ROOT RACE

You are a corn root. Find food in the soil and grow the tallest corn!

Move the mouseto steer your root (on a phone: drag)

Clickto grow a side root

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Keys 1 to 5root superpowers

Play on your phoneScan to play at home, or share with a friend!

A real corn root from our lab, glowing under the microscope. The dark holes are air channels, one of your superpowers!

Your root's buttons

Move the mouseSteer your root. Roots only grow down or sideways!

Click (or SPACE)Grow a side root that hunts for food. Costs 8 sugar.

Sugar = energyGrowing costs sugar. Your leaves make more as your corn grows.

A button flashes when it is a good time to use it!

Play counter

Every game started on this device is logged here, with no cap. Clearing the leaderboard (Ctrl+Shift+X) does not clear this log. Esc closes.