Rusty Lake
 Rusty Lake logo as of 2021. | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Founded 📆 | Spring 2015, in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Founder 👔 | Robin Ras, Maarten Loise |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Amsterdam |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Video game |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.rustylake.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Rusty Lake is a Dutch indie video game developer studio founded in spring 2015 by Robin Ras and Maarten Loise.
Prior to the founding of the studio, in 2013, Robin and Maarten decided to develop Samsara Room as an indie video game.[1]
In spring 2015, Robin and Maarten, inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks,[2][3] started to release free surrealistic room escape games for Android and iOS, creating the Cube Escape series[4]. Following in the same year they started to release premium games, creating the Rusty Lake series.[5] Every game is in some way connected, adding to the mystery of the Rusty Lake, and follows detective Dale Vandermeer and his investigation into the death of Laura Vanderboom.
As of June 2021, there have been ten mainline games, five spin-offs and a collection[4] released. Music for the games is by Victor Butzelaar, with the exception of Cube Escape: Seasons, by Kevin Macleod.[6] In June 2017, the Cube Escape series had reached 3 million views on its official site[7] and 2 million on Kongregate.[8]
Gameplay
Cube Escape's gameplay involves the player navigating cubical rooms using point-and-click controls and collecting items and clues to help them escape. Premium games, such as Rusty Lake: Roots, have similar gameplay, although they aren't always developed as cubical rooms.
Games
Cube Escape Series
Warning: Display title "<i>Rusty Lake</i>" overrides earlier display title "Rusty Lake".| Cube Escape | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Escape Room |
| Developer(s) | Rusty Lake |
| Publisher(s) | Rusty Lake |
| Platform(s) | |
| First release | Cube Escape: The Lake April 25, 2015 |
| Latest release | Cube Escape: Paradox September 20, 2018 |
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| Release Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cube Escape: Lake | |
| 2015 | Cube Escape: Seasons | |
| 2015 | Cube Escape: Arles | |
| 2015 | Cube Escape: Harvey's Box | |
| 2015 | Cube Escape: Case 23 | |
| 2015 | Cube Escape: The Mill | |
| 2016 | Cube Escape: Birthday | |
| 2016 | Cube Escape: Theatre | |
| 2017 | Cube Escape: The Cave | |
| 2018 | Cube Escape: Paradox | |
| 2020 | Cube Escape Collection | A collection of the first nine Cube Escape games, released on Steam in October of 2020 in advance of the deprecation of Adobe Flash[4] |
Others
| Release Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Samsara Room | A remake of the game was published in 2020[9] |
| 2015 | Rusty Lake Hotel | |
| 2016 | Rusty Lake: Roots | |
| 2018 | Rusty Lake Paradise | |
| 2020 | The White Door | Co-developed with Second Maze[10] |
| 2022 | The Past Within |
Other media
Short movie
Alongside the homonymous game Cube Escape: Paradox a short movie was shot. The short tells part of the events of the game and the story of detective Dale Vandermeer and Laura.[11]
Comic
In 2019 a comic titled Paradox Comic Book has been published, based on the events of the game Cube Escape: Paradox.[12]
References
- ↑ "Samsara Room Game". Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ↑ Chalk, Andy. "Cube Escape dodges the end of the Flash era with a new collection on Steam". Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ↑ Golubev, Pavel. "Interview: The Hidden Secret of Building A Cult Following to Monetization". www.gamasutra.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wales, Matt (October 14, 2020). "Rusty Lake's Cube Escape Collection bundles 9 wonderful, darkly surreal puzzlers on Steam".
- ↑ "About the Studio". Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ "The Blog". Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Rusty Lake Series". Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Rusty Lake". Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Surreal, stylish Rusty Lake precursor Samsara Room gets free remake, is out now on Steam". Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ↑ "The White Door Official". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Paradox - A Rusty Lake Film: Official Short Film". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Paradox Comic Book is now available!". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
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