November 11th, 2012

This is a sub-page of Proto:Growtopia.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

A late prototype of the Windows version of Growtopia, with the filename Buildo.exe, was released by the game's developer Seth A. Robinson on August 20, 2026¹. This version identifies itself as "Growtopia V0.01" on the about screen.

General Differences#

Main Menu#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

• There is no version number on the title screen in v0.01.
• The title screen does not have a "Quit" option, unlike later Windows builds of the game.

Options Menu#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

• There are 32 skin colors in v0.01. In v0.92, this was reduced to 8 (plus 2 for game supporters), and by v1.38, the supporter skin color gamut was further reduced to 2.
• There are no checkboxes in v0.01's options menu. None at all.

About Menu#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

• The game identifies itself as "Growtopia V0.01". This is the only place where it visibly does so.
• The popup code appears to have been directly inherited from Tanked, including resources, rather than looking like it belongs in Growtopia.
• The game credits fewer people than in the initial v0.92 release.

Credits Comparison#

Special thanks to:
Phil Hassey (www.philhassey.com)
Mike Kasprzak (www.toonormal.com)

This product includes software from the Proton SDK developed by Seth A. Robinson ( www.rtsoft.com )

Original soundtrack by Cory Mollenhour (http://cory.mollenhour.com)

Special thanks to:
Phil Hassey (www.philhassey.com)
Mike Kasprzak (www.toonormal.com)
Mark Fassett (www.markfassett.com)
Cosmo Robinson and Shunta Ando

This product includes software from the Proton SDK developed by Seth A. Robinson ( www.rtsoft.com )

World Select Screen#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

• The world name text is bigger, but the text box where it's inserted is shorter.
• World names float much lower on the screen compared to in v1.38.
• The server could not specify the color of the world button floaters.
• Clicking the floater only filled the textbox with its name, and did not initially take you to the world.

Gameplay#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

• Touch controls could not be disabled in v0.01.
• The labels on Doors and Signs were the same color as chat bubbles, rather than keyed based on type.
• The wide jump button was a placeholder and had been updated by the time of the initial release.
• The colors in the console and other parts of the GUI are different, and inherited from other Proton SDK games, rather than being specific to Growtopia.
• The font appears to have been encoded differently in v0.01.
• The camera was anchored to the top left of the player character, rather than to the center.
• Unknown packet types were originally logged to the console, although this was likely a beta/debugging feature and was removed by v1.38.
• Zooming the camera out is unlimited by default. The feature of zooming out to capture the whole world was restricted to moderators by the time of v0.92's release.
• Pressing a tile outside your punch range, while holding the Fist, temporarily shows an overlay with Fist icons showing which tiles can be punched.
• During gameplay, pressing "Escape" quits the game entirely.

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

• The camera did not rise along with the inventory handle, leading the character to be covered by the inventory menu when the latter is opened.
• The inventory did not show empty slots, and there was no concept of a "backpack size", meaning you could theoretically collect every item in the game in the same inventory.
• The hotbar showed empty slots with the "EMPTY" wordmark, instead of leaving the boxes blank.
• The "TRASH" button was, notably, absent.
• The "STORE" button was a placeholder that does nothing when pressed.
• The "DROP", "STORE", and "INFO" buttons were as big as the words, rather than stretching to the full size of the pane.
• Certain items in the inventory render differently, because support for an item icon separate from its in-game texture wasn't implemented yet.
• The checkmark for worn clothing was different, and worn clothing wasn't highlighted orange initially.
• Items were sorted differently in the inventory.
• The currently selected item was marked by using a red border around the item, instead of a special texture.
• Instead of showing a small toast when highlighting an item, the game logged the item you selected to the console.
• There was no concept of a "rarity-less" item, so all items showed their rarity.

Main Menu Layering Bug#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

When transitioning to the main menu, its background renders on top of certain UI elements, causing the transition to look weird.

Graphical Differences#

Wave Animation#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

In this build, the waving animation is slower.

Dance Animation#

v0.01 (November 2012)	v1.38 (August 2013)

In this build, the dancing animation includes a bunch of foot stomping.

Item Pickup Animation#

When picking up an item, and the server doesn't respond in time, this animation plays:

The animation was removed by v0.92.

Wide Jump button#

v0.01 (November 11th, 2012)	v0.92 (December 1st, 2012)

The wide jump button on the left side of the screen was once just five copies of the jump button in a row. This was replaced by the initial beta release of the game.

Clothing Item Box#

v0.01 (November 11th, 2012)	v0.92 (December 1st, 2012)

The item box surrounding clothing items in the inventory was slightly darker in v0.01.

Clothing Checkmark#

v0.01 (November 11th, 2012)	v0.92 (December 1st, 2012)

The checkmark marking worn clothing was totally different in v0.01.

Item Pickup Boxes#

v0.01 (November 11th, 2012)	v0.92 (December 1st, 2012)

The pickup box colors were originally totally different from those inside the inventory.

Dink Duck painting#

v0.01 (November 11th, 2012)	v0.92 (December 1st, 2012)

The Dink Duck painting originally showed Dink Smallwood himself, on fire. This is a direct crop from one of Dink Smallwood HD's promotional artwork.²

Unused Graphics#

Placeholder Dirt#

v0.01 (November 11th, 2012)	v0.92 (December 1st, 2012)

There is an unused texture of a block of dirt with a green question mark on it. By v0.92 this was replaced with the Brick Background's texture.

Concept Art Images#

The following images have been used in Growtopia's inventory concept art from September 2012.³

Hills#

An early rendition of the iconic hills background of the final game.

Player#

An early player sprite, with clothing and a smiling expression baked in.

Inheritances#

These graphics appear to have been inherited from Seth Robinson's other games.

D-pad#

Gamepad Circle#

This appears to have been inherited from Tanked.

Popup BG and Button#

Likewise, inherited from Tanked.

Command Line Parameters#

The game can be launched with several command line parameters.

Server Override#

The '''server=

Hey man, wassup

dude, who made this world, it totally sucks ass

help me make a giant dungeon so I can torture you in it

stop being a dickhead for 2 seconds and join my clan.  but bring some good items