History VideoGame / TheFlameInTheFlood

* SnakeOilSalesman: Flimflam, a shady travelling merchant Scout encounters at the radio tower.

* WildChild: Scout can encounter a pair of "Feral Children" on the river. Despite [[YouNoTakeCandle their poor grammar]] and [[ThePigpen shabby appearance]], they seem quite mature and well-adjusted, and even offer Scout a free arrow while espousing their altruistic worldview.

The Flame in the Flood is a third-person survival game by The Molasses Flood. It was initially released for Xbox One and PC in 2016, with [=PlayStation=] 4 and Nintendo Switch versions the following year.

!!Tropes found in The Flame in The Flood:

* BearsAreBadNews: Bears are easily the biggest and most dangerous animals Scout will encounter. Fortunately, they really only want to be left alone - give their caves a wide berth, and they're more a threat to other wildlife than to Scout and Aesop. Unfortunately, there's a location which has one bear you ''have'' to fight or flee from.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: In the start menu of the game, Aesop can be seen watching over a skeleton with a backpack that he later gives to Scout, the Skeleton is presumably of Aesop’s former owner.

In a desolate, post-societal America, you are a lone traveler named Scout. One day, a dog (named Aesop) stumbles upon you, dragging with him a backpack with a radio inside. You decide to adopt the dog and follow the radio's signal in the hopes that you will find other humans.

* FinalDeath: As per usual in the survival genre. When Scout dies, it's game over, and you start again at the mouth of the river.

* ActionSurvivor: Scout and apparently Aesop: the two have had to survive on their own before meeting each other, and if you make it to the end of the campaign without dying, this trope is only solidified.

* ABoyAndHisX: A girl and her dog.

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* CanineCompanion: Aesop will follow Scout anywhere that he's able. Unlike most examples he won't fight, but he will alert Scout to predators almost a full screen away. He also provides extra inventory space, and any items in his pack when you die will be passed on to your next new save. [[spoiler: It turns out the people living in the Kingdom have been breeding dogs like Aesop and training them specifically to search for survivors and bring them back.]]

* HomeworldEvacuation: As society collapsed, many people fled the planet in space ships.

* WildChild: Scout can encounter a pair of "Feral Children" on the river. Depsite [[YouNoTakeCandle their poor grammar]] and [[ThePigpen shabby appearance]], they seem quite mature and well-adjusted, and even offer Scout a free arrow while espousing their altruistic worldview.

* BearsAreBadNews: Bears are easily the biggest and most dangerous animals Scout will encounter. Fortunately, they really only want to be left alone - give their caves a wide berth, and they're more a threat to other wildlife than to Scout and Aesop. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, there's one bear you ''have'' to fight or flee from at Angel Yard.]]

The Flame in the Flood is a third-person survival game by The Molasses Flood. It was released for Xbox One and PC.

* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Boat]]: Scout's raft is a ramshackle platform of old planks and barrels.
* WildChild: Scout can encounter a pair of "Feral Children" on the river. Depsite [[YouNoTakeCandle their poor grammar]] and [[ThePigpen shabby appearance]], they seem quite mature and well-adjusted, and even offer Scout a free arrow while espousing their altruistic worldview.

* BearsAreBadNews: Bears are easily the biggest and most dangerous animals Scout will encounter. Fortunately, they really only want to be left alone - give their caves a wide berth, and they're more a threat to other wildlife than to Scout and Aesop.

* CanineCompanion: Aesop will follow Scout anywhere that he's able. Unlike most examples he won't fight, but he will alert Scout to predators almost a full screen away. [[spoiler: It turns out the people living in the Kingdom have been breeding dogs like Aesop and training them specifically to search for survivors and bring them back.]]

* WildChild: Subverted - the pair of "feral kids" Scout can encounter seem quite mature and well-adjusted, and even offer Scout a free arrow while espousing their altruistic worldview. They do still seem to have difficulty with proper grammar, however.

* CanineCompanion: Aesop will follow Scout anywhere that he's able. Unlike most examples he won't fight, but he will alert Scout to predators almost a full screen away.

* RetroRocket: [[spoiler: One of these is seen at Angel Yard, which turns out to be an abandoned space center. Unfortunately for Scout, the rocket is long defunct.]]

* MundaneLuxury: It's been long enough since the floods that a tarp-tent, wood stove and solid framework are considered high-end upgrades for Scout's raft.

* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Boat]]: Scout's raft is a ramshackle platform of old planks and barrels.

* SceneryPorn: The game's art direction is stunning, especially the environments.

* ActionSurvivor: Scout and apparently Aesop. The same cannot be said for Aesop's previous owner...

* FinalDeath: As per usual in the survival genre. When Scout dies, it's game over, and you start again at the mouth of the river.

In a desolate, post-societal America, you are a lone traveler named Scout. One day, a dog stumbles upon you, dragging with him a backpack with a radio inside. You decide to adopt the dog and follow the radio's signal in the hopes that you will find other humans.

What separates this game from others of the survival genre is that, not only must you scavenge for supplies and look after a hunger, thirst, and rest meter, but you explore the world by traversing on a long, winding, and unforgiving river on a makeshift raft that you can upgrade. Said supplies are picked up on little islands in the river that you can dock on. You must also avoid crashing your raft into rocks and cliffs, lest you get too wet [[FromBadToWorse or drown.]] In Endless Mode, the goal is to travel as far down the river as you can without dying.

What separates this game from others of the survival genre is that, not only must you scavenge for supplies and look after a hunger, thirst, and rest meter, but you explore the world by traversing on a long, winding, and unforgiving river on a makeshift raft that you can upgrade. In Endless Mode, the goal is to travel as far down the river as you can without dying.