ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! news & patch notes

ToeJam & Earl are comin' to Epic Games Store and Fall Guys!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3b9b2672c35e38abc699f5802d443fd944ff3e9a.png That’s right y’all, for one week you can grab ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove on the Epic Games Store for free! Then head on over to Fall Guys and funkify your bean with the new ToeJam & Earl costumes! You can’t go to space without us crashing the place obviously. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/ecdb21c9a12a367c2ccf1bea943f7c6116061777.jpg

Both are available right now as you read this!

“But I already own the game on Steam!” I hear you scream. We have updated the Steam version to include crossplay with the Epic Games Store version. This means you can play with anyone who claims the Epic Games Store version during the giveaway. A special mega funky shoutout to Jeff, our alien engineer, for all his hard work implementing this feature. You rock Jeff!! Details on the Crossplay Feature here. For those of you who are interested in grabbing the game on other platforms, we will be discounting Back in the Groove on all platforms up to 85% off to celebrate 31 years since the release of the very first ToeJam & Earl this month. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/89b29b990b8ccfa1a4469be788cb600d58b78c17.jpg

Reminders on where you can find us:

Back in the Groove! Epic Games Store Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One Follow Us: Twitter Facebook Instagram Twitch More Funk: Aloha T-shirt New Game Survey Once again we wanna say thank you to all our fans for making every single year extra special, funky and fun! We hope to bring you many years of ToeJam & Earl goodies in the future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3bf987bff407b635cbd38354a1bbf6d2a119b9dc.png

Patch Notes: 1.7.3B ================ Added Crossplay under Settings Removed invite requirement for Private Lobbies Made lobbies discoverable during character selection (instead of Level 1) Updated intro splash screen with $uprDee artwork What is Crossplay? Crossplay allows you to play the game online with other players that are playing on the Epic Games Store version of ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! How do I enable Crossplay? From the Main Menu go to Settings -> Online Settings -> Epic Crossplay, and change it to "On". Then link your Epic Game Store account. I don't have an Epic account, can I still use the Crossplay? An Epic Games Store account is required to use the Crossplay feature. Can I set up a private lobby for only my friends to join? Yes! When selecting an Online game, choose "Friends Only" to make a private lobby. Your friend can filter the online lobby list to easily see your lobby. My friend and I are both on Steam, why can't we see the online Lobby? Make sure you both have the Crossplay setting On or Off. If one player has Crossplay enabled, but the other doesn't, you won't be able to matchmake. Changing the Setting doesn't seem to be working? If you have changed the setting recently please restart the game for the changes to take effect. Will Crossplay work with the console versions of the game? There are no plans to incorporate crossplay on the console versions at this time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/89b29b990b8ccfa1a4469be788cb600d58b78c17.jpg Also to celebrate our 31st Anniversary ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is now 80% off on all platforms. Tell a homey!

yo! What’s up Earthlings? Hope you’re all having a funky fresh start to 2022!! Well.. if not, we definitely got something funky fresh comin’atcha today! To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of ToeJam & Earl we reached out to our homies at Limited Run and they came up with a bunch of really cool ideas we know y’all are gonna love. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/67a85c552b451f4db0c2db53c04aff26bef49ee4.jpg Available now for preorder from Limited Run’s website you can grab this totally awesome stuff: - A commemorative classic case with artwork inspired by the original Earthling concept art complete with retro cart and full Back in the Groove soundtrack on CD for the first time! - A 30th Anniversary themed Hat, T-shirt and Hoodie to keep you looking fresh all year long! - Trading Cards with exclusive artwork featuring comics our fans submitted captions for! - and a jammin’ SKATEBOARD! “But what about games? We wanna play more ToeJam & Earl games!” Huh.. who said that? Well fear not random voices from within the void! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/244cb8f28f2999c270a3b9db3de78098ad10e527.jpg Coming at y’all live and directly from Game Decks is the new ToeJam & Earl Tabletop Remix game! This nifty pocket sized adventure comes jam packed with a modular build-your-own board system that can be different every time you play!! The big dawgs over at Game Decks truly did an amazing job taking ToeJam & Earl’s roguelike elements and transforming them into this awesome tabletop game! Also here is a quick recap of updates from last year: -Still in the Groove Update Launched on PS4 -Caption Contest Winners -The original ToeJam & Earl is now available on Nintendo Switch Online! With that, we conclude our 30th Anniversary Celebration of ToeJam & Earl! “Wasn’t your 30th Anniversary last year?!” There’s that voice again… Technically ToeJam & Earl released on the Mega Drive in Japan in 1992 (with much funkier box art) so it’s our 30th Anniversary again. That’s right, we’re so cool, we get TWO 30th Anniversaries!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/60eb81d146fa39c365cab86b65f436202b4983fe.jpg We hope you had fun celebrating 30th years of funk with us! -TJ&E

yoyo! sup Earthlings? It's been a while, didja miss us? d'aww we missed you too!

New ToeJam & Earl Games?!

