Observed arrival · 2026-09-18
The Mushroom Underground Makes Mycelium the Combatant
An independent strategy game prototype about growing a fungal network, managing resources, and competing for territory beneath a living forest.
- For
- Strategy game players and curious ecology-minded creators
- Worth noticing
- The prototype links monthly turn-based network management with real-time fungal conflicts inside individual patches of ground.
Field notes
The prototype divides play across a forest map, monthly network management, and real-time conflicts within a single patch of ground. Its stated systems include moving water and nutrients, gradually changing territory, tree relationships, and persistent damage or survival across battles. The page identifies the forest map as a locked build while describing the macro and micro layers as active builds, with the connections between systems still under refinement.
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