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Hear me out.

Anthro scugs but they're based on the Ancients' anatomy and fashion

Arti first, Gourmand is next I'll do all of them if I'm insane enough

(doodle requests are still open in asks, I'll get to them soon)

PART 1 - ARTIFICER (YOU ARE HERE)

PART 2 - GOURMAND

PART 3 - RIVULET

PART 4 -HUNTER

PART 5 - SPEARMASTER

PART 6 - ENOT

PART 7 - SAINT

PART 8 - WATCHER

PART 9 - MONK

PART 10 - SURVIVOR

Check out #rwrof au tag for more content with those designs

i realized that rivulet gets electrocuted when they obtain rarefaction cell and now i really really want to see rivulet with scars

(but i also almost never draw scars sorry)

Some good family time ʕ•-•ʔ

More assorted maps! I'm getting addicted to making these!

ur distorting the map with ur aura!! back off!!!! no wonder we lost!!!

scug fam

hi am i allowed to request rivulet with electrocution scars from grabbing the rarefaction cell (that's my propaganda)... your slugcats look very interesting /pos

I LOVE YOUR PROPAGANDA SO MUCH???

very cool idea I'm surprised this is the first time I see someone come up with that because its super cool

also this was a fun one because I actually have an OC with a similar design element - has an abstract bolt-shaped scar after she got hit by thunder as a child lmao

They can be friends!!

ALSO thank you for liking my scugs!!

Can I get uhhhhh soggy saint please?

Got sogged for our sins

I saw you had doodle requests open

May I request monk in a silly hat

The silliest hat I could think of!!!!!

Hey hey feel free to give me Rain World doodle requests in asks.

I'll have two longer train rides soon so I will appreciate any propositions to draw during the way rahh

Beasts

Day 24: Slugpups

A mimimr

Its my BIRTHDAY AND APRIL FOOLS so i get to draw whatever I want. and I wanted to draw mspaint ggg scugs. because ive been going crazy in the new Watcher DLC. which is also why i havent been posting much, apologies.

I have done it, I have figured out The Watcher’s theme, and how it it fits with the rest of rain world (I will try to make this short sorry if I ramble)

ALSO SPOILERS (kind of)

Basegame

To me rain world is one of those games that can only truly be understood by playing it yourself, sure, you can read the wiki and watch the very good video essays about it, you can know the story, but you won’t Get It, because playing rain world? Dying over and over again? Exploring the world until you know it like the back of your hand? Dying in stupid ways? Some that aren’t even your fault? Getting so frustrated you don’t touch the game for weeks? That’s the Cycle, that’s why The Ancients decided to dip out, they weren’t just arrogant monks obsessed with death, they were tired, and frustrated, and just done with it, and as a player you experience that, the only out, the only rest, is to ascend, nothing else really matters.

Downpour

Downpour really means a lot to me because it takes what the basegame says, and goes against it, downpour is about how insignificant, small, sentimental things hold incredible meaning, eight slugcats, walking the same abandoned dying word, only separated by a literally incomprehensible time between them, the only ones who share a time period can’t meet again until their journeys have completely transformed them, Survivor and Monk go from pups, to a parent and a capable and independent adventurer respectably.

The slugcats are small, irrelevant, insignificant creatures, Five Pebbles says as much, and yet they shape and change the world around then in small but significant ways, for better or worse, Spearmaster, delivering the pearl that causes 5P complete isolation from his family, as well as allowing Moon to say a final goodbye, (also there is the shelter sign he draws in underhag (I think) and it just warms my heart), Artificer completely destroying the scavenger civilisation beyond repair, I even believe scavengers are so immediately hostile to Hunter, another red slugcat, Gourmand, that opens the gate to allow every lost slugcat a way back home, Rivulet, The Timeline Fixer.

I could go on but I’m really trying not to, where the rain world basegame is about how life is all about our path towards death, and how this is a mercy, peace, downpour is about how life, for as messy and small, has meaning, value, people who care.

The Watcher (finally, really sorry for the ramble)

Also warning, watcher is the only one of these I haven’t played, downpour is destroying me :,)

Anyways.

