Hi everyone! Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of Junk Jack release on Steam platform, so we decided that, although unfinished (it's really a lot harder than thought), we're going to give everyone access to an unlocked branch of the game which allows original game data to be modified, and preliminary mods to be added. Since this build is totally unsafe and wrong modifications to game data could break your saves please take care to backup your worlds and players before experimenting with it! You will have access to two specific features;

Original JSON

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

Mods

This are standalone json files (with accessory graphics) which can be put into %appdata%/Junk Jack/mods and are loaded at game launch (they can't be enabled or disabled after game launch and you must reopen the game if you change anything). These mods can alter the game data through hooks, so new items can be added, loot tables can be changed and such. This is the only way to allow new graphics without altering original textures. Fully documentation of the allowed mods is not present but there are some samples here: Modding Api. Feel free to experiment!

[ 2021-12-02 14:44:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone! In the last months we've been working hard to port the game to Nintendo Switch by improving a lot of small user experience issues. At the same time a lot of small untracked and unnoticed issues have been fixed. All these cumulative fixes are all bundled in the 3.3 version which is available on the beta branch of the game, the password to access it is "hellototheworld"! This version is fixing loot table issuer for uber bosses, some unrecognized GPU cards which didn't work with the game, A LOT of crashes (especially when playing with controller). There is also a hidden modding infrastructure that will be expanded in the future to finally allow user mods! IMPORTANT: This beta version shouls restore compatibility with Windows 7 by using a different version of xinput library, which was giving issues to many users. Please let us know if that's the case! If the beta version doesn't have particular issues it will be rolled out on main branch shortly :) Happy mining!

[ 2020-05-04 12:53:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! We're glad to tell you that controller support has finally been implemented into Junk Jack! Support is for Xinput controllers on Windows and it covers everything in the game, from start menu to any dialog or UI element (excluding text input)! Since the game has really many different views and subviews, it's possible that some things are still missing, please feel free to report issues in our forum or on Discord! Many choices has been made to keep controller gameplay as smooth as possible, you could like or dislike some but meny things can be tweaked in Options->Controls to suit your needs! If you want to provide some feedback or ideas about improving controls just let us know, this is just a preliminary implementation which could be tweaked at any time! CHANGELOG

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

Happy mining!

[ 2019-07-10 03:42:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Sorry for the prolonged silence but we're undergoing some internal rearrangement so we took it long! This is a bugfix/QoL update which fixes a lot of bugs, balances the gameplay experience, improves things here and there and prepares some ground for future changes, here is the full changelog:

• Chest Interface now is twice as big for better organization
• Health regen from equip now triggers after 5 second without taking damage from monsters
• Implemented item sets bonuses : this features allows to give specific bonuses(and effects) when a specific set of items is equipped
• Created a set for each Uber boss equip drop, now the single equip pieces give less light value, equipping the full set gives the full light value
• Added tooltip symbols reference(accessed by Help pane, F1, then F2)
• Added light value to tooltips of armor pieces
• Added tooltips to some unclear potions
• Some mobs are now able to see through player invisibility
• Thorns damage on monsters is now mitigated by their defense
• Thorns related potions have been buffed
• Adjusted some thorns bonuses from equip
• Fixed critical chance of weapons which wasnt working(all had 0 % critical)
• Fixed bug which wasnt updating collections when equipping items or pets
• Fixed bug which didnt consume proper amount of items when using simple craft
• Fixed bug which allowed instant forge crafting
• Fixed a crash when dropping an item stack into an occupied space in some circumstances
• Fixed quick stack from forge which didnt properly move items
• Fixed craftbook key which was working in creative and crashing the game
• Fixed Metal Feet potion, now it properly makes you immune to spikes
• Fixed open save folder option which wasnt working
• Fixed a random crash when browsing collections
• Fixed a crash that occurred when destroying some growing plants
• Fixed truth table device which wasnt working as intended
• Fixed some OpenGL issues on certain graphic cards(now game requires OpenGL 3.2)
• Changed Bottomless Chest UI color to match the graphics
• Fixed some weapons which had wrong animations
• Fixed some graphical glitches
• Fixed hacked item stacks larger than 999 items which could crash the game
• Added additional keys to bindable keys
• Added an option to shop help for some items in their tooltips
• Changed double confirmation dialogs to be more secure
• Upgraded build tool for Windows build of the game

