I think I found a bug? So I went to give Wizz my inert black underwear, but also before that, I made Grove eat the fruit in the farm. So now, it is playing both the Wizz Inert Underwear cutscene and Grove masturbation scene at the same time.
I found the game by chance browsing. It turned out to be one of the nicest games I ever played!
I simply love seeing Grove being violated by monsters and also the story is fascinating and captivating!
I hope there will be more to play and more to see soon!
I got a little bit disappointed by the grapple mechanics, especially the "present yourself" one because you get rid permanently of your armour. I get it's normal if monster rip it off from you, but it felt a little too punishing if I decided to undress willingly.
Also I found it very difficult to try to win combats by "whoring" myself. In my first try I thought it was possible, but I soon found that you'd lost most of the times, especially because of TP generation and regeneration while in a grapple.
By the way, it is a overall really gooooooood game!
Thank you for the kind praise! We're still working on the game in the background. Glad to hear you enjoyed your time with it overall, and thanks for the feedback.
Hello, please tell me how to get into the passage that is indicated on the screenshot, otherwise the character does not want to go down there, but only describes this passage
I am a little bit confused about the clue for the other purple chest... "You find yourself entering the west path... and after pestering a newcomer and his tent. Suddenly, your corruption flares up...", At who point in the story can this be achieved?
Can we or will we be able to top majority of the cast? Or at least get some options to? Graver primarily bottoming doesn't sit right with some of these.
Overall the game is really good! I enjoyed playing through what I could.
What I liked:
Story telling was great. Not much else to say its solid. Types of damage styles you can play between. Casting, Physical, Grappling. The maps were pretty and simply to navigate even if you do get lost. Having the town evolve throughout the game ie workers building it is a really nice touch especially when updating through several different patches as a WIP game. Theres a lot to like about this game. I spent more than i like to admit. Lets say its 24 hours plus. The immersion itself is spectacular exploring every nook and cranny was great. Also helped when you never check the task logs.... I read a comment that said the game is too easy and I disagree. The game can be challenging if you play a certain way. Especially if you are like me who are M.Attk focused and really like exploring everything and killing everything on sight and not avoid a single mob. And self resetting the map because you didnt realize sleeping in a camp respawns everything because you accidently hit a too much during the cut scene where it explain the respawn when you just wanted to heal. THAT ASIDE great story great playability will probably do another playthrough doing the cheese method to actually see how long it would take. Since the way i did it took me way longer than i needed to ( Trying to not get downed lost clothing too often. )
The several things that bothered me.
Battle mechanics really simple to learn. Simple to cheese. Some of the scaling doesn't really seem right though. Like grappling doesn't do much damage past the slimes and doing physical damage doesn't increase in damage unless using very specific weapon and armor type which doesn't feel right. Having 20 attack and doing 45 on a slime while having 22 doing 70-90 ( don't remember exact number ) on a slime doesn't sound right. I been mostly avoiding a lot of things. Did a corruption playthrough and a non corruption playthrough. But face it I want the scenes so its going to be corruption ( praying it doesn't affect too much later down the line and there is a threshold before it goes to the gutter on relations and whatnots. ) That part aside having 22 Sigil bonus damage and doing 120 vs having 19 MAG Dmg and doing roughly 55 damage there's a jump somewhere. Also figured noticed that having 300-400hp during most of the combat likes during the bat. I die in 2-3 hits and let alone so any significant dmg back to their 1k+ hp chunk. The amount of hp healing item cheese and avoidance was needed even when i was trying to get certain scenes.
I also really like the ideas of pets. Although would be nice if they were also combatants ie seduce prey or hypnotize into a ally for a while Was struggling through the beetle? fight with all their respawnables. Took me an hour and I wasn't even under the suggested level I was around lv 15 when i did it. Game gets easy with overleveling but if you don't overlevel you end up with the hardest fights in the world without much leeway. Yes you can cheese doing get up attack ( get 35 tp ) give yourself get up attack repeat but its a combat type that rough when you are set up for magic attack to cast fire or azure blast. Otherwise if you only wanted the story and what not its easy to breeze through.
*SPOILERS* Things i noticed because im a battle junky in rpg games even in this genre.
Weapons:
Mainly only bought Azure weapon because skills are the only thing keeping me alive in this game. Azure Schimitar any Schimitar use at risk of being 1 shotted. Had 400 hp fighting a boss and it chunked me with a crit to 20 hp remaining. Was rough with defense loss. Don't really have good criticism because I only used Channeling Blade for more M.Attk. cause it has the buff M.Attk and a source of tp regen.
Armors:
Ranger: Doesn't feel great lost dmg and a skill i never after testing it because I would get hit even with the skill active ( bad rng maybe ) but still wasn't great looked amazing though.
Standard: Its standard. Liked it more than ranger.
Knight Reg: I used it... was when i realized stat was negligible with enough gold farming and item spamming
Dust: Confused on what this actually does. The hp gain on it basically let me survive 1 of the double hit enemy started doing.
Skimpy: What i wear because it gives more stats than standard and i don't trust evasion after ranger evasion failed me. Dust confused me too much to actually use and Knight was negligible because hp is already low.
Accessory concerns:
Azure band. Some mobs ended up robbing my tp more than i could even regen from attack or being hit PLUS the ring. Felt like it needs a buff or at least increase our tp so that 3% regen actually regen enough tp for it to be viable.
Undergarments.. cause it seemed good then realized grappling damage scaling dropped significantly compared to normally attacking. Also in what way were we suppose to regen tp during that there were so many times i had to item cheese during that phase just to get back up because i couldn't generate tp.