While basegame is about the peacefulness of death, and downpour is about how all life has inherited value, watcher is about how life is just plain old beautiful.

The world is wide, amazing, mysterious, and when you think you just began ti underhand it, something new comes (and kills you, taking away hours of progress, but ANYWAY-)

For all the complains I have heard about the new dlc, one thing that is a constant is just how stoning the new maps are, the new music is.

Watcher as a slugcat with just has one goal in mind, survive, and to do that, they are just chilling warping around the world with their new bestie.

The Best Echo Ever and Watcher are parallels, they both reject ascension in favour of exploring the world, accepting a Cycle of never ending death and resurrection, in favour of the unknown Void, not understanding why others see that as the better option, and for thought they were left behind.

So now, alone together, they just sit back and watch it all pass by, with jokes and introspection, acceptance of life as it is, with all that it has to offer, both good and bad.

There is also a bit about how the rejection of death is equally as damaging as the search for self destruction, points at the whole rot mess that’s going on, BUT again, I do not have the dlc, so I haven’t have the time to see all that’s going on over there.

That will be all, hope I made sense I didn’t ramble too much, I can’t help myself when it is about my favourite game about depression and existentialism :)

(SPOILERS FOR THE WATCHER ENDING) Its insane that you wrote all of that in just one ask to a random tumblr user because this is some banger thoughts and interpretations I really, really like your take on Downpour and it helped me come to the conclusion why I like that DLC so much and put it into words. Funnily enough, I am a player that lowkey personally disagrees with what the base game had to say about ascension. As much as I understand the motive of peacefulness of death 100%, there is something beautiful in the struggle and our own personal cycles. Basically I value the way more than the ending, and I think Downpour and how the decisions of such small scugs, haha, echo through the entire world with time is an amazing thing to think about. Though my thoughts on the Watcher were a tad different, mostly because the ending I got (SPOILERS) was the toys one - where the child Echo, the OAOA comes to a conclusion of what was binding them to the world - the inability to accept the next step, fearing "walking thorugh the white door" if I remember well. And with that, paired with the Watcher's opening cutscene (in which the OST "Childhood's end" plays) + the toyroom in the ending I started seeing this DLC as one about childhood, from two perspectives. One of an Echo desperately clinging to theirs, a time in their life that they don't want to leave behind, literally playing hide and seek with their slugcat friend in their little make-believesque world and of a slugcat who's childhood got ripped away, forcing them to just stall and observe everything that comes and goes their way in the "adulthood" they were never ready for, one that shouldn't have come so fast. Ironically enough, I think that the DLC really doesn't fit it's name - it puts the Watcher in the role of a protagonist, the most influencial thing in the worlds they traverse through, making them finally have an impact, make decisions that matter and shape the world all around. And not even in a powertrip-like sense, just in a sense of finding joy and peace in something so trivial like adventuring through countless make-believe worlds... or playing with toys. I really like the toys ending, dilly dally and have fun my scug

I liked the feeling of being insignificant in Rain World, this take on the Watcher kinda flips it on its head, but its okay in a way. Just relying this contrast of accepting the next step in life when you're ready for it and regaining the lost feeling of importance, control and the plain, simple ability to have fun.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts!!

A memory of a childhood's end rippling back into your head

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More of that headcanon because I like having fun lalalala

RAIN WORLD WATCHER SPOILERS

RAIN WORLD WATCHER SPOILERS

born from this conversation with @end-orfino

Literally the two endings

Original:

Happy rainworld 8th anniversary! (quality is kinda screwed)

do y’all see the ‘8’?

RAIN WORLD THE WATCHER OPENING CUTSCENE SPOILERS (?)

Some people noticed that the other slugpup from the opening is a really similar color to Gourmand and as much as we know that's not him, I still like that headcanon

Imagine your sister gets lost between dimensions damn

If any of you took a good look at my slugcat designs you can notice that all of the outer expanse fellas (Gourm, Surv and Monk) are way more slug than cat - having the funky frills, longer "whiskers" (except surv whatev). I actually designed Watcher a day before the DLC came out because I couldn't wait, so it was super fun to see the opening cutscene be in what seemed like that region - would fit the look I have for her and she shares the same cape design element as Monk!