I know some of y'all read that title and are already saying "what? HUH? C'mon out with it!" Well long story short, we are considering making new ToeJam & Earl games. Does this mean that there are definitely new ToeJam & Earl games coming? No, it doesn't. But this will be extremely useful in deciding what we do next with ToeJam & Earl games in the future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/213af370f6fc59e938c2fb1df4cc99800aa38587.jpg So click here to take our 30th Anniversary survey and help decide what part of the universe ToeJam & Earl wind up in next! https://forms.gle/G63z7SEEX7doX6hv8 Yes, we can also hear you right now. "Wait, is that all you're doing to celebrate your 30th Anniversary?" Well.. no, I was getting to that next. Hold your presents homey.

30th Anniversary Merch, Livestream & Giveaways

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/b4b8e20f3684541b8ad207def5ca32c04c407167.png On October 15th the first ToeJam & Earl game will officially be 30 years old! Wow time flies!! Come hang out while we play the original game with Greg Johnson, ask questions and share your stories! twitch.tv/ToeJamAndEarl During the stream we will be going over the survey results, announcing new merch we have coming, doing tons of giveaways and of course celebrating the 30th Anniversary! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/7857b29ba3401543e5bccce05e9cd125aff13e55.png Here's a sneak peek of something very cool we can't wait to show y'all. Make sure you tune into the livestream October 15th to see the full image!

Remaining Console Updates

Earlier this year we launched the Still in the Groove update on Steam and Nintendo Switch. After that we changed gears and released the iiRcade port of the game. We are still committed to bringing the Still in the Groove update to PS4 and will hopefully have that ready soon. As always thank you all for your patience! Well that's all for now Earthlings! Please be sure to take the survey and tune in to our livestream on October 15th to celebrate ToeJam & Earl's 30th Anniversary with us! See you there! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/e87e5aed98a8045d28fbebc455b65a4b3a3d4a50.png

We're back with a funky fresh update! This time bringing all our fans over on Nintendo Switch 'Still in the Groove' that released on Steam. Quick reminder, this update contains the most community requested features including:

• A new Fixed World with MUCH larger maps handcrafted by the designer of the original 1991 game Greg Johnson.
• New present combos to deal with the crazy Earthlings.
• Unlockable 'Power Hats' hidden throughout the game with awesome effects.
• Tons of optimization and balance improvements for a more funky experience!
• Patch notes here: http://bit.ly/SwitchPatchNotes

To celebrate we are dropping a mondo sized trailer and sale, check it out! Also the game is now on sale on Steam and Nintendo Switch for $5! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/e428a9de077016dff9b0547699939920e81c704d.png

Did you catch that little teaser at the end for our 30th Anniversary?

That's right! This year, ToeJam & Earl turn 30. Make sure you're following us on Facebook and Twitter to see what presents we have waiting for you!! Make sure you're following us on Facebook and Twitter to see what presents we have waiting for you!! Special Funky Shoutout Time! We wanna give a couple of shoutouts to our homies Justin and Ryan for the opportunity to share our trailer with IGN. Also please a give follow to our homies Dee and Patrick who helped create the trailer. Dee created all the new artwork you're seeing for Still in the Groove and the 30th Anniversary, and Patrick is our friend from the ToeJam & Earl Cookbook team who edited and animated our trailer.

WAY TO GO HOMIES!

And as always, thank YOU, our fans for your continued patience and support. We can't wait to see y'all getting funky and enjoying the new update! PS4 and Xbox One versions are up next! -ToeJam, Earl and the homies at HumaNature Studios

1.7.1-G ============================================================ Fix loading saves on Endless files Fix Host seeing Water while Client was seeing empty space in Networked games Fix Earthlings disappearing when returning from Secret Level Fix intended distribution rules from Still in the Groove Update sup y'all!? Today we are releasing a quick update to Back in the Groove containing some fixes that we addressed while working on the Switch build. Thanks to everyone who reported the Endless World save games not loading, this patch should fix that issue. If your save continues to infinitely load then please start a new game and be sure to follow up if the issue persists after that. One change we'd like to address is the intended distribution rules from the Still in the Groove Update. Part of the Still in the Groove Update was intended to reduce the number of Earthlings and bushes/trees on all levels, especially in the early game. This change never made it's way through and is now fully working as intended. What you should notice is much less Earthlings in the early game which will ramp up more as the levels progress. By around Levels 10-15 it should feel similar to the amount of Earthlings prepatch but the numbers have been reduced across ALL levels while still maintaining the difficulty of the late game. Let us know what y'all think. In the meantime we will be focusing on the Switch update. Thanks for playing!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/f048c3775ea81f7bbb92167b283f5579e84f1dcd.jpg by Matt Andrews

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/09a1fc65e7d80ebbb5e506e48754c300af5100d7.png Hey all, just wanted to do a quick check in and say THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the positive feedback regarding the Still in the Groove update. We are so glad to hear everyone is enjoying all the new changes!! You may have noticed a few hotfixes rolling out since then. We have been addressing some issues that many of our fans have found to ensure that once we move over to patching consoles we are as bug free as possible. We have rolled out our last update and HOPEFULLY no more major bugs will pop up.

Infinite Loading Elevator Bug

If you are experiencing this bug, it means that one of the changes we made during our hotfixes was applied to your run and the save file may have become corrupted. Please make a new save file and reach out to us if the issue continues by leaving a comment. We apologize for the Total Bummer.

