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The Flame in the Flood is the work of developer The Molasses Flood, and offers a wonderfully evocative twist on the well-worn "rogue-lite" survival game formula. The genre's usual bouts of scavenging and crafting unfold in a world where you've no choice but to journey ever-onward, rafting along a sometimes serene, mostly tumultuous procedurally generated river, with the odd stop-off at passing islands to stock back up on supplies.
The Flame in the Flood's most immediately arresting element, not including the fact that you have an adorable dog as a constant companion, is undoubtedly its distinctive presentation. It has a gorgeous, painterly visual style (courtesy of the original BioShock's art director) and a wonderfully atmospheric, guitar-twanging country soundtrack by composer Chuck Ragan.
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