Awakeroots

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0% AI - 100% hand-drawn

Awakeroots is a hand-drawn game created out of passion by two brothers - a programmer and an artist - set in a world inspired by Slavic folklore. You take on the role of settlers - pioneers on wild, mythical lands, where every day is a fight for survival. Build walls, workshops, and traps to protect your settlement from threats. Cultivate the land, harvest crops, and feed your people before night falls. Both day and night, the world becomes hostile and dangerous, filled with mysteries and mythical creatures... Survive as long as you can.

Game Modes:

Free Mode – survive as long as possible and try to reach the highest number of days. (Available)

Campaign – complete missions focused on hunting monsters to obtain unique artifacts that can be used in other playthroughs, including multiplayer mode. (First mission available in late April.)

Multiplayer Co-op Mode (BETA) – multiplayer mode is already available! I am still working on improving synchronization and stability, but you can already invite your Steam friends and play together. The full, stable version will be released in May 2026.

🧭 Explore wild lands, discovering resources, minerals, and plants used to craft potions, meals, weapons, traps, armor, and building materials. The deeper you venture into the wilderness, the higher the chance of encountering wandering travelers and traders offering exotic goods.

🌱 Plant and harvest a wide variety of crops - berries, vegetables, grains, and cultivated plants that ensure your settlers’ survival, can be traded with merchants, and used to prepare nourishing meals.

🏗️ Start with nothing and build your settlement from the ground up. Create workshops and storage buildings, reinforce walls and fences, prepare traps, and protect your crops from animals and monsters.

👹 Face creatures from Slavic legends - Leshies, Rusalkas, Noonwraiths, Vodniks, and other dark beings inhabiting dense forests, as well as wild animals lurking in the wilderness.

🛒 Explore the map and find wandering merchants who carry rare and unusual goods. Some items cannot be crafted on your own and are sometimes essential ingredients for creating unique equipment.

Survive as long as you can…
This game is being developed after work hours by a team of two, and we’re doing everything we can to deliver the project according to our vision. Updates are released regularly (1–2 times per week). If you have suggestions or ideas, feel free to reach out to us via the social media linked on our Steam page. Add the game to your wishlist and follow the project on Steam to stay up to date with upcoming updates :)

IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

-- game optimization (higher FPS)
-- user interface (UI) improvements
-- trading with NPCs (more merchant types, including exotic travelers offering unique items)
-- graphics and audio settings + saving configuration
-- new types of monsters and animals (target: up to 100 units)
-- balancing item and building prices
-- character progression and leveling
-- text improvements and translations
-- progression tree (technologies, workstations, traps, fortifications)
-- more ranged weapons, armor, food, and potions
-- save system is still under development — saves from older versions may be temporarily incompatible; we are working to resolve this. This notice will be removed once the system is fully stable

PLANNED FEATURES

-- multiplayer (online co-op)
-- animal breeding
-- treasure hunting
-- group unit selection and formation setup
-- defensive turrets (automatic)
-- combat using magic and elemental powers
-- status effects (e.g. poison, curses, and other negative effects)
-- farm development (higher yields through irrigation, fertilization, etc.)