- Where Did JKR Go?: Explainations, Updates, & Good News! - 22 July 2026
Hi! Sooo about that "Awkward Silence" thing š
I wish I could say that I've just been incredibly busy working on the game this whole year, but that's not entirely true. Life is hard, and mental health stuff is a struggle.BUT! GOOD NEWSI feel I am genuinely getting back into the swing of working on the game again, without it feeling like a chore or feeling hard to get started. This month alone, I've made a lot of progress on implementing new features for once we start developing the full Campaign, AND the outline for the whole story is done! Now it's about writing all the scripts and figuring out the nitty-gritty details of it all. And depending on if I manage to keep up this momentum, we could be looking at a 2027 Early Access release šššIn the embedded video, I talk more about all of the above, as well as showcasing a little of what I've managed to work on! Thanks for the patience, aā¦
- Just Keep Running in 2026: New Team, New Plans, Less Awkward Silence - 30 December 2025
Hello! Itās Vic, the creator of Just Keep Running.You might be wondering where the hell Iāve been this whole year. I kinda wonder that too sometimes, honestly.To keep it brief: this year has been very different from how I wanted it to go. It ultimately had its ups, with streaming and charity work going well, and its downs, with education and mental health playing a big role. But there was little to no time or motivation for me to work on JKR for most of this year.And honestly? That sucked. It felt wrong.I love this game, I love the potential in its gameplay and story, and I have so many ideas for not only where it can go, but what I want it to be. And currently, itās a bit different from that vision.So whatās the plan?Wellā¦ get to work on implementing that vision! And Iām not gonna be doing it alone.One thing Iāve realized concretely this year is that, unless Iām in my zone, I suck at bā¦
- V. 2.6.0 - The āHomecomingā Update š”ššØ - 1 March 2025
WE FOUND THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE! Jokes aside, thank you so much for the wait! Iāve been busy rewriting the story of JKR and thatās gonna keep me busy for a while, but weāre back to actively working on the game, and this small lil update is proof! :D Key Changes COLOR ADJUSTMENT You can adjust certain game colors in the Settings menu. This one has been on my Trello forā¦ uhh, I dunno actually. Let me check real quiā Uh. Awkward. ā¦well, itās here now! The āColorblind Correctionā filters we had before werenāt all that useful (it was made especially clear when Accessibility specialist Ian Hamilton called us on it). Itās more for detecting contrast issues rather than actually HELPING with perceiving color info. These filters have now been completely stripped from the game. Instead, in the Accessibility settings, you can just simply adjust the colors of gameplay elements to your liking! This isā¦
- š§āš³Back in The Kitchen: New Update, and Charity! - 28 February 2025
It. Has. Been. WAAAAAY. Too. Long. I did mention that life had become a bit busy, but Iām starting to figure it out, and getting accustomed to making time for working on stuff. Iāve also found a new love for streaming! Let me break some stuff down into 3 bullet points. The focus for this year is on JKR. I have hopes of working more on T-1000 eventually, perhaps even getting a demo out by the end of this year (š¤š¤š¤)! But right now, even juggling between two projects is a bit too much for a university student. A lot of the delay comes from rewriting. After getting my stuff together, I realized I wasnāt too happy with parts of the game's story. The last quarter of 2024 was mostly spent figuring out in my mind what I wanted the story of JKR to be. This is just to show that I havenāt been (completely) lazy this year, and these are from last week I started outlining the story in February thā¦
- V. 2.5.0 - Quality++ šš - 12 July 2024
