[RPG] GROVE: "Dark Places" (v0.308)

The game was a masterclass. I am wondering, though, will there be more save slots for future updates?

This game is awesome.

Aside from all the artwork and the beautiful graphics, the lore of this game is very intricate and well built, capturating the attention of the player, and the end of this version that ends on a cliffhanger makes me want to know how the story continues.

I look forward to the next release, but for now the game is perfect as is

Hi devs, love the game.  Looking forward to more (of both this and Prowler)!  

I have a lore question (or two) and a future-content question.  

Lore question:  What exactly are the lekta (the auxiliary commander's race)?

I had thought of him as another dragon, with the "tokadi" (Grove and most-to-all of the other characters) and "lekta" (the auxiliary commander's people) essentially being different ethnicities of dragon.  But he refers to himself as a different species, and having different anatomy.

(Related:  Are the bandits dragons as well, or some other race such as lizards?  They don't have horns, whereas all the other dragons--and the lekta--do....).

Future-content question (possibly related to the aforementioned "different anatomy"):  Do you have any plans for consensual sexytimes for Grove?  

I love this game. Please tell me when will the next update be.

I love this game. Will there perhaps be a German translation at some point?

It has a good story which is rare from games like this no shade XD
I hope there will be more content soon!

anyways, played for the smut, stayed for the story. keep it up yall

Recently discovered this game, and at first I was a little hesitant trying it out, but quickly found out that there's more than meets the eye. that is to say, the game is amazing!

Obviously the game's NSFW aspect was the main selling point at first (even though it was weird to try out a game of this nature), but I was pleasantly surprised to find a much deeper experience in it. with nice music, new mechanics being introduced later in the game, great art, the changing world with the developing story, excellent writing and intriguing plot, makes this game an easy recommendation (even if it's not finished yet).

Thank you Grove developers, hope that you'll find immense success. can't wait to see what's in store for this project.

Came for the hot stuff, stayed for the (surprisingly) well-written story. Probably the best NSFW game I've played in recent memory.

Sirlzike  it’s me travalor87 can you somehow show pictures of the trench, down some holes, and in a handful of other places in the desert? The tall pillars do not count for shelter. Look like so I can have it stored in my memory and remember where to go and not to go when I’m in dunes. Again. ☺️

Idk if i'm the only one but when i try to play it on my mac, an "unknownerror" pops in. does someone knows a solution for this, please i really want to play :c

after obtaining enchanted clothes to travel across the desert dunes. I constantly die even if just one step.  Saying that I already have heat exhaustion and take on shelter. After crossing only a few halfway across dunes for a couple of seconds I die constantly and yes I try different ways, so my character doesn't die. Every time I try across dunes I always return to the same stop where the entrance begins. Can you please help me or tell me a way to cross the dunes without the game saying that I am already heat exhausted even if I didn’t even cross halfway through the desert? Showing me where my character can rest shade without costly dying from dune heat. I'm sorry I'm responding like this I'm exhausted I've been playing 2 days straight I leveled up to level 20. Please is there anyone who crossed the dunes without dying constantly? Also, this is the first time I have ever been invested and enjoyed a game, especially this one I give Grove 10/10.

Hello, I like this game of yours very much, I have a few questions about this game.Do you have any plans to have a separate quest line for Grove once it reaches a certain level of corruption, similar to Tuan? I hope you can answer my questions.Thank you!

Hello Grove development team, it’s been a long while since I’ve have the pleasure of talking to you all! I just wanted to say a thank you and ask a question. I redownloaded the game last week and have been playing it in between my studies, and I still absolutely love the story, art, character development,  and the twists and turns. I have to say, based off of my previous statement, that my favorite moments of the story are still when we acquire the first of  the “interesting” items and its after effects (and oh my when that scene first happened I was in awe for days), and when we take a trip down to the water and see a quite little jello fellow with a growing~ desire to help our little blue dragon. Overall, such an amazing adventure with creative cuddly (sometimes too cuddly~) characters, NPCs, and opponents, and absolutely awe inspiring art! Please keep up the good work. 
 Also, talking about good work, I was wondering if the game has since been out on HAITUS. I was worried that the game is being put on the back burner due to the Grove Team loosing files, life prioritization, or other things. I would just like to ask the status of the game, whether on HAITUS, developing still, “dead” or any other status.

Either way, thank you for such an amazing game, and I hope that each and everyone of you are doing amazing! Stay safe!

-Bittersweet

Ngl, it'd be pretty neat to have an in-game "gallery" like in Small On Top, diegetic or not.

wait, can somebody help me with this part?im seem to be sstuck and don't know what to do about when reached to the Northern Gulch i go into the light which is upwards and then when i go into there it says "stymied by the act of nature, i am forced to go back into the camp" and it is also impassable too and then i am back into the campsite.

After that i have no idea how to continue the story.

Just finished the ending which made me sad because i loved it! 

Came here for the NSFW (because that's why everyone else is here and you are 100% lying if you said you weren't) but was shocked that not only is there great art but a entertaining story to go with it.  

When progressing I figured the Inn was a one stop shop to rest and buy items like any RPG.  But when I noticed that the settlement was really expanding, It got me invested into the details and looking forward to what will happen next. There were a few times i had to slap myself to realize why I was originally drawn to play this game In the first place!

This has made me looking forward to checking often for updates and when prowler Is finished. 10/10 game for me. <3

I'm kind of stuck. I'm at the cliffside cavern. and am blocked by a locked cell. where do I find that key? it's for the area in the cave with the red slimes after using the mine cart. Also where can I find stronger equipement?

Hi! Love the game, been playing it every now and then. But uh, I think I ran into some problems? I can't seem to access my saves. They exist, but the game won't read the files or something. I'm only around 3 hours or so into the game, and in the second digital world area so honestly I'm not too far into the game, but I kinda don't want to lose the progress i already have.

