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There's three enemies and two mini-bosses in this preview, which means five Game Overs

Thank you, thank you~!

Hey, thanks a lot for the kind words! Always a pleasure to know we can be inspirational for people~!

Thanks for the feedback! We appreciate it, both the positive and constructive.

It's not going anywhere, it won't be removed. But it's not receiving any more new updates. You can read about our plans on the old project, in the 'development log' posts.

Sorry, we don't set the price of the tokens. We really are beholden to the economics and laws of the world, and the specific kink  content of GROVE is not permitted on other paysites like Patreon.

Another method that people are trying is digital prepaid cards. Maybe that can work for you. 

Thank you for trying to support us despite the difficulty.

The special CGs will return in future updates. This is just a small, curated demo for now.

What language do you speak? We may have translations in the future, but we cannot guarantee anything in that regard.

It really depends on how long it takes us, and what our audience at large wants. If people want to wait for a full game release, or they'd like smaller chunks sooner.

Glad you enjoyed what you played so far though, thank you!

Thanks for the big review and the constructive feedback, it's really appreciated!

Thanks for playing and for the feedback! 

For your first question, more flavour text interactions will come in the future!

For your second point... we've not had anyone mention about long loading times. It might be due to wherever you've saved your copy of the game, as doing so on external drives can cause a loading and performance bottleneck. We'll keep looking into it as we work on optimising the game though.

Corruption increases through events like failing the Struggle tutorial, getting captured by the blue slimes or slimesuited by the green slimes. It won't increase by getting Game Over-ed or anything that ends your run.

We're going to try and make Corruption Points a bit more uniform in a future update though... more on that down the line.

We have a Direct Donation link here on the page. If you send us $8.50 USD, take a screenshot of your receipt, then DM regalbuster on our socials, we can see about sharing you a link.

Oh... yeah, you're not meant to go that way yet. Just proceed to the right, along the dirt road. This is something for the future.

Don't suppose you could share a screenshot of what you're stuck at and maybe I can tell you what to do.

This issue has been fixed. Please download the latest hotfix.

We have a Direct Donation link here on the page. If you send us $8.50 USD, take a screenshot of your receipt, then DM regalbuster on our socials, we can see about sharing you a link.

Thanks for the very kind words, Cat!

After the prologue, sleeping in your bed.

It's available via our SubscribeStar, the $8.50 SuperSponsor tier.

https://subscribestar.adult/grove-dev

You can sign up for a month using a prepaid card if you wish.

You'll get access to the future updates with your purchase! Though... we don't know when exactly that'll be as we're focused on Grove right now.

307 should still be available, though it's accessed via a google drive link.

308 changes are thus:

- Added mouse-over tooltips for most states when in battle. 
- Increased base m.attack scaling of Azure Bolt.
- Increased buff duration of Sigil Concentration state by one turn.
- Sigil Infusion proc chance increased from 33% to 50%
- Sigil Infusion Azure Bolt defense debuff increased.
- Sigil band m.attack buff reduced.
- Jellicap m.def reduced.
- Triple Blitz damage scaling increased
- Weapons (except for the starting dagger) can now be sold.
- Added additional text to the pile of timber in the Slime Cavern - Underworld area.

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- Added a switch to disable the bat from ending the fight when the sleep event is activated.
- Fixed instance of description text clipping.
- Staggering dash buff removed after battle.
- Lightweight Dyed Armour description adjusted.
- TS_Bookmark plugin updated.
- Fixed issue that caused 50 points of the player’s HP to be removed upon game load when the Regulation Knight set is equipped.
- Blasting Powder will now be correctly removed from the player’s inventory when interacting with the empty barrel during the Mine side quest.
- Added ‘worn’ and ‘un-worn’ options to the Undergarment Lab scene when in the gallery.
- Added a moat around the slug island to prevent players from getting captured by the Primal Slug before unlocking the Jump Sigil.
- Fixed incorrect pathing when taking a seat during the Bandit Leader’s proposal section.
- Removed instances of gallery post battle eventing causing the pet function to be reenabled.
- Fixed instance of Mercenary hall hub interior warping Grove to an older variant of the Mercenary Camp map.
- Removed instance of transition flash in the Deep Husk area post quest completion.
- Added a conditional skip to the drake trap QTE garment rip text to prevent dialogue repeats.
- Fixed some instances of Upper Jungle jump pathing.
- Prevented players from jumping down the well when the 0.3 tutorial segment is active.
- Cooke’s movement will be skipped if Grove occupies a tile.
- Blocked player from exiting the Dusty Mines via the secret passage when the Umerite chunk is in inventory.
- Upon completion of the Desert Temple map, the player will be transferred to the Mercenary Camp map.
- Fixed bug that prevented players from leaving the mill if the shimmering powder bomb was crafted, but no excess dust is present in one’s inventory before the completion of the fourth side quest.
- Fixed instances of inconsistent collision with the slug nest plants.
- Fixed bug that allowed the invader scene trigger to be repeated over and over.
- Fixed erroneous slug encounter that allowed pets to participate in battle.
- Various grammatical fixes.

LINUX - Resolved an issue associated with the engine’s version of NW.JS and the ‘Bookmarks’ plugin, preventing the latter from operating. (Thanks Qazm!)

MacOS - Build released for MacOS (tested on Monterey)

Sorry, we can't commit to an exact release date yet.

The 'Legacy' version of GROVE will remain available for download, though it won't be receiving any more updates.

As it says right at the top of the page, the game is complete. 

Also you don't need to pay again for each update. If you've got an itch.io account the game will be in your library and you can redownload at any time. You should also have an email receipt of your purchase with a redownload link... so yeah, don't pay again for stuff you already own, be it our projects or anyone else's.

Thanks for the kind words! Glad the game could be a substantial chunk of time and enjoyable throughout!

You'd have to restart I'm afraid

Right now our plan is to look to the audience for feedback and what they'd like to see: 

• The Rework released when it matches the existing 0.3 content.
• Waiting a bit longer for additional content (and a few more updates after that)
• Or waiting 'till we finish the entire game so folks get the full experience with no additional waiting after release.

Yep, we're OK! Still working on the game, making progress, sharing updates on our Discord, Twitter, and via our SubscribeStar.

It's not going to be coming any time this month though, so please be patient, and thank you for your continued interest in Grove!

We don't have a native Linux build, but there is a method to run it on Linux that's written here on the project page.

I'm afraid not, sorry...!

 The other method to get at it would be joining our SubscribeStar at the Super Sponsor tier

Nah, you can't let him out... but he's not to be trusted anyway.

Thanks for playing!

Yes, you can. It's the Super Sponsor tier.

Yes, there'll be a form of grapple combat similar to the old one, which we're now calling "Struggle" combat since you're being lewded by enemies and fighting to get free.

Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed yourself overall!

Don't sweat it if you really can't get to grips with the system. The regular turn-based, skill-choosing combat style will also be available if you prefer.

Don't sweat it if you really can't get to grips with the system. The regular turn-based, skill-choosing combat style will also be available if you prefer.

Big bulky fella's on our SubscribeStar build. We'd love if ya checked it out, but no pressure. Thanks a lot for checking out the public build, truly!

There's three waves in the boss fight. It's a bit of a long endurance fight, so definitely stock up on healing items and maybe even food buff items like kernuts for speed or grazer meat for attack power...

Good luck, you can do it!

There's some orbs around the area you need to destroy. And then after that you're fighting off the main goo monster.

We're going to put the question out when we've reworked UP TO where the game previously was, and see if folk don't mind waiting longer for some all new content, or if they want it immediately.