weird question- but does anyone have grove save files placed right before the mopth night encounter and the dusty mine? my pc got corrupted- along with all my files, so mine are gone. thank you for the help!
They are busy focusing on their other game Prowler. Its really good and you should try it out Anyway this game wont be focused as much for a while probs
...sometime! prowler dropped, and so they're presumably going to continue work for the next update !! :3 in the meantime ive just been replaying the game lol
How does one go about finding the gallery? I've reached the end of the game, got the ending screen, been told about part 2, but I just wake up in the bedroom and that's it. No new options appear or anything.
I don't remember exactly, but I think you just need joiplay and add the ga.e to it, you need to unzip the file into a carpet and add the .exe to joiplay
Maybe you need to download a plugin to joiplay but I don't remember
I'm on mac and I'm experiencing an error when I try to open the game, after the question about enabling grapple sounds, regardless of if I choose for it to be enabled or disabled, I receive the following error, I'm unsure what to do about it.
OK, here's some instructions. Hopefully this helps you out:
First, make sure you still have the zipped Grove MacOS folder you downloaded here from Itch.io. If you deleted it or something you'll want to download it again I'm afraid...
Next, you want to 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. Then try running the game again.
If that doesn't work, next try unarchiving the zipped folder (navigate to the newly downloaded Grove file in the Finder app and double-click on the ZIP file. After several seconds, the file or the folder should decompress and 'unarchive' right there.) And then, using Finder, move the Grove application to the dedicated Applications folder.
yep. fear and hunger.. but instead you only have one party member and it's kink-based combat (even typing this out gave me a "This is a Bizarre Game" thought lol)
You need to find him in the forest! If you reach the big pool of green slime, you've gone too far.
Or if you're later in the game and he's in the river, you need to jump across the stepping stones and avoid the plants. Wait for them to go beneath the water.
I've been following the game for a while now and I just wanna say the juxtaposition of absolutely wholesome dragon moments at homebase against all the lewd, mind-corrupting monsters everywhere else is getting pretty funny.
I hope you'll keep adding to all the wonderful character and interactivity at homebase, because it's really endearing and puts GROVE above a lot of similar NSFW games in my opinion.
Thank you! We're really glad this strange contrast of attitudes is something that a lot of folks find endearing and interesting. It's something we find fun to work on ourselves.
So there'll be more of that in the future for sure, and hopefully people will continue to find it enjoyable and interesting and make the home base a relaxing place to come back to repeatedly.
I don't know how to unlock the cutscene that says [You find yourself entering a western path... and pestering a newcomer and his tent. Suddenly, your corruption flares up...]
Not this tent. It's in the area on the left of the inn. There should be a plate with a banana next to the tent (or at least close to it, if I remember correctly)
It's the bottom-right tent, but it ONLY appears for a limited time period.
The time period begins after you replace the lever and cross the bridge to the Northern Settlement, and the time period ends after you complete the "orange assignment" quest.
I've just finished the bandits camp and explored the starting area across the bridge after placing the lever in and lowering the bridge. I reached the bed rest across the initial introduction to where the desert will start. Tuon(blacksmith) has left me and returned back to the general camp. Commander of the Auxillary Division has appeared. I talked to him but didn't receive the armour to be able to enter the desert. I've talked to the wizard and blacksmith again and again so I don't know what I'm missing? The armour also isn't showing in my armoury. Please help I want to progress ;-;
Have you return from the place at the start of the game? there is a path down that leads to the jungle and had a quest there took me a bit to find it on my own but you just go back to the starting campsite and head down then to the and keep going to the ruins then go right.
From the front door of the Inn, walk ALL the way down to the bottom, then walk all the way to the left until you reach the cliffside. There's a new path heading downwards, and that's how to progress.
Also, you equip armour from the wardrobe in your room at the inn!
1.) Is this game still being developed? Saw the Dev was working on a new game (Prowler) and wondering if I should stop holding my breath. Hope not. Really like Grove so far.
2.) Is there any way moving forward that the sex wouldn't be a punishment for the player? I feel like I'm being punished for getting better at the game as I go along. Grove is actually better than most Adult games in this regard with the grapple system, but I would love to go "further" without "failing", you know?
