Hey slugcats,

We have released a patch which tweaks the behaviors and mechanics of a number of creatures, warp points being displayed on the mini-map, fixing some crashes that affected Arena and Challenge modes, and more.

You can read the full patch notes below.

• Many new tweaks to the behaviors and mechanics of a number of creatures (Barnacles, Locusts, Moths, Watcher-campaign lizards)
  
• Warp points are now displayed on the mini-map
  
• Some extra and clearer progression hints on the warp point region map
  
• Some adjustments to creature spawns
  
• Fixed some crashes that affected Arena and Challenge modes
  
• Fixed mini-maps that were not rendering properly in some regions
  
• Fixed some items disappearing or reverting state after storing them in a shelter
  
• Fixed occasional crashes when bringing certain creatures through warps
  
• Fixed resetting save data for non-Watcher slugcats causing some Watcher save data to get reset as well
  
• Fixed death fall gradients sometimes not being visible
  
• Fixed some dialogs showing a TEXT ERROR in French language
  
• Fixed some region mini-map properties like water color not displaying on the hibernation screen mini-maps
  
  I am continuing monitoring the bug reports and issues you have been facing! If you do continue running into a bug or issue after the patch please report it in the bug report form and the team will have better tracking on it!
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezXL3WE2udFn8qJn-4bKHf-YkxiIbzmLB6jSwP6XYfp8DJtQ/viewform
  
  The team is continuing toiling through the earlier reports and working hard on the feedback you have been providing.
  
  - Riv otter
  

Hey slugcats,

I’m Joseph, but some of you know me as riv otter, and I’m the community manager for Akupara Games. Rain World was actually where I got my start for community management with Rain World Art Month and Anniversary events!

Hope you have been enjoying playing Rain World: The Watcher. Exploring the new mechanics that the Watcher brings with them to traverse through the hazardous regions.

I do want to take the opportunity to speak about some of the plans for the future of The Watcher.

If you’ve ever wondered who goes through all the feedback and bug reports after a big release like this one– well, the answer is me!. I do want to thank you for your patience on this as we are a small indie team and going through all the reports and investigating each of them is going to take us a bit of time. Our plans is to keep patching as rapidly as possible to solve issues and add more qualities of life options for players. At a certain point in a few weeks, we’ll be a little quieter as things get in gear for our console updates.

Even as we speak, the developer team is energized with ideas and we’re organizing them for release both in the short and long-term.. Our short term priorities include additions like those bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements I mentioned above while long term priorities include additions like James mentioned a few weeks ago– the final endings and other cryptic secrets. We’re looking to start dropping patches with some of that content in about a week and we can’t for you to experience them.

I would like to talk about them a bit but the developer team, specifically James, would send the wrath of 1,000s of blizzard lizards and barnacles to my house if I made even the tiniest peep. May even send rain as well to add insult to injury…

I’ve seen a lot of questions about consoles, so here is an update: The DLC is definitely coming out this year on consoles with plans to release within six months. There’s always trouble porting Rain World onto the Nintendo Switch because of the nature of the hardware constraints but we’ve done it before and we’ll do it again. If Switch delays the console ports too much, we may end up pushing just Switch to a later date.

Either way, we’re looking to release a lot more Watcher content this spring and summer!

I’ll have more to share once the next patch comes out, but until then– thank you all so much for another amazing launch!

- Riv Otter

Hey Slugcats,


Read below for the full patch notes. Note there will be spoilers.!

• Fix the game graphics being visually broken when playing in 16:10 resolution
  
• Fix a frequent crash when visiting gate rooms
  
• Update BepInEx to 64-bit to fix issues with loading code mods
  
• Watcher is no longer selectable in Safari mode
  
• Watcher is no longer selectable in Jolly Coop mode
  
• Fix Unfortunate Evolution warp point being broken
  
• Fix players sometimes getting permanently held inside a warp point, causing an infinite warp back and forth
  
• Players no longer lose their grip on Sky Whale whiskers when they change directions
  
• Fix bug that prevented viewing region maps on the warp map after starving yourself in a shelter
  
• Fix wind blowing the player to their death when taking the Badlands to Cold Storage warp
  