Promotion Stat Changes

We have heard feedback that the Promotions sometimes feel too random and not rewarding enough to help deal with the Earthlings. We are now incorporating one free stat boost with each Promotion rank. Players will still get the 3 random stat boosts each time they promote, but we have added an extra guaranteed stat. Here are the stats you get with each Promotion Dufus: +Inventory Size Cabbage: +Present Skill Poindexter: +Life Bar (EXTRA LIFE) Peanut: +Search Skill Dude: +Speed Dawg: +Luck Playa: +Inventory Size (EXTRA LIFE) Homey: +Speed Blingmaster: +Luck Rapmaster: +Life Bar Spinmaster: +Present Skill (EXTRA LIFE) Cool Cat: +Search Skill Funkmeister: +Speed Funklord: +Life Bar (TWO EXTRA LIVES)

Console Updates

With that we are off to updating the game for consoles. Thanks again to everyone who helped report an issue and gave us feedback! Stay funky friends! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/40ee4f34bcf6674bb443c8544ea0e5e74d477960.jpg Robin Towle-Fecso @robin2jumpstart

sup y'all?

Been a minute. I think we missed a couple of holidays, a New Year and maybe a baby shower. Sorry about that. But we are BACK STILL IN THE GROOVE, yo! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/f4cc10252e76e0fb9b5b2ccaaa55e35a21918daf.png Last year we opened the 1.7.0 Update Beta to collect feedback. It's been tough but we are finally ready to show off what we've been working so long on. The Earl sized change we made this time is the new BIGGER Fixed World maps. These maps were handcrafted by the OG funklord Greg Johnson. While playtesting the maps Greg kept coming up with new ideas and tweaks to make the gameplay more fun! So first, we heard the feedback about Earthlings being too frustrating and adjusted their behavior to make them a lil more funky to deal with. If you enjoyed the previous Earthling difficulty make sure to check out the Extreme World where the Earthlings are much harder. Players also didn't like when Power Hats were instantly granted after stepping off an Elevator. Power Hats are now hidden on the map in bushes that sparkle! When you shake a sparkling bush the Power Hat will fly around for a bit before landing. Players can find up to 2 Power Hats per level. So make the most of them while you have them! Present Stacking synergies are a feature we introduced in 1.6.0 where using certain presents together will make some funky new effects. There are 3 hidden present synergies that will cause something cool or funny to happen. Can you find the secret present combinations that unlock them? We will give you a clue: the presents need to be AMPED. So just to recap:

NEW BIGGER Fixed World Maps!

Find the Hidden Power Hats!

Smarter and less frustrating Earthlings!

Funky Secret Present Synergies?!

Full Patch Notes 1.7.1 All new Fixed World with much larger maps Removed the smaller maps that would appear on Level 8 and Level 19 in Fixed/Random/Endless Worlds (these smaller maps still appear in Extreme as a 'pit stop' to farm up) Reduced Earthling density by ~50% across all levels in Fixed/Random Worlds Reduced Bush/Tree density by ~40% across all levels in Fixed/Random Worlds Reduced Earthling speed and notice range Earthlings now have a random chance of dropping aggro if a player is under water Increase chance of Earthlings dropping aggro if the player gets too far Earthlings will now chase you to the edge of the map and edges of water/ice Earthlings can now walk down revealed secret paths Mailbox Monsters will stay off secret paths Man In Black will no longer chase if you have no presents Fix Ghandi not providing his safety if another Ghandi was nearby Various fixes for Earthling pathfinding in Networked games Power Hats will no longer be automatically gifted to players when stepping off the Elevator Power Hats must be found on the level by searching bushes and trees Power Hats sparkle while hiding Power Hats will fly around like flying presents when found, they will land after a short time Power Hats now provide 100XP when picked up Power Hat weights adjusted to make some hats more rare and some more common Removed hitbox offset while wearing Hat of Sure Walking Ship Pieces now reward correct XP when picked up Remove level cap on presents in all modes. (This means you can find ALL presents from the beginning of the game) Button/Coin Meter chains are maximum 4 presses Speed up animation when pressing button/feeding coin meter Removed forcing the player into position when feeding Coin Meters/pressing Buttons Removed forcing the player into position when speaking to a friendly Earthling Adjustments to camera while falling down levels Present timer now pauses when falling All inputs disabled while falling (prevents players opening presents and teleporting) Added XP Notification to bottom left of HUD Adjusted XP Bar Colors to hopefully be more noticeable to new players Removed multiplayer only presents from showing in single player games Many under the hood improvements to memory usage Speed up Elevator streaming to next level Fix movies not playing on Linux version Fix No Ship Piece on Level 25 in rare cases Fix issue where players could go beyond Level 25 when an Endless save was active Fix everything bunched up on Funkotron in Endless Fix Lamont showing up on Level 28 of Endless Fix Sushi not always providing heal Fix Torch breaking present timer Fix PlayerStates (like Cupid effect) breaking present timer Fix 'Jump To' invulnerability exploit Fix Elf spawning infinitely from a bush Fix FPS Cap not remembering every time you load the game Also a SUPER huge shoutout to our homey $uprDee for making the promo artwork for this update! If you haven't checked out his ToeJam & Earl comics make sure you're following him to see more funky fun! ----> https://twitter.com/Suprdee2 <---- {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/c60fd9a3cbdb4e87e723e21190f2b0f7de5682de.png

Hey all it's been a while!

