u/gushi

Hey there Spry Foxes,

Just a note to say: This game got me through some rough times in Lockdown. It gave me a reason to get up and do things every day, to meet my cool online bear-friends, and then maybe take myself out for a self-care walk. Alone, because it was during a time when being with friends wasn't always possible.

I was playing on AppleTV back then, when we hit the memory limitations, so I had to switch to desktop on MacOS (which ported over easily enough because of Apple Arcade), and on desktop, my controller didn't work. And then, of course, the app was pulled off of Apple Arcade, without a clean way to just...pay outright for the game and keep my data. I'm sure there were contractual reasons that wasn't possible, but honestly. I would have been happy to just say "here, take my money!"

It's not the first time I've lost access to a game I love because of weird platform issues (I can't play Portal on a modern Mac, because...what...Valve can't recompile a game they wrote and have the source code for? Grumble, grumble.)... but in the case of Cozy Grove, I resolved to finish what I started -- appropriate for a game about helping resolve unfinished business.

So I finished my quests, and left my island to sink into the fog again, let my ghosts become ghosts once more, feeling better for having the story. I'm glad I got the closure, since porting my island elsewhere wasn't really an option (and since Apple Arcade wouldn't really allow sign-in to other platforms like the Switch).

I've seen other similar games pop up on the App Store, trying to capture the magic and whimsy you folks created, and I see that Netflix has acquired you, and put the sequel on Steam/Windows/Devices I don't have.

I hope Netflix are treating you all well, and that you can continue putting amazing things into this world and doing what you love. I hope you're making time for your own loved ones.

I still listen to your soundtrack sometimes, and it still brings me back. And it's still the right thing for a walk near a quiet stream, or while tending a garden, or building something new.

I'm looking for the kind of song that has the same amount of energy as Walking on Sunshine. I remember it starts off with a count in and has the possible first lyrics "do the love" or "do love" but it's said fast enough it sounds like "dude love".

Similar energy to "Hey Ya" but that's the wrong energy.

Heavy acoustic guitar.

It has lyrics like "got me on my knees, yeah, you're all I really need..."

Rock organ in the bridge, with an earwormy build.

I feel like it would have been either used in an Americas Funniest VIdeos montage or like...in an 80's movie or something like that. It's absolutely slamming and google totally sucks at this now.

...driving me BONKERS...