The Rusty Lake Contests are not fictional, inside the Rusty Lake game universe. They are actual contests that are held by the Rusty Lake developers for various prizes.
Rusty Lake Hotel Christmas Contest[]
Duration | December 24, 2015 — December 28, 2015 |
Description | Fans emailed the Rusty Lake to tell them which Cube Escape game didn't have a single item on the Rusty Lake Christmas Postcard 2015. The correct answer was Cube Escape: The Mill. |
Reward(s) | the Rusty Lake Hotel game for free on desktop or iOS |
Winners | Marta, J. Zhang, Sandra, Cambria, Kirelle, Jim B, Salah, Steph L., Renata, Sofia, E Yang, James, Egor, Jamz159, Roosterking, Cooper, Mars, Elizabeth, Ben, Arshia |
Rusty Lake Hotel Steam Giveaway[]
Duration | February 12, 2016 — February 15, 2016 |
Description | Players were asked to comment on their favorite moment in Cube Escape. Over 150 names were put into a random name picking tool, and 20 were chosen. Originally there were 10 keys, but this was increased to 20. |
Reward(s) | a Steam download key for Rusty Lake Hotel |
Winners | Caellaigh K., Der Piccolo, Ido Z., Lesser K., Dušan S., Henning W., Anastasia T., Max (@ Twitter), Carlos M., Balbina R., Mr. Flow, Guinho de L., Aleksandra Ż., Doltface, Salah, Xardes, Dana B., Tomislav P., Alison Y., Max W |
Rusty Lake Gin Tonic Contest[]
Duration | April 20, 2016 — May 15, 2016 |
Description | Players must visit the Rusty Lake Blog to be informed of a "new drink", a Gin Tonic. If this drink is made in Cube Escape: Theatre, it will indeed make you a gin tonic. This cocktail may be given to Bob, but there will be no effects until he leaves to go into the bathroom. Afterwards, there will be two extra notes on the pilsener coasters, but only one coaster will be of any use. It'll tell the player: "Play BADEGG on the piano". If B-A-D-E-G-G is played on the theatre's piano, Harvey will jump out of the hole where the Hand should be, and begin singing to their owner's favorite song. Afterwards, a letter will be given to the player by the Hand. When the letter is clicked on, the player is re-directed to a page which enrolls them in the contest. |
Notes | If the gin tonic was made before the contest was officially announced, the link would instead lead to a separate webpage congratulating the player on finding the secret themselves. |
Reward(s) | reward unknown |
Winners | 100 winners (names unknown) |
Rusty Lake: Roots Family Contest[]
Duration | November 23, 2016 — December 5, 2016 |
Description | Fans tagged family members with them on social media, to "show their roots". |
Reward(s) | a free copy of Rusty Lake: Roots |
Winners | 50 winners (names unknown) |
Rusty Lake: Roots Christmas Contest[]
Duration | December 25, 2016 — December 29, 2016 |
Description | Fans emailed photos of themselves with the printed Rusty Lake Christmas Postcard 2016. |
Reward(s) | a New Year's Card from Rusty Lake with a secret message on it |
Winners | 50 winners (names unknown) |
Rusty Lake Hotel Giveaway[]
Duration | January 23, 2017 — January 3h, 2017 |
Description | After the success of Rusty Lake Hotel, Rusty Lake decided to do a giveaway. One enrolled by commenting on the blog, or by subscribing to the newsletter. |
Notes | There were originally 20 Steam keys, but Rusty Lake decided to add 10 more. |
Reward(s) | a free Steam download key for Rusty Lake Hotel |
Winners | 30 winners (names unknown) |
Rusty Lake: Roots Giveaway[]
Duration | February 20, 2017 — February 24, 2017 |
Description | To celebrate the success of Rusty Lake: Roots, Rusty Lake decided to do a giveaway. To participate, a person needed to comment on a post announcing the contest, and subscribe to Rusty Lake's mailing list. |
Reward(s) | a free Steam download key for Rusty Lake: Roots |
Winners | unknown |
Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize[]
Duration | March 23, 2017 — May 1, 2017 |
Description | Players needed to find the coordinations to different locations on the map in the Submarine. After a bit of given coordinates, a folder could be found allowing the player to enter the contest. On April 14, 2017, the developers released a clue on social media, pointing to the three locations the player needed to visit to eventually find the location of the hidden box containing the folder. |
Notes | The winners were contacted on May 10, 2017. |
Reward(s) | first prize: a painting of the Cave done by Johan Scherft 5 Rusty Lake posters, 10 Rusty Lake postcards, and 50 free copies of Rusty Lake: Roots |
Winners | first prize: Yuxuan ?# winners (names unknown) |
Mr. Crow Painting Contest[]
Duration | March 29, 2017 — April 10, 2017 |
Description | A Mr. Crow painting was created by Painting with Jane, and Rusty Lake decided to hold a contest. To participate, players needed to post their Mr. Crow artwork, which could be anything from a painting to a cosplay photo, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, and either tag it or email it to Rusty Lake. |
Notes | The winner was randomly selected out of 30 participants. |
Reward(s) | the Mr. Crow painting created by Painting with Jane |
Winners | Arty Hearty Life |
#2yearsrustylake Anniversary Contest[]
Duration | April 25, 2017 — June 1, 2017 |
Description | To celebrate their 2-year anniversary, Rusty Lake decided to hold a contest. To participate, a person needed to print, cut out, and glue together this template to make their own paper cube of the Room, then post it on social media with the tag #CubeEscapeSeasons or #2yearsrustylake |
Notes | The winners wer randomly selected out of more than 50 participants. |
Reward(s) | a Rusty Lake poster and postcard |
Winners | phoebec_14, orealgreenleaf, valevalium |
