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Welcome to the Game Grotto!

Welcome to the Game Grotto!Welcome to the Game Grotto!Welcome to the Game Grotto!

Creating video games and video game related content, we make games and play games here in the Game Grotto.

Welcome to the Game Grotto!

Welcome to the Game Grotto!Welcome to the Game Grotto!Welcome to the Game Grotto!

Creating video games and video game related content, we make games and play games here in the Game Grotto.

About

What is Game Grotto?

Why Stream on Twitch?

What is Game Grotto?

Game Grotto Softworks is a multi-media production company creating video games and video game related content. The company was created by husband-and-wife duo Donovan and Meagan Gates in 2015. In 2020 Don and Meg began streaming on Twitch, and the Game Grotto grew into a community where creators share their love of gaming and art forms of all kinds.

Don The Robot

Why Stream on Twitch?

What is Game Grotto?

Name: Donovan Gates, AKA Don

Birthday: April 15th
Likes: Difficult video games, diet soda, movies, board games, card games, and math.


Don the robot represents the analytical and mathematic side of video game development as well as Donovan's love of robots, his talent for programming, and his love of technology.

Meg The Slime

Why Stream on Twitch?

Why Stream on Twitch?

Name: Meagan Gates, AKA Meg

Birthday: December 27th
Likes: Coffee, drawing, adventure games, sweets, animals, and nature.


Meg the slime represents the artistic aspects of video game development. 

Meg has always been a lover of slime girls, and she is a coffee slime because she drinks way too much coffee! (You are what you eat in slime culture)

Why Stream on Twitch?

Why Stream on Twitch?

Why Stream on Twitch?

As a video game company, we wanted to meet fellow gamers and connect with the people who would one day play our video games titles. We wanted to show just who we are as developers, sharing our heart, our passion for creating games, and who we are as creators with the community.

Video Game Titles

Mansion At Midnight, Coming Soon

 In Mansion At Midnight, you are trapped in a haunted mansion with only your wits and your friends beside you. Search the mansion for a means to defend yourself from the horrors that wander through its halls. Be warned, this mansion seems alive, and some of these items carry a terrible curse. 

Wishlist on Steam

The Bathrooms, Released April 2024

 The Bathrooms is a parody horror game made by Game Grotto Softworks in collaboration with Aaron Reid. This game was made for the Just For Laughs game jam, and was developed over the course of three days. We hope that you will enjoy this game filled with toilet humor and a terrible monster that will make you wet your pants. 

Free on itch.io

Stream Runners: Heroes, Released February 2022

 Stream Runners: Heroes is a retro style idle game for live streamers to play with their viewers on Twitch. Players can add Runners to the game to fight enemies, earn points, and defeat bosses. There are many ways to use this game with your community, it's all up to you and your chat! 

available on steam

B.O.T.S. and the Robofriends, Released March 2020

 B.O.T.S. and the Robofriends is a sci-fi top-down shooter rouge-lite with multiple games modes. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op choosing from 4 unique robot characters with different attributes and attacks. Defend your home, rescue the Robofriends, and find MOTHER! 

Available on Steam

Livestreams

Highlights

Game Grotto Network

Join our Discord, the Game Grotto Network!

Through streaming on Twitch, Game Grotto has met some amazing content creators. We teamed up with a few of these creators to form the Game Grotto Network, a group of wholesome, original, and incredibly talented streamers that stream together on a regular basis.

We also encourage small creators to share their game development, art, and content creation in our community, as well has host casting calls for video game projects made in the Game Grotto.

So come join the community, we would love to have you!

Discord

Frequently Asked Questions

If you want to get to know the developers, the best way to do that is catch our livestreams!

Our vtubers do not have lore. The story of Don the Robot and Meg the Slime is the story of Donovan and Meagan, and their adventures they have shared together in life. If you want to know more about our lives, what is important to us, our past, please ask! 


Don and Meg are Christians. We are Jesus believers and bible readers. We don't mind talking about our beliefs, and we like to share our experiences and our walk with Christ. Both the Game Grotto hosts and our community welcome folks of all different walks of life, and we hope you will feel welcome here in the Game Grotto regardless of what you believe.

We hope that you enjoy getting to know us, hanging out with us, and having fun with the art and content we create with our vtubers!


Our streams are weeknights at 6pm Pacific Standard Time / Pacific Daylight Time.


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