I don't think it'd cause any real issues in terms of programming, but I also don't think it'd add much in the way of challenge either? The armour sets (and weapon choices) are our soft implementation of a "class" system, so none of them should really make the game harder... besides I guess if you started naked.
Maybe a NG+ option, but that's a long way in the future, haha.
I know linux version of it is still experimental so I just wanna say it is all black screen . . . The visual up to date is missing to say the least however the game still works I suppose, I can still hear its audio when I click buttons ( e.g. arrows, enter). I do hope it will be fixed soon <3
In case just restarting the game doesn't fix it and if you're willing to do a bit of surgery on the game files:
This could be an incompatibility between the old version of NW.js that comes with RPG Maker MV and a newer graphics stack on your system, since the former is effectively an old Chromium from 2018. The good news is that it's not customised, so you can download the "NORMAL" version from nwjs.io and extract it over the matching files in the GROVE… folder to update.
That's largely a guess though. I'm mainly suggesting it because it fixed hardware acceleration for me on Linux, but the game was already rendering for me regardless, even if slowly.
Just had to stop by and say this game is utterly wonderful. There really is nothing like it that I know of; Chimeric Violet has elements of submission and it *IS* a great game, but it's also CREEPY-AS-HELL😰
DO I hope slavers are added akin to the terrifically made/written bandit sequence? YES
DO I hope spiders are added while understanding full well they're not for everyone? YES
DO I really care deeply about either of those things? NOPE, not when I completely trust the vision of the game! Please keep at it!
----> POSSIBLE TINY SPOILER <----
BTW: to anyone that wouldn't want to miss it and did, make sure to fight and lose to the bandit chief; amazing sequence! I worked with him when I played so almost missed it till playing around with the gallery
Hey, thanks a lot for the very kind and enthusiastic comment! I'm really glad you seemingly enjoyed a great deal of our efforts.
I'll say... I think that you'd be quite fond of the next update we're working on. No ETA yet, but given your hopes / suggestions... I think you'll be pleased for sure. Do follow the project here, or RegalBuster on Twitter, if you wanna be kept in the know.
Otherwise, thanks again for stopping by and giving the kind comment! Super appreciated :)
Dude, you do realize it's gay for a reason, a entirely gay game, no they will not be adding a single female character, and definitely not a gender swapped cast
There should be a scene if you wear the slimy black underwear in front of Kuno where you end up having sex with Kuno in a moment of lust. Love to commission a story regarding the underwear myself.
Game definitely has huge potential , the story is great , character is fine too. The only thing bugging me while playing this game is the battle system, it went fine thorough the battle but once it went near the end (where you grappled the enemy aka had sex, but none of you get to climax(you win). But if the enemy gets to climax ,you lose.) If the battle went like ,let's say Tavern of Spear or Small on Top or even Lustful Desires it'll be much much way better. Just a heads up*. Or if i somehow I did something wrong in my way of playing, please anyone do tell haha.
Thanks for playing our game, I'm glad that you enjoyed the story and the characters.
I don't know if I fully understand your critique of the battle system though. Are you saying you want a battle system that's all about charming enemies, having sex with them, and winning the battle because THEY climaxed and are exhausted?
If that's the case... well, you're entitled to that opinion, and I know that those other games you mentioned do that, but that's not really how WE want to handle Grove's character nor the kinds of enemies in our game. We want things to be dangerous, tempting, corruptive and hypnotic, and having sex with them being a submission to desire... if Grove could somehow win by out-sexing them, that'd really mitigate a lot of their 'threat' and the kind of kinks we want to display.
Hope you can understand our reasons and motivations for not following the crowd and doing what all those other games do. We have absolutely nothing against those games, we just want to make something a little different...!
I get what the game is about. It's about fighting the temptation to be dominated and risking a game over by seeing a sex scene. Having sex with monsters sounds fun but how often would you end up being able to walk away alive and losing some money? I like the fact you allow a gallery for those who like the scenes. I enjoy monster sex as much as the next person but the plot itself is important as well. Keep it up.
