Tornado: Research and Rescue is a storm-chasing game set during the golden age of 1990s tornado research. Read the forecast, track violent storms across Tornado Alley, deploy scientific probes and warn communities before it is too late.
Every chase is different. Forecasts, road networks, towns, tornadoes and destruction are procedurally generated, forcing you to make decisions with limited time and incomplete information. Choose your route, position your equipment and decide how close you are willing to get as the storm evolves around you.
CHASE THE STORM
Use Doppler radar and visual clues to locate developing tornadoes, then navigate rural roads to intercept them.
Tornadoes can change direction, grow rapidly and become wrapped in heavy precipitation. What begins as a distant funnel can become a violent, debris-filled wedge cutting off your escape route. Getting close produces better research opportunities - but one wrong turn can place you directly in the path!
DEPLOY SCIENTIFIC PROBES
Place portable probes ahead of the tornado and attempt to capture measurements from inside the circulation.
Collect data including:
Wind speed
Pressure
Temperature
Dew point
Stronger tornadoes can produce more valuable readings, but reaching their path and escaping safely becomes increasingly difficult. A perfectly positioned probe could fund your next set of upgrades.
WARN TOWNS
Research is only part of the job.
When a tornado threatens a community, issue warnings and give residents time to reach shelter. Your decisions have consequences. A successful chase is not measured only by the data you collect, but by how many people survive the storm.
MANIPULATE THE TORNADO
Experimental atmospheric chemicals allow you to influence a tornado's behaviour.
Release different chemical types to alter properties such as intensity, width and movement. Each tornado responds differently, so every experiment requires observation, repeated sampling and a willingness to take risks.
You may weaken a dangerous storm - or accidentally create something far worse: tornadoes beyond an F5 rating are possible in this game!
UPGRADE YOUR EQUIPMENT
Sell research data and earn rewards from successful rescues to prepare for increasingly dangerous chases.
Improve your:
Storm-chasing vehicle
Doppler radar
Research probe
Better equipment allows you to detect storms earlier, collect more valuable data and survive conditions that would have ended previous chases.
BUILD YOUR STORM-CHASING CAREER
Begin with limited equipment and work your way towards the most extreme tornadoes the atmosphere can produce.
Each forecast presents a new combination of risk and opportunity. A quiet-looking day may struggle to produce a tornado, while an exceptional environment could create a violent outbreak capable of overwhelming entire communities.
Spend your earnings carefully, improve your research capabilities and decide whether the next chase is worth the danger.
CREATE YOUR OWN CHASES
Alongside the career experience, Sandbox mode allows you to configure custom storm-chasing scenarios.
Experiment with different environments, tornadoes and equipment without putting your career progression at risk, or create the most destructive storm you can survive.
You can also recreate historic tornadoes and experience them yourself in-game: the Bridge Creek/Moore 1999 tornado and the Jarrell 1997 tornadoes are included.
Forecast the storm. Deploy the probe. Warn the towns. Survive the chase.
