Hey there! This game looks very interesting and I'd love to give it a go! Unfortunately, it looks like there's some sort of bug in the Mac version that keeps in from launching properly. Every attempt will show developer credits, the NSFW warning, and then an immediate crash before anything else occurs. I hope this isn't too big of a fix!
Does the game just immediately crash with no warning? Or does it provide an error message before doing so? If so, could you tell us exactly what that error message says, and then maybe we can help you!
1.) Download the game .zip file via the MacOS backup link at the bottom of the game description, and extract the folder (Grove_0.204) to the desktop.
2). Download the normal version of NW.js and transfer the app to Applications.
3). Go finder > utilities > terminal and use the following command to launch the game (the "name" should be your username for the file path):
open -n -a nwjs --args "/Users/name/Desktop/Grove_0.204”
If this is all a little too technical, I do apologise. We'll do our best to look into the issue, but... that's a bit difficult when the game just crashes with no error message.
First off - thank you for all your help! I greatly appreciate how quickly you've been responding. I finally had a moment to take a crack at this tonight, and figured I'd report back.
I went ahead and grabbed nwjs and used the terminal command you provided me! I had to tweak the file path just a little to make sure it aligned with the folder names, as a straight copy/paste didn't accomplish anything. I went ahead and tried a file path for both the layers of folders alongside the app for the sake of completeness. Didn't want to accidentally mess things up, as I'm not sure what I'm doing.
The end result of this was the same error being thrown by nwjs every attempt - "Manifest file missing or unreadable." I'm hoping that's a clue for your bug hunt, and not an indication of me mangling the command somehow!
Played it, loved it, paid $50USD as a fitting reward for a game well made, and registered to give my praise!
Some ideas I had:
I hope for more contextual text prompts when affected by states or parasites etc with later updates . It drastically increases the lewdness of the game without too much more added production time. Reminding the player every so often that Grove is dealing with forced teasing. I also hope for the possibility to unlock more exotic combinations of scenarios if one is able to traverse across regions in states (slime suited, latched, wrapped in bandages) and that enemies react with specific attacks or text prompts in those scenarios. That way you get more game for backtracking the same areas.
Would also be awesome if Grove needed to carry around items of a suggestive nature, and that after getting knocked down in combat, certain enemies took advantage of said items, for bonus sequences. Maybe even combinations of items, or a stackable effect if you have several of the same item (like with latchers). Say for example the rope you need to rappel to the mines. Maybe you need 3 ropes, and you collect them at different places, needing to get past enemies to get them. With the 1st rope, your ankles get tied upon knock-down. With the second rope, your wrists get tied upon knock-down. With a third rope, you get hogtied, and a lewd game over ensues. Something like that. This might also force you have to go back and get a new item of the same kind even if you defeat the enemy! E.g. "You cut yourself free of the rope, but now you have to get a fresh bundle". Just throwing it out there :D
Thanks a lot for such a kind donation! We're honoured you thought so highly of our game, truly! :)
Contextual prompts and scenarios where Grove might be under the effect of some kind of status, like the existing slimesuit or bandage wrap scenes are something we'd certainly be interested in doing more of. Combinations are a bit more tricky and more work to make... work, but maybe...!
As for inventory items that have an effect on scenes, that could also be done! I won't make any promises, but I do think that's a good and somewhat simple thing to implement in terms of coding.
Thanks for your suggestions and thanks again for the donation! Super kind of you and we massively appreciate it!
Very high effort for a porn game, or an RPG maker game in general really. Honestly pretty impressive. Good porn, good characters, tons on offer here and I can't wait to see what else the devs can come up with in the future.
Thanks for the kind comment! Definitely tried our best to make the game a little more than just your average lewd RPGMaker game, so I'm glad you feel that way about it!
More to come in the future, once we make it through the busy work and university times. Hope you'll continue to enjoy what we intend to offer!
I went into this game expecting nothing. Was bored and just needed something to pass the time. The next thing I knew it was 3am and I should really go get some rest, but the "just one more thing" vibe was strong.
Definitely going to play more of this and pay attention to future updates. Best character ever? Tuon the blacksmith. He's absolutely precious.
Dont get me wrong, the game looks great, grove just seems like he needs a girl is all, im curious why there is not a single female anywhere to bee seen, almost unrealistically so, it would add more variety for atleast a few girls to the game, did not a single female come on the expedition to map and explore the north?
Like it says in the description, the game is M/M focused. There's some lore reasons as to why there's no women on the expedition, but there ARE females in this world.
We MIGHT include a female NPC or two in the game, but I'll tell you right now not to expect any explicit content with them. That's... just not the focus of this game, really.
Makes me a little sad though, l think dragons and lizards are cool, im just not all that into other dudes, i tend to go for the ambiguous stuff as a result, im not asking you to change the narrative, just some stuff for people who want a bit of the female variety, plust it might draw a bigger audience to your game, im straight and im here, i lean a bit towards the slimes and slugs scenes as a result, its a fun game, im just not really into other men.
