In case you haven't noticed, in the previous patch I said it was going to be the last one and polished enough to be worth waiting for the next major update. However, as time has passed and after several unforeseen events, I've discovered once again that I was wrong. Furthermore, as I'm writing this,
the mechanics and some of the content for the next update are already in the prototyping phase, but since it still has a long way to go before it's released (whether due to interruptions or any other factor that requires more time), I've decided to take the opportunity to share what the next patch offers:

One of the most notable additions is the ability to punch while Randy is sprinting.
This consists of an extension of his attacks that allows him to perform a ranged hit without much interruption to his speed. This will make it easier to defeat more than one enemy at a time, and it makes parts like the 102-brick challenge in levels 1-4 a slightly less tedious task.

Another issue that was difficult to fix is ​​that, in levels with sloping terrain, the physics didn't behave correctly regarding the character's orientation. If you look on the up side of the image, when Manilla stops or runs again, she either goes up in the air or takes a while to fall, while on the down side, the physics are now more in line with the slope of the ground (although she still has that issue, but not as noticeable).

A very similar application has also been introduced in the 2D version. As Manilla runs down the slopes,
instead of falling from the air, she lands on the ground (in most cases), as seen in the example gif,
which provides a close-up of the physics of the reference game (Sonic the Hedgehog).
One issue that couldn't be resolved is that jumping while running on the same slope doesn't actually increase her height.


Some revisions have also been made to some interfaces related to points and some supplementary text. It may not have seemed necessary at first to add backgrounds to the example texts, as they are generally perfectly legible without them, but sometimes there are moments in the game where the colors stick to the text, rendering it illegible. Therefore, readability has been improved, as in this example:
The idea of ​​adding backgrounds to the text (although they may not seem the most aesthetically pleasing option) was to make all the text in the game as legible as possible.

Among many other changes and additions:

Physics and Gameplay Changes:

• Minor bug fixed in the Rol & Rogue boss battle when one chooses the fireball instantly or accidentally on controllers
  
• Minor collision fixes on double walls in Rol & Rogue levels
  
• When starting a sprint, one is much less likely to get knocked into the air

Other Changes:

• Cracksom's claws now leave trails to make the attack more visually noticeable during his boss battle
  (among other minor changes)
  
• When Randy hits Koogamer's ship, he is briefly stunned instead of taking damage
  
• Score texts no longer overlap (unless they appear at the same time)
  
• The default camera position has been changed in some levels
  
• Animal signs have been added to Terra-Qubit levels 1-3 and 1-4
  
• Fixed a minor calculation error in level 6-1 where it said he won 400 points, when it was actually 200
  
• More layer adjustments in dialog commands
  
• The portal in Quantum City doesn't appear when it's not time to exit the Net-Cube and opens when it is
  
• Corrupted boxers can hit faster after taking damage

Truthfully, updates in the patch category usually don't take more than a month to release, but this time it wasn't because it was harder to find any notable changes worth uploading (unless it was for serious bugs). And, as with the third patch, it's here to provide the most polished experience possible while we wait for the big update. This one likely won't arrive in 2025 due to the potential challenges it might cause, and if it's delayed to 2026, we'll compensate by combining it with the second update to deliver the final version of Randy & Manilla all at once.
In the meantime, enjoy the current version ;)

If you are among the first to notice the presence of this game on Steam, you will know perfectly well that it has already been a year in which Randy & Manilla has reached one of the biggest markets in the video game industry.
I thank all the users who gave the game a chance to try it out or add it to their wishlists during its first year, and let's hope that for its second year it will go as far as it can to reach some of its major goals.

As a reminder, the previous patch was very small due to development being on hold for Christmas. To kick off 2025, a much larger patch has been released, offering the following changes and additions:

For starters, a small counter with a number has been added to Manilla's runner levels, indicating
how many jumps are left before landing again. This will make it easier to manage jumps while Manilla is in the air in order to complete the aforementioned levels.

In addition, some strange details that have been overlooked for a long time have also been fixed, such as a piece of cloud with invisible edges in level 4-2 of Wonder Race, visible in the game trailers.

Among many other changes:

• Time now freezes while pausing during super sprint
  
• Fixed parts where exiting to start menu from pause would result in black screen
  
• Revamped tag trigger system
  
• Changed third clue text in Blue Quantáramo's passwords level
  
• Minor correction to level 4-4 ranking
  
• Corrections to Sparky's dialogue trigger in Rol & Rogue
  
• Minor camera corrections
  
• Changes to the physics glitch in Manilla's shield boost
  
• Shorter stall time when climbing over Cracksom in his battle
  
• Slight framerate improvement in Abstractia level 5-4
  
• When Cracksom spins and damages Manilla, he steps back slightly to attack again
  
• Crackscorpio (Quantum City boss) can take double damage when his double shot is returned.
  
