Wow, what a week. There were so many amazing games showcased during Next Fest and we were thrilled to be a part of it. Thank you so much to everyone who downloaded our demo, for saying kind words about our work so far and giving us valuable player feedback about the gameplay. We’re taking note of all your comments across social media, Discord and beyond as we dive back into development.
We’re over the moon to read a lot of hype and love for GUN JAM. Special thanks to Jacob, for ranking GUN JAM as their number 1 highly anticipated FPS game!
Great news!
Originally, we had planned just to have it available during Next Fest. But as you’ve all been working relentlessly on your scores, we want you to keep the flow going. So, our demo will be available to play for the rest of October! You can keep chasing those high scores until 31 October 2022.
Just a reminder…
If you’re about to play for the first time, there are a few things to note.
Our demo doesn’t fully showcase our environment art, enemies or the full soundtrack that we’ve created and been building. This demo is to give you a taste of what’s to come and something for you to get your hands and ears on!
While there is a Story mode coming with the full release, the demo will only give you access to the Arcade mode.
The two levels available feature two environments and two tracks from our OST. The TrapHop song included is called ‘Nitro’ and the EDM song is called ‘Don’t Look Down’. A little advice, play ‘Nitro’ first to get some game mechanics hints as well as for a more beginner-friendly level. ‘Don’t Look Down’ is the most challenging level out of the two!
Also, check out Schrawgs’ overview video on GUN JAM, giving you a breakdown of mechanics, their first impressions and footage of gameplay!
Let’s go!
Ready to rebel? Hit that download button if you haven't done so already! Immerse yourself in Mubel where the vibrant surroundings come to life with music. Brace yourself for the beat and enjoy playing GUN JAM. Remember, this is only a scratch on the surface of what’s to come.
Until the next beat… After you’ve played, come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
Thank you so much for all of your support!
- Jaw Drop Games -
Play our demo during Next Fest!
Next Fest October 2022 has started! We’re excited to share two levels of the game, featuring two different environment areas and two songs from GUN JAM’s original soundtrack. Get ready to run riot through the city!
The Levels
In our introductory level, you’ll play as Tap, making your way through the electric atmosphere of the Gun Jam Arena, blasting along to a bespoke TrapHop track entitled ‘Nitro’. In the second level, you’ll be playing as Aero, syncing to the beats within the Sonic Prison, to an EDM number ‘Don’t Look Down’.
The Music
From the beat-map to the beat drop, every strum, lyric and sound has been written and created specifically for GUN JAM’s gameplay experience. All featured music is from our OST. Make sure you crank up the volume when you play for the most immersive experience.
Just so you know
While our demo won’t fully showcase the environment art, enemies and full soundtrack that we’ve created and been building, we can’t wait for you to play and hear what you think of the game with real hands-on experience. Each level in our demo will feature different enemies for you to face. Baddies such as troopers, attack dogs and drones will charge towards you. Alongside a mini-boss or a main boss battle to finish. Although it’s just a couple of levels for you to play with for now, we’ve designed GUN JAM to have a lot of replayability! The full game will feature a variety of other enemies and bosses.
Let’s go!
So, are you ready to rebel? Hit that download button! Immerse yourself in Mubel where the vibrant surroundings come to life with music. Brace yourself for the beat and enjoy playing GUN JAM. Remember, this is only a scratch the surface of what’s to come.
Until the next beat… Why are you still reading this? IT’S TIME TO DEFEAT THE BEAT! We cannot wait to hear what you think! After you’ve played, come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
Thank you so much for all of your support!
- Jaw Drop Games -
Demo coming soon!
We’re excited to share our demo with you very soon! If you've been itching to get your hands on GUN JAM, you can get a little taste of what we've been building next week. Starting October 3rd, play our demo during Next Fest!
Make sure you don't miss a newsbeat by wishlisting the game on Steam today.
Until the next beat… We cannot wait to hear what you think! Until then, come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
- Jaw Drop Games -
Meet Ballard!
People of Mubel, meet Ballard! They’re our final playable character reveal from GUN JAM.
