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Growtopia is a server-run sandbox MMO videogame where players can chat, farm, add friends, trade, build worlds and PVP.

As of February 28, 2017, an Ubisoft acquirement of Growtopia was announced and was completed during Ubisoft's 2016-17 fourth quarter, with the original developers being design and general advisors to the game's continued development.

Gameplay

Growtopia is a 2D MMO sandbox game that everything in the game can be grown from seeds of trees. However, there is an achievement system, epic quests, and other quests from NPCs.

A new player will be sent to a private world called TUTORIAL which teaches the basics of the game with an item called Growpedia for reading tips. The player starts out with two basic tools: a fist for punching and breaking blocks, and a wrench for wrenching items and edit items' properties. After a player finished TUTORIAL, they will be sent to START for learning more about the game.

Players can visit other people's worlds or create their own worlds. When a player creates a new world, the world will be procedurally generated. Worlds in Growtopia have the same size, except special worlds (such as TINY). Players can break and build blocks, get seeds or gems from blocks, plant seeds, and harvest trees. Players cannot do these activities if the world or the area they are punching is locked by someone else.

Players can lock areas they want by using different sizes of locks: Small Lock, Big Lock, Huge Lock, and World Lock (there are also other types of locks such as Diamond Locks, but works like World Locks). When a player locked an area with a lock, a player can access other people to the lock or edit properties by wrenching the lock.

Development

In 2012, Seth Robinson began thinking about making a new game. At the time, Robinson made six mockup screenshots and sent to Mike Hommel to entice him to help with the project. The game was named Buildo.

The game UI started to take shape with Hommel's mockups. On October 22nd 2012, Hommel uploaded a video on his YouTube channel showing the development of the game before its release.

After three months of development, the game was released on Android as a free beta on November 30th 2012 under the name Growtopia. They moved the game out of beta and release the full version on January 9th 2013. The game has been continuously updated since the release. On February 28 2017, Ubisoft announced an acquisition of Growtopia, it was completed during Ubisoft's 2016-17 fourth quarter, with the original developers being design and general advisors to the game's continued development.

Release

The game can run on multiple operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

The iOS version was released on January 11th 2013, after the Android version on November 30th 2012. A Windows PC beta version was released on July 9th 2013, macOS version was released on July 27th 2013.

The Nintendo Switch version of the game was published on the Nintendo of America website on March 28th 2019 and has been taken down later.

On January 30th 2019, GRAC assigned age ratings for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version of the game in South Korea while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version of the game have not been announced by Ubisoft yet.

In February 2019, Game Software Rating Regulations also assigned age ratings for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch version of the game.

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
148Apps	iOS:
Jay Is Games	iOS/Android:
Pocket Gamer	iOS/Android: 6/10

Growtopia received "mixed or average" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator GameRankings.

Video gaming website Jay Is Games described the game as "simple and easy enough to work on the mobile platform (and be fun for kids), but with enough room for customization and socialization". 148Apps gave the game a 4/5, saying "the crafting mechanic is unique". Pocket Gamer's Peter Willington scored the game 6 out of 10, said he dislikes the crude menus, the UI is bland and cramped, and hates the character design. TouchArcade wrote "With online games like this that take place in persistent worlds where everyone can interact, you’ll no doubt get some people trying to destroy things and generally make life tough for everyone else".

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