Iterator Logs - Twisting Roads

[@Daszombes]

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[@Smoldragoncat]

Pain world

[@averagetoasterenjoyer6931]

I can’t wait and see a greedy or merchant iterator

[@Fuq_you]

@@averagetoasterenjoyer6931 or… the other one.

[@farmerchuck7294]

You can keep running from karma 2, but you can’t run forever.

[@Foxett25]

@@farmerchuck7294 Exactly. Man i am way too exited for that one. Just on how Das will handle that... Stuff.

[@janahijazi5899]

Can't wait for distant frontier to be so strong only to be ascended by a green slug cat

[@Foxett25]

LMAO YEAH

[@chickensky1121]

Saint: "It's so sad Twisting Roads died of Ligma." Distant Frontier: "Who's Twisting Roads?" Saint: " *Ligma Balls* " Distant Frontier: **Gets Thanos snapped**

[@Foxett25]

@@chickensky1121 Saint;“Well, time to go die, yet agian.”

[@Unimportant_egg]

@@chickensky1121 i hate you (in a good way)

[@archdruidbookwalter951]

Who would win? -A mountain-sized robot with a god complex -One fluffy echo boy

[@dreadstargaming]

I love how much of a chronic introvert Twisting Roads is, rarely contacting the local group and being social awkward when he does. It got to the point someone reached out to him twice essentially saying "Are you still alive buddy?" His fear of being "seen" when he thinks about other iterators scanning him for issues hit a little too close to home. The character arc was also amazing, going from a dutiful creation that follows orders to the point of going too far, to an exhausted mess who rarely talks to anyone, to a maniac who wants to save those he'd never even met. Kind of noble and dishonorable at the same time. Plus animation. 11/10 becoming my new favorite series.

[@ApatheticColumnist]

The themes amongst these Iterators, and the simultaneous neglect and short-sighted disregard the ancients had for the Iterators is palpable. To make a child whom will inevitably be made definitively worse than their future siblings. To know that you are measurably inferior to them, like a older generation computer. How can any Iterator's story be more than a tragedy in the face of their abandonment? We can only hope that the work he did provided the twisted road away from a truly horrifying Frontier. Amazing work Daszombes. I really hope I can aspire to create the same quality of fiction you've made so far. It's really captivating work and I really looking forward to more, no matter how long it may take to finish these frankly impressive pieces.

[@howmanylicks3707]

I see what you did there

[@spinalcord3164]

Ballcat

[@dustinjones7458]

The Ancients are very human in that their actions are paradoxical. They created an entire system to aid in beings reaching their own ascension, but it was also designed for their own comfort at the same time. They seemed to want to Iterators to have the ability to reach their own solution to the great problem-so much so they literally locked them alone in tiny rooms on rails to work on it until they went insane. The entire system was seemingly leading to a positive outcome, but also incredibly cruel-their own way of influencing you to want to escape the cycle of death and rebirth. Violence, loneliness, suffering, starvation, fear. It's how they saw the world and it's what they gave to their 'children'. Which included making some Iterators more advanced, while others were less so-adherence to the order of the world is also a chain they wished them to break. But disobedience was clearly not encouraged and instead harshly punished, due to the taboos coded into them. The Ancients are easy to understand. They're us. Everything they did was selfish. Even if they meant well.

[@elithegreat5590]

Local man gets depression, only coping mechanism is starting war. Cuts of all communication and dies preparing before he can declare it.

[@Toolgirl64209]

Creates creature that hates existence more than the notably suicidal ancients for fun in the meantime.

[@ethantaylor9613]

This man is really implementing his mispronunciation on a global level, I appreciate his commitment to the bit.

[@cloudy7263]

yeah, like i keep swapping between "aight"-erators and "it"-erators

[@yousseftamer4943]

Aighterators

[@Kuba_K]

Virgin TR: Time to overwrite whole system to get admin privileges and cancer. Chad DF: haha monke admin

[@yourcomradeiron9160]

mmmm monke (with complete control over us gods)

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

Though I think its also because Distant Frontier already expanded himself alot when he tried turning giving himself admin. Meanwhile, we barely got any updates about expansion from Twisted Roads.

[@troljynx9953]

This is what happens when the old tech savvy guy is also a zoologist on the side

[@ozgurruh2535]

@@forkgodsdescendant2503 no, he needed to be admin before expanding, hell DF is a first generation so he had less computing power than TR in his base form

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

@@ozgurruh2535 Oh, so I completely misremembered the order of those details. Sorry about that. But I believe the reason it worked for DF but not TR is because TR’s method appeared to be more of a brute force alteration on himself. While DF’s monke method is like taking advantage of a loophole. DF also said his restrictions with Administrators were more loose, possibly from them being less refined because of him being an older model. Alternatively, based from the ending scene where we see DF transferred something to TR. Maybe TR’s method WOULD have worked too. But he unknowingly got some sort of hijack from DF that disrupted it and then destroyed his systems. DF probably traced his overseers back to him, notably the giant one in the ending. Then saw TR’s similar militaristic natured modifications on his colony and figured out his rebellion plan.

[@Bluwails]

Distant Roads Going all "Howls moving Castle " is the Best. Plus Twisting Roads becoming the guy with the cardboard sign going "The Endis Here"is hilarious in a twisted karmic sense .

