The soundtrack to Q is now available to purchase here on steam! We also added a bundle giving those of you who already own the game a 15% discount!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1302380/Q__Original_Game_Soundtrack/

The soundtrack features over 44 minutes of music composed exclusively for this game by Philipp Norpoth. It is a synthwave inspired score blending retro sounds with modern day melodies. All tracks are available in MP3.

Hey everyone!
It’s been two weeks now since Q hit Steam’s store shelves! While this has certainly been a nerve-wrecking time, we are happy to see and hear you all having fun.

Today we would like to talk about the future of Q and what to expect in the coming months.



Today’s update should bring some quality of life improvements and address some minor bugs we’ve noticed in playthroughs. You will find a detailed description https://steamcommunity.com/games/1071280/announcements/detail/2515772501337696294, but the most important changes are:

• Adjusted the difficulty and accessibility of various levels
  While Q is and always was meant to be a difficult game, we realize that we may have gone a little overboard with some of the challenges. You will notice some updates to the levels - we especially tweaked the dark ice world. It’s less slippery now.
  
  
  
• Added brightness, intensity, and gamma sliders to the graphics menu
  One of the most requested features was the ability to dim the screen a bit, presumably as to not attract *every* mosquito in a 3-mile radius. Thus, with today’s patch, we have added an “appearance” menu to the graphics options to allow you to tone the neon down a notch.
  
  
  
• Added the ability to open the menu on the start screen
  A little quality of life improvement to skip the initial jump when re-opening the game.
  
  
  
• Collectables are now displayed faintly if already collected. Also, they can be collected multiple times now
  If you want to relive the rush of getting that one tough collectable again, you no longer need to reset the game!

Again, the full change list can be found https://steamcommunity.com/games/1071280/announcements/detail/2515772501337696294


Of course - this is not the end of the journey. In the coming months, we’re looking to add some more requested features – and some we feel will make the game even better.



As already announced last week, the soundtrack to Q will be available on steam very soon. Drive, work, game or vibe to the sound of 17 slapping tracks!


This is the one where you can hold directions in the map to navigate! The second Quality of Q update will address even more quality of life issues – such as, but not limited to:

• Better Support for all the fancy monitors (HDR, 4K and Ultra-Widescreen)
  
  
• Improvements to menu navigation
  
  
• Performance boosts

This update is scheduled for mid july. Further info will be available soon.


Accessibility features have been a part of Q’s development from early on. Unfortunately, when the time came to release the game, these have been left on the cutting room floor. But with this update, we seek to rectify that and really give this the consideration it deserves. Look forward to these features:

Visual Accessibility

• Color Blind Modes
  We will add all-new color themes to each chapter that are specially designed to maximize visibility for the visually impaired while still looking fancy.
  
  
  
• Highlighting Danger
  Q is a game filled with peril. And while we tried to make all the deadly stuff stand out as best as we could, this feature will allow you to color code it with a color of your choosing.
  
  
  
• Outline Thickness
  With everything glowing and the game moving fast, it can be easy to get lost in the action. In the accessibility menu, there will be an option to change the line thickness, which will make the game look sharper overall

Gameplay Accessibility

• Difficulty adjustment
  This will add a couple options to allow you to adjust the difficulty of the game to a level you are comfortable with. These include invincibility, making pits bounce you up again, multi-jumps and extended wall running
  
  
  
• Gamepad Button Remapping
  The update will introduce the ability to remap controller buttons to allow you to customize your playstyle

Finally, we want to really make Q as speed runner friendly as we can. This update will add a lot of features to help you improve as a runner. The features here might still be subject to change, but here’s a little preview:

• A Speedrun Mode allowing you to start a run without resetting your save file
  
  
• Extended statistics on level and chapter times - personal bests and more

We hope that you will continue to provide us valuable feedback as Q evolves. If you’re interested in testing these new updates, want to share your thoughts on the game or just chat a bit about it, consider joining our discord server http://discord.gg/vAtFBn5.

Also, thanks for reading this all the way through.

See you soon!
~ The Manateam

Hi and welcome to the patch notes!
Today’s update should bring some quality of life improvements and address some minor bugs we’ve noticed in playthroughs and feedback:

• Added brightness, intensity and gamma sliders to the graphics menu
  One of the most requested features was the ability to dim the screen a bit, presumably as to not attract *every* mosquito in a 3-mile radius. Thus, with today’s patch, we have added an “appearance” menu to the graphics options to allow you to tone the neon down a notch.
  
  
  
• Added the ability to open the menu on the start screen
  A little quality of life improvement to skip the initial jump when re-opening the game.
  
  
  
• Collectables are now displayed faintly if already collected. Also, they can be collected multiple times now
  If you want to relive the rush of getting that one tough collectable again, you no longer need to reset the game!
  
  
  
• Made level backgrounds more consistent
  As you may know, Q features a bunch of secret levels and hidden paths. However, some of the paths didn’t stand out as particularly special through their color theme, leading to many confused players not realizing they’re walking on the super-hard path. So, we changed the colors of these secret levels to let you know somethings up.

• Adjusted the difficulty and accessibility of various levels
  While Q is and always was meant to be a difficult game, we realize that we may have gone a little overboard with some of the challenges. You will notice some updates to the levels - we especially tweaked the dark ice world. It’s less slippery now.

• Fixed an issue causing wall jumps to sometimes not work correctly on moving platforms
  
  
  
• Made gravity lines more consistent
  - When quickly oscillating
  - When wall jumping after a gravity switch
  
  
  
• Fixed a couple localization issues (en/ger)
  
  
  
• Added a few missing level names

Release time, everyone!
Q is out now! It's been a wild ride - and to celebrate that, we will offer a 15% launch discount until 25th June!

Thank you and have fun playing <3
- Team Manatea

Hey everyone,

as you may know, the ongoing pandemic is delaying the release of a lot of games, and we are unfortunately no exception.

Because of that, we had to delay the release of Q until June. While unfortunate, this extra time will allow us to polish the game even further until we finally get the go-ahead to push that big red release button!

In the meantime, we have prepared a shiny new trailer to show off the snazzy things we've been working on:

Hello everyone,

We have an important announcement regarding the release date of Q. Due to some unforeseen complications, we have decided to move the launch to May 14th, 2020.

Please understand that this is our first major release, and we want to do things right. It takes a lot of effort to make a game, and even more effort to set up a company to release a game.

In the end, we felt that publishing the game now would be to the detriment of everyone, as business obligations associated with the launch would impair our ability to support the game during its first few weeks. Thus, we have decided to take our time and use it to polish the game even further - and make it the best game we possibly can.

We'll keep you posted with the current progress of things during the coming weeks!

Best regards,
the Manatea-Team

Hey everyone,
Q just received a major update to both the demo version as well as the beta!
Both versions now feature a bunch of new levels, important gameplay tweaks, as well as a sneak peek at some of the new worlds.

Additionally, those of you that already own the beta version will also get to play the newest world: The inversion chapter!
Head off the beaten tracks in this collection of ground-, mind- and gravity-bending levels!

We'll be releasing a bunch of more info, as well as the final release date in the coming weeks - Follow and wishlist "Q" to be the first to hear about it!