Hey Grove Keepers!
Both we and our Woodlings have been mucho busy with improvements that you asked for. Your response to the demo is AMAZING 💚 A lot of valuable feedback lets us make the game that YOU want to play and use everyday. Keep on sending us your notes and suggestions, so we can make the grove the coziest place on Steam 🤗🍂🧸☕🍪🌈🌞
Here’s what’s new:
🛠️ Quality of Life & Controls
You can now move Fields freely
Added a Mute button (instantly silence all sounds) 🔇
Paths now connect with each other (including different types + bridges)
Move UI panels: Pomodoro Settings, Habits, Ambients
Resizable Ambients window
Choose your starting day of the week (Sat / Sun / Mon)
Game can now minimize to taskbar
Reduced FPS in mini mode to lower CPU usage
Rotate buildings with scroll or R key
🌱 Village & Gameplay
Idle Rest fields now have varied usage timing and ranges (eg. Woodlings won’t all jump out of the trampoline at the same time anymore 🎪)
New Trainer buildings — Woodlings can train during breaks
Fix: you can no longer place fishing spots between two ponds
✅ Task Tracker & Notebook
Drag & drop tasks between tabs
Completed tasks now move to the bottom
Notebook now supports tabs for better organization 📓
You can create Subtasks by dropping tasks onto each other
📊 Stats & Progress Tracking
Added stats from previous days
New graph view for statistics 📈
New stats:
Number of Pomodoro sessions completed
Habits added / completed
Mouse & keyboard clicks
You can now browse habits from previous weeks
⏱️ Pomodoro Improvements
You can now name Pomodoro groups
You can also name individual time segments
⚙️ Experiments & Prototypes
Early tests of:
Auto-watering system
Auto-seeding system (3 stages: empty / full / active)
As always — thank you for all the ideas, feedback, and bug reports 💚
They really shape how the Grove grows.
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If Focus Grove feels like something you’d want to keep growing with, please consider adding it to your Wishlist - it helps more than you know.
Let's all grow together!
Your Little Lanterns