About This Demo

GrowBud - your bud-growing buddy that keeps you company whilst you work or play. Cultivate cannabis strains as a configurable desktop sidebar, progress through grow clubs to unlock equipment advancements, and customise your cultivation experience with multiple layers of short to long-term depth and progression.

What's Included in This Demo

6 Experimental Strain Variants

Cultivate 6 one-of-a-kind experimental variants. These perennial plants cycle continuously from vegetative growth through pre-flowering, flowering, harvest, recovery, and back to vegetative growth. Harvest quality buds to earn gold and complete each strain's mastery to the end of level 2 of 5, unlocking more research, rewards, and gene expressions.

Orders & Challenges

Fulfil 12 orders for the local dispensary, premium buyers, and rush orders! Get started with both The Grow Club (knowledge & craft) and The Bud Club (efficiency & yield) with 10 level 1 challenges.

Core Gene Expressions

Experiment with 8 strategic genetic modifiers to customise strain characteristics, enhance traits, and alter growth patterns. Configure your grow environment and let your plants develop whilst you focus on other tasks - check back periodically to advance growth stages.

Stage Transitions & Minigames

Navigate growing challenges through stage transition events featuring games of chance. Test your skills at the Bud Club Crane Game to win exclusive customisation options. The deeper you progress, the more unexpected things start happening.

Strain Collection

Hibernate and revive strains between available grow houses, with hibernated plants displayed as a collection of jars in your strain library. Build your collection as you experiment with different variants and progression paths.

Grow House Customisation

Get a taste of the grow house customisation system with colour variations, light and plant container options. Seasonal holiday content includes Halloween and Christmas themes.

Full Desktop Companion Experience

Complete desktop sidebar functionality: anchored to the left or right of any screen and adjustable up to half your display width. Features multi-monitor support, always-on-top toggle, and flexible positioning. Transform unused screen space whilst you work or play.

Demo vs. Full Game

This demo includes:

• 6 experimental strain variants (vs. 20+ in full game)

• 12 orders to complete for the local dispensary, premium buyers, and rush orders

• Level 1 of both clubs (vs. 3 levels each in full game) with 10 challenges

• 8 attainable gene expressions (vs. 20+ in full game)

• Strain mastery to the end of level 2 (of 5)

• Stage transition events and Crane Game minigame

• Strain hibernation and library collection features

• Grow house cosmetic customisation with seasonal holiday content

• Approximately 12 hours of gameplay

Full game adds: Complete club progression (6 levels total), Wheel of Fortune and Blackjack Table, equipment upgrades, consumables, all 20+ gene expressions, achievements, additional minigames, full strain mastery system, and 14+ additional strains.

Save Progress: We're working to ensure your demo progress can transfer to the full game - stay tuned for updates!

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Mature Content

Simulates cannabis cultivation for educational purposes. Designed for adult audiences.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

GrowBud is a cannabis cultivation simulation designed for adult audiences. Players grow virtual cannabis plants while learning about authentic strain gaenetics, growing techniques, and plant biology. The game presents cannabis cultivation from an educational and horticultural perspective.

The game includes:
- Simulation of cannabis plant cultivation from seed to harvest
- Educational information about real cannabis strain characteristics
- References to therapeutic applications of CBD strains within gameplay challenges
- Economic simulation involving the sale of harvested virtual crops

No explicit drug use is depicted or encouraged. The game focuses on the agricultural and scientific aspects of plant cultivation rather than consumption. All content is presented within an educational simulation framework appropriate for adult audiences interested in horticulture and plant biology.