PLEASE STOP THE RAIN
A survivor-like with no timer. Wren, an orphan of the last dry circle in a world that has rained for 31 years, learns to write weather instead of swinging a sword. Walk out for a harder run, walk back to breathe, and decide whether the Rain should stop at all.
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A survivor-like with no timer. Wren, an orphan of the last dry circle in a world that has rained for 31 years, learns to write weather instead of swinging a sword. Walk out for a harder run, walk back to breathe, and decide whether the Rain should stop at all.
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About This Game
It has rained for 31 years. Everywhere except the Eye: a dry circle three miles wide, ringed by a standing wall of water. Wren grew up inside it, alone, talking to a bent weathervane. Then the ants built a roof over her hut.
Forecasters don't predict weather. They write it. Wren is learning.
Everyone says "please stop the rain." The question is whether she should.
Forecasters don't predict weather. They write it. Wren is learning.
A survivor-like with no clock
- No timer. Distance is the difficulty: every ring you walk out from the hut is one step up. Walk further for a harder run, stay close to breathe.
- Weapons fire on their own. You move, you pick, you choose where to stand.
- Two or three boss areas per map. Clear them all to clear the stage. Minimap and compass point to the next one.
Write weather, not swords
- Three schools: Atmospheric, Terrakinesis, Calamity. Calamity is not learned. It notices you.
- 72 weapons, 46 passives, 6 and 4 slots. Hail, Tremor, Bolt, Deluge, Ashfall, Meteor.
- Nutrition before destruction: grow a skill before you break with it, or Calamity takes an interest.
Seven books
Seven regions, each with its own ground, light and wildlife: the Eye, the Edge, the Drowned Fields, the Forest, the Highlands, the Coast, and the one place hot enough to boil rain. Ants with a queen. Beetles that drink puddles and grow. A parliament of rats whose Speaker is an office, not a person.Runs that add up
- Eight tiers from Drizzle to Cataclysm, twelve mutators, Endless. Thousands of distinct runs.
- A daily forecast: one attempt, seeded by the date.
- The Almanac: every run, won or lost, pays gems toward permanent ranks.
- Twenty forecasters to walk out of the hut, and a hundred pets to walk out with them.
Made to be read
HD pixel art, lit in 2D. Text size, high contrast, a colour-distinct palette, screen shake and lightning toggles, four volume bars.Everyone says "please stop the rain." The question is whether she should.
