Greetings and salutations to our wonderful followers,

Last September, we announced the follow-up to Night of the Living Jouch, originally slated for a 2024 release. Our plan was to launch Dawn of the Jouch around Halloween 2024, as it was intended to be a much bigger project than Night. Along with Dawn of the Jouch, we had two other projects in the works. Quite ambitious for a team of just four people!

However, 2024 has turned out to be a whirlwind for everyone at Mutagen Interactive, with real-life events taking precedence. Personally, I’ve had a huge year with my band, including touring around Australia, recording, and preparing for the release of our new album. Our brilliant producer and narrative/dialogue/lore writer has also had a packed year with his own projects. Meanwhile, our sound designer spent half the year mixing my band's album. As a result, development on all three of our game projects—especially Dawn of the Jouch—has not progressed as smoothly as we had hoped.

Mutagen Interactive is a passion project for all four of us, so when life gets busy, game development sometimes has to take a back seat. As it stands, Dawn of the Jouch is about 50% complete. We’ll continue chipping away at it whenever we can, but it’s with a heavy heart that we announce the delay of Dawn of the Jouch until 2025. In the meantime, you can keep enjoying Night of the Living Jouch to get your denim couch fix!

We’ll have more updates closer to Christmas to let you know how things are progressing. Until then, remember:

"When there is no more living room, the jouch will walk the earth."

Cheers, The Mutagen Interactive Team