<s>
Growtopia	B-Application
,	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
GT	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
sandbox	O
video	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
chat	O
,	O
farm	O
,	O
add	O
friends	O
,	O
trade	O
,	O
build	O
worlds	O
,	O
and	O
engage	O
in	O
player	O
versus	O
player	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
Ubisoft	O
acquirement	O
of	O
Growtopia	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
and	O
was	O
completed	O
during	O
Ubisoft	O
's	O
2016-17	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
being	O
design	O
and	O
general	O
advisors	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
continued	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growtopia	B-Application
utilizes	O
the	O
freemium	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growtopia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
sandbox	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
in-game	O
items	O
can	O
be	O
grown	O
from	O
seeds	O
of	O
trees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worlds	O
in	O
Growtopia	B-Application
have	O
the	O
same	O
size	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
some	O
worlds	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
Tiny	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Growtopia	B-Application
crew	O
is	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
people	O
which	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
helping	O
players	O
,	O
interacting	O
with	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
gathering	O
feedback	O
,	O
and	O
enforcing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
Growtopia	B-Application
started	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
designer	O
Seth	O
Robinson	O
made	O
six	O
mockup	O
screenshots	B-Application
outlining	O
the	O
premise	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
which	O
he	O
originally	O
called	O
Buildo	O
,	O
and	O
sent	O
it	O
to	O
Mike	O
Hommel	O
to	O
entice	O
him	O
into	O
helping	O
with	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Hommel	O
uploaded	O
a	O
video	O
to	O
his	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
showing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
before	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
initial	O
development	O
,	O
Robinson	O
and	O
Hommel	O
brought	O
in	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
composer	O
Cory	O
Mollenhour	O
to	O
produce	O
Growtopias	B-Application
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
three	O
months	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
as	O
a	O
free	O
beta	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Growtopia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
announced	O
an	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Growtopia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
has	O
been	O
working	O
continuously	O
on	O
Growtopia	B-Application
ever	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
multiple	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
11	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
these	O
mobile	O
releases	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
computers	O
;	O
a	O
Windows	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growtopia	B-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
from	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
to	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
discontinued	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
"	O
allocate	O
all	O
resources	O
back	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
Mobile	O
and	O
PC	O
version	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Ubisoft	O
Abu	O
Dhabi	O
team	O
member	O
stated	O
that	O
since	O
there	O
were	O
"	O
many	O
,	O
many	O
more	O
players	O
playing	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PC	O
"	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
going	O
to	O
focus	O
their	O
resources	O
back	O
towards	O
those	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growtopia	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
