GROVE: Dark Places (v0.3)


V0.3 CHANGE LOG:

NEW ADDITIONS:

New areas.

New enemies.

New NPCs.
New lewd events.
New ‘friends’.
New overworld and battle mechanics.
New accessories.
Additional effects for higher corruption states.

EXISTING AREA CHANGES:


Grove’s level has been capped to level 20.


Updated lighting for introductory west cliffside forest 1.

Updated lighting for introductory west cliffside forest 2.

Updated tiles for base quiet meadow.

Updated lighting for quiet meadow.
Updated lighting for second half of Jungle area.

Updated slime tiles.

Remade CGs for ‘Slimy Black Undergarments’ scenes.
Gallery general changes.

Desert area scripting optimised, improving performance.

Significant performance improvements for desert virtual area puzzle.

Item purchase caps introduced to healing items. Pickups unchanged.
Various skill rebalances.

New effects implemented for the Skimpy garbs.

Desert hut has been reconfigured to instantly replenish all of Grove’s exposure in the desert.


FIXES

Fixed missing respawn triggers for the second half of ‘SYS_CONTROL’ area.

Significant performance improvements for ‘SYS_CONTROL’ area.

Prevented black undergarments from being worn at the campsite.

various text clipping instances resolved

Fixed players from being able to TP after the bridge switch was activated.

Text wrapping and continuity issues fixed for Water Grappler capture scene.

Southern Jungle top intro scene continuity fixed.

Text wrapping issues fixed for Cock Latcher removal event.

Jungle Clearing pod interaction now correctly removes the 'Converted Drake Essence' item.

Fixed Jungle campsite fire continuity dialogue.

Fixed second Jungle Cleansing pool area from repeating twice when interacted with.

General text fixes for Rinnal pod event.

Text wrapping issues fixed for Hollow Amalgamation grapple / game over text.

Fixed banana touch interaction triggering incorrectly with mouse.

Fixed clipping issue with a crack in a desert hut.

Fixed clipping issues in the Desert Temple entrance.

Fixed Pulsating Wraps potentially locking the player behind an invisible bridge due to tile collision.

Fixed pulsating binds not showing up on Grove during Consumed Mass boss fight.

Fixed bug where getting wrapped would prevent armour repair for the duration of the area, even when the wrappings are removed.

Fixed incorrect map transfer between the Meadow Farm and the Cliffside forest.

 Recovery Herb now correctly replenishes STM by 20.

Files

GROVE v0.308.zip 1.4 GB
Version 0.3 Jan 16, 2023

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how do i remove the black undergarments

In the forest there's a pink sigil on the ground. It's near a large lake of green slime.

Beyond the sigil, at the far side of a room, there's a way to remove the black undergarments.

I am trying to complete the "amongst the roots" mission, and i can't find the tree that is mentioned on the mission's description. Is there something i should do to find the tree?

You need to head back into the jungle. Do you remember the place high atop the waterfall where you rescued Kuno from the river (the blue ranger)? The tree is up there, across the water.

Will we ever get new party members in the future? (Particularly the ranger from the adventuring group) Or will it permanently remain Just Grove?

Maybe for small areas here and there. But I don't think you'll ever get a permanent travelling partner.

Awwww... I would have really loved to get a permanent party member.

I loved the game. My only, tiiiny issue is that I tried updating from 0.303 to 0.307 by deleting the previous version before downloading the new one. Ended up losing all my progress ^^;  
However, I loved the game and can't wait for the next update where I can spend many hours again for some sweet, sweet gameplay~

Thanks a lot for playing, though I'm sorry to hear about your saves... do try and remember to back 'em up before updating if you can!

Nevertheless, it means a lot you'd be willing to play through the game again in spite of that. Cheers for kind comment, and hope we can continue to please you with future updates!

Hmm, how do you back up saves? I have only known the way of just deleting the previous version off the computer and downloading a new version aaaand 99% of the time my old saves are in there waiting for me. 
Can't wait for the new update!!

 ^w^ 

How to back up saves? Just go into your save folder, and copy-paste them to another location! That way you've got two copies of them so you can delete the old version safely.

'cause uh, yeah, just deleting the old version isn't going to work in this case! You actually need to move them across yourself! The save file transfer guide is included in the download which has the same instructions in it too, so don't forget to look at that as well!

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the waits been long but even though i havent started up the new version yet i can tell its worth it! youve been putting alot of work to GROVE and it shows! ive been rooting for this game for some time now and im happy to see it grow. keep on the amazing work!

Thank you so much~! Hope you have a great time with it!

i will! although sadly i do have to start from scratch beacuse i reseted my pc so no save files so itll take me a little to get to the new content but oh well

hello is there a way to skip to the end because i messed my transfer saves and if i have to pay i will

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have tha saves been corrupted or something ? I still have the previous version 0.2 with my saves intact but they apparently haven't trensfered to the newest version 0.3. (Guess I'll just transfer them via the games files ^^)

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There should be a save transfer guide in the download to instruct you how to transfer them. Take a look at that and see if it solves your problem.

How do I continue? I've spoken to the new scout from the guild, but I'm confused on what I'm meant to do now? My two tasks are to investigate the settlement (I've tried going into the desert but get blown back. I'm guessing I have to get a pair of the scouts robes at some point?) and to go south to help the other 3, but I don't know where to go.

If you're getting blown back, you can't go that way anymore. You need to go find the other three explorers.

From the Quiet Meadow, go to the bottom-left exit. Follow the path left, and then downwards once you reach the cliffs. You should be able to figure out the rest from there.

Will the mac version be released today sometime?.

Not today, but in the near future hopefully. Couple weeks tops.

thanks for the fast reply ^_^ I look forward to being able to play it once its released on Mac. :P curse my lack of a pc computer! heh

thx~ I'll be wait for mac version

AYO LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! My favorite game on this site

YEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Quest 3.

Where is the "Kuno and Rinnal headed this way, but you don't need to follow them. 

The pathway you need to go is back to the west, and up the newly activated Junp Sigil?"

That's correct, yes. You're supposed to go up the Jump Sigil.

From which area can this area be reached?

I cannot find the jump point.

It should literally be shown to you during a cutscene.

If you reached the jungle without any cutscenes then you've gone out of sequence. You need to return to the Inn and go talk to Kuno in his room upstairs.

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<spoilers> if you having trouble defeating Enthralled explorer

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Strip then Attack then Strip then Attack (repeat)

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what do I do when I run out of clothes?

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Yep, you missed something.

Check your Key Items in your inventory. The items will tell you what goes where.

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Nevermind, I figured it out! lol. Still said I didn't do any deliveries though in the side quest menu. It said I did three in the text on screen after delivering the crankshaft oddly so that must've confused me.

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Congratulations, Regal! The many months in the development mines have paid off and the people are rejoicing. Good job!


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Yaaaay this game is so well made!!!!

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Great, finally updated. Thank you for your New Year gift.