You are the last apple tree in the the land. A horde of insatiable gnomes has caught the scent of your fruit, and they will stop at nothing to bake their apple pie. They can't help themselves... MAKE THEM PAY.

Deep Roots is a 2.5d arcade style defense game. You have Only One Life, so every strike counts!

  • Extend Your Roots: Click and drag your cursor to shoot deadly roots deep into the soil.
  • Impale the Horde: Skewer the incoming gnomes to protect your precious fruit.
  • Chain Combos: Hit multiple gnomes with a single root to rack up massive score multipliers!
  • Manage Your Energy: Extending roots costs Life Force. Retract them safely to get your energy back.

Hot Tip: Gnomes are physically slowed down while walking over your roots.


Please like and comment if you enjoyed or have any feedback. Leave your highest score in the comments below! Can you break 10,000?

Made for Mini Jam 209 (Theme: "Deep", Limitation: "Only one life", 72h)

 

                                                                                                                                                

Game, Art, Music, Sound Design by me

Edit After Submission: faster and more responsive controls for difficulty

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Great job, really nice game! It has just the right amount of juiciness to make it super addictive. 

The music, visuals, and sound effects are all excellent. 

In terms of gameplay, I would’ve loved to see a bit more complexity, but it’s still a very entertaining mini-game regardless. 

Congrats again on the solid work!

Btw got 28.130 points! :)

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Thanks a lot for playing! Really appreciate the feedback.

If I had more time I would have definitely loved to build some kind of upgrade system and maybe some kind of boss.

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Fun game! I got 15,830 :)

Make that 19,970 

Actually insane 😮. I never got that high myself.

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great music and vibe, very clean art too! 


pretty fun and funny, good job! having a little cinematic like that was cool too

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Thanks for playing!