We don't just love making games, we also love playing them. We look forward to Extra Life every year, but 2023 is extra special special: Codename Entertainment will be participating in our TENTH year of fundraising for BC Children's Hospital!

Welcome Back, Extra Life!

Since 2008, Extra Life has raised over $130 Million USD for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The money raised is donated as unrestricted funds for hospitals to use as needed. And how does Codename Entertainment help raise that money? By doing what our community loves to do already: playing games together!

If you would like to learn more about Extra Life, check out their FAQ. The local member hospital that Codename Entertainment supports is BC Children's Hospital and the funds we raise are donated to BC Children's Hospital Foundation.

2023 Schedule

Starting Friday, October 20th at 9am Pacific, Codename Entertainment is excited to once again put on a 24-hour Extra Life Twitch Stream! We have a lot of content planned this year -- just check out our schedule below:

• 8:30AM — Founders Q&A
• 9:30AM — Tactile Storytelling: Making D&D Props
• 10:30AM — Goblins for Dinner
• 12:30PM — Gardening With Elisa
• 1:30PM — Battleball!
• 4:15PM — Queen By Midnight
• 6:00PM — Artomancy: Special Edition
• 7:00PM — Idle Champions Karaoke
• 8:00PM — Dad Jokes Don't Laugh Challenge
• 9:00PM — Multiplayer Beat Saber
• 10:30PM — Mario Party
• 11:30PM — CNE vs Machine
• 12:30AM — Fearwarned
• 2:30AM — Jackbox Games
• 4:30AM — Artomancy: Special Edition
• 8:00AM — Mars in the Morning
• 9:00AM — Thank-You and Goodnight!

Check out the Codename Entertainment Extra Life Page for information on how to donate!

How to Help

Along with supporting the 24-hour marathon on our Twitch Stream, we're offering these amazing in game incentives!

Bush Whacker 2

You can donate in Bush Whacker 2 by purchasing any of the three different Extra Life package deals! Net proceeds from all purchase of those packs between October 16-22nd will be donated to Extra Life! Each pack contains premium Bush Buck currency and Extra Life Elixirs which restore 100% of your max energy. Plus, pick up a laser sword in the other two packs: The Extra Life Game pack, and the Extra Life Bus pack! Find more details in-game!

Idle Champions

Idle Champions players can support Extra Life by purchasing Boom Boom the Tavernkeep Familiar between between October 16th and 22nd! All net proceeds from the first week of Boom Boom sales will be donated to Extra Life.

For more information about Boom Boom the Tavernkeep Familiar, check out the Boom Boom the Tavernkeep Familiar Blog!

The end of the year is a time to celebrate what we have with those that we love, and an opportunity to help others to make their year better. So we are absolutely thrilled to participate in our NINTH year of fundraising for Extra Life!

Welcome Back, Extra Life!

Extra Life is a wonderful program set up to raise donations for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. The money raised is donated as unrestricted funds for hospitals to use as needed. How do we help raise that money? By doing what our community loves to do already: play awesome games together!

If you would like to learn more about Extra Life, check out their FAQ for a wealth of information.

What's the Plan for 2022?

Starting Friday, November 18th at 9am Pacific, Codename Entertainment is excited to once again put on a 24-hour Extra Life Twitch Stream! We'll have a huge variety of shows and games, featuring our fantastic CNE staff both in front and behind the camera. Streams include:

• A Q&A with the founders of CNE!
• Many D&D games, including a return to dinner and some massive battles!
• Relaxing shows about gardening and drawing.
• Speedrunning in Dark Souls and Co-op Miami!
• Exciting slashing in Beat Saber, and building in Minecraft.
• ...AND MORE!

Check out the Codename Entertainment Extra Life Page for the full schedule as well as information on how to donate!

How Can We Help?

Along with supporting the 24-hour marathon on our Twitch Stream, we're offering some amazing in game incentives!



You can donate in Bush Whacker 2 by purchasing any of the three different Extra Life package deals! Net proceeds from all purchase of those packs between November 14-20th will be donated to Extra Life! Each pack contains premium Bush Buck currency and Extra Life Elixirs which restore 100% of your max energy. Plus, pick up a Controller sword in the other two packs: The Extra Life TV pack, and the Extra Life Fairy pack! More details will be in the in-game shop!



Everyone can help change kids health to give them a better future, even if you are A PIRATE IN SPACE! Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms players can pick up Flapjack the Pirate Flumph starting November 14th! Net proceeds from all Flapjack sales from the first week of release will be donated to Extra Life. Check the in-game shop on November 14th for details!

Welcome Back, Extra Life!

It's that time of the year again - and we're not talking about Christmas, though Christmas is pretty great - it's time for Codename Entertainment Extra Life 2018!

For those who may not know, Extra Life is a wonderful program set up to raise donations for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. The money raised is donated as unrestricted funds for hospitals to use as needed. But the best part? We can help by doing what we love to do: gaming!

For more information about the Extra Life program, check out their FAQ.

What's the Plan for 2018?

Like in previous years, the Codename Entertainment team will be playing all kinds of games, including TRPG games, board games, card games, and of course, video games. Dave even built a VR streaming setup!

