Arboressence

ARBORESSENCE

Humanity has gone too far this time, and nature is not gonna let us get away with it. Whatever we try, we will run out of fuel before they run out of wood.
But if these stupid trees think they can catch us that easily, they are in for a big surprise. Our city is fast, our weapons are loaded, and we are ready to sacrifice everything we have left if it means burning a few thousands more of them before they reach us.

With me, comrades! Redirect all energy to the plasmaser! Aim the cryo-glue launcher at our back! Hell, catapult your house on their head if it can slow them just a little more!

There may be no human left on earth to remember this night, but we'll make sure THEY remember us.

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HOW TO PLAY

Angry living trees are coming at you!
If they reach you, they will attack your castle and its integrity will decrease.
To stop them, you have to use some powerful makeshift weapons we just ... designed.
There is ... just one tiny problem. We have neither the energy supply nor the ammunitions to reload them.
We will have to use what we find in the castle, so ... using them will also decrease the castle integrity.
You will have to be careful to not use these weapons too much, else you will just accelerate our end.

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Makeshift Flamethrower (Shortcut R)

An improvised giant flamethrower! It will kill all the trees in a line, but it drains a lot of energy

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Makeshift Cryo-Glue launcher (Shortcut T)

A cryo-glue launcher that will leave a freezing puddle where it shoots. It can slow them for a while and is relatively cheap to use.

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Makeshift Trebuchet (Shortcut Y)

We have no projectiles to throw at them, but we can still drop some parts of the castle itself! It will not kill them and it will require a litlle bit of anticipation, but they will have to get rid of the debris before they can progress further. Very low integrity cost

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Most of the dev team is French so we choose a French name for the game as well as french ingame quote.
All in-game dialogues are just for context though, you won't miss anything gameplaywise if you don't understand French (mostly taunts, puns and humans panicking)

In French, "arborescence" is a hierarchical treelike structure with multiple branches spreading more and more.
But "Arbre" means "tree", and "essence" can mean "essence" but also "gasoline".
The name "arbor-essence" is then a mix of "tree" and "gasoline".