Cloudy cannot burn things directly, but hovering over certain liquids lets him absorb their power. Others are trickier, like ruining a birthday party by setting all the presents on fire. Some tasks are easy: rain on every human is a common one, and watching the people scatter never fails to amuse. The levels in Rain on Your Parade each form a little puzzle box, a scene where Cloudy needs to complete several objectives to progress. Determined to find this miraculous place, Cloudy travels across the world, showering down rain on everything along the way. Whispers of other clouds tell of a mystical land named Seattle, where the rain never stops. While Cloudy has found some satisfaction in ruining local weddings and soaking school children waiting for the bus, he longs to live in a place where he can rain on whatever he wants. He recounts the adventures of Cloudy, a raincloud who delights in causing mayhem. Rain on Your Parade is framed as a grandfather telling a bedtime story to his grandson, the characters and environments all cobbled together from bits and pieces in the child’s room. While some levels are stronger than others, the intensely cheerful nature of the game makes it a joy to play, brightening even the darkest of days. After over two years of development, that little prototype has blossomed into a grand adventure, providing 50 levels of playful destruction. Back in August last year I checked out the free demo of Rain on Your Parade, a tight physics puzzler that used a cloud’s various abilities to cause mayhem.
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