Preface[]
This is a general article aiming to list all known community events in one place. Please see below for a list of events and their short descriptions. All images are linked to their respective main articles where possible or to external sites responsible for the event.
If you know of events that are not listed here, make sure to join the Journey Discord and make a post at #forum_and_wiki! We'd be happy to get the Wiki Crew involved to share the event.
Calendar Access[]
We have some choices:
- Public viewable Google Calendar[1] in UTC timezone.
- ICS/ICAL file for download.[2] You can follow directions here on how to import into your calendar.
Sharing Friendly Links (please delete the spaces when you copypaste into your browser):
- tinyurl .com/TravellerCalendar
- tinyurl .com/TravellerCalendarICS
If someone finds a beautiful embeddable calendar, please let me know (since the google one looks terrible) ThatRandomWayfarer (talk) 18:34, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
Upcoming General Events[]
March 2024[]
March 13th
12th Anniversary Poster by Kbak
Journey's 12th Anniversary - see section: Journey Anniversary Fan Event
March 15th & March 16th
Poster of Two Days of Powachingu-kai
Two Days of Powachingu-kai[3]: Journey Community of Japan's 12th Anniversary Celebration
- Everyone and all platforms are welcome to join!
- Date/Time: Friday, March 15th & Saturday, March 16th at 21:00 JST / 12:00 PM UTC / 08:00 AM EDT.
Recurring Events[]
Scarfless Saturday[]
No scarf? No problem!
Date & Time: First Saturday of the Month, (any time of day)
Do not collect symbols and travel with little to no scarf!
Ruby Tuesday[]
Red Robes Only
Date & Time: Second Tuesday of the Month, (any time of day)
Travel while wearing a Red Robe!
Journey Anew[]
Let the cycle continue!
Date & Time: Third Friday of the Month, (anytime of day)
Complete a full journey with the robe of your choice!
Silent Sunday[]
No Chirping!
Date & Time: Last Sunday of the Month
It is recommended to arrange a journey or start at the following times:
4:00 AM EST/ 09:00 UTC / 18:00 Japan Standard Time
4:30 PM EST / 21:30 UTC / (Monday, 06:30 Japan Standard Time)
Journey Anniversary Fan Event[]
Random meetings encouraged!
Date: Annually on March 13th
Time: 22:30 UTC / 6:30 PM EDT / (March 14, 07:30 JST)
You can play at anytime if you're unable to attend at the event time! The event is for all Tiers, Robes, and Systems.
Below is a list for arranging possible meets between game platforms:
- Playstation 3 / PlayStation Plus Premium players can connect to PlayStation 3 players
- Playstation 4 / 5
- PC Steam
- PC Epic (not recommended, as it has known connection issues)
- iOS
Contests[]
Spotlight: Image of the Month[]
Spotlight is waiting for you!
Do you have an awesome screenshot? Want to be featured on the Wiki Homepage?
Here's your chance to enter for the upcoming month and don't forget to check out our gallery for past submissions!
Anniversary Poster Design Contest[]
Who will shine the brightest?
Every year, we ask the community to design posters and vote to declare the winning poster to be used to advertise our annual fan gathering event!
For more details regarding required text, whom to contact, deadlines, previous poster winners' gallery, please visit Anniversary Fan Event Poster Contest.
Speedrun Marathons[]
Only major worldwide events are listed here.
Check out Speedrun Events to see more past events and an explanation of the different speedrun categories.
European Speedrunner Assembly (ESA)[]
ESA is a series of charity fundraising marathons revolving around speedrunning. There are two major events with ESA Summer (Jun-Aug) and ESA Winter (February). In addition, ESA hosts two other events such as Benelux Speedrunner Gathering and Break the Record: Live.
Watch Robsdedude's scarfless speedrun from ESA Winter 2022.
Games Done Quick (GDQ)[]
Games Done Quick is a charity fundraising organization that raises money via speedrunning. Volunteers play games at incredible speed for entertainment and are streamed live on Twitch, non-stop, and all donations go directly to the charity.
