# The Roottrees are (still) Dead

DevFeed: [The Roottrees are (still) Dead](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-roottrees-are-still-dead-40644.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eviltrout.com/blog/2024-03-03-the-roottrees-are-dead/>)

Published: 2024-07-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Robin Ward](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/robin-ward.md>)

Topics: [Godot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/godot.md>), [Unity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unity.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [User interface design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui-design.md>)

Tags: [3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d.md>), [game](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/game.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [unity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unity.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>)

## AI overview

The author explains how discovering The Roottrees are Dead led them to collaborate with Jeremy Johnston on a Steam version. The update replaces the game's generative AI art with professional illustrations, adds a hybrid 3D/2D interface, remastered audio, redesigned user interface, and a port from Unity to Godot.

## Source excerpt

Last year I broke my elbow. This meant that I had to take a break from programming for about six weeks, and The Secrets of Skellig, my indie game, was put on hold. After a couple of weeks, I recovered enough to do some basic keyboard and mouse movements, and I stumbled on a free game called The Roottrees are Dead by Jeremy Johnston. It was exactly my kind of thing: a thinky game where you have to use your brain to fill in a family tree, based on results from a search engine. It was Her Story meets Return of the Obra Dinn meets The Case of the Golden Idol, and it consumed my free time for several days in a row.