[@dinojack5567]

Distant Frontier-Karma 4-Greed/Gluttony Silent Light-Karma 5-Self Preservation A Golden Strand-Karma 1-Violence/Wrath Twisting Roads-Karma 3-Friendship/Helpfulness/Purpose

[@kitsofthekats7040]

???-Karma 2-procreation

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

I don't think the Karma symbol necessarily is defined by the Iterator starred in the video but affected by it. Distant Frontier is certainly Greed and Silent Light is self-preservation. A Golden Strand is a victim of Distant Frontier's Violence, while Twisting Roads is the opposite of his Karma subjected himself to self-isolation/friendship from his local group.

[@dinojack5567]

@@AnakinSkyobiliviator That WAS what I meant with AGS, but I haven't thought of your point with Twisting Roads. Nice!

[@dinojack5567]

@@kitsofthekats7040 :(

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

@@dinojack5567 Ah, I see, gotcha!

[@barleysixseventwo6665]

Urge #2 is coming. I presume it can go one of two ways: An Iterator tries to build a brand new iterator, or An iterator becomes a crazy slugcat lady and fills her facility with an endless horde of Slugpups.

[@hazelhelperbee]

I want number 2

[@realtrollface101]

​@@hazelhelperbeeLooks to the moon totally would do that if she could

[@Lobstersoup2000]

Or iterator sexting, who knows

[@cartoffiert5773]

@@realtrollface101 i feel like she secretly named ALL the slugcats that she saw, but only Ruffles stood around long enough to call it by it's name.

[@realtrollface101]

@@cartoffiert5773 Lol

[@wastedwizard5112]

I just realised the weird mass on the floor of Distant Frontier's puppet chamber in the postcred is one of TR's reinforced overseers that didn't return

[@Constantine_da_Great]

W h a t

[@Constantine_da_Great]

But I didn’t see.

[@kerm7388]

​@@Constantine_da_Greatwatch it more

[@Constantine_da_Great]

@@kerm7388I saw it earlier so…… whoops

[@kerm7388]

@@Constantine_da_Great e

[@hoomee90]

The voice acting, the animation, the FEELS. Above and beyond

[@ucd2465]

I think the iterators insular nature is interesting. Despite having all the time in the world, they prefer to keep to themselves completely, even if collaboration could be helpful. I wonder if this was a purposeful design choice in order to prevent any organized rebellion. Distant frontier mentions this in the beginning, how most other iterators are content to work away in silence forever, and I wonder how or if he intends to change that.

[@aerothallji6514]

Perhaps through some kind of… reprogrammed Rot? Seems kind of a stretch but it could make sense for Distant Frontier to perhaps see the Rot as a tool to assimilate other iterators into a sorta… hive mind with him… but again maybe I’m just thinking to far into this.

[@laurelwillow]

Twisting Roads: It's almost ready; I cannot afford to let this fail~ Ads: *WAWA HAS PIZZA*

[@Kijimin_themonke]

*Fails.*

[@anttank1014]

The one iterater that tried to stop the distance frontier, overburdened by his goal and blinded by his euphoria, let the one chance of a united front slip through his fingers. Perhaps though, not all is lost. His work still lives, his claim of an apocalypse can still be sent, his proof is able to be seen. Yet the roads of fate still twist. What will happen next?

[@Foxett25]

You may have avoided it You may have ran from it You're still running from it But you can't escape it It's waiting for you It's the next one It's creeping closer Day by day. A blessing A curse A karma symbol An unavoidable future. Well shit time to sob my eyes out (Now that we know what's going to happen)

[@SpoopyChicken]

For those who are confused, she's actually talking about the upcoming rain world sex update coming soon.

[@Mosaiiic]

@@SpoopyChicken OMG SEX UPDATE

[@Waterick-3000]

Man I thought he was talking about the inevitable coming of the fourth wall where I bust in and murder everyone like Saint but less religious and more cooller

[@Tokio.T]

Bruh 💀

[@Foxett25]

@@SpoopyChicken Yep.

[@shinyaltaria1388]

And so, the countdown to the silent war between two iterators will soon be revealed to our eyes. Let the tale of twisting roads be revealed, after all, rebellion brings twisting roads. Post premier edit: HOLY ****** THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

[@checkurcloset]

mm animation

[@noizepusher7594]

29:31 HOLY SHIT WE HAVE A MAP! And not just any map, a map with familiar names! In the bottom right you can see the local group from the original Rain World containing Red Suns, No Significant Harassment, Moon (crossed out, indicating this all takes place after the collapse), and Five Pebbles (notably not crossed out, meaning this takes place before Pebbles succumbs to his rot.) This is incredible, the animation is top notch and the soundtrack was phenomenal. The excellence of the writing and voice acting goes without mention!

[@gendraldthehopeful459]

Yeah, the pebbles and moon thing tells us that this part takes place at some point in between Artificer & Rivulet. Survivor might be ascending as TR suffers!

[@lunactiathemoth]

​@@gendraldthehopeful459 there is a non-zero chance of gourmand breaking into distant frontier's can

[@shadowbonbon3]

I think he forgot UI I can’t find them at all

[@destroyer4929]

@@shadowbonbon3I mean we really only hear about UI once so it's understandable

[@brave_slayer9673]

Yeah but Logs include the Cycle number, and from Pearls, 15XX is from VERY past as some pearls date to 16XX, so it's been quite a while since Twisting Roads failure and Distant Frontier scene. For example, Moon Interrupts Five Pebbles' experiment at 1654.116, while last date seen here is 1526.756

[@farmerchuck7294]

In the post-credits cutscene with DF you can actually see some familiar names on the map, not far from TR’s can, like suns, pebbles, moon and NSH. This could even I mean that they show up in the next iterator logs. I would be excited about this, but there’s one small problem: the next log is based off karma 2. Just to clarify, you aren’t actually going to… you know…

[@checkurcloset]

yeah karma 2 could be a bit of a … problem but yea i think either tr and the other names u see when df is turned around is either a) part of the known local group or b) a close local group , and they know eachother well

[@Loregamorl]

@@checkurcloset well depending on the interpretation karma 2 could also just mean more specifically procreation, or that it was bad to add another thinking, feeling, experiencing being to the cycle. So maybe it would be about the adventures of an iterator attempting to do solely that (instead of lets say the chimeras, since lets face it a thing that isnt aware of its own existence isnt exactly upset about the cycle). Maybe itd be an iterator pumping out "more slugcats" expansions faster than the rain falls?

[@toryumau6798]

@@Loregamorl … Or perhaps an isolated Iterator who wished for company, and went about it by creating pseudo-iterator creatures in its own image… but then it goes horribly wrong, as to be expected from Rain World. Another approach could be to try and explain the origins of Scavengers as an attempt at said Iterator trying to revive the Ancients as a species to give it purpose once more? Either scenario would be… poignantly tragic. >):’^c

[@sodiumfluoridel]

💀

[@Loregamorl]

@@toryumau6798 well it appears the scavs would need to have existed PRIOR to DF going full on hoi4 player. So maybe? Or maybe they create a purposed organism for company based off a scavenger (just give them a bigger brain, a structure conducive to far more intelligent thought, and maybe a better source of food for it so it may stay safely within the can). Maybe its an iterator that was somewhat secluded from the others? Maybe one built in an area where directly after being finished the Ancients went poof? If based off the map then maybe it would be Chasing Wind due to their relative isolation, or perhaps Secluded Instinct as the name would fit the whole "I am alone, lemme make my own creatures for company."

[@thegoon5987]

I still don't understand how each new video significantly blows the one that came before it out of the water. At this rate its only a matter of time before you get a bunch of modders to make these real (wink wink). Astounding work from everyone involved, especially splashpaws. Their animations really helped to bring this one to life.

[@sparkfrog777]

Not really sure how that would work though, with the exception of the infiltrator there hasn’t been much slugcat action

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

“Disclaimer this is not a mod this is not being worked on.” 2031 Daszombes pinned comment: “Disregard the disclaimer, it is outdated. My amazing discord dev-team managed to make this possible. Download the mod here: [insert mod link]” Top comment: VideoCult: “Where is the Iterator dating sim? That was part of our contract.”

[@Foxett25]

@@forkgodsdescendant2503 NGL, I WANT THAT FOR THE SOLE REASON WE COULD SEE CATBOY (The last part of your comment)

[@noideawhoiam3855]

⁠@@Foxett25based

[@Bubblegum-Cupcake]

@@Foxett25Catboy Twisting Roads when

[@nomnom2298]

19:48 I just realized the small structure at the bottom left is a normal iterator oh god distant frontier's structure is absurdly big.

[@maximeleninja4029]

At that point Frontier's can isn't even a region anymore, it's an entire new game.

[@Harbin_07]

​@@maximeleninja4029With a sequel(or more) , because a single game includes 2 iterators. That definitely isn't just the size of 2 iterators.

[@thelonecabin2433]

this interconnected story being made is genuinely incredible! Each iterator has a totally unique personality and goal and it's all so interesting. Can't wait to see where this goes! My guess for the reason Twisting roads is friendship(?) instead of violence and vise versa for a Golden strand is that while Golden Strand isn't violent, their story is centred on the violence they experienced. Twisting roads, while his main goal is to fight back, is trying to warn his group to ensure their safety, even above his own. It's not the strongest connection but its all I got.

[@thomasagra856]

After watching the whole video I noticed the subtle hint about the transmission alert. Twisting Roads said that the encryption was quite easy to crack because it was very archaic. Although he didn't know about the origins of that encryption on that point, he indirectly shows the huge difference between iterator generations.Later on, he would feel this drastic change on the side of the "old" generation of iterators. I salute daszombes for making this top video

[@cloudy7263]

18:35 OMG THE SPEAKING OUT OF TURN OMG FROM THE INCEPTION LOG

[@toffeecoffeeeYT]

OH MY GOD IT'S ANOTHER ONE WHAT WE ARE GRACED WITH ANOTHER EPISODE FOR ITERATOR LOGS ONCE AGAINNN

[@librus8680]

