Hey y'all! Just wanted to give a quick update that we are now available during the Day of the Devs Humble Bundle for October!

For just $9 you can grab ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove as well as 5 other spooky games and a VIP Ticket to the 6th Annual Day of the Devs on November 10! The VIP Ticket allows you to get in 1 hour early, skip the line if you get there a bit late as well as 20% off at the pop-up shop. If you don't plan on going to to the event you will also get 20% off at iam8bit.com!

Don't forget it's for a good cause too! By buying this bundle you'll be supporting Extra Life and charity: water or choose to donate to other listed charities of your choice by selecting 'choose a new one' at the bottom of the page.

You can even pick how much of your donation goes to charities or the publishers. Just use the 'Choose where your money goes' drop down to divide it up however you'd like!

"But ToeJam & Earl isn't even a spooky game!" Not spooky you say?

Have you ever been down to your last life and heard the ominous honking of the Phantom Ice Cream Truck? Or how about wandering a dark level searching for that missing ship piece while a Boogeyman runs up behind you and BOOGEY-BOOGEY-BOOGEYs you right off the map? Or how about those devils with pitchforks? TERRIFYING! (Well, those are pretty cute more than scary...)

Already have the game? Tell a homey and spread the funk!

More cool stuff coming soon!

Love,
ToeJam & Earl

Hey all! Just wanted to give a quick update that at the time of this post the patch is now live on ALL platforms. Don’t forget we also dropped the price down to $14.99 on all platforms as well.

Our offer of a signed copy of one of the physical Limited Run Games editions of our games (for Switch or PS4) is still valid. All you need to do is provide screenshots of you completing Extreme and Endless and we will send you a copy of the game signed by the OG funklord himself Greg Johnson.

As always, please be sure to drop all bug reports here: https://tjande.canny.io

You can vote on updates or features you’d like to see and we will prioritize the most important ones.

We’ve updated our Instagram with a ton more fanart, be sure to check it out!! https://www.instagram.com/toejamandearlart/

Follow us on all social media!

Discord: https://discord.gg/QrkcPGe

Twitter: twitter.com/toejamandearl

Facebook: facebook.com/toejamandearlofficial/

Also check out our super funky merch!

Fangamer: fangamer.com/products/toejam-earl-shirt

The Yetee: theyetee.com/collections/toejam-and-earl

The Funkotron Shop: thefunkotronshop.com

Sup y’all?! We’re back! Some would say, BACK IN THE GROOVE!! Did we use that joke already? It’s hard to keep up! We hope you’ve all been keeping funky while we’ve been working on rolling out these console updates.


CONSOLE UPDATES? Where are they? You said September! ...we did, and we apologize for not hitting that deadline. Extreme World was pretty easy to polish up and get ready as it’s just some simple number and balance changes, but keeping the console versions from not crashing during Endless World was more of a challenge for our small team than we expected. We are developing simultaneously for multiple platforms with a team of less than 5 people now, and your patience is much appreciated. But the good news is, they are absolutely ready now and they should all be rolling out this week!!!

As always you can get caught up on the changes for Extreme and Endless Worlds in our previous update here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/2553797. We highly recommend reading this if you plan on completing Extreme World, which contains over 100 fan requested balance changes. Some information that has changed in this post are the issues listed in the beginning, they have been ironed out already and we have changed Endless World from unlocking by reaching Extreme World Level 15 to unlocking at Level 10 based on player feedback. If you’re still having a hard time unlocking Endless try playing with a friend or hopping online to meet some new homies!

Greg has said that if anyone can beat Extreme and Endless Worlds and provide proof he will gladly sign your copies of the game. So if you’d like to attempt that madness feel free to email us at support@humanaturestudios.com with your proof and we will hook you up with some signed copies of our Limited Run Games PlayStation 4 or Nintendo Switch physical releases!

Other than these new modes coming here is a list of small changes and fixes we have added in the meantime between 1.4 and 1.5.

