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If I were to tell you āRain World has the most complex ecosystem of any game,ā you might goā¦ āWhat?ā Because Rain World doesnāt seem particularly advanced ā itās a 2D pixel art game where you play as a weird slug, how complicated could its world really be?
While there are other games with fancier graphics and denser lore, Rain Worldās unique system of procedurally generated animation and complex AI come together to simulate the feeling of a living ecosystem better than (almost) any other game Iāve played. From the lizards, to the scavengers, to the daddy long legs, itās an incredible feat of worldbuilding.
So, for this entry into the archive, weāll uncover the fascinating intricacies of Rain Worldās pixeled biosphere. Now, letās become part of this virtual food chainā¦
0:00 Welcome to Rain World
0:54 Animation and AI
2:04 The Outskirts
3:56 Industrial Wastes
5:11 Drainage System
6:24 Garbage Wastes
8:03 The Shoreline
10:20 The Scavengers
12:36 Shaded Citadel
14:14 Five Pebbles
16:06 The Wall
18:16 Farm Arrays
19:57 Void Sea
21:58 Beyond the Light?
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Correction, the animals donāt hunt specifically the slug cat , the white lizards for instance donāt wait for the player, they hunt anything, thatās what makes rainworld so special, itās not player centric, this is an important distinction
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I've once had this cartoony ass scenario that happened to me.
I was trying to evade a pink lizard, attempting to get to a pipe to trick it. then, a vulture appeared. Me and the pink lizard looked at each other for about a second, and BOLTED to the two separate pipes. It was the funniest thing to me, and unfortunately I left that area soon after, so I couldn't try tame the lizard.
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Also a perk of procedural animation is that it immerses you in the game. For example the first time you get drowned by the leaches you feel genuine panic because slugcat is programmed to struggle and it really looks like itās also panicking
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On the lizard ally tip, I actually managed to get 3 lizards to follow me after feeding each of them their favorite food, and surprisingly they didnāt try and kill each other within 10 seconds. I donāt know if it was a glitch or not, but for a while I had a lizard battalion. It lasted about 10 minutes before they cannibalized each other, but it was so cool.
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I just bought this for $7 on steam and I feel like I stole it at that price. The way the enemy creatures go after each other is endlessly entertaining
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I havenāt beaten the game so Iām not gonna watch all the way through, however i wanted to share my favorite experience with the gameās creatures so far.
I was exploring Subterranean when I saw a scav i had befriended in a small enclosed space. When it saw me it began to repeatedly extend and retract one of its limbs in my direction, as if it were beckoning me. I had seen them do this a couple times before, so i climbed into the hole with it out of curiosity. As soon as i do this a horde of miros birds stampedes over us from the direction i was headed. This was the first time I had ever seen them. I was horrified. If not for that scav i wouldāve been mincemeat.
TLDR: got saved from a group of miros birds by a friendly scav who beckoned me to hide under a rock with it.
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I'm not a fan of difficult games so I probably won't play it. But just looking at content of the game gives me this huge appreciation for it. The world looks so alive and the technology put into it is so cool to see. Really a special special game regardless of the difficulty holding it back from being mainstream.
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As for the vultures, if you knock off one's mask it will attempt to endlessly hunt you down. In addition, other vultures will attack the maskless vulture if they see it.
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im honestly kinda sad you didnt mention the yellow lizards having a pack leader that, when taken out, causes them to become disorganized, or that the rain deer have a hierarchy and will bow to other rain deer with bigger antlers
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The thing that really fascinates me about this game is the exotic, unfamiliar ecosystem. The ecosystem in real life is already fascinating but there's something about unfamiliar ecosystems that just really fascinates me. This is part of the reason I'd love to be a part of an interstellar species. I could learn about so many different ecosystems instead of just my own planet's without having to look at fictional ones.
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Oh my god this game is insanely beautiful.
I have to buy this.
As a programmer... the amount of imagination thats gone into everything in this game is jaw dropping.
