2025-10-14 12:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
Hey all!Long time no see, hope everyone has been staying funky! ːYellowPresentːWe just wanted to give a quick heads up for anyone interested in more projects from Greg Johnson and HumaNature Studios that our next project has a demo available now during Steam Next Fest!If you enjoy the demo please consider backing the project on Kickstarter!Dancing with Ghosts KickstarterFor some updates on what's happenin' with ToeJam & Earl you can check out our Kickstarter blog post.
2022-10-13 15:26 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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 St
2022-10-13 09:49 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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,
2022-01-19 22:59 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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 wit
2021-10-07 00:42 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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 deci
2021-05-11 18:23 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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
2021-04-20 17:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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 lo
2021-02-23 01:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
{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 Elevat
2021-01-19 15:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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 m
2020-10-13 18:33 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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
2020-04-15 18:52 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
{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
2020-04-14 14:21 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
{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
2020-03-31 18:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
{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 Xbo
2020-03-11 01:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
{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
2020-03-09 13:47 UTC · Community Announcements · Nap
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
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