Factsheet
Developer:
Space Mace
Based in Minneapolis, MN
Publisher:
Graffiti Games
Release Date:
October 11, 2018
Platforms:
Nintendo Switch
Steam (PC, Mac)
Website:
spacemacegames.com
Nintendo eShop:
Joggernauts on Nintendo Switch
Steam:
Joggernauts on Steam
Twitter:
@SpaceMaceGames
Facebook:
SpaceMaceGames
Instagram:
SpaceMaceGames
YouTube:
Joggernauts Game
Description
Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of teleporting alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.
Joggernauts is a cooperative switching game where you try NOT to kill your friends! Coordinate a team of auto-running characters through deceptively difficult color-coded platforming puzzles. Help the Joggernauts find all of C.O.A.C.H.'s missing trophies. Challenge yourself to play two characters at once, or gather your friends and family for some frantic fun. People who love Bit.Trip Runner, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Space Team, or even Bop It should be right at home in this game. Yell colors at your friends and family!
History
After two best friends played a particularly rowdy all-day session of Bit.Trip Runner, Joggernauts was born as a brutally difficult multiplayer auto-runner prototype with a switch-who-is-in-front mechanic. That original demo was tested by Zach Johnson in the Minneapolis, MN game development community. That's where Zach met artist Tommy Sunders and musician Robert Frost (no relation). The team of three formed the company Space Mace, started touring festivals, and ultimately landed a publishing deal.
Our process has been about frequent public playtesting with an iterative approach to game design and level design made possible by the support of our awesome local community in Minneapolis.
Features
- Unique switch-to-front teleportation mechanic
- Color-coded cooperative puzzles
- Single player mode! Simultaneously coordinate two auto-running characters.
- Cooperative local multiplayer for 2-4 friends
- Finally, a multiplayer game where you try NOT to kill your friends
- Shouting colors at your friends and family
- Approachable 2-button controls
- Autorunner-style action platforming
- Deceptively difficult level designs (not procedural or endless)
- 100% collection and completion challenges
- Hidden unlockable characters
- Expansive original soundtrack
- Secret second quest (but I didn't tell you that)
Videos
Joggernauts BFF Update Trailer YouTube
Joggernauts Available Now Trailer YouTube
Nintendo Switch Announcement YouTube
Teaser 2 and Graffiti Games Publisher Announcement YouTube
Switch! SWITCH! Swiiiiiiiiiiitch!!!! YouTube
Screenshots & Images
Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
- "Official Selection" Indie MEGABOOTH, PAX East, March 2019
- "Gamer's Voice Award Nominee" SXSW, March 2019
- "Official Selection" Fantastic Arcade, October 2018
- "Official Selection" The MIX PAX West Seattle, September 2018
- "Official Selection" The MIX GDC San Francisco, March 2018
- "Indie Videogame Showcase Selection" MAGFest, January 2018
- "PAX Week Best of the Mix" Guest's Top Pick, The MIX Seattle, August 2017
- "Showcase Developer Selection" The MIX PAX West Seattle, August 2017
- "Official Selection" Bit Bash Chicago, August 2017
- "Showcase Developer Selection" The MIX E3 Los Angeles, June 2017
- "Playdate Selection" Los Angeles Zine Fest, May 2017
- "Open Screens Selection" A Maze. / Berlin, April 2017
- "PixelPop Festival Selection" PixelPop, October 2016
- "Best Indie Game" 2D Con, June 2016
- "Best Musical Score" 2D Con, June 2016
- "IndieXChange Spotlight Selection" IndieCade, October 2015
And many more:
- "MinneCade Official Selection" GlitchCon, October 2018
- "Indie Island Official Selection" 2D Con, August 2018
- "Mega Minne Multi Indie Mini Arcade 3 Selection" MinneBar, April 2018
- "Indie Island Official Selection" 2D Con, August 2017
- "MinneCade Official Selection" GlitchCon, May 2017
- "Mega Minne Multi Indie Mini Arcade 2 Selection" MinneBar, March 2017
- "Indie Island Official Selection" 2D Con, June 2016
- "MinneCade Audience Choice Honorable Mention" GlitchCon, April 2016
- "MinneCade Official Selection" GlitchCon, April 2016
- "Mega Minne Multi Indie Mini Arcade Selection" MinneBar, April 2016
- "Playful Sounds Official Selection" Minnesota Orchestra, March 2016
- "IndieXChange Gametasting Selection" IndieCade, October 2015
- "Indie Island Official Selection" 2D Con, May 2015
Selected Articles and Streams
- "... it's kinda like if Overcooked and Bit.Trip Runner kinda ran into each other ..."
– Nintendo will make you POOR in October!!!, Nintendo Dads, YouTube - "... one of the most chaotic experiences to ever grace platforming."
– Take on the Color Switching Chaotic Challenge of Joggernauts, Hardcore Gamer - "Play this game=Lose a friend" (4.5MM views!)
– SQUEEZIE, October 2017, YouTube - "... it builds a bond like nothing else can."
– PAX West Fifty-Game Frenzy, Nintendo Wire - "... hilarious and, most importantly, pure fun ..."
– Top 10 Games at PAX West 2017, TechRaptor - "... we all started to scream out colors ..."
– The Best Indie Games of E3 2017, Game Informer - "Joggernauts is a group co-op riot, but be warned ..."
– E3 2017's brightest indie games, Ars Technica - "Don't let the cute, aesthetically pleasing graphics fool you; [Space Mace] has created a game that's as fun as it is difficult."
– 9 Indie Games We Loved at Bit Bash, Threadless - "we actually have to pay attention"
– TwitchPresents E3 2018, Twitch - "... an early look at this festival favorite."
– Juegos Rancheros Presents: Joggernauts & More!, Juegos Rancheros - "... a conga line gone crazy ..."
– Joggernauts - First Impressions, Kimchica Plays
Festivals and Events Photos
About Space Mace
Boilerplate
Space Mace is a Minneapolis-based independent game studio that believes games should be played with friends on the couch, not alone on the toilet.
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Joggernauts Credits
For Space Mace
Zachary Johnson
Design / Code / Donut Eating
Tommy Sunders
Design / Art / Mohawk Owning
Robert Frost III
Music / Sound Design / Community Duder
With Assistance From
Contact
Inquiries
press@spacemacegames.com
Twitter
twitter.com/SpaceMaceGames
Facebook
facebook.com/SpaceMaceGames
Steam
Joggernauts Steam Page
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks