Rain World

The Rain World Animation Process

The animation process for the indie game Rain World centers on the use of procedural animation to create a believable, autonomous ecosystem.

• Rain World utilizes a procedural animation system that separates physics simulations from cosmetic visuals, allowing for performance efficiency and easier tuning of creature behaviors.
• The game’s AI and animation are deeply integrated, where locomotion is driven by pathfinding algorithms that treat creatures as physics objects moving toward destinations in a tile-based environment.
• Creature personality is an emergent property of the game's systems; by making AI motivations and environmental interactions visible to the player, users project intent and personality onto non-scripted behaviors.