A survival-horror comedy RPG Metroidvania, from the creators of I Am Your Beast and CLICKOLDING
El Paso, TX – February 24, 2025 – Developer Strange Scaffold (I Am Your Beast, CLICKOLDING, El Paso, Elsewhere), in partnership with publisher Frosty Pop, are proud to unveil their upcoming genre-bending game Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 today at IGN Fan Fest. A demo of the game is available now through Steam Next Fest.
As a sequel to a game series that doesn’t exist, complete with lore and a fictional development team, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 (CRDM3)“commits to the bit” so hard it hurts. This match-3 survival horror comedy RPG Metroidvania (or “matchroidvania”) transports you to a mansion overrun with dinosaurs, and, even more surprisingly, code-breaking bugs. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill creepy mansion; this is one stuck in a video game, and fully aware of it.
Discover the story of how, 20 years ago, the fictional, genre-fusion video game Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion was released as a smash hit. Years later, the franchise returns to the spotlight when Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is shown off and announced on gaming’s biggest stage. Meanwhile, a very confused protagonist, J.J. Hardwell, fights off glitching raptors and t-rexes in what he soon realizes is a broken video game that he must save.
Combining razor-sharp game development satire, role-playing, and satisfying match-3 gameplay, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is a bizarre, side-splitting adventure about the way creations can take on a life of their own — and the bright futures the games industry fails to even try to explore.
“Development cycles usually take so long that video games can’t comment on current events, let alone the ones occurring within their own industry,” says Strange Scaffold studio head Xalavier Nelson Jr. “As improbable as it sounds, we want Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 of all games to take on a medium that currently doesn’t seem to care for its players or developers in a tale that is by turns unsettling, heartwarming, and suitably: angry as hell.”
Key Features
- A “Matchtroidvania” exploring the development of a sequel to a game series that doesn’t exist.
- Match-3 is used not just for combat, but for lockpicking doors, debating robots, and swallowing a bunch of diamonds in front of a notorious gem thief so that he can’t steal them first.
- A choice-based narrative that is part survival-horror parody and part joyful wheel-spinning nightmare.
- The game is complemented by a haunting, polka soundtrack from award-winning composer David Mason (Dredge, Life Eater).
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3’s first two chapters are available to play in their entirety through Steam Next Fest, with some special additions in the demo to reflect the event. The full game launches this April on Steam for PC.
About Strange Scaffold
Strange Scaffold is the development label of Xalavier Nelson Jr., known for his work as a leading developer on CLICKOLDING, El Paso, Elsewhere, I Am Your Beast, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, and dozens of other critically acclaimed projects.
About Frosty Pop
Frosty Pop has developed over 30 playful original video games for Netflix Games, Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch, Steam, the App Store, and Google Play. The studio was founded in 2014 by Faisal Sethi in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been fully remote and distributed since its inception.
