What is GROWL: Spirits

## What is GROWL?

GROWL is a game built on the **original source code of Impressive Title, made by KovuLKD** in mid 2000s and later **repaired and re-released with permission, by RedEye,** as an open source project. It features **heavily modified content** to make it unique, including coding assistance from **Myz, Worthis, Hunter, RedEye and Hamilton** (all members of kito.com.bz).

The game's basic premise is players play as a **highly customisable lion (in GROWL you will play a canine)** allowing you to make unique characters with different style manes, tails, markings and colours.

GROWL is first and foremost a **social online roleplaying game** or SORPG, encouraging in-game roleplay with others.

Players are able to hunt prey, explore maps, collect items that can help power them up to fight stronger predators, complete quests and trade in-game currency for items, pets and skills, and there is even an arena to fight your fellow friends in. Item trading is heavily encouraged between players as many cosmetic items are rare and difficult to obtain.

Outside "collecting items" and completing quests, GROWL has no "endgame" and intends to continue to expand with new content over the course of it's life.

## The Story So Far...

The overarching story of GROWL is currently not available to the public while the game is still in early development, however **Spirits** is the re-make of the original GROWL game that launched briefly several years ago. GROWL: Spirits is intended as a "GROWL 2.0" with more work put into it, more features and hopefully, more stability and longevity.

What can be revealed of the story, however, is that players will be able to visit three types of realms;

*The Mortal Realms* where you will see a lot of familiar looking prey, predators, and feel like most other IT servers with regular maps like Savannah Wilds, Snowy Mountains and more. This is considered the starting realm and you are highly encouraged to level and gear yourself up before exploring the other realms where creatures will actively attack you within range and without warning.

*The Spirit Realms* brings players into a realm of spirits, ghosts and warriors of Light. You'll find the animals here might seem friendlier, but are far deadlier then anything in the Mortal Realms. Maps include Forest of the Ancients and Misty Plains.

*The Nightmare Realms* are where all the nightmarish beings are. Dragons and hellhounds, to name a few, the Nightmare realms are full of hostile creatures that will attack you on sight- so go prepared, with lots of Cures and strong armour, so you don't end up lunch in your first thirty seconds. Maps include Volcanic Wastelands, Shadowlands and Valley of the Damned.

All this takes place of Dryael, a world of magic and mystery. The game takes place with a medieval-magic theme and as such, unlike most other IT servers, will not feature advanced technology in the form of cosmetic items, maps or prey.

More of the story will be revealed as Quests are released in the game. However until the game launches as BETA and furthermore Full Release, for the sake of not spoiling the game's mysteries, the story will not be revealed here or the Discord.