Rain World’s first patch fixes a number of design oversights, like slugcat’s tiny lung capability

According to Videocult, a lot of the modifications had been “low-hanging fruit that we think improves the player experience without taking anything away from the concept of the game,” so don’t anticipate slugcat to wield a flamethrower and jetpack in model 1.01. Most of the modifications are to do with making motion that bit extra fluid and stopping conditions the place gamers are caught in difficult areas. This contains including extra karma flowers and meals in sure zones to permit for fixed participant development.

Slugcat now glows when it’s underwater, so gamers don’t get misplaced in murky situations. Slugcat has additionally been doing its respiration workout routines, as its lung capability has elevated when swimming. Waterfalls are additionally rather less intense in some areas and turning is now sooner when crawling by way of a tunnel.

Players now preserve their map progress following a demise, with Videocult saying that this alteration was proposed by “99.5% of players”. The map now options karma gate and shelter areas, with the karma gate necessities for the Shaded Citadel, Underhang and Drainage System being lowered to cease slugcats being trapped in troublesome areas for too lengthy.

There have been another fixes, together with the flexibility to now skip the opening cutscene however Videocult hopes these modifications ought to alleviate nearly all of the issues individuals are at the moment having with Rain World. More patches and content material are deliberate for the longer term, however preserve sending in your bug reviews in case you are nonetheless having bother following this patch.

Rain World is out there on Steam for $19.99/£14.99.