Hey all! Just wanted to give a quick update that 1.4.0 is currently live on Steam. We will begin submitting these patches to consoles for verification very soon as we hope to the get 3-4p changes live on consoles around the time of our telethon. Here is a not-so-quick run down of all the fixes and changes you can expect to see in 1.4.0:
Build: tje_1_4_0
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New Tomato & Slingshot throwing
Frame rate and streaming changes
Fix double elevators on consoles
4 player on consoles
Fix real bad bug introduced in 1.3.0 where only 1 playable player will unlock (not in 1.2.3, not on 1.3.0 on XB1)
Fix "P1" icon floating in level 0
Backer islands now have (up to) 6 different presents that spawn (Hitops, Spring Shoes, Timed Teleport, Mean/Nice Rocket Skates, Icarus Wings) instead of just Icarus Wings
Broken present damage up to 7, was 4 (7 is about 75% of what it was during beta, which was 9)
Swimming without an innertube reduces movement speed by 30%
Amped Icarus Wings last 35 seconds, down from 45
Amped Icarus Wings increase speed by 30%, down from 50%
Peabo special ability for Icarus Wings increases time by 50%, down from 100%
Amped Show Wiseman present now teleports to a Wiseman on the level, rather than staying in inventory
Amped Show Elevator present now teleports to the elevator on the level, rather than staying in inventory
Show Elevator and Show Wiseman temporarily bring up the big map when they do the reveal
Change "Jump to Ship Piece" to "Show Ship Piece". Shows ship piece on minimap, amped effect jumps player to ship piece location
Amped Effect for uncover map rewards Double XP for all tiles revealed
Amped Promotion gives 1 Promotion and 5000 XP, instead of two promotions
Amped Extra Life gives 1 Life and +1 boost to Health Bar size, instead of 2 extra lives
Increase minimap tile radius for presents that reveal icons
Reimport text assets
Old Skool ToeJam starts with Decoy, instead of Amp Present
Football player does 9 damage, down from 13.
Humans specify push force. Football players push 1.6x as much (or 30% more than they used to)
Sushi heals players by 3, up 50% from 2
Shark is more aggressive when wearing hat of fish, instead of player being immune to sharks
Increase the range of Hat of Friend Protection to 1.5, was .5
Reduce damage of broken presents by 50% when wearing Hat of Breaking. Add sparkle for the effect too
Fix Lamont Disguise + Earthling Disguise fighting
Fix Peabo remix not making trees dance for clients
Prevent clients from dropping toddler presents
Present Menu shows players presents dropping, and shows correct present list after clients Amp, Duplicate or Change presents
Update Present screen inventory count number when dropping presents
Fix Lamont Head present not getting a skin assigned to it
Prevent Lamont Head from giving XP
Greatly improve frame rate/garbage from opening present menu with large amount of presents
(10x reduction in garbage generated, ~3x improvement to frame rate)
Fix unlocking flying presents introduced in 1.2.3 :(
Unlock flying present achievements if already obtained (rare cases)
3-4p splitscreen defaults to fixed. Can be toggled in settings menu
Togetherness Go/Call fix for placing players underground
Fix bug in Randomize Presents where a presents mysteryPresentType could be assigned to Mystery Present
Add rumbles to opening presents and getting shared presents
Fix joining online game bug where when successfully joining a players game, it would return players to online game menu, instead of waiting for player picker
Fix North Pole not animating
Fix streaming bugs with Local join from beta v7
Fix streaming issues from previous beta versions (v6 and older) - level drawing and infinite elevators
Players no longer fall asleep when falling
Fix button prompts on main menu
Aggro changes - present menu and free chat pause human chase
Aggro changes - jumping into water and pressing meters/buttons don't break aggro, allow being attacked
Dance Meters allow aggro to break (prevents bad things happening when getting hit while dancing)
Fix settings GUI so buttons don't overlap
Settings GUI dynamically adjusts size based on number of option
Projectiles that target players freeze midair when players go into present menu (prevents exploiting damage, and prevents dying in present menu)
Fog disabled to help increase frame rate
Fix Santa dialog calling players "0" instead of player name
Lamont Head not affected by Power Hats
Fix double "over here" speech bubbles
Fix troll speech bubbles hanging around
Fix landmass thing on funkotron
Fix cupid behavior when standing directly under
Better cupid pushing when colliding in air
[Steam only] If player had achievement unlocked locally, but not on steam, then steam gets achievement
[Steam only] If player had achievement unlocked on steam, but no locally, then local gets achievement
Fix players teleporting to secret level from door
Fix Dance Game vs. Teleporting bug
Did you get all that?! Good! Now get out there and help our funky boys return to Funkotron safe and sound. Also dont forget to tune into our Telethon on May 26th!
LAST CALL for any of our fans that want to create a short video wishing the boys a safe trip back home feel free to submit that to us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/toejamandearl
Here are some other cool places you can check us out:
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/GNjXpxS
Instagram: https://instagram.com/toejamandearlart/
Tune into our streams every Tuesday and Friday at 4PM PST/7PM EST at: https://www.twitch.tv/toejam_earl
Also, itd be super helpful to report any bugs or leave suggestions for features on our Canny: https://tjande.canny.io/. You can vote on the bugs or features to push them higher in the priority for us to focus on.
See y'all soon on May 26th!
ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove
Humanature Studios
Humanature Studios
2019-02-28
Indie Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop
Game News Posts 46
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Very Positive
(675 reviews)
https://www.tjebackinthegroove.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/516110 
The Game includes VR Support
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove Linux [1.72 G]
Crash land on Earth and protect yourself with funky power-ups against dangerous Earthlings on an adventure to find all the lost pieces of the Rapmaster Rocketship. Play with up to three of your friends online or couch co-op and discover all the secret locations and powerful tools. ToeJam and Earl probably shouldn't have taken the Rapmaster on an intergalactic joyride, but at least they'll find all the pieces of it before Lamont notices that it's missing ... right? Right.
Back in the Groove is a mash-up of the very best features of the classic console games with a ton of fresh features. Get a blast of funky nostalgia or play ToeJam and Earl for the very first time.
FEATURES:
- Nine playable characters including: ToeJam and Earl, Latisha, Lewanda, GeekJam, Peabo, and Earl’s mom, Flo
- Randomly-generated stacked levels to make every play through feel different in advanced mode
- Discover new secret locations and terrain types
- Jam to 15 re-makes of old favorite songs and 15 new songs in the same funky style
- Dynamic split-screen for couch co-op play, as well as online play -- supports up to 4 players
- Enter the Hyperfunk Zone in multi-player co-op, too
- A huge number of new presents, Earthlings, player character stats, character-specific dialogue, permanent power-hats, and many features that enhance cooperative play and make this the best Toejam & Earl yet
- OS: One of em
- Processor: A good one
- Graphics: There are some
- Storage: 3 MB available space
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