Rain World News

Hey slugcats,

We have released a hotfix patch (v1.9.15.3) that fixes some players to be stuck in the loading screen, pup hunger bar not displaying, and more! You can read the patch notes below.

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug that disabled players from restarting Expedition Mode after dying on their first run.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some players to be stuck in the loading screen.
  
• Fixed a bug that flipped the load order of asset mods.
  
• Fixed the pup hunger bar not displaying.
  
• Fixed Burdens disappearing after dying or restarting in Expedition Mode.
  
• Fixed a frequent game crash when Mother Long Legs are present in rooms.
  
• Fixed Remix’s “Jetfish Item Protection” toggle not working if More Slugcats isn’t enabled.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Noodlefly eggs in shelters to persist after hatching.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Layer 4 backgrounds to not be displayed in rooms that used them.
  
• Fixed multiple Safari Mode audio issues.
  
• Fixed the game occasionally reapplying mods on launch in situations where it isn’t necessary to do so.
  
• Fixed some important debug information not appearing in the log files when Dev Tools is active.
  
• Removed Slugcat (We learned that 100% of Rain World deaths were when people were playing a slugcat. We wanted to remedy this)
  

- riv otter

I still think of Rain World as the beautiful, brutally hard game about accidentally going down tunnels butt-first and being crushed to death by weather, but it's grown and expanded a lot since its release almost seven years ago. It's about to grow again with a new DLC: The Watcher.

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Hey slugcats,

Rain World: The Watcher is the next DLC expansion of Rain World. Journey beyond to something, somewhere only ever glimpsed. When the world beneath your feet cracks and crumbles, will you hold on to all you once knew? Or dive into the unknown?

We are working hard on Rain World: The Watcher, and I can’t wait to share more information later. For now though, please wishlist on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2857120/Rain_World_The_Watcher/

The fourth slugcat of Rain World has not been forgotten, their time is coming.

-riv otter

Hey slugcats,

The quality of life patch (1.9.14) is now out on PC!

This includes many fixes players have been asking for such as: inaccuracies with the speedrun timer, fixing controller customized configs not saving for players 2-4, and more. Here are the full patch notes.

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

• Fixed controller customized configs not saving for players 2-4.
  
• Mouse buttons can now be bound in controller customized configs.
  
• Fixed some bugs that would cause issues when ordering mods in the Remix Menu, causing errors because dependencies were sometimes not respected.
  
• (Safari) Fixed Scavengers doing random actions even when not inputted to do so.
  
• (Safari) Fixed soft locks caused by creature transports moving to inaccessible areas of the region, or parts of the region from other time periods.
  
• Fixed a soft lock in CC_B04 if MSC isn’t enabled.
  
• Fixed an issue when deselecting Player 1 in the Arena Slugcat Player Selection.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Artificer’s dream sequences to crash the game.
  
• Fixed inaccuracies with the speedrun timer.
  
• Fixed a crash when swimming near another exit pipe in flooded GW_A13 when GW_S08 had a shelter failure.
  
• Fixed the cycle length setting in Remix not also adjusting the timings for the day/night trigger.
  
• Fixed precycles making it impossible to escape MS in some scenarios outside of Rivulet’s campaign.
  
• Fixed belly slides failing to stick a spear in walls if the slugcat’s throw force was too low.
  
• Fixed issues in Expedition mission loading.
  
• Fixed the SunBlock room effect sometimes not covering the edges of the screen.
  
• General crash fixes and stability fixes.
  

[h3]Natively integrated fixes from the following community workshop mods:[/h3]

• Guardian (by Vigaro)
  
• Merge Fix (by Bro748)
  
• Yeek Fix (by Willburd)
  
• Speedrun Timer Fix (by Forthbridge)
  
• Superstructure Fuse Fix (by Xan/Eti)
  
• Needle Cleanup (by SabreML)
  
• Miros Vulture Priority Fix (by Coder23848)
  
• Music Triggers Fix (by Jevmen)
  
• Moon and HR_C01 No Flood Fix (by solo race)
  
• No More Tinnitus (by Slime_Cubed)
  

-riv otter

Hey slugcats,

I am super excited to reveal the next prompts for Rain World Art Month! Thirty-one different Rain World themed art prompts for each day in March! This is easily one of the most exciting things I have developed and watched grow over the years, so I hope you’re ready for me to post pretty obsessively about it.



Here are a few options where you can post art you’ve drawn or watch the art other people have drawn for the event!

• Rain World Discord: Post in #rw-art-month-gallery
  
• Twitter: Use the hashtag #RWArtMonth
  
• Rain World Subreddit: Use the RW Art Month flair!
  

In the middle of all the art creation, I’ll have a few mysterious announcements during the month of March.

Also, mark your calendars for March 28th! That day is Rain World's seven year anniversary and to celebrate, we’ll be joining James to review different art pieces from Rain World Art Month. Who knows? Maybe we’ll even talk about the future of Rain World? This will be streamed on the Akupara Games Twitch.

- Riv otter