We wanted to wish everyone who will read this a happy new year and we hope everyone will be fulfilled with happiness and empathy.
The end of 2022 was for us a time of much work, Rainbow Billy was released on Xbox Game Pass to a very negative response from some users. We saw many hateful comments stemming from the themes of the game (nothing we are not used to at this point!). But, to our great surprise, the support and compassion online was beyond belief.
After posting about the hateful reaction on Reddit, thousands of people reached out to support our work. We were all filled with joy at the reading of these messages and if some of you are here, thank you <3.
As for 2023, at Manavoid, we’re working hard on the release of Roots of Yggdrasil, a city-builder roguelike that we're really passionate about!
We’re actually launching for the game a Kickstarter TODAY 🙂 You can check it out here!
You can always send us a message on Twitter if you wish to talk more about our games or join our Discord.
Season of Pride 2022 Event
Our game is included in this year's Season of Pride 2022 Steam Event!
We're so ~PROUD~ to be included and aim to make games more inclusive and fun.
New Zones: Challenge yourself with three new puzzles. They're probably the hardest in the game, so be warned!
New Thoughts: 10 new thoughts can now be found in the world. They come with new upgrades too!
New Creature Dialogues: You'll now find some of your friends in the world, interacting with each other. This expands on the relationships between the creatures and also provides some new lore!
New Endgame Carnival
A Jukebox!
Theater in Star Harbor for cinematics
Quality of Life
Accessibility feature: Low Saturation
Accessibility feature: Invert X Axis on Boat
Completion Helper Minimap Indicators
Theater in Star Harbor to replay cinematics
In-Game photo filters (play the game with the filters on!)
Thoughts will now say their lines upon pickup
Fishing spot on Minimap
Many bug fixes
Despite the pandemic and the 2nd lockdown here in Quebec, we've managed to continue working on our little game, to fix a few bugs and add on fresh features - some even created from community feedback! We hope you enjoy what we've been working on :)
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is now on sale for 60% this week !
82/100 Metacritic - Don't lose your chance to play the critically acclaimed 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer RPG game on sale this week!
Rainbow Billy is 50% off NOW!
Hello friends!
As part of the Steam Autumn sale, Rainbow Billy is 50% off for the duration of the event!
With over 30+ hours of gameplay, 60+ creatures to befriend and 80+ islands and caves to discover and recolor, you won't want to miss out! This is the biggest sale we've had since launch - Make sure to leave a review once you play!
Find out why critics are calling Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan “worth your while” and worthy of an 80/100 Metacritic score!
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Rainbow Billy is 30% off until Nov 12th!
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Wow! Insanely proud of the reception from critics and fans alike. Thanks to everyone who played and showed their support!
To celebrate our accolades, Rainbow Billy will be on sale, 30% off until Nov. 12th!
Share and tell your friends!
Rainbow Billy - Content Update 1.1
Today we release our first update! This update focuses mostly on bugfixes and quality of life improvements based on user feedback! Here's a quick overview :
Patch Notes
Major Fixes
- Fixed Achievement "Practice makes Perfect". Player who already succeeded more than 50 QTEs perfectly will be awarded this achievement the next time they perfect a QTE! - Gathered Thoughts will not make any sound anymore! - Fixed possible issues when saving and reloading the game at very specific moments. - You can now pet the dog during the end sequence!
Minor Fixes
- Performance improvements when traveling the Sea. - Fixed spelling mistakes in French. - Made QTE Hold Inputs visual more accurate. - Fixed clipping in Fishing UI and added wide screen support.
Quality of Life
- Fishing Spots with unique items are now shown on the compass. - Diary now tells you when the last save happened. - New WASD Input mapping option for keyboard. You can change which set of inputs is going to be used in prompts in the Diary (Arrow Keys, WASD, Xbox, Playstation or Switch!)
What's Next
That's it for now! Expect more content in the next updates! If you'd like to participate and vote on the next features that will be implemented, be sure to
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is OUT NOW!