Would also fit this silly vision I had here if they were all somehow related lmao, then Watcher would be the honorary member of the "dot on the left cheek" outer expanse gang

FINAL THOUGHTS IF ANYONE CARES (SPOILERS FOR THE ENDINGS)

I didn't really change my mind too much

I feel like all of the DLC strengths stayed on paper instead of going into practice. Because, on paper, I really like it - dimension hopping slugcat bonding with an Echo of an Ancient's child with the motive of accepting the next steps in life or/and being at peace woth your inner child is an amazing idea. But it was barely there and barely told?

Half of the Echo encounters I had were dialougeless and with how much of a chore finding this guy around the map was, I forgot I was supposed to even bond with them. I always felt like there was something missing, hell, for the whole game I thought that I'm dealing with an echo of an ITERATOR, only for my friend to notice that "oh wait they're talking about their classmates" after finishing.

I really dislike how the rot was handled in this DLC. I love the idea and the visuals of a rotting world but from what I got from the past campagins, the rot was something so closely tied to 5P and the small world around our two iterators that I fear making it a force akin to the Void made it less special. The roterator was a stunningly disgusting idea which I ADORED, I loved the Throne and the dimensions rotting away, but... it ultimately felt out of place.

Most of it felt out of place for me because of one, single change - the scale. I liked the world of Rain World for being a huge place, an overwhelming maze for such a little slugcat, with its own tragedy in the background... That ultimately turned out just to be a small portion of the world filled with thousands of iterators, also small and meaningless in the grand scheme of things. By opening up to other dimensions it lost this charm. And I would be fine with it if it was something COMPLETELY new. But no - we still have rain and cycles even with no iterators in sight. I felt that there was ultimately nothing explore when hopping from Echo to Echo and from rift to rift (maybe except Outer Rim, that area made me geniuenly interested and felt like it was designed with more sense).

Gameplaywise I think that the regions are a bit too big for their own good. I found myself stuck in countless loops or series of rooms leading to a dead end more often than necessary (the loops were especially irritating, looking at you, Turbulent Pump, my god how I hate Turbulent Pump). Not only that, I haven't really felt what the new karma-nonkarma did. I think it unlocked me more regions with time but because there was around, what? 7?? Starting regions it felt like it didn't make a difference at all. It didn't limit my exploration, I didn't bond with any of then, it didn't have that learning curve like Saint did. Storywise I'm also confused what the Ripples represent and its a bold decision to make them replace THE karma. The force that rules the whole world? The force that every iterator, ancient and scug was in constant stuggle with? Gone. Again, I wouldn't be mad at that if the ripples we got instead didn't feel so underwhelming.

Figuring out the powers of this guy was also amazing because me and my friend really thought we got softlocked with the Shattered Terrace echo. I also still don't know if using the power of hiding really unlocked the rippling-unopened portals or I just got lucky at the one that transported me to Ancient Urban. Really for the whole game I thought that oh, maybe those are rifts that will open with more of the new karma levels but they never did??? As far as we checked??? Everything felt like getting lucky, not figuring things out after trial and error.

Ancient Urban was an amazing location though, visually and atmosphere-wise I just wish we had more build-up to that.

I liked the new creatures but they rarely felt as interactive and alive as the basegame ones. No wonder, there was so many of them and there was no way to mix them all up and make it a coherent ecosystem like the first time. The most interesting interaction with the new creatures I saw was the Moth thingy eating a Vulture with it's tongue.

Also the shelters were so scarce? It always felt like loosing so much progress to the point I got irritated and started shamelessly devtooling around through the labirynths because I just couldn't take getting lost again and again, looking for another rift only to find myself at the starting point with no savepoint in sight. And even with that it was still a struggle. And its not even a skill issue on my side, I don't consider myself some pro player at all, but I managed to complete Spearmaster cheatless, it was a pain in the ass but I had so much satisfaction. The Watcher didn't make me feel rewarded for trying and being curious. The only reward I was getting were yet more regions to get lost at with no end in sight. Also it didn't help that the rifts weren't marked on the map, it would be such a minor thing but a great help (considering there is around 20 of regions its impossible to remember where connects to what, really), especially since one of the endings REQUIRES you to come back to the ones you had visited before. I know we have the randomized teleport power, but it would be cool to also be aware of well, where the gates to other locations are because they can be in most random of rooms.