Apologies that there isn't a prominent female presence in the game, but we'd rather try to have a focus for the content just so the bulk of the player base will know what to expect. There will be other 'ambiguous' creatures and the such, but I'll say this now that we won't be having M/F content in Grove. Perhaps in future projects, we'll dabble, but not this one
I like this game so much, i mean the Grove and all main character is great, yet the lil dragon builders[maybe?] in the camp, bandit boss and wizard are lovely as well[though the boss use tentacle to Grove after all Xd]. passing this version took me like 2 days and i just cant stop playing it, not just the fun scene[you know] is grea, but also the text and story lovely and attractive for me. once it is finished i even fill a bit sad ;0, after all i really am looking forward the following version.Xddd
[i just regist this site and for giving this game a comment :333]
Thanks a lot for registering to itch.io to leave us a comment! That means a great deal to us, to know you enjoyed our game so much you'd go through that effort :)
It will take some time for the next update, as we are quite busy with work and university studies. But we still love this game and hope to keep updating it, and these kind comments give us the desire and passion to do that! Thank you again, truly!
very good game best game of the genre I hope to see more updates in the future and I can't wait to get this one but I wanted to see more scenes of bestiality like wild monsters and more scenes of the bad guys I think it has a lot of potential and could put capture scenes where the grove is captured and taken to a nest and being used as a sex slave and you have to run away would be really cool
pss: I used google translator because I don't know how to speak or write in English so I predao if some letters come out wrong
Thank you for playing and commenting our game! We appreciate your effort to translate your words for us to read :)
There will be more updates in the future, and I hope you will enjoy the new enemies we have planned. Make sure to +Follow our game so you are informed!
Really enjoyed this game! Art and gameplay are both excellent! If I may make one suggestion, I'd love to see some scenes where Grove tops. Maybe 'punishing' a defeated enemy, something like that.
Easily one of the best adult games I've ever seen. A sincerely amazing job!
I've been playing it for 3 days straight, trying to explore every nook and cranny of the (fairly large) world and experience everything it has to offer (as of 0.204) and still didn't get bored in the slightest.
The characters are compelling and really well written, fitting perfectly with the lighthearted, at times sweet, and overall wholesome (if you can believe it) mood of the experience.
The enemies are well designed, both in art and mechanically, which allows for various interesting dynamics and consequences even out of combat, rewarding the player for finding alternative solutions and trying out different approaches to combat.
The art style of the panels during cutscenes and in the combat sprites is adorable and, although still a bit rough, nonetheless engaging (especially during the "fun" parts ;) ).
The story and the setting are both really intriguing and compelling.
The progression in satisfying.
Of course, there's still much room for improvement, but I noticed there's a conveniently placed Discord server section for it so think I'll spare those feedbacks in this post.
Alas I can easily see myself lost in this game after its full release. Can't wait for future updates :D
I mean, I'm already pretty lost in it as it is, so... XD
Appreciate the very kind feedback, and do pop into the Discord if you so wish! Knowing that you and many others are willing to explore so much of the game does make us quite excited to continue development whenever possible :)
Would just like to add my sincere thanks for your cohesive thoughts roundup! Thanks so much for all the positive words and for all the time you spent playing our game, from the lewd stuff to the world and characters and story!
You're very welcome :) And of course my thanks to you guys for offering this experience.
I'd be happy to provide more valuable contribution should the opportunity present itself, be it feedback, suggestions, or more technical stuff. I'm currently studying game development and, although I'm primarily a 3D artist, I'm also interested in design elements as well.
In that case, may I humbly recommend checking out our DIscord server. We have places for suggestions and feedback and bug reports, and a friendly community!
No pressure to do so, of course. Totally up to you.
I've been playing this game for HOURS and completed it about 7 times already (obviously the content it currently has) I can't stop playing it, just a masterpiece. Excellent work <3
downloaded the game about three days ago and just now "finished" it, fell in love with the story and characters, and the combat system is amazing and very funny and kinky game overs. this game has become my new sporce of entertainment, can't wait for the next update.
just one quick question though, how can i escape the prision cell? i have just about checked everything i could, but i can't seem to find a way out...
If you're referring to the prison cell in the bandit hideout... there's a damaged part of the cell bars that you can interact with and break out!
Otherwise, thank you very much for the kind comment and review of our game! Always a pleasure to hear folks enjoying the story as well as the kink. Super glad you enjoyed it so much, and we hope you'll continue to enjoy it just as much with future updates :)
You're going to need to give more details for us to be able to help you.
What version are you trying to play? Windows, MacOS or Linux? Have you downloaded the correct version for your computer's operating system?
You're not trying to play on mobile, are you? Have you made sure to fully extract the game files before playing? Have you made sure to save them locally and not in a cloudsync folder?
If the game is giving you an error message, tell us what it is.
This game is a masterpiece in it's own right and has served to be a focal point to me for a lot of eye opening changes in my life. So I hope you two know how much it means to me. Thank you for making the game. Thank for being such amazing people. And thank you for being great friends.
Keep up the great work but don't forget to take breaks every once in a while either.