Yo yo yo! š Weāve had a productive June, and weāre coming at you with many QoL features and changes. Keep reading for more deets! š Key Changes ALTERNATIVE WALLJUMP COUNTER Side-by-side comparison of Counters For those of you who find the normal, full-screen, counter distracting or confusing, you can now toggle on a different, informative, and less āin your faceā counter instead! UPDATED TIME TRIAL UI UI Showcase Weāve added a lot of improvements to the Time Trial UI to help avoid confusion and frustration. We do this by, for example, informing the cause of death and properly warning players when time is running out! QUICK TURN Quick Turn Showcase We had this on our Trello board forever since I thought itād be hard to implement, but it wasn't! This is especially useful for Controller players who canāt turn around quickly enough for certain levels. Full Changelog - 2024-07-12 ADDED Quiā¦
- V. 2.4.0 - The āSteam Next Festā Update! - 15 June 2024
OH SNAP! ANOTHER ONE! Hey there! Despite prepping and running the Steam Next Fest showcase, weāve still kept busy bug fixing and making adjustments to Just Keep Running, and thatās what this update is all about! :D DOWNLOAD NOW! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2684400/Just_Keep_Running/ Key Changes PRO TIPS Pro Tips feature in Loading Screen Weāve pretty much reworked how Pro Tips are managed, allowing us to easily add, modify and remove tips, and use them across multiple scenes thanks to Scriptable Objects. Thanks to this rework, yoo now also have Pro Tips in the loading menu! So if youāre waiting for something to load for a while, you can also get some tips while youāre at it. 1-1 CHANGES Stage 1 Showcase Speedrunners, take note! Weāve had to swap the location of the Cube Button in Stage 1 of 1-1 to prevent players from potentially softlocking themselves pretty easily. This might mā¦
- STEAM NEXT FEST HAS BEGUN! JOIN OUR SHOWCASE š„³š - 10 June 2024
STEAM NEXT FEST IS HERE! And in celebration, we are hosting a showcase of Just Keep Running 24/7 for the next 7 days! STREAM 1 To kick off the stream, join us later tonight for the start of the Showcase! 11PM CEST / 4PM CDT / 5AM AWST STREAM 2 And our stream will get an extra bit of highlighting on the Steam pages on Friday, so join us then if you want to support the stream! š 4PM CEST / 9AM CDT / 10PM AWST What will we see in this Showcase? Well, maybe this thing gives you a tease of what to expect! Trust me, thereās more than whatās on this listā¦ You can check out the game and stream on our Steam page! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2684400/Just_Keep_Running/
- Steam Next Fest - Showcase Stream 1 - 30 May 2024
Hello! :D Right now, along with the Steam Next Fest, we are showcasing our game! You'll witness... Developer commentary on the Demo A Developer Interview by CGDannyB Project T-1000 Speedruns Features from many content creators and streamers! And more! :D The main event will take around 2 hours. Afterward, we will show a selection of Let's Plays and VODs of JKR from many content creators and streamers! The full stream should be around 6.5 hours long. For anyone who can't join the main event, don't worry! The stream will keep replaying to give people in different time zones the chance to watch it :)
- Steam Next Fest - Showcase Stream 2 - 30 May 2024
Hello! :D Right now, along with the Steam Next Fest, we are showcasing our game! You'll witness... Developer commentary on the Demo A Developer Interview by CGDannyB Project T-1000 Speedruns Features from many content creators and streamers! And more! :D The main event will take around 2 hours. Afterward, we will show a selection of Let's Plays and VODs of JKR from many content creators and streamers! The full stream should be around 6.5 hours long. For anyone who can't join the main event, don't worry! The stream will keep replaying to give people in different time zones the chance to watch it :)
- V. 2.3.1 - Fixing the UI! š - 10 May 2024
