I'm making a Rusty Lake inspired game. I'd love to hear feedbacks from this community!

Hello! I'm a solo developer working on a surreal puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake. I'd like to share my latest trailer and get feedbacks from this community. 🤩🤩🤩

Rattle Spring is a desert hot spring, where your cousin Vera's family runs a healing resort. You arrive at the resort after receiving a vague note from Vera and will uncover the dark side of the resort and the family.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4671010/Rattle_Spring/

Demo available on Steam and itch:

https://oddgingergames.itch.io/rattle-spring-overture

https://oddgingergames.itch.io/the-crows-room

u/OddGingerGames — 15 days ago

My Surreal Puzzle Adventure reached 300 wishlists today!

I want to celebrate this small milestone and remind myself that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

u/OddGingerGames — 24 days ago
▲ 10 r/GodotEngine+1 crossposts

How do you handle crash report?

I'm trying to find the best way to report crash data from the game.

So far NOTIFICATION_CRASH seems promising, but some post says that this is raised before the stacktrace is written to the logs. So It's not really helpful to grab the logs at the moment of receiving this event.

A potential work around is to save the fact that "it crashed", and read the logs on next launch. But this is problematic because:

  1. the player may never open the game again

  2. the log may be overwritten on the next launch

What do you do/suggest? Please help me!

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u/OddGingerGames — 1 month ago
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a short surreal puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake - free on itch for web

Hi everyone!

I'm a solo dev working on a surreal puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake. You'll enter a desert hot spring resort to find your missing cousin and uncover the dark side of a resort claimed to heal people's mind and body.

I just released the first chapter as a free Web game on itch:

https://oddgingergames.itch.io/rattle-spring-overture

If you like it, please wishlist the full game on Steam: 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4671010/Rattle_Spring/

And play the previous demo (completely different environment and puzzles) too:
https://oddgingergames.itch.io/the-crows-room

Let me know what you think! Thanks for supporting indie game development! Any like/share/comment means a lot to me!

u/OddGingerGames — 1 month ago

I'm building a Rusty Lake inspired game [surreal, puzzle, point-and-click]. Now I have a new demo.

Hi everyone!

I'm a solo dev working on a surreal puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake. It's set in a desert hot spring resort and you start to see its dark side when you arrive to find your missing cousin.

I love the project since it's a combination of emotion provoking stories, strange yet familiar surreal world, and mind bending puzzles that organically grow from the environment.

Play our new demo in browser: https://oddgingergames.itch.io/rattle-spring-overture

Add to your wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4671010/Rattle_Spring/

Please let me know what you think! Any feedback will help me move further!

u/OddGingerGames — 1 month ago

play testers invited for a 10-20min point-and-click surreal puzzle game

It's the overture chapter of Rattle Spring, a surreal, eerie, point-and-click puzzle game inspired by Rusty Lake. When your cousin vanishes from her family’s desert health resort, you must adventure into unsettling spaces, cryptic characters, and generational trauma to solve the interconnected puzzles and uncover the truth.

Features

  • Handcrafted puzzles organically integrated in an eerie mysterious world
  • Easy to start point-and-click interaction
  • Unforgettable characters and storyline
  • Unsettling sound and visual design

Playable link:

https://oddgingergames.itch.io/rattle-spring-overture

Please comment here, DM me, or rate/comment on itch.io to leave feedbacks.

Thank you so much! Any feedback will be appreciated!

u/OddGingerGames — 2 months ago

Just released Rattle Spring: Overture, a short game showcasing the surreal eerie world/gameplay of a Rusty Lake inspired puzzle adventure

Hello everyone! I'm excited to release Rattle Spring: Overture, a short Rusty Lake inspired point-and-click puzzle adventure! 

This is a 10-20min experience to give you a glimpse of the eerie world of Rattle Spring and give the developers a chance to hear your feedbacks!

