Wither and Grow

You wake. You wonder why you’re here and what the world is like.

You hope for things and think of the future.

You wither and grow.

What is this?

Wither & Grow is a solo journaling game. You are a plant creature that has just gained sentience for reasons unknown. The game is played over 5 stages of your life. In each of these stages, parts of you will grow and wither. You will document these physical, mental, and emotional changes in your journal. Your story may end early if your growth stagnates or becomes uncontrollable. 

What do I need to play?

In addition to the game rules, you need 4 six-sided dice, paper, and something to write with. The entire game can take an 1-2 hours, or more, depending on how much you decide to write in your journal entries.

What's included?

The game is a 32-page pdf with lots of great hand-drawn illustrations.

It is formatted to be printed as a 4.25''x5.5'' booklet.

The game has dark green text and green illustrations on white background. Green background in photos is from printing on green paper.

Download includes:

• 32-page game pdf (layout for printing and spreads version)

How to Print?

The game can be printed on 4 sheets of paper (both sides for each sheet), folded, cut, and stapled into a 32-page quarter-page zine. In the download, the first two pages of the pdf are the exterior pages of the zine and continues towards the interior until the last two pages of the pdf are the interior pages of the zine. 

I intended for this game to be printed on green paper. In the photos I included for the game, I used Astrobrights Terra Green paper. 

Check out this video to see how to make this into a tiny zine format. 

This game is Human Made. This means that no AI-generated art was used in the creation of this game. Check out the Human Made icon pack by HINOKODO: https://hinokodo.itch.io/human-made

This game by Junk Food Games is licensed under the Creative Comrades License Agreement 1.0. 

https://creativecomrades.org/