Changelog #3: More Life in the Village, More Comfort for You

For the past month we’ve been quietly tending the Grove… sweeping paths, repainting signs, fixing wobbly benches — and adding a few delightful surprises along the way.

This update focuses on comfort, clarity, and making village life feel even warmer and more alive 💚 Here’s what’s new:

🐦 Village Additions

• Idle Woodlings now sweep paths or admire growing fields during work time

• During breaks, they enjoy new recreational objects:

  • 🎪 Trampoline

  • 🎨 Painting easel

• Birdie now has animations + lots of new skins

• Many new mailbox skins

• New visual UI variants

🎓 Tutorial Overhaul

• Completely redesigned tutorial – clearer and more structured

• Improved arrows and hints (better visibility + new animations)

• Fixed issues with skipping and minimizing

🌍 Languages & Localization

• The game is now available in 12 languages

• Proper 12h clock (AM/PM) support

• Improved UI scaling for longer texts

🎨 UI & Quality of Life

• Building “ghost” preview before placing objects

• Refreshed windows: stats, work/break summary, tool shed

• Reworked visual variant selection (groups & presets)

• Larger Mini Pomodoro buttons

• Improved UI scaling & default game scale

• Better camera dragging (mouse + keyboard)

• Fixed multi-monitor switching issues

• Clearer stamina bar + improved colors

• New hover highlights in workshop and rooms

🔊 Audio & Effects

• New sound effects (buying, clicks, tasks, collecting)

• Sounds for stones and bushes

• Visual effect when buying tools or skins

• Fixed double audio playback issue

⚖️ Balance & Gameplay

• Balance tweaks (including Zen Master & selected prices)

• Bridge can now be built only on a single river tile (clearer rules)

• Improved progress saving

📊 Statistics

• Distance traveled by your Woodlings

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Fixed tree positioning

• Fixed bench sitting & blocking issues

• Prevented building/selling locked elements

• Various stability and performance improvements

Thank you for all your feedback, screenshots, reports, and kind words 💚🙏 The Grove keeps growing because of you. 🌲💌 And we’re just getting started...