The people who built this should be lauded. šÆ
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Rain World is truly a special game. It's one of the few games that brought me back to that childhood sense of wonder that games would bring. I really felt like anything could happen and I was consistantly surprised.
I really disliked it when I first played. I returned a few years later and it blew me away. If you have any interest in playing, I advise stopping the video to avoid spoiling yourself.
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Interesting Rain World facts:
The Developers once did a test on a (in-game) lizard by breaking all its limbs, making it practically immobile but it then eventually figured out how to move with it's tongue, pulling itself forward.
Vultures that you stole a mask from will aggressively hunt you down, and other Vultures will attack it.
Cyan/Leap lizards can occasionally make mistakes and drop you randomly or jump into sticky situations
Several lizard types will quite literally crawl on the background if it looks like a wall.
You are at the bottom of the food chain. You're not the main character, Everything isn't focused on the Player. Lizards will battle Lizards, Scavengers will be ambushed by Vultures, the Bats that you incessantly hunt will eventually learn to burrow underground. And all of that happens even if you're not there to see it. It happens all the time.
There's a type of creature that has a laser pointer for a head, and it will shoot it's laser into the sky, signalling a Vulture. This is an interesting and weird defense against predators
Edit: It was fun seeing the confusion and misunderstanding that ensued š
Edit: There's also a new DLC for Rain World! Downpour! It has more content than even the base game! It even has FIVE new unique Slugcat variations!
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You forgot that scavengers will send squads to HELP YOU as well when you get accepted into their tribe, they have different skill levels and personalities. For example, there is a scavenger that will try to shoot you even when the others tell you you're fine to pass the toll. They have emotions to show when they are frightened/stressed as well.
Lizards are also predatory amongst each other, there are bigger Lizard species who hunt specifically smaller lizar species. Usually, it's the blue Lizards who get hunted.
Eggbugs being a species who regularly get hunted down being forgotten entirely and with that the raindeer not being the only pacifist creature.
Noodle Fly mothers will NOT attack you UNLESS you harm their own kin (which is the noodle fly children) it is their entire mechanic that they are very protective of their offspring. You were holding a noodlefly egg in the video to make them aggressive towards you, but did not mention that it's what makes them aggressive?
Sorry this is just a few points i noticed that bugged me as they are quite important lol
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I paused the video 2 minutes in to go play this game without spoilers. I came back after beating the game to watch this video, and say thank for introducing me to such a beautiful work of art!
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Curious Archives and rainworld is a combo made in heaven
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I feel like the slug cat is also intelligent. They can use tools shockingly well.
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i'm always glad to see people talking about this game because, even though it's been getting more attention lately, this game is still REALLY underrated.
one of the biggest things that i dont think you mentioned is that the whole world isn't very centered around you, the player. vultures will swoop down to grab lizards, scavs can be seen fending off lizards, and noodleflies will hunt down ANYTHING that endangers their kind, not just you. stuff can even be happening off-camera, like you can see a lizard leave the room then follow after it a couple of seconds later and that lizard might have gotten into a fight with another one. this game feels so natural when it comes to stuff like that, it's genuinely a masterpiece.
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Easily one of the most unique games made to date, it amazes me how around 3 devs fleshed out such a novel concept so well. Five pebbles' unfortunate development is both some of the most frustrating and thrilling gaming sections Ive played. This game nails so many things that have hardly been done before. Im just in awe with all of it, what can I say. I hope game devs take games like this and outer wilds as examples to make more interesting games in the future
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@sethnosek2889
1 year ago
Great video but i think you missed the best reason why rainworlds virtual ecosystem works so well. It's because unlike a lot of games, the enemies don't just spontaneously spawn in when the player gets to a certain location and and attack, they are all already doing their own thing throughout the region and every encounter feels natural. They aren't put there just to be a challenge to the player, they're actually moving around by themselves to hunt or scavenge or escape danger and it really feels like all the creatures have their own lives that they're living
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