GrassChopper

Hey everyone! we're happy to announce a new update for the GrassChopper demo! Over the last couple of months we've been working on expanding the full game, and some of those improvements are now coming to the demo as well: New features Huge Art ImprovementsBirds, grasshoppers and improved leavesReworked art across the entire demo, with new ground art, new foreground art, new parallax layers, new clouds, rocks and moreGrass now reacts to the player far more naturally New menus and save systemComplete overhaul of the main menu, in-game menu and all settings menusNew save game system with profiles, manual saves and a better autosave systemTwo new options for how large numbers are formatted and aligned Full Key Rebinding A lot of you have asked for this feature for a long time, and now it's part of the demo.Rebind everything. Remap keyboard and gamepad controls from the options menu.AZERTY / French keyboard support New things to find13 new items that fit the world more naturally, with adjusted prices and descriptions. Most of the old items have been removed or moved to other parts of the game.A new NPC shows up after you beat the thorny grass boss (Region 2) and will let you revive the boss for a small price Changes and improvementsGamepad prompts now match your controller properly.The bug report menu now works with controllers (Big Picture required for the on screen keyboard, Steam Deck works natively)The boomerang is now tap-to-throw instead of hold-to-charge, with the charge mechanic moving further down the gameThe Region 2 boss now grants an extra charge when defeated for the first timeNew art for Oxygen Grass with variation between regions, and a new color for oxygenInventory tooltip art refreshedCamera shake toned downComplete font and text rework across the entire game, as part of the foundations for localizationDialogue rewrites and fixes throughoutMajor grass performance overhaulFaster particle systems, and particles now collide with the world properlyRegion 2'...

A quick hotfix addressing a few issues from the last update:Reverted to the previous oxygen grass visualsBrought back a missing sprite in the attack critical VFXFixed a bug where having the exact amount of money required wouldn't count as enoughRemoved the no-O2 sign still showing after the boss Thanks for the quick reports! keep it coming!

Thanks to everyone testing the demo and sending feedback — here's what's new in today's update:NewImproved Field Magnetism skill — should now be a lot strongerNew oxygen grass visuals (design + idle animation)New critical hit particle effectNew UI for dialogues + new dialogue fontNew UI for skill tooltipsNew descriptions for all upgrades, with highlighted key wordsAdded a keyboard keybind for Boomerang (C)Added charge usage note to the Boomerang reward popupFixesFixed boomerang animation not firing on quick clickFixed boomerang not activating if the button was pressed before the charge was fullFixed sprites that weren't connected on the ending popupFixed some typos in dialogues and skill descriptionsChanged the color of the word "Charge" in all dialogues to yellowishBalancingSeed drop upgrade cost increased overall (starting from Tier 3)Gold drop amount from all farm grass reducedAdjusted some item stack limits for a more balanced experienceGrowth speed upgrade pricing increased, with an extra level added (5 instead of 4)Keep the feedback coming — it's directly shaping the demo. Join us on Discord if you want to chat: Grass Chopper Discord