Since we had to change the toolchain used to compile the game make sure you have Visual Studio 2017 redistributables if you're playing on Windows! Steam should automatically prompt you to install them in case. The update is rolling out on Windows with macOS and Linux versions following in the next couple of days. The next big thing will probably be official controller support since many of you requested it! We're already working on it and we hope to share further details soon! Happy mining! Pixbits

[ 2019-03-27 22:49:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.2 Pet Hunt Update!
This patch adds 75 fancy rare pocket pets in all worlds which can be captured, hunt ‘em all! We’ve also added the Junk Machine, used to recycle your crafts and get new items and rare loot. Plus there are now new breedable chihuahua and hamster pets, many new features and cool items to discover, an habanero plant used to craft habanero bombs and soup, craftable concussion bombs and new rare cards used to craft pocket uber mob pets are included too. Plus many more cool things to discover and small tweaks! Happy mining (and hunting!) New features

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

[ 2018-06-18 17:03:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.5 Christmas Update! Hello miners, it's almost Christmas and time for the Steam Winter Sale! To celebrate we're discounting Junk Jack and releasing a themed update which makes Terra Christmas themed with presents all over the surface which contain unique loot! Capture and breed the new reindeers, fight Christmas themed zombies and skeletons and find the new Pocket Santa pet! We also added rare fossils on all planets which can be combined to form unique creations by assembling their pieces! Last but not least we fixed many reported bugs.
Check out the changelog below!

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

Merry Christmas by the Pixbits duo!

[ 2017-12-21 19:24:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.5 Christmas Update! Hello miners, it's almost Christmas and time for the Steam Winter Sale! To celebrate we're discounting Junk Jack and releasing a themed update which makes Terra Christmas themed with presents all over the surface which contain unique loot! Capture and breed the new reindeers, fight Christmas themed zombies and skeletons and find the new Pocket Santa pet! We also added rare fossils on all planets which can be combined to form unique creations by assembling their pieces! Last but not least we fixed many reported bugs.
Check out the changelog below!

• Terra is now christmas themed
• zombies and skeletons are now Christmas themed
• added presents on Terra surface which contain many cool treasures!
• new Pocket Santa pet!
• new discoverable fossils have been added on all planets!
• new breedable reindeers!
• new craftable reindeer stable!
• fixed wrong offset on some mobs
• fixed a bug which recycled wrong items when crafting items that required items like buckets or similar items
• fixed many memory management problems which caused crashes in random circumstances or at game start
• fixed issue with super minimap which wasnt drawing the sky properly
• fixed minor gfx glitches
• fixed lighting issues when placing lights during movement

Merry Christmas by the Pixbits duo!

[ 2017-12-21 19:24:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.2! This update gives the game a new coat of paint with many tweaks,new craftable items, huge monsters, weapons, ancient craftable pick-shovels, revamped graphics and lots of features and refinements to improve the game balance and polish. Check out the changelog below!

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

Happy mining and thanks for your continued support!

[ 2017-06-16 01:54:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1.2! This update gives the game a new coat of paint with many tweaks,new craftable items, huge monsters, weapons, ancient craftable pick-shovels, revamped graphics and lots of features and refinements to improve the game balance and polish. Check out the changelog below!

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

Happy mining and thanks for your continued support!

[ 2017-06-16 01:54:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1! This patch adds Uber Mobs, powerful monsters that can be summoned by destroying Altars in each world. Defeat them and gather unique powerful equip and weapon sets! We have also improved combat hit detection, added new treasures such as weapons, pocket pets, new essence swords and revamped trinkets! Worlds are more varied now with new rare biomes with chests and everything has also been fine tuned once again. You will also find Totem pieces in all the planets which can be assembled to form a huge totem tower! Many other features and fixes have been added too. Check out the changelog below!
The image shows some of the full armor sets and weapons obtainable by killing Uber Mobs! Remember to generate new worlds or you won't find Altars.

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

Happy Uber Slaughtering!