Any advice as to what I should do?

There's an inconsiderable amount of lag when you reach to level "Your room?" and carries on when having to reach to a study room having to hit the buttons.

*small spoilers ahead if you haven't played the game"

Hi, I have been trying to complete what has already been made for the gallery but I have one that I still haven't been able to complete even after looking around trying to get the scene with the tipo of "the memory is covered in some white stains, and the skins of an unrecognizable green fruit...you walk into a small farm something green catches your eyes..."

Like the closest I got to unrecognizable green fruit was the apple (the only other thing similar to that that I found was a dream scene.) but I have already checked all the farms I could remember to no avail.

So I would really appreciated If someone were to answer what do I need to do to get that scene, because I am well and truly stuck.

what I do in the cliffside cavern camp? I don't know to  I don't understand how I keep playing from that point. I got stuck

Hey i have a problem with your discord server. I was hacked some time ago and i got banned. I already did safety improvements and stuff. Can i get unbanned? My id: dzindzel or Dzindzel 51

Why my game lag in the dark cave ? (I'm on Android)

You replied so positively，May I ask about the development progress of the new version？

Can you translate it into Korean? I want to try this game in Korean 😥

Just ended my first playthrough, really liked it and also recomend to who are interested. The Dev's did a very good job, thanks for the game :)
PS: My favourite part is the Moonlight Abductor, I can't wait to see the next parts in future updates.

I love this game!! Thank you for making this game:) 

I’m Japanese so maybe my English is poor but I have a question.

Now my grove is 13 level about how much contaminated he is. This is  because I tried to rise the level for no reasons.(Now I completed the first quest and rescue a dragonewt after find oranges. The battle was hard for me)

and I feel the more I rises that levels, the more difficult this game. Is this right?

I don’t know much about that level:(

I’m happy if you read this message:)

I really like the game. It has a nice gameplay, a great story, lots of jokes and some good "scenes".

I started playing it for the nsfw, but ended up continuing because of the story and humour.

I love the fact there seems to be a whole culture behind the story and the diferent characters are amazing. (especially Kuno)

I really like the buns too, they are a recurring item throughout the story and they make such an amazing addition.

If I may ask, I do have a bit of a silly question, but if you look at the map... the shape of the peninsula, is it coincidental or... (I've been stuck with this question for almost a year now.)

A small idea for an update: give the keys [wads] the same function as the arrow keys. It would allow for playing with one hand ;-)

Good luck with working on the game (and the other thing you might be doing in life). I'm looking forward to the next update!

--BUG REPORT--

v0.308 Linux: Ubuntu 20.04.6 Long Term System

After waking up from the nightmare sequence in which you have to push the buttons and avoid the imp, I found that all my inventory items were gone. All I had was my gold and the "Helpful Mist" armour piece given during the nightmare. I presume after the game clears the inventory for the nightmare, it does not return the player's old inventory and simply leaves you with the Helpful Mist. 

I had two independent playthroughs (using the same download of the game), and both playthroughs had this issue. This bug is especially impactful since Tuon is away and you cannot purchase any new weapons.

Quick note: To play the game, i am not running the "nw" file, but instead running the "Game(DONT RUN)" file. I find the "nw" file does not run, but the "Game(DONT RUN)" runs without issues (until now).

how to remove the black underwear to go away from the forest??? 

Love this game. So much so it inspired me to buy a copy of RPG maker to see if i can make a little project of my own.

I gotta ask though, how did you create the tree that can be knocked over to create a bridge? Was it via a plugin?

Ive gotten to the part where you need to find some fruit and get attacked on your way back to deliver it. But the fact that you cannot hurt this opponent any other way than the grapple moves has proven to incredibly frustrating. I have the repaired slave armor and the purified black thong. But the problem is that if i miss on any one of my grapple attacks i loose and its game over. This opponent is (in my opinion) a little op. I appreciate a challenge in a game. Theres no fun in a game otherwise. But this just frustrating. And resorting to going around fighting the blue and green slimes trying to level up and prepare for this battle is also a little frustrating due to how long it takes this late in the game to get 1 level up. I've tried to go back to the dessert to fight more of the snake things and I've tried to go SW to fight the slugs n stuff. But they're all gone. I'm gonna have to spend hours and hours trying to level up for this one battle. I'd like to be able to continue fighting stronger enemies to make leveling up go much faster. So. My suggestion is to not block off the dessert and let players keep fighting snakes. Or leave a section in the sw forest where we can keep fighting slugs. 

Aside from all that complaint, though. I do VERY much enjoy this game A LOT. It has plot, conflict, character development, fun/interesting interactions with not only the items on the map but between characters as well. It's a great game. I love it. Im just stuck right now and getting mad. So im terribly sorry if it feels like I'm taking my frustration out on you. I truly don't mean to. I'm mostly just trying to vent and ask for advice.

My only other suggestion is that I would appreciate it if your cutscene pictures had color. Personal opinion: the black and white drawings make the game feel incomplete. And I get it. It is still a work on progress and I don't mean to rush you. You're doing an amazing job! Keep It up! ^-^

I personally like that Grove doesn't get any dom scenes. But I'm a gay bottom and I don't like to top so of course not having dom scenes works well for me. But after seeing some of the potential in games like Corruption of Champions, I can understand why people are asking for that. That being said, I'd be interested in seeing more of Grove jizzing from being fu**ed by monsters without said monsters touching his d*ck. (Personal kink for me. I love hands free ejaculations.)

That's my 2cents. Hope it helps. Love your game, work, and effort. Great job! And I look forward to seeing more of it. ^-^