Absolutely not! The battle system is very original AND perfect! I hope the author doesn't ever change it to look like another game. I love this system of losing armor so much, it's very exciting. So please, you don't have to change what is perfect already SirIzike
Be cool if you had a drone character following the protagonist. The drone is a prototype you find in the virtual world and always refers to your character in the same matter the computer does.
There seems to be a bug at the blacksmith's after releasing him and the Quiet Meadow is rebuilt. After visiting him first time if you go back again, it keeps saying "Perhaps you should check on the Blacksmith first", but the only interaction with him is for shopping. And I can't leave the area.
I pay most games on my mac computer. I have a pretty up to date one, and its always run smoothly. But for some reason every time I get to the point where it asks to enable grapple voices the game stops working, and I can't ever get beyond that point.
Does the game provide any kind of error message? If so, can you share it with us? Otherwise, please check you've downloaded the MacOS version, that it's downloaded to the desktop and not a cloud-sync location, and... sometimes just restarting the computer can fix things.
If you've tried all that and it's still crashing, you might need a small bit of additional software to run the game. Don't worry, it's free and safe. Here's what to do:
1). Download the game file and extract the folder (Grove_0.204) to the desktop. 2). Download the normal version of NW.js (https://nwjs.io/) and transfer the app to Applications. 3). Go finder, utilities, terminal and use the following command to launch the game: open -n -a nwjs --args "/Users/name/Desktop/Grove_0.204"
(the "name" should be your username for the file path)
Hopefully one of these solutions should work for you!
We haven't got any release window I'm afraid. But you can either +Follow Grove Development, RegalBuster's Twitter, or join our Discord to be kept updated with news when we DO have a date.
I wanna play this game so bad but I don't have any non android device. Is it possible that this game will be available for android users in the future?
Unlikely, given that the game uses several plugins that don't work with Android emulation. The game would be missing features and visuals and would be a fairly gimped product...
But I won't say never. We might figure a way around it. But I really can't make any promises.
I adore this game. The art is fantastic, the mix of sketches and coloured, lined pieces actually works really well! The story is even more fun- this was the first of these games where I actually prioritized the story over the fun CGs because I was just too engaged. I desperately want to have more encounters with the bandit captain and romance some of the friends we've met so far. I also just want to know more about the story! It's a great premise and I adore how you execute it because it really feels like the world and your character have their own stories. I can't wait for more!
Thanks a lot for the big, kind comment! It's always a pleasure to see people who enjoy the story and the characters, as well as all the lewd stuff going on. Glad you like the mixture of art styles too, even if not every scene is fully rendered out.
More will come in the future, more characters, more relationship building, and maybe the return of a few people as well... hope you'll enjoy it, when it arrives! No date yet, but I can assure you it's being worked on!
Goddamn, I absolutely love games like this. Beautiful NSFW M/M games with some lovely game overs. Gladly lost once to practically every single enemy I have faced and not regretted it once. Honestly only have one question and tried to see if anybody asked or the details were in the change logs but, I was wondering if anything happens if I leave Kuno to the slimes early on and make it to the abandoned bar. Is his just completely gone, do they save him, or do you encounter him again but, corrupted?
I'll simply say that the game takes into consideration what might happen if you leave Kuno behind in the forest, and make it to the abandoned bar. If you wanna know exactly what happens... you can try it yourself some time :P
Otherwise though, thank you very much for the kind compliments towards our game! Glad you enjoyed it so much, and thanks for playing it through as comprehensively as you did!
so im having a problem where my game freezes when i attempt to use my grapple moves any ideas how to fix that? wonder if something was wrong when i downloaded it for windows
Greetings. I want to say that you are making a wonderful game, with a lot of content, I hope that you will eventually finish it. And I would like to ask a couple of questions. Will there be any add-ons (DLC) after the end of the development of the game? Are you going to make a new game when you're done with this one? Well, how could it be without this question, if there are any suggestions when the next update will be released. If this question about updates has already bothered you, then I'm sorry =)
When the game is complete, we might make some add-ons or "special episodes" featuring other characters, yes! We have some ideas and some interest in that!
