Junk Jack Retro

November 17, 2016

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Junk Jack is now called Junk Jack Retro, paying homage to the game who started our adventure. The game has been updated to new Apple standards, and supports widescreen on all devices. Check also out Junk Jack (Formerly known as Junk Jack X). A vast new adventure awaits you!

November 15, 2016

!!!DO NOT UPDATE THE GAME TO THIS VERSION, OR YOUR WORLDS WILL STOP WORKING!!! ** If you have already updated you need to wait for a new update which fixes the issue, DO NOT BACKUP YOUR WORLDS right now, but wait for the new update to RESTORE your worlds and everything will be working again! ** Many apologies for that. Junk Jack is now called Junk Jack Retro, paying homage to the game who started our adventure. The game has been updated to new Apple standards, and supports widescreen on all devices. Check also out Junk Jack (Formerly known as Junk Jack X). A vast new adventure awaits you!

February 14, 2013

The St. Valentine update is here! Check out the new cool features, hidden statues, and rare chests. This is a minor update, all our resources right now are focused towards the Junk Jack sequel we're developing. Check out our blog for more news! Happy mining! Features: • Removed Christmas theme and mobs • New St. Valentine bunny! • New rare St. Valentine Chest • New St. Valentine Bow • New St. Valentine Arrows • Tiny consumable St Valentine hearts can be found in the world • New rare Spider statue • New rare Stone Golem statue • New rare Worm statue • New rare Mummy Pharaoh statue Bugfixes: • Falling on blocks will make the correct block sound • The inventory outline for the cactus is now correct • It’s possible to hold on an item in a craftbook page to open its craft page (if it’s craftable) • It’s possible to hold on an addon label in a craftbook page to open its craft page • Player doesn’t get stuck inside blocks anymore when placing blocks on him • Wrapped ribbon decoration can now be placed on blocks adjacent to player • Jungle tree now makes the right sound when hit

December 8, 2012

The Christmas update with new mobs, blocks, hats, achievements, themed stuff, weapons, and much more is here! Merry Christmas and happy new year by Jack and Xsx :) New features: 4 hats have been added to the shop 10 new achievements! New craftable curing star The world has now a snowy appearance! New ice block Revamped Snow Bricks Revamped Snow Blocks Trees are now covered in snow! New throwable snow ball New rare placeable christmas tree can be found underground New christmas decorations can be found underground New placeable christmas bells craft New placeable christmas balls craft Brown Bears are back with revamped graphics! New white bear mob New big penguin mob New small penguin mob New frosty mob New falling star mob New placeable butcher's broom! New placeable christmas candles New ice arrows, freeze monsters with them New ice shurikens, used to freeze mobs New ice sword weapon New Bear Claw weapon New placeable christmas light bulbs New placeable hanging star New craftable christmas chest New craftable frosty head New revamped placeable snow man New christmas biscuits and more than 10 christmas treasures New wrapped paper craft, use it to wrap blocks and give them a christmas look! Bonedust has a chance to force the growth of a plant when used on it It’s now possible to jump from the top of a ladder or a bridge It’s now possible to jump vertically from beneath a bridge Bug fixes: Some wood objects have a new wood break sound Fireplace has now christmas socks on it Zombie and skeletons are now Christmas themed! Physics engine has been tweaked to work seamlessly on older devices (no more slides of entities anymore) Sloped block crafts now require a workbench Climb movement is slightly faster Fixed jump animation frames Blocks that yield fruits cannot be broken with bare hands anymore Removing fruits from trees and items from shelves now is possible only with bare hands but from any distance Fixed a bug that caused crashes with quickslots that were emptied and filled again Fixed a bug that caused ghost items to remain in a quickslot Fixed the bug which made the character float when sliding during explosions Most sounds now are faded according to the player position Hurt effect on player now has the correct brightness according to his tile Pumpkin skin graphical hand glitch has been fixed Now TNT has a special graphical variant when ignited Fixed a bug that kept TNT on basalt blocks after explosion Removing a deco from a tile doesn’t start to break it anymore Tilling an untilled dirt block doesn’t start to break it anymore Trees have been mildly revamped Naturally growing leaves and blue leaves are now non solid blocks Placing an item on a shelf will place the same variant that you have in your inventory Dead tree now makes correct sound when hit Fixed a bug which made fruits on trees glitch their hanging status Now climbable vines correctly updates their sprites when destroyed Some jungle decorations now correctly allow treasures and mob inside them Chairs and tables can now be correctly placed without a background block Dark stone can now be mined just with its correct tool Fixed compact sand hardness Fixed compact sand wrong footstep sound Fixed bamboo bridge wrong sounds Increased Wood Fence craft output to 2 Slightly increased sapling drop rate on trees

