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strangescaffold.bsky.social
A new kind of game studio. Creators of El Paso, Elsewhere / I Am Your Beast / and more.
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"This is so dumb" (said out loud with pure joy) Only played a bit of Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 by @strangescaffold.bsky.social and already think I'm going to REALLY enjoy this store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

"Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is more than a goofy connect-3 game. Its message is something deeply personal yet identifiable, razor-sharp specific yet applicable anywhere" - @gamesradarplus.bsky.social www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/cr...

"...thoughtful experimentation is what Xalavier Nelson Jr. and his studio, Strange Scaffold, do best. If they are not pushing the boundaries of traditional game making, they seem to want no part of it." Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 makes the @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/a...

A HUGE thank you to everyone who has played and left a review for Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3! Reviews in launch week make such a big difference so if you haven't yet, it would mean the world to us. store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

I don't know what I was expecting from a game named Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 but it sure wasn't this lmao

To celebrate the launch of Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, we checked in with team members who worked on the game to hear what it felt like to see such an outpouring of support come in for both our demo and our full launch. Here's Dan Pearce to cover some of that!

The latest game from @strangescaffold.bsky.social is nothing you'd expect. It's a game about a game. It's a match-3 RPG. And despite its satirical front, it's a melancholic scream into the void about this industry's failings. This is Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3. Our review: bit.ly/VGG-CRDM3

I'm in awe at how @strangescaffold.bsky.social turned a match-3 RPG satirizing Resident Evil into a powerful story about the art we lose every year to cancellations and mismanagement. CRDM3 is a love letter to the game's we'll never know and that is something special. Read: bit.ly/VGG-CRDM3

"Proving once more that Strange Scaffold is the indie king of weird, creative titles, Creepy Redneck Mansion 3 is another joyous romp under the studio’s now 10-titles-deep belt." - @checkpointau.bsky.social Joyously romp with us, CRDM3 is out now Full review ⬇️ checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2025...

Something special we've been brewing aside this recent launch is a Tumblr where we'll post goofy development snippets, conceptual designs, informative blogs and general tomfoolery. Or sometimes all of that. At once. That's Clown Alley. ➡️ www.tumblr.com/strangescaff...

We can't speak highly enough of the work that David did for Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3. The mood wouldn't be the same without it!

i got silly on the build last night ngl

I played through Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 over the weekend and had a lovely lil time. It is almost impossible to explain the premise and yet very intuitive to actually play. I audibly laughed several times. Recommended!

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is such a fun puzzle and adventure game. www.siliconera.com/review-creep...

okay okay but you know what ELSE launched today store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

REVIEW: Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 "...the writing leaps off the screen and you feel @strangescaffold.bsky.social ’s plights and victories amongst them. It’s the kind of writing you don’t see enough of in games." Our review of the poignant Match-3 game: checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2025...

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is live NOW on Steam! Come join J.J. Hardwell on a unique adventure in our match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania (A.K.A matchroidvania) See you in the mansion: store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

...psst... you, over here... 🫱 you like dinosaurs? match 3? metroidvania? commentary on the state of the games industry? something a little...different? 👀 Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 might be just what you're looking for. it's coming out later today. store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

We’re making Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 because the games industry is on fire - and we need games to talk about it. Please wishlist and spread the word, it helps us immensely!! store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

I’m so glad that we’re finally getting the true, original version of Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 from @strangescaffold.bsky.social. Yes, for those of you that don’t know, the versions of CRDM2 and CRDM3 that you played as a kid are actually CRDM4/6 respectively. This is the *real* CRDM3.

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 launches tomorrow! 🦖💎 It's a matchroidvania but, what's a one of those? Let's ask some of the developers!

