Chronic Blunt Punch December 2019 Update

Hey Friends,

Welcome to our December Chronic Blunt Punch Direct Update. Our last update went over the announcement of the 8-bit supplemental retro Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl game that all of our backers will get free and was offered as a physical cart through Limited Run Games. We are still pushing forward on the release of Mall Brawl and working on Chronic Blunt Punch and will focus on the art and animation side of development in this update.

Art and Animation Update

Animations are a very significant part of the game. We start each animation hand-drawn, color them digitally and then pushed through the technical pipeline until they are ready for the game. We have a ton of eye candy shoved in this jam-packed update. We are currently focused on finalizing the last few Jay and Silent Bob moves, tweaking the enemy designs and working on Bluntman and Chronic. Check out some of the processes below:

Silent Bob Super Move Pose Design
Each of the super moves will be triggered with an opening pose and then go into the attack. Think King of Fighters, Street Fighter, Tekken or even the WWE where the characters make a dramatic, theatrical pose before they bust their super special move.

Silent Bob‘s Super Flex

Jay‘s Metal Super Pose

Bluntman and Chronic Supers

Since the early concepts, we have been playing around with how we would incorporate our videogame versions of Bluntman and Chronic into the design and mechanics of Chronic Blunt Punch. This will now be in the form of super moves that the player will be able to use once they have reached max energy in their Revenge Meter!

Bluntman Super Attack Rough

Chronic Super Attack Rough

Hipster With Baby Color and Combat

Our Hipster With Baby Character has been adjusted and changed during the progression of the game. His long-range baby attack is now even more dangerous to the dynamic duo and we now have alternate versions of each enemy.

Revive Update

The revive component is an evolving mechanic in the game. We are tweaking the effects and particles to match the animation for a more dramatic feel.

Jay Revive Smoke

Bob Revive Fart

Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl Update

Mall Brawl was started as a way to give an awesome experience to the backers of Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch as a reward for being patient during the development process.

Mall Brawl  MIX Stream

Great news! The game is nearing completion and almost out of the oven. We are putting the finishing touches on what we feel is a full 8-bit, classic experience that is super fun to play solo with the character swapping mechanic, or with your friends in the co-op mode where a friend can jump in on the fly to pummel enemies.

Below is some more footage of the game:

Arcade Fun

Adoughbo Revealed

Intense Elevator Action

Rewards Fulfillment and Slacker Backer

Release Date

The team is still working hard on the game. We currently do not have a release date. We appreciate the patience and will let everyone know as we progress during development.

Mall Brawl For Backers and Pre-orders

Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl will be finished by next month and we are working on the time of release within then next couple of months. We will announce to all of our backers before everyone else and you will be the first to get a copy.

Pre-Orders

We announced to the public that we would be opening pre-orders to those who were not able to participate in the Fig.co campaign. The pre-order funds go directly towards the development of the game. We encourage folks who supported the project to shout out the updates and pre-orders.

Pre-Order the Digital version through Backerkit – https://jay-and-silent–bob–chronic-blunt-punch.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
More info and FAQ about the game – www.mallbrawlgame.com

Happy Holidays and Thanks for all of the feedback!

We have tons of stuff to share in the near future. Make sure to reach out to us through email or our social media channels. We are always down to answer your questions regarding the development process or what we are up to in general.

We are also starting a new Discord Server and will share it soon so we can share more exclusive content there as well.

Until next time!

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Hey Beautiful Supporters!

The JASB team has been working on the game diligently and are taking the time to make sure everything looks and feels great.

Release Date Questions and answers:

Questions are popping up in the comment threads asking about the release of the game and the quick and easy answer is… late 2019.

Whaaat… The game is delayed!!!!

Here is a brief breakdown of what lead us to push the release date back.

Development Timeline

While planning our Fig campaign in late 2015, we were also putting together our development schedule. During this process, we predicted that Q1 of 2018 would be enough time to deliver the PC version of the game and for the console release we would work on a Fig Slacker Backer with investment options.

Game development started when the campaign was successful due to your amazing backer support, the initial investment from fans and Fig.

Timeline Snapshot

Overall there was a slight delay in some of the investment based funds coming in which caused us to be more lean with development which pushed our timeline out a bit. We briefly mentioned this in an update for November 2016.

We are in a great place with our current timeline as many of our targeted gameplay systems are good to go, and we are massaging these pieces with polish and testing. Our main focus is tuning combat, AI behaviors, our custom physics for enemy juggling and advanced fighting mechanics. We will share footage from the playable in our next update and break down the development timeline.

Sometimes making sausages takes longer than expected, especially when that sausage is a video game. Thanks for your patience while we meticulously stuff this bratwurst full of meaty gameplay goodness.

Jay and Silent Bob: Reboot

Before starting Chronic Blunt Punch we were planning on releasing the game around Clerks 3 or the Mallrats series that were in the works, in order to cross promote and potentially work in tie-ins with our walk on rewards. We were bummed to find out that both projects were taking a back burner. Out of nowhere K. Smith announced that he was going to film another Jay and Silent Bob film called, Jay and Silent Bob: Reboot! This exciting news because we feel it is a perfect crossover for both mediums. The script is reaaaallly good and we are hype about the potential. There is a tentative schedule for the film to start shooting this summer and we would like to release the game around the same time as the movie, which is slated to release in 2019.

The Fun Stuff

Concept and Animation Updates:

With Jay and Lunchbox we have been focusing on adjusting the animations that are in the game so they feel more fluid with each button press as well as adding some polish to the characters through shadows. We were playing around with flat shaded animations but decided to move forward with a more dynamic approach.

Shadow Prep Animation

Rewards

We are getting backer rewards together in order to send them out before the game is released. Some rewards are based upon assets that will be available when we are closer to launch.

Art Prints:

The backer art prints will be the Jay and Silent Bob original Hanzo illustrations. These pieces are dope and we are The Faceoff Jay and Silent Bob portrait poster and the Hemp Knight and Chronic in action poster.

JASB Faceoff

Dangler Showdown

Fun With Polish

Consumables:
We love the old school beat-em-ups random health pickups that were super prominent in every action game released in the arcade in the mid 90’s. There is nothing quite as comforting as punching a crusty, rusted ass barrel in order to sink your teeth into a steaming hot turkey, perfectly plated with all the trimmings. We are spicing things up with random and not so random health pick-ups that will keep the dynamic duo’s mouths salivating and their bodies healthy, so they don’t bite the dust when eating foot-long fist sandwiches. #Puns.

Below are a few of the edible items that are in the game.

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Piss and Fly Burgey

Got the munchies eat some Munchie Puffs

Visual Effects

We are busting out some of the games particle effects as they pertain to roundhouse kicks, explosions and Bluntman’s Chronic blast. When Jay and Bob dash, hit the floor or leap into the air we want to add a bit of flare that creates not only a sense of depth but adds weight to the characters.

Since our last update the news came in that Mr. Smith had a heart attack, which caught everyone by surprise. We were glad that a few days after Kevin’s hospital posts that he was all gravy, he lost mad weight and has recovered, as a vegan none the less. Props to his team for holding him down and much love from the JASB: CBP Team.

Future Updates

We regularly post updates weekly through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, please follow us on those platforms for frequent posts and behind the scenes action on the game. We wanted to take the time to answer your questions as well as give you a quick update on where things are with the gizzzame!

The Chronic Blunt Punch website is live and we get direct messages if you leave feedback on the blog. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about anything regarding development.

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Much Gratitude for all of your support.

Best,
JDUBB

JASB Development Team