Pumpkin Jack — patch notes and updates
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| 🎃 Unlock the Pumpkin Jack skin the in open Far Far West playtest! | 2025-10-30 | Hey everyone, ain't too spooked yet for this Halloween season?Pumpkin Jack has been such a success and positively affected my life so much. It also just recently passed its peak concurrent player count on steam! 📈 Almost 600! The release number was 400!I admit I don't really understand why, but eh, I'll take it hahaI am working on a new game called Far Far West, and to keep the Halloween mood, I just HAD to add a Pumpkin Jack reference!You can play and unlock the Pumpkin Jack skin in the open playtest right now. Only available for Halloween:Have fun, Nicolas Meyssonnier |
| Christmas Contest: IT'S RAINING GIFTS! | 2022-12-09 | HO-HO-HO evil folks! Jack had stolen Santa's suit, Santa's sleigh, and Santa's cat (yes, even the cat), but he has now found Santa's stash of gifts! 🎁 In his malevolent pursuit of despair, he has stolen every gift there was, with the exception of one thing! You can win 3 exclusive Pumpkin Jack plushies by following this Twitter link and do as it says! ➡️ TWITTER The winners will be picked on Friday the 16th, so be quick! Have a Spooky Christmas season, everyone! Nicolas |
| 🎅 Christmas Jack is back in town! 🎃 | 2022-12-01 | Ho-ho-ho, evil folks! Have you grown tired of that old man taking all the credit for delivering happiness all around the world? Jack sure did! Throw away your blanket, gulp down your cookies, and embark on Jack's sleigh! (actually, that's Santa's sleigh, and he just stole it.) 🎅 Equip Santa's suit in the main menu! 🎁 Find the gifts scattered in all the levels! ✉️ Discover the naughty letters Jack sent to Santa! NOTICE: This is a friendly reminder. The Christmas Event is the same as the 2020 one. This is for everyone that missed the event since then! Scary spooky Christmas, everyone! Nicolas https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186640/Pumpkin |
| Happy Halloween: Papercraft Jack fights his way through Paper Cut Mansion! 🎃 | 2022-10-28 | Pre-Halloween greetings, friends! First of all: Thank you so much, folks! Each and everyone of you who enjoys Jack's adventure! I really appreciate that. ❤️ I don't know about you, but I am a sucker for great and creative artstyle. Oh, and for roguelites. And for pumpkins of course. And that's what makes Paper Cut Mansion a perfect fit. You play as police detective Toby, who investigates an old, and spooky mansion, that is a pleasantly reminiscence of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. The goal is to find out the secret of the mansion, and as it should be for a roguelite, it takes several attempts to do so, during which permanent equipment is collect |
| 🎃 Hot News: Pumpkin Jack has been spotted in Hell Pie! 😈 | 2022-07-26 | Spooky hellish greetings, friends! There is a new platformer in town. Maybe you have already heard of Hell Pie? If so: You're a good boy. If not: It is just about time! In Hell Pie you play as Nate, the demon of bad taste. He is tied to the small, fat angle Nugget, who is to be used as a living grapling hook. And the games goal is to find the ingredients for Satan's birthday pie. Sounds weird? Definitely. Sounds like fun? Hell yeah! And the best thing is: There is actually a Pumpkin Jack costume hidden in Hell Pie! Isn't it a damn cute halloweenish-hellish mashup of Jack, the crow, Nate and Nugget? So, swing over to Hell Pie and get your hand |
| Verified for Steam Deck: Play Pumpkin Jack wherever you want! | 2022-03-07 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! Some good news for all you pumpkin-headed 3D platformer lovers out there (in case you are one of the lucky fellas that own a Steam Deck of course): Jack's adventure was recently reviewd and got verified for the Steam Deck! What does that mean? It's simple: you can enjoy Pumpkin Jack in all its glory on the Steam Deck wherever you are: at home on the couch, on the train, the bus or underground, in the bathroom (if it takes a little longer again...) - just about anywhere! All the best and stay healthy everyone! Nicolas https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186640/Pumpkin_Jack/ |
| 🔥 Grab your helmet, trusty axe and fire hose: Firegirl is AVAILABLE NOW! 🔥 | 2021-12-14 | Hey there platformer friends, It's time for some internal cross-promo: Today is not just "International Monkey Day", today is also the release date of the roguelike platformer Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue from Dejima: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608550/Firegirl_Hack_n_Splash_Rescue/ And the name says it all: Take on the role of a young rescue officer starting her career. Armed with a trusty axe and high-pressure fire hose that also acts as a jetpack, Firegirl responds to emergency calls across the city. Can Firegirl save all the trapped civilians caught in each blaze? Can she uncover the truth of why these fires have engulfed the c |
