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Archaic Facility (1.9.15b)

WARNING: Archaic Facility WILL cause your game to be stuck on an infinite black screen on launch on the Watcher version. This is because of some weird code issue involving Weavers (I think). No giving Bry crap about it either! I've got a lot of planning to do for KF's future direction anyways. I was hoping to tie the region into the Watcher DLC somehow, but if you've played it you obviously know that's a fairly pointless endeavor. Right now I'm focused on tweaking the map in a few places, expanding routing, polishing, and planning out worldstate changes. Also Drain Mites had caused some issues for the Gutter subregion in the last version and this has been a long running issue. Just want to be clear that they're not a required dependency and you don't need them enabled to play Archaic Facility.

An unassuming floodplain separates an island from a ruined superstructure. On an islet between them, three large holes bore from atop the sand, gaping maws that have consumed countless cycles of dust and rain, flooding into the storied caverns and tunnels of an archaic facility. Mosses grow where spiders creep; not all that glows can be trusted. Will you emerge from the darkness alive?

As it stands, Archaic Facility features:
79 rooms with 208 screens
2 subregions
2 colored pearls with 8 total dialogue variants
3 alternative creature token locations for Bry's Drain Mites and Bubble Weavers
A safari token (untested)

This region was made in mind to provide easy access to Bitter Aerie and to provide more alternative entrances to the Sunlit Trail. To be specific, it connects to Submerged Superstructure, Bitter Aerie, and Moss Fields. As a bonus, I wanted to expand the domains of a lot of fitting modded creatures that live in nearby regions. As a consequence of filling up the region with all that fauna and water, it's quite dangerous.

Karma gate rooms:
Bitter Aerie: MS_bitteraccess
Submerged Superstructure: MS_I11
Moss Fields: MF_C02

This first version of Archaic Facility is how it stands between Hunter to Monk's times, and will be polished and improved with player feedback before I dive into different worldstates for the other slugcats (I also need to work on the transition rooms in the other regions) - but different campaigns still have different spawns(except Saint). Check the wiki[rainworldmods.miraheze.org] for more info.

The region's threat music was composed by a mysterious benefactor, from whom it is also their first contribution to the Rainworld modding scene! They composed two amazing tracks, one of which has two distinct variations to give each subregion its own distinct feel!

And the lovely region art and thumbnail were made by yours truly. Obviously if anyone wants to make actual region art I'd be happy to replace it, but I think it's funny and works as is, and it's not like no effort went into it, I'm just not a practiced landscape painter :p

And for the custom creatures and region connection, credit is due to the following folks for creating the content that inspired me to create Archaic Facility:

-Myrmice: creating Moss Fields, which had two exclusive creatures now found here as well. Myr's aesthetic was a massive inspiration for the region: In Mossy Grotto, I just thought what if we took Moss Fields' beautiful aesthetic, and made it a dark, underwater, frightening and claustrophobic experience full of spiders instead?

-Bry: for making three fantastic occupants of the region. The Weavers truly define the region in the later campaigns, and no creature can navigate the Archaic Facility as gracefully and freely as they can. Terrifying stuff, really. And the Drain Mites are adorable.

M4rbleL1ne: The Polliwogs are a cute yet scary inclusion to the region, and very fitting for a lot of the spaces they occupy. The Noodle Eaters are fantastic for breaking up the tension, those absolute goobers. Water Spitters are hilarious and very fitting lizards. Surface Swimmers make for an awesome aquatic bug fitting the Eggbug niche while suiting the region well. Amazing work here that's already been proven by the regions they already occupy.