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!
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

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

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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
Full Patch Notes
1.7.0 [Still in the Groove Update]
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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

Artwork by SmokeySpew from Discord
[ 2020-10-13 18:33:48 CET ] [ Original post ]