Earlybird ring REALLY GOOD early as in its name. Then you see skill costing 30+ so swapped over to Azure and well.. ended up just using the Shelterwing amulet because hp was nicer to cheese item spaming. Was very expensive.
Shelterwing Amulet. It heals. 2 armor still taking more damage then this thing can keep up. Did reduce the amount of items i needed to heal cheese.
Sigil Band. M.Attk scaling increase feels like it need more because of how bad the scaling for everything as is.
excuse me, but will there be any lasting effect or difference if i choose to let the imp mate me? i'm a bit confused since 2 possibilities end up in the same outcome.
It won't result in an automatic game over. We don't intend to ever make the game unwinnable. It'll always be a decision, or a failure in battle, or something like that.
I like the game a lot but I don't usually have my PC, I have brothers, and I don't always have the opportunity to use my PC. I would like to see it on Android but it is obvious that it will be much more difficult for a cell phone. But aside from my problems, I really liked the game 10/10
Thanks for the kind words, and it's nice to see more outward love for Rinnal the Brawler! Play your cards right and maybe you can kick something off with them in the future!
Just a question about future implements of corruption. Will there be a larger narrative impact of your corruption level later on? like people notice and start trying to avoid you for fear of it spreading, or you change physically in response to how corrupt you are. I understand that it would be more than problematic to implement if you all don't plan to do anything like that. Thanks!
We intend to do more with the Corruption mechanics, that much we can definitely say. As for the specifics... we don't want to spoil it right now. We know folks are very interested in all the stuff we can potentially do with the mechanic, so hopefully you'll like what we come up with in time!
Amazing game! Although i must say it is not my first time playing this genre, it was my first time actually enjoying the gameplay. I was curious (and still am) about what's going to happen next. The dialogs are the perfect lenght, the interactions are cute and well... Anyways, i do hope this game gets updated P.S.: Will there be dragon mobs? And i loved you made this game for linux! Not many people do that, so i really appreciate running without an emulator.
Thanks so much for the praise! That's great to hear you resonated with the gameplay so well! We've tried our best to do some interesting things with the gameplay, so we're glad folks think that shines through.
And you're very welcome for the Linux build. It's... not the easiest thing to get working, but we're happy to try so as many folks as possible can play.
The game is still being worked on, though it'll still be a while before a new update. We hope you can be patient with us, and thanks again for the feedback!
I really like this game, and I also really like Grove. Personally, I think this is a very innovative gameplay (at least I played it very innovatively and I really like it, it's the number one in my heart!) Even if it doesn't have 18 banned content, I still love it and hope to continue making it. I have been waiting for a long time But I don't mind continuing to wait for updates! My words are quite lengthy. Thank you very much for reading, and I am extremely grateful for being able to create such an excellent game!
hi, could somebody help me regarding the quest “deliveries undelivered”, i´ve been stuck in the 3rd delivery because i forgot where it was supposed to be delivered, i´ve already delivered the package for the blacksmith and the wizard but i can´t find the 3rd one
Also, now that I've actually found the gallery, I can't seem to unlock this chest. I assume it's somewhere in the bat mines, but I can't seem to find it. Any help?
When you enter the room with the purple crystal in the mines, a bat will appear and trap you with a fence. Go and talk to the bat through the fence and agree to their offer.
Thanks! I guess my brain just always immediately went to the blasting powder and never thought to talk to the bat. In retrospect, I dunno how the chest's hint didn't click XD
Absolutely adored this. I came for the lewd, but was not expecting the game to be as feature rich as it was. Seriously, my playtime by the end hovered around 15 hours (though a lot of that was due to... reasons ;P) despite me only expecting maybe a 3-4 hour romp. I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of engaging story and character dialogue. I feel like you don't really get that with many other porn games, and I actually do value good story in my lewd stuffs. I absolutely love the four main adventurers and you can really feel their bond. Their personalities shine through so well (I love Kuno!!!!) and nobody really feels out of place. The story kept me engaged all the way through and I'm dying to see where it all ends in the future.
Having the town evolve throughout the game as the workers build it up is a VERY nice touch. It really helps make the whole place feel alive. A lot of other porn games have this weird syndrome where everything feels so static and so obviously game-like. It's clear that the dev team put a LOT of work in giving the world of Grove personality and life. I don't feel like I'm talking to an NPC that was coded to be there, and that's a hard thing to do in a game without true voice acting. I cannot praise this aspect enough.
The scene writing itself was extremely good and imaginative (and hot!). Detailed, but without being too wordy or flowery. The purple text being used when appropriate got to me a lot more than you'd think, and it really helps the immersion (and... arousal >.<;;). Hypnosis/Corruption is a major tick for me, and I'm pretty picky about how it's written. You guys absolutely nailed it. Knocked it out of the goddamned park. And again, brilliant move with the purple text.
Perhaps my ONLY complaint is that the game is (in my personal opinion) too easy. Part of that could be over leveling (I was level 14 by the time I finished all the content), but part of that is because it's too easy to recover from a bad situation. I can't tell you how many times I was able to loop "Get Up -> Attack -> Get Up -> Attack" to avoid what should have been a certain game over, which becomes basically impossible for the opponent to break out of if you're wearing the Azure Band. Then once the health is low enough, I can just use a grapple move to finish them off. I think future enemies could benefit from shorter grapple sequences (the Wraps enemy benefits from this and is harder to deal with because of it) to make it more difficult to finish enemies off/escape before they finish you off first. You could also make it so that enemies are more inclined to attack you rather than attempt to fuck you if you are at critically low health while prone. I think the game could benefit from this change the most to make it more difficult. That way I'm more inclined to pay attention to my health. Other than that, I'm not sure how to balance the game to make it a more fun challenge. I'm definitely no game dev.