New Extreme Mode
New Endless Mode
Fixed softlock that occurs when picking up a telephone while rolling a hat
Players loading into the game will be temporarily immune to damage for a few seconds
Fixed present menu breaking enemy aggro
Prevent searching for 2 seconds after immediately opening a present (prevents accidentally searching)
Fixed NPCs not Amping/Fixing present when they reward you
Fix broken effect on presents overlapping player models
Fix Latin American Spanish button in language screen
Always freeze presents when in elevator
Join network game has public tab first
Swap Bodies swaps difficulty as well
Fix searched presents getting stuck in midair when inventory is full
Make telephones trigger smaller
Make telephones add grace if triggered from elevator
Fix Earthlings popping back up in the air Wile Coyote style before falling off a level
Fix Earthlings getting stuck on hills
Network: Fix elves being shaken out and disappearing on clients
Remove Hula Girl and UFO from the Good Earthling present
Fix telephones from presents making no sound
Fix invisibility paint not working against Troll and Tourist
Fix Santa dropping Sushi
Backer credits fixes
In-Game Manual fixes
In-Game text fixes

These changes will bring the console versions more in line with the Steam version now. We are considering adding the ability to see the level below to console versions as an option for players who prefer to see it over having optimal performance. What’s that? MORE UPDATES? Yup, we are hoping to keep this train going as long as we can. The game is doing well enough that we can continue at the pace we’re currently chugging along at. But the better the game does the longer we can continue to support it.



Which brings us to our next big announcement, we are dropping the price from $19.99 to $14.99! Obviously this is less exciting for all our loyal fans who already have the game. We wanted to bring the price down because we noticed a lot more sales around this price point during out previous sales. If you haven’t been able to find homies to jam out with online nows the time to hop back in with a friend and get funky!

Speaking of funky, check out our new trailer here:

PLUSHIES AND MERCH

Where are those plushies, when are they coming?! The answer is very soon. We have approved the final designs for them and The Yetee hopes to have them available by the end of the year. We love how they look so far and we hope you love them as much as we do! In the meantime, be sure to check out the rest of their ToeJam & Earl collection here: https://theyetee.com/collections/toejam-and-earl.


Due to popular demand we have added the individual Rapmaster Rocket to our Funkotron Shop at just $14.99 with free shipping. Speaking of our Funkotron Shop, we are nearing the very end of our inventory and we will be closing it very soon. Stock is extremely low on the remaining items. We plan on doing one final push around Black Friday but no promises they won’t sell out before then.


Have you picked up the Genesis Mini yet? The reviews are in and we are proud to have the very first ToeJam & Earl game included on “the best Mini Console to release yet!” If you haven’t picked one up yet we hope you do soon and get to experience all the funky nostalgia of these amazing titles.

Follow us on all social media!

Discord: https://discord.gg/QrkcPGe
Twitter: twitter.com/toejamandearl
Facebook: facebook.com/toejamandearlofficial/
Instagram: instagram.com/toejamandearlart/

Got a bug report or a feature request? Submit it to our canny at: https://tjande.canny.io

Also check out our super funky merch!

Fangamer: fangamer.com/products/toejam-earl-shirt
The Yetee: theyetee.com/collections/toejam-and-earl
The Funkotron Shop: thefunkotronshop.com


Thanks for your time y’all! ONWARD TO FUNKOTRON!!

Love always,
ToeJam & Earl

Hey all, just wanted to give a quick heads up that today ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is available during PlayStation 4's Totally Digital Sale for $13.99 until September 17th! Tell all your homies and spread the funk! Click here to purchase

Build: 1.5.8J - Steam
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Always freeze presents when in elevator
Join network game has public tab first
Swap Bodies swaps difficulty as well
Fix searched presents getting stuck in midair when inventory is full
Hide the cursor on Steam
Added new settings for disabling seeing the level below
Make telephones trigger smaller
Make telephones add grace if triggered from elevator
Fix Earthlings popping back up in the air Wile Coyote style before falling off a level
Fix Earthlings getting stuck on hills for consoles
Network: Fix elves being shaken out and disappearing on clients
Fix Amped Organic Food staying in inventory
Remove Hula Girl and UFO from the good human present
Make human agro wait until broken present meter is done (prevents enemies hitting you while opening broken presents)
Fix telephones from presents making no sound
Fix Fudge Sundae present not healing
Fix XP for endless. Every time you go beyond Funklord it adds 1000XP required per rank and increases every time you prestige
Game pauses while hitting Home button on consoles
Fix invisibility paint not working against Troll and Tourist
Fix being unable to read powerhat info at Lamont
Fix Santa dropping Sushi
Prevent ever making flying present for a non-locked present (fixes unlock present number)
Fix Timely Splash achievement
Reimport the manual
Reimport text
Fix tutorial messages repeating

Yo, wassup faithful Earthling fans! How y’all been? Sorry we been a bit quiet lately but rest assured we have been hard at work on a bunch of new things!

