Taproot is a game where you help a tree grow by guiding it's roots to water.  enjoy a relaxing Root Sim!

Notes: 

  • Once you beat the game, if you want to keep growing hit Esc to hide the menu!
  • Hitting reset will reset the map (It's not procedural, so everything is the same), but causes some graphical glitches with the water at the end of each puzzle.

Input

Mouse 1
Hold to start placing a root, release to place root
Mouse 2
Click to cancel placement, Hold to move camera
Middle MouseHold to move Camera
R/ZUndo last root placed that hasn't touched water
WASD/ArrowsMove Camera
EscHide/Show Menu
THide/Show Tutorial

Details

Game Jam Theme: Built To Scale

Art Style is inspired by the works of Eric Carle

Credits, assets, and resources:

Starry Sky Shader: https://godotshaders.com/shader/pixelated-starfield-with-parallax-scrolling-effe...

Mountain: https://opengameart.org/content/mountain-3

Godot SmartShapes2D: https://github.com/SirRamEsq/SmartShape2D

Weathered Rock Pack: https://opengameart.org/content/weathered-rock-pack

Tiling Beast Fur Texture: https://opengameart.org/content/2048x2048-tiling-beast-fur-texture

Tiling Water Textures: https://opengameart.org/content/3-live-proceduraly-generated-tiling-water-textur...

Download

Download
taproot.exe 104 MB

Development log

Comments

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Its fun but near the very bottom I got stuck because the mouse couldn't stay on what I wanted.

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Thanks for the pic in discord! I’ve added a click & drag selection option as well. You can either start from a node, or move your mouse to a node to lock it in as the source. This should give you more control or some of the finer puzzles. And liberally use “R” or “Z” to undo and try different root placements.