STORM CHASER

Press materials

Storm Chaser is an independent game about exploration, weather research and oceanography. Players follow storms, record observations, plan moorings and deploy buoys, improving their vehicles, vessels and instruments.

Ten screenshots from 0.8.12 and four from 0.8.10–0.8.11, with each version identified in its caption. Datacenter, mooring, fleet and warning screens retain the Portuguese interface. Credit: Storm Chaser. Release date and system requirements have not been announced.

Aerial view of campus, with buildings among trees, an airstrip and the Oceanographic Center on the coast to the right. — Campus · From research to the sea · v0.8.12

The campus coast seen from the sea, with a moored boat, pier, research sheds, boatyard and lighthouse. — Oceanographic Center · View from the sea · v0.8.12

A 30-metre ocean-going vessel with a buoy suspended beyond its stern by the orange gantry over a wavy sea. — Ocean-going vessel · Buoy deployment · v0.8.12

Ocean-going vessel seen from behind, approaching a rogue wave with a white crest. — At sea · Rogue wave ahead · v0.8.12

Six scientists at their computers in the storm research wing, with a bookcase, windows and a radar display behind them. — Forecast Center · Storm research team · v0.8.12

Inside the Sensor Workshop, with instruments on benches and stands, a technician at work and yellow floor markings. — Sensor Workshop · Instruments on display · v0.8.12

Screenshot with the Portuguese interface: the Datacenter panel shows 81 of 90 data points over a room with server racks, cooling and a research console. — Datacenter · Room and data panel · v0.8.12

Portuguese mooring design screen: current tilts the instrumented mooring line; the ocean contract shows three of four requirements met. — Mooring · Result with interface · v0.8.12

Portuguese boatyard interface showing four vessels, the ocean-going vessel selected, and engine, thruster, crane, stabilizer and navigation upgrades. — Boatyard · Fleet and upgrades · v0.8.12

Navigation screenshot with the Portuguese interface: a vessel facing a rogue wave, an 11.2-metre warning, radar and speed controls. — Navigation · Rogue-wave warning · v0.8.12

A wide EF5 tornado with spiral bands and dust at its base crossing a farm strewn with debris. — Great Plains · EF5 · v0.8.11

An unroofed house in front of an EF3 tornado, beside a red barn and trees. — Great Plains · EF3 roof damage · v0.8.11

The Professor's office with a central desk, radar screen, meeting table, display cabinets, sofa and compass-rose rug. — Personal room · Professor · v0.8.11

The Petrel aircraft crossing the cloud wall of a hurricane's eye, with the sea visible below. — Hurricane · Into the eyewall · v0.8.10