Control a cute little robot
Ubisoft announced a new game today calledGrow Home, and it looks freaking adorable! The game takes inspiration from wonderful works such asThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyandWall-E, and falls in line with the company’s recent tendency to pursue smaller passion projects such asChild of LightandValiant Hearts. That sounds like exactly the kind of game I’d enjoy, and something I’d like to see more of from Ubi.
The project started as a new tool for exploring procedural animation, a “toy” for a small group of eight developers at Ubisoft Reflections, and grew into an idea for a game as the team started to experiment with it. The game stars a cute robot named BUD, a Botanical Utility Droid, tasked with searching for a new species of flora to bring more oxygen to his home world. He discovers the beanstalk-like Star Plant, and helps it grow while collecting its seeds.
Grow Homewill have a heavy emphasis on exploration, as you climb the Star Plant’s many expanding branches to discover floating islands, hidden caves, and crystals scattered throughout, which can expand BUD’s abilities. I’m a huge sucker for exploration-based games, so I can’t wait to see more of this!
Grow Homewill be available on PC via Steam on February 4, priced at $9.99.