Edit: I'm stupid and found the Gallery. Derp.
Anyways if you actually read all that, thank you and sorry for the wall of text! I absolutely love this game. Thank you so much for all your hard work!
Wow, that's a big comment, and remarkably focused on the various written and environmental story aspects of the game, As one of the two devs who does a lot of the writing, it made me very happy to read so much kind praise, so thank you, truly! I only hope we can continue to make such pleasing content for you!
As for your comment regarding difficulty... it's a funny ol' thing. Just as you've commented the game is too easy, there's people who've said it's a bit difficult, and folks who've said it's just right. There really isn't going to be pleasing everyone where this is concerned without a difficulty slider... but RPG Maker doesn't support such things, so we'd have to look into a whole bunch of coding, reworking, or items and such...
Anywho, as long as you got to play through and enjoy yourself, that makes us happy as devs! And we'll try our best to keep on improving the game in the future
You can play it via mobile emulators like Joiplay but it's not the best. There's some visual and gameplay bugs, because the emulators don't support some of the plugins / mods we use for the game.
Not much we can do about that unfortunately. You should still be able to play the whole game but computer works much better.
You can copy the save files and store them somewere else on your pc. It's a bit more work, but if you want you can do this to have more saves. Be carefull with changing the name tough, I'm not sure if this will make the file invalide for the game
Aside from all the artwork and the beautiful graphics, the lore of this game is very intricate and well built, capturating the attention of the player, and the end of this version that ends on a cliffhanger makes me want to know how the story continues.
I look forward to the next release, but for now the game is perfect as is
Thank you for the kind words! We're proud of the work we've done so far and that so many people seem to enjoy it, from the lore to the lewds to the art and mechanics.
Hope we can continue to impress moving forward, and hope you'll continue to play it when we do!
Hi devs, love the game. Looking forward to more (of both this and Prowler)!
I have a lore question (or two) and a future-content question.
Lore question: What exactly are the lekta (the auxiliary commander's race)?
I had thought of him as another dragon, with the "tokadi" (Grove and most-to-all of the other characters) and "lekta" (the auxiliary commander's people) essentially being different ethnicities of dragon. But he refers to himself as a different species, and having different anatomy.
(Related: Are the bandits dragons as well, or some other race such as lizards? They don't have horns, whereas all the other dragons--and the lekta--do....).
Future-content question (possibly related to the aforementioned "different anatomy"): Do you have any plans for consensual sexytimes for Grove?
Hey, thanks for the enthusiasm towards our games and lore! As for your future content question, the answer is yes, potentially! You might have noticed you can build your relationship with certain NPCs. Play your cards right and maybe something might bloom from that!
As for your lore question, I'm afraid I can't answer most of that just yet. I CAN say the bandits are NOT dragons though, yes. As for the lekta auxiliary commander... you'll have to wait and see, but you're very observant to notice those things about his physicality and what he says about himself. In future updates you'll see an answer to your question though...!
Perhaps, but no plans at the moment, as it's not a language either of us developers speak, and we don't really want to release a thoughtless machine translation.
Just follow that train of logic you boarded through to the station:
"Half the time I get across and half the time I don't". That means there's evidently some kind of variable at play, right?
Now pay attention to the vines... and maybe you'll notice said variable... and once you do, you can learn which way is GOOD and you can cross, and which way is BAD.
Recently discovered this game, and at first I was a little hesitant trying it out, but quickly found out that there's more than meets the eye. that is to say, the game is amazing!
Obviously the game's NSFW aspect was the main selling point at first (even though it was weird to try out a game of this nature), but I was pleasantly surprised to find a much deeper experience in it. with nice music, new mechanics being introduced later in the game, great art, the changing world with the developing story, excellent writing and intriguing plot, makes this game an easy recommendation (even if it's not finished yet).
Thank you Grove developers, hope that you'll find immense success. can't wait to see what's in store for this project.
Thank YOU for the kind comment and for playing our game through! It's always a pleasure to hear people enjoying the full breadth of the game, not just the main NSFW hook!
Hope we can continue to make things as enjoyable as this from now until the game's completion, and hope you'll play again when future updates are released!
One more thing the other comment when I posted the review and suggestions of your game. What I try to say by animation and voices in them. Could it be similar to Small Top & Cloud Meadow Animation that's what I meant not a complicated thing just that from those two games I've already mentioned I on already. Can you think about it for next future 😉
Sirlzike it’s me travalor87 can you somehow show pictures of the trench, down some holes, and in a handful of other places in the desert? The tall pillars do not count for shelter. Look like so I can have it stored in my memory and remember where to go and not to go when I’m in dunes. Again. ☺️
It's really not difficult, and I'm not going to share a picture because each of the shady zones looks slightly different.
From the entrance there are two nearby shaded areas. Follow the boulders and cacti to the RIGHT, and then walk straight upwards after the second cactus. Or you can walk forward about twenty paces forward, then walk to the LEFT and you'll find a shaded crevasse with blue water in it.
Remember to walk around in the shade to reduce your exhaustion.
Idk if i'm the only one but when i try to play it on my mac, an "unknownerror" pops in. does someone knows a solution for this, please i really want to play :c
Alright. I'm going to give you some step-by-step instructions. Hopefully this works for you:
First things first, have you properly extracted the folder after downloading it? If you don't do that, the game can't properly access the save system because it's still in read-only mode. Make absolutely sure you've extracted the game after downloading it.
