Frequently Asked Questions

(And questions that are not yet frequently asked, but are anticipated to be of interest...)

How do you pronounce “Hydrui”?

I usually say “hai-drew-E”, where the “ui” portion is pronounced like 「うい」. It's also reasonable to pronounce the “ui” portion like the initialism “U.I.”, saying it more like "hai-drew-I”.

It's kind of a bad name, but at the end of the day, the name had to be something.

Who is the character on the front page?

The nondescript character on the front page is the “mascot” of Hydrui. The file is named “ui-tan”. That is basically the extent of the lore I've come up with. It was drawn and vectored by me, so you might consider it a sort-of programmer art.

It seemed appropriate to have some sort of anime-style mascot character for this software, so there it is. Maybe the design could be iterated on if a real artist steps in.

Here's a couple of sketches, for good measure.