October 28, 2012

THE NEW HALLOWEEN THEMED UPDATE WITH NEW MONSTERS, STATUES, THROWABLE WEAPONS, BLOCKS, CRAFTS & MUCH MORE IS HERE! We're also working on a new project, keep an eye to our blog and forum for official news! Check out the changelog below: New Features: • A new option has been added that keep game unpaused with inventory/map/book opened. • New brewing barrel addon. • 25+ new cooking crafts. • New plantable hops. • 4 New rare statues. • Throwable knives! • Slingshot weapon, use it to throw small rocks at mobs! • Throwable shurikens! • Placeable camp fire that can be used for basic cooking. • Placeable fireplace block. • Placeable carpet block. • A new achievement has been added. • 3 new mobs! • More than 15 new rare treasures! • A new rare chest can be found in the world. • Halloween Pumpkins can be found in the world! • A new craftable chest has been added. • 10+ new crafts have been added. • 3 new hats have been added to the shop. Bug Fixes: • Cocoa tree can be correctly destroyed without crashes. • You can now milk a cow unlimited times. • Taming collar craft now requires copper bars instead of silver. • Various wrong treasure offsets fixed. • Various craftnote typos fixed. • Stone merlon moved under the right craftbook category. • Putting Junk Jack in background will automatically trigger pause view. • Damage on character is correctly inhibited for one second upon receiving damage from any source. • Items thrown from inventory will bounce correctly even when player is not aligned to center of block. • Sticky bombs thrown at world limit won’t crash the game neither explode anymore. • Ghost items shouldn’t remain anymore when placing items. • Unhittable blocks are properly indestructible with bare hands. • Removed the duplication glitch with crafting and tap to move on. • Arrows don’t stick on world limit anymore, they just disappear. • Sapphire encrusted tools now properly work (shovels and swords). • Compact sand is now properly identified as sand (eg you can plant cactus on it). • Wheat is now easier to find. • Increased stone merlon craft output to 4. • Left sloped bricks hardness fixed. • Fixed white sheep health. • Jungle tree base makes the right sound. • Walking on glass makes the right sound.

August 9, 2012

Here it comes Junk Jack 1.2! Full changelog at http://pixbits.com/junk-jack/changelog, we had to strip it because it was too long :) NEW FEATURES -Bow & Arrows! -Metal tools and weapons can now be encrusted with gems to enhance them (durability, range, etc) -You can tame animals and place them into stables -You can feed stabled animals -4 stable blocks types for your animals -4 new hats in the Store! -New Fence Doors! -New craftable sloped decoration for Wood Blocks, Wood Planks, Stone Bricks, Sand Bricks, Clay Bricks, Roof Tiles -New craftable stone merlons -20+ New hidden treasures to discover! -New enhanced widget, needed for some crafts -Dark Stone can now be crafted back from shards and placed -A rare magical bean that can be planted! -Quickstack option! -A new craftable Junk Machine! -More than 20 new cooking recipes! -7 arrow and bow types! -A new ammo slot in the inventory -Sticky Explosives (to blocks) (small, normal and big bombs) -A new way of moving items in inventory only with tap and/or hold (can be enabled via a setting in options) -A new rare mineral which is said to be very strong! -Jeweler bench addon -New Sow, piglet, ram, lamb, rooster, chick, bull, calf mobs -A taming collar can be crafted to capture certain mobs -4 New rare fossils can be found and gathered underground -Mobs and treasures are now shown on minimap -Violet mushroom will now drop sprouts and can be replanted (they grow only in darkness!) -A new kind of showcase block can be crafted and holds up to 4 treasures (as a shelf) -You can throw items by dragging them outside inventory -You can tap an item or addon symbol in the craftbook to see its name -Now torches have custom ember colors -New beans, pepper, peach tree, lettuce, potato and grass plants -New wood bucket, a less expensive version for milk FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS -Now it's possible to eat also at full health -Revamped Furniture blocks -Reveamped Many Building Blocks -Glass window has become Iron Framed Window -Signs shouldn't crash anymore on newer devices -Small Closets can now be used as shelves -Decorations placed on leaves block will now shift accordingly if the tree grows -Using the bed to sleep will now reset health -Dark Stone can now be broken with strong tools -Non hittable block flag on back layer nows work properly -An empty durability bar won't appear anymore in some situations on quickslots -Destroying a cactus sprout won't make a cactus grow from nowhere anymore -Fixed some wrong cooking crafts. -Skull statue pieces cannot be removed from below anymore. -Fixed bugs related to palm trees -Revamped world and craftable chests graphics -Revamped metal blocks graphics -Decay time of items on ground has been doubled -Minerals and gems won't spawn anymore on basalt -Tapping on a togglable block (eg. chest) will now prevent throwing items as explosives -Health is correctly reset when player data is deleted -Gems dropped by veins now are raw gems (need to be cut) -Revamped tools graphics -Revamped gems graphics -Green grass is not directly placeable anymore -Fixes to recursive destruction of ladders -Improved natural grass spawning behavior -Trying to place a ladder on top of the world doesn’t crash the game anymore -Items on shelves in minimap now have proper lighting