This game is still being developed, yes! We're jumping between Prowler and Grove, and we've learned a lot of things that can help improve Grove through developing Prowler. We do hope you'll give Prowler a try when the update comes out though, if only to see what mechanics and things you might enjoy and so we can get a sense of the things to bring across to Grove.
As for sex being less of a punishment for the player, we understand what you mean and it's what stirred the initial idea of our grapple system. As for more ways... we have some ideas, but making them work with Grove's actual character and personality, and trying not to like... double our workload are considerations too. But at the very least I can say it's something we definitely do think about!
It's great to hear this game is still in development. And I understand the second bit might have been asking for more than I should. You've already done a great job with it.
Loved the game so much and impatiently waiting for the continuation! I got one question tho, when I have finished the game and unlocked the gallery, are all the chests that contain scenes should be "unlocked"? Some chests don't show me scenes but show sayings that I think are hints where I can find them. Is that so or it's just incompleted scenes? Thank you.
The chests with hints can be unlocked, their scenes are complete! You need to find them in the main game using the hints. You can use older saves to go back and get them if you need to.
I am in a location Slug cave - the underworld . On the quest “lost and found.”
I have examined the chest and armor. In both cases defeated the purple dragons. Approached the plants on the right side of the map. And tried to beat them, but no results.
I finished playing GROVE (with a taste for more) yesterday and I have to say at the moment I loved every piece of content it offers, I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished work.
Keep up the good work and take your time, good things must have their development time.
Thanks very much for both the encouragement and the patience! It's greatly appreciated, and we're super glad you enjoyed the content as much as you did!
Hoi Hoi, I had a question. So I’m making my own rpg with a lust system in it too. I was wondering how I would put it into my game. I’m making it as an rpg. I’m using rpg maker mz.
Mostly asking the grove developers since it looks like they use rpg maker
Heya, not sure what you mean by lust system, the term is quite vague and Grove doesn’t really have a ‘proper’ lust system
One way is to just use one variable to control lust and another to set the lust maximum cap. When increasing lust have a conditional to check if the current lust is higher than the cap or specific thresholds and if yes, apply your effects.
oh I meant like how grove gets aroused during certain battles. Like the dream sequence. And ok how would I go about making the variables. Or if you want I can look up how to make those in rpg maker.
Thank you for the offer. There's a lot of writing in the game so it's a big task, but if you want to give it a try, have a look into "translator++" software.
Thanks for playing our game! We're glad you enjoyed it so thoroughly!
For making translations, you'll need software like translator++. You should know there's a LOT of writing in the game though so don't feel obligated to try if it's overwhelming.
absolutly amazing game and so much fun but I'm having real problem with the jumping stones in the jungle areas I can't seem to consistently jump over the plants am I missing a trick here or is it just a skill issue?
are there more stories left after finishing all of the assignments in Auxiliary hall? ive finished all of those, but still if i check the current tasks in room 102, it is shown as i should complete the hall assignments.
Have you done all of the assignments both upstairs and downstairs?
If you've done them all, the next thing you need to do is at night time. Use a HOT Coffee bean at the Inn, then explore around the campsite. You should be able to find something going on at the windmill...
Very charming! Can't wait for Dark Places Part 2. I've loved the general pacing of the game and I loved doing the quests/mini-quests at the Adventurer's Guild (Hopefully that's the name-) and I found the combat quite enjoyable with it not being just 'Mash Z to win'.
Keep up what you're doing!(Needs more gay dragons though.)
!! Harmful Bug !! I love this game but it has always caused me trouble booting up (on Mac), crashing at random points of the load screen. When I re-downloaded it recently, it booted up fine. But a week after quitting the application I got a pop up saying I've run out of memory space. I opened the activity monitor and nwjs was still running trying to boot up grove and failing, hogging 3GB of memory. It pisses me off that it was kept running for so long without me noticing. I'm trying to make my mac battery last this time :/
Thank you very much for the bug report. We've been having instances of people struggling to get the game to open on MacOS lately and it seems that "nwjs" not closing properly might be the root cause.
