Growth Spurt: a Meandering Intermission into the Afterhours of a Miscalculation
A 3D adventure game where you flop, slide, and rocket through an open-world city bursting with oddball encounters. Play five eclectic mini-games that challenge reality, emotions, and everything in between. Can you find your way back to “normal” (whatever that means)?
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6 itemsAbout the Game
The craziest night of Nour’s life
A faux pas at the Middle School dance reverts Nour back to their primordial state and sends them on a one-night maximalist transformative journey. Flop, slide, leap, and rocket around a city filled with zany future friends and mysterious architectures. Play eclectic mini-games where you will discover whether surgery can be joyful, if aliens have feelings, and how to deal with a bad boss.
A City Bursting with Curiosities and Eclectic Encounters
The city itself is a playground of absurdity, introspection, and discovery—a place where logic bends, emotions manifest in unexpected ways, and every alleyway holds a surprise. It’s a world that invites exploration, where every corner has the potential to challenge Nour’s understanding of themself and the people they meet.
Help Nour Find Their Way Back to “Normal” (Whatever That Means)
As Nour stumbles through the night, they'll encounter all manner of strange situations, each one unraveling in the form of idiosyncratic mini-games. These challenges are more than just playful distractions—they push Nour to reconsider what it means to exist, to grow, and to connect. Every game carries an important lesson, not just for Nour, but for you, the player.
Fabulous Features
A City Like No Other – A labyrinth of confounding corners, dreamlike districts, and unforgettable oddities, guaranteed to ignite your imagination and sense of wonder.
Five Wildly Unique Mini-Games – Get ready to laugh, cry, sweat, introspect, and muster up courage as you navigate Nour’s bizarre and heartfelt encounters.
A World of Unusual Individuals – The city is alive with peculiar personalities, each with their own perspectives, wisdom, and quirks. Talk to everyone—you never know what you might learn.
Art Direction to Write Home About – Created by five developers with vastly different artistic instincts, Growth Spurt is a visual collage where a doctor made of pipe cleaners, a hyper-realistic 3D Thwomp, and a pixel art ice cube can all coexist in harmony.
Your transformation awaits.
Controls:
Power Button to turn on your computer.
Open your Eyes to see the game.
Double Click to open the .exe.
Open your Heart.