If you've done that, the next thing to try is this: Make a new folder. Call it whatever you want, and you can move this wherever you want later. Open the ZIPPED Grove file you downloaded. Open the new folder you just created. Click and drag all of the contents from the Grove download to your new folder. Try running the game again.
If you've tried both of those things and it doesn't work, let us know and we can proceed with next steps.
Amazing storytelling is exhilarating, but the glitches need work, especially in the desert dune zones, for the time limit of heat exhaustion. I would recommend it if you put a special item. That must be required on a higher-level basis from 16 to 20. That will allow plyers to eliminate the desert time exhaustion. That time is only achieved if they defeat a small quest. That will only take 29 to 40 minutes, minimum. After defeating the quest, you'll face off with a deadly boss that has the power to turn anything into kinky latex or bondage desires that will consume the Grove character if the player that is using him succeeds in defeating each and every kind of sexual entity that wants to turn all males into sex slaves for the rest of their lives while being used for public use or milking them through day and night. Also, you know that one scene, like the drone suit. Turing grove into a latex suit I wish there were a way that could be like the underwear garments special boost that can contradict the corruption attacks from any sexual entities trying to consume Grove while using the most powerful anti-curse latex suit oddity in the realm. Similar to the cursed underwear. One last idea, you know, when Grove gets defeated with all enemies and goes to lewd sexy scenes, can you somehow animated sexual scenes like a real actual animation along with voice actors following saying the dialoged out loud. with their characters, animation length would be couple of 5 to 10 minutes? before the gamer over appears, that would make it not just awesome but also make your game unique. Just a small reminder you don't have to follow the animation part it's just an idea a suggestion just in case you want to build your game more interesting.
after obtaining enchanted clothes to travel across the desert dunes. I constantly die even if just one step. Saying that I already have heat exhaustion and take on shelter. After crossing only a few halfway across dunes for a couple of seconds I die constantly and yes I try different ways, so my character doesn't die. Every time I try across dunes I always return to the same stop where the entrance begins. Can you please help me or tell me a way to cross the dunes without the game saying that I am already heat exhausted even if I didn’t even cross halfway through the desert? Showing me where my character can rest shade without costly dying from dune heat. I'm sorry I'm responding like this I'm exhausted I've been playing 2 days straight I leveled up to level 20. Please is there anyone who crossed the dunes without dying constantly? Also, this is the first time I have ever been invested and enjoyed a game, especially this one I give Grove 10/10.
Shelter can be found inside a cabin, in a trench, down some holes, and in a handful of other places in the desert. The tall pillars do not count for shelter.
You need to walk around in the sheltered spots to lower your exhaustion. You can't just stand still. Walk around for several seconds and (if you have UI effects on) you should see Grove start to recover. The game will also make a sound effect as you recover.
Move from shelter to shelter. If you are starting to get exhausted and haven't found shelter, go back the way you came and try again in a different direction.
Finally, your destination is in the north-east (top-right). Look for some stairs going down.
Hello, I like this game of yours very much, I have a few questions about this game.Do you have any plans to have a separate quest line for Grove once it reaches a certain level of corruption, similar to Tuan? I hope you can answer my questions.Thank you!
What I mean by this is that when some players are on a quest and if the Grove Corruption reaches a certain level, the player can choose whether they want to accept the Corruption to continue the game with the Corrupt faction or be a normal person
We know a lot of people are interested in a feature like this, and it's something we're often thinking about. We also are aware that such a thing would effectively double the amount of content we'd be making for the game, if we wanted a "corrupt path" to feel meaningfully different.
We can't make any promises about such a feature. But we can at least say it's an idea we think about a lot.
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I think I found a bug?
So I went to give Wizz my inert black underwear, but also before that, I made Grove eat the fruit in the farm. So now, it is playing both the Wizz Inert Underwear cutscene and Grove masturbation scene at the same time.
It's a known bug, but we decided not to fix it since people have had fun with it, haha.
So, it's not a bug. It's a feature :)
I found the game by chance browsing. It turned out to be one of the nicest games I ever played!
I simply love seeing Grove being violated by monsters and also the story is fascinating and captivating!
I hope there will be more to play and more to see soon!
I got a little bit disappointed by the grapple mechanics, especially the "present yourself" one because you get rid permanently of your armour. I get it's normal if monster rip it off from you, but it felt a little too punishing if I decided to undress willingly.
Also I found it very difficult to try to win combats by "whoring" myself. In my first try I thought it was possible, but I soon found that you'd lost most of the times, especially because of TP generation and regeneration while in a grapple.
By the way, it is a overall really gooooooood game!
Can't wait to see new content!
Thank you for the kind praise! We're still working on the game in the background. Glad to hear you enjoyed your time with it overall, and thanks for the feedback.
That passage is where Grove comes out in a later quest, he can't get in since its inaccessible until meeting later story requirements
i lost my saves ;c
Did you make sure to extract the game after downloading it? If you didn't, then your saves won't stay since the folder is 'write-only'.
I am a little bit confused about the clue for the other purple chest... "You find yourself entering the west path... and after pestering a newcomer and his tent. Suddenly, your corruption flares up...", At who point in the story can this be achieved?
This can be achieved after the Auxilliary Commander arrives at the campsite, until his house / office building has finished being made.
You need at least 10 corruption points to be able to trigger the scene, by interacting with his tent repeatedly.
Thank you
Great game, I love it, I hope it gets updated soon, I've played it many times!
Thank you! We're still working on the game, but it'll be a while yet!
Can we or will we be able to top majority of the cast? Or at least get some options to? Graver primarily bottoming doesn't sit right with some of these.