Unfortunately we're not entirely sure WHY it's doing that, since it isn't a program we have any hand in... we're going to do our best to look into it, but for now, we're very grateful you brought this to our attention so we can at least hopefully work on it and warn others.
I don't think I have ever played a game quite like Grove. This game's story, characters, humor and even atmosphere are seriously better than some triple A games! Its implemention of rpg combat mechanics to build a smooth turn-based combat system with NSFW elements works excellently and I love the resource management part of exploration with things like managing your armor pieces and your stamina. Grove is truly a beautiful experience at all times whether it's being SFW or NSFW! I've actually been trying to get all the chests in the gallery and there's just one remaining chest that I can't seem to unlock, it's the one behind the hulking bat that says "Trapped, with seemingly no way out... a resident offers you an enticing, sensual deal." Could someone please tell me how to unlock this chest?
Thank you and congratulations to the developers for this amazing game and I'm looking forward to further updates!
Thank you very much for all your kind compliments on our game! Knowing that Grove can come across as both very enjoyable AND unique means a lot to us, as we definitely strived hard to push RPG Maker in ways we've never quite seen done before.
As for your missing chest, you'll need to use a save to return to the mine full of bats. When you get to the area with the pink crystals, a bat will close a gate and lock you in. Go and talk to the bat and accept his offer.
Thanks for wanting to play our game through to completion, and for the very kind review!
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I can play this using JoiPlay right?
You can try, but there are certain graphical and gameplay bugs. We don't recommend it, but you can play it if you really want to.
Ok!
am so excited that the version 309 come out, i have been waiting for sooo long
怎么打过采集两个橘子返回路上的龙，我想我也许卡在这里
Try letting him Grapple you... and then use the Resist move at the right timing! You'll be able to remove parts of his clothing!
Pay attention to the dialogue, and the visual elements!
weird question- but does anyone have grove save files placed right before the mopth night encounter and the dusty mine? my pc got corrupted- along with all my files, so mine are gone. thank you for the help!
please?
when is the next update?
They are busy focusing on their other game Prowler. Its really good and you should try it out
Anyway this game wont be focused as much for a while probs
...sometime! prowler dropped, and so they're presumably going to continue work for the next update !! :3 in the meantime ive just been replaying the game lol
Tem alguma pretensão deste jogo ter idioma em português?
Sorry, we have no plans at this time...! All our translations are done by kind volunteers, and we don't have any Portuguese volunteers.
非常好游戏，使我的xp疯狂旋转XD
仅仅只是第一部分的表现就令我如此愉悦，如此杂多的“艺术”和量大管饱的剧情让我更加期待后面的故事了
不过我仍然提议在突发遭遇战（突然进入高难精英或者boss战）的时候给玩家一个存档的时间或者自动存档，因为有时候菜的一批如果不小心忘记存档就会很麻烦，以及即使又99个存档似乎还是不够我用XD；同时我也建议在重复战斗失败时加上一个“skip”键，因为有时候遇到比较难的战斗会导致重复且多次进行战斗，有些时候就有些麻烦;以及我在游玩过程中一直挺期待和友方npc们“进一步交流”，不过这一方面似乎少之又少.....不知道之后会不会推出感情线或者多结局路线呢？
最后十分感谢让我玩到这样优质又色气的游戏，希望你们能继续做下去，期待你们的更新和创作🌹
Thank you for playing and for your very kind praise!
这个CG怎么解锁？？
How does one go about finding the gallery? I've reached the end of the game, got the ending screen, been told about part 2, but I just wake up in the bedroom and that's it. No new options appear or anything.
There should be a red orb in your bedroom. Activate it to enter the gallery.
Thank you so much. I was horribly blind about 3 times and missed it xd
But now it's time to 100% part 1
How to unlock gallery functions
Complete the story
Is there a way for me to play Android?? If possible
Nope
I use joiplay to play on Android
How? Can you give instructions?
I don't remember exactly, but I think you just need joiplay and add the ga.e to it, you need to unzip the file into a carpet and add the .exe to joiplay
Maybe you need to download a plugin to joiplay but I don't remember
I just try doing it that way but I can't play it. It's said TypeError when i try to get in. Idk what to do
Let me see if I can do something, I'll let you know
I'm on mac and I'm experiencing an error when I try to open the game, after the question about enabling grapple sounds, regardless of if I choose for it to be enabled or disabled, I receive the following error, I'm unsure what to do about it.