This is just my opinion, I still want to have a run of the Watcher cheatless after some patches, I read somewhere that there are supposed to be arena unlocks or other things to find around the place. I got less mad at it with time but I just feel a bit bitter that its more of a showcase of stunning visuals than a campagin I'd pay 15 dollars for. But that might be because of currency exchange for me. Either way thank you for everyone that took the time to read and I'll glady listen to other opinions as well because I see they are super mixed

RAIN WORLD THE WATCHER SPOILERS + OPINION/FIRST IMPRESSIONS/RANT AHEAD

I am so disappointed its unreal

I LOVED the beginning and the build-up with the world slowly rotting away??? Seeing locations blocked off, fruit and creatures getting rotten with time , the echo being playful was so, so great and I had the time of my life...

Until the dimension hopping happened.

My god, I am so utterly confused, lost, left with no hints what-so-ever. The new locations are a visual feast (BIG respect to everyone who stood behind the enviromental design and the art itself, its all so gorgeous) but they feel so empty, lifeless and maze-like in a really bad way. Rain World was all about getting lost and feeling small, but those areas don't make me curious to explore them, there's nothing to explore except finding another rift and they just feel overwhelming.

They just don't feel rainworldy at all to me gameplaywise. And don't get me wrong, I'm super fine with making changes to formulas, heck, Downpour DLC is my favourite part of this game because it has so many unique mechanics to offer which were so different from the base game. I personaly don't feel like the world is alive, the new creatures look amazing but I do not see them interact with me or each other in the same way as they did in the past. They feel more like standalone obstacles which was rarely the case before. Most of the rooms are so empty, loop endlessly, I get no hints of where to go or what to look for and stumble upon things either because of blind luck or because my friend (who I was playing with at the same time) went a different path and by pure chance it was the correct one. If I haven't had that outside info, I would be stuck going in circles in a dimension four worlds away from the random one with the correct tower where the echo was waiting for me. I don't know if I'm missing something

I love the new camouflage skill but it was useful only in the beginning, I rarely used it in the dimension hopping part, only in really dire situations which happened rarely. My biggest enemy was parkouring to places only to find out they were dead ends

I'm on level two of the new karma, around 6 hours in and slugchat, help my doomed soul I am not having fun. I'd love to see something that would go further with the idea of the world rotting away but I feel so, so disconnected from whats going on

Super curious about how it could end and what the echo's deal even is, I'm just lowkey scared that it will be as disappointing as the section of the game I'm dealing with right now.

oh princessa what did they do to you /j

I finished the Watcher, my critisism of the DLC from the first rant still stands but visually and atmosphere-wise... Yeah I have no control over my fixation so I might make some fanart of her

UPDATE

Maxed out karma, teleported without the karma flower to some rot hell dimension and the Echo teleported me out - got to Outer Rim (?? I think) and THE THRONE somehow and I feel like I'm progressing by opening rifts in rooms filled with Karma flowers. Managed to do 3 of those and no more appeared?? So I'm kinda stuck again but I guess

Running in circles, still in pain but I can't be dragged away from the screen until I finish this scug

RAIN WORLD THE WATCHER SPOILERS + OPINION/FIRST IMPRESSIONS/RANT AHEAD

I am so disappointed its unreal

I LOVED the beginning and the build-up with the world slowly rotting away??? Seeing locations blocked off, fruit and creatures getting rotten with time , the echo being playful was so, so great and I had the time of my life...

Until the dimension hopping happened.

My god, I am so utterly confused, lost, left with no hints what-so-ever. The new locations are a visual feast (BIG respect to everyone who stood behind the enviromental design and the art itself, its all so gorgeous) but they feel so empty, lifeless and maze-like in a really bad way. Rain World was all about getting lost and feeling small, but those areas don't make me curious to explore them, there's nothing to explore except finding another rift and they just feel overwhelming.