[ 2017-03-29 03:57:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to Junk Jack 3.1! This patch adds Uber Mobs, powerful monsters that can be summoned by destroying Altars in each world. Defeat them and gather unique powerful equip and weapon sets! We have also improved combat hit detection, added new treasures such as weapons, pocket pets, new essence swords and revamped trinkets! Worlds are more varied now with new rare biomes with chests and everything has also been fine tuned once again. You will also find Totem pieces in all the planets which can be assembled to form a huge totem tower! Many other features and fixes have been added too. Check out the changelog below!
The image shows some of the full armor sets and weapons obtainable by killing Uber Mobs! Remember to generate new worlds or you won't find Altars.

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

Happy Uber Slaughtering!

[ 2017-03-29 03:47:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Here’s a sneak peek of what we’re working on: Uber Mobs!
Each planet will feature a unique Uber Mob which can be summoned by destroying its altair.  These mobs are harder to kill and will drop unique rewards such as equip pieces, weapons, tools, rare materials and unique pets. We’re also working on totems! You will be able to collect cool looking totem pieces from each planets and assemble them as a trophy for your adventures. The upcoming update will also feature new ground biomes from the nearest planets, new collectable pets, some loot/ores rebalance and other tweaks! That’s all for now!

[ 2017-03-01 19:44:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Heres a sneak peek of what were working on: Uber Mobs!
Each planetwill feature a unique Uber Mob which can be summoned by destroying itsaltair. These mobs are harder to kill and will dropuniquerewards such as equip pieces, weapons, tools, rare materials and unique pets. Were also working on totems! You will be able to collect cool looking totem pieces from each planets and assemble themas a trophy for your adventures. The upcoming update will also feature new ground biomes from the nearest planets, new collectable pets, some loot/ores rebalance and other tweaks! Thats all for now!

[ 2017-03-01 19:44:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! We proudly announce that Junk Jack has been released on Steam! Thanks everyone for the support during these months in Early Access, that helped us to improve the game in every aspect and reach that much desired goal. This is not the end but just a major step towards the development of our dream sandbox game, stay tuned and have fun playing Junk Jack with your friends!

[ 2016-12-01 05:21:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! We proudly announce that Junk Jack has been released on Steam!
Thanks everyone for the support during these months in Early Access, that helped us to improve the game in every aspect and reach that much desired goal. This is not the end but just a major step towards the development of our dream sandbox game, stay tuned and have fun playing Junk Jack with your friends!

[ 2016-12-01 04:02:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! Today we're releasing a big content patch which adds more than 250 treasures to be discovered, we call it the treasure hunt season! We also added a new end game planet named Tor which can be reached from Mykon, with lots of new monsters, equip pieces, treasures and blocks. Planets have been tweaked and should be more varied and fun to explore, we redrawn a lot of mobs and made many balance tweaks and bug fixes. We're quite satisfied with the progress made to the game and we think the game is mature enough to be released in full form on Steam, so please let us know what you think of this patch! After the release we'll continue with the updates, to improve Junk Jack even more. Happy treasure hunting! ENHANCEMENTS

• treasure hunt season is now open! We added more than 250 unique rare treasures in chests. Happy hunting!
• new planet reachable from Mykon: Tor! Make sure to generate a new Mykon Adventure or you won't find the new portals
• planets surfaces, graphics and biomes have been revamped and are now more varied and fun to explore
• many new blocks and discoverable treasures can be found on Tor
• dozens of new blocks and treasures!
• more than 20 new monsters!
• lots of new weapons, armor and other equip pieces can be dropped from Tor monsters
• 10 new fish types
• 12 new statues
• new pocket pets!
• two new types of wood with their relative crafts and weapons have been added: Green and Ebony wood
• new rare manufacts have been added, older ones will be converted to the newer ones
• all rare weapons now have custom animation, speed and knockback values
• many walking mobs have been redrawn from scratch
• many new blocks, decos and objects have been added on all planets!