To celebrate our retro SEGA Genesis Cartridge charity auction going live, we are opening up the 1.7.0 Beta to everyone on Steam with the new Fixed World maps inspired by the level design of the first game. That means bigger maps to explore with more secret paths! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/85cd5f5c25acecf5619bba2a12f9761493f65969.jpg To Access:

• Right Click ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove in your Steam Library
• Select Properties
• Click the 'Betas' Tab
• Use pull down menu to select 1.7.0-beta

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/c77909c94fe13344108ae28b590df414cead9f60.png Full patch notes at the bottom of this post!

Wait, what charity auction?

That's right! We also wanted to drop a heads up that the ToeJam & Earl Custom SEGA Genesis Cart Charity Auction by Mid49.com is now up. The auction will only run for one week, so don't miss out!! Here's the link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-ToeJam-Earl-Elevator-Cartridge-with-Display-Stand-1991/143783658185 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/6ab6f9b25df1df68d0c05cc9287ad5fdfe52236c.jpg

Wow that's cool, but now I'm hungry!

Yeah us too, funny how ToeJam & Earl always does that right? Tons of weird and funky foods in there. Oh hey, if you're interested in learning how to cook those delicious edible treats, why not check out our friends on Kickstarter who are trying to fund a ToeJam & Earl themed cookbook! They just broke $20K!! AWESOME! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funkyfreshfoods/toejam-and-earls-funky-fresh-foods-of-funkotron-cookbook {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/9ed041cc75a9314c89c2dd74720f2b12c8bafb60.png

Full Patch Notes

1.7.0 ============================================================ Fixed movies not playing on Linux version Speed up Elevator streaming to next level All new Fixed World with much larger maps Removed the very small maps that would appear on Level 8 and Level 19 in Fixed+Random Reduced Earthling density by around 65% across all levels in Fixed+Random Reduced Bush/Tree density by around 50% across all levels in Fixed+Random All Earthlings will now chase you to the very edge of the map, edges of water/ice and can now walk down revealed secret paths Remove ‘level cap’ on presents in all modes. This means you can find ALL presents from the beginning of the game Many under the hood improvements to memory usage Fixed an issue where players could go beyond Level 25 when an Endless save was active Fix everything bunched up on Funkotron in Endless Fix No Ship Piece on Level 25 in rare cases Fix Lamont showing up on Level 28 of Endless Optimized all assets in the game Adjustments to camera while falling down levels Present timer now pauses when falling All inputs disabled while falling (prevents players opening presents and teleporting) Fix Torch breaking present timer Fix other PlayerStates (like Cupid effect) breaking present timer Fix 'Jump To' invulnerability exploit Removed multiplayer presents from showing in single player games Fixed an issue where Elf could spawn infinitely from a bush Removed hit box offset on Hat of Sure Walking Added XP Notification to bottom left of HUD Adjusted XP Bar Colors to hopefully be more noticeable to new players Fix the amount of XP rewarded for picking up a ship piece Fixed FPS Cap not remembering every time you load the game Added 100 FPS Cap option Man In Black will no longer chase if you have no presents Tornado is now more aggressive once player gets in range Earthlings now have a random chance of dropping aggro when players are under water Button/Coin Meter chains are maximum 4 presses Speed up animation when pressing button/feeding coin meter Removed forcing the player into position when feeding Coin Meters/pressing Buttons Removed forcing the player into position when speaking to a friendly Earthling Various fixes for Earthling pathfinding in Networked and Endless Fix Sushi not always providing heal Mailbox Monsters will stay off secret paths Fix Ghandi not providing his safety is another Ghandi was nearby Power Hats will no longer be automatically gifted to player when stepping off the Elevator Power Hats must be found on the level by searching bushes and trees Power Hats now sparkle when they are nearby Power Hats now provide XP when picked up Hat of Breaking no longer makes all presents broken Hat of Breaking now makes present blow up sometimes when you drop them Hat of Breaking now prevents damage from Broken Presents Hat of Breaking now blows up all nearby Earthlings when a present breaks on the player {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3b53603436023cbd1d055fac6232b575c34e20e7.jpg Artwork by SmokeySpew from Discord

