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The Architecture of Rain World: Layers of History
A major theme in Rain World's world design that often goes overlooked is the theme of, as James Primate, the level designer, composer and writer calls it, "Layers of History." This is about how the places in the game feel lived-in, and as though they have been built over each other. Here's what he said on the matter as far back as 2014!
The best example of this is Subterranean, the final area of the base game and a climax of the theme. Subterranean is pretty cleanly slpit vertically, there's the modern subway built over the ancient ruins, which are themselves built over the primordial ruins of the depths. Piercing through these layers is Filtration System, a high tech intrusion that cuts through the ground and visibly drills through the ceiling of the depths.
Two Sprouts, Twelve Brackets, the friendly local ghost, tells the player of the "bones of forgotten civilisations, heaped like so many sticks," highlighting this theme of layering as one of the first impressions the player gets of Subterranean. Barely minutes later, the player enters the room SB_H02, where the modern train lines crumble away into a cavern filled with older ruins, which themselves are invaded by the head machines seen prior in outskirts and farm arrays, some of which appear to have been installed destructively into the ruins, some breaking through floors.
These layers flow into each other, highlighting each other's decrepit state.
The filtration system, most likely the latest "layer," is always set apart from the spaces around it. At its top, the train tunnels give way to a vast chasm, where filtration system stands as a tower over the trains, while at the bottom in depths, it penetrates the ceiling of the temple, a destructive presence. (it's also a parallel to the way the leg does something similar in memory crypts, subterranean is full of callbacks like that!)
Filtration system is an interesting kind of transition, in that it is much later and more advanced than both of the areas it cuts between. This is a really interesting choice from James! It would be more "natural" to transition smoothly from the caves of upper subterranean to the depths, but by putting filtration system in between, the two are clearly demarcated as separate. The difference in era becomes palpable, the player has truly found something different and strange.
Depths itself is, obviously, the oldest layer not only of subterranean but of the game itself. The architecture of Depths has little to do with the rest of the game around it, it's a clear sign of the forgotten civilisations that our friend Two Sprouts, Twelve Brackets showed us, there's not actually that much to say about it itself, it's mostly about how it interacts with the other layers of subterranean.
That said, Subterranean is far from the only case of the theme of layers of history. It's present as soon as the player starts the game!
The very first room of the game, SU_C04, is seemingly a cave. It is below the surface, the shapes of it are distinctly amorphous rather than geometric. (well. kind of, it doesn't do a very good job of hiding the tile grid with its 45 degree angles.)
But let's take a closer look, shall we?
See that ground? it's made of bricks. The entire cave area of outskirts is characterised by this, the "chaotic stone" masonry asset is mixed with brickwork, unlike the surface ruins which are mostly stone. This, seemingly, is an inversion of common sense! The caves are bricks and the buildings are stone. This is not, however, a strange and unique aspect but a recurring motif.
This occurs enough in the game for it to be clearly intentional, but why would materials such as bricks be used in otherwise natural looking terrain?
The answer lies in the "Layers of History" theme. This is in fact, something that happens in real life, and it's called a tell
To be specific, a tell is a kind of mound formed by settlements building over the ruins of previous iterations of themselves. Centuries of rubble and detritus form until a hill grows from the city. Cities such as Troy and Jericho are famous examples. The connections to the layers of history theme are pretty clear here, I think. Cities growing, then dying, then becoming the bedrock of the next city. The ground, then, is made of bricks, because the ground is the rubble of past buildings. The bones of forgotten civilisations, heaped like so many sticks!
#rain world#rainworld#rain world lore#rainworld lore#rw lore#rw#subterranean my beloved#thank you to videocult for making the first survival game themed around stratigraphy and new york city rats#i would've gone on for another paragraph about how OE relates to this but like.#that's dlc stuff#and i still think of the dlc stuff as modded content lol#better to keep it separate#also this analysis is not comprehensive! the layers of history stuff is common throughout#there's farm arrays there's the relationship between shaded citadel and five pebbles there's the stuff buried under garbage wastes#so much more#unfortunately i do not have much energy lol
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pupby
#working on more ruin stuff have a she for now <3#fnaf security breach#fnaf sb#fnaf ruin dlc#(I'll tag it why not-)#fnaf ruin#ruin dlc#five nights at freddy's#fnaf#fnaf fanart#my art#digital art#roxanne wolf#artists on tumblr
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— Splatoon Side Order Rentry Graphics
f2u . credit appreciated
#⤷🦇 edits/rqs#rentry graphics#rentry graphic#rentry mask#pearlina#pearl houzuki#marina ida#acht mizuta#acht splatoon#acht dedf1sh#agent 8#splatoon#splatoon side order#splatoon dlc#rentry resource#rentry inspo#rentry gif#rentry resources#rentry#rentry decor#rentry stuff
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Erdtree’s Sacred Tears.
