Friendly reminder that 72 hours remain to submit your work to the Fraymakers Kickstarter Art Contest!

We'll be accepting submissions all the way up through 11:59pm EST on Friday, December 11th, 2020. We'll be judging entries over the weekend and will announce the winners that following Monday. Don't miss your chance at possibly winning a cash prize and/or a copy of Fraymakers when the game released! For the full set of contest rules see here.

Also in case you missed it, our customizable indie brawler Fraymakers is currently blowing past its Stretch Goals and we are just about to earn a 9th playable character!

We're hoping to keep this momentum up as long as we can, so please tell a friend or two. To see and learn more, go check out our Kickstarter page!

So you probably couldn't have missed it with the giant promo on the front page (thanks Tom!) but my team recently announced our upcoming platform fighter Fraymakers, now live on Kickstarter! The game will be a fully modular, full-featured platform fighter featuring a crossover main cast from indie classics including BIT.TRIP, Downwell, Rivals of Aether, Slay the Spire, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, and Slap City. Fraymakers also features a massive selection of assist characters from a broad selection of other indie sources, including the infamous Tankman from Newgrounds! The assist mechanic allows players to mix up their strategy by calling upon the unique ability of a helper to aid in battle with a unique attack or ability.

And that's not all - The Kickstarter campaign is a 2-in-1 deal since it also introduces FrayTools, a custom Flash-like tool we're using to develop the game's content! Using FrayTools, you can create your own characters, assists, and modes for Fraymakers using software designed to make the experience as efficient, user-friendly and versatile as possible. Just think of it as my way of sharing my decade plus experience optimizing my work flow for Super Smash Flash 2 with the world ;)

To see and learn more about Fraymakers, check out our Kickstarter page below and share!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcleodgaming/fraymakers-the-infinitely-replayable-indie-platform-fighter

You can also wishlist the game on Steam!

Last but not least, I was contacted recently by willKMR to potentially stop in for an interview on the Newgrounds Podcast soon to talk Fraymakers / Smash Flash, so be sure to keep an ear out for that!

We’re celebrating the two-year mango-versary of Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody! with another hefty discount! If you still don’t own a copy yet, now is an opportune time to hop onboard!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/633930/Yeah_Jam_Fury_U_Me_Everybody/

And that’s not all – we’ve also updated the local multiplayer support for better compatibility with Steam’s new feature called Remote Play Together. In case you’re not familiar, Remote Play Together allows you to play local co-op games with friends over the internet. So we took the opportunity to implement a second multiplayer setting called “Pick Up” mode. Our existing “Three Player” mode required that you have three participants, since each slot was locked to a particular character. However in Pick Up mode you only need at least two players to get your multiplayer fix (you can have up to 9 total if you have 8 gamepads + 1 keyboard!)

The way Pick Up mode works in Yeah Jam Fury is that only one player has control over all three characters at a time. But an inactive can forcefully swap in a character to fully take over! This allows you to not only involve more players, but also makes those trickier levels easier to hand off to a more capable player. Additionally the first player to press an input during a level will start with control by default, so you don’t have to worry about player 1 getting stuck if you’re playing a single-character challenge!

So how about it? Grab a friend today and go fight for that mango to earn your crown!

We can't believe it's already been a whole year since we released our challenging puzzle-platformer game Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody! To honor the occasion you can join the quest for mango at a whopping 60% discount for a limited time!

If you haven't gotten a chance to play yet, head on over to the Steam store page and grab a copy while you can!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/633930/Yeah_Jam_Fury_U_Me_Everybody/

Happy mango hunting!

Attention!

As a special Super Smash Con promotion, Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody! is on sale for the next 4 days at a scrumptious 45% off! Woot!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/633930/Yeah_Jam_Fury_U_Me_Everybody/

Super Smash Flash 2 returns to Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th! And we're excited to announce that this year the SSF2 Beta team has multiple reveals in store for you! Tune in to our Twitch channel between 12pm and 2pm EST on August 10th, 11th, and 12th to witness the hype live, or come by our booth in person if you're able to attend the event. We also have several other surprises lined up, so it can't hurt to hop on stream at any point this weekend for more special treats.
 

http://supersmashcon.com\

https://www.twitch.tv/mcleodgaming

August 9-12, 2018
Chantilly, VA
Streaming all day each day Thursday through Sunday!