• Some softlock prevention in Torrid Desert out of bounds
  
• Fix errant tentacle in Station Annex clipping through the wall and grabbing the player from out of bounds
  
• Fix room image glitching out after traveling through the Outer Rim warp from the Daemon area
  
• Fix warp point on right side of Outer Rim warping the player inside of a wall
  
• Reduce number of Tardigrades in Rusted Wreck

Please continue reporting bugs in the Rain World Bug Form if you run into any!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezXL3WE2udFn8qJn-4bKHf-YkxiIbzmLB6jSwP6XYfp8DJtQ/viewform?usp=header

-riv otter

Hey Slugcats,



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?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2857120/Rain_World_The_Watcher/

Most community mods from the workshop will be incompatible with The Watcher DLC at launch. I would strongly recommend you unsubscribe from the community mods and do a full reinstall of Rain World by deleting, moving, or renaming the Rain World folder typically located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rain World. Then verify the files through Steam.

You may also need to remove your Rain World saves. Your saves should be located in C:\Users\[[YOUR_USER]]\AppData\LocalLow\Videocult\Rain World. Change [[YOUR_USER]] to your username on your PC.

The files will be named "sav", "sav2", or "sav3" depending on which save slot it is used.

To help out with filtering through the mods and to give modders access to better communicate with their mods, I have added a “Compatible With” section where you can add which part of Rain World and DLCs your mod works with. The tags are “Base”, “Downpour”, and “Watcher”.

We are trying something different for bug reporting so please be patient with us! If you run into any bugs while playing The Watcher, then please report them here so we can better track the reports.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezXL3WE2udFn8qJn-4bKHf-YkxiIbzmLB6jSwP6XYfp8DJtQ/viewform?usp=header

- Riv otter

Hey Slugcats,

I have a few things to go over with the launch of the Watcher coming soon! Less than 30 days to launch!

It is time! Time to reveal the prompts for Rain World Art Month! Every day in March has a new Rain World themed prompt!

Join the Rain World Discord to see the art being drawn for the event in #⁠rw-art-month-gallery★

Remember if you post on Twitter, Bluesky, etc. be sure to use the hashtag #RWArtMonth



Sanshee is also sponsoring Rain World Art Month with various prizes for giveaways! If you want a chance to win some Rain World merch be sure to to keep an eye out! I’ll give more information on the first giveaway next week!

We are only a few weeks away from the launch of Rain World: The Watcher on PC! I want to share a message from James on The Watcher.


We will be continuing our celebration of the Rain World anniversary with a livestream on March 28th! We’ll be counting down the minutes to the launch of the Watcher on that stream! So I would recommend a watch if you want to countdown with us!
https://www.twitch.tv/akuparagames


-riv otter

Hey slugcats,




These adorable collectibles are available now for preorder!
https://youtooz.com/collections/rain-world

Claim them as your own and prepare for the bullet rain.

- riv otter

Hey slugcats!

I know many of you have been asking for this and we have been working hard with Sanshee to bring you three more glow in the dark lizard plushies (Yellow, White, and Cyan) available for pre-order!



Check out the new lizards trying to get just a nip of the slugcats.
https://sanshee.com/collections/rain-world

Also in celebration of Akupara turning 8 years old, Rain World has been discounted by 63%! Rain World: Downpour has also been discounted by 33%!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/akuparagames8thanniversarysale

- Riv Otter

Hey slugcats,

If you were watching the Six One Indie Showcase you would have seen that Rain World: The Watcher will be coming out on March 28th!



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?

Consider… ripples in water, distorting the reflection of an aberrant world. Unknown creatures. Hidden threats. Secrets glimpsed through the refractions of nothingness. And through the middle of it all, a lonely, lost slugcat trying their best to outlast the ravages of a warped world.

- riv otter

Hey slugcats,

Rain World is participating in the Six One Indie Showcase with a much-anticipated announcement to be revealed!
Six One Indie is a games outlet continuously working towards delivering a new take on indie amplification through showcase spotlights and in-depth commentary on the indie gaming and development scene.

To celebrate, I’ll be hosting a watch party with the community for the showcase in the Rain World Discord on September 19th at 9am PST! You can also watch the showcase directly on Youtube!

Riv otter

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.

• 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