August 7, 2012

***** DO NOT INSTALL THIS UPDATE ***** ***** DO NOT INSTALL THIS UPDATE ***** ***** DO NOT INSTALL THIS UPDATE ***** Read below for more informations: We're aware that game crashes when breaking a block, we already fixed it and sent a update to Apple through expedited review. If you have already updated and the game is crashing, don't worry, the next update will fix the problem. Thanks for your patience guys, many apologies for that. -------------- Here it comes Junk Jack 1.2! Full changelog at http://pixbits.com/junk-jack/changelog, we had to strip it because it was too long :) NEW FEATURES -Bow & Arrows! -Metal tools and weapons can now be encrusted with gems to enhance them (durability, range, etc) -You can tame animals and place them into stables -You can feed stabled animals -4 stable blocks types for your animals -4 new hats in the Store! -New Fence Doors! -New craftable sloped decoration for Wood Blocks, Wood Planks, Stone Bricks, Sand Bricks, Clay Bricks, Roof Tiles -New craftable stone merlons -20+ New hidden treasures to discover! -New enhanced widget, needed for some crafts -Dark Stone can now be crafted back from shards and placed -A rare magical bean that can be planted! -Quickstack option! -A new craftable Junk Machine! -More than 20 new cooking recipes! -7 arrow and bow types! -A new ammo slot in the inventory -Sticky Explosives (to blocks) (small, normal and big bombs) -A new way of moving items in inventory only with tap and/or hold (can be enabled via a setting in options) -A new rare mineral which is said to be very strong! -Jeweler bench addon -New Sow, piglet, ram, lamb, rooster, chick, bull, calf mobs -A taming collar can be crafted to capture certain mobs -4 New rare fossils can be found and gathered underground -Mobs and treasures are now shown on minimap -Violet mushroom will now drop sprouts and can be replanted (they grow only in darkness!) -A new kind of showcase block can be crafted and holds up to 4 treasures (as a shelf) -You can throw items by dragging them outside inventory -You can tap an item or addon symbol in the craftbook to see its name -Now torches have custom ember colors -New beans, pepper, peach tree, lettuce, potato and grass plants -New wood bucket, a less expensive version for milk FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS -Now it's possible to eat also at full health -Revamped Furniture blocks -Reveamped Many Building Blocks -Glass window has become Iron Framed Window -Signs shouldn't crash anymore on newer devices -Small Closets can now be used as shelves -Decorations placed on leaves block will now shift accordingly if the tree grows -Using the bed to sleep will now reset health -Dark Stone can now be broken with strong tools -Non hittable block flag on back layer nows work properly -An empty durability bar won't appear anymore in some situations on quickslots -Destroying a cactus sprout won't make a cactus grow from nowhere anymore -Fixed some wrong cooking crafts. -Skull statue pieces cannot be removed from below anymore. -Fixed bugs related to palm trees -Revamped world and craftable chests graphics -Revamped metal blocks graphics -Decay time of items on ground has been doubled -Minerals and gems won't spawn anymore on basalt -Tapping on a togglable block (eg. chest) will now prevent throwing items as explosives -Health is correctly reset when player data is deleted -Gems dropped by veins now are raw gems (need to be cut) -Revamped tools graphics -Revamped gems graphics -Green grass is not directly placeable anymore -Fixes to recursive destruction of ladders -Improved natural grass spawning behavior -Trying to place a ladder on top of the world doesn’t crash the game anymore -Items on shelves in minimap now have proper lighting