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/77d057c0eff88386c8a12fe2db2622b174fd6847.png We appreciate everyone that hopped back into the game to test the new update for us. In case you missed it we rolled out a pretty big update in beta form and gathered some feedback. We have now released another update which makes the 1.6.1 version complete. We will begin testing and rolling the update out to consoles shortly. Here are the notes for the final additions: Build: 1.6.1J ========================================================= Reimport German Text Fix Amped Tomatoes Fix little seams around some hills Players will now prioritize shaking objects or speaking to friendly Earthlings over using an active present (prevents teleporting/shooting while trying to shake) Unrestricted the present pool on Levels 2-4 that weren’t unrestricted last time Make Elf harder to catch Fix Present Timer occasionally not showing when opening a present New Funk-Fu + Spring Shoes synergy Fixes to Funk-Fu + Rocket Skates Fix Spring Shoes + Hitops not providing the proper movement speed Players can now press the ‘Cancel’ button to fast forward through animations that play when picking up the Ship Piece and when Promoting Players can now search while using Tomatoes, Slingshot and Funk-Fu This is of course all combined with our previous big update to deliver the complete 1.6.1 experience. Have you been enjoying the new present synergies? No one has contacted us about finding the hidden synergies yet so they must be hidden pretty well. Remember to contact us if you find them! Thank you for all your help making the Steam sale all it could be! We hope many new homies are enjoying the game. Just a reminder the 75% Off “Stay Home, Stay Funky” Sales start hitting consoles this week: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/a123ba979bb4d26512cc92b7ad171bb54c3d582d.png Xbox One - Live NOW until April 20th Switch - Live NOW until April 20th PlayStation 4 - 4/29/20 - 5/13/20 Steam - COMPLETED! We just wanted to shoot a reminder that Greg’s new card game Outta Our Shells has just entered the last 24 hours of the campaign and he is pushing hard to reach the stretch goal to add artwork to the cards. Here is a little preview of that: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/bb583ef24b53ea276be3034f48ed119f8b68e81c.jpg If you haven’t stopped by yet please check it out. Even if you could spread the word that would definitely help get him closer to adding these super cute pictures! https://bitly.com/OuttaOurShells As always, stay safe and stay funky! -ToeJam & Earl {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/61620d01653ded07cc6e158a619e8037d47a1f0d.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/2270c0d73d748d636850b033965b32aec546ec12.jpg Wow we hit our second goal! THANKS EVERYONE!! As always we hope you’re all staying safe and relaxing with your families. Apologies for being so late to the celebration, we will explain why in a bit. This is the final 48 hours of our campaign, time for one last BIG PUSH to make sure we can make the game all it can be! We have some good news to deliver on our end regarding the stretch goals. Instead of the next tier being an additional 25 cards we have been crunching the numbers and decided to offer the additional 50 Cards altogether at the stretch goal we just reached. So the game will now officially ship with the DIY cards and an additional 50 cards bringing the grand total to 250 cards! Alright! Wait.. we hit 35K already anyway? SUPER AWESOME!! That means the next tier we are shooting for is the artwork added to the front of the Question Cards. We were a little late doing this update because we wanted to show these to you. Check it out and let us know what you think! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/bb583ef24b53ea276be3034f48ed119f8b68e81c.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/cac2e1041d439676e5475842b6622837677d5b84.jpg Definitely makes the cards a little more snazzy and cute don’t you think? We are currently 10K away from this goal so we would appreciate any help getting us there by sharing on social media and telling your friends. Also at 50K we will add artwork to the Fortune Cards! We are 15K away from this goal and here’s a little peek at that: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/6c26db6bcb3db15b49f86dd9fc6fc58aed0de29e.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3eb301fdf0281dd22da3d54c46a472a9e60a64a1.jpg Don’t forget that Outta Our Shells is a cross generational game and is fun for all ages, it can also be played by any number of players! We hope to get it in your hands ASAP so we can all get connecting after being so distant. Thanks again for all your help and support, we couldn’t do this without you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/a2ac98f3341197a92db7fc25b614e900553cc25e.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/7ba849fa41e5b37fc086aa50de7ee4c1a0853a29.jpg 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! https://store.steampowered.com/app/516110/ToeJam__Earl_Back_in_the_Groove/ Stay home and get funky with the homies! https://bitly.com/TJESteam 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: Build: 1.6.1-BETA (Steam only for now) ========================================================= Updated Unity (2017.4.16f1) Updated German dialogue Santa won't drop locked stuff now Santa always acts surprised when caught 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 Remove ‘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: Innertube + Spring Shoes = hop on water! Tomatoes/Slingshot + Funk-Fu Blast = tomato blast! Tomato Rain + Funk-Fu Blast = tomato downpour! Added 3 new HIDDEN synergies: Hidden Synergies are present combinations that when used the correct way will provide new effects. ????? + ????? + ????? = KABOOM! ????? + ????? = FUNKZILLA! ????? + ????? (On Ice Levels Only) = X-MAS TIME! Find the hidden synergies and reach out to us when you do! We may have a special surprise for you! You can check out some of the synergies in action on our Twitter page! https://twitter.com/toejamandearl/status/1234336098316378113 https://twitter.com/toejamandearl/status/1241895364044652544 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! Please report any bugs or suggestions to our Canny: https://tjande.canny.io/ 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!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/b4f17289905c462c455726a428af27995bf72ab3.jpg 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! https://bitly.com/OuttaOurShells 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 Best wishes, ToeJam & Earl {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3a13fe2903320f85480305c61c2bdaae334a8b63.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/1ba71d3fd46af722436e8ff0a6d54077f39f25e8.jpg 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! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanaturestudios/outta-our-shells

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. You can see it in action here: 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! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/b64383da79d8187b5a508165145383375ed202b3.jpg 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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/1ba71d3fd46af722436e8ff0a6d54077f39f25e8.jpg https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanaturestudios/outta-our-shells 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 & Earl in the future. Thanks for chilling with us for a full year!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/86c5f175c052086a8a5845ab57fc996409fb641c.jpg 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 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/62527bb79761478f94595c2a5d8488a0bcb27897.jpg https://theyetee.com/collections/toejam-and-earl/products/toejam-earl-plush-set 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. We will be addressing a 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! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/7b1547388023e03bbdd7320b6d16f86583a1ee89.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/23f7291a3693bc6ac3a7c4365bf655336ec4fc32.jpg 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! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanaturestudios/outta-our-shells 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/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3672113772d78951443275dd11a6ce7427534f8a.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/74810105a29a04cec8196b25baff675ccc7f36f2.jpg 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!

