Roots & Runes

Unity C# mobile

Overview

Roots & Runes is a cozy survivor-roguelike for iOS and Android. You play a wizard defending a mushroom forest against waves of enemies, growing stronger with every run.

Write 2–3 more sentences: what the player does minute to minute, what makes the game feel "cozy", and what the goal of a run is.

Gameplay

Gameplay video coming soon

My role

Solo project or team? If team: how many people, and which parts were yours?

Designed and programmed the core survivor gameplay loop
Built a divine light beam attack with 2D lighting, screen flash and camera shake
Set up the project for mobile builds on iOS and Android

Design decisions

How and why I made the key design choices and changes in the project.

Divine light beam attack

Problem: Unity's built-in particle system felt too flat for a big, high-impact attack.
What I did: Built the beam from a Line Renderer with additive blending, a warning circle on the ground before it strikes, a 2D point light that lights up nearby enemies and terrain, plus a short screen flash and camera shake.
Why: The warning circle tells the player where the beam will land, and the light, flash and shake make the hit feel powerful.
Result: How did it turn out? What did players or testers say? Anything you would change?

Decision 2 – e.g. choosing mobile as the platform

Problem: What was the problem or goal?
What I did: What did you build or change?
Why: Why this solution and not another one?
Result: What happened afterwards?