Deep Space Lawn Mowing

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.21
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.17
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88
*The worst enemy of a lawn mower? Obviously an unexpected, ordinary rock. But what about a SPACE lawn mower. Well, that would be a space Rock. Wait, did it just move...?*

Deep Space Lawn Mowing is an action game about collecting grass in space. Grass in an extremely rare and valuable resource that far into the void, and selling it can fund numerous upgrades for your lawn mower. It's a dangerous line of work, but if you won't manage to keep it going for long, you can at least share your yield with fellow lawn mower operators on the global leaderboard.

Can you discover an upgrade strategy to make you into a galactic grass leader? Only one way to find out.

(If your score fails to upload for some reason, just post it in the comments and we'll add it manually)​

Controls


- WASD or Arrow keys - movement
- Space, Q, E, F - use unlocked abilities (controls are displayed in the game)
- ESC or P - pause menu with settings

The game also supports gamepad, but it doesn't display gamepad input prompts. Here's a cheat sheet:

- Left stick - movement
- Right trigger - extend
- Button east - absorb
- Button west - shred
- Button south - jump

Created by


- Sushi - Bluesky
- lgg
- Kusy - Bluesky
- Hex - Bluesky

Together we create Tano Collective - Bluesky, Itch

Attribution


Original music and sound by Hex.​

All credits are listed inside the game's Credits widget.

Comments17

zexurge
zexurge7 Oct 2025, 02:45
lawnmower survivors! really well built game wow!
raysplaceinspace
raysplaceinspace7 Oct 2025, 02:52
Wow, you know, this is a great concept! The idea that, unlike vampire survivors, the goal isn't to kill the enemies but to just cut the grass, but these rocks keep getting in the way, is a great twist on a familiar concept. The graphics and sound are great too! Well done!
TomPendergrass
TomPendergrass7 Oct 2025, 03:37
Very satisfying, I wish there were more ways to increase the speed of leveling up or fighting back against the rock horde. That grass grows like crazy
ThatmanRobin8 Oct 2025, 18:38
This was fantastic! At first I was trying to destroy rocks but the jump mechanic made a huge difference! Overall it sounded great, was fun to play, looked good, and was very on theme!
runningopenloop
runningopenloop9 Oct 2025, 00:13
Good job! it would be nice if you could get more levels of sharper blades and speed power ups and have more
powerful versions of the jump power up. overall Great game!
-J
Blue Pin Studio
Blue Pin Studio9 Oct 2025, 06:53
Really nice entry! I loved the sfx, the gameplay and the art, it was all very good. My only gripe with the game is i wish i could power creep more. I want more upgrades, more blades, stronger grass, etc etc etc etc
HaaYaargh
HaaYaargh9 Oct 2025, 11:05
Tano once again delivers a banger :sunglasses:
LDJam user 379026
LDJam user 37902610 Oct 2025, 19:51
Hello fellow cleaning robot game! what a fun concept and I can see with a few tweaks how fun it can get. As it stands I don't feel like I'm able to compete against the sheer number of rocks that are hunting me down.

Maybe balancing the game with something like traps and a rewarding "gold" grass alongside lower damage rocks might help reduce the pressure and give the player a better feeling of success vs inevitable destruction.
HexStart
HexStartauthor10 Oct 2025, 20:04
@leo115 thanks for the suggestions! Getting the jump upgrade early really makes a difference (maybe we should just have it enabled from the start).
Adam Konig
Adam Konig11 Oct 2025, 00:59
Awesome entry who doesn't love a number go up game? I think the theming was very clever being a lawn mower cutting grass and avoiding asteroids instead of rocks. Overall very strong entry visually, gameplay was really smooth and fun, the high score board was a nice touch, and I had a very fun time and greatly appreciated the controller support!
Jvdwijk
Jvdwijk12 Oct 2025, 14:26
Really cool game so far! Nicely executed and keeps you coming back because of the leaderboards.
Only thing I'd change is up the balance each time you upgrade, since you also have to wait longer for each upgrade.
Andreadbx
Andreadbx12 Oct 2025, 16:48
I'm really bad at it, but it glued me to the screen for like 50 minutes without even realizing, great idea! Technically very polished (not a surprise :P), the game loop is nice, its imho a little bit confusing that the top bar is Grass but then in the shop the currency is money, maybe would have been better simplifying and merging the two? idk, great job as always, go Ta No!
Magalix
Magalix13 Oct 2025, 10:14
Solid entry ! Good music and sound design, satisfying gameplay and no visible bugs or unfinished features.
Congratulations
MAR Zockmeister14 Oct 2025, 22:06
Wow, very polished games with really good graphics and nice idea - I've never played a lawnmower. :smiley: As someone else mentioned, would be cool to get some more upgrades to really fight back, guns etc. :smile: But might not really fit into the setting.
ne40k
ne40k16 Oct 2025, 15:46
realy nice game,very good idea
megalukes
megalukes22 Oct 2025, 12:31
I thought the game was really well made and polished, especially considering the short time we had for the jam. Great idea, and I had a lot of fun collecting upgrades for the lawn mower haha. Great job!
PhilStrahl
PhilStrahl26 Oct 2025, 21:45
Wow what a polished entry! The balancing is a little of but there's never enough time for something as time consuming as that. For your reference, here's my archived stream 😊🦄

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