About

First Roots was developed in 8 hours as part of the June 2026 8hr Game Jam at Maker's Massive in Cape Town, ZA. The theme was "Connection."

How to Play

Objective: Connect your roots with the other plant.

Water is used at the end of each day to gain more Sunlight.

Sunlight is used to expand your roots undreaground.

Click on the spaces next to existing roots to expand, discover water pockets and underground lakes to keep your water supply topped up.

These are the roots you are looking to connect to:

Credits:

Jaco van Hemert - Developer 

Ruby Walne - Developer 

2bitdream - Artist 

granularbiomes - SFX 

Matthew Tromp - Composer 

Viwe Mama - Sound Designer