Happy Friday! š Weāve got a little hotfix for you today, especially focused on fixing some UI issues we had at the launch of 2.3.0. I hope you all enjoy it! :) Also, just a lil teaseā¦ ;) šā¤ļøJust Keep Running for Charity Friendly reminder that we are still running a FUNDRAISER for Just Keep Running, and ALL PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO CHARITY! We raised over $70 for Heart to Heart International last time, so letās try to BEAT THAT RECORD! ā¤ļø For just a dollar, you can get Just Keep Running as well as some other benefits, such as HQ Downloads of the Soundtrack, Bonus Content, and Steam Keys for Just Keep Running! (Once we launch in Early Access) Ā© 2024 World Central Kitchen. All Rights Reserved. 100% of all Net Earnings from the Sale and Twitch Revenue will be donated to World Central Kitchen, which prepares & serves fresh, nourishing meals to communities and areas impacted by natural disasteā¦
- V. 2.3.0 - š¤«Stealth, š ļøTweaks and š¤Geeks - 5 May 2024
FINALLY, SOME JKR UPDATES! š„³š Weāre starting to add Stealth mechanics, QoL changes, and tweaks to levels to make it easier for the baby birds dipping their feet into the game! š Soon enough weāll be getting back in the Writerās Room to start working on Chapter 3 and, perhaps, maybe even Chapter 4ā¦ š (also yes, the title is a reference to Freaks and Geeks š¤) Key Changes HIDING āHidingā Feature Showcase Weāre working on some new features for players who prefer to play more stealthily. One of the features youāll notice in 2.3.0 includes Hiding spots! These give you the ability to hide behind and/or under certain furniture without getting spotted by Roof Turrets and/or Security Guards (so long as you havenāt been spotted entering a hiding spot.) We are still prototyping more potential Upgrades and features that enhance the āStealthā elements of the game, and other useful one-time buffsā¦
- V. 2.2.0 - The āØ āMore Upgradesā āØ Update - 17 February 2024
Weāre back! And weāve got an update for you š More upgrades, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and other small but cool additions, thatās what this is all about! Weāre still working hard currently on T-1000, but soon enough weāll be getting back in the Writerās Room to start working on Chapter 3 and, perhaps, maybe even Chapter 4ā¦ š Key Changes MORE UPGRADES Running Speed: Adds +10% to the player's running speed. āRunning Speedā Upgrade Showcase Enemy Vision Cone: Makes enemy vision cones +10% more narrow per level. āEnemy Vision Coneā Upgrade Showcase ACCESSIBILITY SETTING: Dyslexia-Friendly Font Dyslexia-friendly Font Showcase This is an accessibility setting that modifies Notes and other applicable game text to use a font that is designed to be more readable to players with dyslexia. This can be applied to multiple other sections of the game, and if anyone wants to give us any feedback forā¦
- V. 2.1.0 - šŗļøTutorial Reworked, š®Controller Sensitivity, & more! - 24 January 2024
šWeāre back with some significant changes! Today mostly focuses on 1-1, replacing the previous Climbing and Wallrunning tutorial stages with a single stage that should hopefully teach both mechanics in a much better way. It also mostly includes changes to settings and the Main Menu UI. Key Changes 1-1 Update: Stages 3 and 4 replaced with a single stage that should better teach new players how to Climb and Wallrun! New Controller Sensitivity settings Refreshed Campaign/Level Selection Menu, and more! Full Changelog - 2024-01-24 ADDED Added Gold Star to Campaigns in the Main Menu to indicate if youāve gotten a Golden rating on every level. Added Controller Sensitivity Settings. CHANGED 1-1 Replaced Stages 3 (Climbing tutorial) & 4 (Wallrunning tutorial) with a new stage that should (hopefully) be better at teaching new players how to Wallrun and Climb. This level update will outdate prevā¦
- V. 2.0.1 - Controller Optimizations! š®š¹ļø - 28 December 2023
šThe first patch in a long while! Todayās patch mostly contains fixes and optimizations that make navigating menus and playing the game on Controllers more efficient and smooth. And more changes and improvements are coming soon with future updates! Key Changes New Controller Bindings: Look, Respawn, Restart Level, Hard Restart Improvements to Main/Pause Menu navigation Added a lil beard and hat to the Danny doodle :) Click the heart to learn more about the initiative. Hereās a quick reminder about the I.M.I.Self Hope Initiative! The I.M.I.Self Hope Initiative is our way of giving back to those in need. Starting January 5th, every other month on the Friday of the first week, we plan to give back 20% of our net income to a humanitarian charity of our choice. The first charity weāre planning on giving to is Anera, which is currently providing hot meals, hygiene kits, cleaning services, psā¦