I haven't played the new version yet but I hope to soon, potentially with a friend I shared the previous version of Grove with on stream. I just wanted to let you guys know that I don't often like hentai games, especially not as much as I love Grove. It's such a special one, and all the kinks and such are wildly up my alley. Love love love it. Only thing I could ask for is hypnosis. Also I'm gonna try to donate monthly because I not only want to show support, but also want to see you guys thrive as much as possible for what you're doing! I'm curious if you guys will ever add this particular game to Steam when it's done? Would love to have it in my collection.
I do hope you'll get around to checking out the newest content soon, especially if you're looking for more hypnosis scenes... there's a certain snake ;)
But otherwise, thank you very much for your kind comment! It means a lot to hear such positive words and the fact you want to support our game in such a manner! We'd be honoured by those donations, just make sure you've got enough money for yourself!
As for Grove coming to Steam... I think we'll look into that when the game is content-complete, yeah! I don't have any issue with that personally, I'd just want to make sure it's in a nice and polished and worthy state.
I am VERY much looking forward to it. :D Incredibly so. And np, I will, thank you. :) I can believe it, I'm sure with you guys working on it it'll get there eventually!
i just finished the games story and it was amazing if im being honest the story was fun to read the art was amazing and the fighting mechanic was very fun and actually hard at times especially with the vine boss which added to it when i downloaded the game i thought its going to be an hour long game that eventually ends with alot of plot holes and stuff like that but it went for a very long time way more then i expected from a free game next month ill definitly donate which ive never done on itch
i enjoyd it so much that the nsfw part of the game just felt like a little bonus to it
ill definitly be waiting for more updates to come from this game and keep on the great work!
Hey, thank you very much for the kind and considerate comment! We'd massively appreciate any donation you're willing to offer, and we're humbled that you think our game is worth it!
More updates are in the works, so do make sure to +Follow here, check out Twitter, join the Discord... whatever method suits you best :)
The way you guy enthusiastically answered every comments has showed that Grove's developers are still paying attention to their brainchild, that this game will still live and be updated in the near future.
I remember you guy said there was some problems in the design team, sorry to hear that, but, whatever it is, I really do hope that the problems will be easily solved, Grove would still stand strong and update more storylines, more maps, characters, NSFW arts :>
I also remember that one of you said there would be a female NPC in the next version, looking forward for that.
I love this game, I love your work, keep doing your best <3
Hey, thank you very much for the kind and considerate comment. It actually does mean a lot to hear the positive reinforcement that you've given, even as we go through a bit of a rough spot in terms of game dev.
To cut a long story short, we're both dreadfully busy with work and university. This game, much as we love it and all the support it's been given, is a passion project and not a 'job' and we don't want to turn it into one, so we only work on it when we have the time and the creative energy to do so.
It's going to be a while until the next update is ready, but hopefully you'll be able to enjoy it just as much, if not more, than the ones that have come before...!
Yea, ive been wanting to see females in the game for ages now, let grove get laid with some females, i mostly prefere the slimes since im not all that into other men.
Dude, no offence or trying to be rude but, you do know this is a gay NSFW game about a male dragon being raped by all kind of creatures most of whom have tentacle. No female exist are because of that, until the next update of course. Again, no offence, you love the and support it, I love that, please don't hate me for those words.
Now, I encountered a bug while talking to the blacksmith and when I finished talking, the player character and the blacksmith wouldn't disappear after talking.
I believe this issue might have been fixed in the most recent update v0.204
But if not, you should be able to clear the screen by teleporting using your documents case in your 'key items'! Just teleport to the Quiet Meadow and it should sort everything.
I'm sorry can you explain in a slow way, I don't really understand the meaning of some words and of course the bug I encountered in the latest version (I found this bug after following a GROVE timeline as of v0.204 )
I left the forest without wearing the slimy black underwear, because I didn't wanted to use it without a place to teleport back in case of any game over, and the underwear became inert. Is there anyway to reactivate it? Because looks like I have to use it in the glory hole
Make sure you are not playing in a cloud save folder, and that you’ve extracted the contents of the .zip file and not just played it via the folder. This may create save generation issues so it’s best to have this game in a local folder directory, ie on your desktop.
So I downloaded the game and I played through it. sadly my virus protection system picked up the Grove's exe file as a virus and almost crashed my computer. I had to completely delete the game and all it's files. I would love to continue playing this game. What should I do?
Firstly, I can assure you that Grove is not a virus, as I’m sure others can attest to. You could try downloading the game again and seeing if your antivirus picks up on that, but if not, try to add an exception for Grove in the settings or look into temporarily disabling active protection whilst you play the game.
Genuine question as I'm not far into it yet, what exactly does corruption do? Like is it kind of a "bad end route" if you get too much of it? Or does it just mean you experienced sexy scenes?
Corruption currently does not play a super active role in the game aside from dream variations, and the unlocking of a particular scene. All I can say is that we’ll never bar off lewd content based off of your corruption count, but it may influence the way Grove acts in the future.
my computer is broke, is it possible to download this to my phone? If so then how? Will it be supported on galaxy 10ae type phone? I tried to download it but cant figure out what app runs it, can you help devs?
