The rules,
plainly.

🏆How you win

Survive to the end of the storm and be the first player verified at the revealed endpoint — at walking pace, with a real dwell, confirmed by GPS. The verification timestamp is final, and every winning route is reviewed before the crown is confirmed.

What you win is the day itself: each storm has exactly one winner, forever — your name on that storm number, the crown in the recap, the top of the season board. No gift cards, no coupons, no sponsors. The game is the prize.

⛈The storm — and how you're allowed to move

One neighborhood, roughly a 3 km circle, 59 minutes. Walking pace only — at vehicle speed the game locks, and arrivals at speed don't count. The finish is already a walk by design: the storm shrinks slower than you stroll.

You get 100 HP and no healing — get caught outside the safe circle and the storm drains 2 HP a minute early on, up to 30 HP a minute at the door. Six phases, and the circles secretly drift toward a hidden endpoint revealed near the end.

On the roadmap, not at launch: a weekly city-scale storm (transit allowed between phases, always a walk-to-finish ending) and The Signal, a distance-only hunt for bad-weather days. Rules for both will be published here before either runs.

📍Your finish

A finish is logged automatically when you reach the endpoint within the window — walking pace, inside the geofence, with a real dwell. Nothing to scan, nothing to show anyone. One finish per player per storm.

🎁Every finish counts

Didn't take the crown? Every verified finisher extends their finisher streak and lands in the storm recap — streaks become season titles. You have 60 minutes from the moment the storm closes to reach the endpoint and log your finish. When the window shuts, it shuts.

💀Eliminated? Still rewarded.

The storm caught you on the wrong side of the street — it happens. Eliminated players are out of the running for the day, but a finish is still a finish: reach the endpoint inside the same 60-minute window and your streak survives, and your run makes the recap. The storm respects the attempt.

🎂Who can play

Adults only — 18 and up. A GPS game played near real streets and real traffic is an adult activity, and we treat it that way. You'll also need to physically be inside the storm's start zone when you drop in — this is a game about where you actually are.

🆓Free means free

• Free to play, always. No entry fee, no subscription required to compete.
• No purchase necessary — not to enter, not to win, not to claim.
• No paid advantages, ever. Traps and gear are earned by playing. We will never sell anything that helps you win — that's a promise built into the business, not a launch discount.

⚖️Fair play

• Speed-flagged arrivals are void. The same automatic rule for every player — there's no advantage to break the rules for.
• One account per person. Duplicate accounts void every code they hold, and wins earned that way are forfeited.
• GPS spoofing wins nothing — the prize is claimed at a physical counter your fake location isn't standing at.
• Disputes go to in-app support. Finishes, eliminations, and crowns are decided by server records, never argued in person — support sorts everything out against the logs.

🌧Weather cancellations

If the National Weather Service has a severe advisory over the zone — dangerous storms, extreme heat or cold, a proper Chicago blizzard — the challenge postpones automatically and everyone is notified. We can also cancel any live challenge instantly for safety; if that happens, rewards already earned are honored. A real storm always outranks ours.