A downloadable game

Welcome to the demo of GROW!

This is a project that has been in development for almost a year, and it has finally gotten to the point where it is able to have a demo released. Inspired by Portal and Half-Life, GROW is a puzzle platformer with a heavy emphasis on physics-based puzzles and platforming. It is about 1 hour long and has a bit of replay value with new game + playground mode. I hope you enjoy the demo and can get excited about the full release, planned to come out sometime late in 2022! Comments for bugs you found, issues, and more are appreciated as they will help make the final version even better. 


Below is a bit of trivia for those two modes:

- Two abilities in the game can be accessed through playground and new game +, which aren't explained in the demo. These two abilities are detailed below:

- Dash: Press left shift (or your appropriate keybind) to dash a short length in the direction you are looking. This ability recharges when you land on the ground or wall jump.

- Overcharge: This ability allows you to grow your cubes extra fast by double-tapping the grow key. This grows the cubes fast and can provide extra momentum when jumping off of a fast-growing cube.

- Annihilate: This ability shrinks the cubes extremely quickly. This can be done by double-tapping the shrink key. This ability can be used the entire game.


Troubleshooting

This project seems to have trouble with Steam VR, so if Steam VR tries to run when opening the game, you should close steam and relaunch the game.


Social media below to stay up-to-date with development:

Instagram (Progress reports, funny development issues, etc.): https://www.instagram.com/xavierlangland/

YouTube (Occasional trailer for big updates, game music): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcO1bz8uXh1NaP4RtiBnXQ

Download

Download
Grow_Demo.zip 616 MB

Install instructions

To play the game, there are just a few easy steps to complete.

1) Download the file named 'Grow_Demo.zip'

2) Un-zip the file

Unzipping the file will create the unzipped version, which is about 5GB in size.

3) Navigate to the game

To get to the game, open the unzipped folder named 'Grow_Demo'. Then, open the folder called 'WindowsNoEditor'. Finally, you'll see some files. Double click (or run) the one called GROW_DEMO (has the Unreal Engine logo next to it). This will open the game an let you play it!

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