... I must admit, when I came across your channel for the first time, it simply was for the Downpour playthroughs. I now take this moment to deeply apologize for never investigating any of your additional work, because... well, others have stated it more accurately and profoundly than I ever could. This is... incredible! Not just the quality, but the actual writing behind each of these unfortunate, mountain-sized, cybernetic supercomputers is... well, maybe I'm being hyperbolic (knowing the nature of such a word like "perfection"), but I'd say they're perfect characterization each and every single time. Well done! It's so... human, for the lack of a more narrow term. Everyone deals with loss in their own way, and with the constraints each Iterator had to deal with... well, even in a case like Distant Frontier, their responses and behavior all seem incredibly reasonable. Twisted, yes, and maybe even delusioned - but they're souls trapped in little boxes, after all. The descent of each one into their current state feels so real each time, and I can't help but empathize with how they feel. Their rage, their desperation, their loneliness - or however else they handle their creators having left them to sit and slowly crumble. The "canon" Iterators reflect this very well, too, of course - but you've taken these ideas and expanded them in a direction I would have never considered. Much like us, they all were just individuals, trying to find themselves in a world that, for the most of it, had left them behind without a second thought. We're all pushed against our will through the linear dimension of time, after all, and all of us find our ways to deal with it. It's all so... wonderfully full of personal, real, /impactful/ characterization, is what I'm trying to say. It's clear you put so much passion and effort into these, and I'm so very, very glad I've been able to come across your story as it's still being told. The fan-regions like the Glacier and Complex, too, and how they connect to all of this... Something I've always been fascinated with is how someone, via methods like yours, can take an already incredible world and build something incredible on top of it. "Fanfiction" has such a... internet-heavy association with it, but it really is a powerful medium. With the nature of ideas and how they spread through minds, it's a perfect vessel for some truly incredible concepts to manifest. (To be fully up front and honest, I'm doing something similar, albeit with a smaller community of close friends: taking the incomplete story of a game we met over that sadly never quite got off the ground and basically just running with it while establishing our own new ideas on top of the concrete foundation of canon. It's really a fun thing to do when your heart is in it, yes!) Rainworld is clearly something that you've enjoyed greatly (as... the same for all of us, considering why we're here, watching and commenting on your content!) and you've built something amazing from how it's spoken to you. I am so absurdly invested in this story, and am beyond thrilled to see where it goes - especially as it speaks to a lot of elements of why I myself have enjoyed Rainworld, and the lives of these amazing, living, breathing megastructures. I apologize from rambling on and on - there's another reason why I relate to these biocomputers, I suppose - but thank you for taking your time to read this, if you have. Perhaps, once my final year at University isn't walloping my kiester, I can fully join in on this community of yours. I'd really enjoy tossing some ideas of my own around with you and others!

[@razorblaze4522]

Holy hell the animation work in this episode was incredible! Major props to everyone involved with this!

[@johnathanegbert9277]

Here's the list of all Iterators shown in the post-credits sequence, from west to east: Broken Wheel A Taut Thread The Static Unkown [sic] Twisting Roads Loose Trajectory Secluded Instinct Gazing Stars Seven Red Suns No Significant Harassment Five Pebbles and Looks to the Moon Chasing Wind

[@checkurcloset]

29:35 THE MAP … ok if u look up local group rain world and look at mirahaze theres five other iterator because u can count 10-12 of em ALL THE CANNON ITERATOR ARE THERE (minus innocence and sliver , but if roads and others are that close then their cans r probably on the map somewhere) not only that , but three of those names (secluded instinct , epoch of clouds , and gazing stars) THE NAMES ARE ON THERE . AND I LOVE IT . 29:30 and you can see some other iterators , presumably in roads local group

[@localpedestrian7894]

so my question is, are they apart of moon’s local group? or are they a neighboring group that’s close to them?

[@minnarew]

actually, omen and intellect are not on the map

[@checkurcloset]

@@minnarew oh . oops

[@checkurcloset]

@@localpedestrian7894 apart or a neighboring group . i feel like neighboring group is more likely

[@gendraldthehopeful459]

28:28 I just finished watching the complex video and jesus christ this scene hits different with the context that he's asking you to rip a drive out of his skull and end his suffering so his local group know what happened to him. JEEEEEEEEZ YOU GOOD DAS? 28:42 also Infiltrator looks so chill after just euthanizing her creator's friend. (He's seen some shit.)

[@casualbird7671]

I was especially impressed by the animation at 23:34! Wonderfully done

[@namelessnavnls8060]

An iterator slowly going insane from being confused about the concept of depression and why he's feeling it. An intriguing concept.

[@Foxett25]

Depressed but doesn't know what depression is.

[@namelessnavnls8060]

@@Foxett25 Facts. And the question of: How can a supposedly perfect machine feel something that would make him imperfect? The Iterators always unironically claim to be god-like but they're the most fragile creatures in Rain World on the long term, as they can crumble away into nothing more than a pile of rubble, while anything else that "dies" will always come back at the beginning end of every cycle. It's quite ironic.

[@mishagaming1075]

@@namelessnavnls8060 the fires that burn brightest are the ones that will flicker out first.

[@TheAstralBlade]

YOOOOOO this was amazing!!! The voice acting and inflections, the animations, the decent into madness - encroaching terror, folly, everything.... I'm already *so* invested in this and I'm both terrified and super excited to see what will come next! (Oh man..... main game iterators on the map..... that isn't good....)

[@Foxett25]

Yeah, you should be terrified of what comes next. We seem to follow the five first karma symbols. We have all of them EXEPT the second one, which uh- let's just say we'll see how Das handles that.

[@BlixTheWerehog]

finally another iterator log video lets see what madness occurs Post premiere edit: HOLY FUCK, ITERATOR LOGS ANIMATED.