OK, here's some instructions. Hopefully this helps you out:
First, make sure you still have the zipped Grove MacOS folder you downloaded here from Itch.io. If you deleted it or something you'll want to download it again I'm afraid...
Next, you want to 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. Then try running the game again.
If that doesn't work, next try unarchiving the zipped folder (navigate to the newly downloaded Grove file in the Finder app and double-click on the ZIP file. After several seconds, the file or the folder should decompress and 'unarchive' right there.)
And then, using Finder, move the Grove application to the dedicated Applications folder.
Hopefully this works for you!
would be funny if it turns out to be a furry Fear and Hunger like game (never played it yet, obviously, writing this comment)
Nothing like that really, but hopefully you enjoyed our game if you gave it a try!
yep. fear and hunger.. but instead you only have one party member and it's kink-based combat (even typing this out gave me a "This is a Bizarre Game" thought lol)
Silly little question but how do I rescue Kuno? Am I Dumb?
You need to find him in the forest! If you reach the big pool of green slime, you've gone too far.
Or if you're later in the game and he's in the river, you need to jump across the stepping stones and avoid the plants. Wait for them to go beneath the water.
I've been following the game for a while now and I just wanna say the juxtaposition of absolutely wholesome dragon moments at homebase against all the lewd, mind-corrupting monsters everywhere else is getting pretty funny.
I hope you'll keep adding to all the wonderful character and interactivity at homebase, because it's really endearing and puts GROVE above a lot of similar NSFW games in my opinion.
Thank you! We're really glad this strange contrast of attitudes is something that a lot of folks find endearing and interesting. It's something we find fun to work on ourselves.
So there'll be more of that in the future for sure, and hopefully people will continue to find it enjoyable and interesting and make the home base a relaxing place to come back to repeatedly.
I don't know how to unlock the cutscene that says [You find yourself entering a western path... and pestering a newcomer and his tent. Suddenly, your corruption flares up...]
Can you tell me if that's okay?
You need to have 10 Corruption points. When you do, repeatedly try and enter the Auxiliary Commander's tent.
Not this tent. It's in the area on the left of the inn. There should be a plate with a banana next to the tent (or at least close to it, if I remember correctly)
Do you have any of these?
It's the bottom-right tent, but it ONLY appears for a limited time period.
The time period begins after you replace the lever and cross the bridge to the Northern Settlement, and the time period ends after you complete the "orange assignment" quest.
I've just finished the bandits camp and explored the starting area across the bridge after placing the lever in and lowering the bridge. I reached the bed rest across the initial introduction to where the desert will start. Tuon(blacksmith) has left me and returned back to the general camp. Commander of the Auxillary Division has appeared. I talked to him but didn't receive the armour to be able to enter the desert. I've talked to the wizard and blacksmith again and again so I don't know what I'm missing? The armour also isn't showing in my armoury. Please help I want to progress ;-;
Have you return from the place at the start of the game? there is a path down that leads to the jungle and had a quest there took me a bit to find it on my own but you just go back to the starting campsite and head down then to the and keep going to the ruins then go right.
Yeah i was running around for like 40 mins going to each location thinking i missed an interaction or chest. Thank you!!!
From the front door of the Inn, walk ALL the way down to the bottom, then walk all the way to the left until you reach the cliffside. There's a new path heading downwards, and that's how to progress.
Also, you equip armour from the wardrobe in your room at the inn!
Thank youuu >~> I got to the jungle location now. Literal lifesavers!!!
Just finished everything I could in .308
Was kind of wondering two things:
1.) Is this game still being developed? Saw the Dev was working on a new game (Prowler) and wondering if I should stop holding my breath. Hope not. Really like Grove so far.
2.) Is there any way moving forward that the sex wouldn't be a punishment for the player? I feel like I'm being punished for getting better at the game as I go along. Grove is actually better than most Adult games in this regard with the grapple system, but I would love to go "further" without "failing", you know?
This game is still being developed, yes! We're jumping between Prowler and Grove, and we've learned a lot of things that can help improve Grove through developing Prowler.