🎵🎶ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove 🎶🎵 🎼🎹 SUPER FUNKY SOUNDTRACK 🎹🎼 💸💰 $1 during Steam's Soundtrack Sale 💰💸 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1087290/ToeJam__Earl_Back_in_the_Groove_Soundtrack/ 2/11/20 - 2/14/20 Pump up the jams and get funky all for a buck! 🖖👽😎🖖

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/39f976bc457f0bcbfe1b32ab79a3a0dfb5928ce6.png 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/4f654b79e14250d052e3abce4928e3097454e319.png 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 with y'all. Over the past 10 years co-creator of ToeJam & Earl, Greg Johnson, 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/23f7291a3693bc6ac3a7c4365bf655336ec4fc32.jpg 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 ========================== 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) Framerate performance enhancement 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! Stay funky, HumaNature Studios Team {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/79416d9367fa463cdf176068f90c3706ebea8423.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/47595ac1623cb499c187606c6489d493d90b45c2.jpg Image source: Justin Roiland yo! yo! yo! Merry Funkmas everyone! We did it! We finally caught Santa before he could fly away… it only took us a few weeks. But look at all these funky presents he spilled all over the Earth when we grabbed him! He was carrying so many cool ToeJam & Earl thingies and sales for Back in the Groove! Who would’ve thought?! Okay that’s enough yelling!!! Our throats are really starting to hurt!!! Let’s peep what Santa dropped. Firstly he dropped some holiday sales for the game: FREE ❗️❗️ with Twitch Prime: https://twitch.amazon.com/tp Don't forget this is only available for December, so tell a homey if they have Amazon Prime they can link with Twitch and get our game for free! Steam: 12/19/19 - 01/02/2020, 30% off http://bit.ly/TJESteam Switch: 12/23/2019 - 01/01/2020, 50% off http://bit.ly/TJESwitch Sony: 12/20/2019 - 1/17/2020, 50% off http://bit.ly/TJESony Sorry we won’t be on sale on Xbox One this holiday season. We hope you enjoyed our previous sale last month though! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/991053ef05547321735af2f89df1e0245938e5ff.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/32992afca6937372c92ee902fde81c5401128c7a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/899f7987d6dc698703ec27f4d32fe9c0772ecef9.png Unfortunately it’s not all holly jolly this year. We will be pulling down the Funkotron Shop at the end of this month. All remaining stock will remain promotional items only, no longer able to be purchased. http://bit.ly/FunkotronShop The cost of shipping from Funkotron to Earth was a lot of bucks. So spread the funk while it lasts! Be sure to visit our Funkotron Shop where we have the PC Backer Box edition which comes with The Game, Stickers, Pins, a Magnet and CD Soundtrack all in one collectible box all for $14.99! We also have the Rapmaster Rocket vinyl figure ($9.99!) and a T-shirt! 🚀👕 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/142003164ff5c33cdc2d4f1851d40de55916b5b8.jpg Missed out on our Vinyl? EnjoyTheRide Records has got you covered! This new vinyl repressing comes in 6 different variants, pick your favorite! 📀💿 EnjoyTheRide Variant: http://bit.ly/ETRVinyl HNS Variant: http://bit.ly/HNSVinyl Links to other variants: http://bit.ly/VinylVariants Looking for some super funky stocking stuffers? Head on over to the YeteeMart where you can grab exclusive stickers, pins, t-shirts coffee mugs and of course the plushies! 🌭👟😎 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/fa4ff04e5cf783da31feb8689c4d0372875bdc32.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/d0d888dc109ca100691ef38a2a27f568ec4a08fd.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/db07a136b858628a422dd1c3dc903a9d782f6aa9.png http://bit.ly/TJEYetee Plushies are still coming soon, thank you for your patience! It's getting chilly out. Make sure you bundle up with this dope jacket from NERDS Clothing! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/647aaa2cd6c8d7a48c590294b71df137b781e2af.png http://bit.ly/TJExNERDS Guaranteed to keep you warm and styling this holiday season. Also functions as a beacon to transmit funkwaves from our home planet Funkotron. 🖖👽😎🖖 Speaking of Funkotron. Don't forget to grab this sweet t-shirt from the aliens over at Fangamer! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/147f51be05457167e68b8cd53c3f6e40e0966a11.png http://bit.ly/TJEFangamer The funky artwork on this one was created by Jim Mahfood! 🤯 and for the true gamers out there. Be sure to let the world know you're a pro with a custom ToeJam & Earl controller! 🎮 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/39175281f11865cc1b83fe974c1d07113633ece2.jpg Controller Chaos Customs: http://bit.ly/TJEControllerChaos {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/f5c93d9ee8b07980f8375957f1070b4c91c1884e.jpg Kustom Kontrollerz Customs: http://bit.ly/TJEKustomKontrollerz Cover ToeJam & Earl in your sweat today! 💦 As always be sure to follow us on all social media! Instagram: instagram.com/toejamandearlart/ Discord: https://discord.gg/TJE Twitter: twitter.com/toejamandearl Facebook: facebook.com/toejamandearlofficial/ Well, that’s all the presents we have for now. We are truly unsure what 2020 will bring for the funk boys. But we wanna thank y’all for rocking with us this year. We hope we were able to spread a little bit of joy and funk into your lives. Thank you so much for your support and your patience while we made Back in the Groove all it could be in 2019. Onward to 2020! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/d813081f66c8a6aaf675167ebf206e8e24208e93.jpg Image source: Ian Jones-Quartey

