RMMV Manafinder - A tale about survival featuring all original pixel art and music! [Released!]

[masterlobo]

I'm very happy to announce the Manafinder finally has a release date of October 5, 2022!

And here's the final trailer!

 

[masterlobo]

I may be streaming gameplay of the Evergloom Rainforest (an area not in the demo) tomorrow as part of GDOC:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38233967/sale/gradientconvergence2022

I'm not the best at preparing the streaming setup and sometimes my Internet is wonky

But most likely I'll do it, time TBD, but I'm also thinking about leaving it on replay afterward. Also, in other news Manafinder will have 18 Steam achievements.

 

[masterlobo]

Not the hottest of announcements, but the demo will be delisted from Steam (here I explain why):
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1582410/view/3278080939160865245

itch.io will probably soon follow for the same reason. However, I will probably leave the demo up forever at: https://rpgmaker.net/games/10291/

My intention is to be transparent about this, so apologies for the inconvenience everyone!

 

[masterlobo]

Ok demo has been deactived from Steam. You can still manually open it by browsing the local files. The release is only 1 week away!

And I'm happy that Manafinder made it to Tensor Gaming's list!

 

[Gong77]

Really liked the demo, and have now wishlisted on steam. Looking forward to playing the whole game in a couple of days!

 

[masterlobo]

Manafinder has now been released in Steam with a launch discount!


I'll be uploading to itch today as soon as they approve my tax info! Thank you everyone for your support!

 

[RCDunn]

Big congrats, going to pick this up right now! I feel as excited as if my own game was released

 

[alice_gristle]

So happy for you sweeties! Imma get it and I think I wanna write a review too... altho with the rate I'm going, that gonna be 2024.

 

[masterlobo]

itch tax info still shows as Pending validation. It's the last thing to do to "finish" the release process. A word of advice to everyone... set up your payment stuff on itch weeks in advance!


Btw, mods or someone... I guess we can move this thread to completed projects.

 

[masterlobo]

1st patch released!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1582410/view/3564061417202972773

Meanwhile, 7 days and itch still hasn't approved my tax info
I'm not blaming them btw. I just wish I had gotten ahead of that sooner.

 

[slimmmeiske2]

I've moved this thread to Commercial Games. Thank you.

Congrats on the release!

 

[masterlobo]

Happy to share a couple of reviews so far:
1. RPGFan: https://www.rpgfan.com/review/manafinder/
2. RPGamer: https://rpgamer.com/review/manafinder-review/
3. TwosomesUP: https://twosomesup.com/manafinder

 

[Former_Sky]

Congratulations on your finished game.

 

[matthewwells]

Just picked this up yesterday, and I've had a lot of fun with it so far (about three hours in). Looking forward to playing more this weekend. Congrats on the release!

 

[masterlobo]

A new patch has been released with a couple of bugfixes and "New Game++"!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1582410/view/6080450349272616395

 

[masterlobo]

New review by davidvinc!!!

 

[matthewwells]

I agree with the reviewer. I'll always prefer beautiful, 2D pixel art to hi-res 3D models.

 

[masterlobo]

FYI: Manafinder is currently 20% OFF on Steam as part of the Autumn Sale!

 

[masterlobo]

New review by KeenGamer!
https://www.keengamer.com/articles/reviews/pc-reviews/manafinder-review-classic-jrpg-with-a-twist/

 

[masterlobo]

And now Manafinder is now available on Mac OS as well! Porting was easy, but it took me a while because I don't have a Mac. But I finally was able to borrow one! Pro tip to other RPG Maker devs: If you do the Mac OS deployment from a non-Mac environment the game just doesn't work well. I don't even know why RPG Maker lets you do so from a non-Mac environment. I found out the hard way lol

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1582410/announcements/detail/3613606154919915757