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Pocket Grove

A tiny forest quest on a pastel handheld. Find three spirit seeds hidden in the bushes, the tall grass and the old stump, then pull the sword from the stone. It runs at the handheld's own 240 by 160 and goes through an LCD pass, so it looks like it sits behind real glass.

UsesWebGL2Canvas 2DWeb Audio

How to play

Press Start and walk the glade. Three things in it hide a spirit seed: a bush, a patch of tall grass and the old stump. Face something and press A to cut or search it. The counter in the corner fills as you go, and at 3/3 the sword in the stone finally moves.

The console

  1. 1

    D-pad

    Walk. Press between two arrows to go diagonally

  2. 2

    A

    Cut, search, and pull the sword

  3. 3

    B

    A hint with how many seeds are left

  4. 4

    Start

    Start, pause, and play again

  5. 5

    Select

    Same as B

  6. 6

    Sound

    Turn the blips on or off. It remembers your choice

On a keyboard←↑↓→walkWASDwalkXactZhintReturnstart or pause

From title screen to sword

  1. 1.Press Start

    The glade wakes up and a fairy finds you. It follows you around for the rest of the run.

  2. 2.Look in everything

    Cut bushes and grass, search the stump. Three of them hide a seed, the rest just scatter leaves.

  3. 3.Pull the sword

    With all three seeds, stand below the stone and press A. Your time shows when it comes free.

Pixel art
Ninja Adventure by Pixel-boy and AAA, released as CC0, recoloured to cream sand
Console
Drawn by me in SVG, stickers included
Made with
Canvas 2D, a WebGL2 LCD pass, Web Audio, React and Next.js