Rusty Heights

Rusty height is a short foddian game where you grapple with your mouse, and pull your mouse to pull yourself in that direction if the momentum allow it. it's a really interesting concept which can be fun to master. It also has a ghost system to race your best time and an ingame leaderboard. The map has a lots of punishing fall, but is really short to counter that fact. Unfortunately, there is also no save so you should probably allow yourself 1-3 hours if you want to finish the game in one go.

well worth it for the asking price. the game feels really good and it strikes a good balance between being challenging while offering opportunities to go fast and save yourself before you fall back to the bottom. a short foddian hidden gem

Rusty Heights, developed and published by Trompinette Studio, is a tightly focused indie platformer that builds its entire identity around a single mechanic and pushes it to its limits. It places players in control of a lone robot climbing through a crumbling, vertical world using nothing but a grappling hook, and from that simple premise emerges an experience that is far more demanding than it first appears. There’s very little in the way of traditional structure—no sprawling level list, no layered progression systems, and almost no narrative exposition. Instead, the game strips itself down to pure mechanical challenge, asking one question: how far can you climb without falling? The core gameplay revolves entirely around mouse-driven grappling, which gives the movement a distinctive, physics-based feel. Rather than relying on jumps or precise button inputs, players must learn how to aim, latch, and release the hook in a way that builds momentum and carries them upward. At first, this control scheme can feel unintuitive, even clumsy, as every movement requires deliberate timing and spatial awareness. But with practice, it becomes increasingly fluid, transforming from a source of f…

This game is a fun and inventive platformer at an excellent price! The base mechanic is satisfying and fun to improve. The game is also visually compelling, moody and atmospheric. If you are an experience platform player, this game will likely only take a few hours to beat. It is relatively easy to lose your cursor on the screen, so I changed my cursor to a bright green so I could keep track of it. It would be nice to have an in-game cursor you can reliably see with all background colors. I look forward to more games from this developer, as this game showed a lot of promise.