I can't say about an entirely new game, though. That's so far in the future, we haven't really thought about that yet.
We don't have any estimate for the next update, I'm afraid. But do feel free to follow RegalBuster on Twitter or join the Discord and you'll see development updates and notifications when we are close to release!
Yeah, the game is in something of an alpha state right now. I'd say we have about... 40% of the overall content and story we want to include in the overall game?
Glad you seem to think it's a good and impressive amount of content though!
I've gotten to the data place in the dunes with the swapping bridges but the long keeps changing to fast even when i start moving through the moment it changes to blue i still keep getting caught even worse is that it keeps sending me all the way back to the beginning is there anything i can do to actually get past it?
Your goal is in the top-right (North East) of the area. When your heat exposure is getting too high, look for dark and shady areas. Make sure to walk around a bit in the shady areas, until Grove is cool once again.
When i got into the corrupted forest camp site im really close to getting to that weird statue but the last slime is stupid fast. how do i get past it?
I need help, how do I remove the Plant Latchers from my body? I can't even go to camp because it won't let me leave the area until I've killed all the Latchers, but as soon as I attack one, they just jump on my body leading me to a Game Over without being able to do anything.
You have to "bath" in the pond. Go back to previous location where the forest is thick and "shadowy". the pond at top left maps when Kuno waiting for you before
Did you remember the black clothers you get from Ranger ? Wear it ,and you can open the door. But it will lead to a longer story line ; highly recommend you to save the game before make your decision(if you wear the clothes in front of Ranger, you will see a funny reaction from him ; ) )
awesome work there, i finished the entyre game in mode i wanted all the good stuff, took me arround 2 weeks but worth it, just small doub, the door inside the tabernt in the north bridge camp is locked how i unlok it???? or is under construcction too???
Loving the game so far. I wasn't expecting much given how games like this tend to be put out without any chance of getting finished, but this looks really promising. Sex scenes are hot and frequent, but avoidable, nothing too nasty, no offensive material, and the writing is pretty decent.
Thanks for the overall positive review, I'm glad our game could subvert your negative first impression (one we're very aware of ourselves, don't worry) and that you could end up enjoying what you saw and being eager for more!
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Any chance of adding a mode where you can choose your armor from the start? to add a challenge, or would that cause too many issues for the game?
I don't think it'd cause any real issues in terms of programming, but I also don't think it'd add much in the way of challenge either? The armour sets (and weapon choices) are our soft implementation of a "class" system, so none of them should really make the game harder... besides I guess if you started naked.
Maybe a NG+ option, but that's a long way in the future, haha.
I know linux version of it is still experimental so I just wanna say it is all black screen . . . The visual up to date is missing to say the least however the game still works I suppose, I can still hear its audio when I click buttons ( e.g. arrows, enter). I do hope it will be fixed soon <3
In case just restarting the game doesn't fix it and if you're willing to do a bit of surgery on the game files:
This could be an incompatibility between the old version of NW.js that comes with RPG Maker MV and a newer graphics stack on your system, since the former is effectively an old Chromium from 2018.
The good news is that it's not customised, so you can download the "NORMAL" version from nwjs.io and extract it over the matching files in the GROVE… folder to update.
That's largely a guess though. I'm mainly suggesting it because it fixed hardware acceleration for me on Linux, but the game was already rendering for me regardless, even if slowly.
Just had to stop by and say this game is utterly wonderful. There really is nothing like it that I know of; Chimeric Violet has elements of submission and it *IS* a great game, but it's also CREEPY-AS-HELL😰
DO I hope slavers are added akin to the terrifically made/written bandit sequence? YES
DO I hope spiders are added while understanding full well they're not for everyone? YES
DO I really care deeply about either of those things? NOPE, not when I completely trust the vision of the game! Please keep at it!
----> POSSIBLE TINY SPOILER <----
BTW: to anyone that wouldn't want to miss it and did, make sure to fight and lose to the bandit chief; amazing sequence! I worked with him when I played so almost missed it till playing around with the gallery
Hey, thanks a lot for the very kind and enthusiastic comment! I'm really glad you seemingly enjoyed a great deal of our efforts.
