​Hello all~

We've been working away quietly on our projects that we announced that we announced about a month ago... and we're now ready to launch the Grove Dev SubscribeStar:

https://subscribestar.adult/grove-dev

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Thanks as always,

RegalBuster

Hi all!

Been a little while since we last mentioned the word 'Grove'... but some news for you all to check out here!

https://grovedevelopment.itch.io/gr.....uture-of-grove

- Regalbuster

Hey all! Cleaning up the dust around these parts once again....

Thank you so much to everyone who's played Prowler over the last week! We've been blown away by the awesome response to the game, and your patience as we worked through the release bugs.

Today we have what we hope will be the last needed patch for Prowler Act 1 (v0.110) including bugfixes, gameplay tweaks, UX upgrades and Kivuli's new voice lines, courtesy of VoidSlutVA, as well as a few audience polls if you'd like to participate!

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On top of this, we've created a series of polls for enemies, NPCs and playtime. These metrics do help us in our development and it'd be greatly appreciated if you were able to fill those out!

Playtime: https://strawpoll.com/PKglePe81Zp

Characters: https://strawpoll.com/BDyNzNzAWyR

Enemy Lewds: https://strawpoll.com/1Mnwk6kJjn7

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Patch notes linked here for the sake of spoilers:

https://grovedevelopment.itch.io/pr.....ng-patch-polls

Hello all! It's been a while, apologies for the silence! Since the release of the Prowler Demo last August we've both been very busy with life, head-down in studies for the bulk of Aug - Nov, oversees trips in Dec - Jan and more.

But now it's finally time for an update on our plans. We've decided that our plan moving forward will be as follows:

1. Finish a proper build of PROWLER and release it
2. Return to GROVE to complete Dark Places Pt. 2
3. See where the wind takes us from there...

We've posted some previews over on our Twitter account (@RegalBuster) as well. Hope you find it all interesting and exciting!


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As for some Prowler-related details:

Behind the scenes we've been doing some improvements to systems based on feedback, including but not limited to:

- Crafting inventory improvements
- Key rebinding
- Shifting the game towards lewder forms of combat, allowing more cheek outside of 'capture' and defeat scenes.

As for content density, we're aiming for:

- 5 enemies total (incl. the 2 demo enemies), each with at least two full fledged capture scenes

- 2 fleshed out locales to explore with unique map nodes and things to discover

- More equipment to wear, and traps to avoid (or not...)

- NPCs to meet, and the first few chapters of Prowler's story to enjoy (NPC previews on our Twitter)!


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Thanks for sticking by us all this time!

- RegalBuster & SirIzike

https://twitter.com/regalbuster

Hey all!

Just a little bunt to let you all know that proper Linux and MacOS builds for GROVE have just been uploaded. Do give it a try if you haven't already!

https://grovedevelopment.itch.io/groverpgnsfw


- RegalBuster

Hey all! For those that have finished playing through all of the new update's content... here is another set of polls if you'd like to share your preferences! This may dictate the direction we take when it comes to enemy presence and design!

Total playtime poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/NPgxEqxeQZ2

Favourite enemies poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/bVg8oRkBMnY

Favourite characters poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/ajnEOzrGkZW

Favourite quests poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/e6Z282rDJnN

Hey all!

I'd like to apologise for neglecting this particular platform when it comes to updates on development.... Account upkeep is hard, and I more often than not post on the RegalBuster twitter than other places.

Just making this journal here to share some teasers we've cooked up! The update still doesn't have an ETA, but know that we're still hard at work!

'Coming soon image': https://twitter.com/regalbuster/sta.....d9PBZd28h_Jglg

'New enemy teaser': https://twitter.com/regalbuster/sta.....d9PBZd28h_Jglg

'New scene teasers': https://twitter.com/regalbuster/sta.....d9PBZd28h_Jglg

Hey all, it's the surveys again! Just wanted to get some more metrics for Grove v0.204, and this may or may not affect future content.

0.204 Favorite scene
https://strawpoll.com/dq5r3ba18

0.204 Favorite NPC
https://strawpoll.com/4rpweo1v3

https://grovedev.itch.io/groverpgnsfw
https://grovedev.itch.io/groverpgnsfw
https://grovedev.itch.io/groverpgnsfw

We'll be using this to host the game from 0.122a onwards. Be sure to take a look! :)

The very talented  Qazm has created a fantastic timeline flowchart for GROVE! Be sure to check this out if you're interested in all the triggers for events, corruption points and relationship points.

In case it isn't obvious enough, this resource contains heavy spoilers.

https://qazm.itch.io/a-grove-timeline

It's that time of the month again. . . New poll!

Curious to hear about your favorite lewd scene in Grove 0.122a! (this may or may not influence future content ;) )

Vote here!
https://strawpoll.com/7vs86upc4

Thanks to  kln , Grove is now available in French!

Please don't hesitate to send him feedback on the translation via DMs or the Discord channel.

FRENCH Windows (DRIVE): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vI.....ew?usp=sharing - v0.121a

I've set the release date for Grove VER 0.12 to 28/07/21. If you haven't seen it already, I've chucked several small snippets of content on my Twitter should you be interested in such.

OLD 0.11 SAVES WILL NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEW 0.12 SAVES!

A general list of additions are as follows:

New areas
New scenes
New grapple based combat mode
Several 'status counters' that may determine future events.
A few new enemies.
Introduction of trap functionality.
New accessory equipment type.
Bunch of auditory additions
And more!


I still consider this to be a 'minor' patch as much of the work has been spent fleshing out the foundations so that future content won't require another save wipe. This update does NOT contain the future North and South zones as that will come in 0.2 .

Hope the update will be worth the wait! Can't wait to get this out to all of you :)

Howdy~!

Good news: Progress on the minor 0.12 patch is going swimmingly! I expect a release within 2 or so weeks, but no promises of course. Progress is about 80%, and I'm much more confident on this number as the technical aspects have mostly been ironed out.

Bad news: I cut my pinkie cleaning my keyboard.

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Aside from that I wanted to do another poll for metrics, this time on game completion time. The end is when you complete the bandit hideout and give the blacksmith the titanium ingot.
This will primarily be used to balance content development, making sure that there is an even distribution between the tiny details and the actual bulk of the content.

An estimate is completely fine! If you are unsure, you could possibly refer to your save file. Keep in mind that this does track all idle periods and post game shenanigans, so be sure to cut that out if possible.

LINK: https://strawpoll.com/2ph933759

Thanks a ton! Would love to also see your longest save file time in the replies, just for a little fun :)

Howdy, just figuring out how journals work.

Curious to see what your favourite enemy interaction in 0.11 is! This may influence a new enemy or two in the future, but mainly for personal curiosity

Vote here- https://strawpoll.com/dgxppa7vp