“Randy & Manilla is an extremely indie affair”
The newest update to genre-spanning indie title Randy & Manilla dropped not long ago, and there’s a lot of fresh content to explore…so we’re doing just that.
The Fakepeace Update, as it’s known, brings a new Net-Cube world to the game, and it’s one of the most elaborate yet.
The grim urban sprawl of Fakepeace is rife with crime, both the illegal activities, and one of the new NPCs, whose literal name is Yuri Crime.
Yuri is a criminal mastermind and former organized crime leader who lost everything to one of Cracksom’s minions and new top dog in Fakepeace, Lavil Yandere. Yuri is out for revenge, and the enemy of my enemy, something something.
The update ended up bigger than expected, too. Along with Fakepeace, the update also brings the mysterious Quantum HND Net-Cube world, an ancient archive of memories, and possibly the oldest of the worlds in existence. Maybe you can unlock its secrets… if you’ve got your wits about you.
If you’re new to Randy & Manilla, now is probably a good time to give you a quick rundown. Randy & Manilla is a game inspired by franchises like Wreck It Ralph, and Ready Player One. It follows the titular characters as they explore a multiverse of Net-Cubes, each containing a new world.
That’s not all, though, each of these cube-worlds brings a new genre. In one, you might be jumping around inside a platformer, in another, you might be racing vehicles. There’s even a world made up of arcade cabinets.
The siblings will need to cross worlds and game genres to defend the cyber-universe from the machinations (literally) of the evil Cracksom Virus.
It would be an ambitious project for a big studio, but Randy & Manilla is an extremely indie affair. It’s currently in Early Access with regular updates.
If you’d like to give it a go to try it out, there’s a free demo available on Steam or betas on Itch.io, with the full games available to purchase if you like what you see. There’s a lot more content in development, so stay tuned over there for more new stuff. We’re excited to see what’s next.