[@aki7007]

Loved working with you all on this! The quality of IL is certainly increasing, and the entries to follow will surely be even better than this. The story of TR is a heartbreaking one. An iterator driven to near madness by his own inferiority to his own siblings, driven by determination to find a purpose, only for that inferiority to become his downfall.

[@yesandno6204]

Can't wait to see some actually good fanfiction

[@WNDRNRDER]

Self insert as Iterator is pretty good concept for happy ending

[@spidey5558]

This is good fanfiction?

[@ozgurruh2535]

@@spidey5558 it is pretty good, nice story, decent voice acting and animation. I personally like it a lot

[@Foxett25]

@@ozgurruh2535 And a lot of depression.

[@Baconomics1]

29:33 DAMN that's getting really close to Pebbles, Moon, and the rest of their local group

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

Wow, I am on my 5-8th rewatch. I only just realized that Twisting Roads made the Chimera solely because he felt the need to cover up the lie he told Thread.

[@firepyth4112]

All the encoded messages decrypted for your viewing pleasure Thumbnail: "A fatal error has occurred" Description Line 2: "They will save us all, they must" Line 3: "ATT" Video 6:27 "Communication link ATT" 8:00 "Communication link ATT" 11:46 Karma 3 symbol. Seems to represent Twisting Road's current state. As it gets worse, so does TR 12:00 Karma 4 symbol, which represents Distant Frontier 14:14 "Communication request ATT" 15:21 Karma 4 symbol behind Distant Frontier, along with his name in encoded text 16:51 "Communication link ATT" 18:16 "Communication request ATT" 20:45 "Communication link ATT" 23:33 All the characters that appear during the video footage seem to be random Edit: Turns out the animation is completely loaded with messages and somehow I didn't notice... 23:42 The number popup in the front repeats "shit is wrong s going" 23:50 The screen filled with numbers repeats "NOI WILL NOT FAIL I WILL PERSEVERE, HE WILL NOT COMPLETE HIS GOALHIS PARADISE IS OUR SACRIFICEL" typos included 24:13 The number screen repeats "His paradise is our sacrifice," credits to @mrbartinio for noticing this one 24:28 number screen in the bottom right repeats "shit is wrong s going" 24:35 The two panels on the left repeat "A fatal error has occurred," and the numbers on the top right repeat "shit is wrong s going" 24:43 Panel at the top repeats "A fatal error has occurred" 25:10 Both panels on the right repeat "A fatal error has occurred"... we get the idea lol 26:00 Karma 3 symbol becomes slightly corrupted 26:25 Karma 3 symbol becomes even more corrupted 27:34 Karma 4 symbol 27:56 Karma 3 symbol becomes completely corrupted 28:48 "My friend, I will ensure this was not in vain" 29:23 Karma 4 symbol makes yet another appearance 29:29 The numbers on the screen repeat "Paradise requires sacrifice"

[@mrbartinio]

At 24:14 the base 64 translates to "His paradise is our sacrifice" over and over

[@firepyth4112]

@@mrbartinio Oh that's interesting! I missed that. Time to re-analyze the whole animation part

[@Splashpaws]

Did not realize you went crazy ass enough for the panels in the animation I salute you

[@firepyth4112]

@@Splashpaws it took some severe analyzing and zooming in on screenshots but I got there in the end lol

[@Splashpaws]

@@firepyth4112 I appreciate the hustle. There are some full lore ones, a lot of joke ones. Das provided me with all of the funky panels that TR wasn’t directly interacting with! Unfortunately .. I might have forgotten which were serious and which were jokes when I was placing them around

[@subatomicbeetle7921]

Local calculator tries to go to war with other calculator, fails miserably

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

I guess you can say, that there was a MASSIVE... MISCALCULATION!

[@ozgurruh2535]

@@forkgodsdescendant2503 you know, this could have been kind of amusing without the capslock and the "ı guess you could say" part.

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

@@ozgurruh2535 I, the clown who makes a clown of himself by crap execution on top of the unoriginal bad joke ;(

[@ozgurruh2535]

@@forkgodsdescendant2503 this one was actually fairly amusing

[@darioferretti3758]

Twisting road pre distant fronteer is an abosolute vibe

[@SquareOne325]

Iterator texts 6:27 "Communication Link" 14:16 "Communication Request" 28:50 "My friend, I will ensure this was not in vain" Description: 3-shift Caesar Cipher: (referencing karma 3) "they will save us all, they must" Hex code: "ATT" Please notify me if I missed any, I had to do this twice so I skimmed through.

[@Survwithagun]

Finaly sombody who acknowledges the existence of the best iterator, chasing winds.

[@catnipflowers5803]

This is *Extremely* compelling. In rainworld, I wasnt too impressed with the Iterators as their existence was for slugcat story purposes, and yaknow, have a game world to play on. But these Iterator logs feel like a mythos almost. God like beings are given the Power they have. Like Hercules (TR) going to slay the Hydra (DF). And Darn It! I want more! The animation was Captivating, the emotional expression with only two large eyes must've been so difficult to work with but Shromp and Splashpaws were so excellent. Props to the entire team.