TWEAKS

• added many missing objects and blocks to creative
• each add-on has now some crafts available by default
• added starter crates near the surface
• tweaked ores distribution
• tweaked treasures distribution tables
• rebalanced food heal values
• rebalanced potions heal values
• tweaked mobs health and hit values
• tweaked mobs bounding boxes, now they should stuck less between blocks
• decreased healing potions drop chance from mobs
• crates can now rarely drop iron lumps
• water won't spawn floating on ground anymore
• new in use symbol on objects
• tweaked portal chests distribution
• slightly increased crates distribution
• added rare chests and pots on planets surface
• removed workbench requirement for stone tools
• decreased weapons drop chance from chests
• increased salt and sulphur rates on some planets
• decreased hard rocks distribution on planets
• reduced vases on all planets
• added dangerous spikes and ice on end game planets
• new liquid graphics
• new hurt sound!
• new dirt sounds have been added
• most hit sounds had their volume corrected
• tweaked mobs spawn rates
• fixed some minor graphical glitches

BUG FIXES

• import craftbook/potions from other players
• fixed bug with stackable objects improperly loaded from player save
• fixed sticky bullets in multiplayer on clients
• fixed sticky bullets from mobs which were damaging player when unintended
• fixed durability glitch which affected stacks split with shift+click
• added scroll wheel to changelog view
• added portals Yuca -> Magmar
• fix to music that was abruptly changing / stopping when unintended
• increased silence time between songs
• fixed crashes related to interaction at top of the world
• fixed some small glitches in physics engine
• many bugfixes and tweaks not listed here!

[ 2016-10-14 02:32:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! Today we're releasing a big content patch which adds more than 250 treasures to be discovered, we call it the treasure hunt season! We also added a new end game planet named Tor which can be reached from Mykon, with lots of new monsters, equip pieces, treasures and blocks. Planets have been tweaked and should be more varied and fun to explore, we redrawn a lot of mobs and made many balance tweaks and bug fixes. We're quite satisfied with the progress made to the game and we think the game is mature enough to be released in full form on Steam, so please let us know what you think of this patch! After the release we'll continue with the updates, to improve Junk Jack even more. Happy treasure hunting! ENHANCEMENTS

• treasure hunt season is now open! We added more than 250 unique rare treasures in chests. Happy hunting!
• new planet reachable from Mykon: Tor! Make sure to generate a new Mykon Adventure or you won't find the new portals
• planets surfaces, graphics and biomes have been revamped and are now more varied and fun to explore
• many new blocks and discoverable treasures can be found on Tor
• dozens of new blocks and treasures!
• more than 20 new monsters!
• lots of new weapons, armor and other equip pieces can be dropped from Tor monsters
• 10 new fish types
• 12 new statues
• new pocket pets!
• two new types of wood with their relative crafts and weapons have been added: Green and Ebony wood
• new rare manufacts have been added, older ones will be converted to the newer ones
• all rare weapons now have custom animation, speed and knockback values
• many walking mobs have been redrawn from scratch
• many new blocks, decos and objects have been added on all planets!

TWEAKS

• added many missing objects and blocks to creative
• each add-on has now some crafts available by default
• added starter crates near the surface
• tweaked ores distribution
• tweaked treasures distribution tables
• rebalanced food heal values
• rebalanced potions heal values
• tweaked mobs health and hit values
• tweaked mobs bounding boxes, now they should stuck less between blocks
• decreased healing potions drop chance from mobs
• crates can now rarely drop iron lumps
• water won't spawn floating on ground anymore
• new in use symbol on objects
• tweaked portal chests distribution
• slightly increased crates distribution
• added rare chests and pots on planets surface
• removed workbench requirement for stone tools
• decreased weapons drop chance from chests
• increased salt and sulphur rates on some planets
• decreased hard rocks distribution on planets
• reduced vases on all planets
• added dangerous spikes and ice on end game planets
• new liquid graphics
• new hurt sound!
• new dirt sounds have been added
• most hit sounds had their volume corrected
• tweaked mobs spawn rates
• import craftbook/potions from other players
• added scroll wheel to changelog view
• added portals Yuca -> Magmar
• fixed some minor graphical glitches

BUG FIXES

• fixed bug with stackable objects improperly loaded from player save
• fixed sticky bullets in multiplayer on clients
• fixed sticky bullets from mobs which were damaging player when unintended
• fixed durability glitch which affected stacks split with shift+click
• fix to music that was abruptly changing / stopping when unintended
• increased silence time between songs
• fixed crashes related to interaction at top of the world
• fixed some small glitches in physics engine
• many bugfixes and tweaks not listed here!