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/0c31a78a893f1586f3dbc453671b2c6af96f6e26.gif yo! yo! yo! Merry Christmas! uhhh, what? Too soon? Our bad. We just get so excited around the holidays because we get a chance to finally catch Santa. Just when we think we got him he always flies away with his jetpack… dang! But he always comes bringing presents and this year he’s leaving behind some real goodies for the ToeJam & Earl fam. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/9986fb98012690f06f600084fd829756e76bd665.png We are proud to announce that ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove will be available with December’s Twitch Prime subscription! Twitch Prime is a service offered by Twitch for Amazon Prime members, it comes with a lot of cool stuff so if you have Amazon Prime be sure to link your Twitch account so you can get our game! https://twitch.amazon.com/tp The coolest thing about this version of the game is it includes the Twitch Crowd Control feature. Which allows viewers of your stream on Twitch to apply random effects to the player by donating bits. If you enjoy streaming our game it’s about to get a whole lot more wild! The Crowd Control feature will remain exclusive to the Twitch Prime version during the month of December and we hope to bring it to our other versions of the game in early 2020. This holiday season you can also pick up Back in the Groove for 50% off on Steam and Xbox. But act fast because this deal won’t last long! (Sorry for the late heads up, holiday seasons are always so busy!) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/86a4a0b5526d86811b7ff76ca268df61f075e055.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/516110/ToeJam__Earl_Back_in_the_Groove/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/8634dcee1d7a893c5b0f7345bc1b7f2c8c7f4efa.png https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/9nvc78lkgmrr?activetab=pivot:overviewtab We will hopefully have some more discounts to offer you in the future, especially for our Switch and PS4 homies as well, so don’t worry if you miss out on this one. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/79fca5ac07af2f8b2b6f6887d90aff2d6d6c5f9c.gif For our Steam homies! Please vote for us for ‘The Better With Friends Award’ this year here: https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations Looking for some holiday presents to grab for your homies this year? TJ&E has got you covered! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/647aaa2cd6c8d7a48c590294b71df137b781e2af.png Check out this super funky jacket now available at NERDS Clothing! https://www.nerdsclothing.com/collections/frontpage/products/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove-jacket {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/50ad99d749b58f26616b23d2b8c2e52f08673997.png Be sure to read our previous update here which covers our Vinyl reprint and the upcoming plushies at the Yetee as well: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove/posts/2690835 We’ve updated our Instagram with a ton more fanart!! 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 Until next time Earthlings. Stay funky, ToeJam & Earl {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/609f7f2afbbf2dfdc781cd7419e61a278ab95d80.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/e53b8fb10e9bb99ae6b88c62fb48bdae97b53b3e.jpg You asked for it. We heard you. It took us a bit, but they’re finally (mostly) here. What are we talking about? The same thing we’re always talking about, the two funkiest aliens this side of funkotron, ToeJam & Earl! Well more specifically, we have a vinyl repressing of our soundtrack with brand new artwork by Eddie Mauldin (@eddiemauldin on Twitter) inspired by De La Soul, some of the funkiest homies to ever bless the mic, so it only seemed fitting! There are 6 different variants and they are all EXTREMELY limited. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/142003164ff5c33cdc2d4f1851d40de55916b5b8.jpg Enjoy The Ride Records (@EnjoyTheRideRES) were nice enough to make a little promo video showcasing all the variants and the awesome comic they made of our intro video for their gatefold here: https://twitter.com/toejamandearl/status/1195393178842603520 Enjoy The Ride Exclusive Variants: -Grey with Yellow Screen Printed D Side (150 copies) -Loading Screen Pink with Blue & Green Splatter A/B Side & Yellow with Blue & Pink Splatter C/D Side (200 copies) Retail Variants: -Neon Pink (FYE Exclusive - 250 copies) -Orange/Red Swirl (Bull Moose/Zia Exclusive - 250 copies) -Latisha/Lewanda Split A/B Side & ToeJam/Earl Split C/D Side (Humanature Studios Exclusive - 100 copies) -Neon Yellow (general retail variant) You can find these using the various links: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/927b8a020ecdd1be8b874bc609259321c2faf322.jpg Enjoy The Ride Records Exclusives: https://enjoytheriderecords.com/collections/enjoy-the-ride-records/products/toe-jam-earl-back-in-the-groove-soundtrack-etr0101 Where you can find the Green with Yellow and Retail versions, the normal Neon Yellow retail variant which will be available at various record stores, and their exclusive Elevator Background inspired variant! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/4ac55d2fe72bfa03f406754a53ff272462bd1ed6.jpg They also have an exclusive Test Press bundle that comes with their exclusive variants and a Test Pressing housed in alternate colored artwork (Hand-numbered out of 24 total copies) https://enjoytheriderecords.com/collections/enjoy-the-ride-records/products/toe-jam-earl-test-press-bundle FYE Exclusive: https://www.fye.com/cody-wright-nick-stubblefield---toejam-earl--back-in-the-groove%21-soundtrack-exclusive-2lp-with-screen-printed-d-side-on-magenta-vinyl-fye.000000843563120941.html Red & Orange Swirl - Limited to 250 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/b9324b40c31f77534256ed4e21b177ec542ab7ed.jpg Zia Records & Bull Moose Exclusive (Limited To 250): https://www.ziarecords.com/p/9862571/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/0fd5ddea82c826623bd2176fba1783c474e21ee1.png HumaNature Studios Exclusive: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/cb3c47ecfe2cffcc5a55fa2ebf8987a9ca3490ff.png https://humanature-studios.myshopify.com/ Latisha/Lewanda Split A/B Side & ToeJam/Earl Split C/D Side and packed lovingly by the sweaty palms of the real actual aliens at HumaNature Studios! For those of you that weren’t able to grab our Limited Run Games Collector’s Edition with the cassette tape, well Enjoy The Ride Records has you covered there as well! Limited to 100 each, you can find their exclusive Mega Drive/Genesis inspired cassette here: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/5d6de04ae7b08a2eeecedcb4d0c4e4119a1f7f7f.jpg https://enjoytheriderecords.com/collections/enjoy-the-ride-records/products/toe-jam-earl-etr101-cassette-tape Plushies!