🌿 Raging Plants

_Defend the Mother Tree in this fast-paced 1-bit tower defense game made in just 1 week for the 1BitJam!_

🎯 Objective

Protect the Mother Tree from waves of incoming enemies!

Build, connect, and upgrade your plants to form a strong, resilient forest.

👀 Important Notes

• • Hover over the bottom of a tree or sapling to upgrade them.
• • Right-click on a flower to upgrade.
• • Connect trees to the Mother Tree using roots to gain bonus stats.

🎮 Controls

• • Right Click (while hovering over a plant): Upgrade
• • Hold Right Click near power orbs to pull them to trees or the Mother Tree
• • Left Click: Interact with UI
• • Click + Drag Mouse: Move around the map

 Gameplay Breakdown

🌳Mother Tree

• • The heart of your forest. Must be protected at all costs.
• • Collects power orbs dropped by enemies.
• • Uses orbs to spawn saplings and upgrade nearby plants.

🌱Sapling → Tree

• • Saplings grow into defensive trees when upgraded.
• • Trees shoot projectiles at enemies and can be upgraded for more power.

💮Flower

• • Shoots projectiles at enemies.
• • Can be upgraded for damage, fire rate, and projectile speed.

🍃Bush

• • Redirects enemy paths.
• • Use bushes to funnel enemies and buy time.

🌿Root

• • Connects trees, flowers, and mushrooms to the Mother Tree.
• • Without a root, mushrooms won’t activate or provide rhythm buffs.

🤔 How to Play

• • Enemies spawn from random directions in waves.
• • When defeated, enemies drop power orbs.
• • Power orbs fuel upgrades for trees and flowers.
• • Strategically place and connect your defenses to survive.

💡 Strategy Tips

• • Always connect mushrooms to the Mother Tree using roots for bonus stats (damage, fire rate, shoot speed).
• • Use bushes to manipulate the enemy path and group them up for AoE damage.
• • Expand your forest by placing and upgrading child trees, increasing your defensive coverage.

👥 Credits

Programming: - Xioslab (https://xioslab.itch.io/) - xrayHunter (me)

Art: - Hand-drawn by me.

Sound: - Sourced from OpenGameArt.or