Text has been removed from the game. We've replaced all of the text with cinematics. Each of these will be cut into quarters where each quadrant will be the days most popular TikTok video. We find that this increases player retention dramatically.
There are now ads between each room. Game development is hard and expensive. Ads allow us to keep making the game to the quality we have been. Running ads between each room just makes cents.
You can now buy Baron as a micro-transaction.
The Demo is now only $100 and localized pricing has been removed.
A VPN is now required to play Heartbound.
Heartbound is now sponsored by Kernel Level Anti-Cheat. Yes, all of them!
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Each chapter is now a DLC sold for only $15.99.
The previously mentioned DLC is actually a monthly subscription.
The monthly subscription does not include the battlepass.
All socks are now NFTs. Blockchain. Ownership. Money. Web3. Crypto. Investment.
All art is now AI generated which is clearly better than stinky old human hand made art.
The OST has been removed and replaced with exclusively Mongolian throat singing.
Heartbound is now a AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA game. The first of its kind.
Heartbound has been renamed to Y to follow the great example set by X.
There is now a $0.99 microtransaction fee to respawn after losing a fight.
Y now has a new Pay Per Step system! PPS is very innovative.
Single Player now requires online access at all times.
Battle Royale mode has been released. Where we droppin?
Y requires 5 Factor Authentication for your account to be approved.
Y now has extreme time-limited Twitch drops. FOMO is fun!
Y now has a TOS that you must agree to... or else.
There are a number of new dance emotes in the cash shop.
There are now hundreds of new hats in the Gacha system.
All purchases must now be made with Y-Coin a new cryptocurrency minted today.
Bees.
Bug Fixes
There are no bugs. I am a perfect programmer. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bug Reporting
There are no bugs to report so you cannot. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Upcoming Content
This is all the content you need.
Patch 1.0.9.63
Merry Christmas!!!
This is the last bug-fix patch before a major content push. There was a ton wrong with our Steamdeck builds and this should resolve most of them. This was over 160 tickets of issues all drilled into a month and a half so we should be stable for the foreseeable future! If you're still having issues on Deck please make sure you're running the game at 60fps on the latest firmware. The Demo will be updated in the next few days as well.
I wanted to get a content patch out this month but the community has increased over 50x due to an explosion of our YouTube content. This took a lot of management and time to batten down the hatches and get everything organized. As a studio we're WAY stronger now as a result and there are so many of you here and enjoying the game that it's overwhelming. Thank you for everything and I hope you enjoy what comes next.
RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
If you are triggering piracy detection on Linux or Deck please uninstall and reinstall the game.
New Content
The Settings menu now has an option to disable/enable wiggle text.
New facial expressions have been added for Sheldon.
New facial expressions have been added for Shelly.
Sheldons Stroll cutscene has been updated with better effects.
Shellys Stroll cutscene has been updated with better effects.
The Pause Key can now be used to Pause the game in addition to Escape.
Spacebar can now be used to accept things and move conversations forward.
Hitting Cancel on controller while on the close menu button now closes the menu.
Bug Fixes
PC and Linux no longer crash by spamming controller inputs.
Steamdeck no longer crashes on startup intermittently.
Steamdeck now has improved performance.
Steamdeck asset caching has been improved in all environments.
Steamdeck lighting performance has been improved.
Steamdeck OLED no longer crashes by spamming controller inputs.
A number of Shellys animations are now on the correct texture page.
Rotating text has been slowed down to be more readable.
Cleaned up some PT-BR translation errors.
Cleaned up some JA-JP translation errors.
Cleaned up some ES-MX translation errors.
The third eyeball in the Barghest encounter is now visible.
A hidden page in the Darkworld is now visible.
A textbox should no longer remain forever in the mines.
Mushrooms no longer appear on top of Lore.
Bug Reporting
Please report any issues on our Discord in the Heartbound-Ticket channel.
Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
Upcoming Content
The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
The next step is the resolution of the Mossbacks family quarrels.
After this Animus will be completed.
Steam Awards!
It's time for the Steam Awards again and this year Heartbound is up for the Labor of Love award!