We don't officially support playing the game on mobile. There's some broken visuals and other such bugs in the game that can mess with the playing experience.
If you truly still want to try though, the 'JoiPlay' program will allow for playing of RPGMaker games on mobile.
Once again, thank you for your reply and patience, i hate the fact my pc is broke, something to do with hardware failure and memory cannot be accessed.
Im no detective, but it looks like the lighting effectsmay have something to do with the error in question, is there a work around or a setting i can change? I looked through all the settings that are available and still cant fix it, the ui settings and the settings in the book in the room, could be a coding error in the layers system
It's an incompatibility with JoiPlay and the plugins that we use for lighting, as I mentioned. If you can find a way to disable 'doodads' that should clear things up for you...
Just please bear in mind that we're not focused on mobile right now and won't be making official ports or fixes.
hey, um... i kinda wrote a fan-fiction for this awesome game, inspired by the early part where you save Kuno and acquire his corrupted underwear, then get it purified later. would it be alright if i linked it here? im kinda proud of it and would love to share it with everyone! ^w^
I'm not sure how itch.io handles external links in comments, but you're welcome to try.
Are you on Discord, by the way? You're more than welcome to join the GROVE server and share your kind work of fan-fiction there! I'm sure the folks there would love to see it.
Love this game!!! Just finished it, and I just wanted to tell you guys, that you are doing a great job! I know you are busy, but I really can't wait for the next part to come out :)
Btw, how do I get the Purple Chess Scene from the Gallery? I just see one tent in the west, but I don't know how to get to it. I also don't know if it's even a tent that unlocks the scene
If you're referring to the chest that's hint mentions a 'newcomer' and his tent...
Then you need to try entering the Auxiliary Commander's tent that's to the west / left of the Inn. Go there with 10 or more Corruption, and interact with the tent several times...
If you need help getting more Corruption, the Slime Dragons or the Jungle Slugs can help you out. Just make sure you don't get an actual Game Over to them...!
Otherwise, thanks for the kind words on the game so far! It's much appreciated, truly!
Okay, thanks anyway. But there's always one box at the gallery that doesn't open, and I'm not sure if it's my problem. I'll show you when I'm done. Thank you ~
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I missed the chance to get tatters in hideout, is there any other way to get the skimpy covers?
Not currently, no.
We do plan to include another way to get them in a future update, however.
Easily one of the best rpg yet, looking forward for the next updates! :D
Thanks! Glad to hear you think so!
Hey there! This game looks very interesting and I'd love to give it a go! Unfortunately, it looks like there's some sort of bug in the Mac version that keeps in from launching properly. Every attempt will show developer credits, the NSFW warning, and then an immediate crash before anything else occurs. I hope this isn't too big of a fix!
Does the game just immediately crash with no warning? Or does it provide an error message before doing so? If so, could you tell us exactly what that error message says, and then maybe we can help you!
Unfortunately, I have no error message to provide. It just immediately crashes. Sorry, I'm sure that makes your jobs harder
Our best suggestion would be to try launching the gaming using a program called nw.js which can be found at
https://nwjs.io
1.) Download the game .zip file via the MacOS backup link at the bottom of the game description, and extract the folder (Grove_0.204) to the desktop.
2). Download the normal version of NW.js and transfer the app to Applications.
3). Go finder > utilities > terminal and use the following command to launch the game (the "name" should be your username for the file path):
open -n -a nwjs --args "/Users/name/Desktop/Grove_0.204”
If this is all a little too technical, I do apologise. We'll do our best to look into the issue, but... that's a bit difficult when the game just crashes with no error message.
First off - thank you for all your help! I greatly appreciate how quickly you've been responding. I finally had a moment to take a crack at this tonight, and figured I'd report back.
I went ahead and grabbed nwjs and used the terminal command you provided me! I had to tweak the file path just a little to make sure it aligned with the folder names, as a straight copy/paste didn't accomplish anything. I went ahead and tried a file path for both the layers of folders alongside the app for the sake of completeness. Didn't want to accidentally mess things up, as I'm not sure what I'm doing.
The end result of this was the same error being thrown by nwjs every attempt - "Manifest file missing or unreadable." I'm hoping that's a clue for your bug hunt, and not an indication of me mangling the command somehow!
You can try to put the game body on the desktop, I solved the problem perfectly with this method, I hope it can help you.
Did amileva's answer help you out?
I just want to be able to seduce a certain adorkable Ranger....
Eventually...!
Loving it, definitely one of the best RPG games I've played in the last few years. We need a scene with the blacksmith.
Besides the ones already in the game? Do check out Qazm's awesome game guide if you haven't seen them yet.
Otherwise, thanks a lot for the kind words! A pleasure to know you hold our game in such high esteem.
我想问一下，有个 箱子我死活解锁不了，说是听到了求救声，遭遇了第一个敌人
那个在最开始的战斗教程中输掉就行了
Played it, loved it, paid $50USD as a fitting reward for a game well made, and registered to give my praise!
