RigRug
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| Release date | June 27, 2024 |
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RigRug (also formatted as Rig Rug) is a home-improvement themed game by Videlectrix. Players control Handyman Jorge, restoring hardwood floors in homes. The title is a reference to Namco's Dig Dug.
The game initially was only mentioned throughout Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate, appearing as a console and stand-up arcade game. A 2024 update to Triungulate added a playable version of RigRug, accessible after completing Roomisode 2.
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
History
If an item is used on the rug in the Triungulate version of Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque, Dangeresque will say he doesn't need to rig the rug with that, but that he would like to play some "Rig Rug".
The game plays a major part in Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom, in which a suspiciously Homeschool Winner-like silhouette can be seen through a bar window, playing the game on an arcade machine. Dangeresque tells them to press the Player 2 button on the stage select screen, which shuts the game off and alerts the Feds. This is necessary to shut off all the power in the bar, allowing the electrician (played by Strong Sad) to finish repairing a fuse.
In the postgame sequence of Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser, Dangeresque Too can find the home console version of Rig Rug, giving a description of the game: "Help Handyman Jorge renovate vintage homes by tearing up rugs before the evil General Contractor-Bot blands things up with beige paint and wall to wall carpeting." This is the first time Handyman Jorge is introduced by name. He is depicted as a bearded human with a backwards green cap.
On September 9, 2023, the @StrongBadActual account posted a video of a playable RigRug that was considered for a future update to the Triungulate. RigRug was added in a June 27, 2024 update to the game.
Gameplay
The game was programmed by Colin McInerney, based on a prototype created by Matt Chapman.
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Fun Facts
- Character dialogue in The Roomisode Triungulate refers to the game as "Rig Rug", with a space. However, every description of the playable game — in menus, storefront updates, and tweets — uses the camel case "RigRug".
- The box art prints "RiGRUG" with a lowercase i.
- Extra lives are referred to as mans.
- The first level's address is Figgis, a street name previously seen on the Email page, in Teen Girl Squad Issue 5, and on the Thorax Corporation site.
