Sprout Kingdom: Seedrunner — a 3D runner with the Tide at your back

Pip is running. Behind him is the Rot Tide: it grows if you slow down and swallows what is left of the kingdom. Ahead are six Seedways, three lanes and a speed that does not ask whether you are ready. This is the trilogy's finale, and it does not forgive stops.

What this game is

The third Sprout Kingdom game changes genre: instead of a platformer, a third-person 3D runner built on three.js. The track is procedural, biomes shift as you run, and the Tide presses from behind. All geometry, light and sound are synthesized in code — not a single external file.

There are no platforming levels here. There are three actions — jump, slide and lane change — and two abilities on top: dash and parry. The whole game is built from those five.

Controls

• Arrows or WASD — change lane
• Space — jump (hold for height)
• S or Arrow Down — slide
• Shift — dash
• E — parry
• P or Esc — pause, R — restart

Systems and mechanics

The Rot Tide — the main clock

The Tide crawls from behind and grows faster the slower you run. You cannot outrun it — only push it back. A successful parry on the glint triggers a bloom, and a bloom shoves the Tide back. That is the survival resource: not speed itself, but the precision of your moves.

Three core actions

Jump clears pits and low obstacles. Slide carries you under thorns, branches and arches. A lane change dodges whatever stands in the way. Everything else is combinations: a jump with a slide on landing, a lane change mid-air, a slide right in front of the Tide.

Dash and precision recharge

The dash bursts straight through rot and recharges only on perfect moves. The cleaner you clear obstacles, the more often you can burst. Sloppy running leaves the dash empty — and then rot becomes a wall.

Parry on the glint

Glowing marks — "glints" — appear along the track. A parry at that moment triggers a bloom and pushes the Tide back. A miss costs precious seconds: the Tide gets closer while the next glint is still far away.

Six runs and an endless mode

The campaign is six runs across four biomes: Meadow Seedway, Deeproot Cavern, Cloudline Spans and Bramble Wastes. Each has its own hazards and lighting. Clearing the first run unlocks an endless mode with its own distance record.

Dew, seeds and the training gym

Dew is collected along the track and scores points. The Sun Seed has to be carried to the end — losing it costs the run. In the training gym you can practise combinations without the Tide, and continue-from-checkpoint helps on the long tracks.

Why play it

Seedrunner closes the trilogy with a genre shift rather than a repeat: the same characters and universe, but instead of parrying enemies you parry the Tide itself. It offers short record runs and long checkpoint tracks alike.

Progress, best times and unlocked runs save automatically — close the tab and come back to the same spot.

License: MIT. Original: jason-c-dev/fable-games-test (built by Claude Fable 5).