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Have you downloaded the most recent build? We thought this issue was address in recent builds. 

Is it just not launching?
One common problem that comes up is that the game file needs to be unzipped before the GrowthAcademy.exe file can launch from the game folder. 

She will be once Alice's route is complete. 

It's a bit far ahead but I will say I consider that on the to-do list for Okisho's route. 

Glad to hear you are enjoying the game. We do pride ourselves on the character first approach to the fetish story telling, so we always appreciate hearing that it resonates with the audience.

At this time there are no current plans to add additional fetishes to the game. The growths themselves are confined to certain things (for instance they grow existing parts, not just entirely new things) and they are confined to just one type of growth (for instance, hourglass and strongfat are technically two growths). Though there are other growths mentioned in the game (hair, lips, nips, nails, feet, and other "appendages") these are really just for the tertiary characters. The time constraints however, are really the biggest obstacle. The game has been in development for quite a while and it has been difficult to keep pace with demand for new content as a completely volunteer project.

However, that's not to say ambitious and motivated artist and writers can't craft their own OC's that occupy their fetish. The Mika mod is a good example of this https://gamikamod.itch.io/growth-academy-mika-mod

The timeline is roughly this:

    Size 1, scenes 001-009 Early to Mid-Spring

    Size 2, scenes 011-29 Mid-Spring to Summer

    Size 3, scenes 030-49 Summer

    Size 4, scenes 050-69 Fall

    Size 5, scenes 70-89 Winter

    Size 6, scenes 90-100 Late Winter to Early Spring

The specific start of the various sizes depends on the route, but this is the approximate framework for all of them. The time elapsed between subsequent scenes can vary from hours or the next day to possibly a full week, so they can't be pinned down to a specific calendar date (unless it is a holiday or a character's birthday). 

If you're curious about the lore and more meta aspects of the game, we always encourage people to join the discord server where these types of questions and discussions are discussed with fellow fans and the development team .  https://discord.gg/rgBEwRG6

Thank you for the kind words and praise of the route. I know the GTS route authors will be happy to know how well the character was received, you're journey through the story is not an uncommon one from what we've heard and great to see it unfolding in the eyes of the reader as the author's intended. 

Thank you for taking a look at the game and giving it a chance by pushing through what at first might feel like a slow start. Though it is a fetish game, it is intended as a character driven story first and foremost. 

Apologies for the slow progress. Being a volunteer project, the availability of the route authors to devote to the game ebbs and flows as  IRL obligations come up. The previous update cycle is usually particularly challenging due to the holidays reducing the amount of time that the game can be worked on. Rest assured we are still working towards finishing her route, I know we have new sprites being worked on in anticipation for her next size up, so things are turning behind the scenes. 

The writers have a rough idea of what the characters would weigh but we don't really plan to reveal it directly in the story, as it can be rather limiting to what people conceptualize or translate from the 2-D sprites and the narrative description. Some people might find it way too high, or others, not high enough. So we prefer to have the readers speculate with their own guesses rather than outright reveal it. 

Some people have expressed some interest in Kei's growth being a more involved element of the story. From the story standpoint his growth was selected as something that wouldn't be all that intrusive to the plot but still enough that allows him to be part of the setting. Though Kei is referred to as the main character, the real focus of the story line is the datable girl of your choosing, with the plot largely focused around their growth along with the perks and challenges that come with it.

The idea to give him a different growth is something that would have to be explored in a fan-mod, which is possible if someone has the coding skills and understanding of the characters. This is because unfortunately, changing his growth would impact the sexual chemistry with his girlfriend as well as his relation to his sister and her growth in the MC and RM storylines, in addition to all of the art assets that depict his appearance with his normal growth.  

My plan is to have her main story completed next update, which will end in scene 102 with multiple possible endings. However, I do plan on eventually adding a few more WGAE scenes and potentially some WGPRG scenes at some point, but my timing on those is less clear.  Okisho's route is planned to start once Alice's is complete.  

Plenty of good Aida content to look forward to this coming update. Not too much longer now.

Sorry, we won't have the new sizes for this coming update, but we are working in the background to have size 5 ready for future updates. I can tell you the size jump from 4 to 5 is surprisingly big. The main author for Honoka's route has had to prioritize his job more this past update cycle, but as we draw closer to finishing other routes more help can be allocated to finishing her route as well. We appreciate your patience throughout the ongoing work on the game. 

Unfortunately we do not provide official support for this application. You might have luck discussing this with users on the official GA Discord server that have had success with this.

We are currently working on an official Android version, but it will take some more time. 

Thanks for letting us know. Yes, unfortunately this can sometimes trigger. Rest assured there is no malware on GA if downloaded from our official MEGA (linked on our DA page and Discord server) or itch.io links. 