Also cause I kinda want to see Tuon bottom but thats beside the point
Overall the game is really good! I enjoyed playing through what I could.
What I liked:
Story telling was great. Not much else to say its solid. Types of damage styles you can play between. Casting, Physical, Grappling. The maps were pretty and simply to navigate even if you do get lost.
Having the town evolve throughout the game ie workers building it is a really nice touch especially when updating through several different patches as a WIP game. Theres a lot to like about this game. I spent more than i like to admit. Lets say its 24 hours plus. The immersion itself is spectacular exploring every nook and cranny was great. Also helped when you never check the task logs.... I read a comment that said the game is too easy and I disagree. The game can be challenging if you play a certain way. Especially if you are like me who are M.Attk focused and really like exploring everything and killing everything on sight and not avoid a single mob. And self resetting the map because you didnt realize sleeping in a camp respawns everything because you accidently hit a too much during the cut scene where it explain the respawn when you just wanted to heal. THAT ASIDE great story great playability will probably do another playthrough doing the cheese method to actually see how long it would take. Since the way i did it took me way longer than i needed to ( Trying to not get downed lost clothing too often. )
The several things that bothered me.
Battle mechanics really simple to learn. Simple to cheese. Some of the scaling doesn't really seem right though. Like grappling doesn't do much damage past the slimes and doing physical damage doesn't increase in damage unless using very specific weapon and armor type which doesn't feel right. Having 20 attack and doing 45 on a slime while having 22 doing 70-90 ( don't remember exact number ) on a slime doesn't sound right. I been mostly avoiding a lot of things. Did a corruption playthrough and a non corruption playthrough. But face it I want the scenes so its going to be corruption ( praying it doesn't affect too much later down the line and there is a threshold before it goes to the gutter on relations and whatnots. ) That part aside having 22 Sigil bonus damage and doing 120 vs having 19 MAG Dmg and doing roughly 55 damage there's a jump somewhere. Also figured noticed that having 300-400hp during most of the combat likes during the bat. I die in 2-3 hits and let alone so any significant dmg back to their 1k+ hp chunk. The amount of hp healing item cheese and avoidance was needed even when i was trying to get certain scenes.
I also really like the ideas of pets. Although would be nice if they were also combatants ie seduce prey or hypnotize into a ally for a while Was struggling through the beetle? fight with all their respawnables. Took me an hour and I wasn't even under the suggested level I was around lv 15 when i did it. Game gets easy with overleveling but if you don't overlevel you end up with the hardest fights in the world without much leeway. Yes you can cheese doing get up attack ( get 35 tp ) give yourself get up attack repeat but its a combat type that rough when you are set up for magic attack to cast fire or azure blast. Otherwise if you only wanted the story and what not its easy to breeze through.
*SPOILERS*
Things i noticed because im a battle junky in rpg games even in this genre.
Weapons:
Mainly only bought Azure weapon because skills are the only thing keeping me alive in this game. Azure Schimitar any Schimitar use at risk of being 1 shotted. Had 400 hp fighting a boss and it chunked me with a crit to 20 hp remaining. Was rough with defense loss. Don't really have good criticism because I only used Channeling Blade for more M.Attk. cause it has the buff M.Attk and a source of tp regen.
Armors:
Ranger: Doesn't feel great lost dmg and a skill i never after testing it because I would get hit even with the skill active ( bad rng maybe ) but still wasn't great looked amazing though.
Standard: Its standard. Liked it more than ranger.
Knight Reg: I used it... was when i realized stat was negligible with enough gold farming and item spamming
Dust: Confused on what this actually does. The hp gain on it basically let me survive 1 of the double hit enemy started doing.
Skimpy: What i wear because it gives more stats than standard and i don't trust evasion after ranger evasion failed me. Dust confused me too much to actually use and Knight was negligible because hp is already low.
Accessory concerns:
Azure band. Some mobs ended up robbing my tp more than i could even regen from attack or being hit PLUS the ring. Felt like it needs a buff or at least increase our tp so that 3% regen actually regen enough tp for it to be viable.
Undergarments.. cause it seemed good then realized grappling damage scaling dropped significantly compared to normally attacking. Also in what way were we suppose to regen tp during that there were so many times i had to item cheese during that phase just to get back up because i couldn't generate tp.
Earlybird ring REALLY GOOD early as in its name. Then you see skill costing 30+ so swapped over to Azure and well.. ended up just using the Shelterwing amulet because hp was nicer to cheese item spaming. Was very expensive.
Shelterwing Amulet. It heals. 2 armor still taking more damage then this thing can keep up. Did reduce the amount of items i needed to heal cheese.
Sigil Band. M.Attk scaling increase feels like it need more because of how bad the scaling for everything as is.
Wow, that's a BIG comment. Thanks for all the feedback though, and for playing our game for so long.
We won't be spoiling specific future content here, but we do plan to have more relationship scenes with the other NPCs in the future.
excuse me, but will there be any lasting effect or difference if i choose to let the imp mate me? i'm a bit confused since 2 possibilities end up in the same outcome.
and also, where can i found the black sludge?
thank you
Sorry, we're not gonna reveal any story stuff or spoilers.
The black sludge can be found by defeating Shambling Mirage enemies. They can be found in the valley and the desert.
Alright that's fair.
But at least, may i know if it will end up in auto game over or not?
Because if it is, then i have to restart my playthrough again.
It won't result in an automatic game over. We don't intend to ever make the game unwinnable. It'll always be a decision, or a failure in battle, or something like that.
