Developer posts and news about this game.
It's great to see how much love the community continues to show for the game. I see it in so many ways: your playtime your discussions, questions, and issue reporting your content and views on YouTube/Twitch your custom levelpacks uploaded to Steam Workshop your reviews and addit
It's been great seeing old players return to the game for some more penguin puzzling. Thanks to everyone that has shown support for the 1.2 Anniversary Update and our appearance in the Thinky Direct! Here's the trailer in case you missed it. Usually after a big update there will
Hello! Originally I had plans to include these changes in a bigger patch that will drop once Simplified Chinese translation of all hints and puzzle names is finalized. However I did not want to delay some of these changes (particularly to G and Diplopia since they were introduced
The second major update is here! Here's the exclusive trailer for the Thinky Direct in case you missed it. Before anything else, I have a note for returning players. There's one thing that will be a little confusing if you're loading your old save. I recommend checking out the wo
A year ago my goal for Gentoo Rescue was 100 reviews and 1k units sold. Thanks to your word of mouth, we're sitting well over both of these thresholds. So while the penguins blow out their candle, I want to thank everyone in the community for the tremendous support! There's some
Hey everyone, it's about time for a small news update. Game awards I'm really excited to share that Gentoo Rescue won two big awards last month! The first was the "Best Challenging Game" award at The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards hosted by Thinky Games . Gentoo Rescue was also a runne
The results from the Thinky Awards will be announced later today, so I thought it would be appropriate to drop this patch now. If you're available at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm UTC today (February 4th), then please tune into the Thinky Games stream to cheer on Gentoo Rescue. It is
It only came to my attention a couple of days ago that the Mac build was completely broken on older Intel x86 Macs. Luckily this was fairly easy to fix, and a new Mac build for 1.1.4 has been pushed. This has actually been a problem since I added Mac support ~4 months ago, but pr
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Here's what's happening with Gentoo Rescue: Thinky Awards Gentoo Rescue was nominated for three categories at the 2025 Thinky Awards! Game of the Year Best Challenging Game Best Puzzle Design Thank you for everyone that put in nominations! It's
Puzzle changes Made Transplant.Inductive easier by giving no option but to use the cane to change the parity of the traps. Moved Transplant.Base so that it must be played before Inductive . New features Locks for levels that contain a colored pinwheel will now have a rainbow glow
This patch has been in the works for the last two months. It has ballooned in size to become quite a big patch. I hope you enjoy! This wouldn't have been possible without all of the feedback that I've been receiving on Discord , on the Steam forums, on my Twitch stream , and else
Before getting into everything else, please note that Gentoo Rescue will be 20% off November 3 - November 17 to celebrate all of the below. This will be the biggest and longest sale yet, so don't let your friends miss this opportunity! Also, remember that you can get even deeper
I've taken a small break from Gentoo Rescue development, but I'm back with a relatively large "small update". Most new features and bugfixes are for custom levelpacks, but there's also a new puzzle being added to the main game. Before going into details, I want to officially anno
I've been streaming daily since the major patch and have had some time to play a few of the workshop levels. I've had a fun time with meta in The Dragon , and also had this wonderful moment from Levels that shouldn't exist : (Big spoilers) Definitely check these out once you've c
That's right, it's Gentoosday! This is a huge patch that contains over a month of small updates, as well as some exciting new features like Steam Workshop and MacOS Support. I am incredibly grateful for all of your support that has allowed me to continue work on the game post-rel
It's been over a month since the last patch, so I wanted to make a quick post to keep everyone updated on what's happened and what's coming. Very Positive on Steam The game received its 50th review a few weeks ago, and currently sits at 55 reviews with 100% positive ratings. I'm
One more round of bugfixes before I transition to new features. Unless something higher priority comes up, the next patch will focus on improving the custom levelpack experience with a dedicated menu and custom level progress saving. On a separate note, Gentoo Rescue is currently
Patch 6 is here! I'm hoping I can finally get time to start improving the custom levelpack experience and add Steam Workshop support. No promises on any timeline because I am still prioritizing QoL suggestions, and addressing any points of unintended friction. Hearing your feedba
The 5th patch is here! Sorry for the delay - work was really hectic this week. We're a week away from the 1-monthiversary, and only 13 reviews away from the magic number of 50 required for "Very Positive". Please continue to help spread the game around to other puzzle enthusiasts
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