- 🎪 Once Upon a Jester Takes the Stage on New Consoles! - 24 October 2025
🃏 The Show Goes On – Now on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S!It’s showtime again! 🎭 We’re incredibly excited to announce that Once Upon a Jester has officially launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S!This means even more players can now join Jester and Sok’s heartfelt, goofy, and musical adventure about friendship, creativity, and the art of making people smile.The show’s spirit remains the same — unscripted fun, spontaneous theatre, and plenty of moments that’ll make you laugh (or tear up just a little).🎮 Check out the new versions here: • PS5: https://store.playstation.com/concept/10015392 • Xbox Series X|S: https://www.xbox.com/games/store/once-upon-a-jester/9pg4m6fvpfgdThank you for being part of this journey. You’re the best audience a pair of silly goofs could ask for! 🧡
- 🎉 Once Upon a Jester is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S! 🎭 - 22 October 2025
Hear ye, hear ye! Jester and Sock are taking their grand tour to new kingdoms! 👑✨Starting Friday, October 24th, Once Upon a Jester will be available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S! That’s right - more players can now join the improvised chaos, musical mayhem, and heartfelt hijinks that await in our silly little kingdom.If you’ve already joined our troupe on PC or Switch, give us a wave! And if you have friends on console who need a good laugh, let them know the show’s about to begin! 🎶💫🃏 Curtain rises October 24th - see you on stage!
- 🤑60% off - the Crunching Koalas Publisher Sale is live!🐨 - 28 October 2024
Come one, come all and feast your eyes upon the discounts on display! All of our great games are now available with the deepest discounts ever seen! Would be a shame to miss this opportunity, huh? You can also use this chance to play the demos and see for yourself which game is the perfect match for you! Head over to our sale page to see them all: BUTCHER -85% The Gap -50% Once Upon a Jester -60% Bonkies -90% Lichtspeer -85% MouseCraft -80% Follow us on social media here:
- Once Upon a Jester works great on Steam Deck! - 18 October 2024
The misadventures of Jester and Sok are now perfectly playable and very much enjoyable on Steam Deck and Steam compatible devices! That's right! Now you can grab Once Upon a Jester, stick 'em in your pocket and create mischief together while commuting, doing garden work or on long, remote hikes. The possibilities are endless! Works in smooth 60fps in "High" graphics preset. Uses xbox glyphs, so we're good and there's no confusion about pressing the triangle button Controls work just fine UI scaling? You're damn right Runs in default 720p Also, follow us on: https://x.com/CrunchingKoalas https://x.com/BonteAvond https://instagram.com/CrunchingKoalas And feel cordially invited to our Discord server, where we've got giveaways, community challenges and general silliness waiting for you!
- 🎉 We won "Best Narrative" at Gamescom LATAM Big Festival! 🎉 - 6 September 2024
Hey everyone! We’re beyond excited to share some amazing news with you all – Once Upon a Jester has won the Best Narrative award at the Gamescom LATAM Big Festival! 🎭✨ This recognition means the world to us, especially since it’s been a journey built on your support, creativity, and love for our quirky storytelling. We couldn't have done it without you, and we’re incredibly grateful for our amazing community! 🧡 If you haven’t yet, come experience the wild, whimsical adventure of Sok and Jester—now an award-winning narrative! 🏆 Stay connected with us on social media for more updates, behind-the-scenes fun, and much more: 🐦 Bonte Avond Twitter 🐦 Crunching Koalas Twitter Thank you for all the love and support. Here’s to more adventures!
- We're nominated for awards at Gamescom LATAM's BIG Festival - 8 May 2024
Once Upon a Jester has been nominated for awards in the following categories at the BIG Festival, taking place during Latino American edition of Gamescom: -"Best Game" -"Best Narrative" -"Best Audio" -"Innovation" We're thrilled to be nominated among other great titles - you can find the whole list of nominees here: https://latam.gamescom.global/en/big-festival-en/#finalists
- WE WON IGF BEST STUDENT GAME AWARD - 16 April 2024
Yep, you read that right - Once Upon a Jester has won the Independent Game Festival award for Best Student Game! Pretty wild, huh? Don't believe us? Here's proof (around the 24:27 mark): We're grateful beyond words to anyone who has contributed to making this amazing moment happen! Hope we'll continue to make players happy and here's to many more successes, be it big or small!
- Once Upon a Jester is a finalist of Independent Game Festival! - 16 January 2024
The Independent Game Festival competition awards winners in eight categories during GDC in March, and we're excited to be listed among the forerunners for the award. The ceremony will be held on March 20th, during this year's edition of GDC (Game Developer Conference), from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM PST. We're proud to stand among other exceptional titles like goodbye.monster, Pile Up!, Planetka, RAM: Random Access Mayhem and TRY AGAIN. Best of luck to all of them! If you'd like to see if we won, keep an eye out on these twitter accounts: Bonte Avond (us!) - twitter.com/BonteAvond Crunching Koalas - twitter.com/CrunchingKoalas GDC - twitter.com/Official_GDC
- Ho Ho Ho...pe you saved some room for our discounts! - 22 December 2023
The event of the Holiday Season that requires no introduction: Steam Winter Sale is here! If you're looking for new games to check out, take a look at our roster: Solve the mystery of a neuroscientist's memory falling apart in The Gap at -25% off! Tease your brain and solve some puzzles with MouseCraft! at -90% off! Paint the walls red with pixelated blood in BUTCHER at -60% off! Tickle your funny bone with Once Upon a Jester at -50% off! Shoot spears made of pure light at weird creatures in Lichtspeer at -80% off! See? There's something for everyone, so be sure to drop by our publisher's page! Happy Holidays!