| Mark Hamill To Host ‘Thunderful World’ Digital Showcase on November 10th | 2021-10-28 | Hey friends, we have some awesome news, which we can finally share with you today: We - that's Thunderful Games - welcome all of you to the premiere of our very first digital games showcase ‘Thunderful World’! ːsteamhappyː Find out more in the following press release: Gothenburg, Sweden - October 28th, 2021 - International developer and publisher Thunderful Games, creator of the multi-award winning and multi-million selling SteamWorld franchise, is welcoming everyone to a new digital games showcase, ‘Thunderful World’. The event will be taking place on November 10th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm GMT / 8pm CET, hosted by Hollywood and pop culture |
| Pumpkin Jack is 40% off in the Steam Summer Sale! | 2021-06-25 | Hey friends! Taking a look out of the window and at the calendar: It's getting summer! So it's time again for the ultimate hotness: The annual STEAM SUMMER SALE! From June 24 to July 8, our entire Headup portfolio is heavily discounted - with up to 90% off: Aerial_Knight's Never Yield (20% off) Bridge Constructor Portal (70% off) Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead (60% off) The Fabled Woods (40% off) Pumpkin Jack (40% off) Tinkertown (25% off) Trüberbrook (75% off) Dead Age 2 (50% off) Cardaclysm (55% off) and many more! Have fun shopping and enjoy the summer! Your Headup Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186640/Pumpkin_Jack/ |
| Pumpkin Jack is part of the "Save & Sound" festival here on Steam! | 2021-05-28 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! Did you maybe notice the awesome "Save & Sound" festival on the Steam front page? There is a bunch of very cool games in it - you should definitely check them out! And it's really an honor that Pumpkin Jack is part of the "Celebration of Musical Experiences in Games" as well. Later today you can take a look how our composer Yohan Jager created the spooky and scary tunes, that made Pumpkin Jack such an atmospheric experience! The video will be available directly here on the Steam page. And to properly celebrate the "Save & Sound" event, Pumpkin Jack as well as the Pumpkin Jack soundtrack are on sale right now! |
| Ho ho ho: Christmas Jack is coming to Town! | 2020-12-17 | Hey! You! Are you tired of Christmas being all holly-jolly and ho-ho-ho? Are you sick of that 'good children get presents' stuff? Well, stuff the Nice List and prepare to get naughty—cuz JACK'S wearing the red suit this year! Santa ain't comin' to town when Pumpkin Jack's around, so get ready for a Christmas season full of death and destruction, just like it used to be! How d'you like us now, Fat Man? Forget your milk and cookies, and grab your Pumpkin Jack this Christmas! Keep your eyes open because before Jack stole Santa's coat, five packages fell from his reindeer sleigh above each level. Find them all if you've always wanted to know what |
| We need you to vote Jack "Best of The MIX 2020"! | 2020-12-11 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! Let's keep it short and simple: Folks, I need your help. Once again. ːsteamhappyː Awesome news: Pumpkin Jack got nominated among a small selection of games as "Best of The MIX 2020"! It's an award based on the people's choice, so we need you to help us! If you enjoyed playing Pumpkin Jack please click HERE to vote for my game on the official website of the MIX. And then, since you all have been good children, maybe Jack will bring you a little Christmas present... All the best and stay healthy everyone! Nicolas https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186640 |
| Vote for Pumpkin Lord Jack's "Outstanding Visual Style"! | 2020-11-25 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! I have a very, very important question for you! Come on everyone, be honest: Isn't our beloved hero Jack a handsome and good looking guy? Isn't he looking "outstanding"? What, did somebody say "ouch"?!? ... Yeah granted, the introduction to this update feels a bit like a bull in a china shop. Or a pumpkin lord in a barn full of candles. Or... no, let's not! Because of all your love for Pumpkin Jack, I am now delusional of grandeur and have nominated Pumpkin Jack for this year's Steam Awards as "Outstanding Visual Style". I actually wanted to nominate it for "Game of the Year", but I'm not that damn much of a m |