I'll say... I think that you'd be quite fond of the next update we're working on. No ETA yet, but given your hopes / suggestions... I think you'll be pleased for sure. Do follow the project here, or RegalBuster on Twitter, if you wanna be kept in the know.
Otherwise, thanks again for stopping by and giving the kind comment! Super appreciated :)
Dude, you do realize it's gay for a reason, a entirely gay game, no they will not be adding a single female character, and definitely not a gender swapped cast
men
З Oh my God! There is a Russian language here
Enjoy!
There should be a scene if you wear the slimy black underwear in front of Kuno where you end up having sex with Kuno in a moment of lust. Love to commission a story regarding the underwear myself.
Game definitely has huge potential , the story is great , character is fine too. The only thing bugging me while playing this game is the battle system, it went fine thorough the battle but once it went near the end (where you grappled the enemy aka had sex, but none of you get to climax(you win). But if the enemy gets to climax ,you lose.) If the battle went like ,let's say Tavern of Spear or Small on Top or even Lustful Desires it'll be much much way better. Just a heads up*. Or if i somehow I did something wrong in my way of playing, please anyone do tell haha.
Thanks for playing our game, I'm glad that you enjoyed the story and the characters.
I don't know if I fully understand your critique of the battle system though. Are you saying you want a battle system that's all about charming enemies, having sex with them, and winning the battle because THEY climaxed and are exhausted?
If that's the case... well, you're entitled to that opinion, and I know that those other games you mentioned do that, but that's not really how WE want to handle Grove's character nor the kinds of enemies in our game. We want things to be dangerous, tempting, corruptive and hypnotic, and having sex with them being a submission to desire... if Grove could somehow win by out-sexing them, that'd really mitigate a lot of their 'threat' and the kind of kinks we want to display.
Hope you can understand our reasons and motivations for not following the crowd and doing what all those other games do. We have absolutely nothing against those games, we just want to make something a little different...!
I get what the game is about. It's about fighting the temptation to be dominated and risking a game over by seeing a sex scene. Having sex with monsters sounds fun but how often would you end up being able to walk away alive and losing some money? I like the fact you allow a gallery for those who like the scenes. I enjoy monster sex as much as the next person but the plot itself is important as well. Keep it up.
Absolutely not! The battle system is very original AND perfect! I hope the author doesn't ever change it to look like another game. I love this system of losing armor so much, it's very exciting. So please, you don't have to change what is perfect already SirIzike
Be cool if you had a drone character following the protagonist. The drone is a prototype you find in the virtual world and always refers to your character in the same matter the computer does.
There seems to be a bug at the blacksmith's after releasing him and the Quiet Meadow is rebuilt. After visiting him first time if you go back again, it keeps saying "Perhaps you should check on the Blacksmith first", but the only interaction with him is for shopping. And I can't leave the area.
Try checking out the Inn and talking to the Wizard, or go to the well in the south behind the gate.
Would love to have the option to take a slime or corrupted creature to be a toy when you beat them.
Does being corrupted affect the ending or it doesn't matter?
It will affect the ending, in the future. Right now it just influences a few scenes.
I pay most games on my mac computer. I have a pretty up to date one, and its always run smoothly. But for some reason every time I get to the point where it asks to enable grapple voices the game stops working, and I can't ever get beyond that point.
Does anyone else with mac have this issue?
Does the game provide any kind of error message? If so, can you share it with us? Otherwise, please check you've downloaded the MacOS version, that it's downloaded to the desktop and not a cloud-sync location, and... sometimes just restarting the computer can fix things.
If you've tried all that and it's still crashing, you might need a small bit of additional software to run the game. Don't worry, it's free and safe. Here's what to do:
1). Download the game file and extract the folder (Grove_0.204) to the desktop.
2). Download the normal version of NW.js (https://nwjs.io/) and transfer the app to Applications.
