Shovel Knight 8th Anniversary Event

Posted: Jun 21, 2022

Subject(s): All News

HUZZAH! Our blue burrower’s birthday is upon us!

Can you believe another 365 delightful days have already zoomed by? So much has happened since our last anniversary! We released our puzzle-action roguelite, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, announced our brand new IP Mina the Hollower (and fully funded it via Kickstarter), launched a bunch of cool merch, grew a bustling Discord community, and much much more. We’ve been fortunate to be able to do a ton of cool stuff and owe it all to your continued support. Our hearts are filled with gratitude.

For this year’s celebration, we’ll be holding a very special stream - and naturally, YOU are invited to join in on the sweet stream shenanigans and play games with us!! The event will be held this Friday, June 24th from 3pm~5pm (PT) on our Twitch Channel! We’ll be utilizing our Discord to play multiple rounds of JackBox games alongside you!!!

In addition to our stream, we have a few cool anniversary announcements to unearth next week, so stay tuned to our social media pages & website!

1) Join our Discord & pick your role!

Roles determine which team that you are on for the event! They also give you access to the rest of the server!

Click here to join our Discord!

Here's a sneak peek of the three roles/teams you’ll get to choose from:

Team Propeller Rat
Team Beeto
Team Troupple

Note: If you do not have Discord, you can still spectate the Stream while we’re live on Twitch!

2) Sign Up to Play

Please fill out this quick Google Survey to sign up to play! This will help us keep track of who wants to participate and what team they are on!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

3) Players & Audience Member Participation

Once the event starts, we’ll randomly select one person from each team to play with us! If you are selected, we’ll @ you in the Event Channel and DM you the seeeecret room code. If you aren’t selected to play with us, don’t fret! There’s audience participation!

Players

To join us, you’ll need a cell phone or tablet with internet access! Go to jackbox.tv in your device’s web browser! Once you’re there, enter the four-letter room code. Then, enter whatever name you want to use in the game.
Hit the PLAY button, and you should be connected! You can tell that it worked when you see your name appear on the game screen. Once all players are in, we’ll start the game!

Note: The 4 letter name & all of your answers must be family friendly. If it's not, we’ll boot you!

Audience Members

As an audience member, you'll cast your vote for your favorite answers. Be careful what you choose, it can swing the outcome of the round!

To join us, you’ll need a cell phone or tablet with internet access! Go to jackbox.tv in your device’s web browser! Once all of the players are in, we’ll post the four-lettered room code in the Event Discord Channel.

Enter the four-letter room code and you're in!

Click here for detailed instructions on how to access JackBox!

4) How to Play the Games:

We’ll be playing multiple games from JackBox Party Pack! Click on the links to read how to play prior to the event!

Drawful 2 - Challenges players to draw ridiculous prompts on their smartphones and tablets.

Trivia Murder Party - A deadly quiz show where you match wits with a trivia-obsessed killer.

Answer trivia questions correctly in each round or you’ll find yourself on The Killing Floor, where players compete in devious minigames that determine whether they survive another round or become a ghost. But relax, ghosts can still win the game. (The host is evil, but he still cares about balanced game design.)

Quiplash2 - Players type in their best response to the prompt and then are pitted against each other in a head-to-head battle, while the rest of the players (and audience) vote on their favorite.

We hope to see you there!