Three Against The Odds

Three Against the Odds
Developer	flippworks
Theme	Fantasy,Sword and Sorcery
Influences	Brogue,RiftWizard, DiabloRL,Loop Hero
Status	Alpha
Released	August 25, 2024
Updated	August 29, 2024
Licensing	Commercial
P. Language	GML
Platforms	Windows, Linux
Interface	Mouse and Keyboard
Game Length	Long
Official site of Three Against the Odds

A Poison Sea Drake Ally Faces the Vampire Slarzeth

Overview

Three Against the Odds is a single-player, non-traditional roguelike/strategy hybrid in which you play a civilization of Frogs (Frogkind), seeking to return to their homeland. The game setting is sword and sorcery but in a world where human civilizations collapsed and only vestiges remain.

"In each cycle of crisis, three heroes shall arise from our people to meet the challenge...always there are three." --- The Wizened One

Features

• A fixed world grid. Instead of descending or exploring a world, the focus is more on defending your settlement
  • Yet you may teleport your entire plateau to new climate zones such as desert, jungle, arctic, antarctic
• Permadeath after the death of three heroes or the destruction of your settlement by fire, starvation or enemy invasion
• Light resource management of food, stone, wood, treasure, however no micromanagement
• Three campaigns with the first campaign having three different final bosses and associated henchmen
• Use upgrade points towards adaptations which persist after hero death or abilities which are lost upon hero death
• Choose abilities from three distinct schools (a bit like classes) or become a Knave and choose one ability from each school, sacrificing total ability amount
• Remain a basic frog or evolve into three other subspecies
  • The tree-dwelling, poison-resistant Canopogs
  • The ocean dwelling Frogshoi (sworn enemies of the fishy Froshoi)
  • The mighty, zombie-taming Frok
• Gain Energy Cards with many uses
  • Terraform the surrounding terrain
  • Craft items
  • Gain resources
  • Enhance your towers and defenses
• Build towers and walls to protect your settlement from siege enemies, tidal waves or other hazards
• Manage an Alchemist and Forge and utilize a Shop stocked by your trade caravan
• Purchase gems and items from wandering merchants
• Fish the rivers for lost coins, 20 variety of trophy fish based on climate, allies or monsters
• Many potions, wands, scrolls, weapons and other artifacts
• Monsters determined by surrounding terrain that can be terraformed over time

Interface

• Hotkeys and shortcut binding to items/adaptations/abilities
• Movement by keyboard and mouse
• Configurable key bindings but with some limitations/reserved keys
• Sound Effects and Music but either or both may be disabled

The mighty Diretooth attacks Frogkind's settlement

Winter has come to the Frogkind settlement

Fishing Trophy and Tacklebox options