Since everybody is posting their Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 2 memories all of the sudden I should probably throw in my two cents: I came to the game much later - I picked up the game used at Game Crazy in 2011 so I could do the "Ass-Hax" Memory Card exploit on my PS2. 🧵

While folks are reminiscing about the CRDM series, does anyone remember their short-lived paperback novel spin-offs by T.R. Cooper? I have fond memories of reading through 'The Fossil Code', but that might just be my nostalgia talking.

Gonna be real here (maybe this gets me cancelled...) Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 2 is BETTER than 1! Sure CRDM1 was ahead of its time, but CRDM2 has THE ISLAND OF DOMINO KILLFATHER!!! It's literally one of the best environments ever put in a video game??? I'm sorry. But CRDM2 is the GOAT. 🤷😎

While CRDM2 it has its own unique problems compared to CRDM1 (thanks to development hell), you have to give it credit for being imaginative with the match-3 system. I mean, a 3D cube board layout?? Insane idea, shouldn't have worked and yet it felt so seamless. I felt like a chess grandmaster

I know it wasn't the runaway hit that CRDM1 was but I thought it was a bold move for CRDM2 to take inspiration from the literary classic Dinosaur Beach as a commentary on man's desire to conquer the unknown through science while including a rhythm boss fight with time travel agent Lance Daring.

Look I understand a lot of people really hated Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 2, but- I mean anything you play when you're 14 is great, and anything can be special if you encounter it at the right time Objectively in retrospect it's worse, but. Sigh. I'm hoping 3 is a return to form, either way!

Missed our Newsletter? Don't worry! We're going to be putting them all on Tumblr starting with the most recent edition! (we may also post unhinged things on tumblr so if you're a little sicko like us, follow) www.tumblr.com/blog/strange...

Holy T-Rex how did I not know CRDM3 was coming soon? LOVED the first two. I know it might be controversial but 2 is king! I adored the slightly unhingedness of it all. This is so exciting I can't cope. Who needs Dino Crisis when CRDM IS BACK! Thank you @strangescaffold.bsky.social

It had entirely different mechanics than the home console version, but in hindsight, it’s VERY charming (Also holy shit this looks so cool)

There's been all this hullabaloo today about @strangescaffold.bsky.social's "Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3" and honoring the franchise's roots BUT everyone is forgetting the series truly began with the 80s TTRPG "Spooky Cowboy Lizard Castle"!

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is coming out next week (via @strangescaffold.bsky.social), so naturally the ol’ discourse surrounding CRDM1 and CRDM2 got kicked up. People have been asking me about my thoughts. Here are my thoughts:

i'm so excited about creepy redneck dinosaur mansion 3 by @strangescaffold.bsky.social that i HAD to draw fan art of my favorite character from the criminally underrated crdm2: binky, who was actually three albinykuses in a trench coat

Ready for a twisted match-3 horror comedy RPG where you must battle your psychic clone in a secret lab before they hijack your brain and turn you into a cannibal? Sure you are! 👍 It's the unhinged adventure you never saw coming! Wishlist it here! store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

It's good to see people discussing the classics.

Wow I can't believe Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is actually launching??? I would have thought the shipping discourse of CRDM2 might have put the IP in the ground. Like tumblr made each of the rooms in the mansion a different little humanoid guy and shipped them. The things I've seen.

I know I’m in the minority but I feel like CRDM2 also just had a lot of heart and sincerity? It was a broken, *beautiful* mess—and you can’t say that about every game. It’s also one of the first games I remember to have an autonomous AI companion follow you throughout the entire thing. On the PS2!!

Our very own Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is nestled in this incredible line-up of narrative games for #LudoNarraCon! You can find the full line-up of talks & participating games here: www.ludonarracon.com

Dinosaurs! Endless Pets! Match-3 games! Survival Horror Comedy RPG! More things! You? Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 launches in 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊! store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

CREEPY REDNECK DINOSAUR MANSION 3 launches...

this game's trait system is actually unparalleled and rpg's should try it just give traits for everything. base everything off your traits? stats? those are just how many of x trait you have. who cares. do cannibalism.