Until the Rain, for the press.

Until the Rain is a real-time strategy game about wildfire, played on miniature dioramas of national parks and wild landscapes. Every few seconds the fire spreads. Between those ticks you place trucks, build and play cards. You won't save everything. You only have to hold until the rain comes.

Fire burns in three stages, from embers to full blaze, and spreads with the wind. It runs uphill twice as fast. Pine forest catches quickly, meadows take longer, rock and water stop it. Full blazes throw embers ahead of the front, and every landing spot is marked one tick in advance.

Trucks fight fire on their own, with fixed strength and no dice. You decide where they stand, when they go for water and what they protect. Every fifteen ticks, time stops for the briefing: the wind turns, the next fire is announced, and you pick one of three cards.

Campaigns take you through the parks of a region, one mission after another. Your fleet, your deck and your blueprints carry over. Lost trucks stay lost.