Developers

The game Rain World was originally released by the indie developer Videocult, for PC and PlayStation on March 3rd, 2017, and for Switch on December 13th, 2018. Up until 2022, their publisher since early in development has been Adult Swim Games.

= Videocult = Below are the individual developers that make up the Videocult team, with the latest major release that they have worked on independently (aside from the contributions of Adult Swim Games) being game version 1.5, the Arena / Difficulty update.

Joar Jakobsson
Concept, Programming, Art and Design Joar is a Swedish illustrator and graphic designer who is obsessively interested in every art form there is. Torn between a compulsion to experience the world and a compulsion to never leave his desk, Joar especially enjoys game-making; believing it to be one of the most diverse creative mediums out there. View his work here.

@joar_lj Twitter

James Primate
Music, Sound, Business Junk

Composer for numerous game soundtracks including Junk Jack X and Gnomoria, James is also one half of Chiptune duo Bright Primate and can usually be found making music with hacked Gameboys. In his spare time, he enjoys pizza, synthesizers and vogon poetry. Hear his game work here.

Allegra "Del" Northern
Artwork/Illustrations, Testing

Del is a freelance illustrator who has been gradually absorbed into the Rain World team until she's become an integral part of it. In the little freetime she still has she's usually tweeting cat pictures.[*]

[*] @miimows Twitter

Lydia Esrig
Music and Audio, Voice Acting, Testing

Lydia is the other half of aforementioned Chiptune duo Bright Primate - she has written several Rain World songs and contributed to countless. Legend has it that below the many layers of filtering, the neon lizards' hiss is actually a Lydia Primate voice sample.

= Rain World: Downpour Developers = This section includes the growth of the Rain World team as they gain the new publisher Akupara Games, where numerous community members are brought unto the development team and their various projects are officially integrated into the next major release slated for the game; Rain World: Remix, which launched in tandem with the DLC Rain World: Downpour, for PC on January 19th, 2023.

More Slugcats Expansion Team
Rain World More Slugcats Expansion website

MSC Twitter

Andrew Marrero
- Project Lead, Original Concept, Lead Programmer, Tool and Engine Making

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Willburd
- Co-Project Lead, Lead Level Designer, Programming, Beta Testing Overseer

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Progfox
- Lead Soundtrack Producer

Soundcloud

Connor "12LBS" Skidmore
- Co-Lead Soundtrack Producer

Soundcloud

Ongomato
- Shaders, Custom Props, Environment Graphics, Rendering Tools, Ambient and Threat Music

Carrd

Tom "Norgad" Starbuck
- Region Illustrations

Deviant Art

AnnoyingFlower
- Portrait Illustrations

Carrd

Raggedy_Muffinz
- Portrait Illustrations & QA

@Raggedymuffinz Twitter

Shupa Mikey "Zyegnar"
- Cutscene and Portrait Illustrations

@shupamikey Twitter

Bela
- Cutscene and Passage Illustrations

Carrd

Hasan Sefer
- Cutscene Illustrations

Flirpy
- Cutscene Illustrations

@flirpykid Twitter

Evan "Cappin" Muncy
- 3D Prop Renders, Level Design Assistance

Logan Soule
- 3D Prop Renders, Level Design Assistance, Arena Maps

Andy "Dakras" Dunn
Andy "Dakras" Dunn 	Prop and Environment Design - Custom Props, Decals, Region Prototyping

@DakrasHayashi Twitter

the one who screams i guess
- Programming, Polishing, Misc Feature Testing, Screaming Loudly In Dev Chat

Minkimaro
- Concept Art, Spearmaster Redesign, Palettes and Room Effects, Cheerleading

@Minkimaro Twitter

Hathrar
- Level Design Assistance

DragonPropaganda
- Arena Designer

Expedition
Author(s): LeeMoriya

Jolly Co-op
Author(s): Garrakx

Remix (MMF - Many More Fixes)
Author(s): AndrewFM and Willburd

Dev Tools
Author(s): Videocult

= Links =
 * Videocult website
 * Legacy Rain World website
 * @VideoCultMedia Twitter
 * @RainWorldGame Twitter
 * The original Rain World Kickstarter project page
 * Adult Swim Rain World webpage
 * James Primate Bandcamp: Rain World Selections From The OST
 * Downpour
 * Rain World: Downpour Steam page
 * Akupara Games Rain World Downpour page
 * Akupara Games Main Rain World page
 * @AkuparaGames Twitter