Alright, thank you
I like the game a lot but I don't usually have my PC, I have brothers, and I don't always have the opportunity to use my PC. I would like to see it on Android but it is obvious that it will be much more difficult for a cell phone. But aside from my problems, I really liked the game 10/10
Thanks for trying out the game, and for your praise, even with the difficulty of playing.
you can play it on Joiplay! i also dont have a PC so using emulators like this is my go-to nowadays!
Geniuenly a great and fun game. Hope there will be a romance route with the brawler in the future. I geniuenly love him
Thanks for the kind words, and it's nice to see more outward love for Rinnal the Brawler! Play your cards right and maybe you can kick something off with them in the future!
Here's to hoping the game runs smoother on my new computer and I can enjoy the lewdness and adventure that is GROVE! Srsly though, BEST OF THE BEST!!!
Just a question about future implements of corruption. Will there be a larger narrative impact of your corruption level later on? like people notice and start trying to avoid you for fear of it spreading, or you change physically in response to how corrupt you are. I understand that it would be more than problematic to implement if you all don't plan to do anything like that. Thanks!
We intend to do more with the Corruption mechanics, that much we can definitely say. As for the specifics... we don't want to spoil it right now. We know folks are very interested in all the stuff we can potentially do with the mechanic, so hopefully you'll like what we come up with in time!
Amazing game! Although i must say it is not my first time playing this genre, it was my first time actually enjoying the gameplay. I was curious (and still am) about what's going to happen next. The dialogs are the perfect lenght, the interactions are cute and well... Anyways, i do hope this game gets updated
P.S.: Will there be dragon mobs? And i loved you made this game for linux! Not many people do that, so i really appreciate running without an emulator.
Thanks so much for the praise! That's great to hear you resonated with the gameplay so well! We've tried our best to do some interesting things with the gameplay, so we're glad folks think that shines through.
And you're very welcome for the Linux build. It's... not the easiest thing to get working, but we're happy to try so as many folks as possible can play.
The game is still being worked on, though it'll still be a while before a new update. We hope you can be patient with us, and thanks again for the feedback!
I really like this game, and I also really like Grove. Personally, I think this is a very innovative gameplay (at least I played it very innovatively and I really like it, it's the number one in my heart!) Even if it doesn't have 18 banned content, I still love it and hope to continue making it. I have been waiting for a long time But I don't mind continuing to wait for updates! My words are quite lengthy. Thank you very much for reading, and I am extremely grateful for being able to create such an excellent game!
Thank you for the kind words!
hi, could somebody help me regarding the quest “deliveries undelivered”, i´ve been stuck in the 3rd delivery because i forgot where it was supposed to be delivered, i´ve already delivered the package for the blacksmith and the wizard but i can´t find the 3rd one
Go to your inventory, check your Key Items. The deliveries are marked with a Star symbol and the description tells you where to take them!
Where are the newcomers in the upper left corner of the channel after purchasing desert equipment
Are you referring to a locked chest in the gallery?
并不是，是去沙漠的任务
I'm sorry. I don't understand your question. Newcomers? Channel?
Maybe this helps: When you have the desert equipment, your destination is in the upper-right corner of the desert. Look for a staircase.
Also, now that I've actually found the gallery, I can't seem to unlock this chest. I assume it's somewhere in the bat mines, but I can't seem to find it. Any help?
When you enter the room with the purple crystal in the mines, a bat will appear and trap you with a fence. Go and talk to the bat through the fence and agree to their offer.
Thanks! I guess my brain just always immediately went to the blasting powder and never thought to talk to the bat. In retrospect, I dunno how the chest's hint didn't click XD
Oh when was this :O I actually don't know what part of the game I'm on LOL
Absolutely adored this. I came for the lewd, but was not expecting the game to be as feature rich as it was. Seriously, my playtime by the end hovered around 15 hours (though a lot of that was due to... reasons ;P) despite me only expecting maybe a 3-4 hour romp. I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of engaging story and character dialogue. I feel like you don't really get that with many other porn games, and I actually do value good story in my lewd stuffs. I absolutely love the four main adventurers and you can really feel their bond. Their personalities shine through so well (I love Kuno!!!!) and nobody really feels out of place. The story kept me engaged all the way through and I'm dying to see where it all ends in the future.
Having the town evolve throughout the game as the workers build it up is a VERY nice touch. It really helps make the whole place feel alive. A lot of other porn games have this weird syndrome where everything feels so static and so obviously game-like. It's clear that the dev team put a LOT of work in giving the world of Grove personality and life. I don't feel like I'm talking to an NPC that was coded to be there, and that's a hard thing to do in a game without true voice acting. I cannot praise this aspect enough.
The scene writing itself was extremely good and imaginative (and hot!). Detailed, but without being too wordy or flowery. The purple text being used when appropriate got to me a lot more than you'd think, and it really helps the immersion (and... arousal >.<;;). Hypnosis/Corruption is a major tick for me, and I'm pretty picky about how it's written. You guys absolutely nailed it. Knocked it out of the goddamned park. And again, brilliant move with the purple text.
Perhaps my ONLY complaint is that the game is (in my personal opinion) too easy. Part of that could be over leveling (I was level 14 by the time I finished all the content), but part of that is because it's too easy to recover from a bad situation. I can't tell you how many times I was able to loop "Get Up -> Attack -> Get Up -> Attack" to avoid what should have been a certain game over, which becomes basically impossible for the opponent to break out of if you're wearing the Azure Band. Then once the health is low enough, I can just use a grapple move to finish them off. I think future enemies could benefit from shorter grapple sequences (the Wraps enemy benefits from this and is harder to deal with because of it) to make it more difficult to finish enemies off/escape before they finish you off first. You could also make it so that enemies are more inclined to attack you rather than attempt to fuck you if you are at critically low health while prone. I think the game could benefit from this change the most to make it more difficult. That way I'm more inclined to pay attention to my health. Other than that, I'm not sure how to balance the game to make it a more fun challenge. I'm definitely no game dev.
