Since After the Rain was made in a limited timeframe, there are several features that were planned but didn’t make it into the final game.

It was originally planned that you would name the leader, but I forgot to add a title screen, leaving no elegant way to name the leader. Thus, the leader can only have the canonical name of Savannahstar.

Since Mushroom Kingdom Clans was based on West Woods, Savannahstar was originally a recolor of Sliverstone from West Woods, and Silverfang was straight-up Goldenstrike. I changed Savannahstar’s design and Silverfang’s name and design to dissociate the series from West Woods.

An entrance to the nursey was planned but ultimately removed. Since there are no kits or queens presently in the clan, the nursery has no cats in it and is therefore useless in game.

The “her” Crashtalon refers to is his mate, Echosong. After she dies in canon, he leaves the clan. Since she was among the many cats killed in the invasion, I thought it appropriate to depict him leaving the clan in this game.

Originally, after Crashtalon left the clan, you wouldn’t have every idea to deal with Willowclan immediately. Instead, there would be a segment where you’d explore the clan and ask the clan cats for ideas on how to deal with Willowclan. I cut it because it would take too long to code. Art of Snowflower and an unfinished drawing of Longmask that would be used in this section remain in the files. Code associated with this section also remains in the files, unused.

Unused drawings of Snowflower and Longmask, the latter unfinished.

Spoilers below! If you don’t want the endings spoiled, get them all first!

The endings do have designations, but these are never seen in-game. The ending where you join Willowclan is Ending A, the ending where you ambush Willowclan is Ending B, and the ending where you find a new home is Ending C. Though the game is not canon, I imagine Ending B is the “canon” ending, the ending that would be most likely to happen if the events of this game actually happened.

The events of Ending B were originally intended to be playable. You would witness Willowstar burning down the clan, flee to the medicine cat’s den, and then lead your clan into battle against her. Before actually attacking Willowclan, you would also send a spy to estimate the clan’s numbers, with the success of the spy mission depending on which cat you selected as the spy. All of this was scrapped due to time constraints.

The medicine cat’s den is unused in game but plays a pivotal role in Ending B.

In the future, I may update the game to include these scrapped sections or make sequels elaborating on the events of the endings. For Ending C, I may make two sequels, one focusing on Oliveclan in the far future, and one focusing on Wilowclan’s expansion and tyranny. If Between Eras ever gets made, I may even make this game compatible with Between Eras! You’ll be able to load your Between Eras save file, and, if you load your save, not only will the leader have your name, but your mate will also be in the game, and your kits might even appear!

Though I might not have been able to implement everything I wanted in the game, I’m still satisfied with how the game turned out. I hope you enjoyed playing the game as much as I did making it!