
Oddwort
Brew spells between waves and blast the onslaught of baddies!
Oddwort is a spell brewing pve battler. Fight and dodge! Brew spells by mixing ingredients between waves. Then cast charge and unleash them spells all the while avoiding the incoming onslaught.
- Brew Spells picking modifiers and combos
- Single or Local Multiplayer
- Keyboard and Controller support

Every round has two phases.
Prepare
- Brew spells for the next fight.
- Fallen players are revived, and everyone recovers some health.
- Want to go early? Everyone go stand on the starter to skip the timer
Fight
- Enemies pour in. Blast them with your spells.
- Defeated enemies drop ingredients. Grab them!
- The fight ends once time is up and every enemy is gone.
- Survive the waves together. If every player falls, it's game over.
Quick Tip! The Guide will point you towards nearby ingredients or to the brewing station


During the prepare phase, you can select ingredients to charge up spells and pick which spells you want for the next fight.
Steps
- Walk to an ingredient and press Interact. Each press adds one to your mix, and you can add as many of each as you like.
- Walk to a spell and press Interact to brew it with your mix.
- You have two spell slots, "Spell A" and "Spell B"
Good to know
- Brewed spells last one wave, so you brew fresh ones every Prepare.
- Any empty slot gets a random basic spell when the fight starts.
- Unused ingredients go back into your stock.
Ingredients

- Everyone starts with 5 of each.
- Enemies drop more when defeated.
- Pickups are shared: when anyone grabs an ingredient, every player gets one.




Music By LRK
Sound Design By Anton Safronov
Art by Cat Soil
Code by Dishcan
| Published | 1 day ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Author | Dishcan Games |
| Genre | Action, Strategy |
| Made with | GIMP, DragonRuby Game Toolkit |
| Tags | 2D, Bullet Hell, Cats, Hand-drawn, Local Co-Op, No AI, Singleplayer, Top-Down |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Xbox controller, Playstation controller |
| Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
| Player count | 1 - 4 |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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Development log
- 0.1.0 (and now 0.1.1)1 day ago
- Tweaking Spells, Bad Guy, and Round Behavior2 days ago
- Instructions and Helpers3 days ago
- Replacing Placeholders and Refining Spells4 days ago
- Road to playable!5 days ago
- Spell Casting and Initial Wave System7 days ago
- Brewing8 days ago
- Minutia, Spell Casting, and more Baddies8 days ago








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