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Rusted Moss
@rustedmoss.bsky.social
Grappling hook rocket jumping metroidvania with bullet helly combat!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1772830/Rusted_Moss/
Developed by Emlise, happysquared, sunnydaze
Happy Halloween! 🎃

We posted a fix for Ameli controller rebindings and previously had hopefully patched up the memory leaks some people were experiencing.

Because halloween, we also pushed a silly little change for just today. (Not a content update or a new character. Just something small!)
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lighting system we used for the DLC zones ☺️
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our merch store just launched today! Got some shirts, mugs, and postcards:
rustedmossmerch.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We should be launching our store next week for those interested in getting their hands on Rusted Moss merch!
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Our momentum-based metroidvania is creativity gated! Solve the same platforming puzzle in many different ways... (#5 is my favourite cause of how goofy it is).

Currently 50% off on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1772830/...

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August 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We don't have a dash in our metroidvania but we do have gun recoil and a grappling hook.

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July 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Our character's turn around animation. Small polish can be really satisfying (:
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July 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
See some of our lighting in action!
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July 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How we did procedural 2D animation for Rusted Moss
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July 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Actually our 2D pixel art metroidvania is 3D.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our metroidvania has no double jump or dash but prob has some of the most expressive grappling hook movement you'll find!

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July 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Palette editor mod made by one of our players!! It's been really awesome seeing the mods our players have created.
(video + mod credit: Snowill)

Links below for more info on Rusted Moss' modding support and other player mods.
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July 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some sprite stacking stuff Emlise had worked on before Rusted Moss!

In Rusted Moss, Fern was also animated with procedural animation but you can see with a side scroller in mind.

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July 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
No hate to people that dislike our game (wasn't made for everybody!) but we got a recent negative review that was pretty funny and made us laugh.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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June 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rusted Moss multiplayer is now possible??
Harlem512 has created a mod that lets you play Rusted Moss with friends!

Mind blowing the kind of black magic that has been possible.

Check out their steam guide:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
May 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Rusted Moss is part of the Women's Day sale on Steam! It is now 50% off and we just released our final update - 2 new areas, 2 new bosses!

(Check out the sale and discover more games made by women and gender marginalised devs 😊)

Thanks @wingsfund.me for organising the event!
March 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Rusted Moss winter update is out!!

❄️Check out our final update. ❄️

2-4 hours of new content, 2 new areas, 2 new bosses.

Thank you for your support everybody, hope you enjoy it!

#indiedev #indiegame
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We revealed the trailer for our (FINAL) update coming on the 28th during the dev stream.

Check out our winter update trailer. 2 new areas, 2 new bosses! (and personally my favourite music we have in-game 😊)
February 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fishnoid drew this Rusted Moss fanart of Abby the fae axolotl dragon! She looks so comfy and cute here 😍
January 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It was messing a round and creating this system that made us decide to just release another update. 😅
January 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Workflow that shows dynamic lighting in our side scrolling metroidvania. The tiling happens in 2D and it gets generated in 3D.

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See what it looks like in-game below 🔽
January 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The enemies in our game have hobbies. Everybody needs a way to wind down after a hard day of murdering the player!

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January 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We did an advent calendar over on our discord last month. A couple of the images from it 😀. (Both drawn by Emlise).

Freia and Elicia - both bosses from our game. Maybe there'll be more mentions of them in the coming update?

#pixelart
January 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Giving enemies grappling hooks for this update! Can get pretty intense with how they chase after you.

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January 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM