Poster art: a tornado tears through a small town at dusk while a giant robot, two enormous dogs, a 50 foot woman, flying saucers and a zombie horde close in.

Disaster Run

Ruin a perfectly good town

Coming to Steam for Windows. Filmed in Panic-O-Rama.

K-CALM 1040 AM

A disaster sandbox with a straight face.

Disaster Run is a town simulator where the only thing you plan is the catastrophe. Build the worst day a small town ever had, then watch it play out in a full physics simulation.

  1. Pick a place. A made-up town, or a map built from real street layouts.
  2. Pick what hits it. One disaster, or several that are not on speaking terms.
  3. Set how bad. Then let it go.

Scenes from the picture

Every caption is a line the town's radio announcer reads out while it happens.

A tornado with lightning at its base crosses a river toward a row of houses.
“Touchdown confirmed. The tornado is on the ground, and it is not observing property lines.”
A woman several storeys tall stands in a town street with one arm raised, wrecked buildings around her.
“She has given the town one star. The chamber of commerce is disputing the review.”
Brown floodwater fills the streets of a town, with cars adrift between the buildings.
“Elm Street is moving well this hour, at about four knots.”
A flying saucer at night fires a bright pink beam into a neighbourhood.
“Air traffic control says the saucers did not file a flight plan. A strongly worded letter is being prepared.”
A wildfire burns through woods at the edge of town under an orange sky.
“The burn ban remains in effect. The fire has not read it.”
A red Kraken rises from the water, tentacles lined with suckers towering overhead.
“The harbour master reports that all boats are accounted for. They are in a tree.”
The middle of a town flattened to rubble, with a few brick buildings still standing around it.
“City planners say the skyline is now more of a line.”

Starring

  • The Tornado
  • The Flood
  • The Wildfire
  • The Earthquake
  • The Tsunami
  • The Volcano
  • Meteors

with

  • Flying Saucers
  • A 50 Foot Karen
  • The Kraken
  • A Zombie Horde
  • Giant Ants
  • A Giant Robot
  • A Dragon
  • A Stone Colossus

and introducing

One very large puppy

Cast them one at a time, or mix several in the sandbox and see who the town blames.

What the simulation does

Everything breaks the way it should

Buildings are built from walls, floors and beams that hold each other up. Take away what a roof stands on and it comes down. Water finds the low ground, fire climbs with the wind, and a tornado throws what it tears loose.

A town that reacts

Residents flee, shelter, drive, panic and sometimes carry on grilling. Power lines fall and the lights go out street by street. A local radio announcer keeps the town calm, badly.

Be there, if you want

Walk, run or drive through the town while it happens, go into the houses, or try the short goal games. Or stay above it all and watch.

An opening title card over a quiet town: “They came at noon. They did not come in peace.” A flying saucer hovers at the edge of the frame.

Roll the film

Every run opens with its own title card. A cinematic camera finds the best angle, instant replay catches the big moments, and you can render your run as a movie.

Coming to Steam

Single-player, for Windows. The store page is not up yet; when it is, the wishlist button goes here.

“Stay tuned. After the break: more of this.”