Please don't hesitate to give it a try. I cannot wait to hear what you think~

Playable link: https://oddgingergames.itch.io/rattle-spring-overture

Don't forget to wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4671010/Rattle_Spring/

u/OddGingerGames — 2 months ago

Rattle Spring: Overture [Rusty Lake inspired, point-and-click surreal puzzle game]

Hello everyone! I'm excited to release "Rattle Spring: Overture", a short Rusty Lake inspired point-and-click puzzle adventure! 

This is a 10-20min experience to give you a glimpse of the eerie world of Rattle Spring and give the developers a chance to hear your feedbacks!

Please don't hesitate to give it a try if you like surreal eerie puzzle games. I cannot wait to hear what you think and thank you so much for supporting indie games!

Playable link: https://oddgingergames.itch.io/rattle-spring-overture

u/OddGingerGames — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/gameDevMarketing+1 crossposts

An unsettling hot spring resort in a desert

Just updated the Steam page with the new screenshot. Hopefully it helps with the wishlist.

u/OddGingerGames — 2 months ago
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I'm building a Rusty Lake inspired surreal puzzle game set in a desert hot spring resort. What do you think? [demo available]

Hi, everyone! I'm a solo developer working on a surreal eerie puzzle game inspired by Rusty Lake. Checkout the Steam page and the demo (also on itch.io) if you are interested.

Rattle Spring is a surreal, eerie, point-and-click puzzle game inspired by Rusty Lake. When your cousin vanishes from her family’s desert health resort, you must adventure into unsettling spaces, cryptic characters, and generational trauma to solve the interconnected puzzles and uncover the truth.

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u/OddGingerGames — 7 days ago

Hi! I'm a woman solo dev making a Rusty Lake inspired game. I just released a new trailer. What do you think?

Hello everyone!

I'm a woman solo game dev devoted myself to making authentic and heart felt indie games. Right now I'm making a Rusty Lake inspired game and I'm excited to release a new trailer! The game features:

  • Unexpected puzzles organically integrated in an eerie mysterious world
  • Classic point&click interaction that's easy to pick up
  • Unique characters and compelling storyline
  • Unsettling sound and visual design

Here is the Steam page if you are interested to take a look!

Could you let me know what you think? 😍

[This post has been approved by the mods]

u/OddGingerGames — 4 months ago

I made a surrealistic escape game inspired by Rusty Lake. What do you think?

Game: The Crow's Room

Description:

Enter a dreamlike psychological escape adventure where you touch, collect, transform, and combine the mystical objects in the secretive room. Uncover the truth through unsettling symbols, impossible creatures, and hidden memories. Solve your way through loss, pain, sacrifice, transformation, and forgiveness.

Free to play link: https://oddgingergames.itch.io/the-crows-room

Features:

* Handcrafted surrealistic escape puzzles
* Symbolic object transformations and layered interactions
* A mysterious atmosphere inspired by Rusty Lake
* Intriguing visuals and sounds
* A short, memorable experience perfect for one sitting
* No horror/violence/gore

I'd love to hear your feedback!

Wishlist the full game if you like it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4671010/Rattle_Spring/

u/OddGingerGames — 5 months ago
▲ 4 r/godot

One thing I wish Godot supports is a way to easily combine multiple shaders for compound effects, e.g. outline + transform.

Maybe the community has a good solution?

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u/OddGingerGames — 6 months ago

IMO the hardest thing is the lack of positive feedback. I've done several projects as a solo dev by now. For every project there is always a "dark" period when I seems to endlessly iterate and still don't feel happy with anything I built: art, story, interaction, gameplay... I'd question every decision I made and doubt whether I'll ever finish it.

It gets better towards the end of the development cycle; excitement accumulates as the project is close to release; then finally real feedbacks come in from the players and hopefully the reaction is positive.

What's your strategy to endure the long period of lonely development without any positive feedback?

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u/OddGingerGames — 6 months ago