Growl Interactive

Growl Interactive was an independent virtual reality game development studio founded around 2016 in Melbourne, Australia, by digital artist and animator Ming Tung. Its work focused on fast-paced interactive experiences for early consumer PC VR systems, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The studio developed and published its own games, combining room-scale interaction with party challenges and competitive multiplayer combat.

Its debut title, Virtually Impossible, released on Steam on April 13, 2017. Designed around humorous, fast-action challenges, the game used physical movement and headset interaction across a collection of minigames. Activities included bottle-flipping and avoiding incoming obstacles. Local pass-the-headset multiplayer allowed players to take turns using the same VR setup, making shared play a central part of the experience.

The studio followed with Mortars VR, which entered Steam Early Access on January 3, 2018. This online multiplayer artillery game placed players in control of mechanical cannon towers, with combat built around calculating shell trajectories and exchanging fire across arenas. Customizable towers, competitive play and bot support extended the studio’s work from local party challenges into networked VR combat.

Across these projects, Growl Interactive’s capabilities included VR gameplay design, room-scale mechanics, interactive experience development, 3D art and character animation. Its two releases explored different ways of adapting familiar game formats to virtual reality: short physical challenges for shared local play, and trajectory-based artillery battles for online competition.

Commercial development was concentrated between 2016 and 2018. Following the Early Access release of Mortars VR, studio activity gradually ceased, with no further commercial titles or ongoing updates reported after 2018. Its official website lapsed around 2020. As of the November 2026 research, Growl Interactive was considered defunct.