[ 2016-10-14 01:46:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Today we're releasing a new patch which includes Linus/SteamOS support! This version is still experimental, so if you are using this os please report any bug you find. We also added new actuator blocks! Pistons, advanced pressure pads and retractable blocks combined with wiring will let you create complex machines which interact with the world. We'd love to see your creations with these new mechanisms. Last but not least we added new crossbow weapons, explosive arrows, improved spears among with many reported bug fixes/balance tweaks. We hope you enjoy this new version. Have fun! ENHANCEMENTS

• experimental Linux/SteamOS version! If you have this os installed please provide us some feedback!
• added a new actuator: piston block! It's able to push players, mobs and items by extending and also behaves as a bridge or one-way door according to rotation
• added a new actuator: advanced pressure pad! It's like the normal pressure pad but it's able to mobs too
• added a new actuator: retractable block! it's a block becomes solid when activated and blocks light, movement and liquids
• added an option that makes the player throw bullets always at max strength, regardless of distance of click from player
• trapdoors now behave as devices and can be opened and closed with electronics signal (but this applies only to new placed trap doors)
• fancy trinket slot is now considered for pet summon and will take priority if a pocket pet trinket is present in that slot
• spears are now longer and slimmer, offering a new combat mechanic
• 6 new wood crossbows, each one with different bullet and fire speed stats
• new crossbow bolt ammunition
• new explosive arrows!

MINOR TWEAKS

• tweaked mobs spawn values (less mobs will spawn in your home if you place enough torches)
• tweaked spears speed and hitbox
• tweaked critters spawn chance
• decreased portal chests number
• widget craft is now available by default
• nail craft is now available by default
• added missing slime goo reagents to alchemy
• added critters to other planets
• iron windows crafts moved to anvil category
• new slingshot animation has been added
• increased grass seeds drop rate
• new craft: bone wall
• more blocks are now available in creative mode

BUG FIXES

• it's now possible to join a game of a friend which is hosting directly by steam by right clicking the friend an choose join game
• fixed glow tree not growing
• fixed some treasures transparent pixels
• fixed wrong watermelon lemonade craft and changed its graphics accordingly
• fixed a crash which occurred while right-clicking an empty inventory slot in creative mode
• fixed a crash which occurred when removing fishing poles from quickslot after casting
• fixed a subtle bug that was affecting Steam multiplayer games, now hosting and connecting should work much better
• fixed potions that give the player ability to use tools as different kind of tools (eg Chop Mastering) that weren't working
• fixed issue on death screen open in a multiplayer game when someone new is joining
• fixed dead player health value not restored on host disconnect
• other minor tweaks

[ 2016-07-06 15:55:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Today we're releasing a new patch which includes Linus/SteamOS support! This version is still experimental, so if you are using this os please report any bug you find. We also added new actuator blocks! Pistons, advanced pressure pads and retractable blocks combined with wiring will let you create complex machines which interact with the world. We'd love to see your creations with these new mechanisms. Last but not least we added new crossbow weapons, explosive arrows, improved spears among with many reported bug fixes/balance tweaks. We hope you enjoy this new version. Have fun! ENHANCEMENTS

• experimental Linux/SteamOS version! If you have this os installed please provide us some feedback!
• added a new actuator: piston block! It's able to push players, mobs and items by extending and also behaves as a bridge or one-way door according to rotation
• added a new actuator: advanced pressure pad! It's like the normal pressure pad but it's able to detect mobs too
• added a new actuator: retractable block! it's a block becomes solid when activated and blocks light, movement and liquids
• added an option that makes the player throw bullets always at max strength, regardless of distance of click from player
• trapdoors now behave as devices and can be opened and closed with electronics signal (but this applies only to new placed trap doors)
• fancy trinket slot is now considered for pet summon and will take priority if a pocket pet trinket is present in that slot
• spears are now longer and slimmer, offering a new combat mechanic
• 6 new wood crossbows, each one with different bullet and fire speed stats
• new crossbow bolt ammunition
• new explosive arrows!

