Factsheet

Developer:
Grundislav Games/Application Systems Heidelberg
Based in New York, USA

Release date:
27.03.2025

Platforms:
PC/Mac/Linux
Steam
gog

Website:
application-systems.co.uk/rosewater

Regular Price:

USD19.99
EUR19.99
GBP17.49
CHF19.99

Rosewater - Description

A thrilling wild west adventure set in the world of Lamplight City! Harley Leger and her ragtag posse embark on a harrowing journey across Western Vespuccia, facing bandits, rebels, ruthless oil barons, and many more obstacles on their quest for fame and riches.

Features

  • A thrilling treasure hunt with 5 travel companions. How you treat and interact with them affects the story.
  • Traditional adventure game puzzles (i.e. inventory-based) some with more than one solution.
  • Fully rotoscoped animations, including cinematic closeups.
  • High resolution 1280x720 graphics (yes, that's 720p!)
  • Full music score by Mark Benis, featuring live instruments.
  • Meet over 50 professionally voiced characters.

Text downloads:
download ENGLISH game description text as .zip (0MB)
download GERMAN game description text as .zip (0MB)

Videos

Announcement Trailer YouTube

Release Date Announcement Trailer YouTube


Images

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More images

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Animated GIF images

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Thumbnail images

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Awards & Recognition

  • "Best Alt. History Western Detective Adventure" The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards - tgagwcaga.com

Selected Articles

  • "From Lamplight City to Rosewater – Francisco González GDC Interview"
    - William Saw, Monstervine
  • "Beyond Pixels: Francisco González Talks Rosewater, and the Development, Design and Future of Adventure Gaming"
    - Jesse Gregoire, Jump Dash Roll
  • "'Rosewater' Reveals Star-Studded Voice-Over Cast, Playable Demo Available"
    - Rainier Van Autrijve, WorthPlaying
  • "RDR2's Roger Clark Is Starring In Another Cowboy Game"
    - Glenn Bunn, Screen Rant

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Monetization Permission

Application Systems Heidelberg allows for the contents of Rosewater to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from Rosewater is legally & explicitly allowed by Application Systems Heidelberg. This permission can be found in writing at https://application-systems.co.uk/press/sheet.php?p=Rosewater.


Keywords

English
western,wild west,adventuregame,adventuregames,pointandclick,puzzles,story,old,school,adventure game studio,ags,videogame,videogames,games,gaming,pc,mac,linux,application,systems,heidelberg,london,grundislav,francisco gonzalez


Rosewater Developer
Check out the dev page too www.grundislavgames.com .


About Application Systems Heidelberg

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We're a developer and publisher and work with indie teams to make great games.

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Rosewater Credits

Francisco Gonzalez
Original Script, Game Concept, Art, Animation, Coding (Grundislav Games)

Jess Haskins
Co-Script writing

Mark Benis
Original music score (http://markbenis.com/)

Alexander Henn
Additional Coding (Application Systems Heidelberg)

Volker Ritzhaupt
Producer (Application Systems Heidelberg)

Oliver Buchmann
Testing, Quality assurance (Application Systems Heidelberg)


Projects under development:

PC/Mac/Linux: PRIM - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
PC/Mac/Linux: We Stay Behind - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
PC/Mac/Linux: Rosewater - UNDER DEVELOPMENT

List of released projects:

Desktop:

PC/Mac/Linux: The Plague Doctor of Wippra - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Sonority - A music-based puzzle game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Ghost on the Shore - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Haiki - Precision platformer - RELEASED
PC: Witchtastic - A coop multiplayer game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Growbot - Sci-Fi themed story book like adventure game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Café International - The board game (Game of The Year in Germany) - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Mutropolis - Post apocalyptic Sci-Fi adventure game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: The Longing - Unusual mix of idle game and adventure game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: LUNA The Shadow Dust - Puzzle Adventure - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Lamplight City - Detective adventure game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Unforeseen Incidents - Mystery adventure game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Nelly Cootalot - Nautical themed adventure game - RELEASED
PC: Carpe Lucem: Seize The Light - Virtual Reality Puzzle game - RELEASED
PC/Mac/Linux: Frag doch mal...die Maus! - Kids quiz game - RELEASED (no longer available)
PC/Mac/Linux: GhostControl Inc., - turn based ghost hunting in retro style - RELEASED

Console:

Nintendo Switch: Witchtastic - A coop multiplayer game - RELEASED
Nintendo Switch: Sonority - A music-based puzzle game - RELEASED
Nintendo Switch: Mutropolis - RELASED
Nintendo Switch: Lamplight City - RELEASED
Nintendo Switch: Unforeseen Incidents - RELEASED
Nintendo Switch: The Longing - RELEASED
Nintendo Switch: Nelly Cootalot - RELEASED
Nintendo Switch: Frag doch mal...die Maus! - Kids quiz game - RELEASED (no longer available)
Wii U: Frag doch mal...die Maus! - Kids quiz game - RELEASED (no longer available)

Mobile:

iOS/Android: Unforeseen Incidents Mobile - RELEASED
iOS/Android: LUNA The Shadow Dust Mobile - RELEASED
iOS/Android: Sonority Mobile - RELEASED
iOS/Android: The Longing Mobile - RELEASED
iOS/Android: Lamplight City Mobile - RELEASED
iOS/Android/Windows mobile: Nelly Cootalot - Nautical themed adventure game - RELEASED
iOS/Android: Frag doch mal...die Maus! - Kids quiz game - RELEASED (no longer available)
iOS/Android: 6 Takes! - Adaptation of classic card game - RELEASED
iOS/Android: Café International - The board game (Game of The Year in Germany) as an App - RELEASED

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