Greetings friends and welcome to Rain World!

Rain World is a strange combination of survival and platformer genres. Hunt food, avoid predators, and search for shelter from the deadly rains! As you consume food items they are removed from the map, forcing you to explore deeper and deeper into the mysterious broken landscape of Rain World.

As a slugcat you are a soft squishy little creature, and while you do have projectiles such as rocks, rubble and spears at your disposal, head-to-head combat with dangerous predator creatures might not be the optimum strategy for new players. (AKA: they will wreck you.) Observe the behaviors of the creatures around you as well as the environment and learn how that can be used to your advantage!

While we intend to have the player learn to use environmental and sound cues to anticipate the coming of the rain, you can also bring up a “rain clock” in the bottom left of the map screen by holding the right shoulder button or the space bar.

During the early game, you will see a little yellow holographic creature helping you along the way. As well as giving hints for food and shelter locations, it can also guide you towards one of the main narrative arcs of the game. Or you could throw rocks at it and scare it away and set off on your own. Your choice!

There are an array of slugcat moves to be found. Most importantly is the pounce, which can be performed by first crouching, holding jump to charge, and then releasing. Wall jumps, backflips, rolls, slides and more can be found as well!

Rain World is truly a brutal place, and it is important to accept that death is an inevitable part of life. Do not be discouraged, little slugcat!



Cryptic expert hints for later in the game:

* Creatures know to fear the vultures by the masks they wear.

* When surrounded by darkness and despair, companionship will light your path.

* The smallest pebble can be the key to knowledge.

* A rare flower blooms near the beginning of Slugcat’s journey, and at its end.

* There is more to this world than you know.



Technical stuff:

All of Rain World’s creatures are animated using a unique physics-based procedural technique, which gives them oddly lifelike movements and behaviour. You will notice that tails drape over surfaces, bodies and limbs have individual weight and momentum, etc. But like any physics sandbox, occasionally this results in weird happenings like stretching and other oddities. As its a necessity of the engine, we like to think that its all part of the Rain World charm!

PC players should also note that if they want to change the controller type after first booting up the game, that needs to be done in the main options menu. The mouse + keyboard works in the menus as a fallback if they want to switch controls mid game.


Thank you for reading and good luck, little slugcat!