• Manilla will no longer lose level 5-3 just by touching the "water" of the sea (at least until she sinks to a certain depth)
  
• Rol & Rogue's supercrits will appear a bit more frequently
  
• Gameboss fights will no longer be improperly triggered by pressing C/Select without first reaching their combat areas
  
• Minor fix for Manilla's sprites in Rol & Rogue
  
• Player Randy/Manilla can clip through Randy/Manilla CPU
  
• Fixed muted sound of Randy dying in level 3-1
  
• Level 1-2 signs are now destructible
  
• Fixed a detail when leaving Quantum City, entering Rol & Rogue, and then exiting to the start menu to load the game: some Net-Cubes that entered ended up as Rol & Rogue

This is the Randy & Manilla patch with the most changes recorded to date. The idea behind this patch was to give the current Early Access the most polished version possible before we start the long road to the next major update (a preview of the characters making their debut was shown on the penultimate day of 2024).
I hope that what this patch offers will be worth your time while you wait for the next big update.

2025 is coming, and perhaps in the same year, one of the most important things that will coming to the game is shown in the following image:

This pixelated image shows the silhouettes of a pair of mysterious characters that will appear in Randy and Manilla's next major update.
They are scheduled to be released at the earliest between mid and late 2025.
For those who don't know, this update is part of the first block on the roadmap:

But as I explained in the Quantum City update, its development will be much longer and more ambitious.
I hope your wait is worth it.

The patch that follows the previous one is very little in comparison, but with one highlight to close the year 2024:

Most of the non-localized texts finally have a Spanish localization, including texts for images and re-recorded videos.
The exceptions in this patch are texts such as some of Wonder Race, whose fonts are a bit more complex to recreate. This complexity could increase if more languages are added to the game.

Among other small changes:

• Fixed the points that don't count when making contact with the feet.
  
• Vertical rotation can now be reversed with B key.
  
• Softening of the zoom sensitivity for more precise adjustments.

Until then, development will be on hold before the next patch or major update (which will probably come sometime in 2025).
Anyway, have a happy holiday and a happy new year ;)

On the way to major updates, there are a few patches to be released and this brand new one offers
the following changes and additions:

If you are in an even bigger hurry to get through levels, especially the longer ones, an additional function has been added to the sprint button. However, like the sprint in Rol & Rogue, what it actually does is speed up time x2 while holding the button as the playable characters are moving.
The difference between this sprint and the one implemented for the other Net-Cubes is that it is activated after pressing the sprint button twice or walking after 3 seconds in a row and has a very limited time with a recovery period depending on the character chosen:

Randy's Super Sprint:

• Use time: 2 seconds (4 seconds in normal time)
  
• Recovery time: 4 seconds

Manilla's Super Sprint:

• Use time: 3 seconds (6 seconds in normal time)
  
• Recovery time: 3 seconds

The continuous use time may seem very short, but the idea of ​​this limitation is not to abuse the ability
and to use it in cases where there are large areas free of enemies and obstacles.

Among other changes and additions:

Physical and gameplay changes:

• Automatic camera rotation for controllers can be activated with the RT/R2 button.
  
• The physics, gravity and mobility of both Randy and Manilla were balanced.
  
• Vertical rotation can now be reversed with LT/L2.

Other changes:

• Slight changes in the position of some locks in Rol & Rogue.
  
• Fixed a minor animation bug in dialogue triggers.
  
• More exaggerated effect on the icons indicating the targets to destroy in the fourth level challenges of both
  
• Terra-Qubit and Quantum City.
  
• The color of the Golembrick's crowns (name of the first boss) was changed.
  
• Mouse blocking for clicking the character selection buttons in Rol & Rogue was fixed.
  
• Fixed (at least for the most part) a Golembrick animation bug that occurs in the third phase.
  
• Minor redesigns in some levels to adapt to the new character physics.
  
• Fixed the frozen animation of the exit buttons when quitting and re-entering the pause menu.
  
• Minor audio corrections.
  
• Minor sprite corrections in level 6-4.
  
• Minor level redesign in Gamezone Cube.
  
• Fixed quicktime effect when replay the boss battle from Wonder Race (Gyga Cy-Wasp).

Even with all the additions, another patch could come after this one, but in the meantime, development will be soon on hold so you can have a happy holiday season and a new year 2025 with everything the game has to offer so far ;)

Everyone knows that any PC game with minimal support for Proton (the Steam emulator for Windows) is
functional on Steam Deck, and that is why we have come to confirm that Randy & Manilla works on Steam Deck.
However, its statement took a long time because it needed a small group of people to test it,
and both a gameplay from Pixelacos and the LnkInx's review were enough to prove it:

According to showed the aforementioned users, the game would be listed as verified, but with certain inconveniences that could have left the yellow label as playable only.
However, this is just a confirmation from those who tested it and not an official confirmation from Valve.
We look forward to hearing from you to find out if their verification matches ours.