April 28, 2012

Finally UNIVERSAL Version! ++ NEW FEATURES * New rare weapon drops * New Stone Golem mob! * New Mummy Pharaoh mob! * New Carnivore Plant mob! * New Blue Scarab mob! * New Frog mob! * New Spider type, found in the jungle biome * New Zombie type, found in the mushroom biome * New Headless Zombie mob! * New Zombie Head mob! * Slightly decreased block size * Revamped Egypt Biome! * Revamped Column Biome! * Revamped Jungle Biome! * New Black and Brown Sheep mob! * Some treasures will now yield appropriate colour dyes when crafted near a spinning wheel * 15 new color dyes can now be used to tint cloth blocks! * 120 new recipes for cookable foods! * New cookingpot craftable addon * New cooking ware craftable addon * Craftable hoe! * Plantable lemon, orange, cherry, banana, pear, cocoa trees * Plantable eggplant, grapevine and tomato plant that require a wood support * Plantable melon, pumpkin, watermelon, corn, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry plants * Plantable corn, wheat, onion, carrot plants * Plantable sugar cane * Plantable canadia (exotic plant) * Every plant yelds the relative fruit and sapling/sprout * Palm trees (replantable) that yield coconuts * Tabs for categories in the craftbook * Items on shelves blocks are now visible in minimap * Custom craft grid backgrounds according to nearby addons ++ ENHANCEMENTS / FIXES * Death penalty will now drop all your items with the exception of quickslots, but no item is lost, just dropped * Adjusted minimum tool requirement for biome blocks * When a tool breaks it will now emit a sound * Grass won't spawn on snow blocks at map generation anymore * Raw wood can be placed as a block now * Now tools dropped from blocks will be correctly gathered in inventory * The super minimap graphics is more polished now * 5 new achievements * Revised power of some swords and tools * Revamped Giant Skull Graphics * Walking mobs try to be smarter, they can even dash blocks from time to time * Tweaked some map generator settings * The graphics of most blocks is more polished now. * Peaceful mobs will now spawn just normal terrain and not on crafted blocks * Reduced world save file size by roughly 50% * Graphical glitches (lines between tiles or thin black lines on surface) have been fixed * Optimized shadow engine and depth testing algorithm (much faster) * Rewrote inventory dragging algorithm: now you won't miss drags and it will be a lot faster on older devices * Tweaked older foods health bonus * Changed roasted meat crafts * Changed crafts for old foods * Christmas tree statue can be found again * Decoration blocks can now be properly placed on blocks which didn't allow them * Maximum stack count is now 65535, any item over this amount will be lost during merging * Item on shelves will retain uses count and data values * Dark stone/Obsidian veins can now be destroyed with TNT * It's possible to obtain a bucket of milk from cows while tapping them with an empty bucket in hand * It's now possible to break allowed blocks on top layer with every item selected in quickslot * Now thrown items will be launched from player position instead that from the block in which he is * Now game interface won't halt if you have in-app purchases disabled and you click on shop * Planted trees will have some variation in height (not all equal anymore) * Now bamboo plants drop sprouts that can be used to replant them * Mob Engine has been improved to parametrically handle groups of different mobs with same spawning flags * Decoration blocks removed by hammer will be pushed outside the block, if space is available * Footsteps on half blocks are now correct and related to the half block and not to the real one * Slain achievements should now be properly unlocked by correct creature type * Optimized world structure in memory, now it uses ~30% less RAM for the world

February 25, 2012

* The day/night cycle now properly works * Enabled new achievements * Increased the health given by the wild boar goulash craft * Modified the wild boar goulash craft, now needs less meat * Updated the craftbook pages with the new inventory icon * The wood sign now correctly drops the treasure when broken * Christmas Tree statue can be properly placed around again * Now bed can be used to sleep just when staying on the same block * The shop now dynamically load price and ability to buy even with item dialog opened * Now the gun powder graphics is the same one as the drop