3). Go finder, utilities, terminal and use the following command to launch the game: open -n -a nwjs --args "/Users/name/Desktop/Grove_0.204"
(the "name" should be your username for the file path)
Hopefully one of these solutions should work for you!
Is there a Japanese patch available?
https://twitter.com/gre1_kemo/status/1476373481483038724
Enjoy~!
Thanks you!
when will the next update come out
We haven't got any release window I'm afraid. But you can either +Follow Grove Development, RegalBuster's Twitter, or join our Discord to be kept updated with news when we DO have a date.
I want to Android download it game pls , thx
Does it have Chinese patch ?
Yes!
https://twitter.com/dr_wilh/status/1477194061241274371
Please enjoy! 我希望你喜欢它
Thanks you😀
I wanna play this game so bad but I don't have any non android device. Is it possible that this game will be available for android users in the future?
Unlikely, given that the game uses several plugins that don't work with Android emulation. The game would be missing features and visuals and would be a fairly gimped product...
But I won't say never. We might figure a way around it. But I really can't make any promises.
I adore this game. The art is fantastic, the mix of sketches and coloured, lined pieces actually works really well! The story is even more fun- this was the first of these games where I actually prioritized the story over the fun CGs because I was just too engaged. I desperately want to have more encounters with the bandit captain and romance some of the friends we've met so far. I also just want to know more about the story! It's a great premise and I adore how you execute it because it really feels like the world and your character have their own stories. I can't wait for more!
Thanks a lot for the big, kind comment! It's always a pleasure to see people who enjoy the story and the characters, as well as all the lewd stuff going on. Glad you like the mixture of art styles too, even if not every scene is fully rendered out.
More will come in the future, more characters, more relationship building, and maybe the return of a few people as well... hope you'll enjoy it, when it arrives! No date yet, but I can assure you it's being worked on!
Goddamn, I absolutely love games like this. Beautiful NSFW M/M games with some lovely game overs. Gladly lost once to practically every single enemy I have faced and not regretted it once. Honestly only have one question and tried to see if anybody asked or the details were in the change logs but, I was wondering if anything happens if I leave Kuno to the slimes early on and make it to the abandoned bar. Is his just completely gone, do they save him, or do you encounter him again but, corrupted?
I'll simply say that the game takes into consideration what might happen if you leave Kuno behind in the forest, and make it to the abandoned bar. If you wanna know exactly what happens... you can try it yourself some time :P
Otherwise though, thank you very much for the kind compliments towards our game! Glad you enjoyed it so much, and thanks for playing it through as comprehensively as you did!
Any new upcoming content?
There will be more, but we don't have any date yet.
so im having a problem where my game freezes when i attempt to use my grapple moves any ideas how to fix that? wonder if something was wrong when i downloaded it for windows
Interesting... not an issue we've ever heard reported before. The game just freezes, yes? No error messages or anything?
The first recommendation as always would indeed be redownloading the game. And if it happens for you again, we can try and find what the problem is.
make a female version please
I have had problems like that occasionally. If i restart my PC it fixes it for me.
Thank you ginger that worked for me just odd it would do that
Would this work on Joiplay?
It has several graphical issues that impede gameplay
Greetings. I want to say that you are making a wonderful game, with a lot of content, I hope that you will eventually finish it. And I would like to ask a couple of questions. Will there be any add-ons (DLC) after the end of the development of the game? Are you going to make a new game when you're done with this one? Well, how could it be without this question, if there are any suggestions when the next update will be released. If this question about updates has already bothered you, then I'm sorry =)
Thank you very much for the kind words.
When the game is complete, we might make some add-ons or "special episodes" featuring other characters, yes! We have some ideas and some interest in that!
I can't say about an entirely new game, though. That's so far in the future, we haven't really thought about that yet.
We don't have any estimate for the next update, I'm afraid. But do feel free to follow RegalBuster on Twitter or join the Discord and you'll see development updates and notifications when we are close to release!
By the way is this really only in alpha giving how much is in the game it's hard to believe that it's only in alpha.
