Grow Home is Now Available!

From a seed of an idea to innovative new game, Grow Home is now available for download. As BUD (Botanical Utility Droid) you will grab, pull, jump and climb your way to the stars. Explore the strange open world and propel yourself to new heights, discovering strange floating islands as you make your way to your ship. Grow the massive Star Plant so you can reach your ship and bring this new plant species back to your home planet. Download Grow Home now on Steam for $7.99.

 
Grab a gamepad and use the trigger buttons to control both of BUD’s arms separately as you climb your way through the sky on the Star Plant. Climb onto the branching Star Shoots and control their growth to create a new path toward one of the many floating islands. Make sure to watch your grip on the plant; it’s a long way down. Luckily for you, you’ve got a handy flower parachute to help you soften your fall. You’ll also be able to access teleportation pads to make your journey a bit easier.

Gone Home

Grow Home comes from a team of eight people within Ubisoft Reflections. Though it started as an experimental tool exploring procedural animation, the team saw a personality and charm in this little tool that inspired them to turn it into something more. “We created the opportunity for us to experiment on a smaller scale,” says Producer Pete Young. “We had some very challenging restraints and our ultimate goal was to create something new and completely different.”

For an in-depth look at Grow Home, check out this interview with Producer Pete Young.

Gone Home

Grow Home

Grow Home

Release date — February 4, 2015
Developer — Ubisoft Reflections
In Grow Home you play BUD (Botanical. Utility. Droid), a robot on a mission to find the Star Plant and save his planet. Discover a strange open-world: a planet of floating islands, with precipitous drops, caves and waterfalls to navigate, all rendered in a minimalist but beautiful art style. Grow the giant Star Plant and use your unique climbing abilities to reach ever higher ground, but be careful as you ascend because one wrong move and it’s a long way down!

ESRB Rating: Everyone
The Author

Anne Lewis began her career as an editor at PlayStation: The Official Magazine, where she worked under former UbiBlog editor Gary Steinman. Now she's a lone wolf, prowling around her corner of the office and slowly descending into madness. Alas. When Anne isn’t writing about games, she's alphabetizing her comic book collection or shooting at stuff with a bow. Follow her on Twitter: @BDRAnneLewis