PLEASE STOP THE RAIN Demo

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.

What the demo holds

• Book 1, the Eye, complete: twelve stops across the dry circle, an ant colony with a plan, and the Umbrella Queen at the end of it.
  
• Three forecasters to walk out of the hut: Wren, Pell and Dov, each with a move of their own.
  
• The first weather: Breeze, Hail, Tremor, and every skill a run through the Eye can teach you.

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.

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.

In the full game

Six more books, seventeen more forecasters, a hundred pets, eight tiers from Drizzle to Cataclysm, twelve mutators, Endless, a daily forecast and the Almanac. Wishlist Please Stop the Rain to hear when it's out.

Everyone says "please stop the rain." The demo is where she starts to wonder whether she should.