| Update 1.3.9 adds Japanese to Pumpkin Jack! | 2020-11-25 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! Let's keep it short and simple: This update goes out to our Japanese friends of Pumpkin Jack - and all those who want to become friends of the mythical Pumpkin Lord in general! The brand new version 1.3.9 is adding Japanese subtitles to the game! All the best and stay healthy everyone! Nicolas https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186640 |
| Version 1.3.8 is now live! Also, Steam Trading Cards incoming! 🎃 | 2020-11-03 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! Folks, I am still totally blown away by the overwhelmingly positive feedback I received since the launch of the game – and the constructive suggestions, of course. So, this new update for Pumpkin Jack (1.3.8) is mainly based on the feedback I received from the community! And this is what the new update brings to of you all: Added a FOV parameter to the video options Added HDR support to the video options (only effective for HDR compatible displays) Added Portuguese - Brazil language to Pumpkin Jack Added a new timer mode for speedrunner: The full game timer - This mode enables you to have a timer that takes pr |
| Join the Spooky Halloween Screenshot Contest! 🎃 | 2020-10-30 | Spooky scary greeting, friends! First things first: I am still totally blown away by the overwhelmingly positive feedback that I received from all of you players out there! Thank you some much for your ongoing support and the tons of love that you share with me for Pumpkin Jack! I could not be prouder about what my little game became in the end! ❤️ And some more good news: As Nvidia Ansel is included to Pumpkin Jack and offers so much cool opportunities to take awesome screenshots out of the game, I will run a "Spooky Halloween Screenshot Contest" on the games Discord this weekend! ːsteamhappyː So what to do? Play Pumpkin Jack and wait for a |
| Version 1.3.7 is now live - We fixed even more things! 🎃 | 2020-10-27 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! Thanks to all your feedback, we managed to improve the game even further. The new version 1.3.7 for Pumpkin Jack went live a couple of hours ago. Here are the (few) changes that are part of the update: Fixed a bug with Jack dying in a loop on the water during the boat sequences (again) Fixed a bug where the player had to replay the boat sequence if dying during the second race of level 4 Fixed a bug where the input hints where showing "Error" while playing with a controller Folks, I am really blown away by the overwhelmingly positive feedback I received over the last days! Thank you all very very much for your |
| Version 1.3.6 is now live - We fixed a few things!🎃 | 2020-10-24 | Hello everyone, We have worked on a few things and here are the results: Fixed a problem where the player was respawning on water during the boat sequences Fixed a bug where the player was constantly respawning on the boat if he had not properly finished the boat sequence Fixed a bug where skull achievements won't unlock Solved an issue with the Cinematic volume parameter Fixed a bug where some keybinding were not saved Fixed a bug where wrong key names where shown in the keybinding menu Thank you all very much for your ongoing feedback and support! ❤️ All the best and stay healthy everyone! Nicolas https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186640 |
| Pumpkin Jack - Version 1.3.4 is now live! | 2020-10-23 | Spooky scary greetings everyone, We are still going through the great feedback all of you are sending us. Some of you also reported some problems with the game, which is why we worked on a first little update. Version 1.3.4 An issue with the timer was fixed It's now easier to handle the minecart Fixed an issue with the vortex in level 6 Better chances to survive the boss fight, even with low fps RTX low framerate during the horse section is now fixed A small bug that might happen during the cinematics was fixed We have added a DirectX launcher to the game (You can now choose between DirectX 11 and DirectX 12) All the best and stay healthy! Ni |
| HAPPY SPOOKY SCARY RELEASE EVERYONE! 🎃 | 2020-10-23 | Spooky scary greetings, friends! It really happened: Pumpkin Jack is available! ːsteamhappyː You have no idea how I feel! (Spoiler: happy, stressed, grateful, stressed, proud, stressed, tired, stressed, anxious, stressed, ...) This game has been such a huge adventure for me! 5 years ago, I opened the Unreal Engine for the first time and now look where I am... that's incredible. Simply incredible! I truly hope you'll like the game! I'll spend the next days doing two things : Thanking everyone for all the support I've got (so, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT ❤️), also fixing and tweaking in order to make the game the best experi |