It's Not You, It's Us

NOTE: EARLY ACCESS!

The game is currently in an alpha state and is as such not fully indicative of the final product.

DETAILS

• Developer: Touch Grass Initiative
• Release Date 8th June 2026
• Platforms PC
• Price Free!

TRAILER

WIP

DESCRIPTION

It's Not You, It's Us is a 3D point-and-click adventure about a group of animal characters, called Urbanimals, coming together to make their town a better place. Control each Urbanimal and use their unique abilities to improve the lives of all townsfolk, while saving the town's dying tree in the process. With charming graphics and simple controls, anyone can engage and have fun in this short gameplay experience!

FEATURES

• 5 unique Urbanimals!
  • Unlock and play five different animal characters, each with their own personalities and abilities. Help them improve the town their living in, be it by moving falsely parked cars, engaging in dialogue with others or repairing bridges! 
  • Please note that the 5th character is currently in a WIP state.
• Cute & Nostalgic Graphics!
  • Take in the charming scenery and reminisce of the old days as you stroll around this retro, low-poly town.
• Easy & Accessible Controls!
  • Play the game, be it with past or no gaming experience at all! INYIU is designed to be as accessible to as many people as possible.

ABOUT THE GAME

INYIU is an educational game created in 8 weeks at Breda University of Applied Science's CMGT programme. The project was commissioned by Transversal Professor of Sustainability Frans Melissen to open a dialogue between students about sustainability challenges.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER

The Touch Grass Initiative is a game developer team consisting of 13 students of varying backgrounds coming together to create games that move and impact players. We hope you enjoy INYIU as much as we did creating it!

CREDITS 

• Producer - Vincent Treder
• Design Lead & Tech Design - Boris Barczyk
• Level Design - Michal Pikulski
• Level Design - Koen van der Meer
• 3 Cs & Narrative - Sofie Tackenberg
• UI & UX Design - Simonas Backis
• Gameplay Programming - Jim Hamers
• Programming Lead & Gameplay Programming - Alex Verstraten
• Gameplay Programming - Han Meerholz
• Art Lead & Technical Art - Joran Mensink
• Environment Art - Verena Carton
• Character Art - Polina Semendyaeva
• Character Art - Cedric Stoel
• Composer - Samuel Wright
• Special Thanks - Alexandra Roditaki, Duccio Carniccelli, Frans Melissen, Rob van der Rijt

EXTERNAL RESOURCES USED

• https://freestylized.com/skybox/sky_124
• https://kermit-font.com/
• Placeholder Assets
  • Animations sourced from Maximo
  • HAMMER_1.wav by pablodavilla
    
  • Audio sourced from WeLoveIndies
    • CARTOON VOCAL Kazoo Talk Pratte 01
      
    • CARTOON VOCAL Kazoo Talk Pratte 02
    • CARTOON VOCAL Kazoo Talk Prattle 01
    • CARTOON VOCAL Kazoo Talk Prattle 02
    • CARTOON VOCAL Kazoo Talk Speech 01
    • CARTOON VOCAL Kazoo Talk Triumphant 01
    • OBJECT METAL Roll 03
      
    • ELEMENTS WATER Can Empty 01