Three Against The Odds

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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


Three Against the Odds
A Poison Sea Drake Ally Faces the Vampire Slarzeth
A Poison Sea Drake Ally Faces the Vampire Slarzeth


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

Features

  • A fixed world grid. Instead of descending or exploring a large world, you may teleport your entire plateau to new climate zones
  • 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 the tree-dwelling Canopogs, ocean dwelling Frogshoi or the mighty Frok
  • Terraform the surrounding terrain with power cards
  • Craft items with power cards
  • 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


Three Against the Odds screenshot featuring terrain, characters and notably a giant tiger named Diretooth attacking the settlement
The mighty Diretooth attacks Frogkind's settlement
A picture of the game Three Against the Odds showing the terrain and winter elements like ice and snow and a yeti
Winter has come to the Frogkind settlement
A picture of the tacklebox showing bait options and fishing trophies and information
Fishing Trophy and Tacklebox options