Some ideas I had:
I hope for more contextual text prompts when affected by states or parasites etc with later updates . It drastically increases the lewdness of the game without too much more added production time. Reminding the player every so often that Grove is dealing with forced teasing. I also hope for the possibility to unlock more exotic combinations of scenarios if one is able to traverse across regions in states (slime suited, latched, wrapped in bandages) and that enemies react with specific attacks or text prompts in those scenarios. That way you get more game for backtracking the same areas.
Would also be awesome if Grove needed to carry around items of a suggestive nature, and that after getting knocked down in combat, certain enemies took advantage of said items, for bonus sequences. Maybe even combinations of items, or a stackable effect if you have several of the same item (like with latchers). Say for example the rope you need to rappel to the mines. Maybe you need 3 ropes, and you collect them at different places, needing to get past enemies to get them. With the 1st rope, your ankles get tied upon knock-down. With the second rope, your wrists get tied upon knock-down. With a third rope, you get hogtied, and a lewd game over ensues. Something like that. This might also force you have to go back and get a new item of the same kind even if you defeat the enemy! E.g. "You cut yourself free of the rope, but now you have to get a fresh bundle". Just throwing it out there :D
Thanks a lot for such a kind donation! We're honoured you thought so highly of our game, truly! :)
Contextual prompts and scenarios where Grove might be under the effect of some kind of status, like the existing slimesuit or bandage wrap scenes are something we'd certainly be interested in doing more of. Combinations are a bit more tricky and more work to make... work, but maybe...!
As for inventory items that have an effect on scenes, that could also be done! I won't make any promises, but I do think that's a good and somewhat simple thing to implement in terms of coding.
Thanks for your suggestions and thanks again for the donation! Super kind of you and we massively appreciate it!
Very high effort for a porn game, or an RPG maker game in general really. Honestly pretty impressive. Good porn, good characters, tons on offer here and I can't wait to see what else the devs can come up with in the future.
Thanks for the kind comment! Definitely tried our best to make the game a little more than just your average lewd RPGMaker game, so I'm glad you feel that way about it!
More to come in the future, once we make it through the busy work and university times. Hope you'll continue to enjoy what we intend to offer!
I went into this game expecting nothing. Was bored and just needed something to pass the time.
The next thing I knew it was 3am and I should really go get some rest, but the "just one more thing" vibe was strong.
Definitely going to play more of this and pay attention to future updates.
Best character ever? Tuon the blacksmith. He's absolutely precious.
Thanks a great deal! It's a pleasure to hear that the game was able to grab you like it did.
Hope you'll continue to enjoy playing what's left, and the updates when they arrive.
Dont get me wrong, the game looks great, grove just seems like he needs a girl is all, im curious why there is not a single female anywhere to bee seen, almost unrealistically so, it would add more variety for atleast a few girls to the game, did not a single female come on the expedition to map and explore the north?
It's legit the first few words in the overview of the game "Grove” is an M/M focused NSFW RPG " that's why there isn't a single female
Like it says in the description, the game is M/M focused. There's some lore reasons as to why there's no women on the expedition, but there ARE females in this world.
We MIGHT include a female NPC or two in the game, but I'll tell you right now not to expect any explicit content with them. That's... just not the focus of this game, really.
Makes me a little sad though, l think dragons and lizards are cool, im just not all that into other dudes, i tend to go for the ambiguous stuff as a result, im not asking you to change the narrative, just some stuff for people who want a bit of the female variety, plust it might draw a bigger audience to your game, im straight and im here, i lean a bit towards the slimes and slugs scenes as a result, its a fun game, im just not really into other men.
Apologies that there isn't a prominent female presence in the game, but we'd rather try to have a focus for the content just so the bulk of the player base will know what to expect. There will be other 'ambiguous' creatures and the such, but I'll say this now that we won't be having M/F content in Grove. Perhaps in future projects, we'll dabble, but not this one
- RegalBuster
There are thousands of games dedicated to M/W....cant we have our small handful of good M/M games?
A lot of people got you wrong dude
I like this game so much, i mean the Grove and all main character is great, yet the lil dragon builders[maybe?] in the camp, bandit boss and wizard are lovely as well[though the boss use tentacle to Grove after all Xd]. passing this version took me like 2 days and i just cant stop playing it, not just the fun scene[you know] is grea, but also the text and story lovely and attractive for me. once it is finished i even fill a bit sad ;0, after all i really am looking forward the following version.Xddd
[i just regist this site and for giving this game a comment :333]
Thanks a lot for registering to itch.io to leave us a comment! That means a great deal to us, to know you enjoyed our game so much you'd go through that effort :)
It will take some time for the next update, as we are quite busy with work and university studies. But we still love this game and hope to keep updating it, and these kind comments give us the desire and passion to do that! Thank you again, truly!
very good game best game of the genre I hope to see more updates in the future and I can't wait to get this one but I wanted to see more scenes of bestiality like wild monsters and more scenes of the bad guys I think it has a lot of potential and could put capture scenes where the grove is captured and taken to a nest and being used as a sex slave and you have to run away would be really cool
pss: I used google translator because I don't know how to speak or write in English so I predao if some letters come out wrong
Thank you for playing and commenting our game! We appreciate your effort to translate your words for us to read :)
There will be more updates in the future, and I hope you will enjoy the new enemies we have planned. Make sure to +Follow our game so you are informed!
