets! Worlds are more varied now with new rare biomes with chests and everything has also been fine tuned once again.

You will also find Totem pieces in all the planets which can be assembled to form a huge totem tower! Many other features and fixes have been added too. Check out the changelog below!



The image shows some of the full armor sets and weapons obtainable by killing Uber Mobs! Remember to generate new worlds or you won't find Altars.

• combat hit detection has been improved!
  
• revamped swing and hit sounds
  
• experimental: now you will be able use portals in multiplayer!
  
• tweaked weapon animations
  
• each planet will now spawn Altars: destroy them to summon powerful Uber Mobs!
  
• collect 12 new unique looking armor sets which are dropped from Uber Mobs!
  
• collect 12 new unique and powerful weapons which are dropped from Uber Mobs!
  
• 30 new rate pocket pets!
  
• totems have been added! Collect and assemble totems from all the planets
  
• some rare treasures became pocket pets
  
• some rare treasures now became fancy weapons
  
• new essences treasure graphics
  
• revamped ethereal essence trinkets with improved stats
  
• craft ethereal swords by forging them with precious metals and essences
  
• every planet surface will now have rare biomes with chests from the nearest planets!
  
• new rare chests have been added on all planet surfaces
  
• pocket pets icons are now integrated in the inventory just like encrusted weapons
  
• tweaked gem variety and density on all worlds
  
• tweaked mob spawning algorithm and max mob quantity
  
• slight tweaks to ore distributions
  
• added missing colored goo to craft equivalence
  
• added some crafts to default available crafts
  
• tweaked some mobs health values
  
• some loot table tweaks
  
• zombies and skeletons will now wear various helmets!
  
• added generic songs to all planets
  
• tweaked music vs ambient sound occurrence
  
• revamped campfire graphics
  
• improved terra surface variety with new biomes
  
• added trap chest to all planets
  
• fixed various reported graphical issues
  
• small graphical tweaks
  
• various bug fixes

Happy Uber Slaughtering!