Later, you can transform your cloud into an acidic rain cloud, destroying crops and vehicles alike. You can rain oil, letting you create paths of total destruction whenever you rain on top of a fire source. Furthermore, you can hover by some special chemical containers and change the properties of your droplets. These range from shooting bolts of lightning on objects and living beings, to dropping hail instead of raindrops. The more you play, the more abilities you’ll unlock. Raining isn’t the only ability available, by the way. I ended up creating a new face for my cloud once every three or four levels. Want to rain on beachgoers? Have fun doing so. Do you want to help a little bomb explode by raining on all soldiers trying to defuse it? I don’t know why anyone would want to do this, but sure, it’s your call. Do you want to ruin a wedding by raining on top of the bride? Go for it. I immediately started to love this game’s premise the second I watched its little The Princess Bride-esque introductory video, complete with a grandpa telling his grandson a fourth wall breaking bedtime story.Īs soon as the first level begins, you’ll realize that despite the fact you need to complete a certain amount of objectives per stage, you’re basically given carte blanche to ruin everyone’s day as you see fit. On the way to this promised land for clouds, you’re supposed to basically wreak havoc whenever possible, making the lives of the people underneath you as miserable as they can get. You’re tasked with helping that little cloud reach a place considered sacred for these rain-inducing beings: a mythical land called Seattle. In Rain on Your Parade, you control an unnamed little cloud who has a dream. But in Rain On Your Parade, the developers baked the set into an actual level of a game focused on rude tasks, so there's an extra element of personal responsibility for some the most chaotic moments in the show.YOU. It's not the first time someone's recreated Dunder Mifflin in a game, from a 16-year-old Redditor building it in Minecraft to a speed-builder crafting it piece-by-piece in The Sims 4. The only character who resembles one from the show is the tiny Michael Scott, otherwise they're just human characters seen in other Rain On Your Parade levels. The object of the game is chaos and sheer annoyance, seeing the unbridled destruction of Donut County combine with the meticulous mischief-making of Untitled Goose Game.Īmong the 50 levels in the game, there’s one that will delight fans of suddenly upturned chilli pots: a tiny replication of The Office's Dunder Mifflin, right down to the printer. In Rain On Your Parade, you play as a rambunctious raincloud seeking to ruin people's days everywhere you go, rudely drenching them with various liquids, sometimes water, sometimes toxic waste. And the act brought me closer to the show than I expected, because I wasn't just watching it happen, I caused it all. The crime? Starting The Fire, the third best thing to ever happen on The Office. The culprit? Me, a cardboard rain cloud, equipped with a party hat, novelty mug, and the will to succeed. The scene? Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch, or a version of it. Replicating one of TV's biggest crimes - the Season 2, episode 4 fire from The Office - highlights just one of the chaotic things you're allowed to do in Rain On Your Parade (opens in a new tab), an indie game by Unbound Creations, released on Steam (opens in a new tab) in May 2020 and added to consoles (opens in a new tab) in April 2021. □□ Ry-an Shan-non started the fiiiiire! It was always burning since the world’s been turning.□□ Workplace mysteries create chaos, with fingers pointed, blame thrown.
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