The 24 hours of streaming include:

• Two Eberron-based D&D sessions, each influenced by donations to the Idle Champions Extra life Page. Two different teams of thieves will attempt to complete Adam's all-new scenario: LIGHTNING TRAIN HEIST!


• Art galore! Michelle and Alexis will be drawing sketches with pencil and paper and Kat will be drawing a tavern scene! Donations to Kat's Extra Life page get you a character added into the final scene! Follow Kat on Twitter to see her final image!


• A founders Q&A hour with co-founders Dave and Justin!


• A Magic the Gathering tournament!


• Classic SNES games played by Justin and friends!


• CNE plays the VR game Beat Saber!


• Our very own version of Hot Ones, mixed with party board games!


• Plus more!

And when we're not doing scheduled content, you get a bird's eye view of the office, awesome elevator music, and a custom stream overlay made by Dave and Adam, listing our schedule and current donations!

How Can I Help?

We've got a few different things happening this year for Extra Life.

Each of our actively supported games (Bush Whacker 2, Crusaders of the Lost Idols, and Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms) has a special item available for you to purchase in the game. Starting today, and until 10:00am Pacific Time on Wednesday November 21st, all net proceeds from purchases of these special in-game items will be donated to Extra Life!

Additionally, if you are feeling generous and want to donate more, you can contribute to any of the game's pages on Extra Life:

• Bush Whacker 2
• Crusaders of the Lost Idols
• Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Plus you can check out the Codename Entertainment Extra Life page here.

When do you Start?

We have time-gated our stream to this coming weekend, starting on Friday, November 16th, at 9am PST and running for 24 hours until Saturday, November 17th at 9am PST. You'll be able to watch the event in all its glory over on the Codename Entertainment Twitch.

Once again, you can find all our info and more over on the Codename Entertainment Extra Life Team Page.

Wish us luck surviving again!

There's something in the air... Something's coming, and soon! Will it be good? Will it be bad? Spoilers: It will be good.



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, April 9th at 12:00pm PDT.

• Jim the Lumberjack - Sharpen Party ability +200%
• Mister the Monkey - All Gold Found +200%
• Pete the Carney - Bad Joke ability +200%
• King Reginald IV - Royal Grail ability +200%
• Biff the Magic Rabbit - Fan Club ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Changing Jeweled Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

In real life it doesn't usually hurt if you get hit by a small piece of flying chocolate. Well, this isn't real life, is it?



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PDT on Monday, April 2nd.

• Sasha the Fierce Warrior - Bulwark ability +200%
• Baenarall, Angel of Hope - The Old Guard ability +200%
• Sisaron the Dragon Sorceress - Loose Magic ability +200%
• Dark Gryphon - All Crusader DPS +200%
• Nate Dragon - All Gold Found +200%

Check out these limited-time Chocolate Jeweled Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

Normally yo have to go hunting for great buffs like this, but not this weekend! Push forward while you can, because they won't last forever!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PDT on Monday, March 26th.

• RoboRabbit - Wind-Up-Bunny ability +200%
• Emo Werewolf - Base DPS +400%
• Khouri, the Witch Doctor - Koffee Potion ability +200%
• Sarah, the Collector - Base DPS +400%
• Alan the Archangel - Blinding Light ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Hunting Jeweled Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

The journey has been long and hard, but perhaps this weekend's buffs will take you to new heights! Push hard! Get those tier 3 objectives completed! You won't regret it!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PDT on Monday, March 19th.

• Detective Kaine - All Gold Found +200%
• Brogon, Prince of Dragons - Friends of Brogon ability +200%
• The Bat Billionaire - All Crusader DPS +200%
• Gloria, the Good Witch - Sparkle ability +200%
• Saint Patroika - Divination ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Limitless Jeweled Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

You don't want to get pinched, so don your greenest shirt and socks and make use of these awesome weekend buffs!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon Pacific on Monday, March 12th.

• Jason, Master of Shadows - All DPS +200%
• Artaxes, the Lion - Roar! ability +200%
• Snickette the Sneaky - Favorite Prey ability +200%
• Gold Panda - All Gold Found +200%
• Squiggles the Clown - Warming Up ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Green Jeweled Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

Need some helping finding the metaphorical pot o'gold at the end of a challenging objective? Perhaps these weekend buffs will help!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, March 5th.

• Bush Whacker - Increases your Critical Click Chance by 6%
• Kyle the Party Bro - Mosh Pit ability +200%
• Larry the Leprechaun - Subtle Magics ability +200%
• Prince Sal, the Merman - All Crusader DPS +200%
• Thalia, the Thunder King - Storm Rider ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Rainbow Jeweled Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

Some new challenging objectives are available in the Mischief at Mugwarts campaign, and this buff might be just what you need to defeat them!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, February 26th.

• The Washed Up Hermit - Base DPS +400%
• Natalie Dragon - All Gold Found +200%
• Mr. Boggins, the Substitute - The New Students ability +200%
• Agent 79 - All Crusader DPS +200%
• Frankie the Demon Crooner - Croon ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Mischief Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)