MINOR TWEAKS

• tweaked mobs spawn values (less mobs will spawn in your home if you place enough torches)
• tweaked spears speed and hitbox
• tweaked critters spawn chance
• decreased portal chests number
• widget craft is now available by default
• nail craft is now available by default
• added missing slime goo reagents to alchemy
• added critters to other planets
• iron windows crafts moved to anvil category
• new slingshot animation has been added
• increased grass seeds drop rate
• new craft: bone wall
• more blocks are now available in creative mode

BUG FIXES

• it's now possible to join a game of a friend which is hosting directly by steam by right clicking the friend an choose join game
• fixed glow tree not growing
• fixed some treasures transparent pixels
• fixed wrong watermelon lemonade craft and changed its graphics accordingly
• fixed a crash which occurred while right-clicking an empty inventory slot in creative mode
• fixed a crash which occurred when removing fishing poles from quickslot after casting
• fixed a subtle bug that was affecting Steam multiplayer games, now hosting and connecting should work much better
• fixed potions that give the player ability to use tools as different kind of tools (eg Chop Mastering) that weren't working
• fixed issue on death screen open in a multiplayer game when someone new is joining
• fixed dead player health value not restored on host disconnect
• other minor tweaks

[ 2016-07-06 15:55:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello miners, it's patch day! This version adds new procedural mobs, a scalable viewport option, new potions, new spear and bow mechanics, treasures drop rate tweaks and many more features and fixes. The new spear weapons mechanic is experimental and the whole spear graphical approach will be tweaked in the future, we're thinking about increasing their length to make them able to reach more distant positions while making them less effective for short range combat. The new procedural mob generation is experimental too, we tested it with slimes to understand the potentiality of generating different flavour of mobs by composing parts, we'll extend this feature whenever possible to other creatures if it satisfies us and especially you! The Linux version is under heavy development and we're in a good state so hopefully we'll soon release it! Have fun playing! ENHANCEMENTS

• Added an option to scale the whole game viewport
• Added a Treasure collection to track your rare treasures
• Added 4 Equip collections to track your fancy equips
• Health bars of creatures are now visible also on clients
• Added Ninja Potion which alters throw speed and power
• Added Wrestler Potion which enhances damage but slows your attack
• Some weapons had their strength tweaked
• Cave systems can now be found in the surface of every planet
• New procedural flowers added underground on all planets
• More than 40 new slimes different for each planet
• New king slime mobs!
• New engine which adds different parts to mobs has been added!
• Slimes can now have different features on their body according to the planet
• New craftable orange torch
• New craftable slingshot which throws tiny rocks
• Changed ranged weapon mechanics, now each weapon has a different delay between successive throw
• Changed spear weapon mechanics, now they follow the mouse and their attack points in the direction of the weapon instead that just swinging
• Added custom throw animation for arrows

MINOR TWEAKS

• Each slime type has its own unique behavior
• Tweaked treasures drop rates on all planets
• Tweaked chest treasures drop rate
• Tweaked portal chests spawn rate
• Tweaked crates seeds drop rate
• Some caves now contain vines which you can use to hang on
• Small graphical fixes to equip pieces
• Skeleton bomber will now throw bombs less often
• Added back skeleton bomber to spawn groups

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug which cause abrupt interruption of sound or weather effects when many sounds were playing at the same time
• Fixed a bug which could cause crashes when using Potion of Invisibility with shooter mob
• Fixed missing blocks from mini map
• Fixed incorrect iron armor chest speed tooltip

[ 2016-06-02 15:45:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello miners, it's patch day! This version adds new procedural mobs, a scalable viewport option, new potions, new spear and bow mechanics, treasures drop rate tweaks and many more features and fixes. The new spear weapons mechanic is experimental and the whole spear graphical approach will be tweaked in the future, we're thinking about increasing their length to make them able to reach more distant positions while making them less effective for short range combat. The new procedural mob generation is experimental too, we tested it with slimes to understand the potentiality of generating different flavour of mobs by composing parts, we'll extend this feature whenever possible to other creatures if it satisfies us and especially you! The Linux version is under heavy development and we're in a good state so hopefully we'll soon release it! Have fun playing! ENHANCEMENTS

• Added an option to scale the whole game viewport
• Added a Treasure collection to track your rare treasures
• Added 4 Equip collections to track your fancy equips
• Health bars of creatures are now visible also on clients
• Added Ninja Potion which alters throw speed and power
• Added Wrestler Potion which enhances damage but slows your attack
• Some weapons had their strength tweaked
• Cave systems can now be found in the surface of every planet
• New procedural flowers added underground on all planets
• More than 40 new slimes different for each planet
• New king slime mobs!
• New engine which adds different parts to mobs has been added!
• Slimes can now have different features on their body according to the planet
• New craftable orange torch
• New craftable slingshot which throws tiny rocks
• Changed ranged weapon mechanics, now each weapon has a different delay between successive throw
• Changed spear weapon mechanics, now they follow the mouse and their attack points in the direction of the weapon instead that just swinging
• Added custom throw animation for arrows

