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Cozy Grove brought Animal Crossing-like wholesomeness to the Nintendo Switch earlier this year, but we were slightly underwhelmed — the game was missing a lot of vitality and the kind of content that keeps you coming back, day after day. It looks like that’s set to change with developer Spry Fox’s new Autumn Update, which adds a ton of quality-of-life improvements that may just entice us back to the game.
Interior Decorating
The biggest one, for us at least, is that you can actually go inside your house now. “We know you’ve all wanted to go inside your tent for a long time,” reads Spry Fox’s blog, “but some serious technical hurdles kept stopping us from supporting that feature… until now!” You’ll now be able to decorate the interior, which means you can use all those decor items that you haven’t had a place for, as well as “many new decorations” made specifically for the tent.
Much like Animal Crossing, you’ll also have more rooms the more times you upgrade your tent, although the tent exterior won’t reflect the interior size.
New Animals
And what does a cosy house with new furniture need? A PET TO MESS IT ALL UP. You’ll have the chance to adopt cats, and by “adopt” we mean “lure into your house and give it treats until it likes you”, but that’s basically what cat ownership is, anyway.
A new spirit animal is also heading to the Grove: Spirit Bunnies, which now exist alongside Spirit Birds and Deer. You’ll be able to create your own if you spend time with Lee Berry.
Rapid Harvesting
If you’ve been finding the foraging and harvesting mechanic a little tedious, you’ll be pleased to know that that’s been changed up a little. The new accordion instrument will instantly harvest all items in a certain radius, making it a lot faster to grab all your fruits and flowers!
Photography
Photo Mode! You’ll need to get yourself a camera, of course, but then you can just snap away to your heart’s content. It doesn’t look like the kind of Photo Mode where you can move the viewpoint around — more of an diegetic camera function.
Halloween
There’s no concrete information on what the Halloween stuff will be in Cozy Grove… just that it’s coming.
Other Updates
- New background music
- Improved stone-skipping
- Bugfixes
- “Various Improvements”
The last major update for Cozy Grove was the Summer Update, which added bug catching, hugging, treasure maps, and a bunch of new items and NPCs.
The Autumn Update is free for anyone who owns the game.
Have you fallen off Cozy Grove, or have you been playing it every day like you’re supposed to? Let us know in the comments!
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/10/cozy-grove-free-autumn-update-adds-pet-cats-interior-design-and-a-photo-mode