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slugcat visual specbio, mostly me doodling as i figure out how i'd like to draw them

still not sure on the eye design. all i know is i want to give them cephalopod pupils. pretty happy with the body and head designs at this point, though, so that's nice

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things scavenger tolls see moments before disaster

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favorite word?

ppppprobably "pertinent"? i use it a lot lol

it is just a fun word

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some more slugcat designs from a while back. not super sure what i'm doing with them

extra doodles of what they do

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also. everyone's favourite murder guys, slugcat edition

also right, i figured out how i want to draw slugcat anatomy. will post a specbio sheet sometime later. did mean i had to figure out how to actually give a slugcat a backpack though

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i got rain world :)

artificer and murderer (mod) runs. i am in scavenger hell

didn't really change my dms skin for murderer much lol i like black and red. don't @ me

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fuck you (slugcats your a.a.h.w.)

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fynch gets little a KILL MURDER. in rain world. as a treat

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rest of the planned stuff under the cut || part 2/2

@pokemoncha @slimmestslime

also the next text was

The next day, I went to work, 'cause that's what we do out here. And I'm standing around and the Agency busts down my door, like Agency likes to do, and they say to me "Do you know any of these insurgents that trashed our base yesterday?" And I said "No", y'know, like a liar.

and then i didn't write any more lol

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okay yeah i'm never going to finish this one am i || part 1/2

featuring guys from @slimmestslime @pokemoncha

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fuck you [fastballs your ghosts directly into rain world]

general idea i have going on is. genetically modified subspecies of slugcats. ancestors were modified by an iterator (travels upon silver wings) who just wanted to give these guys the understanding of the world they were in- sure, slugcats and scavengers would eventually learn the scenery they took for granted was the ruins of an old civilization, but they could be given the knowledge earlier. anyways, these guys are biomechanical in the way vultures are. they've got built-in pearl reading and general device connectivity. they also have an instinctual understanding of ancient language.

one specific colony of these guys got led to another iterator who modified them further. they're bioluminescent now!

also i shoulda drawn the other side of fynchcat's face he's missing his eye. and ear.

bonus Mean To Him

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hi it's me i turned everyone (disclaimer: not everyone) into a slugcat. also monk is there

transparent sprite size below the cut

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i nerd about rain world names and all their hidden rules

i ended up thinking about rain world names recently and why certain phrases that seem like they should be valid just… wouldn’t sound correct despite seeming to follow the format. so i went and analyzed all the examples we have in the game. here’s my observations.

to note: ancient and iterator names are fairly similar, while slugcat names follow a completely different set of rules. that makes sense, given that ancients and iterators were from one civilization and slugcats are a different civilization! but this isn’t a lore analysis this time around.

SLUGCATS——————————————— It’s Rain World I’m starting with our playable characters.

Note that base canon and Downpour have very slightly naming conventions.

Base canon slugcat names are always descriptors that can be applied to people. Survivor, Monk, Hunter, Watcher. These are either occupations or things that you can be.

In Downpour: Artificer, Gourmand, Saint all follow the canon naming conventions.

Rivulet is the first outlier as a descriptor, but not a description a person can be. Spearmaster is the second outlier as it is a compound, made-up word rather than a single defined word.

WORD CHOICE————————————— well, for ancient and iterator names, since slugcats have already been covered. the words used are always simple concepts. they’re not all simple words, but the layman can look at all of these and understand what they mean.

what i mean by not-simple words is. harassment, rhinestones, unparalleled are all pretty long and decently mid-level words. but they’re words a native speaker of english almost certainly knows.

ITERATOR NAMES——————————— Now, first to iterators, since we actually see them in-game. There are three categories of names: actions, numbered objects, and described objects. Note here I use ‘object’ in the linguistic sense rather than the literal physical object sense.

Action names are a described action: Looks To The Moon, Chasing Grey Winds. They are always in present tense, too.

There are two sub-categories here. There are also two iterators here.

The first: Looks To The Moon is an action applied to a object with a connector in between. [Looks], the action, [To The], the connector, [Moon], the object. Another name of this format is Walks Upon Waves. The action is always a word ending in -s. Walking Upon Waves is incorrect as a result.

However, ‘walking’ is a word that can still be used, as there is a second type of name. This is an action applied directly to an object. Chasing Grey Winds is our example of this type. [Chasing], the action, [Grey Winds], the object. Yes, the latter two words are considered a single object here— explanation on combining name types at the bottom of this section.

On that note, Winds' name is odd as it is always written as either Chasing Winds or Grey Winds, never both at once. I have written both possible permutations together for this analysis, but I suspect some names have multiple permutations like this. However, Winds is the only example of this so there is insufficient evidence to confirm.

