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[orangedoorhingeinstorage]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAIN WORLD RAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

THANK YOU VIDEOCULT!!!!!!!!

[grunckle]

Slightly terrifying thought! What if the void worms aren't normally right under the Void Sea's surface?

There's a method to call earthworms from the ground in real life called worm grunting or worm charming. It involves sticking one stake with carved grooves called a "stob" into the ground, and rubbing it with another stick to create the vibrations that causes the worms to come to the surface.

This idea seems to have already been floating around Joar's mind around the time he was in the early days of Rain World development. One piece from his portfolio in 2013 was called, "Calling the Spirits" and involved the concept of worm grunting, though with an expected weird and surreal aspect to it. It was also reminiscent of other concepts and even designs that made their way into Rain World.

I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. The drills definitely evoke the same vibe, extending all the way down to the Void Sea shore. Moon even states how the benefactors tried putting them deeper, but they were broken by a "force" unknown to them. Maybe void worms normally reside in the depths of the Void Sea, but were called up by the actions of the Benefactors.

What this would actually entail? I genuinely have no idea, it's just a thought I had, but I'd be interested to hear if people could expand on it.

[andro-king]

Videocult saw my fucking Baracks to the Obama and then replied. Their only reply on Bluesky is to fucking Baracks to the Obama.

Why does this 5 minute meme pop off harder than the week long art project?

Why not I guess

[rwarchival]

I'll contribute to the Rain World archive by sharing a bunch of WIP logos! Some of them are from the Devlog, were considered lost but then found again!

Some logos from the alpha, the alpha that is currently available to us (Lingo Alpha) has placeholders instead of these. Assuming these are screenshots from a later version.

These were considered lost but found later in the RW server! These are still for the alpha, the alpha is known to have deathmatches and waves.

If you are a fan of the Devlog you might be familiar with this techno-mayan logo, or seen it in a much worse state. The Devlog archives currently have a different version of this image. And finally images from the restored Devlog archives:

They come from different times of development. Some before Joar decided to go with the graffiti style seen above.

Oh I wasn't aware of the last 5!

God I still wish they used the graffiti style in the interface/ promotional material. Also joarcat my beloved <3

Tho I wouldn't replace the beautiful paintings we get in game dreams/cutscenes with anything else, miimows art is awesome

[dylrannet]

Genuinely happy that The Watcher DLC is getting a mixed reception, Rain World was never meant to be a game loved by everyone. It's niche, flawed, and uncomfortably different, if it wasn't mixed that would mean they'd smoothed over all of those rough edges that make Rain World so good in the first place.

[raingametm]

I have a little theory and I want to see if it has any merit :>

[callmetoasted08]

I play Rain World too.

Shoutout spearmaster for being the best slugcat

[acidhydraart]

drew and doodled my custom character in the AIRFRAME ULTRA closed beta / playtest

ingame screenshots for comparison

plus two more colour/filter variants under the cut

[false-savior]

the wet mouse

[dawns-downpour]

GUYS GUYS WHAT IS THISSS OMGGGGG

[auroranekai]

Little Courier with Opal Reflections' last pearl message to Caustic Midnight Sun.

[orangedoorhingeinstorage]

I cant wait....

[grunckle]

On stars, guardians, and Rain World’s cosmology.

One aspect of Rain World lore that’s asked about quite a lot but normally never gets satisfying answers is the topic or Rain World’s space/universe/cosmology. Despite first impressions though, there’s a lot more it than meets the eye, so I thought I would compile most everything we know about it.

For one, to get it out of the way, Rain World isn’t on a planet, and its universe is fundamentally different from our own. This is something Joar has talked about on occasion.

He also said on an earlier dev log how Rain World functions more like a fantasy world where it doesn’t hold much relevance than a real sci-fi like planet.

“Oh, another thing - Rain World isn't a planet lol Cheesy Or I guess it might probably be on a planet, just as Lord of The Rings, Sex And The City, Zelda and Frankenstein's Monster are probably technically on a planet, but just as in those examples the planet aspect isn't really relevant at all. Rain World is more of a fantasy world or a dream world, not somewhere you can go in a space ship ~”

But even if it’s not incredibly relevant, it’s clear a lot of thought was put into Rain Worlds fictional cosmology, this was even mentioned by James.