- You can now enjoy Once Upon a Jester on your Mac! AND YOU CAN GET IT FOR -50%! - 15 November 2023
The title seems pretty self-explanatory, but just for clarification, here's some more words - Once Upon a Jester is optimised for any MacOS systems and should run smoothly on your apple-sporting device! And to celebrate that, and make it easier for more people to join Sok and Jester on their adventure, we're also running a -50% discount! So what are you waiting for? Jump in! Oh and follow us on other places on the internet, if you'd like: Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
- Come watch our live stream and play the demo of The Gap! - 9 October 2023
The Gap, our psychological thriller launching next week (October 19th), is a part of Steam Next Fest - a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestreams and chats. Because of our participation in the demo festival, we're performing a live stream from the game, and the demo of The Gap is now available on Steam. Come and watch us play the game and check out the demo for yourself or wishlist the game to play the full version of the game next week! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458300/The_Gap/
- Sun's shining and our games are on huge discounts. Yep, must be the Summer Sale! - 30 June 2023
It's that time of the year again, where Lord Gaben (long may He reign) blesses us with discounts and sales. To make it easier for everyone to find great games worth their hard-earned money, we're throwing our titles into the ring! Want to tease your brain and solve some puzzles? MouseCraft is for you! Feel like doing some wacky construction in space with your friends? Bonkies is perfect! Your funny bone requires tickling? Once Upon a Jester will do just that! Want to shoot spears made of pure light at weird creatures? Lichtspeer's got your back! See? There's something for everyone! And while you're here, you can also check out our upcoming titles: Techno Banter - an adventure game about being a bouncer guarding the entrance to a techno club. If you think you've got wits and humour to chase the unwanted guests away, test your mettle here! The Gap - a serious, narrative story about a man…
- We're in Prime Gaming! - 29 June 2023
You heard it right, folks! Not sure what the algorythm is going to do with this particular piece of cross-promotion information and who it's going to be shown to (will it be buried? are you the only person reading these words?) so let's not beat around the bush. Once Upon a Jester is now available in Prime Gaming for free!* *Well, if you have a subscription of course. The deal will end on August 2nd, so there's plenty of time, no need to rush. Psst... If you want, you can give us a follow on one of the platforms ;) Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
- Biggest discount yet! - 29 June 2023
Let's cut to the chase - we know you've been waiting for the right moment to get Once Upon a Jester. No shame in it, we wait for discounts to buy games too! So, if Once Upon a Jester has been sitting on your wishlist for a while and you're eager to try it out... Well, -40% is our biggest discount yet! *wink wink* Whether you decide to join Sok and Jester on their adventure now or not, we wish you an amazing day
- Soundtrack just dropped, get it while it's hot! - 18 November 2022
Has this ever happened to you? -"Oh man, these tunes are sweet! I only wish I could get them separately on Steam... Or, better yet, buy them straight away with the game as well!" Well, look no further! Once Upon a Jester Soundtrack is now available for your listening pleasure! That's right - 35 indie, cozy tracks will brighten your day, no matter how gloomy! If you haven't gotten Once Upon a Jester yet, feel free to grab the Musical Extravaganza Bundle and get the best of both worlds! Enjoy the rest of your day! Psst... If you want, you can give us a follow on one of the platforms ;) Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
- Karl Jacobs, Foolish and Corpse are voice actors in Once Upon a Jester! - 10 November 2022
Hey there! As you all probably know, the game launched yesterday on Steam and Nintendo Switch during Nintendo's Indie World event! You can get the Switch version right here: Once Upon a Jester on Nintendo eShop. Since the game is already out, we couldn't keep it a secret anymore, and with great pleasure, we'd like you to know that Karl Jacobs, Foolish Gamers and Corpse Husband, are voicing some of the characters in Once Upon a Jester! Here's a short video about Foolish's part - check it out and play the game to hear Foolish, Karl and Corpse! Also, don't forget to follow us on our socials! Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
- Once Upon a Jester featured in Nintendo Indie World showcase! - 9 November 2022
Once Upon a Jester was a big part of Nintendo's Indie World! Check our launch trailer and our happy faces during today's showcase! Watch it here (our segment in 16:09): Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
- Once Upon a Jester is out now! - 9 November 2022
We've been keeping this under wraps for a while now, but that's right - ONCE UPON A JESTER IS FINALLY OUT RIGHT NOW!!1 It's available on both Steam and Nintendo Switch. In fact, it was just showcased during the Nintendo Indie World! You can see our amazing launch trailer in all its glory here: And, to make the launch even more exciting, we've also announced that two beloved streamers - Karl Jacobs and Foolish Gamers voice characters you can meet in Once Upon a Jester! Geez, what a day, huh? Anyway, hope you enjoy the game! You can always let us know how you like it on our socials
- Eurogamer plays Once Upon a Jester! - 9 November 2022
The launch of Once Upon a Jester is coming very soon! Meanwhile, we teamed up with Eurogamer.net to bring you a short Let's Play video from the final version of the game - join Zoe Delahunty-Light and Ian Higton as the duo explores their dramatic potential and attempts to run their own improv theatre company as Jester and Sok! If you don't want to miss the launch - wishlist the game right now and follow us on social media! (but only if you want to, no pressure) Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
- Once Upon a Jester featured at the MIX Next Fall showcase! - 28 October 2022
If you watched the MIX Next Fall online showcased you might have peeped some familiar faces! Our new trailer was selected among many other great titles! We're super happy to be surrounded by other talented devs from all around the world! Here's the new trailer + a short intro by Mark and Kyon! If you want to check the whole showcase, here's the link Follow us on social media too! (but only if you want to, no pressure) Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonteAvond Discord: https://discord.gg/t85AhwqWrd Website: https://www.bonte-avond.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonte_avond Bandcamp: https://bonteavond.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonte_avond