You need joiplay plus the renpy plugin, both are on the download button.

https://joiplay.net/

We are working towards it, but don't have a set timing yet. In the meantime we have recently fixed a bug that was causing an error with Joiplay which is an application that can be used to run Renpy games like GA on android.  

We believe we have found a fix that addresses the error players have been having with Joiplay with this latest update. 

I'm glad to hear how much you've enjoyed her story.  I am the main author of her route. I also do some work on the MC, RM, and FMG routes.

The game itself is a volunteer project, so people have various amounts of time they can devote to the project. I try to make sure I have something for the updates as best I can, though it was a bit light this time around due to IRL commitments. I do anticipate having her route finished by April of 2025, as I don't think I'll quite be able to finish it next update cycle. 

It's been a bit of a slow burn, and she isn't the easiest girl to woo, and has some heavy baggage to unpack as she deals with her struggles, but as you alluded to, I think this has made for a great payoff in the story. 

I'm not able to reproduce this error. Are you playing the scene at the intended size? (size 2) The special outfit she wears in that scene is only available for size 2. 

Thanks for bringing it to our attention. We're looking into the issue. It seems to be related to how the sizes are assigned to the side characters, which is different than the main characters. We hope to have a fix for the next update but we don't know if that will cause other bugs at this time. 

Glad you are enjoying the story!

This turned out pretty awesome! In general AI art is pretty bland, (or horrifying if gone wrong) but I tend to enjoy the stuff creative people can do with AI music.

This really nails the genre of "anime opener" theme music. I like that you had a verse for each character and that the chorus was about the protagonist, which obviously added a lot of length to the song and made it more difficult, but helped to make it feel complete. You also did a good job with implementing the overall themes of physical and personal growth into the lyrics. I'm impressed. Thanks for sharing this with us and the fan community!

This is an error with Joiplay, we aren't really sure how to fix it. 

It shouldn't. I wasn't able to reproduce the error.
Do you have a screenshot of the error message you can share?

The sizes can be changed in the debug menu, which can put them out of order from the usual game play. If you weren't tinkering with the sizes then you shouldn't get this error. 

Usually the optional scenes like WG014 can be played out of order a few scenes later, but it's probably an error that it is still showing up.  The MC scenes don't have a specific order they need to be played it, but they will eventually not be selectable after the story has progressed to a certain point. 

I'll try to look into this error more and see if we can reproduce it. 

Are you playing the scene at the right size? (size 3) The outfit she is wearing in that scene is unique to size 3 so if it's trying to call the sprite with that outfit and it doesn't exist it will cause the type of error you are describing. 

We would like to eventually offer translation to other languages, however in the current state of development a lot of things are changing so we don't want to tackle translation until things are set. 

Each girl represents only one kink that is set for her route. It would be nice if we could offer that kind of divergency but logistically it is not possible for our small team. We certainly encourage fan efforts if they wanted to tackle the subject of the girls getting different growths than the ones they experience in game. 

This is solely a volunteer project split across a wide group of people and we don't really want to involve the issues money brings into a project like this, but we do provide links to the various contributors on the project in the Discord server where those that are interested can support individual creators as well as their other projects and that support is appreciated. 

We do try to look into issues with Joiplay but it's difficult to for us to know if the fixes work for everyone because it is hard to test it. We thought we fixed this one but we'll continue to look into it. We are hoping to support an Android build in the near future. 

Yes, we are working towards one. It probably won't be ready for the July build update but hopefully by the next one. 

Your best bet is to probably ask about your issue on the game's Discord server. There are other users that utilize Joiplay to play the game that may be able to help walk you through it. 

We are still working on a solution. We understand why it's happening now and are getting closer to figuring it out. It has to do with some lines of code necessary for the transformation animations to work properly. 

We are looking into a fix for this. It will require some programming changes. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. 

Glad you have been enjoying it! 

Surprisingly, this is the first time the suggestion has been mentioned. It's a fair criticism, but unfortunately it's something we would have had to implement earlier on in development. Allowing for enough space for players to create custom names would have wreaked havoc on the text box limitations

Glad you are enjoying the story. We intentionally wanted a heavy emphasis on characters with the story across the routes. 

We hope to eventually. Some people have gotten it to run using other programs like JoiPlay. One of the major hurdles we've run into is the current version of Android has problems with running Ren'Py. 

The game does not auto-update, so you will have to download a new build when it release. However the saves are stored in a different location on your PC than where the game files are stored so your saves will carry over to the latest version.

We try to do a Dev log everyone month, but the game only gets updated every 3 months on January, April, July, and October.

In the main menu under extras there is a scene gallery where you can access the pictures that you've unlocked in each girl's route.