(discussion of my inspiration to draw this under the cut)
#elden ring#queen marika the eternal#miquella the unalloyed#messmer the impaler#st trina#albi’s art#while playing the base game i always find it interesting that the blessing from the flasks are all tears… like is the tree crying ?#why cry tho? then the DLC came out… yeah…#i like the idea of Messmer during his time in Leyndell just shadow Marika like that in case someone accidentally said stuffs that would#absolutely send her mind to that jar again#I’m inconsolable at [I abandon my love] too but i don’t agree that Miquella is behaving like Marika#Marika never abandon Radagon to the bitter end#no Miquella is mirroring his dad he’s like Radagon trying to cut out Marika near the end of their reign#Marika became a God full of rage and love Miq abandoned love and emotions to become one#Order without the kindness of Gold#golden doomed mother and son
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St. Trina
#elden ring#shadow of the erdtree#st. trina#miquella the unalloyed#elden ring spoilers#shadow of the erdtree spoilers#elden ring dlc spoilers#sote spoilers#what else spoiler tags should i use uhhh#anyway. i NEVER do paintely stuff this was uhh. an Experiment#alright#hall of fame
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The kitakami siblings! I love them, so epic they are! I wish carmine is able to tease her brother without half of the fandom having meltdown about her “abusing” him lol
Really lazy idea I’ve been putting off for a while lol. This is base off that one audio that trending online a little while ago, if you know it then you get a gold star.
#pokémon#pokemon#pokemon scarlet and violet#pokémon scarlet#pokémon sv dlc#pokémon violet#pokemon sv#pokemon dlc#fanart pokemon#pokemon violet#kieran#kieran pokemon#pokemon kieran#kieran sv#rival kieran#pokemon carmine#rival carmine#kitakami#this is keran x protagonist stuff but I like the idea that he gets a crush no matter the mc gender lol so all ship tags#florian x kieran#Juliana x Kieran#dipplinshipping#tealmaskshipping#candyappleshipping#artists on tumblr#my art#art#fan art#digital art#messy drawing cuz I wanted to post this before finals starts for me and I go dead
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His design is very cool but why is he so difficult to draw?😩😩
#my art#my stuff#fnaf security breach#security breach#security breach ruin#fnaf#security breach dlc#fnaf mxes
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ulysses would honestly be the perfect candidate for anything enemies to lovers regarding the Courier if people weren't so focused on pretending the random one off Legion members are better written than they actually are
#like. he talks to you so sweetly when you make amends. he feels guilt for it. but people dont obsess over him like they do vulpes or w/e#hmmm i wonder why that is....he doesnt get treated as well by fans as the white character whos way worse of a person.....hmmmm...../sarcasm#seriously though. considering writing some ulysses/james stuff just bc of how overlooked he is#im so obsessed with him now lonesome road might actually now be my favorite dlc#vinny rambles#fallout new vegas#lonesome road#ulysses fnv#ulysses
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I finished my re8 lord dlc concept and I wanted to share this part of it because I absolutely love it
#art#my art#artists on tumblr#re8#resident evil village#resident evil 8#resident evil#mother miranda#re8 lord dlc#im going to be doing some final touches and stuff so I won't be posting it right away
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EVERYONE!
YOU CAN PET CAT FOLLOWERS NOW!
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS A CAT FOLLOWER?!?
PLEASE MASSIVE MONSTER I BEG YOU LET US PET THE FUNNY CAT!
#cult of the lamb#cotl narinder#cotl#cotl lamb#AHHHH I’M SO HYPED#YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PET NARINDER!#the other stuffs cool I guess /j#I CAN’T WAIT FOR AUGUST#cotl dlc#cotl unholy alliance
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encore!
