DEEP INTO THE ROOTS by TomasTanhgor
🌱 A quiet game about reaching deep, remembering, and restoring.
You are a root — one of many, guided by an AI.
Your purpose is to burrow into the forgotten earth, searching for lost water sources that can bring life back to a silent planet.
Draw your path, absorb energy, avoid dangers buried deep, and uncover human artifacts long lost to time. Some may help. Some may warn. All of them remember.
As you dig deeper, the world responds — and slowly, begins to wake up.
🔜 More levels are coming soon.
Follow the project to see how far the roots will reach.
itch.io - https://deadlineteam.itch.io/deep-into-the-roots
How to play:
1) Start growing roots with the hand of the machine.
2) Click the left mouse button and draw a line. Roots will grow along the path you’ve created.
3) Click the right mouse button and move camera.
UPD 9.04.25: Fixed major black screen bag

| Link | https://deadlineteam.itch.io/deep-into-the-roots |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/deep-into-the-roots |
Ratings
| Overall | 805th | 2.864⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 810th | 2.595⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 604th | 3⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 533th | 3.5⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 717th | 2.875⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 461th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 611th | 2.3⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 583th | 3.333⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 7🗳️ | 20🗨️ |
Also a nice interpretation of everyday's life objects.
The gameplay is very straightforward, maybe a bit too simple.
@hdvr02 @stratcat66 thanks a lot! Upgrades were part of the game, but we didn't have time to make them. We plan to finish it in the following updates :)
EDIT: Nevermind, I just read the description and I was able to move the camera :)
I like the writing and tone of the game.
Really the only critique I could give is that there wasn't much in the way of challenge, it was just kinda going through the motions until I reached the bottom. With the mechanics you have in place here, you could definitely implement some interesting puzzles/branching paths, or something like that. Either way, cool entry, good work!
I just missed some noises, digging, grabbing items.
Anyways nice entry guys! 😉
Unfortunately, the water supply is only visible on the full screen or on the https://deadlineteam.itch.io/deep-into-the-roots
Ура, я выиграл!
Очень интересная игра. Хотелось бы даже не уровней побольше, а побольше развития истории. Каких-то персонажей, уровня-хаба, где можно было бы общаться, чего-то такого ^_^