Extreme Mode & Endless Mode for Console (1.5)


It turns out getting 1,000 levels to work on consoles wasn’t as easy as it sounded... but we are very close to having these ready for release! The Switch edition needs one more round of testing before we can officially move into cert, and then PS4 and Xbox versions will follow shortly. We were able to launch these on Steam last month in a beta state since it’s the quickest and easiest to patch, and since then we’ve been able to get it fully functional by August and then switched gears over to the console versions.

We hope to have the console version out by the end of September. Thank you for your patience console homies, we promise it’s coming very soon and we hope you enjoy it! For those of you wanting to catch up to what Extreme and Endless has to offer, be sure to check out our July update: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/2553797

CONTEST! Time to Win!


We have a special contest going on right now where you can win a Limited Run Games PlayStation 4 Collector’s Edition! Check here for more info: https://gleam.io/MKnu3/win-a-toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove-limited-run-games-playstation-4-collectors-edition

Events: PAX, TGS and TJ&E in Japan!

We’re doin’ meetings at PAX and TGS. If you are gonna be there, hit us up! We’ll bring some stickers. We’ll also be releasing the game in Japanese before the end of the year! Wow!



TJ&E Merch: Shipping costs & PC Limited Edition

WAKE UP! We’ve got another update on the Funkotron Shop! We’ve heard the feedback that the shipping costs were too high, so we decided to bite the moldy bread and offer free shipping to anywhere in the US and severely reduced the cost of shipping overseas!



In regards to the PC edition, we understand some backers' concerns that these were intended to be backer-exclusive items and we apologize for not conveying that these are only extras that we had to make to fulfill a factory minimum.

When moving into production we had to order a minimum number of units to fulfill our promises, but we only needed a certain amount to reward to our backers, we are just selling off the extra that we needed to purchase. These are not restocks of the items, and we will NEVER restock these after they have been sold out. So if you want them, make sure you put on your Hitops and move quickly, because this is the absolute last call for them!

Speaking of merch, we have finally approved the designs for the plushes and upcoming vinyl repressing of our soundtrack. Stay tuned for more info shortly. We also have a super funky jacket coming from Nerds (Nobody Ever Respects Dorks Society) Clothing.



Don’t forget we are on the Sega Genesis Mini releasing September 19th! Relive all that beautiful nostalgia when you grab one and launch the first-ever ToeJam & Earl game released in 1991! We are gonna do some fun contests around this release! Keep an eye out!

Lastly

We have a ton of upcoming announcements, possibly some new content to be added into the game before the end of the year, new merch and tons of giveaways. Huh, what? Did we say new content and new merch… uhhh maybe. You’ll just have to stay tuned to find out what that’s about!

Thanks again for believing in us, and helping the game sell over 101,000 copies in just 5 ½ months -- we’re on the road to break-even, and we wouldn’t have been able to do it without all of our backers, fans, and funklords.

Let’s keep on jammin’!!!

Love,

ToeJam, Earl, Greg and everyone at HumaNature Studios.

sup y'all? We've heard the feedback on the shipping costs on The Funkotron Shop, especially for international shipping. As we near the end of our stock, we have decided to reduce the shipping costs going forward. This will still apply after our Summer Sale has ended. So if you were on the fence about any of these products, now will be the time to grab them as once they are gone they will never be restocked. Thank you all for your understanding and support!

https://www.thefunkotronshop.com/

Build: 1.5.7G
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Endless
Fixed presents removed from inventory
Fixed infinite elevators and falling down
Fixed Ship Pieces reloading on save
Fixed not allowing you to go beyond Funklord
Fixed Dark Levels not loading
Fixed Cosplayer Nerds not showing up
Fixed stuff spawning in hills instead of on top
Added new funky colors every time a skill is maxed
Changed unlocking Endless requirement to reaching level 10 in Extreme
Added a warning when starting Endless that your present become unidentified every 50 levels
Fixed Mystery Presents not getting unidentified every 50 levels
Fixed presents getting unidentified every time you reach the level, only happens first time you arrive
Removed Extra Life from Ship Piece wheel
Mailboxes destroy themselves after usage, use em or lose em!
Players who join in progress matches online in Endless will copy over the stats of the host
Present Skill scaling so effects don’t happen as often when ranking
Enemies now increase in damage the further you go, as well as speed
Doubled the XP required to rank up per rank every time you go beyond Funklord
Added special levels at certain numbers, try and find them!