MINOR TWEAKS

• Each slime type has its own unique behavior
• Tweaked treasures drop rates on all planets
• Tweaked chest treasures drop rate
• Tweaked portal chests spawn rate
• Tweaked crates seeds drop rate
• Some caves now contain vines which you can use to hang on
• Small graphical fixes to equip pieces
• Skeleton bomber will now throw bombs less often
• Added back skeleton bomber to spawn groups

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug which cause abrupt interruption of sound or weather effects when many sounds were playing at the same time
• Fixed a bug which could cause crashes when using Potion of Invisibility with shooter mob
• Fixed missing blocks from mini map
• Fixed incorrect iron armor chest speed tooltip

[ 2016-06-02 15:45:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Steam Trading Cards are now available to discover in Junk Jack! We also added Steam emotes, custom badges and cool profile backgrounds. Another step towards the official launch of the game! We hope you'll enjoy them. Have fun mining!

[ 2016-05-23 17:06:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Here is a small fix update that addresses mainly two issues with multiplayer. Now it should be more stable but it's still experimental so if it doesn't work just try restarting the game! We're working hard to improve it! We're testing a new audio engine so there could be some slight bugs right now, but this is to allow more customization of sounds in the future. Have fun playing! BUG FIXES

• Fixed a multiplayer bug which made clients entering empty worlds or never entering with black screens
• Fixed a multiplayer bug which made hosts or client crash when joining
• Fixed a fruit generation bug which didn't work properly and generated corrupted saves
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a map with corrupted fruits, so that the map now loads properly
• Fixed Steam cloud, now it should correctly works
• Fixed (we hope finally!) the music crash caused by the faulty OGG driver that some players had installed

[ 2016-05-13 18:23:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! Here's another update which fixes most reported bugs and adds requested features like the scrolling map among with many fixes and enhancements. Have fun playing! ENHANCEMENTS

• Removed invisible wall at the end of the world: worlds now loop!
• Integrated achievements with Steam
• Added some new achievements
• Added scrolling to super minimap (through mouse and movement keys)
• Added customization options for world creations also for adventure mode
• Added a changelog view inside the game (reachable from credits view)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug with explosions which didn't properly break rear layer
• Fixed a bug which didn't update swing speed when switching tool while digging
• Fixed a bug which prevented music from playing after a while

MINOR TWEAKS

• Additionally tweaked light thresholds for mob spawning
• Small tweaks to mobs behavior
• Increased portal chests spawn chance
• Explosives strength slightly increased
• Small sound tweaks
• Chest drops balance tweaks
• Added potion crates in the world

[ 2016-05-07 03:49:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey there! Here's another update which fixes most reported bugs, adds requested features like the scrolling map among with many fixes and enhancements! Have fun playing! ENHANCEMENTS

• Reduced mobs minimum light required to spawn (now mobs should spawn less frequently in well lit areas)
• Added an option to choose between placing top block first or rear block first (both are modifiable through CTRL)
• Some options are now available directly from pause menu without the need to exit the game
• Ladders now allow attachment from a slightly larger distance: you can't fall in a hole 1 block wide with ladders anymore inside anymore
• It is now allowed to place plants on tiles with small props without breaking them first
• Added special utility loot crates in worlds caves
• Placing a solid block over a pet will now make it warp to the owner
• Increased underground biomes spawn chance
• Increased portal chests spawn chance
• Rebalanced ores and loot all planets
• Work in progress tweaks to weapons durability and damage
• New Main Menu Theme song

BUG FIXES

• Wood fence doors now behave properly
• Tooltips for craft notes and spawner eggs are now properly shown
• Fixed a bug which propagated durability when dropping dragged items with right-click
• Fixed a crash while climbing a ladder to the top of the world
• Fixed a crash that occurred in Steam Multiplayer interface while selecting host or a friend
• Fixed a problem which allowed to use forbidden characters (like /, , ? etc) in player and world names causing problems to load them afterwards
• Tooltips are no longer visible when stats panel is open
• Fixed a problem which could cause your world to disappear while renaming

