TOUCH GRASS · 0.9.5

Version 0.9.5
Build 2779
Revision d9f1a9cadbd5656c247780386be634ac40db3bb9
2026-10-17
Android, iOS

Release overview

0.9.5 is the first build with the whole campaign connected: start on the title, climb all 18 levels through six worlds, rescue Pim, escape outside, roll the credits and, with every Lost Photo, see the epilogue. Every level has enemies, the scroll speed rises world by world, and each world has its own art. It is a development build for playtesting; version 1.0 is in progress.

What changed

The campaign is connected end to end: W1-1 through W6-2, from the title to the rescue of Pim, the escape outside, credits and the all-photos epilogue.
World finales with their own story sequences: In the loop (Comment Swamp), Encore (Influencer Mall), Original (Slop Factory) and Still here (Dark Mode).
Enemies in every level, with Old Accounts in the World 2 and 3 finales (more in the next build).
A difficulty curve: the scroll speed rises world by world, and each world finale is a peak.
Each world has its own production art, including the marble and gold of Influencer Mall.

Fixes

Since 0.9.0: the test-suite fixes that were still pending when the 0.9.0 device build was made.

Gameplay screenshots

Real captures from Android development builds, current 0.9.5 first; each caption names its build. Open any image to look closer.

Nova stands at the bottom of an Influencer Mall shaft framed by cream marble walls, with gold-trimmed ledges, rows of Minutes, a Lost Photo and a teaching card showing a cracked Sponsored pad, a countdown and then a jump. — Gameplay screenshotInfluencer Mall · W3-1 in 0.9.5 — marble and gold world art. The card at the start teaches the Sponsored pad: it holds you for a moment, then collapses, so keep moving.Version 0.9.5 · Build 2779 · Revision d9f1a9cadbd5656c247780386be634ac40db3bb9 · Android · Captured 2026-10-17T10:51:59Z · Native Android tablet screenshot (Galaxy Tab S10+); lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch. Development build 0.9.5, code 2779.

Nova at the start of Comment Swamp W2-3 between mossy speech-bubble walls; a grey, pixelated Old Account figure stands quietly at the left edge of the floor. — Gameplay screenshotComment Swamp · W2-3 “Thread Closed” in 0.9.5 — the opening post of the World 2 finale. The grey figure on the left is the Archive, one of the Old Accounts you can stop and talk to.Version 0.9.5 · Build 2779 · Revision d9f1a9cadbd5656c247780386be634ac40db3bb9 · Android · Captured 2026-10-17T11:06:02Z · Native Android tablet screenshot (Galaxy Tab S10+); lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch. Development build 0.9.5, code 2779.

Nova stands at the bottom of a Comment Swamp shaft with mossy speech-bubble walls, rows of Minutes, a Lost Photo and a wall-jump guide. — Gameplay screenshot · before0.9.0 capture (int3) — Comment Swamp W2-1, when the production terrain and parallax art first replaced the flat preview walls. The guide teaches the wall jump.Version 0.9.0 · Build 2694 · Revision 2b4d15e117384795175132595ea153cd52c29eb5 · Android · Captured 2026-10-17T08:50:07Z · Native Android tablet screenshot (Galaxy Tab S10+); lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch. Device-reported versionName 0.9.0-int3.

Concept art

Visual intent and concepts, separate from the game captures above.

Nova climbing a neon tower of content cards beneath the TOUCH GRASS title. — Concept artKey art — early concept, not captured gameplay.

Concept lineup on magenta: a squat green Troll lobbing angry comment bubbles from a mossy ledge, a feed-card centipede Doomscroller clinging under a platform, a Clickbait coin beside its sprung bear-trap form, an eyeball Recommender drone in a thumbnail frame, and a padlocked, chained comment-thread barrier guarded by two moderator robots. — Concept artNew enemies planned for 1.0 — concept art, not in-game sprites. Troll, Doomscroller, Clickbait, Recommender and the Locked Thread gate.

Known issues

The first playtest found World 2 layouts that are too easy and a missing end card in Swedish; both are being addressed. The end-card fix (TG-319) landed after this build.
Next build (already in the development source, not in 0.9.5): a Settings menu on the title screen that starts in the phone's language (Swedish or English), Dev Previews for every level, a results-card fix, Mute (W4-2) and Block (W4-3) usable in their lessons (0.9.5 shows the lesson hints only), and Old Accounts in the World 4 and 5 finales.
Planned for 1.0 and not in this build: harder layouts with no straight-up climbs, a stricter wall-jump rule (one wall jump per jump, land before the next, a wall jump can flow into a dash), enemies that escalate within each world, the new enemy roster (Troll, Doomscroller, Clickbait, Recommender drone, Locked Thread gates) and the mini-bosses Autoplay, Reply Guy, Copycat and Night Owl.
The 0.9.5 screenshots here cover W3-1 and W2-3 on the tablet. Device captures of the later worlds, bosses, menus and the ending will be added.
Full performance measurements and human playtest acceptance on phone and tablet remain open. PC and WebGL builds are not part of this release.

Validation

passedIntegration source after the 0.9.5 build (2026-10-17): compile, EditMode and full PlayMode suites.
agent/orchestrator/TG-297-integration-1.0 at 324c21ce: EditMode 1078/1078 passed; PlayMode 1007 total, 984 passed, 0 failed, 23 skipped. These results are for the integration source, which is newer than the 0.9.5 APK source d9f1a9ca.
failedKnown defect in the 0.9.5 build source (d9f1a9ca).
The end card was missing in Swedish in this build; fixed afterwards on the integration branch (TG-319).
passedAndroid 0.9.5 (code 2779) and iOS 0.9.5 (build 2779) installed on the Galaxy Tab S10+, Galaxy S25 and iPhone 18 Pro (2026-10-17).
Installed on all three devices for the first owner playtest. The W3-1 and W2-3 tablet captures on this page come from the 0.9.5 install.
pendingFirst owner playtest and human acceptance.
The first playtest found too-easy World 2 layouts and a missing end card in Swedish; both are being addressed. Acceptance is scheduled for the 1.0 release build.
pendingComplete route, performance and multitouch checks for 1.0.
Scheduled for the 1.0 release build (TG-309).

Notices

Some artwork was generated with AI.