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/db07a136b858628a422dd1c3dc903a9d782f6aa9.png Guess who is showing up this holiday season? That’s right! The funk boys are back just in time for Xmas... in plush form. Brought to by our homies over at The Yetee you can sign up to be notified when the plushies go live, (and it should be very soon!) so don’t miss out. https://theyetee.com/collections/toejam-and-earl/products/toejam-earl-plush-set MORE Game Updates?! Yup, we’re still working on them. Here’s a little peek at what’s coming down the pipeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ7JilftcuY We are adding in the Twitch extension Crowd Control for our fans that enjoy streaming. This will allow viewers in the chat to donate bits to add effects to the streamer. Is the streamer doing really well and you wanna knock them off the level? Use the Drop Level effect, or donate to make the player fall in love from a Cupid arrow and watch as they walk themselves off the map! With Crowd Control the viewers are in control of what they watch. When we have this ready we plan to do a few streams showcasing the feature. We were able to get Greg to stop Hula Dancing for a bit down in Hawaii and agree to show up to the stream as well. More info on when that will be soon! Thanks for rocking with us y’all as we make the game as great as it can possibly be! We’ve updated our Instagram with a ton more fanart!! 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 Love always, ToeJam & Earl {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/35b71f25ee22c10f733a8c671c51bb86a3212ef1.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/604de2eda23cd6103213d80e51b6da4e9e1fabf7.png 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 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/0909f32348914205e91945acfab2b8d122348161.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/f31e6af7484fd343e5f2a3c8cb30fd43e15ea4cb.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/c93e3e4c7dc498ed53ce657af78a0c653f0c59e4.jpg 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 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/8751c33481908f329442135d2badd2a0bbb7e5ea.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/fe4b4cea4774e2bc6b5cb7d057b2616e1edd5216.png 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/970c199854618ba1b9edfdfefd1e8f51a4a1f71e.png 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 [email protected] 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/e5c80e5dad6c99b3b21362c442e808800826cb8d.png 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 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/ed07084b6cd3d4e213434a97ea5e7a9cd6177699.png 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/3b949a68d77e931a26938ae6b29472fd83ac8fe8.png 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/af1fb243822b28f236e432478d48bfb036dda2d3.jpg 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 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26087041/d813081f66c8a6aaf675167ebf206e8e24208e93.jpg 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 https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/fd6f8079cba4e4fd0b4dddcd2faa6f977898ed6b.png

Build: 1.5.8J - Steam ============================= 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

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/aae27e38740a23335bfab4c3c1ea433abbe8eccc.jpg 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) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/970c199854618ba1b9edfdfefd1e8f51a4a1f71e.png 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! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/3d100284c70c33f19cdd84ee38c7935567fa595d.png 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! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/013e10d21d247756dbdb71d599294e118f6549ce.jpg 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! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/a4e6c6086f03a1190ad4b9f133ae656ff2d7ea90.png 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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/af1fb243822b28f236e432478d48bfb036dda2d3.jpg 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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/2e6f0c8f95b2cd70dadd5f5a7c39765f0ec7d38f.gif

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/ https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/a4e6c6086f03a1190ad4b9f133ae656ff2d7ea90.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/32992afca6937372c92ee902fde81c5401128c7a.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/de56bb5c8f013e20acc21a27495411ffdb71f3bb.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/991053ef05547321735af2f89df1e0245938e5ff.jpg

Build: 1.5.7G ============================= 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! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/991053ef05547321735af2f89df1e0245938e5ff.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/9a4bb2da18922f5360e7dbcaeaf0b4d964496fa8.jpg 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? https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26087041/c65af0b10298eac7b27aec96c89235e7f55128f6.png