GROVE Rework: April Preview

A vertical slice of the GROVE Rework, featuring select content from the game's opening
chapter!
This Public Preview contains a showcase of exploration, combat and narrative gameplay that we've been working on. Travel through the newly reworked slime forest and cliffside caverns, and face off against three enemy types and two mini-bosses.
Of course, fully fledged Game Over and Struggle arts and their accompanying writing is available to enjoy too!

Give it a try, tell your friends, and let us know what you think!
And if you're hungry for more content... a Special Preview build with two more foes and their accompanying lewd scenes is available for SuperSponsors on our SubscribeStar:
https://subscribestar.adult/grove-dev

Content not included in these Previews:
Red Slimes (they've beem moved, not removed)
Cooking and Synthesis systems
Exploration flavour text
A gallery / scene viewer

KNOWN ISSUES:
- Enemy resets can be inconsistent at times (ie, when they get out of range)
- Some icons are still placeholders
- The camp system is a work in progress of course
- The skills menu in the document case will make the pips visually disappear when you unlock something or open it for the first time. Will be fixed in the full release but it's just a visual bug. Fix it by going to another document tab and then returning to the skill tab.
- Level cap system is a little buggy
RUNNING ON LINUX:
RpgMaker MZ games no longer natively support Linux when deploying a build. However, it's not too difficult to get them to run from your end.
Refer to the program linked here:
https://github.com/bakustarver/rpgmakermlinux-cicpoffs

Special thanks:
GROVE VA:
Dragon-V0942
:
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragon-v0942/
Exploding_NT - CN fan translation
GUEST MUSICIAN:
The Sideways Door - Intro theme.
TESTERS / SUPPORT:
Qazm
- Itch.io :
https://qazm.itch.io/
Toaocj
- Discord: creeperjoe - FA:
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/toaocj/
Seiyamestre
Testowepiwko
- FA:
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/testowepiwko/

GROVEDEV socials:
Twitter  (
https://x.com/regalbuster
)
BlueSky (
https://bsky.app/profile/grovedevelopment.itch.io
)
FurAffinity
(
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/grovedev/
)
GroveDev Discord
:
https://discord.gg/TfHstyJYCB
Direct Donation link
(
https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=HNXW72YDN4GWN
)
<a href="Snake:Byte" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://grovedevelopment.itch.io/snakebyte">Snake:Byte by GROVE DEVELOPMENT</a>
<a href="Prowler" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://grovedevelopment.itch.io/prowler">Prowler by GROVE DEVELOPMENT</a>
Finally...  Please DO NOT CLICK any links in the comments section!
We don't have a Patreon. We wouldn't release our game in a link.  We have no idea what's in those linked files, so DO NOT TOUCH them.