Hurricane chase

Hurricane chase is a multiplayer game in which one player controls a tornado and up to four others play as Survivors. The Survivors try to destroy weather controllers or attack the tornado while avoiding being destroyed themselves.

Story and roles

A terrorist organization called Apocalypse has kidnapped a scientist from a climate laboratory and is using the scientist to create weather controllers that generate tornadoes around the world. Countries send military elites to destroy the controllers, while people affected by the experiments, adventurers and storm chasers also enter the affected areas for their own reasons.

Tornado damage

Tornadoes range from EF0 to EF5, with different wind speeds and effects on buildings, objects, glass, animals and vehicles. The damage follows the Fujita scale: an EF0 can destroy road signs, lift light objects and affect a chaser’s steering; an EF1 can damage roofs, push mobile homes off their foundations and force a chaser’s car off the road. At EF2, tornadoes can tear roofs from frame houses, destroy mobile homes, overturn cars and turn small debris into projectiles.

At EF3, roofs and some walls can be torn from well-constructed buildings, most trees can be uprooted, and a chaser’s car can be lifted off the ground. An EF4 can destroy well-constructed houses, blow away structures with weak foundations, throw cars and send large debris flying. At EF5, most structures are severely damaged or destroyed, and chaser vehicles can become flying projectiles.

Match rules

Matches are designed for four Survivors against one tornado player, but a room can start before it is full. Once a second player has joined, the game starts after 80 seconds. The tornado’s level adjusts dynamically to the number of chasers. The game also includes rankings, dress-up options and rewards.