{"id":77,"date":"2014-07-04T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T09:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studiogrow.org\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2014-07-04T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T10:44:13","slug":"whats-the-go-with-grow-avcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiogrow.org\/blog\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"What’s the go with Grow? + AvCon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been meaning to make this post for a while. A lot of people have been asking \u201cwhat\u2019s happening with Grow?\u201d, \u201cwhere\u2019s the demo at?\u201d and \u201cwill you make this game more like Spore?\u201d Well I\u2019m going to answer all those questions right now \ud83d\ude00 The answer to the last one is no.<\/p>\n

Grow is developed by a team of four people in our spare time. We don\u2019t make money from Grow so we work part time on the side; the classic indie game dev story. Despite that, we\u2019re making good progress on the game and it\u2019s shaped up a whole lot since last year\u2019s demo at PAX AUS. We\u2019re getting very close to an alpha release, but there\u2019re a few things we need to work out first.<\/p>\n

\"Grumble<\/a>

Progress! Hooray!<\/p><\/div>\n

Steam release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our plan is to release Grow on Steam Early Access, either with a free demo or a free period to begin with. This way you\u2019ll get a chance to experience the game and decide whether it\u2019s worth buying and supporting. We want to reward people who support the game early on, so the alpha version will be much cheaper than later versions and will hopefully come with some cool, exclusive stuff.<\/p>\n

Those of you who frequent Steam though would have noticed that there was just a massive sale. You will also have noticed – if you\u2019re anything like me – that you spent all your money on said sale. A big part of releasing on Steam is releasing at the right time and we\u2019ll definitely need to wait a bit to escape the post-sale decline in purchases. Everyone needs time to restock their wallets!<\/p>\n

\"Steam<\/a>

It’s ok, I didn’t want all that money anyway.<\/p><\/div>\n

AvCon<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other delay is the game still needs work. One of the most important things we need to do is test the game and to help with that we\u2019ll be attending AvCon<\/strong> later this month!<\/p>\n

AvCon is a big gaming and anime convention in Adelaide running from the 18th<\/sup> to the 20th<\/sup> of July and we\u2019ll be demo-ing there. We\u2019ll even be getting on-stage to run some competitive games of Grow and giving out prizes (more on the prizes later). So if you\u2019re heading to AvCon make sure you stop by and say hello! If you\u2019re not up to travelling to South Australia though, we\u2019ll be running the competitive games online, which means we\u2019ll be grabbing some fans to join in from home. We\u2019ll also be giving out prizes to the at-home players.<\/p>\n

Having so many people play Grow and give us their opinions at PAX AUS was both motivating and massively helpful and we\u2019re hoping AvCon will be just as useful in ironing out the kinks before the Steam release.<\/p>\n

\"AvCon\"<\/a>

AvCon runs from the 18th to the 20th<\/p><\/div>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Never fear! The Grow alpha is a-comin. Until the release though, look forward to big updates and your chance to play the game for prizes.<\/p>\n

What are you guys hoping to see in the competitive game? What do you reckon we should do on stage at AvCon? We\u2019ve been preparing an interpretive dance routine but we think it might blow too many people\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n

Make sure to comment below with any thoughts, questions and suggestions!<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been meaning to make this post for a while. A lot of people have been asking \u201cwhat\u2019s happening with Grow?\u201d, \u201cwhere\u2019s the demo at?\u201d and \u201cwill you make this game more like Spore?\u201d Well I\u2019m going to answer all those questions right now \ud83d\ude00 The answer to the last one is no. Grow is<\/p>\n

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