#rw watcher trailer

[glowingvoid]

RAIN WORLD WATCHER TRAILER DROPPED

so I decided to write down my opinions

Section 1: The introduction

okay, the beginning of the trailer was not at all what I was expecting. The ripples and the cycles and the ponds all enforced my current idea that the Watcher is either a void entity or that the world is falling apart. This was super cool and weird at the same time. I really wonder if the Watcher is outside the cycle entirely (more on that later)

Section 2: The gameplay bits

So, first of all, we got confirmation that the Watcher can camouflage. This will be very fun to play with, but I hope it isn't too overpowered.

But the thing I really wanted to talk about was the blue voidspawn room, the golden rune room, and the fact that some of the rooms are moving and have some kind of strangeness going on, much like when you are in the depths

Blue voidspawn room: honestly no idea what's going on here. Looks really, and I mean really weird. Maybe we'll get more explanation on what actually are voidspawn

Golden rune room: looks like a room that the ancients carved symbols into. No idea about this room, but think it may be important

Ripple rooms: the introduction talks about ripples happening every single time a drop hits the water and that the ripples affect each other. This enforces my theory that something super weird is going on here.

Section 3: other notes

So at the end of the video, the watcher is emitting ripples. Maybe the watcher itself is some kind of strange entity that warps anything it comes into contact with.

Also there's a weird spider thing. Seems like videocult is actually going to give us new creatures!!

The ramps are super smooth. Also I may be wrong but it looks like camera smooth scroll is going to be implemented?!?! Could be just the trailer though

This trailer has eliminated all the worries I have about rain world being not so alien anymore

people thought that downpour explained almost everything. Now it's like a whole new game. I AM SO HYPED!!

[hdra77]

The watcher

[eltanin0]

The Watcher

fan campaign screen

oh and since it looks like they can go invisible, i made a slightly more transparent one :P

[nightly-nightcat]

day 92 - fun brush

[colfy-wolfy]

September 19th

[sleepyc63]

watcher fanart based on the ripple trailer!! :)

[meouwuw]

Happy birthday Rain World :3

[rarely--motivated]

MARCH 28TH MARK YOUR FUCKING CALENDARS ‼️‼️‼️

[krillrot]

sorry not sorry for the void kitty spam btw im going insane

[death-by-moth]

NIGHTCAT LIVES!!!!!

[clovercrafted]

I just saw the newest RW Watcher trailer and I think I’m going to eat gravel because I’m so excited to get my hands on that I’m going to scream

[fadebolt]

Oooookaaayyy, I've checked out the stream and the news, and to say that I'm pumped would be putting things quite lightly.

Of course, it was fun to see the devs talk about stuff, some lovely folks I know from the Container popping up in the museum, and the Sanshee restock (that I'm contemplating about ordering from, even though my preordered Slugpup plushies haven't even been sent out yet).

But most importantly, we have the thing that everyone's been raving about....

A new DLC centered around Nightcat!

I very much adore this for many reasons.

The wording, as well as the screenshots in the Steam post imply that we're gonna be in a completely new area, away from the long abandoned facility grounds of LttM and FP. The new regions/areas were the absolute best part of Downpour, and having a DLC that is seemingly centered around them on an even bigger level just sounds incredible (Jadzio might also have some fun polling them, too :D).

The animation of the trailer is also pretty neat. It's short, sure, but there's just something about seeing Rain World in this new style that makes me smile. Style alternating is what makes me love League's animated media so much, and I'm very happy that RW is starting to dip its toes into that too.

The naming of the new Slugcat, as well as its stationary stealth ability... dude is a Slugcat Night Elf, fair and square. This could be a coincidence, sure, but I would absolutely not be surprised if there're some Warcraft fans amongst the devs, because that's a very obvious connection that I've made pretty much immediately. And I'm not saying that as a way of criticism - because I freaking love Night Elves, not just from a story and thematic perspective, but also their gameplay in Warcraft 3 (Terror of the Tides being an incredible campaign, and Eternity's End having a bunch of awesome moments helps a ton, too).

As for how me and the rest of the fandom will handle the Watcher in headcanons and potential content going forward, well...

It's gonna be a bit tricky, for sure. I imagine the DLC will not come out for quite a while, but it'll most likely shatter all my headcanons and lore ideas to pieces, and any plans of me writing stories about Nightcat just got even more complicated now. But I don't mind this too much, as I'm confident I'll be more than capable of figuring out how to integrate the official content into my stuff, and the same applies to the rest of the fandom, too (and if all else fails, I can always pull the "Nightcat and Watcher are two entirely different characters" card, but that sounds uncreative and boring, and I wanna avoid that, even if Enot was pretty much globally accepted as a different character, despite their color, and them mentioning 'being removed from Arena').

One other positive to mention is that Nightcat X Spearmaster might actually blow up a decent bit now. And if that happens, I'll get to claim the royal title of being someone from the original Inkblot gang, which will be amazing. Plus, more content about my favorite pair, who wouldn't be happy about that?

I just hope that the fandom isn't going to get into crazy arguments/dramas over the Watcher/Nightcat stuff. Everyone is going to change their content around the new revelations differently, and that's ok. I'm probably worrying about nothing here, but I have seen folks pick bones with creators over minor harmless stuff before, so my concerns are probably valid. Let's just let everyone have fun with whatever approach they wish to take, m'kay?

That's all my thoughts regarding the new revelations for now. If this post came off as a bit mixed, then I want to clarify that I'm still absolutely excited about the new content, and I'm very glad that this forgotten scug is getting its well deserved resurgence.

Everything is gonna be great and fun, and I am very much hyped about it! (I'm already in love with all the fan content, btw. The speed at which everyone is showing appreciation is simply staggering. You guys are impressive as all hell!)