All Modes
Fixed soft lock that occurs when picking up a telephone while rolling a hat
Players loading into the game will be temporarily immune to damage for a few seconds
Fixed present menu breaking enemy aggro
Prevent searching for 2 seconds after immediately opening a present (prevents accidentally searching)
Fixed NPCs not Amping/Fixing present when they reward you
Fix broken effect on presents overlapping player models
Added VSync and FPS Cap
Fix Latin American Spanish button in language screen

Hey Earthlings and Funkotronians! We wanted to make sure our funky backers had first dibs on our big Funkotron Shop Summer Sale! We’ve got some old stuff, some new stuff, all up to 55% off and once we are sold out of these items they are NEVER coming back. So fuel up your Rocket Skates and BE QUICK, you don’t wanna miss out on these!

PC Backer Box
This is it, this is your LAST CHANCE to get a PC Physical Backer Box! The box comes with a copy of the PC version of the game on disc, the soundtrack on CD, full color manual, pins, a magnet, stickers, a steam code and a soundtrack code (for those of you who prefer mp3s), all bundled in a gorgeous unique box! Stock on these are very low, so strap on your Hi-Tops and run on over and grab them!





Mugs, Rockets, Keychains, Shirts, and more!
We have taken the remaining stock on the store and promoted the Peanut Pack into the FUNKLORD PACK. This JAMMIN’ PACKED bundle comes with the last of our Rapmaster Rockets, Mugs, Keychains, Posters and includes digital downloads for the soundtrack and digital artbook all bundled into a low low price. This is your LAST CHANCE to buy most of the awesome goodies at the store. We expect all items to sell out and once they’re gone that’s it! So put on your Icarus Wings and get to flying over to our shop… is anyone else getting Deja Vu?

Best Buy Switch Release
Greetings again, all our Earthling fans! We just wanted to stop by and drop a few updates on our upcoming merch. First off, we wanted to let everyone know that our friends over at Limited Run Games have partnered with Best Buy to release a variant cover of the Switch version if you missed out on the release from their website, which had the exclusive holographic cover.



https://www.bestbuy.com/site/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove-nintendo-switch/6355663.p?skuId=6355663

If you already own the game and are just interested in the Best Buy variant cover you can order just the cover directly from Limited Run Games here:



https://limitedrungames.com/collections/cover-sheets/products/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove-best-buy-exclusive-cover-sheet


Nintendo Switch Sale


Next, we wanted to let everyone know that our game is currently on sale on the Nintendo eShop for the lowest price it’s ever been! Pick up an extra copy for Switch to take on the go with you or tell a friend! If digital ain’t your thing don’t forget you can always get the physical at Best Buy as mentioned above!


Collector’s Edition
We’re excited to say that people have been receiving shipping confirmation on their Limited Run Games Collector’s Editions! Thank you all for your patience while we made this the best product it could possibly be, we hope you enjoy setting up the board with all the diorama pieces, be sure to Tweet us @toejamandearl with your funky designs!


Funkotron Sale


We will be having a sale on https://thefunkotronshop.com on the 15th of this month! Some of the original Kickstarter items will be on sale and this will probably be your LAST CHANCE to get them, and at new low prices!

We will also be adding 2 new items to the shop our leftover PAX Promo TJ Chain T-shirt and Kickstarter Backer Boxes. Both these items will be discounted during our Summer Sale!




We currently have less than 50 TJ Chain T-shirts and less than 500 Backer Boxes and once they’re gone they aren’t coming back. So get ‘em now while they’re discounted or you may never get the chance again! Please spread the word, we don’t want anyone missing out!

Future things!
In case you missed it, we will have a vinyl reprint and plushies coming soon! We have approved designs for the vinyl so those should be on their way and we are still working on the prototypes for the plushies to make sure they are ready for release. We hope you enjoy them when they’re ready!

In the game zone of things, we just released version 1.5.0 on Steam which included Endless and Extreme! Once we get a few things ironed out we will be ready to release on consoles. Thanks console fans for your patience as we get 1.5.0 prepared and polished for y’all!

As always you can find us:
Email: support@humanaturestudios.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/toejamandearl
Discord: https://discord.gg/QrkcPGe
Twitch.tv: https://www.twitch.tv/toejam_earl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toejamandearlofficial/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toejamandearlart/