Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi folks, happy to hear that you're enjoying the new Autumn update! Here are a few improvements and fixes: Improved biofuel yield on the new berry bushes. I've balanced their cost as well. New spooky decorations have appeared on Rusty's House! (Only for October) Fixed: biofuel bo
Hey folks, I'm happy to announce that the new Autumn mini-update is out now , just in time for spooky season and the falling leaves! What's new? New autumn-themed map where mushrooms spawn randomly across the farm. Note: Mushrooms spawn on unused tiles. Mushrooms can be harvested
Hey folks! I'm happy to announce a new Autumn mini-update coming to Rusty's Retirement on October 1st, just in time for Halloween and the falling leaves. What's new? A new Autumn map where mushrooms spawn randomly across the map. They will be harvestable by your harvest bots, and
Hi folks!! I'm super excited for today's update, so let's jump straight into it! Introducing the new Balatro-themed map! In other words, Rusty's Jimbo's Retirement! The new map has complete character swaps, new houses, and a brand-new mechanic: harvesting crops spawns poker cards
Hi folks, glad to hear that you're enjoying the new Vampire Survivors update! Here are two quick fixes: Giovanna's icon was not displaying properly - fixed! White chips had a 100% spawn rate - also fixed! I accidentally left on the 100% spawn rate while testing. I guess we can ju
Hi everyone, this update is pretty exciting, and it's an actual real update, not an April Fools joke! (I also have some big life news to share but I'll briefly touch on that towards the end) Some of you may have heard of the smash hit indie, Vampire Survivors. Well, the kind folk
Hey folks, Here are some minor bug fixes that have appeared with the new influx of players from the Daily Deal and the Idler Fest that is currently running on Steam. Setting a massive Taskbar height would launch the game completely off the screen. This should be fixed now (I acci
I'm happy to announce that we finally have Steam Trading cards for Rusty! I do realize that the game has been out for ~9 months now haha, but I really wanted to take my time with these since you only get one shot at making cards/emotes on Steam. This was a mistake I made with my
Improved the odds slightly in the Reaper’s shop - now you have a higher chance to get a chip for a crop that doesn’t have any chips equipped. I’ve added a double confirmation when buying chips so you don’t accidentally overwrite an existing chip with a misclick. The crop informat
Hey folks, here are a few fixes for issues that appeared in the new Winter update: Moving a chicken coop or a pet house would contribute to the "Cluck, cluck" and "Have a few pets" achievements. It should be fixed now! The !plant command for the Twitch integration was causing vie
Hey folks, Before we get started, I wanted to take a moment and express my gratitude to everyone who has played the game. Your love and support for Rusty has completely changed my life. This game definitely feels like a life achievement. With that said... I am happy to announce t
What are the Steam Awards? The Steam Awards is an annual event where players nominate and vote for their favorite games in various categories, such as "Labor of Love" or "Best Game You Suck At". Winners are chosen entirely by the community. Nominations take place during the autum
Hey folks, I thought I'd give a little life update post-release and what plans I have for the game. Personal life As some of you may already know, I made this game in a record-breaking 6 months. Steam planned a farming festival for April 2024 and I knew that I had to release the
Hey folks, here are a few fixes for issues that appeared in the new QoL update: Zoom in and out was incrementing the camera's scale by multiples of 2 - it is fixed and will now increment by 1 as intended. Moving the camera in vertical mode with the arrow keys was also zooming in
Hey folks, I’m happy to finally add some quality-of-life changes to the game! Thank you for your patience, I know this took a little longer than expected, and it’s because I took a well-deserved 2-week break from the game to recharge my own biofuel-filled batteries. 1. Move build
Achievements will try to trigger more often. If not, then please check that Steam is connected otherwise they will not trigger. Backups of your savefiles will happen automatically every minute. I hope this will help in case a savefile gets corrupted. Made some improvements to the
Hey folks, Here are some more fixes and additions to the game: Fixed: Echo no longer gets stuck if you delete the bot station while he is working on it. Fixed: Move/build building no longer checks the mouse position, but rather the tile that was clicked on. -> face palm moment
Hey folks, We might have found a permanent solution to the black screen bug which was making the game non-interactable for some players - this thing has been haunting me for days now. The temporary fix was to disable fullscreen optimizations on the exe file. As expected, most pla
If you are experiencing a black screen and restarting doesn't help, please follow this step-by-step guide on how to fix it: Show details Black screen fix! Go to Rusty's Retirement in your Steam library > Gear icon > Manage > Browser local files Select Rusty's Retirement.
Hi everyone, Thank you for all the incredible support you've shown the game during its first week of existence! It's been a crazy week. I've had lots of support from all different corners of the world, including congratulation messages from Devolver, Among Us, and McDonalds lol I