INTRCPT

INTRCPT

A first-person storm-chasing game

Storm chasing, from the driver's seat.

INTRCPT is a first-person storm-chasing game in development for Steam. You read the forecast, pick a place to start, and drive out to meet the storms that form.

About the game Status

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Illustration of a spring storm-day sounding. Not from the game.
temperature dewpoint air lifted from the ground
held down by the cap free to rise once it breaks through
  • Storm chasing
  • First person
  • Steam
  • In development

The game

Every chase starts with the forecast.

  • First person

    You watch the sky from the road, on foot or from behind the wheel.

  • Weather that isn't scripted

    Each day's storms grow out of that day's conditions: the fronts, the moisture, the wind, and whatever last night's storms left behind. Two days can look the same on the maps and still play out differently.

  • Forecasting matters

    You can study the setup the night before and again that morning. Where you decide to start makes a big difference.

  • Every storm is different

    Supercells, squall lines and clusters change from one chase to the next. You won't see the same storm twice.

How it's made

We check our storms against real ones.

  • Compared with real data

    We compare our storms with radar, weather balloon soundings, damage surveys and chasers' videos.

  • Made by the game

    Real data is only used for testing. The storms you chase are created by the game itself.

Status

Early development.

What works so far: walking around, driving, a large open world and a procedural sky. The storm system is what we're building now.

No screenshots yet. We'll share some once the game looks the way we want it to.

Game
First-person storm chasing
Title
INTRCPT
Platform
Steam
Stage
Early development
Release
Not announced

Tools

Pipelines for making games like this one.

To make INTRCPT we're building our own production pipelines for art, engineering, effects and testing. They follow the way large studios work, and they're automated wherever we can manage it.

Once the game is out, we plan to release those pipelines so independent developers can take a game from an idea to a full AAA-quality release.

Contact

Get in touch.

Press, partners and storm chasers are all welcome to write.

hello@intrcpt.com