It's been a week already since we released our game worldwide. Let me type that again because I'm not sure I fully understand what I wrote:
We made a game that's been released WORLD. WIDE.
We still can't really believe that the game is out. The love and support we've received is quite extraordinary and we can't thank you enough for being with us the whole way!
One week in and we already have an 80 Metacritic score (which is absolutely huge for an indie developer)
and multiple outlets praising the game (to quote a few):
“When thinking about what makes Disney films so good I always come back to one conclusion. It’s that they can be enjoyed by both kids and adults alike. In many ways, Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is the video game equivalent of that. It has the colors and wholesome humor that kids will love but enough gameplay depth for adults to get sucked in too.” 90 – PC Invasion
“Rainbow Billy is a fun and wholesome gameplay experience that’s sure to satisfy anyone with its bright, vibrant charm and tender coming-of-age narrative.” 85 – Cultured Vultures
"Its charm is undeniable, and developer ManaVoid Entertainment managed to create an experience that held a smile on my face from start to finish." 80 - Playstation Universe
Photos from launch day at ManaVoid HQ:
As indie developers, we rely on every last crumb to be able to project our game into the gaming universe in hopes of it getting talked about and played by the masses. If you'd like to go above and beyond for us, please feel free to leave a Steam review, talk about us on social media or even just mentioning us to your friends and coworkers can go a long way!
We realize that we still have some minor bugs to assess (shoutout to those of you who joined the Discord server to point them out and help us!). Our discord server remains open and is still the best way to get in touch with a dev if you're experiencing any type of issues in-game or with your console. If you are not able to join a discord server, please write to support@manavoid.com with a description of your bug and we will get to you as soon as we can!
We want to thank you all a billion times over - it's been quite the journey.
From Steamboat Billy to Rainbow Billy, a team of 3 to a team of 20 (at one point), winning the Ubisoft Indie Series, pitching to publishers, landing Skybound Games, moving to a new office, invited to be a part of the Indie Mega Booth at PAX East and being nominated for Best in Show, a pandemic taking over the world, figuring out how to develop a game with a team remotely, a fire in our new office that flooded our floors with an inch of water, Wholesome Direct + E3 showcase - we've been through quite a lot. The most important part was that you all stuck by us and supported us until the end.
Thank you. Thank you for your continued support and for believing in a small indie studio from Montreal, Quebec, Canada who had a small idea but dreamt big. If we're here today delivering this game to the world, it's thanks to you.
We hope (through this little game of ours) to bring you happiness and that you enjoy every last second of it just like we did. Being an indie developer is a lot harder than people think. We're incredibly proud of our team and the work and love they've put into this game. We're confident that you'll see this and we can't wait for you all to play it!
- The ManaVoid Dev Team
New Rainbow Billy Demo
A new Demo is now up on Steam! While it is almost the same in content, it is much closer to what the Game will be like. If you already played the Demo, you'll see it's very similar.
Here are a few important changes :
- This demo is designed so you can keep your savefile for the main game ! You won't have anything to do, just booting the main game will grab the correct save file ! If you played the old demo, we recommend that you clear your save file, just to be safe !
Here is how to delete your old savefiles: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1106830/discussions/0/2956041222219627875/
- This demo should run better than the other one! If your computer fits the min specs of the game and you couldn't run the old demo, give it a try and reach out to us in the forums!
- A bunch of little fixes from your feedback, Thank you 🙂
Happy gaming!
Rainbow BIlly: The Curse of the Leviathan launches October 5th 2021!
The time has finally come!
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan will launch on October 5th 2021!
We've been waiting for this moment for quite some time and now we can finally share the great news.
We'll be keeping a close eye on Steam if ever you have any questions or if you encounter any bugs as well.
Feel free to join our Discord as well if you want to be a part of our community (and we have a more official channel there for bugs encountered!)
