About This Game

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— 0% AI — 100% hand-drawn —

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

🌲 Explore wild lands, discovering resources, minerals, and plants used to create potions, meals, weapons, traps, armor, and building materials. The deeper you venture into the wilderness, the greater the chance of encountering travelers and traders offering exotic items.

🌾 Plant and harvest a wide variety of crops — berries, vegetables, grains, and cultivated plants — to ensure the survival of your settlers, trade with merchants, and prepare nourishing meals.

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

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

Demo Version — DECEMBER 2025

• Access to only part of the technology tree

• Only one settler available

• No multiplayer / co-op mode

• Only two save slots available (the save system is still in development — older saves may become incompatible over time, but we aim to prevent this; once this note disappears, the save system will be fully stable)

Early Access — MARCH 2026
Full Version 1.0.0 — SEPTEMBER 2026

Planned features and improvements

• Tutorial and help system with keyboard shortcuts

• Localization into additional languages

• Expanded and refined technology tree: new technologies, crafting stations, traps, and fortifications

• Hunger balance based on performed activities

• Crafting more ranged weapons, armor, food, and potions

• New enemy types with varied stats

• Character progression and leveling

• Expanded NPC trading system with balanced prices

• Graphics and audio settings with saved configurations

• Multiplayer / co-op mode — planned for APRIL 2026

• Improved user interface (UI) and end-of-run summary

• Game optimization for higher FPS