February 18, 2012

**please make a itunes backup of your worlds to avoid any chance of loss! ** New features: • Craftable jigsaw puzzle! • Junk Jack Shop! (buy small things to support the developers) • Explosives! • Attack visibility toward mobs (experimental) • Walking behavior for mobs • Writable signs • New mob: maya zombie! • New mob: mummy! • New mob: zombies! • New mob: skeletons! • New mob: mother dynaslime! • New mob: dynaslime! • New mob: meat launching zombies! • New mob: skeleton bomber! • New skeleton statue (hard to craft) • New zombie statue (hard to craft) • Wild boar goulash can now be crafted • Dead tree saplings! • New craftable cottage pavement • New craftable cottage bricks • New craftable roof tiles • Delicious cactus soup can now be crafted Enhancements: • It’s now possible to sleep in bed during night to reach dawn quickly • You can hold on switch page button in craftbook to quickly navigate it • It’s possible to remove placeable decorations (like half blocks or TNT) from blocks with a hammer • Plantable papyri • It’s now possible to attack mobs with every object in your hands • Revamped the graphics of the jumping skull and bone loots • Game Center button replaced the unstuck feature • New Cobblestone texture (again!) • Treasures are pushed out (if possible) of blocks that are filled by placing solid blocks • Optimized map generation (it will be generally faster) • Optimized the whole engine (everything will be faster, especially on older devices) • Now splitting an item with multiple variants can yield them randomly • Brand new logo! • Wool now makes the correct sound when walking on it • Fixed a bug that allowed to exploit bridges to climb fast • Hell blocks with slabs can be properly broken again • Bookshelves are now a solid block • Biome dirt blocks no longer drop also normal dirt • 19 achievements implemented • Removed cigarette from Jack’s mouth (he quit smoking!) • Super zoom cooldown removed (now you can go back and forth freely) • Throw mechanics with tap for explosives (not hold) • Bridges attached to growing trees now fall down when leaf block grows • Friendly Mobs no longer drop healing potions • Clay blocks in the craftbook reflect the new clay style • Main Menu is no longer christmas themed • Jack has put his christmas suit in the closet • Plate rocks no longer drops also normal rocks • Crafting 9 nails into an iron ingot now requires a Forge (as shown in craftbook) and not an Anvil anymore • Now you can trash items also by pressing trash button while an item is selected (no need to drag) • Wood Door doesn’t have a chance to break anymore • Item amount dropped from craftable chests when broken is now retained (you won’t lose items anymore) • Now a block in the back layer can be broken directly after having placed it • Pause menu doesn’t disappear anymore upon device lock/autolock • Recursive destruction of ladders/bridges shouldn’t have glitches anymore • Now opened trapdoors with ladders overlapped allow falling of items/mobs • Now trapdoors disallow exit of mobs/items from below when closed • Tapping a trapdoor overlapped with a ladder with bare hands shouldn’t crash the game anymore • Fixed a bug through which Jack could get stuck into blocks (no need for unstuck button anymore!) • Used items shouldn’t remain in quickslots as ghost items anymore • Climb animation is now fixed when started by jumping up to a hanging ladder • Climb animation animation on ladders over bridges is now fixed • Quickslot is preserved while opening/closing inventory if a new one is not selected • Fixed a lighting bug that occurred when placing a light over a daylit block, covering it and then digging right below it

Frost Ninja Hat

This custom character skin provides a frost ninja look together with automatic ice weapon drops.

Chef Hat

This hat is a special skin for the main character that drops ingredients for cooking over time.

Botanist Hat

This IAP will provide the player with a custom skin for the character that will occasionally drop saplings that can be used.

Slime Hat

This purchase unlocks a different skin for the main character: he will have a slime over his head.

Complete CraftBook

This purchase will enable a switch to unlock the whole craftbook whenever the user wants.

Santa Hat

This custom character skin provides a Christmas look together with automatic drops for placeable Christmas presents.

Breeding Hat

This custom character skin provides a animal tamer look together with automatic drops for breeding items

Jazon Hat

This custom character skin provides a monster look together with automatic throwing knifes drops that can be used as a weapon.

Robin Hood Hat

This purchase unlocks a character skin which will drop arrows over time.

Golden Logo

This purchase unlocks a golden logo in the main menu of the game.