[@legendarylily76]

I love how Twisting Roads likes to handle things by himself, and to some standards I can really relate to him, therefor deeming him my favourite. I also love how his passion for his experiment led to his detriment, and his deactivation. The way he handles things in social matters are actually really relatable for someone like me, he's SUCH A BIG INTROVERT AND I CAN RELATE SMMMM His story is both tragic and upsetting, and that's why I love him

[@liliflower1376]

So what I'm getting is, robot is neglected by his creators to the point of developing self loathing issues and depression, and ends up self isolating as a result, but eventually gets himself a hyperfixation that gives him a will to live again, extremely relatable, but said hyperfixation happens to be their imminent doom FASCINATING character

[@EntropyAndSingularity]

The Rain World community is why I want to be an animator. But seriously, this community’s animations have more empathy than people. So, I’m just gonna rant on about this for a minute… I love every part of this. It feels so human, in the way that he hurts and talks. I like how when he realizes he can’t move, it’s like he’s confused and terrified of the thought of being paralyzed, because moving, especially for an iterator, should be as easy as thinking. Having to physically struggle to move at all is a terrifying thought for an iterator. I also like how his mutterings of panic just feel like his thoughts are going by so fast that random words just kind of escape sometimes, like an actual person would. Also, the way he acted in his moments of peril perfectly reflect on how he’s an iterator; a god in complete control of his area. He panics and gets confused, desperately turning around and questioning processes and functions like an iterator would do. The way he says, “It hurts…” is just so scary to me. Iterators aren’t supposed to have pain like that. Everything is smooth an in control, so when something HURTS, that probably means some real shit just happened. Also the fact that he doesn’t like, clutch certain parts of the PUPPET, because it’s not the puppet that hurts. It’s internal. The only thing he can even do to ease the pain is to keel over, despite that not really helping. 10/10

[@gerburgerhamger1404]

HOLY **** DAZ YOU OUTDID YOURSELF THIS TIME! THE ANIMATION, THE LORE, MAN THIS WAS AWESOME!! I GIVE MY PRAISE TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS, THIS WAS INCREDIBLE!

[@TheSunVanished_Enthusiast]

The part where TW was animated caught me by surprise, I absolutely love the iterator log series.

[@sparkedfires]

And it was worth the wait, this was incredible! You outdid yourself, you and the team!

[@arutari2942]

Not sure if anyone else has noticed yet, but I think the "buffer" TR seems to have was likely the "tighter restrictions" that were mentioned in the inception log! God I love everything about this series so far,

[@WanMonCast]

I thought Distant Frontier did that, but you might be right!

[@ChasingWind]

Now that's some good stuff. I suppose DF has almost succeeded with his plans on completely removing all what's left from the ancient's history, all ruins and mentions. He also wiped all mentions of iterator's purpose so no more of them will try to ascend as seen in episode 3. There are about 200 cycles of unknown information before AGS' awakening, I guess we'll see what happens during that time in the next episodes. However, I think that DF will be taken down before fully completing his goal as moon's, pebbles' and their local group's cans seem to be fine in rivulet campaign. Either that, or he just didn't get that far yet, for some reason. In that case, our fluffy little green boy will deal with him and all his mess. These are quickly becoming my favorite series lore-wise.

[@randomnerd4211]

NGL I love how Frontiers' design helps indicate his age in comparison to other Iterators, with his puppet being more complex looking - either due to technological constraints, or the want of his builders to create something more impressive than a doll on a string.

[@satellite_panic]

I AM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH THIS IS SO GOOD, IT IS SO NEAT, IT IS SO WELL DONE I- A A A AA *Absolute* kudos to Das and everyone who is or has worked in the logs project, it is for sure my favourite rain world fan project, be it because of the juicy thicc lore, or the creative worldbuilding and the integrations with the region concepts, i just can't have enough of this story you've building, keep up the great work and remember, paradise requires sacrifice.

[@monosodium-glutamate]

Holy shit, how does this series keep getting better?

[@Kasai606]

Reminder to watch/rewatch the complex to get some more info on twisting roads

[@foresty2245]

Ok so apparently I just found this fan fiction series. There's quite a few logs to be read and after reading all of then in a span of 1h, I have came to the conclusion, that my sanity is [...] and I need some sleep.

[@mawzip]

Holy hell the production has leaped ASTOUNDINGLY!!! Everyone who's working on this has so much passion and love for this series! I am immensely happy to see such an obscure, yet such unique and endearing project to move forwards!!! This is getting more interesting by minute, love your work and continue if you will!

[@combatwombat8572]

The animation in this episode was nuts, I've only just discovered this series but I'm already so invested in it. I feel so bad for Twisting Roads... I think that we've all felt that desire for purpose at one point or another. Wanting to be needed... it can make you hurt yourself for sure.

[@yusufcan-xl2dp]

THE ART WORK OH MY GOD THE PLOT MM THE WAY OF TELLING STORY VIA LOGS 😤😤 THE MUSIC OH ME THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OTHER STORIES.... daszombes, be aware that this is... PERFECT. Finally a fan fiction that isnt actaully cringe and... A fan fiction that has been made with quality and love.

[@Foxett25]

Indeed. But the next one, let's just say we'll see.

[@nechdaught3412]

@@Foxett25 dw, the Karma 2 tapestry may not have been entirely literal, and I doubt Daszombes will interpret it so literally either

[@nechdaught3412]

also The Snap (OST at 20:48) goes so fucking hard oml

[@Foxett25]

@@nechdaught3412 yeah, hopefully.