Black Cube Contest[]
Duration | May 13, 2017 — May 22, 2017 |
Description | The developers posted a photo of a black cube on social media and asked users to identify which city it is located in. The correct answer was Porto, Portugal. |
Reward(s) | a Rusty Lake postcard |
Winners | Patrick Leonardo (Facebook), nfmetin (Twitter), mariashikigami (Instagram) |
New Game Item[]
Duration | July 9, 2017 — unknown |
Description | The developers offered fans the chance to add an item to their upcoming game, Rusty Lake Paradise. Suggested items must be from before the 18th century, and appropriate for an island setting. |
Reward(s) | a Rusty Lake Poster and the ability to be a beta tester |
Winners | not revealed |
Rusty Lake: Roots Social Media Giveaway[]
Duration | July 16/18, 2017 — July 24, 2017 |
Description | To celebrate reaching follower milestones, Rusty Lake decided to give away 50 Steam keys for Rusty Lake: Roots on Facebook and 15 keys on Instagram. To have a chance to win the key, fans need to comment on or like the post announcing it. |
Notes | The Facebook post went up on July 16, 2017, and the Instagram post on July 18, 2017. |
Reward(s) | Steam keys for Rusty Lake: Roots: 50 on Facebook and 15 on Instagram |
Winners | 65 winners (names unknown) |
Rusty Lake: Roots Twitter Giveaway[]
Duration | August 26, 2017 — September 7, 2017 |
Description | To celebrate reaching 10,000 followers on Twitter, Rusty Lake decided to give away 50 Steam keys for Rusty Lake: Roots. To have a chance to win, players needed to favorite and comment on the tweet that announced it. |
Reward(s) | 50 Steam keys for Rusty Lake: Roots |
Winners | 50 winners (names unknown) |
Down The Lake Contest[]
Duration | September 12, 2017 — October 15, 2017 |
Description | In this contest, players have to visit rustylake.com. Then they have to play an HTML5 minigame at the top of the website. They need to light all the windows 3 times by catching leaves with the boat without being eaten by the monster. Afterwards, they will be redirected to the secret contest page. |
Reward(s) | Unknown Rusty Lake merchandise |
Winners | Jason, Lydia and Soojin |
#inktober Art Contest[]
Duration | October 2, 2017 — October 31, 2017 |
Description | Because of the large amount of Rusty Lake fan art being produced, the developers created an art challenge. All Rusty Lake artwork sent to info@rustylake.com or tagged with #inktober #inktoberchallenge #rustylake on social media in October will be considered an entry. A Top 10 list will be compiled, and 3 winners chosen from those 10 entries. |
Notes | 3 winners randomly selected out of Top 10 list. Top 10 list consists of j_maling, Eloïse, sannefranse, k.arot, caroline_ziyu, marpyt, renaissance_aeroplane, Julie, emmamopo, and Blyse_Dear. |
Reward(s) | A Mr. Crow T-shirt (or sweater) |
Winners | Sanne, Jullia and Caroline |
Halloween Art Contest[]
Duration | October 24, 2017 — October 31, 2017 |
Description | To join, post any Halloween-themed Rusty Lake fan work on social media or email it to Rusty Lake. Examples include carved pumpkins, special candies, and spooky drawings. |
Reward(s) | An Albert Vanderboom T-shirt |
Winners | naoirkhorn, the_young_cultist, la221, and 2 more unknown people |
Down The Lake Contest #2[]
Duration | November ?, 2017 — December 15, 2017 |
Description | In this contest, players have to visit rustylake.com. Then they have to play an HTML5 minigame at the top of the website. They need to light all the windows 3 times by catching leaves with the boat without being eaten by the monster. Afterwards, they will be redirected to the secret contest page. |
Reward(s) | 10 Roots & Hotel Steam keys |
Winners | 3 currently unknown people |
Rusty Lake Christmas Card Contest[]
Duration | December 12, 2017 — December 19, 2017 |
Description | To find the hidden page, one needs to locate the six letters of a goo.gl link. The six letters that follow can be located in the Paradise release date teaser |
Reward(s) | 50 Rusty Lake Christmas postcards, which contain codes that allow the user to download Paradise for free |
Winners | 50 currently unknown people |
Rusty Lake Paradise Achievements Contest[]
Duration | January 23, 2017 — February 15, 2018 |
Description | The player needs to get all 50 achievements in Rusty Lake Paradise |
Reward(s) | "Secret prizes" |
Winners | Unknown number of undetermined people |
Rusty Lake Paradise Giveaway[]
Duration | February 12, 2018 — February 23, 2018 |
Description | To participate, you need to post a picture of something Rusty Lake-related in a special environment. Creativity is preferred. |
Reward(s) | 20 keys for Rusty Lake Paradise |
Winners | 20 currently unknown people |
Rusty Lake 5 Day of Christmas Contest[]
Duration | December 19, 2018 — January 14, 2019 |
Description | In order to join the contest, the player must find the secret (code) in 5 video that rusty lake post in 5 day from Dec 19
and finally answer what thay have found in the game using secret code. |
Notes | Need to update the game in order to find secret |
Reward(s) | Rusty Lake Coffee Mug |
Winners | Sammy2306, and perhaps more unknown people. |
Trivia[]
- The secret message on the Rusty Lake New Year's Card shows a cube and the letters C-A-V-E, hinting at the appearance of the Cave in Cube Escape: The Cave.
- The creation of the Mr. Crow Painting Contest marked the first time two contests ran concurrently, as the Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize contest had not finished yet.
- The Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize contest is described as ending on April 31, but there is no such date. The proper date would be May 1, the day after April 30.