MINOR TWEAKS
• Work in progress tweaks to slimes behaviour
• Other sound tweaks
• All sounds effects have been normalized

[ 2016-05-07 03:43:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, here's another update which fixes reported bugs and adds many balancing tweaks, following your feedback. The only downside to world balance tweaks is that you need to generate a new world to see the improvements. Also remember that Portal Chests spawn in Adventure mode only! We hope you'll enjoy the changes! BUG FIXES

• Wood fence doors now behave properly
• Tooltips for craft notes and spawner eggs are now properly shown
• Fixed a bug which propagated durability when dropping dragged items with right-click
• Fixed a crash while climbing a ladder to the top of the world
• Fixed a crash that occurred in Steam Multiplayer interface while selecting host or a friend
• Fixed a problem which allowed to use forbidden characters (like /, , ? etc) in player and world names causing problems to load them afterwards
• Tooltips are no longer visible when stats panel is open
• Fixed a problem which could cause your world to disappear while renaming

ENHANCEMENTS

Reduced mobs minimum light required to spawn (now mobs should spawn less frequently in well lit areas)

Added an option to choose between placing top block first or rear block first (both are modifiable through CTRL)

Some options are now available directly from pause menu without the need to exit the game

Ladders now allow attachment from a slightly larger distance: you can't fall in a hole 1 block wide with ladders anymore inside anymore

It is now allowed to place plants on tiles with small props without breaking them first

Added special utility loot crates in worlds caves

Placing a solid block over a pet will now make it warp to the owner

Increased underground biomes spawn chance

Increased portal chests spawn chance

Rebalanced ores and loot all planets

Work in progress tweaks to weapons durability and damage MINOR TWEAKS

• Work in progress tweaks to slimes behaviour
• Other sound tweaks
• All sounds effects have been normalized

[ 2016-05-03 04:16:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! We've pushed a quick update to the game which addresses mostly usability fixes gathered by your feedback and tries to solve the multiplayer bug which was rather common! Your feedback is precious, let us know if you find any bugs or possible improvements and suggestions. Have fun playing Junk Jack! BUG FIXES

• Improved Steam multiplayer handshaking to prevent connections error while connecting (it’s still experimental so if it doesn’t work just try relaunching the game)
• Fixed a bug which applied falling damage incorrectly when dropping from ladders
• Fixed music volume issue on startup
• Hopefully fixed crash related to music at startup
• Fixed an issue which prevented non extended tooltips from being visible

ENHANCEMENTS

• Added experimental placement directly from inventory (with right click)
• Added CTRL + left mouse click to inventory to quickly move to/from quickslot
• Added hold to jump higher which should make movement more comfortable
• Now default block placement actions occurs on top layer, you can place blocks on rear layer with CTRL + left mouse click
• Allowed placement of solid blocks on rear layer when empty
• Allowed placement of items/blocks on small props (like Green Grass) without the need to break it first
• Added an option to always show tooltips (so no Magnifying Glass button is present at all)
• Added an option to disable mouse wheel actions (to avoid issues with touchpads)
• Changed default inventory keybind to E (from I)
• Increased tool and weapon speeds
• Added random generated potions to world chests

MINOR TWEAKS

• Changed sparkles graphics
• Changed silver vein ores and treasure colors
• Tweaked some mobs graphics
• Tweaked some loot and lock placements in world generated chests
• Tweaked throwable weapons throw distance
• Tweaked sounds volume
• Reduced default music volume
• Music and ambient sounds will now play more often
• Redrawn locked chests graphics
• Added keys to world chests
• Other basic crafts now are available by default in your craftbook
• Added a sword to the tools section in creative to kill mobs

A quick tip: you can see a summary of all available in-game commands by pressing F1! There are a lot of shortcuts to learn! That’s all, for now :D

[ 2016-04-29 19:40:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

We’re proud to announce that Junk Jack is now out on Steam by Early Access! Have fun playing Junk Jack! Thanks everyone for the support during these development months, and thanks to everyone who will buy the game and help us to shape it the best it can be. This is only the beginning! *If you encounter any issue please let us know, we’ll do our best our best to promptly fix it.

[ 2016-04-27 16:51:35 CET ] [ Original post ]