A Metalhead crossed with a raver? Don’t be alarmed by Ballard’s style. After all, it’s The Speaker you should be worried about.
When you meet Ballard in-game, they’ll be the one to help you blast through the city streets of Mubel, shooting along to the rebellious riffs of our twisted Metal tracks. Expect some outrageous vocals and headbanging beats!
From left to right. Aero, Ballard and Tap. GUN JAM’s three heroes.
As you’ve now learned, you’ll meet these three characters one by one through our Story mode. Alternatively, you'll choose to play as one of them in Arcade mode. Each of these characters embodies their own style and genre of music in different areas of the city. Trap takes on TrapHop in the Arena, Aero electrifies the underground layers through EDM and Ballard roars through the city streets of Mubel with Metal.
And now, a little bit of lore
Welcome to the vibrant city of ‘Mubel’ where the omnipresent ‘Beat’ means everything and music is used as a means of control. While city-dwellers dance to The Speaker’s ruling tune, you must rebel and break out of its hypnotic flow by force.
The Speaker, broadcasting his message to the people of Mubel
We know some of you have been keen to learn more about GUN JAM’s lore. We don’t want to spoil the story for you or reveal too much about our three heroes. But we can tell you a little more about the city culture itself.
‘The Beat’ isn’t necessarily bad. It’s simply an ingrained part of Mubel’s culture that no one questions. But do the people of Mubel simply accept The Speaker’s Beat to fit in out of naivety? Or are these cultists brainwashed and just lost to the rhythm? In Mubel, everyone can find their own beat, rather than dance to the one, state-sanctioned Beat. You just have to find the rhythm…
Until the next beat… Do you have any further lore speculations? Let us know in the comments. Then come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
- Jaw Drop Games -
Meet Aero!
Fellow Rebels of Mubel, meet Aero! She’s one of our playable characters in GUN JAM.
As we mentioned in a newsbeat earlier this month, you’ll be able to choose to play as one of three playable characters in Arcade mode or meet them one by one through our Story mode. Each of these characters embodies their own style and genre of music which essentially drives the gameplay and beatmap. Aero, a known rebel in the city of Mubel, represents the EDM music genre.
A teaser of Aero in our comic strip-style cut scenes
During our Story mode, you’ll find Aero leading the charge against The Speaker and his ruling tune. Particularly dashing through the underground layers of this vibrant city, playing as Aero, you may be battling against mechanical beasts like this one.
Blasting the Jailer Boss with the Plasma Rifle
Did you see our 13 minutes of pure gameplay featured on IGN? In case you missed the memo, here’s another taste of an EDM twisted track we’ve written for the game. This track on the first level of gameplay is called ‘Don’t Look Down’ and is being played from Aero’s perspective.
13 minutes of pure Rhythm-FPS gameplay. Hit play!
Until the next beat… What do you think about Aero? And who do you think the Rebels are in Mubel? Let’s get some lore speculation going in the comments. Then come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
- Jaw Drop Games -
Meet Tap!
Everyone, meet Tap! He’s one of our playable characters in GUN JAM.
As we mentioned in our last newsbeat, you’ll be able to choose to play as one of three playable characters in Arcade mode or meet them one by one through our Story mode. Each of these characters embodies their own style and genre of music which essentially drives the gameplay and beatmap. Our character Tap represents the TrapHop music genre.
In case you missed it, there are 13 minutes of pure gameplay from our latest build for you right here. Get a taste of one of our TrapHop twisted tracks, during the 2nd level of gameplay, and check out the GUN JAM Arena from Tap’s perspective.
13 minutes of pure Rhythm-FPS gameplay. Hit play!
Until the next beat… First impressions of our first TrapHop track? Let us know in the comments. Then come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
- Jaw Drop Games -
We’ve been featured on IGN!
Hot off the press, we’ve been featured by IGN today! Check out our latest gameplay reveal video showcasing 13 minutes of gameplay, more epic environments in Mubel and two new tracks from our OST.
We can’t wait for you to hear and see this. We’ve poured our hearts and souls into developing this game, and we hope you enjoy what we’ve built so far. Hit play!
