--- title: This gimmick made this game a HUGE SUCCESS! | daily.dev description: Rusty's Retirement is an idle game designed to run at the bottom of your desktop while you multitask. The unique gimmick of occupying a slim strip of your... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-gimmick-made-this-game-a-huge-success--xxdpwlyw8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This gimmick made this game a HUGE SUCCESS! | daily.dev og:description: Rusty's Retirement is an idle game designed to run at the bottom of your desktop while you multitask. The unique gimmick of occupying a slim strip of your... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-gimmick-made-this-game-a-huge-success--xxdpwlyw8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xXdPWlYw8.png og:image:alt: This gimmick made this game a HUGE SUCCESS! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This gimmick made this game a HUGE SUCCESS! **[Code Monkey](https://daily.dev/sources/codemonkeyunity)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rusty's Retirement is an idle game designed to run at the bottom of your desktop while you multitask. The unique gimmick of occupying a slim strip of your primary monitor rather than requiring a second screen has driven significant viral interest, with 6,500 followers and an estimated 70,000+ wishlists ahead of launch. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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