Yeah, the game is in something of an alpha state right now. I'd say we have about... 40% of the overall content and story we want to include in the overall game?
Glad you seem to think it's a good and impressive amount of content though!
homoerotic content with sexy buff scalies, an interesting combat system, AND an intrigueing story?
What a rare and enjoyable treat this was!
Thank you very much! Glad our game's niche could fit you so well.
Well thank you very much for making and sharing it for all.
I've gotten to the data place in the dunes with the swapping bridges but the long keeps changing to fast even when i start moving through the moment it changes to blue i still keep getting caught even worse is that it keeps sending me all the way back to the beginning is there anything i can do to actually get past it?
I just did it because apparently there was a sprint option the entire time. God i am so stupid
Well, congrats on figuring it out when it mattered...!
I'm having trouble passing the dunes what do I have to do?
Your goal is in the top-right (North East) of the area. When your heat exposure is getting too high, look for dark and shady areas. Make sure to walk around a bit in the shady areas, until Grove is cool once again.
could you tell me which are the shaded places
The places that look like they're shaded...? The house, the valley, down in the caves. Y'know, places like that.
May I ask what was updated a few days ago?
Page description, compatibility warnings and credits for certain language patches. No actual game content, I'm afraid.
Well, thank you for answering my question.
It's been half a year since the last update. Wait for the next update.
When i got into the corrupted forest camp site im really close to getting to that weird statue but the last slime is stupid fast. how do i get past it?
Nvm i just figured it out
Is there any tutorial on how to get all scenes from the gallery ?
It's there in the description: https://qazm.itch.io/a-grove-timeline
big thank you to whoever made it, too.
I need help, how do I remove the Plant Latchers from my body? I can't even go to camp because it won't let me leave the area until I've killed all the Latchers, but as soon as I attack one, they just jump on my body leading me to a Game Over without being able to do anything.
I managed to beat the two other Planters by just using Azur Shards but I still have them on atm, I'll make sure to ask again if I'm having trouble
You have to "bath" in the pond. Go back to previous location where the forest is thick and "shadowy". the pond at top left maps when Kuno waiting for you before
How did you come at this location? 0.0
will there be an android version of this game in the future?
how can I open this...
Did you remember the black clothers you get from Ranger ? Wear it ,and you can open the door. But it will lead to a longer story line ; highly recommend you to save the game before make your decision(if you wear the clothes in front of Ranger, you will see a funny reaction from him ; ) )
Oh my~ thanks!
what clothers?
i dont have that
i have basic, knight, desert
If you rescue the blue dragon in the forest, he'll give you some slimy black undergarments. If you wear those, you'll be able to pass the barrier.
If you didn't rescue him, or already left the forest, they'll vanish and break though. So you might need to go back to a previous save / start again.
Such a fun game. Can't wait for next update :D
Cheers!
can you make a female verion? please
Can I ask something? Since I dont know where is it... Where is gallery?
Haven't played in a while, but I believe you access it from your room in the inn? One of the interactibles.
I cant see it, I try to find in my room but there is nothing
Must have had it confused with a different game in RPG maker lol. Not sure then sorry :)
its okay, thanks!!
You must complete the game to earn the access to the gallery, so complete the game and it will show up in your room as a red glassball
This game is so awesome😍😍😍I played it no less than four times
awesome work there, i finished the entyre game in mode i wanted all the good stuff, took me arround 2 weeks but worth it, just small doub, the door inside the tabernt in the north bridge camp is locked how i unlok it???? or is under construcction too???
Thanks for playing our game and wanting to find everything!
That door inside the tavern in the north bridge camp cannot be accessed yet!
Loving the game so far. I wasn't expecting much given how games like this tend to be put out without any chance of getting finished, but this looks really promising. Sex scenes are hot and frequent, but avoidable, nothing too nasty, no offensive material, and the writing is pretty decent.
Will eagerly await more
Thanks for the overall positive review, I'm glad our game could subvert your negative first impression (one we're very aware of ourselves, don't worry) and that you could end up enjoying what you saw and being eager for more!
XD，I wonder know why grove love carrot