The following gameplay is a preview of the current build and does not represent the final gameplay quality.
New Music Good luck with getting the music outta your heads. We’ve been humming it for months. Did you like what you heard? ‘Don’t Look Down’ is another EDM track and ‘Nitro’ is one of our TrapHop tracks. We haven’t dropped our music spin on Metal yet, but there’ll be more music reveals coming soon.
New Environments You’ve just had a taste of the Sonic Prison and Gun Jam Arena. As you’ve already seen some of Mubel’s City Streets, it’s easy to see that we’re creating a colourful game.
Meet the Main Characters Meet Aero, Ballard and Tap. In GUN JAM you’ll be able to choose to play as one of these characters in an arcade mode or meet them on the journey through our Story mode. We’ll give you a better look at them very soon.
Until the next beat… What do you think about our latest reveals? Let us know in the comments, we need to know! Then come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
- Jaw Drop Games -
GUN JAM 101: Weapons
We heard you wanted a quick breakdown of the weapons you’ll be getting your hands on when you dash through the city of Mubel. Let's take a quick look at GUN JAM's 4 core weapons.
When you get to play, your character will always have a Double Barrel Shotgun, a Railgun, a Rocket Launcher and a Plasma Rifle on them. Each one behaves differently and deals different types of damage. You’ll notice that the beat icon will change for each weapon, giving you an indication of what kind of beat is coming up next. Here’s a quick breakdown of each one.
The Double Barrel Shotgun
Mostly aligned with full beats.
Bigger damage when used at short range.
You might find yourself ‘dashing’ on these beats too.
The Railgun
Mostly aligned with half beats.
Good damage with either short or long range.
Beats may alternate with the Double Barrel Shotgun beats.
The Rocket Launcher
Beat emphasiser! You might have this weapon in hand on either full beats or irregular beats.
Great for long-distance explosive damage.
Ideal for clearing clusters of baddies coming your way.
The Plasma Rifle
Always on multiple consecutive quarter beats.
Good damage with either short or long range.
The icon for these beats will look connected, indicating that you can either trigger an action on each note or hold the trigger to automatically repeat the action on each consecutive note.
Each weapon deals a different type of damage. And they'll cycle into your character's hands automatically before the beat changes. All you have to do is find the rhythm and blast to the beat!
Until the next beat… What do you think about GUN JAM’s arsenal? Let us know in the comments. Then come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
- Jaw Drop Games -
GUN JAM 101: Jump-pads
If you’ve been keeping an eye on our gameplay reveals recently, you may have spotted our jump-pads in the city streets of Mubel.
From a distance, they look like fire pits with rising arrows for flames. As you’ll be busy handling the horde of baddies that approach you, we’ve made sure these jump-pads will be easy to use. Simply move over them to be launched into the air!
Our level designers have built in some higher areas all over Mubel and these jump-pads will be planted close by for your convenience. They’ll come in handy for getting up onto those walkways if you’re not near the ramp that leads up to them.
Check out this quick vid to see them being used.
Gameplay 101: Jump-pads
And if you’re really desperate to escape your enemy's reach quickly, combine the jump-pad with a dash and you’ll essentially yeet yourself across the map!
Until the next beat… Come and hang out with us on Discord, follow us on Facebook, feast your eyes on our Instagram, tweet about us on Twitter or simply fall down a rabbit hole of behind-the-scenes on our TikTok.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
- Jaw Drop Games -
The Devolution of GUN JAM
Are you ready to see GUN JAM behind the scenes? We’ve been sharing some short dev updates over on TikTok!
If you love seeing how a game is built, go check out our work-in-progress animations, plus the most current gameplay as we finish building the game. We’ve also shared how the game looked back in 2020 which is pretty crazy for us to look back on. It sure has evolved since then!
We’ve also started making some gameplay explainers for this upcoming title, which we’ve also shared on our studio YouTube channel. But you can watch it below.
Hit play!
Until the next beat… Check out these other places where you can support and follow our development news: Discord Twitter Facebook Instagram And TikTok, of course.
And if you haven’t done so already, please wishlist the game on our Steam store page. We’d really appreciate it!