We do hope you'll give Prowler a try when the update comes out though, if only to see what mechanics and things you might enjoy and so we can get a sense of the things to bring across to Grove.
As for sex being less of a punishment for the player, we understand what you mean and it's what stirred the initial idea of our grapple system. As for more ways... we have some ideas, but making them work with Grove's actual character and personality, and trying not to like... double our workload are considerations too.
But at the very least I can say it's something we definitely do think about!
Thanks for the reply!
It's great to hear this game is still in development. And I understand the second bit might have been asking for more than I should. You've already done a great job with it.
I'll have to give prowler a try.
Loved the game so much and impatiently waiting for the continuation! I got one question tho, when I have finished the game and unlocked the gallery, are all the chests that contain scenes should be "unlocked"? Some chests don't show me scenes but show sayings that I think are hints where I can find them. Is that so or it's just incompleted scenes? Thank you.
The chests with hints can be unlocked, their scenes are complete! You need to find them in the main game using the hints. You can use older saves to go back and get them if you need to.
Good luck with going for 100%!
Room for future expansion.
I have examined the chest and armor. In both cases defeated the purple dragons. Approached the plants on the right side of the map. And tried to beat them, but no results.
Can you please tell me what to do next?
You need to approach the pile of wood on the left. You'll make an item, which can then be used to pass the plants on the right.
I finished playing GROVE (with a taste for more) yesterday and I have to say at the moment I loved every piece of content it offers, I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished work.
Keep up the good work and take your time, good things must have their development time.
Thanks very much for both the encouragement and the patience! It's greatly appreciated, and we're super glad you enjoyed the content as much as you did!
Thank you.
Hoi Hoi, I had a question. So I’m making my own rpg with a lust system in it too. I was wondering how I would put it into my game. I’m making it as an rpg. I’m using rpg maker mz.
Mostly asking the grove developers since it looks like they use rpg maker
Heya, not sure what you mean by lust system, the term is quite vague and Grove doesn’t really have a ‘proper’ lust system
One way is to just use one variable to control lust and another to set the lust maximum cap. When increasing lust have a conditional to check if the current lust is higher than the cap or specific thresholds and if yes, apply your effects.
- RegalBuster
oh I meant like how grove gets aroused during certain battles. Like the dream sequence. And ok how would I go about making the variables. Or if you want I can look up how to make those in rpg maker.
If you need someone to help translating this game to Korean I’d be happy to help! I’d love to see this game in my language~
Thank you for the offer. There's a lot of writing in the game so it's a big task, but if you want to give it a try, have a look into "translator++" software.
Adding slimes that force themselves down your gullet and slowly corrupt you from the inside out would be pretty cool
Just recently playing it and ohmygod I love it, like seriously! Well crafted, easy to understand combat system, niche kinks, and graphics are 10/10 :)
And whilst playing it I was thinking, can I make cz language version? If so, how should I start?
Thanks for playing our game! We're glad you enjoyed it so thoroughly!
For making translations, you'll need software like translator++. You should know there's a LOT of writing in the game though so don't feel obligated to try if it's overwhelming.
absolutly amazing game and so much fun but I'm having real problem with the jumping stones in the jungle areas I can't seem to consistently jump over the plants am I missing a trick here or is it just a skill issue?
There's a trick to it. Just observe the plants. See how they move up and down? You need to jump when they're down, under the water.
Hope that helps you progress and continue to enjoy our game!
When can it be updated? I can't wait any longer
Sorry, we don't have a date yet.
There will be an update for our second game soon. It is called Prowler. Maybe you would enjoy playing it whilst waiting for Grove.
what a pity!
This game has no right being "free" for how much content there is, so I donated. Excellent work from everyone who worked on this!
PS More slimes and plant latchers in the update? O.O
Thanks very much for the kind words and generous donation! We really appreciate that, truly~
Can't spoil content for upcoming updates, but we'll do our best to make it something enjoyable!
Are there any enemy defeat scenes? And is there a way to surrender?
Uh... yes. And not specifically 'surrender' but plenty of ways to give up in combat and let enemies have fun with you.
