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PLEASE NOTE THIS GAME DOES NOT FEATURE SAVING
The pacing of the early game may be a little slow due to some game play elements needing to be removed during the jam-time. I may make a fuller version of this game in the future (including fake screenshots for the games) that includes those elements so stay tuned!
All spelling and grammar mistakes are intentional ;)
There are no explicit images in this game, but certain game descriptions may contain topics players find disturbing or distressing. Reading these descriptions is not requires to progress in game. If you wish to avoid the page that contains these descriptions do not click the link/button titled "This Years Games."
Version 1.2 Is Here!
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Special Thank you to LordPaido for help with the bugs and story elements!
Art, Coding, Writing:
Kaden Ramstack
Dialogic by:
Jowan-Spooner
Emilio Coppola
Music:
Between the Dunes by FlowerHeadMusic
Inspired by:
Kinophobia, Bruno Dias 2025
Family, Owlskip Games 2020
Hypnospace Outlaw, Tendershoot 2019
DOMINO CLUB
Heckmaybe Doujin Streams
Made in 7 Days for the Make Literally Anything Jam
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- Update!20 days ago
- GAME TITLE Release!21 days ago
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Interesting game.
Like with Leaftaker, I managed to skip a bunch of content, and still get to a solution. I looked below at the requirements to unlock the blank site, but I never got it to work. I think that needs a rework, as it's both too finicky to unlock, and not necessary.
Awesome game. I really love how everything ties together. And THANK YOU for the bookmarks feature, I do take a lot of notes but re-finding websites tends to be the most tedious and annoying part of this genre of games, and I feel like you can miss a ton by forgetting about some obscure site you found hours ago.
I'm not sure if the fix log for "lots of typos" in the update means you added typos or corrected them, but I appreciate the ones in the game currently. They make the posts and sites feel more alive.
Rot13 for the rest.
I ended up pybpxvat Orngevk vzzrqvngryl (jubbcf yznb) jura V sbhaq Qjnva'f fvgr naq ernyvmrq gurer jnf n Senaxyva va Enapbhe. Nafjre jnf pyrne sebz gura jvgu gur uvagf va gur abgrobbx.
I didn't put together that ynzcfunqr naq erq jrer gur fnzr crefba hagvy V ybbxrq guebhtu gur pbzzragf, fb V jnf pbashfrq ba jub ZpQrnegu jnf jura snangvp zragvbarq gurz, naq vvep V bevtvanyyl gubhtug Fgnpv jnf Oe0x3aSY0JrE? V xarj Fgnpv'f ("erq'f") fvgr rkvfgrq ohg qvqa'g svaq vg gvy V tbg gb lbhe pbzzrag jvgu ure shyy anzr. Ba zl bja V bayl sbhaq/arrqrq TY, YXX, FF, Npeb, TQH naq gurve fvgrf, naq Qjnva'f. + Fgnpv'f, vf gung nyy gur jrofvgrf?
Vfun jnf gur ynfg crefba V svtherq bhg (qvq abg chg gbtrgure gung O.S. jnf OS, gung'f ba zr), naq V'z irel unccl gung zl bevtvany fhfcvpvba bs "fheryl gurfr gjb nppbhagf jvgu gur rknpg fnzr pbzzragf ba Eurvn zhfg or eryngrq" pnzr gb sehvgvba. Frzv-eryngrq: V xabj gung gur qrfpevcgvba fnlf fcryyvat zvfgnxrf ner vagragvbany, ohg V nz phevbhf jul Eurvn'f hfre jnf zvffcryyrq ba TS fb bsgra. "Gevbybtl" vf nyfb dhvgr shaal.
Rapid-fire of things I'm still missing: jub'f Fvzba? zl pheerag nffhzcgvba vf Abg_Cebpenfgbangvat, nf V nffhzr Znk naq Rfgrona ner hfvat gurve bja anzrf. Vf Yn’Cbegvn NatryOnol? Ner gur anzrf bs Qnex Cevapr, Xvyyre va gur qnex, Xrrcfnxr, be Zef Ebfr fbzrguvat gung pna or svtherq bhg? Pna jr svaq nal tnzrf haqre "Crefvzzba" be jnf gung nyg erirny whfg n sha snpg? Nz V pbzcyrgryl zvfhaqrefgnaqvat Xraqen'f anzrf yby. V qvqa'g svaq 6-Jnyy be Vs naq Gura Ntnva, ner gurve cntrf uvqvat fbzrjurer? Jul vf P.N.C. abg n sehvg? Big fan of the game descriptions also lol. Especially gravemarker.
And another mystery remains: who is flower???
It's C.A.P. Raspberry :)
You can access the grove website but only after a certain condition is met: lbh arrq gb unir frnepurq sbe ng yrnfg 3 tebir tnzrf naq gura frnepu sbe "tebir" va gur frnepu one naq ornaf jvyy zrffntr lbh naq tvir lbh gur pbeerpg frnepu grezf gb hfr. This isn't necessary to figure out any of the puzzle, but gives you some context as to what was happening.
