Rain World

Video game fandom
Video game fandom
Name	Rain World
Developer(s)	Videocult
Publisher(s)	Adult Swim Games; Akupara Games
Release date	28 March 2017 (Microsoft Windows) ; 13 December 2018 (Nintendo Switch); 11 July 2023 (PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S)
Platform(s)	PS4, PC, PS5, Xbox One, Switch
External link(s)	official website,; Steam page
	Related articles on Fanlore.
	Contents 1 History; 2 Canon 2.1 Gameplay; 2.2 Story; ; 3 Fandom 3.1 Modding; 3.2 Shipping; ; 4 Fanworks 4.1 Fanart; 4.2 Videos; 4.3 Fanfiction; 4.4 Other; ; 5 Communities and Resources; 6 References;

Rainworld is a 2017 video game.

History

Originally released in 2017, but release of DLC titled Downpour drove a huge upswing of fandom.^[1] Downpour added a lot of content (much originally developped by fans in mods and spurred interest.

Initially developed as the More Slugcats Mod by the community, it was brought on as official content when Akupara Games became Videocult's publisher. Downpour also incorporates several other community-made projects, including Jolly Co-op, Expedition, and Rain World: Remix, a free update to the vanilla game adding accessibility and quality of life options.
Rain World Wiki

Canon

Slugcat logo.

Gameplay

Story

Fandom

Modding

E.g. fanart for the release of Mod Randombuff, also there's a Rain World Modding wiki.

Shipping

Slugcat shipping?? Idk i found an anti-shipping video arguing that you shouldn't ship the slugcats, so I guess people are probably doing that or OP wouldn't feel the need to make the video.

Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanart

sometimes I wonder if scavengers think slugcats are related to oysters by albatross-the-pen-chewer, 2024
More sluggies art cause i love to draw them by hheisa, 2024
save me rain world iterators by sirsunnydays, 2024
jump by 0hmanit, 2024 -- derelict environment art
hanging out by tickfleato, 2024 -- ancients
Rain World: Meet the slugs, ^{Archived version} -- I think these are canon designs/characters (art from March 2023)
Rain world: Meet the (fan character) slugs!, ^{Archived version} by XXRaptorguyXX
Rain World: Rivulet the Little Goober by Th33lit3 (2023)

Videos

Me when jungle leeches in Rain World Downpour: animation by hheisa, 2024
Rain World Downpour Reinvents an Ecosystem , meta essay by CuriousArchive, published February 2023

Fanfiction

Other

Let's make a slugcat: Body Shape! Tumblr poll (of that "let people vote on parameters" sort that was a big trend back in the first year of tumblr polls). ANyways poll by focshi, April 2024, focshi and others (ex2) drew fanart based on poll results.

Communities and Resources

Rain World Wiki on Miraheze
Rain World (Video Game) works in AO3
#Rainworld on Tumblr
r/rainworld on Reddit
rainworld server on Discord -- HOLY SHIT IT'S GOT 70K MEMBERS
Rain World Modding wiki, also on Miraheze

References

^ "Omg so fr I have played this game the last 3 years and seen a boom in popularity the last year Google trends" comment on reddit, posted by u/A-lox on 7 August 2024. cited Google Trends which shows a small spike in June-July 2022 and a much larger spike in January 2023.

[1] "Omg so fr I have played this game the last 3 years and seen a boom in popularity the last year Google trends" comment on reddit, posted by u/A-lox on 7 August 2024. cited Google Trends which shows a small spike in June-July 2022 and a much larger spike in January 2023.

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