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【RANDOM GOD】

#reblog #rain world #five pebbles #yoooooo!! #bro this is sick #this is so frickin' cool #i love this

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Twisting Roads from Daszombes' Iterator Logs in your style

ok one time exception to my 'no dasz-guy content' rule

#reblog #rain world #iterator logs #twisting roads #oooo #bro he's so cute in this #love the robes

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weeeee off the strings

#reblog #rain world #animation #looks to the moon #five pebbles #YOOOO! #bro this looks so good omg! #it's so smooth and the colours are so pretty and they're so cute aaaaaa

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#reblog #rain world #meme #shitpost #five pebbles #artificer #adfgsdfgsdfg

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as a child being told "the moon controls the tides" with no additional explanation was like. oh okay. you want me to believe in magic? you're talking about magic right now? okay. fine

#reblog #shitpost #adfgdfsg #that's so ominous

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Watcher, sitter and observer

+ FP and NSH

#reblog #rain world #nightcat #five pebbles #no significant harassment #i love this style omg that background is amazing and nightcat is adorable #also the little pebbles and nsh adfgsdfg #they look like plushies #i want to hold them in my hands and squeeze

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#reblog #shitpost #preach #truer words have never been spoken

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Canon flower ranchers u can't change my mind /hj

#reblog #mcyt #shitpost #solidaritygaming #tangotek #scott smajor #ADFGSDFGDFSG #this is canon in my heart

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lizar Mouth perfec t size for put baby in to n\ap! inside very Soft and Comfort baby sleep soundly put baby in Lizard Mouth. Put Baby In Lizard Mouth. no problems ever in lizzard mouth because good Shape and Support for baby neck weak of big baby head. Alizard Mouth yes a place for a baby put baby in lizard mouth can trust lizard for giveing good love to baby. friend lizard

#reblog #rain world #adfgsfdghadfgsfgsdfg

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awful news gamers /lh

#reblog #undertale au #video #animation #killer #cross #dust #horror #nightmare #dream #ink #swap sans #fresh #every time i hear this song all i can think of is the sonic 06 redub #i absolutely love this #fresh is just one of the best little guys

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top 2 cutest psychopomps in gaming to relieve you from your unending cycle of suffering and guide you to eternal rest

#reblog #rain world #ultrakill #saint #v2 #v1 #five pebbles #bro i love all of this? #it went from cute to funny to even more cute like??? #absolutely fantastic

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my foolish child went and found a featherless biped as a pet and now I have to fend off every threat on land because the stupid thing can't fly

#reblog #dragon #adfgsdfgsdfg #i love it

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#reblog #shitpost #me fr fr

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this is ragequit to me

#reblog #rain world #no significant harassment #five pebbles #i mean #to be fair #is this not what ragequit is for everyone? #my favourite little calculator guys #more like little calculator GAYS am i right? #thank you thank you i'll be here all week

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How Big are Iterators?

One thing Rain World does very well is portraying a sense of scale when it comes to iterators. They're massive superstructures large enough to have entire cities built on their roofs, and their processes are literally so powerful that they alter the natural environment around them.

I think in-game they're kind of meant to be unknowably huge, especially since the player character is literally a small animal who can't possibly fathom an iterator's entire extent. Despite this, I decided to try and figure out exactly how big they are.

Just a warning, this post is a bit long. I really fell down a rabbit hole here.

In-Game Clues

Five Pebbles and Looks to the Moon are the only iterators that the player can explore, but they're so huge that it's impossible to see exactly how big they are from so close. The only glimpse we get is from atop the big tree in Outer Expanse, where Five Pebbles' superstructure can be seen in the distance.

He's so big that his entire can doesn't even fit on the screen.

(Ditto, minus the clouds)

With nothing else close by to compare him to, it's almost impossible to tell exactly how big he is from this image.

However, we can see the entirety of other iterator cans in the distance from atop The Wall.

Here's what they look like not obscured by clouds:

The Speculation Zone

I made some assumptions about iterators to make my calculations easier.

An iterator's can (the large rectangular section) is 2 times as wide as it is tall.