Fvkgu jnyy V zrnag gb gnxr bhg o/p v qvaq'g unir gvzr, fb vg'f abg frnepunoyr. Gur Tebir fvgr jvyy tvir lbh fbzr zber pbagrkg ba Vs naq Gura Ntnva
The username misspelling on GF unfortunately just another typo that got copy-pasted w/o me noticing that will be fixed in future updates.
For the other usernames and names, you got those right, and the other ones are ones that don't have answers in games.
Lmao I must have separated CAP and Raspberry in my notes, that makes more sense.
Hm. Gur jrveq guvat vf gung V xabj sbe fher V frnepurq sbe Gerrf, Rlrqebcf, naq Fzbhyqre. Gubhtu, cebonoyl abg nyy va n ebj. V whfg erbcrarq gur tnzr naq ybbxrq gurz nyy hc naq V qvq trg npprff gb gur jrofvgr! (juvpu vf fb jryy jevggra) fb gunax lbh!
I really liked this game! Super satisfying to connect the dots, and there were lots of great details to be found.
Curious whether I came to the right conclusions, and whether there were any more pages to be found! Below in rot13 to avoid spoilers:
1. Snibevgrf Sbhaq: Tebir, YXX, FF, Npeb, Qjnva, TencrYnar, Eurvn, Fgnpv, Gbav, Tvey Qrif Havgrq.
2. Trareny Haxabjaf V qvqa’g svther bhg:
3. Trarenyyl, gur jnl V zngpurq anzrf gb hfreanzrf, gb tnzrf, gb nssvyvngvbaf:
Qjnva Furznafxv
Orngevk Senaxyva
Bmmvr _
Elqryy Senaxyva
Vfun ???
Fvzba _
Whav ???
Fgnpv ZpQrnegu
Gbav Bcuven
Yn'Cbegvn Wbarf
Eurvn Qnivq
??? ???
??? ???
Xraqen ???
Syberapr Tybire
Lhwv Gnanxn
Ivetvavn Ynheryyr
??? ???
You might want to take a look at the credits for BLUE again. They wouldn't credit the same person twice under different user names.
I'm also extremely curious how you came to the conclusion that Orngevk vf ZnvqTheyPneevr
Ahh gotcha, thanks, the BLUE tip helped!
V gbbx gur “V xabj gur vasbezngvba [ba Enapbhe] vf jebat” sebz Qjnva’f cntr naq Oe0x3aSY0JrE’f “lbh qvqa’g jira perqvg zr sbe zl uryc jvgu Enapbhe BE ERQ!” pbzzrag ba Fgnpv’f cntr naq nffhzrq gung Oe0x3aSY0JrE jnf nabgure bar bs Orngevk’f hfreanzrf, retb gur cebwrpg Furznafxv naq Orngevk jbexrq ba jnf Enapbhe, ohg frrvat abj gung gung jnf jebat.
Sbe gur Orngevk = ZnvqTheyPneevr thrff:
Gur jubyr Abg Pbyq Rabhtu! cybg yvar (fcrpvsvpnyyl Eurvn’f cntr; ohg nyfb fbzr pbzzragf ba bar bs gur cntrf) erirnyrq gung ZnvqTheyPneevr pbaivaprq Eurn gb jbex jvgu ure oebgure. Fb V nffhzrq gung oebgure = k6K6K6K6k. Gura, va gur TS qrfpevcgvba bs 14-12-96, k6K6K6K6k gunaxf uvf fvfgre sbe urycvat, juvpu shegure pbasvezrq gung ZnvqTheyPneevr vf k6K6K6K6k’f fvfgre. Gur bayl gjb shyy anzrf gung funerq n ynfg anzr jrer Elqryy naq Orngevk Senaxyva, fb V znqr gur nffhzcgvba gung gurl jrer fvoyvatf.
Abj V’z jbaqrevat: jnf gur vagraqrq “jebat vasbezngvba” ba gur Enapbhe cntr fhccbfrq gb or gung gur anzr fubhyq or Orngevk vafgrnq bs Elqryy/ Elqryy qbrfa’g rkvfg?
Thanks!
Va ertneqf gb Orngevk naq gur jebat vasbezngvba ba Enapbhe, lbh fubhyq ybbx ng gur zrffntrf nobhg Fgnpv ba TencrYnar, ernq Fgnpv'f oybt cbfg nobhg OYHR naq gnxr vagb pbafvqrengvba jung fur fnlf nobhg Orngevk naq gura ybbx ng gur Arj Zrzore zrffntr ba TQH.
Omg duh - that makes way more sense! Thanks!
I really enjoyed the idea of the game and I had a lot of fun going through every page figuring out not only who is who in relation to everything going on and the old webpages are super nostalgic! I have some criticisms and questions but they involve mentioning spoilers, so I'll put it down below in ROT13.
V irel zhpu ubcr gung vs lbh qrirybc guvf tnzr shegure lbh'yy vapyhqr orvat noyr gb pbcl sebz gur jro, V glcrq va weyqtemfxjx gjvpr vapnfr V tbg vg jebat.
