Rain World Devlog

jamesprimate on March 29, 2017, 01:16:55 AM (Last Edit: March 29, 2017, 02:15:23 AM):

ohhh these are fantastic suggestions (and cuuute drawings), thank you!

jamesprimate on March 29, 2017, 01:45:48 PM:

100% correct!

Somehow weve found ourselves in the truly bizarre situation of having a super hyped game entering the high polish marketplace of 2017 that was in fact originally made on software designed for creating SPREADSHEETS. We have all manner of insane dependant legacy weirdness and hand-coded-workarounds-that-became-essential-aspects that you wouldn't even believe me if I told you. The fact that this games works as well as it does (aka fairly solid with some noticeable strangeness here and there) is incredible and due entirely to sheer brute willpower and dedication.

So, yeah sorry if certain aspects aren't as slick as one might expect!

JLJac on March 29, 2017, 08:05:15 PM:

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for taking the time to give feedback. Right now we're putting together lists and working out the details on how to adapt to the feedback. We're not aiming to make the game easy (maybe a little easier here and there

) but to sort out some of the kinks that have come up as frustrating. I've already addressed a few commonly mentioned issues. For now the focus is on stuff that's pretty small for me as a programmer but with big impact on the experience, and I'm making my way through the short-term list of programming stuff at a brisk pace right now.

Apart from the short-term list, we have more long-term stuff, but want to get the most pressing things done first. Long story short, we hear you and are at the task! Updates as things move on!

jamesprimate on March 30, 2017, 10:18:02 AM:

shoutout to RPS for this labour of love: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/30/the-deadly-creatures-of-rain-world-a-bestiary-in-gifs/

Be forewarned, some spoilers in there!

jamesprimate on March 30, 2017, 08:41:17 PM:

there are 12 regions, but some are large enough and with diverse enough look or terrain to have named sub-regions.

Partially this was for mood/context, and partially it was to de-spoiler. there are a few key "aha!" moments that would have been ruined if you knew that you were already in X region.

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 08:57:48 AM:

Quote from: crankykong on March 31, 2017, 08:53:26 AM

Hey ,

I was wondering what the special ability of the golden faced lizards is.
I now they have armor on the head and dont get scared of you waring a birdmask at all, but beside of that do they have any special ability?
Does realy every different colored lizard has a special ability or are some only recolors?

ohh the yellows are my favorites. they are pack hunters, and will coordinate with each other to attack, usually with one or more flanking from the sides to trap you. the yellow with the longest antennae is the leader and if you are able to injure that one, often the coordination will fall apart

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 12:30:24 PM:

Quote from: JWK5 on March 31, 2017, 12:19:25 PM

BUG REPORT: On the PS4 version, I got snagged by one of those plant creatures that mimic a pole during the startup of a rain storm and it pulled me downward and then as the rain hit its peak it just sort of rained forever and the game was stuck like that (i.e. I was unable to do anything, the screen was dark and raining, but there was no game over).

yes! Thank you for reporting. I have another instance of this on record and have the PS4 code people on it, so a fix will be incoming!

JLJac on March 31, 2017, 01:49:27 PM:

Don't press the jump button and your slugcat won't let go of the pole!

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 04:53:21 PM:

Quote from: jprosk on March 31, 2017, 04:24:53 PM

My game has been prone to crashes for a while now, but now that I'm later in the game it's getting more and more frequent to the point where it's getting tough to progress.

Sad

Specs and locations? Were working on patches now!

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 07:09:29 PM:

Quote from: crankykong on March 31, 2017, 05:16:54 PM

A few minutes ago i have encountered my first game breaking bug.
I was in the shoreline in transitioning through the karma gate in direction subteranien
As i hibernatied in the first hibernation chamber of subteranien the game kind of froze with a blackscreen and the little loading text in the under left ... i had to stop the game with the taskmanager.
After reentering the game my savefile is also corupted.. when i try to load the savefile the Sound of the game is still there but the Screen stays black. Is there a way to get my savefile back?Or is my progress lost forever?

I still can get in the start screen, but one other thing is that when i select the Region button in the menu it only Shows me a picture of subteranion and i cant look at the other region pictures.

thats no good! let me know if it persists after restarting and if so ill try to get you a custom sav file.

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 08:42:38 PM (Last Edit: March 31, 2017, 08:50:01 PM):

unless im misunderstanding your question: just climb the center pole, get off to the left, then pounce from the left ledge to the right!

i think you can also leap from the center pole and grab the bit of broken right-ish pole, then swing yourself over. but i am the level designer, so i WOULD say that, wouldnt i.

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 09:00:08 PM:

Quote from: fall_ark on March 31, 2017, 08:56:56 PM

Quote from: jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 08:42:38 PM

unless im misunderstanding your question: just climb the center pole, get off to the left, then pounce from the left ledge to the right!

i think you can also leap from the center pole and grab the bit of broken right-ish pole, then swing yourself over. but i am the level designer, so i WOULD say that, wouldnt i.