Either ways, these names still seem to follow the rules of one of these three categories: "Chasing Winds" is an action name, "Grey Winds" is a described object name.

On to object-focused names.

Numbered object names are exactly that. Five Pebbles is an example. [Five] the number, [Pebbles] the object. It is likely there can be connecting words, but the only example in canon is Six Grains of Gravel, an ancient name. These names follow a number + noun format.

Described object names follow the same format, but have a description rather than a number. Unparalleled Innocence, Erratic Pulse, Sliver Of Straw. They may have a connecting word if it makes sense in the phrase, see Sliver. As Sliver is the only example, I am unsure whether ‘of’ is the only allowed connecting word or if we simply do not see others. These names follow an adjective + noun format.

Described object names can also be negated, as seen with No Significant Harassment: [No] negates the adjective+noun of [Significant] [Harassment].

Also, name types can be combined with each other: Described and numbered object names can be combined, see Seven Red Suns. [Seven] the number, [Red] the description, [Suns] the object.

Action names can be combined with described object names. Chasing Grey Winds is the action [Chasing] applied to [Grey Winds], which is the adjective + noun combination of a described object name. They likely can be combined with numbered object names as well, but I do not remember a canon example.

ANCIENT NAMES————————————Finally, ancient names. Downpour and basegame canon names follow the same rules, so I will not split them like I did for the slugcats.

Ancient names are two distinct ideas joined either by a comma or a connecting word. These distinct ideas work on the same principle as clauses do in sentences, though these names are not full sentences so it’s not quite the same.

I will first analyze these distinct clause-ideas. There are again three categories: numbered objects, described objects, and, er, described ideas? You’ll see what I mean when I explain them.

The first is numbered objects.

Some, like Six Grains of Gravel, are straightforward. Note that if you are describing a single object, it can use the word ‘a’ rather than ‘one’, i.e. A Bell.

The number of objects can also be indefinite, as seen with the name segments Endless Reflections and Plentiful Leaves. As well as that, if it is indefinite it does not need to have a word to describe it as such, as seen with Droplets and Rhinestones being single-word name segments.

The second is described objects, which works exactly how they do in iterator names. Shattered Glass is an adjective noun combo. I explained this I’m too lazy to do it again.

You can also combine numbers and descriptions as Five Large Droplets or Eighteen Amber Beads does.

Finally are the described ideas: we see one with Mountains Abound. We also only see one with Mountains Abound and this is a very odd category. It seems to be a phrase that brings to mind the idea of scenery, a feeling, or something similar.

Now that I’ve covered the individual parts of names, let’s talk about how to join them!

The easiest way is just to slap a comma in there. [A Bell]<,>[Eighteen Amber Beads]. [Six Grains Of Gravel]<,>[Mountains Abound].

You are also able to use a connecting word, which seems to just need to be a simple word that makes sense when joining the two halves of the name. [Droplets] <Upon> [Five Large Droplets]. [Four Needles] <Under> [Plentiful Leaves]. The resultant name does not need to be logical, either, see Droplets.

It seems that ‘of’ is the only allowed connecting word that does not join the two separate parts of the name, which makes me suspect ‘of’ is also the only connecting word allowed in iterator names. However, there is insufficient evidence to confirm or deny this.

FINALLY! This is an analysis of canon and in-game text! This is by no means a rulebook of rules you must follow or else I GET you. I am only analyzing Rain World’s names as I am very interested in the hidden rules of such design decisions. I have multiple characters who do not quite follow these name rules exactly, but hey! We’re all having fun.

tl;dr do what you want forever, I’m just a nerd

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got bored and did this for some reason. i am very proud of how unnoticeable the edits i made actually are (cobbled together two screenshots of sky islands ++ detailed the clouds in the lower half a fair bit more)

original screenshots below the cut

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aaaaaand mass attack to cap off my year of [checks smudged records] five attacks. i was dying irl lol

left to right, top to bottom: drowned offering - @poryphoria the explorer - @raintailed honba - @pokemoncha 834 "bea" - @cupidreamexe redeemer - @echoes-solace ray - fluffpaw2 cantu - @brokenpuns raven - kristhefallen mochi - @mochiilady vermin - @eggsandghost nina robins - scripterr0r circum - @slimmestslime sydney - @kurz-qw summers & calypso - @rotburger frenzy - @eggsandghost

also i got the number of characters wrong in the thumbnail it was 17 LMAO

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for @smangethe

i LOVE THIS THING'S DESIGN SO MUCH mannequins my beloved. swordsmachine my beloved. biting and chomping etc etc

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for Moonplays_arts because i just really liked this character design

i should actually check out fundamental paper education lol