Edit: I'm stupid and found the Gallery. Derp.
Anyways if you actually read all that, thank you and sorry for the wall of text! I absolutely love this game. Thank you so much for all your hard work!
Wow, that's a big comment, and remarkably focused on the various written and environmental story aspects of the game, As one of the two devs who does a lot of the writing, it made me very happy to read so much kind praise, so thank you, truly! I only hope we can continue to make such pleasing content for you!
As for your comment regarding difficulty... it's a funny ol' thing. Just as you've commented the game is too easy, there's people who've said it's a bit difficult, and folks who've said it's just right. There really isn't going to be pleasing everyone where this is concerned without a difficulty slider... but RPG Maker doesn't support such things, so we'd have to look into a whole bunch of coding, reworking, or items and such...
Anywho, as long as you got to play through and enjoy yourself, that makes us happy as devs! And we'll try our best to keep on improving the game in the future
It came to my notice that the latest build cost quite a space, can you guys consider resizing it in the upcoming update?
We're certainly going to try.
Is/Will there be a dedicated Patreon for this game or for your group in general?
Very unlikely! We prefer to use itch.io donations or direct donations.
Will the game have an Android version?
You can play it via mobile emulators like Joiplay but it's not the best. There's some visual and gameplay bugs, because the emulators don't support some of the plugins / mods we use for the game.
Not much we can do about that unfortunately. You should still be able to play the whole game but computer works much better.
when is there going to be another update
Sorry, we don't have a date yet, but we can confirm the game is still in development!
Awesome game.
The nsfw is great and the game itself is good even without all the porn.
Also kuno is bestboi.
Thank you kindly!
The game was a masterclass. I am wondering, though, will there be more save slots for future updates?
More? 99 isn't enough for you? I'm not sure we can add any more...
Nevertheless, thank you for your kind words.
I’m more so worried about when the game is significantly more complete, but for now I do have enough haha. Although, I do save a little too much
You can copy the save files and store them somewere else on your pc. It's a bit more work, but if you want you can do this to have more saves. Be carefull with changing the name tough, I'm not sure if this will make the file invalide for the game
This game is awesome.
Aside from all the artwork and the beautiful graphics, the lore of this game is very intricate and well built, capturating the attention of the player, and the end of this version that ends on a cliffhanger makes me want to know how the story continues.
I look forward to the next release, but for now the game is perfect as is
Thank you for the kind words! We're proud of the work we've done so far and that so many people seem to enjoy it, from the lore to the lewds to the art and mechanics.
Hope we can continue to impress moving forward, and hope you'll continue to play it when we do!
Hi devs, love the game. Looking forward to more (of both this and Prowler)!
I have a lore question (or two) and a future-content question.
Lore question: What exactly are the lekta (the auxiliary commander's race)?
I had thought of him as another dragon, with the "tokadi" (Grove and most-to-all of the other characters) and "lekta" (the auxiliary commander's people) essentially being different ethnicities of dragon. But he refers to himself as a different species, and having different anatomy.
(Related: Are the bandits dragons as well, or some other race such as lizards? They don't have horns, whereas all the other dragons--and the lekta--do....).
Future-content question (possibly related to the aforementioned "different anatomy"): Do you have any plans for consensual sexytimes for Grove?
Hey, thanks for the enthusiasm towards our games and lore! As for your future content question, the answer is yes, potentially! You might have noticed you can build your relationship with certain NPCs. Play your cards right and maybe something might bloom from that!
As for your lore question, I'm afraid I can't answer most of that just yet. I CAN say the bandits are NOT dragons though, yes.
As for the lekta auxiliary commander... you'll have to wait and see, but you're very observant to notice those things about his physicality and what he says about himself. In future updates you'll see an answer to your question though...!
Thanks again for the questions and interest!
oooh, interesting. Thanks for the info, and the quick reply! I'll wait... ]:=8)~
I love this game. Please tell me when will the next update be.
Sorry, we don't have an ETA... but we really appreciate your interest! Thank you truly
I love this game. Will there perhaps be a German translation at some point?
Perhaps, but no plans at the moment, as it's not a language either of us developers speak, and we don't really want to release a thoughtless machine translation.
Just follow that train of logic you boarded through to the station:
"Half the time I get across and half the time I don't". That means there's evidently some kind of variable at play, right?
Now pay attention to the vines... and maybe you'll notice said variable... and once you do, you can learn which way is GOOD and you can cross, and which way is BAD.
It has a good story which is rare from games like this no shade XD
I hope there will be more content soon!
anyways, played for the smut, stayed for the story. keep it up yall
A compliment I will never tire of hearing. Thank you very much for the kind words, and for playing our game!
Recently discovered this game, and at first I was a little hesitant trying it out, but quickly found out that there's more than meets the eye. that is to say, the game is amazing!
Obviously the game's NSFW aspect was the main selling point at first (even though it was weird to try out a game of this nature), but I was pleasantly surprised to find a much deeper experience in it. with nice music, new mechanics being introduced later in the game, great art, the changing world with the developing story, excellent writing and intriguing plot, makes this game an easy recommendation (even if it's not finished yet).
Thank you Grove developers, hope that you'll find immense success. can't wait to see what's in store for this project.