- CHAPTER 2 IS OUT NOW!šš„³ - 21 December 2023
š„³IT TOOK OVER HALF A YEAR, BUT WE BACK! Chapters 1 & 2 of Just Keep Running are now available for you all to play as a demo! Scroll down if yāall want more details about the game and what changes weāve made (compared to 1.4.4, which wasn't available on Steam). https://store.steampowered.com/app/2684400/Just_Keep_Running/ This update brings you a brand new Chapter in the Main Campaign, and a total of 5 NEW LEVELS, one of which isnāt part of the main campaign. Spinninā Security Bot Youāll come across new obstacles like Lasers and Disintegration Panels, and thereās a brand new enemy as well, the Security Bots. Changes to Level 1-1 Weāve reworked the 1-1 tutorials to be (hopefully) much better at teaching the gameās mechanics. Weāve also reworked and optimized Story Messages, the Pick-Up system, enemy detection, and vision cones, and weāve also squashed A LOT of bugs. Vision Cone added toā¦
- CHAPTER 2 TOMORROW! + š¤š¤š¤I.M.I.Self Hope Initiative - 20 December 2023
TOMORROW IS CHAPTER 2 RELEASE DAY!!! And we have some pretty nutty announcements coming, including an initiative weāre launching. Keep readingā¦ š¤š¤š¤I.M.I.Self Hope Initiative Click the heart to learn more about the initiative. This is something weāve wanted to launch for a while. And now that the season of giving is here, it felt appropriate to announce this during the Winter Sale! The I.M.I.Self Hope Initiative is our way of giving back to those in need. Starting January 5th, every other month on the Friday of the first week, we plan to give back 20% of our net income to a humanitarian charity of our choice. The first charity weāre planning on giving to is Anera, which is currently providing hot meals, hygiene kits, cleaning services, psychological support, and health clinics in Gaza and the West Bank, whose civilians are being actively displaced and killed in the Israel-Hamas war. Wā¦
- š„³5 days until Chapter 2! + Indie of The Year Awards š - 16 December 2023
š5 days until Chapter 2! The crew, playtesters and I are excited for you to be able to play Chapter 2 soon, and I think the wait will be worth it! A quick reminder that We Need YOUR Votes to Win IndieDBās Indie of The Year Awards! Click here to go to IndieDB. Scroll down until you find Just Keep Running. Youāll find us in the Platformer section. Click the big red āVOTEā button and BOOM, Youāre done! No sign-up is required, and it only takes a few seconds to vote. So, please go in and give us a vote. Itād mean a lot to us! š ā
š®Playtest Phase 2 - SUCCESS! 2-3 Teaser Playtesting has been a success! Weāve managed to catch a lot of little bugs and added a bunch of other improvements. Shoutouts specifically to Gaminator, Vaian, Azura, Trollmo, boimario, and alola who have been incredibly helpful. One specific change we recently implemented was adding Vision Cones to the Roof Turrets, justā¦
- The Wait is Over! Chapter 2 is coming December 21st!š„³ - 6 December 2023
WE COME WITH GOOD NEWS! Are you sitting on the edge of your seat? Have you waited long enough to play Chapter 2? Well, the wait will soon be overā¦ Just Keep Running: Chapter 2 is coming outā¦ December 21st! Yes indeed! Chapter 2 is finally getting released. We are going through playtesting and adding some final touches, but Chapter 2 is completely developed and built! Youāll be able to download Chapter 2 as a demo here on Steam! Itās been a journey getting here, and once this comes out I finally get to have a bit of a rest. Christmas is finally here, and so is a brand new major update to Just Keep Running š If you want to support us in the meantime, make sure to Wishlist Just Keep Running on Steam! This will help get the game shown to more people on the platform. You can click the button below to add the game to your wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2684400/Just_Keep_Running/