That's exactly it - I can't climb the center pole! I was stuck under at the position on the screenshot. Shocked

Shocked

Here's a gif: http://imgur.com/a/ksLfc
Or does carrying a spear block you from climbing there? That just feels...not right. Concerned

Concerned

ahhhhh i get you! there is a tunnel to the left of you. cruise left then up and you'll be on that floor level platform

JLJac on March 31, 2017, 09:13:39 PM:

Try taking a quick look at the map!

Hey guys, if any of you are experiencing corrupt saves or crash/freeze bugs, feel free to PM the save file to me, it would be super helpful! Save files are in RainWorld/UserData and just named "sav.txt"

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 09:22:30 PM:

Quote from: fall_ark on March 31, 2017, 09:06:14 PM

Quote from: jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 09:00:08 PM

Quote from: fall_ark on March 31, 2017, 08:56:56 PM

Quote from: jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 08:42:38 PM

unless im misunderstanding your question: just climb the center pole, get off to the left, then pounce from the left ledge to the right!

i think you can also leap from the center pole and grab the bit of broken right-ish pole, then swing yourself over. but i am the level designer, so i WOULD say that, wouldnt i.

That's exactly it - I can't climb the center pole! I was stuck under at the position on the screenshot. Shocked

Shocked

Here's a gif: http://imgur.com/a/ksLfc
Or does carrying a spear block you from climbing there? That just feels...not right. Concerned

Concerned

ahhhhh i get you! there is a tunnel to the left of you. cruise left then up and you'll be on that floor level platform

Alright then - must be because when I go that way I'm incidentally stuck at the wrong way so when I go there I didn't climb up. Tears of Joy

Tears of Joy

To be honest that place doesn't look like it's open either!

should be as easy as this:

but let me know if it isnt and ill look into it!

jamesprimate on March 31, 2017, 10:26:33 PM:

no fault at all! a wary slugcat is a living slugcat

jamesprimate on April 01, 2017, 12:50:43 PM (Last Edit: April 01, 2017, 12:57:28 PM):

good suggestions all!

Quote from: Deity Link on April 01, 2017, 12:41:48 PM

Also as I was trying to come back toward Five Pebbles from The Wall, I managed to get out of the world: http://imgur.com/a/tAbGf

Are we supposed to not be able to go back?

Fixed this one today!

Quote from: Deity Link on April 01, 2017, 12:40:08 PM

Got the weirdest bug. While chased by lizards and coming out of a tunnel, my slugcat started drifting left without taking any inputs. Now it's stuck there, and even the rain won't come.

image gallery: http://imgur.com/a/yhT6R

LMAO waaaat thats hilarious. Sending it to Joar.

thanks for the feedback guys, please feel free to keep it up!

JLJac on April 01, 2017, 04:00:49 PM:

Quote from: Deity Link on April 01, 2017, 03:48:00 PM

Hey, devs, was the setting for Rain World even slightly inspired by the megastructure in BLAME! ?

I personally love BLAME, yeah!

Quote from: Christian on April 01, 2017, 02:59:11 PM

Edit: okay, I've crashed six times in Garbage Wastes now

Whoa, that's awful! Are you on PC? Does it seem like the bug happens on any specific action? Please feel free to send me your save file (RainWorld/Userdata/sav.txt) and if you have, any instructions for how to make the crash happen, and I'll look into it ASAP.

Oh and for people sending save files, some other way of doing it rather than dumping it all in a tigs PM would be super good - anyone knows any good ways to safely host a text file for a little bit?

JLJac on April 01, 2017, 05:26:28 PM:

LOVE the gifs Tears of Joy

Tears of Joy

Keep playing Wink

Wink

jamesprimate on April 01, 2017, 08:35:43 PM:

Quote from: Christian on April 01, 2017, 08:13:31 PM

No, I'm on PS4. It seemed totally random. Twice time it happened in the room between Industrial and Garbage Wastes, then in the gate area as the gates were closing (lost karma on that crash), and then the other threee crashes happened at random times while in Garbage Wastes

AHHHH, yeah we're getting a lot of random crash reports on PS4. Which is weird and disappointing because there is a separate, professional team thats handling the PS4 code, so we thought that at least that platform would be fairly rock-solid. I'll make sure they get this info and fix.

jamesprimate on April 02, 2017, 12:33:53 PM:

Quote from: bitserum on April 02, 2017, 08:00:48 AM

What's up with this area in the Industrial Complex. Is there supposed to be nothing to the left? (screen doesn't switch for me), also those 3 poles aren't climbable. However it does look inviting, especially considering the high pole near the passage

good catch! thank you, fixing these today Hand Thumbs Up Right

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