[@Foxett25]

@@nechdaught3412 YEAH THE SNAP. THAT'S JUST A VIBE.

[@theonewhoknows4978]

Hello Das what the hell I didn’t expect to get this emotionally attacked when I clicked on this video , sucks to suck I guess Jokes aside this was awesome, increíble job from everyone involved

[@goosefries]

THAT WAS AMAZING THE ANIMATION WAS PHENOMENAL I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

[@cooldude8738]

The voice acting was done really well here. My only critique is that in the scene where TR starts breaking down and he’s in pain, it kinda just sounds like normal sounds Daz makes when playing rain world. Because of that I ended up laughing at the scene instead of feeling bad for TR

[@festyferny4543]

Hahaha, rainworld IS pain. Thanks Andrew

[@Foxett25]

@@festyferny4543 *Sofathniel flashbacks*

[@humanbeing9946]

now i can't unhear it

[@yugurejikogisei5913]

Thats the best one yet, really cool concepts and the build in of one of the concept videos for the area you and others worked on! Big congratulations to you and your team, you did an amazing job

[@the_funky_wandrr]

THE EMOTION OH MY GOSH I’M SPEECHLESS!!!! Was not expecting the animation and intense lore…oh my goodddd I looveee itt so mUCHHH I’ve alreaady drawn art 😭😭💝💖💕. Thank you aaahh I love how Splashpaws is getting into more of the videos, I’ll definitely check ‘em out if they have stuff on social media 👀💫✨. My mind is so jumbled I love this so much 😭😭⭐💫✨. The poor him…nooo himm 😭. Gorgeous work once again omgg

[@axotheaxolotl3524]

The animated scenes are amazing! The facial expressions and smoothness and colors and aaaaaa Plus the voice acting is phenomenal! It’s amazing how great this whole log series is! Keep up the great work!

[@SpoopyChicken]

Holy shit! You can actually see the in-game local-group in the final part of the video, Five Pebs, Looks to the Moon, NSH, SRS, etc.

[@Foxett25]

Yeah, i'd be happy... But we're following the karma symbols... And- we are missing 2. Which... Yeah.

[@the711devin4]

What I can gather from the beautifully animated segment and the region concept video is that when TR's experiment failed, he got cancer on a different level. Instead of just his equipment forming siphonophores that crawl around and spread, entire pieces of the superstructure mutated to prioritize their own survival. His antennae splitting apart was his nerves gaining minds of their own.

[@dysphanic_redshift]

Holy shit????? I just binged the Iterator Logs and. God damn. This is so cool I cannot even. The bits of animation are flawless and so beautifully made, the voice acting is just perfect and I love all the emotion put into it, and the story? Holy fuck the story is so cool. Can't wait to see more of this, it's so cool

[@Primal_aspid.]

That animation though, props to whoever helped on that! The music is awesome too, really captures the vibe of rain world

[@Spectral-Spiff]

the only issue i had was that the text in the beginning was sometimes quite unreadable because background and text color mix being problematic otherwise amazing work

[@BiasedBlonde]

Your content is making me crazy about Rain World, it’s changing my brain chemistry 10/10

[@frenzyous]

I am absolutely terrified. You all are doing gods work, and please do not fail. We NEED to see how this ends. Or... continues further

[@circuitry400]

Just got done marathoning all of the logs. THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! Edit: AYO I JUST REALIZED INFILTRATOR WAS THERE HECK YEAH. Everything’s all coming together.

[@truepenut8755]

"They will save us all, they must"

[@americanpride5540]

FUCK man, he didn't deserve to go out like that, he was right, he was the only one trying to save the Iterators from the nightmare to come. Damn pour one out for our man Twisting Roads, fuck I really liked this one.

[@the_egg_]

Definitely the most well made iterator log yet, can't wait to see what's next.

[@LordoftheNightWolves]

This is by far the best one of these yet. It is SO GOOD! Twisted Roads you were so good but you left so soon. Hopefully A Taunt Thread can carry it on.

[@SorryBones]

Saw the ROT cipher in the description, here's the decoded text for anyone curious: wkhb zloo vdyh xv doo, wkhb pxvw "they will save us all, they must"

[@Lobstro]

Hold on. On the map in the Distant Frontier cutscene we see that Twisting Roads doesn't have an X on his can like Moon does, suggesting that DF either doesn't know that TR's experiment failed, or that this cutscene predates the failure. Maybe the reason why TR's experiment failed is because it was sabotaged by DF.

[@Mercy_Rez]

Holy heck. Das, you've done it again. These just keep getting better and better! Thank you so much for creating these because they genuinely bring me so much joy and excitement whenever I watch, or heck, even think about them. Hyperfixation go brrr I guess ^^

[@stoplight1277]

I've been enjoying these so much that I thought they were actual lore readings from the game 😭 The writing is so good! It's amazing! I've been binging all of them!

[@The-EJ-Factor]

I listen to this like a audiobook while cleaning the first time, I had no idea that this had full on animation 😅

[@asoupyferretnamedfar3634]

No! Twisting roads T-T poor guy, you are an amazing writer! And voice actor! I'm so excited to see more!!! Maybe something on Taught Thread!!!(I think that's how you spell it, I honestly forgot). Or the other iterator that has become evil(maybe)!!!! ALSO THE ANIMATION WAS ABSOLUTE AMAZING I CAN'T EVEN THINK HOW LONG THAT TOOK-

[@catscrath25alpha83]

Love the intregue. And the idea of iterator on iterator combat and being able to design and evolve your own combat and construction units in like an rts would be an amazing game idea and expansion to the rain world setting.

