Rain World News

Hey, slugcats!

It has been so amazing to organize another Rain World Art Month and watch all the art pieces drawn for the event. Thank you everyone who participated in the event! It has been wonderful to watch RW Art Month grow over the years! This is the first time the event has expanded to Steam! I wanted to talk about some stats, important links, and announcements made during the event.

[h2]RW Art Month Stats[/h2]
Total art: 5,827 (+4,578 from last year)
Unique artists: 1,060
Most popular prompt: Gourmand: 623 art pieces | 2nd: Spearmaster: 444
Average art piece per day: 146.7

[h2]Rain World Announcements[/h2]
Rain World Art Month full gallery: If you would like to see all the art that has been drawn throughout the event, I have uploaded all the art to Google Drive.

Rain World Art Month Museum: We’ve updated the museum to include more art and more prompts from the event!

Slugpup Plushies: Survivor, Monk, Hunter, and Nightcat slugpup plushies are available for preorders! They are squishable and small.

Rain World Vinyl: We are teaming up with Black Screen Records to develop a base game reprint and new upcoming Downpour companion vinyl. No preorders available quite yet but like the posters, but once these become available, I’ll be sure to update you all! You can also sign up for the Black Screen Records mailing list to keep an eye out for more info!

Rain World posters: If you watched Saren Stone’s stream you would have gotten a sneak peek at the Rain World posters being worked on! Once these become available, I’ll be sure to let you know!

I have so much more coming soon and are excited to talk about it with you when we have more information on them! We even hinted at a lizard plushie and pin in the works.

-Riv Otter

Hey slugcats,

We have just released a hotfix to fix the input issues.

[h2]Hotfix notes[/h2]

• Fixed Down & Left directions on the keyboard not being rebindable in the input settings menu.
  
• Fixed game crash on the input settings menu if the player had a controller bound to the 4th player in their save file prior to the 1.9.07 update.
  
• Fixed Sandbox Mode controls not working.
  

We apologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused and thank you all for your patience and bug reports.

- Riv Otter

Hey, slugcats!

I have another patch for you! This bad boy fixes map exploration not getting properly saved when you cross through a gate, fixes passage illustrations, and plenty of minor issues that folks have been reporting. Please remember that this patch may break some community mods, so if you’re currently subscribed to anything, you may need to accommodate.

[h2]Patch notes[/h2]

• Overhauled the game's input system and input configuration system for better controller support.
  
• Dev Tools is now deactivated in-game by default now until you press the O key, to avoid confusion for non-modders. (Note to modders: you can still use your setup.txt file to disable this behavior)
  
• More Slugcat's "unlock all campaigns" cheat will now also unlock all More Slugcats characters in Expedition mode as well.
  
• Fixed map exploration not getting saved properly on cycles where you crossed through a gate.
  
• Fixed an error with world data parsing that caused some slugcat-specific region content (like artificer/spearmaster garbage wastes) to not display properly on the mini-map.
  
• Fixed passage illustrations failing to display while using LOW/MEDIUM quality mode.
  
• When key-item tracking is enabled, pearls left inside Pebbles' chamber will now respawn outside in the access shaft instead (except for with Artificer)
  
• Tracked key-items will now avoid respawning submerged in lethal bodies of water (and will just tend to avoid respawning underwater in general)
  
• Fixed Spearmaster's broadcast progression not advancing properly or resetting if you die to Pebbles on your first meeting.
  
• Fixed a softlock that trapped you in an infinite death loop if you had an active electric spear in your shelter when a shelter failure event occured.
  
• Fixed a bug that was preventing Pebbles' Rivulet-campaign pearl from showing up in the Collections menu.
  
• Fixed one of Saint's tutorial messages not appearing as it should.
  
• Fixed dream illustrations being off-centered in lower resolutions and some buttons being cut off at lower resolutions.
  
• Fixed hidden challenges in Expedition mode not being counted towards the Total Challenges Completed counter.
  
• Various small tweaks to some of the regions (a few extra shelters, some spawn changes, etc.)
  

Thanks for all the bug reports! I’ve been keeping track of them and the amazing team has been able to get these patches out to fix the various bugs you have been reporting.

-Riv Otter

Hey, slugcats!

It’s time for the 4th Rain World Art Month and the first time officially being announced on Steam! It is super exciting to finally be able to move Rain World Art Month to new platforms!

31 different Rain World themed art prompts for each day in March!



Also you might not believe me but this list was randomized… and Gourmand was so powerful that they ended up first on the list.

If you post on other social platforms, follow these guidelines so we can view them!

• In the Rain World Discord, there is a dedicated channel for RW Art Month posts (#rw-art-month-gallery)!
  
• If you post on Twitter, be sure to use the hashtag #RWArtMonth!
  
• If you post on the Rain World Subreddit use the RW Art Month flair!
  

Huge thanks to AnnoyingFlower for designing the art in the graphic!

-Riv Otter

Hey, slugcats!

I hope you have been enjoying Rain World: Downpour and Rain World: Remix. Over the weekend we have released another patch that fixes many Co-op bugs and adds support for adding tags to mods on Steam Workshop. The full patch notes are below.

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

• Certain options, like resolution, controller input configs, etc, will no longer be synced across devices in Steam Cloud.
  
• Added support for adding tags to mods on Steam Workshop.
  
• Added extra options in input configuration to invert analog stick axes for some gamepads that were having this issue.
  
• Fixed the arena unlock token in Undergrowth not actually unlocking the corresponding arenas.
  
• Fixed pearls displaying their discovery status incorrectly in the Collections menu if delivered in a timeline that doesn't have a unique variant for that pearl.
  
• Delivering a pearl during an Expedition will now properly add that pearl to the Collections menu.
  
• More Expedition challenge adjustments.
  
• Added double-click feature to disable all but one challenge in Expedition filter menu.
  
• Fixed duplicated Slow Time HUD elements in Expedition.
  
• Fixed a few vista point locations that were unreachable during certain More Slugcat timelines.
  
• In parry challenges in Challenge Mode, item parries will now also count towards the parry counter.
  
• Fixed kill tracker not working properly with Jolly Co-op.
  
• Fixed a bug where the shelter door could close too soon in Co-op mode.
  
• Fixed starvation and malnourished issues with Co-op mode.
  
• Fixed karma flower placements when playing with Jolly Co-op.
  
• Fixed karma flower animation not playing when speared by Spearmaster in Co-op mode.
  
• Fixed some camera cycling issues in Co-op mode.
  
• Fixed some issues that arose when players died in Co-op mode with items in their stomachs.
  
• Resolved inaccuracies in reported playtime for your save file when using Co-op with Remix disabled.
  
• Reduced lag that would arise when a player eats a neuron in Co-op mode.
  
• Fixed Remix custom colors carrying over into arena mode, and fixed some bugs with Jolly Co-op Auto color mode.
  
• Fixed carrying animation for slugpups when Jolly Co-op is active.
  
• Artificer's mauling ability will no longer activate against slugpups.
• The pause menu's Continue/Exit buttons no longer go off the screen while playing in 16:10 aspect ratio.
  
• Fixed all of the arenas in the level list displaying the "new" flashing animation if unlocked via the Cheats menu.
  
• When picking up arena unlocks in non-English languages, fix the text overlapping the unlock icon.
  

Thanks for reporting these bugs! We are working hard on patching out more bugs and the bug reports help us investigate them.

-Riv Otter