Originally, this new version was going to be the fourth patch, but, in addition to its long-awaited fixes,
it also brings forward some of the new levels that were planned for the first major update.
Below is an explanation of everything that the next version offers and, further, the reasons behind these decisions:

Firstly, Quantum City is now complete with two new levels. Among them, the debut of a new boss called "Crackscorpio" stands out:

Sent by Cracksom to steal the key that Blue Quantáramo gave Randy and Manilla for their mission. One must have very good reflexes and timing to dodge the fast attacks of his tenacious pincers and shots.
In addition, two new compositions and another couple of remixes of pre-existing ones are included in the soundtrack.


This is great news if you are one of those players who likes to control Manilla better than Randy.
Randy's sister is also playable in the Rol & Rogue's Net-Cube, and the role of helper is played by Randy himself.
You can switch between characters using the character selection option both at the start and after losing the game. Additionally, there have also been some code updates to adapt it to Manilla's gameplay and some slight tweaks to the details of the levels.


The footstep sounds, previously limited to cutcsenes, have also been included, in order to provide a wider sound immersion in the game.


If you have read the news of the first patch, you will know that you can automatically sprint in 3 seconds. In addition to this, a visual indicator has been included to better clarify its activation (at least until you hit the manual run button).


Many of you who played the game, especially in the early stages, will remember how hard it was to steer your ship towards the Net-Cubes that are essential to the adventure. In case you find it more difficult than it should be, an "auto-travel" option has been added to the main menu.
This is a help mode where, by simply pressing the speed button, your ship will head directly towards the selectable Net-Cubes. One less hassle for more casual or faster players.

Other improvements include:

• Ability to click on level buttons with the cursor in Quantum City
  
• Fixed tree collision at the goal in level 4-2
  
• Fixed collision micro-bug in level 1-5
  
• Minor fixes in Gamezone Cube
  
• A fix in the Net-Cubes menus in Rol & Rogue and Abstractia, where they could be skipped by pressing the exit button
  
• Fixed a teleport position in level 1-4
  
• New route added to the Quantum City map
  
• Minor modification to the pause menu
  
• The turn and move platform buttons will be disabled when they finish their function
  
• Removal of the running animation when falling from cracking bricks in level 1-3
  
• Moments where springs fail don't abruptly stop jumping (level 1-3)
  
• Randy is less prone to getting stuck in 2D levels
  
• Jumps in the air are limited by coyote time (2D levels)
  
• fixed the height and position of many Terra-Qubit trees, and also little level redesigns

Now that all the changes, additions and improvements have been explained, let's see what they mean for the roadmap:

As you can see, the blocks from the first and second update are marked with a vignette indicating that they are in progress or with content advancing, instead of being complete.
To better clarify the function of the vignettes, I explain it in the following image:

If the block vignettes are blank, it is because the blocks haven't yet been developed or are in draft phase, while, when they are marked with a tick, it means that all their base content is complete
(not counting unforeseen imperfections or bugs).
But, returning to the changes in the roadmap, in the first one, where it says "Quantum City and Blacksquare complete", there is a cyan asterisk indicating that it has been advanced in the current version.
Note: this is only referring to the fact that Quantum City is complete, but Blacksquare is not, although it can be accessed after leaving the aforementioned Net-Cube. It has remained since the beginning of development, acting as a kind of "fake post-game" offering 3 levels in advance.

But the most important matter that both points indicate is that there will be changes to the voices of a couple of the most important characters in the game. I regret to announce the departure of the voices of Randy Qubit and E-Mailer from the project, whose artists have decided to prioritize and pursue other paths in their careers.
However, plans to replace dubbing are long-term decisions, so the door is always open to the actors should they wish to return. The option of using AI (artificial intelligence) to replace human voices is NOT being considered, even though the game is obviously about AI, as the project started in a time before generative AI massification.

Because of all of the above, I ask for your patience for the first major update, which may arrive later than usual. However, the second update, having almost all of its simpler content in advance, will possibly be released earlier and will continue at the established pace.

Despite the bumps, I encourage you to continue enjoying everything that the game currently offers and will continue to offer.
Their patches will also come and the demo has updated in parallel to everything described.

Surely some of you have asked for Randy & Manilla their own Steam demo.
Since it's very important for the devs, especially to present it at the Steam Next Fest.
In my personal experience, for the 2024 Next Fest, I couldn't submit the February fest because the page wasn't created yet, and I couldn't also submit the June fest either because I couldn't afford to delay the Early Access release.

Although anyway, I finally decided to upload a demo, because I felt that even with the patches and lowering the base price or by offers weren't enough to convince a good number of players to add at least the game to their wishlists. And also found the easiest method to make a demo.

Basically it's like Early Access but with a limitation: Only the first two Net-Cubes can be played (Terra-Qubit & Gamezone Cube), and the rest of the game will remain locked with an "End of the Demo" screen until it has previously acquired Early Access.
And the best part, is that once it has acquired early access, it will be able to load the game from the saved point on the demo.

What the demo offers might be more than enough for it to decide whether or not it works for its PC requirements, or whether or not is worth purchasing the game or add on the wishlist.

Anyway enjoy the demo of Randy & Manilla ;).


(Note: The demo will be updated periodically in line with major updates or patches with important feature changes.)