#my art#daycare attendant#sundrop#sunnydrop#moondrop#dca fandom#the shading on this was super annoying so if it looks bad it's cause i gave up#anyway.... this was supposed to have some sort of symbolism in it. but i've forgotten what it was by now#interpret it as you'd like i suppose?#also oh my GOD THE DLC. i've been thinking abt them all day it's making me physically ill#this drawing is from way before that but hopefully i'll be able to post some ruin stuff soon
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happy anniversary to rain world becoming my favorite game ever since 2017 and still being on top :)
#rain world#rw#game stuff#i've been playing it again recently cuz im feeling that itch so that's perfect timing#i will ignore the existence of dlcs
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More Ruin stuff bc it "RUINED" my life !!!!!!!!!!!!! (affectionate)
#and by more ruin stuff I mean more roxy and cassie <3333#BC I LOVE THEM SO MUCHHHHHHH#EXPLODES#fnaf security breach#fnaf sb#fnaf ruin dlc#fnaf ruin#ruin dlc#fnaf#fanart#my art#digital art#roxanne wolf#cassie#glamrock freddy#gregory#ruin dlc spoilers#artists on tumblr#fnaf fanart
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I need to make lamb, nari, the four bishops in sims and set them on free will for shits n giggles who's in
#maybe in like an hour lksdhglksd#my friend put all the sims stuff on my new pc#like every dlc#pirated of course#die ea
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saying this as respectfully as possible but. Do not put fandom content creators on a pedestal. We are also just fans contributing to a community just as you are. We have boundary on our own work and that’s it. What I say is not and should not be considered sth the whole fandom should listen to. I’m just a normal ass person ranting about things on my blog. If it does not have a fandom tag for others to engage in, do not make it out to be me trying to start fights or addressing the whole community. Because it’s not.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, my art, my lore talk, is biased. I’ve never tried to hide that I view Marika a certain way and will always develop my theory following that base assumption.
Aside from translation stuffs and pointing out in-game items, everything else I say you can look at it, agree or disagree, and move on to form your own opinions. Just because I draw stuffs doesn’t mean you get to saddle me with responsibilities about managing fandom expectations. What the hell? I’m a fan artist, I’m the last person who you should look at for “leaderism” (?) WHAT?
I can and will be a hater in my own space, like I know sometimes other artists will just post their stuffs and not engage too heavily with fandom, and for a while I did try to do that here (because I’m already a dramatic ass on twitter), that’s just not me though.
You will get art and you will get my opinions as well.
#asking ppl to [celebrate different takes] is... WHAT?#different takes as in well I think she likes apples and you think she likes grapes. yeah that’s some fun discussion to be have#but different takes as in the fundamental of a character’s drive and personality??? NO#let’s put that down very clear here#I can still read fics where Marika is cold and calculate and manipulative as long as I can see there’re layers to it and the author#set it up in a way that I can see they got her backstory and build those layers based on that#and then there are ppl who literally only portray her as omg evil girlboss 101 let’s blame everything on this cardboard character#then I click back.#and there r ppl who might not vibe with how i portray her and they can ignore me. THAT'S OK TOO. we r in our own space.#it’s as simple as that!#ever since the dlc is out i literally could see the amount of ppl blocking me go up and im just “ok” because i do go around muting ppl too.#that's normal fandom space managing experience. pls do that#lore discussion is for ppl to engage in so u say ur piece i say mine and we can continue or not depending on situation#but FANWORK? leave each other alone or be a hater in ur own space ok?#personal#also where are these ppl who have been defending Marika at... because if u exclude me#and some others i can count on one hand. where are these ppl?#ppl saying headass stuffs about the HS aren't even Marika fans or engage too much in fandom to begin with#meanwhile u can't even find one youtube lore essay that says anything good about her#ppl are even trying to give Messmer's mother position to GEQ for no goddamn reason#like where is this overwhelming support for Marika at cuz as the active Marika stan around im not seeing it
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Vibrating with happiness I got them signed aaaaa
#wish I could have talked to kellen more#I was super awkward and nervous about saying hi#he did a very fun and cute moon and sun impression for me it was very sweet#he seems like a really nice man#also his panel was super interesting#he talked a bit about how it was voicing sun moon and eclipse#also he has a malleable epiglottis#which is how he gets really good monster sounds#and how sun and moon sound so different#super interesting stuff#sundrop#fnaf daycare attendant#moondrop#fnaf eclipse#fnaf#fnaf ruin dlc
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