Thank you again :)
Really enjoyed this game! Art and gameplay are both excellent! If I may make one suggestion, I'd love to see some scenes where Grove tops. Maybe 'punishing' a defeated enemy, something like that.
Let's just say... we have some ideas where that suggestions is concerned.
In the meantime, thanks a lot for your kind comment and for playing our game in the first place!
Easily one of the best adult games I've ever seen. A sincerely amazing job!
I've been playing it for 3 days straight, trying to explore every nook and cranny of the (fairly large) world and experience everything it has to offer (as of 0.204) and still didn't get bored in the slightest.
The characters are compelling and really well written, fitting perfectly with the lighthearted, at times sweet, and overall wholesome (if you can believe it) mood of the experience.
The enemies are well designed, both in art and mechanically, which allows for various interesting dynamics and consequences even out of combat, rewarding the player for finding alternative solutions and trying out different approaches to combat.
The art style of the panels during cutscenes and in the combat sprites is adorable and, although still a bit rough, nonetheless engaging (especially during the "fun" parts ;) ).
The story and the setting are both really intriguing and compelling.
The progression in satisfying.
Of course, there's still much room for improvement, but I noticed there's a conveniently placed Discord server section for it so think I'll spare those feedbacks in this post.
Alas I can easily see myself lost in this game after its full release. Can't wait for future updates :D
I mean, I'm already pretty lost in it as it is, so... XDAppreciate the very kind feedback, and do pop into the Discord if you so wish! Knowing that you and many others are willing to explore so much of the game does make us quite excited to continue development whenever possible :)
-RegalBuster
Would just like to add my sincere thanks for your cohesive thoughts roundup! Thanks so much for all the positive words and for all the time you spent playing our game, from the lewd stuff to the world and characters and story!
You're very welcome :)
And of course my thanks to you guys for offering this experience.
I'd be happy to provide more valuable contribution should the opportunity present itself, be it feedback, suggestions, or more technical stuff.
I'm currently studying game development and, although I'm primarily a 3D artist, I'm also interested in design elements as well.
In that case, may I humbly recommend checking out our DIscord server. We have places for suggestions and feedback and bug reports, and a friendly community!
No pressure to do so, of course. Totally up to you.
7 times? Goodness…. Thank you for playing it as much as you have!
- RegalBuster
I downloaded this game last night and played it for five hours straight. The only reason I had to stop was I had to sleep, eventually lmao.
Anyway, just wanna say that this is such a great game so far. I LOVE RPGs to death and you guys did a stellar job with this!
Hey, thank you very much! Glad you had such a fun, and long playtime with our game!
It's a bit of a wait until the next update, but we hope you'll enjoy what comes in the future.
downloaded the game about three days ago and just now "finished" it, fell in love with the story and characters, and the combat system is amazing and very funny and kinky game overs. this game has become my new sporce of entertainment, can't wait for the next update.
just one quick question though, how can i escape the prision cell? i have just about checked everything i could, but i can't seem to find a way out...
If you're referring to the prison cell in the bandit hideout... there's a damaged part of the cell bars that you can interact with and break out!
Otherwise, thank you very much for the kind comment and review of our game! Always a pleasure to hear folks enjoying the story as well as the kink. Super glad you enjoyed it so much, and we hope you'll continue to enjoy it just as much with future updates :)
You're going to need to give more details for us to be able to help you.
What version are you trying to play? Windows, MacOS or Linux? Have you downloaded the correct version for your computer's operating system?
You're not trying to play on mobile, are you? Have you made sure to fully extract the game files before playing? Have you made sure to save them locally and not in a cloudsync folder?
If the game is giving you an error message, tell us what it is.
Hopefully one of these suggestions can help you.
Your game is great. The combat system is the most fun I've ever seen. This system is really creative.
Thank you very much!
Oh wow this game looks really nice I wonder how- WOAH 1 FLIPPIN GB
Not like I'm complaining anyway, not everyday you see something big in itchio xd
Lots of art and music and other such things crammed in that I hope you will very much enjoy! Thanks for checking it out!
I just tried it out and boy it's very nice, and pretty hard too ngl xD
Well, hopefully you'll enjoy yourself, even through the failures :P
Good luck though! Hopefully you won't find it too difficult!
Come for the kinky porn game, stay for the fantastically written story! And the really good kinky porn too!
This game is a masterpiece in it's own right and has served to be a focal point to me for a lot of eye opening changes in my life. So I hope you two know how much it means to me. Thank you for making the game. Thank for being such amazing people. And thank you for being great friends.
Keep up the great work but don't forget to take breaks every once in a while either.