Their legs are 1/2 the height of their can.

Their can is half obscured by a relatively uniform cloud layer.

These assumptions might not be entirely accurate, but they make the math easier.

Cloud Layer Height

At first I was tempted to try and estimate iterator height based on the cloud layer surrounding them, but I made the mistake of assuming the cloud layer is made up of rain-bearing nimbostratus clouds (which can reach up to 5km in height). This would make them literally taller than Mt. Everest. Iterators are big, but I don't think they're that big. I think it's safer to assume that the cloud layer is made up of low-lying stratus clouds that form a thick fog.

The way iterator rain functions could be an entirely different discussion, but I personally think it's caused by a sudden expulsion of large quantities of hot water vapor which very quickly condenses into rain clouds. A topic for another time, maybe. The takeaway is that I think the weather created by iterators doesn't have a clear analogue to real life weather, and it's misguided to assume that they function the same way.

Skyscraper Height

One thing that iterators have that can be compared to real life, however, is cities.

The largest buildings in these cities can be seen at a distance.

This in-game iterator sprite is 122 pixels tall, and the tallest building visible is 20 pixels tall. This means the top of this iterator's can is 5.6 times as tall as the tallest building on its roof.

We can compare these skyscrapers to the largest buildings on Earth. This requires some additional assumptions:

While the civilization that built the iterators is likely able to create skyscrapers much taller than the ones humans have created, I'm going to assume that the ones visible here are comparable in size.

I'm also going to assume that these skyscrapers are residential buildings, built to fit a high population density on top of an iterator. The tallest buildings on Earth tend to have very tall antenna spires which add to their overall height but are not inhabitable. Residential skyscrapers tend to be significantly shorter, so I'm going to use them as a comparison rather than the tallest skyscrapers on Earth in general.

According to Wikipedia, the current tallest residential skyscrapers range from about 300 meters to 475 meters tall. I'm going to assume the one in-game is 400 meters tall, as a nice even number.

5.6(400m) = 2240m

This would make an iterator's height, from ground level to the top of their can, about 2240 meters (2.24 kilometers, 1.4 miles).

Here's a diagram comparing that to the heights of some of the tallest free-standing manmade structures:

And here's a size comparison between a typical iterator can and Mount Everest:

Smaller than a mountain, but still huge.

Conclusions

Based on these estimates, I think typical iterator cans are about 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) in height.

This would make iterators significantly taller than anything created by humans, but I personally think an advanced society like the one that created the iterators would have no problem creating a structure this tall. (They canonically created thousands of iterators, after all.)

This estimate is also much shorter than my misguided original calculation, which made them taller than an entire mountain. While I do think iterators are meant to be unfathomably huge, I don't think there would be enough material on the planet to feasibly create thousands of identical mountain-sized superstructures. The player is also able to ascend from the ground to the top of Five Pebbles in just a few cycles (if they're quick), and I think it's much more feasible for an animal like a slugcat to be able to ascend a height of ~2km in a couple of days than to climb up an entire mountain. But again, this is pure speculation.

A made a ton of assumptions and rounded a bunch of numbers, so I could be completely wrong. There's probably other ways you could try to estimate an iterator's height that I haven't explored here. Let me know what you think; I love hearing about other people's ideas and theories.

Thank you for reading!

#reblog #rain world #iterator #huh! #bro stuff like this is so interesting to me #that seems like a really good height for them as well #love this

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RAIN WORLD ART MONTH: DAY #28 - RW 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

#reblog #rain world #five pebbles #looks to the moon #no significant harassment #seven red suns #slugcat #DUUUUUUUUDE #BRO #HOLY SHIT #the expressions on this are so good and perfect and make me FEEL things #and #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #i just love this a lot i can't explain it

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Keep seeing pronoun positivity posts is about he/they and she/theys. That's cool and all but this one's for the she/hes. If you're a she/he I love you and you can take as much mint as you want from our garden

#reblog #shitpost #adfgsdfgsdfg #yeahhh #both are good #previous house owners planted mint #my guys #that's all the garden is #nothing else can grow well as everything just gets taken over by mint