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[alvarop]

My girlfriend says she would play this all day long. She's not a gamer.

This is an accomplishment.

[SimonFelix]

I'm still amazed by the visuals, excited to see more Keep up the great work! 

[growbotgame]

My girlfriend says she would play this all day long. She's not a gamer.

This is an accomplishment.

Thanks alvarop! That's awesome to hear!

I'm still amazed by the visuals, excited to see more Keep up the great work! 

Thank you Simon! :D

[migrafael]

Wow! These designs... Gorgeous stuff. Need to show this to my s.o ! Following on Twitter!

[growbotgame]

Hey This is just a small update to show what I've been working on recently. I've been developing an underwater level where Nara meets a coral reef which has lost its colours as a result of the attack. She must repair the environment in order to restore the coral and retrieve a Bulby (a bulb she will plant in her head which will give her telepathy). Here are some development sketches of the level design and the coral reef character.

[growbotgame]

Working on these Nara swim sprites at the moment. Trying to figure out how to create some swimming forward and backward animations.


Making a bit of progress with these cogs. Next step is to add in more frames to improve the rotation effect

[growbotgame]

Growbot is now on Steam Greenlight! Please consider voting for us bit.ly/growbotgame
Thank you!

[gabrielcarioca]

Just saw this game on Kill Screen and I loved it. Already voted on greenlight

You have an interesting art style, good luck and I'm excited to see it become a good game.

[Kyle Preston]

Congrats on getting Greenlit! Your game looks achingly beautiful, reminds me of how I felt watching Fantastic Planet for the first time - so gorgeous.

[growbotgame]

Growbot is now a team of two! I’m super excited to be working alongside Jessica Fichot, who will be creating the music for Growbot. Here is the first piece of music Jessica has created for the game:

Finding the Captain: https://soundcloud.com/user-548253191/finding-the-captain-by-jessica-fichot

For more of Jessica’s work please visit her site: http://www.jessicasongs.com

[Silkworm]

That's some sick art! Sketches are super charming too! What are your influences?

[Fuzzy Branch]

Really like the unique artstyle -- looking forward to seeing this progress!

[kikai]

This is amazing!
You had been able to do so much alone. How long have you been working on this?
Your art is very inspiring too, wish you all the best with this project

[nu_muso]

You've created a very beautiful world! And all on your own The music is beautiful too

[growbotgame]

Thankyou for the kind comments!:)

How long have you been working on this?

I've been working on the game for just over 3 years.

What are your influences?

I love Amanita games and Loom for its musical puzzle design.

[codekitchen]

I just want to hug that galaxy-belly space yeti monkey hologram... thing. I love it. Congratulations on getting the Greenlight!

[growbotgame]

As I mentioned in a previous post Growbot now has a musician. I met Jessica Fichot at IndieCade last year in September where Growbot was a Digital Select.
 
The atmosphere and emotion she creates in her music is perfect for the game. Her background music enriches gameplay and her cinematic/cutscene music enhances the story.
 
One of my favourite tracks is this background piece for the player's bedroom. I love how Jessica has incorporated the light sprites' sound into the music:




 
In the opening scene of the game Nara explains how the light sprites kept her up all night with their static song. It's a small detail, but Jessica created a short melody to go with it and it helps to make the world and its inhabitants feel real.
 

[Schrompf]

It's beautiful! Keep going!

[jctwood]

This looks absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on being greenlit! What is your process like illustration wise? Are your animations hand drawn frames?

[growbotgame]

Thank you for the kind comments!

What is your process like illustration wise? Are your animations hand drawn frames?

I use Photoshop to create the art and yes, the animations are hand drawn frames created in Photoshop and then imported into Unity.