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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 26

Metavoidal, providing 100% satisfaction* to cursed drummers everywhere!

Picked up the game? Why not leave a review telling us what you think of being damned to play drummers stuck in a death-filled loop in-search of salvation? 📝

If you haven't been completely corrupted by metal, of course

*𝘚𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳

a graphic that says "Thank you for 100% positive reviews" with a little octo head and a flaming skull drawings on opposing corners of the image

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 25

Spotify sends out music to be discovered on a Monday, and apparently so do we 🤘

Metavoidal’s OST is now available on Steam! 📀

⚠️𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥

Check out the bundle here shorturl.at/L0Qky

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 25

Spotify sends out music to be discovered on a Monday, and apparently so do we 🤘

Metavoidal’s OST is now available on Steam! 📀

⚠️𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥

Check out the bundle here shorturl.at/L0Qky

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 It’s official!

Metavoidal is Steam Deck verified ✅

The game not only plays like a dream on a controller, you can now take it with you wherever you'd want to battle The Band™️

It's also the closest thing you’re gonna get to a Switch port for the time being 😀

An image of a person sitting on snow, their back turned to us, wearing an orange high vis suit and fluffy ear muffs. They're holding a Steam Deck in their hands with the menu displaying Metavoidal on the screen. In the background is the research base in Antarctica with the South African Flag on the side.

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 25

Maybe! At the moment we're aiming for releasing the soundtrack on Steam

I hear streaming platforms can be tedious to get onto, so maybe someone tackles it in the future!

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 It’s official!

Metavoidal is Steam Deck verified ✅

The game not only plays like a dream on a controller, you can now take it with you wherever you'd want to battle The Band™️

It's also the closest thing you’re gonna get to a Switch port for the time being 😀

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

As always, ping us on Discord/post something on Steam/send a carrier pigeon with any bugs or odd things you find in MV

Please. The devs are starting to get antsy with the lack of things coming in for them to fix. Soon they're going to start adding things just to break the game

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

Despite our attempts to turn the game off and on again, we’ve had to resort to actually fixing bugs and tweaking quality of life things in the game 🐞

So here it is, our very first set of patch notes! 🗒️✏️

A patch note image with the text:
ALL PLATFORMS

* Fixed missing prompts on 16:10 aspect ratio screens for the intro comic
* Fixed crashes related to holy projectiles
* Fixed Slugger achievement activating early
* Fixed the weird Baroqtopus attack issues
* Tweaked game performance
* Miscellaneous gameplay tweaks
* Small changes to tutorial text about throwing
* Fix the support for widescreen resolutions

XBOX EXCLUSIVE

* Re-enabled button remapping
(Back by popular demand!)

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ID@Xbox @idatxbox.bsky.social · Aug 20

Heads up! 11 new indies launching on Xbox today! 💚 There's a whole variety of games to be played, so check 'em out! 🎮

Links to each game found below. 🔗 ⬇️ #indiegames #idxbox #xbox

Indie Games Launching on Xbox on August 20, 2025:

Blacksmith Master
ACRES
Metavoidal
City of Springs
Shaman's Mask of the Rune Magic
Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
Golden Knight
Core.sys
SpotCat vs The Cheddar Mafia In Europe
Beautiful Sakura: Football Club
CritterGarden

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 20

This incredible animated trailer is brought to you by our resident animation wizard, Reonie Bothma/Kilowhat

With music & sound by fellow dev, JD Viljoen!

Oh, and did we mention? Play Anywhere is enabled ✅

www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...

Buy Metavoidal | Xbox

Metavoidal is a 2D pixel art, action rogue-lite game where music determines your abilities, and your abilities shape the dynamic metal soundtrack. Play as a drummer and escape the clutches of an eldri...

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s finally time to become a Stick Flick Fiend! Analogue stick, that is 🎮

METAVOIDAL is now available on @xbox.com! 🤘 Tap into the power of metal, take down The Band, and become the ultimate drummer 🥁

Or die trying! 😈

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 18

No, nice work you!

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sword of the Sea is out this week?!

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 18

WHATS IN THE BAAAAAGGGG

Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ahhhh! Thanks for playing AND the amazing words :D

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 15

We've selected the winner! It's ‪@holoboo.bsky.social‬! Congrats :D Please go check your inbox for the code

Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 15

BRB adding "Cymbal of Salvation" as the game's subtitle 🏃 Couldn't say it better myself even if I tried

Pfangirl Reviews @pfangirlreviews.bsky.social · Aug 15

Gaming plans sorted with the release this week of Metavoidal, a music-themed roguelite for PC (and soon Xbox).

Even better, it's South African made, by @YellowLabGames.

Here's our review, by @MatthewFig

Metavoidal Review – Cymbal of Salvation

It's time to rock on, and squeeze in one more run, with the release of metal-themed roguelite Metavoidal, from South African developers Yellow Lab Games.

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 14

They're name is Nix :)

www.instagram.com/artofnixbee?...

Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 14

That's a great bunch of games to be alongside!

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 14

Artist of the poster image?

Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

The best thing to come out of Gamescom '23 apart from all the friends we made

Lame, but true 🥹

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the best memories 🥹 it's so cool to see the art still out there in the world

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

THE PIT IS FINALLY OPEN! 🤘😤🤘Metavoidal is now available on Steam & Epic! 🔥

Tell your friends, tell your favourite band's drummer, tell your mom

It's time to take on The Band 🎸

store.steampowered.com/app/2221780/Metavoidal/

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Yellow Lab Games @yellowlabgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

👋 Hello from the Popular & Upcoming list!

We're so darn thankful for the 11 thousand of you who've wishlisted the game. We quite literally wouldn't be here without your support 💛

A screenshot of the Popular & upcoming steam list where Metavoidal sits pretty at number 2

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