Thank you very much for your kind comment, mysterious Forest person :)
I haven't played the new version yet but I hope to soon, potentially with a friend I shared the previous version of Grove with on stream. I just wanted to let you guys know that I don't often like hentai games, especially not as much as I love Grove. It's such a special one, and all the kinks and such are wildly up my alley. Love love love it. Only thing I could ask for is hypnosis. Also I'm gonna try to donate monthly because I not only want to show support, but also want to see you guys thrive as much as possible for what you're doing! I'm curious if you guys will ever add this particular game to Steam when it's done? Would love to have it in my collection.
I do hope you'll get around to checking out the newest content soon, especially if you're looking for more hypnosis scenes... there's a certain snake ;)
But otherwise, thank you very much for your kind comment! It means a lot to hear such positive words and the fact you want to support our game in such a manner! We'd be honoured by those donations, just make sure you've got enough money for yourself!
As for Grove coming to Steam... I think we'll look into that when the game is content-complete, yeah! I don't have any issue with that personally, I'd just want to make sure it's in a nice and polished and worthy state.
I am VERY much looking forward to it. :D Incredibly so. And np, I will, thank you. :) I can believe it, I'm sure with you guys working on it it'll get there eventually!
i just finished the games story and it was amazing if im being honest the story was fun to read the art was amazing and the fighting mechanic was very fun and actually hard at times especially with the vine boss which added to it when i downloaded the game i thought its going to be an hour long game that eventually ends with alot of plot holes and stuff like that but it went for a very long time way more then i expected from a free game next month ill definitly donate which ive never done on itch
i enjoyd it so much that the nsfw part of the game just felt like a little bonus to it
ill definitly be waiting for more updates to come from this game and keep on the great work!
Hey, thank you very much for the kind and considerate comment! We'd massively appreciate any donation you're willing to offer, and we're humbled that you think our game is worth it!
More updates are in the works, so do make sure to +Follow here, check out Twitter, join the Discord... whatever method suits you best :)
Hey do you guys have a Patreon we can support?
No Patreon, I'm afraid.
But we'd gladly welcome any support you wanted to provide through an itch.io donation or the direct donation link listed above :)
Alright I can do that next month. :)
Thank you very much!
The way you guy enthusiastically answered every comments has showed that Grove's developers are still paying attention to their brainchild, that this game will still live and be updated in the near future.
I remember you guy said there was some problems in the design team, sorry to hear that, but, whatever it is, I really do hope that the problems will be easily solved, Grove would still stand strong and update more storylines, more maps, characters, NSFW arts :>
I also remember that one of you said there would be a female NPC in the next version, looking forward for that.
I love this game, I love your work, keep doing your best <3
Hey, thank you very much for the kind and considerate comment. It actually does mean a lot to hear the positive reinforcement that you've given, even as we go through a bit of a rough spot in terms of game dev.
To cut a long story short, we're both dreadfully busy with work and university. This game, much as we love it and all the support it's been given, is a passion project and not a 'job' and we don't want to turn it into one, so we only work on it when we have the time and the creative energy to do so.
It's going to be a while until the next update is ready, but hopefully you'll be able to enjoy it just as much, if not more, than the ones that have come before...!
Yea, ive been wanting to see females in the game for ages now, let grove get laid with some females, i mostly prefere the slimes since im not all that into other men.
Dude, no offence or trying to be rude but, you do know this is a gay NSFW game about a male dragon being raped by all kind of creatures most of whom have tentacle. No female exist are because of that, until the next update of course. Again, no offence, you love the and support it, I love that, please don't hate me for those words.
Now, I encountered a bug while talking to the blacksmith and when I finished talking, the player character and the blacksmith wouldn't disappear after talking.
I believe this issue might have been fixed in the most recent update v0.204
But if not, you should be able to clear the screen by teleporting using your documents case in your 'key items'! Just teleport to the Quiet Meadow and it should sort everything.
I'm sorry can you explain in a slow way, I don't really understand the meaning of some words and of course the bug I encountered in the latest version (I found this bug after following a GROVE timeline as of v0.204 )
If Grove and the Blacksmith don't disappear from your screen...
Open your menu, go to Key Items, use the Documents Case. Select Quiet Meadow as your destination. That should clear the screen.
just wanna say how much i like this game, please please keep developing it i love it alot
Thank you :)
im just starting to play this game and when i got to the cliffside forest i couldnt see anyting it was just plain black
Yep, that's 'cause you're playing on mobile. Because certain plugins we use don't work with mobile, we don't officially support the game on mobile.
If you have a computer, please do play the game on that instead.
I left the forest without wearing the slimy black underwear, because I didn't wanted to use it without a place to teleport back in case of any game over, and the underwear became inert. Is there anyway to reactivate it? Because looks like I have to use it in the glory hole
You'll have to go back to an earlier save / restart I'm afraid.
i just left the game then when i opened the game again all my saved progress is gone
Make sure you are not playing in a cloud save folder, and that you’ve extracted the contents of the .zip file and not just played it via the folder. This may create save generation issues so it’s best to have this game in a local folder directory, ie on your desktop.
