Stretch, bite and swing together, compete in competitive minigames for long-necked glory, or embark solo on a story to reunite your kin in Esophaguys! A 1-4 player couch co-op party game featuring old folks with long necks! Demo is out now during co-op fest so grab some friends to try it out together!

For this week exclusively, experience the latest Necks-Generation gameplay and catch our audio stream live on Steam! After winning the Grand Prix at Tokyo Game Show's Sense of Wonder Night, the new demo is available now, this week only, to celebrate the unique audio of Esophaguys as part of the Save&Sound Festival! We will be streaming new music performances, audio breakdowns, and gameplay from the updated demo on our Steam page! Grab your controllers and compete in the new combat Spartagus minigame , treat your eyes to updated visuals, and tickle your cochleas with new tunes! Hit us up with any feedback! Stay stretchy!

Esophaguys was selected as a Sense of Wonder Night finalist at Tokyo Game Show 2024! steamhappy The dev team will have boots on the ground at the event from September 26 - 29. Only 8 of the 80 presenting were chosen for this distinction. See the selection on the TGS site here. We'll be running a livestream, showcasing our new hub world, character customization, TravNeck technology, updated graphics, fresh music, and most importantly, a new combat minigame!
Be on the lookout for a demo update soon :) Keep on stretching!

Watch the devs play the hardcore Masochist Mode and the competitive Esophaball from September 18 - 24!

Join us for a developer livestream, showcasing the new Masochist mode, revamped visuals, and more upcoming features to be teased! From August 19 - 26, we will be rerunning the streams 24/7 so you can catch them anytime on our store page! Happy Stretching and thanks for watching! steamhappy

New

• Added new grueling solo Masochist mode (top-left door in Hub)
• Added some toys in the levels to mess around with. And a ball and hoop in the hub
• Added beautiful environment art on all levels
• Overhauled much of the soundtrack and sfx. Twanging tunes and elderly grunts delight
• Added narrative cues so you can learn more about the weird world we're creating

Improvements

• You can now play the game on Steamdeck!
• Optimized the game for Steam Remote Play Together
• General design improvements to all the Esophaball levels
• Improved the ascension behaviour so players have a bit more control over it
• Added the first of many camera improvements so the level and players get framed more often
• Added audio settings so you can adjust volumes individually

FIXES

• Reworked the player spawning system. Players can now jump in and out of gameplay with more stability
• Adjust terrain a bit in some areas that were just out of reach
• Fixed some missing tutorials in the coop levels
• Fixed issues with the camera sometimes getting stuck on a checkpoint
• Fixed sometimes not dying or getting stuck in levels

We're always open to feedback. Don't hesitate to report bugs or make suggestions suggestions on our Discord server. Also we want to see your best masochist times in highlights! (if you dare to finish it!)

steamhappy To celebrate our selection in the Comedy category of the 2024 London Games Festival, we are broadcasting the devs playing through the demo! steamhappy Join our discord to chat with us here: https://discord.gg/fTrfhp7UTV and remember to wishlist! Keep on stretching!

Hey Neck Folk! Thanks for all your feedback from Friday, we've been working hard to get the fixes out to you. Which is exactly what this is about. We just pushed an update of our demo on Steam that you can go ahead and enjoy right away. Here's a quick list of the changes:

• All the current Esophaball levels. Some received a pretty significant rework. Go try them out and let us know what you think. Most of it is based on what we saw in Fridays little tourney.
• The Esophaball blowfish to have a max velocity of 200. No more blowfish go brrrrrrr.

• The geckos not quite eating their fruits too accurately
• Many issues with the player spawning systems. We identified about 4 cases where things went wrong, but it should be a lot more stable now.
• Some invisible trees in some levels.
• Character clothing sometimes clipping
• Some characters wearing the same clothes.
• Level ending doors not working
• Character and Blowfish not respawning for certain Esophaball levels.

• Still some cases where the Esophaball instruction panels refuse to fall down and start the countdown.

Join the Discord here to play! https://discord.com/invite/vJ5qymnh6b Tentative Stream Schedule 8 - 10 PM EST Monday - Remote Play Together with the Devs Tuesday - Level Design Wednesday - Remote Play Together with the Devs Thursday - Tech Design Friday - Esophaball tournament! Saturday - Art and Sound Design Sunday - Remote Play Together with the Devs

Get a first look at our new demo, premiering at Dreamhack Atlanta, December 15 - 17 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Chat with the devs and sign up to win exclusive Esophamerch! More details on our new demo, built from scratch, to come soon! https://dreamhack.com/atlanta/

Watch our Save & Sound audio design talk and performance to hear the unique sound of Esophaguys. [previewyoutube=6IJ7hhvkKb0;full][/previewyoutube]

Come and watch the devs play their game demo! Come and ask any questions!

Come and watch the devs play their game demo! Come and ask any questions!

You are the Esophaguys, old folks with elongating necks! Stretch, bite, and swing yourself around in 1-4 player guttural mayhem: co-op, competitive, and solo. Progress across each mode, reuniting and unlocking the garb of your lost kin.

Co-op Mode (2-4 players)

Stretch, bite, and swing together, traversing and solving puzzles as you search to reactivate the forgotten monuments of your diasporic people.

Minigame Mode (2-4 players)

In team-based sports or free-for-all arena, compete, neck against neck, to determine who has the greatest gullet.

Story Mode (1-4 players)

Accompanied by poignant narration, embark on a mythical journey to understand the past and shape the future. Will you uncover the true nature of the neck?

Masochist Mode (1-4 players)

No land. No checkouts. Nothing but neck.  Subject yourself to grueling challenges in a hellish atmosphere ripe for speedrunning.

Hub World Progression

Reconstruct the ancient monument of your people as you progress through each mode, reuniting and unlocking the garb of your lost lengthy kin.

Twanging Tones and Elderly Grunts

Lose yourself in a soundscape all its own. The first video game soundtrack dedicated to jews-harp music in a variety of strictly traditional and experimental styles. With painstaking adherence to centuries old tradition, only using instruments from their respective regions, classic twangs from Austria, Norway, India, Kyrgyzstan, the British Isles and America will delight your ears with every jugular jiggle. Accompanied with over 3000+ personally recorded mouth-originated SFX, prepare your cochleas to be tickled to the extreme.