No offence but did you actually try the game before asking these questions? These things are PRETTY apparent within a few minutes of starting.
Yeah i played a bit before sorry for asking something pretty obvious been a while since i last had played
Game so good it made me realize I was bisexual 👍
Well alright then! You're welcome, I think?
are there more stories left after finishing all of the assignments in Auxiliary hall? ive finished all of those, but still if i check the current tasks in room 102, it is shown as i should complete the hall assignments.
Have you done all of the assignments both upstairs and downstairs?
If you've done them all, the next thing you need to do is at night time. Use a HOT Coffee bean at the Inn, then explore around the campsite. You should be able to find something going on at the windmill...
thanks :)
Very charming! Can't wait for Dark Places Part 2. I've loved the general pacing of the game and I loved doing the quests/mini-quests at the Adventurer's Guild (Hopefully that's the name-) and I found the combat quite enjoyable with it not being just 'Mash Z to win'.
Keep up what you're doing!
(Needs more gay dragons though.)Thanks for the kind words! It's nice to hear some direct compliments on the exploratory nature and pacing of the game, and not just the lewd stuff!
정말 죄송하지만 북쪽 다리 캠프에서 다음 캠프로 이동하는 방법을 모르겠습니다.
괜찮으시다면 알려주실 수 있나요?
Return to the Inn.
Walk directly downwards until you bump into the trees.
Then walk to the left until you reach the cliffside.
There is a new pathway to the south. Follow it to continue the game.
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여관으로 돌아갑니다.
나무에 부딪힐 때까지 직접 아래쪽으로 걸어가세요.
그런 다음 절벽에 도달할 때까지 왼쪽으로 걸어가세요.
남쪽으로 가는 새로운 길이 생겼습니다. 게임을 계속하려면 이를 따르세요.
thank you! I like your game
Thank you!
I'm sorry to ask you again, but Delivery undelivered
Blocked in the middle of questing....
Can you tell me what to do..?
I'm so sorry...
Additionally, I don't even know how to proceed in a cyber world that went in without killing King Bandit...
In your Inventory, in your Key Items, will be items you need to deliver.
They will have a 'star' marking next to them, and a description of who to deliver, and where they can be found.
I hope you can understand the game through translation. Good luck with the deliveries.
!! Harmful Bug !!
I love this game but it has always caused me trouble booting up (on Mac), crashing at random points of the load screen. When I re-downloaded it recently, it booted up fine. But a week after quitting the application I got a pop up saying I've run out of memory space. I opened the activity monitor and nwjs was still running trying to boot up grove and failing, hogging 3GB of memory. It pisses me off that it was kept running for so long without me noticing. I'm trying to make my mac battery last this time :/
Thank you very much for the bug report. We've been having instances of people struggling to get the game to open on MacOS lately and it seems that "nwjs" not closing properly might be the root cause.
Unfortunately we're not entirely sure WHY it's doing that, since it isn't a program we have any hand in... we're going to do our best to look into it, but for now, we're very grateful you brought this to our attention so we can at least hopefully work on it and warn others.
I don't think I have ever played a game quite like Grove. This game's story, characters, humor and even atmosphere are seriously better than some triple A games! Its implemention of rpg combat mechanics to build a smooth turn-based combat system with NSFW elements works excellently and I love the resource management part of exploration with things like managing your armor pieces and your stamina. Grove is truly a beautiful experience at all times whether it's being SFW or NSFW! I've actually been trying to get all the chests in the gallery and there's just one remaining chest that I can't seem to unlock, it's the one behind the hulking bat that says "Trapped, with seemingly no way out... a resident offers you an enticing, sensual deal." Could someone please tell me how to unlock this chest?
Thank you and congratulations to the developers for this amazing game and I'm looking forward to further updates!
Thank you very much for all your kind compliments on our game! Knowing that Grove can come across as both very enjoyable AND unique means a lot to us, as we definitely strived hard to push RPG Maker in ways we've never quite seen done before.
As for your missing chest, you'll need to use a save to return to the mine full of bats. When you get to the area with the pink crystals, a bat will close a gate and lock you in. Go and talk to the bat and accept his offer.
Thanks for wanting to play our game through to completion, and for the very kind review!