Awesome and Summer Games Done Quick[]
Two of the main events organised by GDQ, happening in winter and summer respectively over the course of a few days.
Watch nathanj's speedrun with commentary by Peksa and stoicmom for AGDQ in January 2022.
GDQ Hotfix[]
GDQ Hotfix is a recurring show to showcase runners and games.
SanchoPanda ran Any% White Robe Glitchless on April 12th, 2022 at 11 PM (US Central Time) with commentary from Charybdis (5 AM UK) for "Time Capsule": a Hotfix show that picks games from a specific year in the past, and asks the runners what it was like playing the game for the first time. Episode is "2012 Vol. 1".
RTA in Japan[]
RTA in Japan is a large-scale event held in Japan to gather like-minded players to showcase their games and skills.[4]
RTA stands for "Real Time Attack"...aka...speedrunning.
There are currently two events: "RTA in Japan Summer" and "RTA in Japan Winter" and are streamed on RTA in Japan Twitch Channel.
Historical Events[]
Pre-Anniversary Events[]
3 Days of Pre-anniversary Travel
The Journey Community of Japan has organized 3 Days of Pre-Anniversary Traveling Events in-game in honor of the approaching 11th Anniversary!
Please use both hashtags if you post screencaps or videos:
- #風ノ旅ビト
- #11周年ぽわっちんぐ会
Here are the Dates & Times for Gathering in-game:
- Friday, March 10th at 8:00AM EST / 14:00 CET / 22:00 JST
- Saturday, March 11th at 7:00AM EST / 13:00 CET / 21:00 JST
- Sunday, March 12th at 8:00AM EDT* / 13:00 CET / 21:00 JST
Note: US has Daylight Savings on 3/12
Here's wishing you many meetings with epic travelers and creating beautiful memories in the sands!
White Robe Figurine Launch Celebration Event[]
White Robe Figurine from GoodSmileCompany
Date & Time: Saturday, August 13, 2022 & Monday, August 15, 2022 at 21:00 JST / 8:00 AM EDT / 12:00 PM UTC / 14:00 CEST
In celebration of the White Robe Figurine Launch, travel with us while wearing a White Robe! It is okay if you're a first time traveller to use a Red Robe - but White Robes are encouraged!
Please use both hashtags with Japanese words only (by copy/pasting):
- #風ノ旅ビト (Kaze no Tabibito, meaning, "Wind of the Traveler")
- #白ビトフィギュア発売記念ぽわっちんぐ会 (Shiro bitofigyua hatsubai kinen powa-chingu kai, meaning, "White Robe Figure Release Commemoration Chirp Meeting")
This event was organized by Journey Community members of Japan.[5]
Journey Walkathon Challenge[]
Walkathon
Hosted By: aravshetikolava in the Journey Discord
Date: April 7th, 2022 thru June 7th. 2022 10 A.M. EST
Description: Discover which levels are possible to pass without ever pressing the jump or the chirp button.
For complete challenge rules, details, winners, please see entry on the Contests page.
Another Journey[]
Poster by Aravshetikolava
Organized by u/PassOnPositivity on r/JourneyPS3 on Reddit.
They contacted the developers and directly emailed Austin Wintory to gain support for this event to encourage players to play journey as much as possible and to share art & media with #AnotherJourney.
The event lasted for the whole week of September 13th, 2021.
10th Anniversary[]
Poster by Rebmakash
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary on March 13, 2022, a special wiki page was dedicated to showcasing the community's love for the game.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ ThatRandomWayfarer's Public Calendar for Journey Community Events. Thank you to arckoor and lizmatt for highlighting the need for a digital calendar and providing a skeleton base for me to work with!
- ↑ Thank you, Juesto for the direct download link and general assistance!
- ↑ Thank you to Unpari-san for letting us know of the events! Here's the Twitter Announcement.
- ↑ Its founders wanted an event in Japan similar to Games Done Quick in the US.
- ↑ This event was notified to the Wiki Team by SeniaXeniii, who provided information from Toma and Fruhling's Twitter Post.