Fcrnxvat bs guvf bar'f whfg n crefbany guvat, jrer gurer uvagf gb rirel crefbaf vqragvgl? V'z fcrpvsvpnyyl jbaqrevat nobhg Enpury, Fgnpv, naq gur vqragvgl bs gur Byvir Cbfgre- V qba'g rira erzrzore jurer gur anzr Fgnpv pnzr sebz vg whfg ghearq hc va zl abgrf.
V jvfu gurer jnf n ovg zber nobhg Pneevr'f oebgure, uvf guvat xvaq bs cnenyryyrq jvgu gur pbir fb V jnf jbaqrevat jung raqrq hc unccravat.
Guvf vf nabgure fbeg bs crefbany guvat, ohg V'z abg fher V tbg nyy bs gur jrofvgrf? V tbg Tebir, YXX, FF, Npebc, Qjnva, Tencrynar, Eurvn, Gbav, TQH naq Ivetvavn'f.
V'z tbvat gb or ubarfg gur nafjre jnf zl yrnfg snibhevgr nfcrpg bs gur tnzr, vg qvqa'g ernyyl unir nal eryngvba gb gur fvqr fgbevrf bs Gur Tebir naq ERQ (hayrff Orngevk vf fhccbfrq gb or Ynzcfunqr Fcbex juvpu V xrcg tbvat onpx naq sbegu ba tvira gur rkvfgnapr bs gevpxfl_gevkvr be rira erq_npbavghz jub V pbhyqa'g cynpr) naq sebz jung V pbhyq gryy qvqa'g frrz gb unir n zragvba bs Orngevk hayrff V zvffrq fbzrguvat juvpu V cebonoyl qvq.
Ntnva V ernyyl rawblrq gur tnzr, vgf n zneiry jung lbh jbexrq hc va fhpu n fubeg gvzr, ohg V qb srry yvxr gurerf n ybg bs harkcyberq be jryy rkcynvarq greevgbel gung fgbcf guvf sebz orvat n ernyyl tbbq tnzr.
Hello!
You are missing a big part of the story since you didn't find Staci's website. You can find it by using her full name which is: Fgnpv ZpQrnegu which you can find through: TencrYnar naq Gbav'f jrofvgr.
It's kinda wild you were able to beat the game without finding Staci's site since it's one of the ways you can find Shemanski, I'll have to close that loophole in future updates.
Olive is not super important to the story, but you can figure out who she is. (Gel frnevat sbe Fxryrgba Oyhrf naq gura ybbxvat ng TencrYnar)Here's a bit more info:
Fgnpv ZpQrnegu vf na vzcbegnag punenpgre fur'f obgu Ynzcfunqr Fcbex naq Erq Npbavghz, juvpu lbh pna svther bhg guebhtu TencrYnar naq Erq Fhaqnl'f Pebff.
Fur'f nyfb gur yrnq sbe obgu ERQ naq OYHR juvpu zbfg bs gur qrif, rkprcg sbe Syberapr, nyfb znqr gur tnzr gung lbh'er ybbxvat sbe.
Onfvpnyyl jung unccrarq vf gung Vfun, Orngevk, naq Bmmvr jrag ba gb znxr Gerrf jvgubhg Fgnpv, jub sryg yrsg bhg naq uheg jura fur sbhaq bhg jung gur tnzr jnf nobhg. Fur gbbx qbja ERQ va ergnyvngvba ohg xrcg hc OYHR orpnhfr bs Syberapr'f qrngu. Fur fgngrf qverpgyl ba ure fvgr gung nyy bs gurz jbexrq gbtrgure ba n tebir tnzr.
Lbh pna fhff bhg gurl jbexrq gbtrgure guebhtu gur perqvgf sbe Gerrf ba TS.
Gur OS va OS Benatr fgnaqf sbe Orngevk Senaxyva, ba YXX fbzrbar pnyyf Svtt Vfun, naq ba Qjnva'f fvgr ur pnyyf Bmmvr Terra Nccyr.
Enpury vf whfg n erq ureevat.
I also finished the game without finding that site.
imagine trying to find this game (the irony)
I don't think The Grove's website is meant to be blank.
It is, i didnt have time to make it fancy during the jam
Fantastic archive dive. Loving the early 2000s forum vibes.
I'm not able to type in the search bars.
Did you download the game or are you playing in web? if web what browser are you using?
Chrome.
This is very very good! As a long-time Wayback Machine user, this game was very true to the experience of delving through half-archived pages trying to piece together things that everyone involved knew all about twenty years ago, but you today don't have any of the context and are just trying to wrap your head around it all. I love archive delving games in general, and this one is short, sweet, and does exactly what it wants to do. Heavily recommend to anyone reading this; well worth your time!
Hmm, I can't seem to get any search terms in the Search function?
for the "archive" one? you'll need full names, and some usernames, but not everyone, or you can type in group names, but i'll go take a look to make sure they are working
I did a quick check and all the ones that will give you a site are working, but not *every* username or name will turn up something, i think only about 6-7 usernames will actually work