Perhaps you're already familiar with developer Rusty Lake's eponymous puzzle series, but if you're not that isn't entir…
Perhaps you're already familiar with developer Rusty Lake's eponymous puzzle series, but if you're not that isn't entirely surprising. Despite an enthusiastic fan base, the Rusty Lake games - and their free-to-play companion series Cube Escape – are yet to receive much in the way of mainstream recognition and acclaim. Which is a shame! They're wonderfully macabre things, combining atmospheric, casual room escape puzzling with some point-and-click flair.
And so Rusty Lake was born, the studio's name inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks - whose surreal, small town mysteries continue to influence the developer's output to this day."We wanted to have this place where anything can happen [for our stories]," explains Ras."So we were really looking for a mysterious name as well.
It was a decision that paid off.
The studio's first premium game, 2015's Rusty Lake: Hotel, was also its most substantial undertaking to date, building on the series' casual puzzle formula to deliver a deeply strange multi-room adventure set in an opulent manor inhabited by some very unusual guests. Unfortunately, while its gothic weirdness was extremely well-received, sales didn't immediately suggest a shining future for Rusty Lake as a premium game developer.
Since then, Rusty Lake has released one more premium title - a remake of series progenitor Samsara Room, launched to celebrate the studio's fifth birthday - but the bulk of its attention has been focused on The Past Within.
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