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The Frost Queen's Gambit

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Journey through an icy realm where a mysterious frost queen manipulates the weather through ancient puzzles and ice magic. Solve intricate riddles to prevent eternal winter.

At a glance

Genre
Fantasy · Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery · Whimsical
Format
Playable interactive novel — narrated live by an AI dungeon master
Length
4 chapters
Players
Solo or 2–6 player multiplayer party (multiplayer hosting requires Library Pass)
Difficulty
Adaptive — survival mechanics tighten or relax based on your actions. Hardcore permadeath available.
Access
$12.00 (or free with Library Pass)
Platforms
Web (dovorite.com) and native iOS / Android apps
Language
English

What awaits you

The Frost Queen's Gambit unfolds across 4 chapters. Chapter titles only — the AI dungeon master narrates the rest in real time as you play.

  1. Chapter 1: Arrival in the Frozen Realm
  2. Chapter 2: The Mirror Maze
  3. Chapter 3: The Queen's Heart
  4. Chapter 4: The Breaking of Winter

How it plays

In The Frost Queen's Gambit, you create a character with a point-buy stat spread, then question witnesses, piece together clues, and call for Wisdom or Intelligence checks at decisive moments; cast spells, wield enchanted gear, and shape the world with your choices; roll with the absurd as the AI bends the world around your choices. The AI dungeon master (GPT-4o, with Gemini 2.5 Flash as a fast fallback) narrates each scene, reacts to your typed or spoken actions, and calls for dice rolls when the outcome is uncertain.

Your inventory, gold, health, and 15 equipment slots update automatically from the narrative — pick up a sword in chapter one and the AI remembers you have it in chapter four. Food, rest, potions, and healing magic each affect survival in distinct ways, and difficulty adapts to how aggressively you play. In hardcore mode death is permanent; in standard mode you can rejoin the story through the Resurrection system.

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