So, that being said here's what we know about Rain World's cosmology in game.

The biggest indicator of Rain World's unique cosmology is that the Farm Arrays deep pink pearl just mentions celestial spheres, which are aspects of older cosmological models.

"This one is just plain text. I will read it to you. "On regards of the (by spiritual splendor eternally graced) people of the Congregation of Never Dwindling Righteousness, we Wish to congratulate (o so thankfully) this Facility on its Loyal and Relished services, and to Offer our Hopes and Aspirations that the Fruitful and Mutually Satisfactory Cooperation may continue, for as long as the Stars stay fixed on their Celestial Spheres and/or the Cooperation continues to be Fruitful and Mutually Satisfactory." ...May Not as long as the Stars stay fixed on their Celestial Spheres Grey Hand, Impure Blood, Inheritable Corruption, Parasites, or malfunction settle in Your establishment."

More subtly, there's also a mention of the ground colliding with the sky.

"If you leave a stone on the ground, and come back some time later, it's covered in dust. This happens everywhere, and over several lifetimes of creatures such as you, the ground slowly builds upwards. So why doesn't the ground collide with the sky? Because far down, under the very very old layers of the earth, the rock is being dissolved or removed. The entity which does this is known as the Void Sea."

You could chalk this line up to flowery language, but considering the presentation of the rest of the dialogue, it sounds more like an actual aspect of this world.

We know from the Chimney Canopy echo that the sun rises.

"From within my vessel of flesh, I would perch upon this spot to observe the rising of the sun."

And from the top of The Wall we can see the moon and stars (confirmed to be stars by Joar in the previous screenshot, instead of satellites or something else) , which are green!

So, what does this all mean? I think we can entail a few things with what they've given us.

For one, the mention of the ground colliding with the sky implies some sort of firmament, which isn't an unusual concept in the general realm of celestial spheres.

But on the topic of celestial spheres, the pearl actually isn't the only place we see the concept. Guardian halos are very similar to depictions of celestial spheres, and also astrological clocks.

You can make of this as you will, perhaps the astrological references being tied to guardians could hint at the nature of karma, but there isn't much to really delve into that idea.

For what it's worth, celestial spheres are also core concepts in Gnosticism, which Rain World is heavily inspired by. I explain it more in this post about Void Worms, but for a quick synopsis in Gnosticism there are seven planetary spheres, and an eighth above them; the planets and stars are fixed to their spheres. These things just further cement the fact that celestial spheres seem to be a key aspect of Rain World's cosmology, and it would also likely imply it's universe follows a geocentric model.

For a bit of a more out-there theory, people have pointed out how the view atop the wall stretches really far, going far beyond what we could see on a spherical planet like Earth, which has led some to theorize that the world is also flat.

But what is probably the most important aspect of Rain World's cosmology is the nature of dust. Dust builds up, and the bedrock of the world is eaten away at by the Void Sea. Civilizations rise and fall into the sea as new ones are built above it. Many, including myself, believe that the world exists in a sort of state of equilibrium. The world is dissolved from the bottom, then that falls back on the world as dust; even in the final moments of the game we see dust suspended in the void sea depths.

And hey, even void worms are described as being star-like.

"Oh, interesting. This is a diary entry of a pre-Iterator era laborer during the construction of the subterranean transit system south of here. In it they describe restless nights filled with disturbing dreams, where millions glowing stars move menacingly in the distance."

Cyclical, recursive, something else entirely? We can never really pin down the true nature of Rain World's cosmology, but the things we do get hint at something strange and unique. It's such an interesting aspect of the lore, and it seems like Videocult will continue to make mysterious cosmologies in their future projects...

[colfy-wolfy]

haven't officially posted these two yet so here ya go

If you couldn't tell, these sluggies are based off of videocult's other projects! Being Airframe Ultra and the Signal videos respectfully.

The signal slug is named Mercury. I have yet to come up with a name for the airframe slug so suggestions are appreciated.

[rwarchival]

Miimows posted on her bluesky account today some early sketches and drawings!

[eakiturtle]

AIRFRAME ULTRA!!! already love the game

my genderfluid twink and yes that is the outer wilds ventures patch