Against the Storm is a roguelite city builder set in a fantasy world where it never stops raining. As the Queen’s viceroy, you’re tasked with venturing into the unknown wilds and building new settlements inhabited by intelligent beavers, humans, and lizardfolk.
From time to time, the World Map will be shuffled (due to the Blightstorm). The farther from the Capital, the less stable the world is. The Citadel itself is not subject to Cataclysm changes, but the further you go, the greater the differences after reshuffling can occur.
The Blighststorm countdown bar is related to the number of Cycles that you spent on all settlements built (in the City Builder Layer of the game). A single Cycle is simply the passing of three rain seasons in the game: Drizzle, Clearance, and Storm. The Blighststorm countdown bar is visible but it represents imprecise data to achieve a sense of anxiety.