Thank YOU for the kind comment and for playing our game through! It's always a pleasure to hear people enjoying the full breadth of the game, not just the main NSFW hook!
Hope we can continue to make things as enjoyable as this from now until the game's completion, and hope you'll play again when future updates are released!
Just discovered this, but wow! Russian translation :D
I don't need it personally, but I know that a lot of our folk do need it. Thanks for caring! :)
Came for the hot stuff, stayed for the (surprisingly) well-written story. Probably the best NSFW game I've played in recent memory.
Hey, thanks a lot, that sentiment is always super appreciated!
One more thing the other comment when I posted the review and suggestions of your game. What I try to say by animation and voices in them. Could it be similar to Small Top & Cloud Meadow Animation that's what I meant not a complicated thing just that from those two games I've already mentioned I on already. Can you think about it for next future 😉
Sirlzike it’s me travalor87 can you somehow show pictures of the trench, down some holes, and in a handful of other places in the desert? The tall pillars do not count for shelter. Look like so I can have it stored in my memory and remember where to go and not to go when I’m in dunes. Again. ☺️
It's really not difficult, and I'm not going to share a picture because each of the shady zones looks slightly different.
From the entrance there are two nearby shaded areas. Follow the boulders and cacti to the RIGHT, and then walk straight upwards after the second cactus.
Or you can walk forward about twenty paces forward, then walk to the LEFT and you'll find a shaded crevasse with blue water in it.
Remember to walk around in the shade to reduce your exhaustion.
Idk if i'm the only one but when i try to play it on my mac, an "unknownerror" pops in. does someone knows a solution for this, please i really want to play :c
Alright. I'm going to give you some step-by-step instructions. Hopefully this works for you:
First things first, have you properly extracted the folder after downloading it? If you don't do that, the game can't properly access the save system because it's still in read-only mode. Make absolutely sure you've extracted the game after downloading it.
If you've done that, the next thing to try is this:
Make a new folder. Call it whatever you want, and you can move this wherever you want later.
Open the ZIPPED Grove file you downloaded.
Open the new folder you just created.
Click and drag all of the contents from the Grove download to your new folder.
Try running the game again.
If you've tried both of those things and it doesn't work, let us know and we can proceed with next steps.
what worked for me was putting the app in "applications" instead of a dedicated folder.
Amazing storytelling is exhilarating, but the glitches need work, especially in the desert dune zones, for the time limit of heat exhaustion. I would recommend it if you put a special item. That must be required on a higher-level basis from 16 to 20. That will allow plyers to eliminate the desert time exhaustion. That time is only achieved if they defeat a small quest. That will only take 29 to 40 minutes, minimum. After defeating the quest, you'll face off with a deadly boss that has the power to turn anything into kinky latex or bondage desires that will consume the Grove character if the player that is using him succeeds in defeating each and every kind of sexual entity that wants to turn all males into sex slaves for the rest of their lives while being used for public use or milking them through day and night. Also, you know that one scene, like the drone suit. Turing grove into a latex suit I wish there were a way that could be like the underwear garments special boost that can contradict the corruption attacks from any sexual entities trying to consume Grove while using the most powerful anti-curse latex suit oddity in the realm. Similar to the cursed underwear. One last idea, you know, when Grove gets defeated with all enemies and goes to lewd sexy scenes, can you somehow animated sexual scenes like a real actual animation along with voice actors following saying the dialoged out loud. with their characters, animation length would be couple of 5 to 10 minutes? before the gamer over appears, that would make it not just awesome but also make your game unique. Just a small reminder you don't have to follow the animation part it's just an idea a suggestion just in case you want to build your game more interesting.
after obtaining enchanted clothes to travel across the desert dunes. I constantly die even if just one step. Saying that I already have heat exhaustion and take on shelter. After crossing only a few halfway across dunes for a couple of seconds I die constantly and yes I try different ways, so my character doesn't die. Every time I try across dunes I always return to the same stop where the entrance begins. Can you please help me or tell me a way to cross the dunes without the game saying that I am already heat exhausted even if I didn’t even cross halfway through the desert? Showing me where my character can rest shade without costly dying from dune heat. I'm sorry I'm responding like this I'm exhausted I've been playing 2 days straight I leveled up to level 20. Please is there anyone who crossed the dunes without dying constantly? Also, this is the first time I have ever been invested and enjoyed a game, especially this one I give Grove 10/10.
Shelter can be found inside a cabin, in a trench, down some holes, and in a handful of other places in the desert. The tall pillars do not count for shelter.
You need to walk around in the sheltered spots to lower your exhaustion. You can't just stand still. Walk around for several seconds and (if you have UI effects on) you should see Grove start to recover. The game will also make a sound effect as you recover.
Move from shelter to shelter. If you are starting to get exhausted and haven't found shelter, go back the way you came and try again in a different direction.
Finally, your destination is in the north-east (top-right). Look for some stairs going down.
Hello, I like this game of yours very much, I have a few questions about this game.Do you have any plans to have a separate quest line for Grove once it reaches a certain level of corruption, similar to Tuan? I hope you can answer my questions.Thank you!
What I mean by this is that when some players are on a quest and if the Grove Corruption reaches a certain level, the player can choose whether they want to accept the Corruption to continue the game with the Corrupt faction or be a normal person
We know a lot of people are interested in a feature like this, and it's something we're often thinking about. We also are aware that such a thing would effectively double the amount of content we'd be making for the game, if we wanted a "corrupt path" to feel meaningfully different.
We can't make any promises about such a feature. But we can at least say it's an idea we think about a lot.