-RegalBuster
got it thanks! ^^
i have played through this vn, through and have enjoyed it. so i would like to ask if this game is being updated
It indeed is. Slowly as we’re quite busy at the moment, but still in development. Apologies for the wait!
- RegalBuster
So I downloaded the game and I played through it. sadly my virus protection system picked up the Grove's exe file as a virus and almost crashed my computer. I had to completely delete the game and all it's files. I would love to continue playing this game. What should I do?
Firstly, I can assure you that Grove is not a virus, as I’m sure others can attest to. You could try downloading the game again and seeing if your antivirus picks up on that, but if not, try to add an exception for Grove in the settings or look into temporarily disabling active protection whilst you play the game.
- RegalBuster
your AV?
I'm so happy that I came across this; this game is great! I can't wait for what you guys have planned next!
Thank you for playing!
-RegalBuster
Genuine question as I'm not far into it yet, what exactly does corruption do? Like is it kind of a "bad end route" if you get too much of it? Or does it just mean you experienced sexy scenes?
Corruption currently does not play a super active role in the game aside from dream variations, and the unlocking of a particular scene. All I can say is that we’ll never bar off lewd content based off of your corruption count, but it may influence the way Grove acts in the future.
-RegalBuster
my computer is broke, is it possible to download this to my phone? If so then how? Will it be supported on galaxy 10ae type phone? I tried to download it but cant figure out what app runs it, can you help devs?
We don't officially support playing the game on mobile. There's some broken visuals and other such bugs in the game that can mess with the playing experience.
If you truly still want to try though, the 'JoiPlay' program will allow for playing of RPGMaker games on mobile.
Once again, thank you for your reply and patience, i hate the fact my pc is broke, something to do with hardware failure and memory cannot be accessed.
Well you cant blame me for trying but the game black screens when i reach the area where you see kuno abducted, any fix for this?
Im no detective, but it looks like the lighting effectsmay have something to do with the error in question, is there a work around or a setting i can change? I looked through all the settings that are available and still cant fix it, the ui settings and the settings in the book in the room, could be a coding error in the layers system
It's an incompatibility with JoiPlay and the plugins that we use for lighting, as I mentioned. If you can find a way to disable 'doodads' that should clear things up for you...
Just please bear in mind that we're not focused on mobile right now and won't be making official ports or fixes.
hey, um... i kinda wrote a fan-fiction for this awesome game, inspired by the early part where you save Kuno and acquire his corrupted underwear, then get it purified later. would it be alright if i linked it here? im kinda proud of it and would love to share it with everyone! ^w^
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46518358/
I'm not sure how itch.io handles external links in comments, but you're welcome to try.
Are you on Discord, by the way? You're more than welcome to join the GROVE server and share your kind work of fan-fiction there! I'm sure the folks there would love to see it.
ah cool! i'll give it a try ^w^ looks like the link works so i'll add it to the original comment as well, hope you all enjoy!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46518358/
and i do use Discord, though i'm a little antisocial and therefore nervous in big crowded servers/chatrooms. i'll give it a look and see ^w^
Love this game!!! Just finished it, and I just wanted to tell you guys, that you are doing a great job! I know you are busy, but I really can't wait for the next part to come out :)
Btw, how do I get the Purple Chess Scene from the Gallery? I just see one tent in the west, but I don't know how to get to it. I also don't know if it's even a tent that unlocks the scene
If you're referring to the chest that's hint mentions a 'newcomer' and his tent...
Then you need to try entering the Auxiliary Commander's tent that's to the west / left of the Inn. Go there with 10 or more Corruption, and interact with the tent several times...
If you need help getting more Corruption, the Slime Dragons or the Jungle Slugs can help you out. Just make sure you don't get an actual Game Over to them...!
Otherwise, thanks for the kind words on the game so far! It's much appreciated, truly!
我该怎么解锁画廊最后房间中第四个黄金箱子记忆呢？
How do I unlock the memory of the fourth gold chest in the last room of the gallery?
我已经因为打不开它而困扰很久。
I've been having trouble opening it for a long time.
希望能够得到答案。（顺带一提，这个游戏真的很棒！）
I hope to get an answer.(By the way, this game is awesome!)
一開始有兩個教程，打鬥教程與瑟瑟教程，在瑟瑟教程戰敗是一個方法。做夢不至於game over
打斗教程等待到结束就行
Are you talking about the golden chest? You will have to lose to the tutorial encounter in the intro. Hope that helps
- RegalBuster
No, no, no, that's about giving up Kuno (maybe)Like the one in the picture
I don't think I'm understanding, the gold chest you circled in red does require you to lose the tutorial encounter, trust me
As for the 'ignored kuno' flag, that blue box is a fan story, and isn't a part of the actual game
As for the CG... I think it's been scrapped from the game, as it was supposed to be an intro image, sorry
- Regalbuster
Okay, thanks anyway. But there's always one box at the gallery that doesn't open, and I'm not sure if it's my problem. I'll show you when I'm done. Thank you ~
Will there be gallery in the future? Like important scenes or scenes when you got defeated by enemies.
There's a gallery at the end of the game's current story content.