They just don't feel rainworldy at all to me gameplaywise. And don't get me wrong, I'm super fine with making changes to formulas, heck, Downpour DLC is my favourite part of this game because it has so many unique mechanics to offer which were so different from the base game. I personaly don't feel like the world is alive, the new creatures look amazing but I do not see them interact with me or each other in the same way as they did in the past. They feel more like standalone obstacles which was rarely the case before. Most of the rooms are so empty, loop endlessly, I get no hints of where to go or what to look for and stumble upon things either because of blind luck or because my friend (who I was playing with at the same time) went a different path and by pure chance it was the correct one. If I haven't had that outside info, I would be stuck going in circles in a dimension four worlds away from the random one with the correct tower where the echo was waiting for me. I don't know if I'm missing something

I love the new camouflage skill but it was useful only in the beginning, I rarely used it in the dimension hopping part, only in really dire situations which happened rarely. My biggest enemy was parkouring to places only to find out they were dead ends

I'm on level two of the new karma, around 6 hours in and slugchat, help my doomed soul I am not having fun. I'd love to see something that would go further with the idea of the world rotting away but I feel so, so disconnected from whats going on

Super curious about how it could end and what the echo's deal even is, I'm just lowkey scared that it will be as disappointing as the section of the game I'm dealing with right now.

oh princessa what did they do to you /j

RAIN WORLD THE WATCHER SPOILERS + OPINION/FIRST IMPRESSIONS/RANT AHEAD

I am so disappointed its unreal

I LOVED the beginning and the build-up with the world slowly rotting away??? Seeing locations blocked off, fruit and creatures getting rotten with time , the echo being playful was so, so great and I had the time of my life...

Until the dimension hopping happened.

My god, I am so utterly confused, lost, left with no hints what-so-ever. The new locations are a visual feast (BIG respect to everyone who stood behind the enviromental design and the art itself, its all so gorgeous) but they feel so empty, lifeless and maze-like in a really bad way. Rain World was all about getting lost and feeling small, but those areas don't make me curious to explore them, there's nothing to explore except finding another rift and they just feel overwhelming.

They just don't feel rainworldy at all to me gameplaywise. And don't get me wrong, I'm super fine with making changes to formulas, heck, Downpour DLC is my favourite part of this game because it has so many unique mechanics to offer which were so different from the base game. I personaly don't feel like the world is alive, the new creatures look amazing but I do not see them interact with me or each other in the same way as they did in the past. They feel more like standalone obstacles which was rarely the case before. Most of the rooms are so empty, loop endlessly, I get no hints of where to go or what to look for and stumble upon things either because of blind luck or because my friend (who I was playing with at the same time) went a different path and by pure chance it was the correct one. If I haven't had that outside info, I would be stuck going in circles in a dimension four worlds away from the random one with the correct tower where the echo was waiting for me. I don't know if I'm missing something

I love the new camouflage skill but it was useful only in the beginning, I rarely used it in the dimension hopping part, only in really dire situations which happened rarely. My biggest enemy was parkouring to places only to find out they were dead ends

I'm on level two of the new karma, around 6 hours in and slugchat, help my doomed soul I am not having fun. I'd love to see something that would go further with the idea of the world rotting away but I feel so, so disconnected from whats going on

Super curious about how it could end and what the echo's deal even is, I'm just lowkey scared that it will be as disappointing as the section of the game I'm dealing with right now.

oh princessa what did they do to you /j

watcher campaign bad ending

I love how all slugcat fanart is somewhere on this scale

it's time to atone for your sins in your past cycles

Day 20 + 21 - chieftan mask + karma 4

gluttony, overindulgence

Day 19 Drainage System

What the hell is Inv doing?

I don't have enough physical energy for full-fledged animation, so here it is,, @verumc0dex

yuri (?????) or something doodle from school

forgot about Enots tail on the back but I still like it a lot

Another thingy i made for school! We had to make posters of our favourite movies/ video games

Thought i'd sheare it here too