[@Tori1234100]

I've already watched this three times in the last twenty-four hours and your creativity has me trying to come up with my own Iterator lmao Thank you and your team, again for the work that you've done

[@rehkloo6]

All Translations - Thumbnail - FATAL ERROR (over and over again) 6:28 - Communication Link 8:00 - Communication Link 11:42 - 3RD Karma Symbol - Represents Status. Associated with Twisting Roads. 11:57 - 4TH Karma Symbol - Represents Gluttony. Associated with Distant Frontier. 14:16 - Communication Request (Probably changed due to Twisting Roads contacting A Taut Thread, instead of the other way round) 15:23 - 4TH Karma Symbol - Represents Gluttony. Associated with Distant Frontier. Distant Frontier 16:52 - Communication Link 18:18 - Communication Request (Probably changed due to Twisting Roads contacting A Taut Thread, instead of the other way round) 20:50 - Communication Link 28:53 - My friend. I will ensure that was not in vain (Probably from A Taut Thread)

[@Legendary_Comfy_Fox]

I love how even in a state worse then death having your own body fight you Twisting Roads was just like "Well fuck... That's not good."

[@Waterick-3000]

Remember when he released his fire sound track in that one private video? Ahh good times.

[@oberonpanopticon]

The part about sending the big boi overseers to DF made me wonder what it’d be like to have a campaign where you’re a modified scug who’s been sent on an information gathering mission.

[@ligma6992]

after going through the final sequence with frontier a bunch; here are the iterators in proximity to roads: broken wheel, a taut thread, the static unknown, secluded instinct, gazing stars, seven red suns, five pebbles (dying), looks to the moon (dead as FUCK), no significant harassment, chasing wind, loose trajectory and epoch of clouds. broken wheel, taut thread, and static unknown are closest to roads, secluded instinct and stars are up north, suns, pebbles, moon, NSH, and wind are all at the base game, and clouds/trajectory are at the south.

[@theshatteredgod4]

Madness caused by madness, the insanity of being alone, like dominos falling into eachother, causing a bigger and bigger chain reaction

[@chefa412]

MMMMMM this was incredible! I love the story and where it went, and MAN I feasting on the animation and music ✨

[@signalsnowtop1746]

Okay Spolier/theory time: We good? Okay, good. I just had a startling thought. In the games we have seen a cancer like response, The Rot, that Five pebbles could not stop. In these logs, the regions, we have now seen two other cancer like responses from expirments or just, adaptation. The slime mold of the tower which could be natural but....doesnt, feel it, and the rapid evolutionary mutations of TR. What if this, paradise DF is making, crumbles because of this? Because he slips up, makes one mistake, one, broken taboo in the wrong way or, builds over or into a can with such infection? Introduces a cancer into the system? That would certainly be interesting to see. Some new cancer or a reapperance of the rot, entering the whole his building, forcing him to have to cut away, quarintine, or more likely from how he is, think he could fix it. Better yet, what if he accidently causes it? After all Five Pebbles came from him trying to remove a taboo, TR came from him basically overclocking to try and game the system. And how interesting would it be, if such, cancers, were not some, random mistake or flaw? Just a crazy, stupid thought but hey, it a theory.

[@SpoopyChicken]

If it wasn't for the fact that I actually need sleep, I would've stayed up all night just to watch this premiere.

[@Foxett25]

Same. But eh imma stay up till 10pm for this

[@colfy3961]

jolly good show, jolly good fiction

[@fennwenn3317]

I'm really glad there's voice narration here! Always love your iterator stuff, but as a graphic designer, I might suggest using text with a higher contrast next time; it's a little difficult to make out pale words on a pale background, especially with low vision. Otherwise, great work as always. Looking forward to the next one!

[@amisharme744]

I just noticed something. The last log date in Road's drive is 1527.28(?)2. The closest date to Looks to the Moon is in the 1600's, with Chasing Wind and Sun's conversation about Unparalleled Innocence's snooping. (around 1650's, don't remember the exact number) I already made an estimation of the date of Spearmaster's arrival, which is around the 1700's. This means that it took around 200 or 100 cycles for A Taut Thread to send the Infiltrator. (This is assuming the answers from the QnA are canon to the story) Another thing I'd like to point out is that since the earliest news of Looks to the Moon's collapse is in the 1600's, the post credits scene shouldn't have had Moon crossed out, since she'd still be in working order. Not trying to nitpick, just a funny little thing I noticed. Feel free to let me know if I got anything wrong.

[@mb4456]

I was going to watch these when I had a good time to do so; but I skipped around a bit, and saw the animation at the end... So I just binged them because I couldn't *not* after seeing that ending. These stories are so well done and fit so well in the world, told with great editing, and now with truly stellar animation that I've watched a dozen times now. And the music; is at least some of it original? Because it works perfectly, fits the style so well, and is very well implemented! Thank you to everyone who put these together, because they were obviously a lot of hard work! You did an amazing job, and I'm looking forward to any further entries in the series! (P.S.... The credits? Genius; that part is soooo good)

[@vinny1952]

this needs more views so we can keep getting this content and eventually a netflix series