SEND IN THE CLOWN Announced
Family Friendly Gaming News
Los Angeles, California - 4 September, in the year of
our Lord 2026 - Mad Herons, a brand new indie game
studio founded by LA improv comedy veterans Jacques Mouledoux,
Karen Park, and Nick Park announced today their debut title SEND
IN THE CLOWN, a bite-sized, comedy adventure that sees players
dive headfirst into the role of Pockets, history’s
least-appreciated clown.
What happens when a former iCarly Writer, SpaceX Engineer, and
university professor with a flair for improv comedy team up to
form a game studio? The answer of course is SEND IN THE CLOWN -
a comedy adventure as cozy as your favourite sitcom, set in a
joyfully chaotic world where saving the day is no laughing
matter!
A two year labor of love conceived long before the studio came
into existence, SEND IN THE CLOWN is an adventure born from the
minds of LA’s finest funny folk, painstakingly crafted with
comedy at its heart, and finessed within the city’s gaming
scene. SEND IN THE CLOWN is an adventure begging to be played
multiple times. It is a tale full of surprises, birthday cake
and poorly constructed balloon animals!
SEND IN THE CLOWN was borne from an idea generated by creators
Jacques Mouledoux, Nick Park, and Conner McCabe at the Global
Game Jam back in 2024. As it started to come to life, the game
soon became a collaborative effort as the Mad Herons team was
joined by Tyler Hutchison who helped create Pocket’s facial
animations, and Courtney Vineys, one of many improv comedians
and respected voice actors who lent their talents to a character
in the game.
In SEND IN THE CLOWN, players take control of Pockets The Clown,
a birthday entertainer who must acquire a whole host of classic
clown abilities to take back Miranda’s party from her brat
brother who is trying to turn this party into a circus, and not
the fun kind.
From mastering the art of spraying water flowers to herding a
pile of hot dogs of dubious quality, Pockets will need every
trick in the book to gain experience points and level up his
skillset so he stands a better chance of saving the day. You’ll
be juggling more than just balloon animals though; every guest
needs your help in their own unique way. In order to turn
Miranda’s frown upside down, you’ll need to turn guests into
friends, play minigames, solve puzzles, and make dialogue
choices that affect the party’s outcome.
Have you ever wanted to teach a single dad to dance in a Guitar
Hero-style rhythm game, or give an exhausted mom a much-needed
break from parenting with Uncharted-style quick time events?
Maybe you want to beat a child’s high score in America Shoots
Guns At The World, a Space Invaders-style shoot 'em up? If so
then SEND IN THE CLOWN is the game for you!
Along the way, you will explore a party full of suburban
oddballs and discover the source of the party’s problems all
stem from one small, obnoxious brat: Tad, the birthday girl’s
menace of a brother. You’ll need to use all the skills you’ve
acquired throughout the game to take down Tad for good in an
epic final RPG battle. Pick your favorite guests that you’ve
befriended to join you! If you taught the single dad to dance
well enough, he will lead a dance troupe attack. If you had good
chemistry with the mom you dated, she will disgust Tad into
missing a turn by flirting with you. Whatever path you choose,
one thing is certain: you’re going to be the ringmaster of a
total circus.
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system(s)
in the US at this time.
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