Also for the first time ever there will be merch for sale at our booth! Stop by our booth to purchase exclusive MG T-Shirts and custom artwork by some of your favorite SSF2 artists!

Additionally we do plan to run another tournament at our booth, so if you're at the con make sure to come see us ASAP to sign up. Details about the tournament will follow, but please try to sign up before Saturday to guarantee yourself a spot.

Enjoy the show!

Hey folks! The Steam Summer Sale has just begun, and for a limited time you can grab Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody! at a tasty 40% discount!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/633930/Yeah_Jam_Fury_U_Me_Everybody/

Don't let the sale slip by!

We’re excited to formally announce our return to Super Smash Con on Aug 9th-12th, 2018 in Chantilly, VA!

http://supersmashcon.com/

For those of you who are unaware, Super Smash Con is one of the world’s largest competitive Smash-centric events. It features Smash Bros. tournaments, tons of vendors, panels, arcade games, performances, and more! And it all takes place inside the sprawling Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

If you’ve been following us on Twitter you’ll know that you want to register by tonight at 11:59PM EST to grab that early bird discount!

We’re still hashing out details, but know that we will have an official Super Smash Flash 2 booth just like the previous three years with multiple setups for SSF2 friendlies. We’d love for you to stop by and say hi, so if you can make it then register as soon as you can!

Stay tuned for more information regarding SSF2 at the con throughout the coming weeks.

It's been an exciting past couple of weeks judging your submissions, and we're finally ready to announce the winners of our Stage Builder Contest for Yeah Jam Fury! It may have taken 500 attempts to clear some of these stages but we've completed them all and are excited to share our top picks!

For the first category we have the winner of Yeah League, a.k.a. "How pretty is it?". This one goes to "The Keeper of The Forest" stage by Anton G. It was our largest submission in size by far and was downright pleasant to look at while exploring. Just loading the stage in the builder caused our computers to chug, so this must have taken some massive amount of patience! Beautiful work Anton!

Next up we have Jam League, a.k.a. "How twitchy is it?". This gnarly award goes to Drarky's stage named "I miss the old pogo SFX" (sorry dude, perhaps a future DLC?). This stage pushed our coordination skills to the limits by requiring extremely precise reaction time and control. Our fingers became basically defunct once we finally cleared it. Way to go Drarky!

And last but not least we have Fury League, a.k.a. "How Stumpy Is It?". This bad boy goes to none other than Bedoop's stage titled "Going Bananas But It's Fresh Milk". The stage layout really threw us for a loop at first, but we are Yeah Jam Fury masters! After calming down and thinking critically about the situation we managed to finally snag that mango. Bravo Bedoop!

All three winners of these categories will be receiving a $100 Amazon eGift Card, a Steam Key for the game, copies of our soundtracks, as well as this poster of a real mango:

Congratulations you three!

Before closing, we also have some runner-ups in each category that we think deserve honorable mention:

First runner-up was Len's stage named "YJF Printer: Yeah, Jam, and Fury", a strong candidate for the Yeah League. We really enjoyed climbing over giant pixelated renditions of Yeah Jam Fury, based on sprites created by our very own SSF2 dev FriendAlias (a.k.a. spid3y916).

For Jam League, EnCapucho's "The Labyrinth" stage easily could have been a winner. It was a very challenging yet fun time trial, and it had wonderful stage design to boot.

And finally Kirbyrocket's "Thinking Outside" stage was a mighty contender for Fury League. It showcased a funky physics exploit that slipped under the QA radar (but honestly aren't all bugs just features?) We won't spoil it here in case you want to play for yourself in the Steam Workshop :P

Huge thanks to everyone who participated, and if you enjoyed this contest or have any feedback let us know! We'd love to do similar events in the future :)

Still haven't yet played Yeah Jam Fury: UME? Try out the free online demo right in the browser, or purchase today on Steam!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/633930/Yeah_Jam_Fury_U_Me_Everybody/

Wanna win a $100 Amazon eGift Card and more? There's still one week left to enter our Ms. Carrot's Stage Builder Rage Builder Contest for our recently released game Yeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody!

Remember that entry is totally FREE, and you can use the fully-unlocked stage builder in the demo version available on Newgrounds to participate! We want to see more of what insane machinations you guys can come up with, so crack open those game design skills and submit a stage to us today! You must enter by March 16th, 11:59pm EST, so make sure not to miss the deadline!

For additional contest rules and details, visit:

https://mcleodgaming.com/contests/carrot2018/