We've been updating Heartbound for a number of years now and I'm excited to get everything fully finished and out there next year. During this event we've put the game on sale for 20% off and I hope all of you new players have a blast.
You can find the stream on Twitch or YouTube! You can also join the community on Discord!
Have a great holiday and stay tuned for what comes next! :HBHeart:
RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
New Content
Shelly has new talky animations.
Shelly has new standy animations.
Shelly's storyline has been finished. This portion of Animus is finally complete. Both Shelly and Sheldon have 36+ possible routes in their respective rooms for the Forest Stroll section. There are only a handful of rooms left in Animus before we move on to Jotunheim. Estimated release date for Animus is now December 2023. Will let you know if that changes as we get closer but I doubt it will!
Bug Fixes
Multiple dialog errors have been fixed in French.
Multiple dialog errors have been fixed in English.
Muspelheim no longer crashes the client.
The credits no longer crash the client.
Bug Reporting
Please report any issues via DM on Discord to Thor#5264.
You can also send these to GoPirateSoftware@Gmail.com
Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
Upcoming Content
The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
The next step is the resolution of the Mossbacks family quarrels.
After this Animus will be completed. We're targeting December 2023!
RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
New Content
Pending Valves review Heartbound should now be fully compatible with Steam Deck. I will put out an announcement when they approve us!
Forest March has been added to the OST.
Miserable Manic Shadows has been added to the OST.
Meandering Shadows has been added to the OST.
Shelly has a number of new talky animations.
Shelly's storyline has been extended. This isn't the entire storyline but it's a good start for her personality. I'm pretty happy with the direction for now and will continue fleshing it out this month. By the end of the month I plan to have the game in the next environment dealing with Ramul/Reme. Should be a lot of heavy story as it's the final step before the end of the chapter.
Bug Fixes
New detections have been made for a certain kind of player. ᕕ( ・‿・)つ-●-● ᕕ(⌐●_●)ᕗ ♪♬
The OST now plays in the correct order when launching it through Steam. This is actually a Steam bug and required every song to have the track number placed before the title.
The D-Pad no longer breaks if you Pause the game on Steam Deck using the power button and then resume the game.
The D-Pad no longer breaks if you use Volume Up/Down on Steam Deck. Another steam bug this time dealing with Key IDs. If you're a developer out there Steam Deck appears to use Virtual Keypresses that return an ID of 0. Don't swap control types on 0 inputs and it should fix this right up. Additionally you should also not swap inputs on Media Keys which are 173-179.
Bug Reporting
Please report any issues via DM on Discord to @piratesoftware.
You can also send these to GoPirateSoftware@Gmail.com
Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
Upcoming Content
The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
New Content
Sheldons storyline has been finished and implemented. There are a few different routes here and it took some time to get it feeling right. Really happy with the outcome. As a writer I have found Sheldon and Shelly to be the most difficult to write for. I have very little personal experience that relates to their personalities and life perspective. They have ideas and behaviors far outside of what is normal for me. To help out with this I talked to a lot of people I know that have similar feelings to these characters. The more I learn about people the easier it is to write a facsimile of them effectively. Hope you like how it's come together!
Bug Fixes
The Heartbound font is no longer haunted.
Shelly and Sheldon no longer vibrate off the screen when angry.
The French translation has had a pass to add correct accent marks.
It is no longer possible to break a textbox in the Iron Mines.
'Fixed' a pixel on the volume slider. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bug Reporting
Please report any issues via DM on Discord to Thor#5264.
You can also send these to GoPirateSoftware@Gmail.com
Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
Upcoming Content
The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
New Content
Sheldons storyline has been extended. Right now this is a test to see how it feels narrative wise. If this works out I will be finishing off this branch and then doing the same for Shelly. Right now this is about 1/3rd of the conversation with Sheldon but the rest is already written. There are a bunch of routes here based on how you've played through Animus. There are also different routes based on your choices with Sheldon. After these sections are done we only have a few more rooms in Animus. Until finalization this entire section is in English only.
A Twitch button has been added to the main menu. Development streams happen every Monday-Saturday from 1:00AM PDT to around 8:00AM PDT. Thor talks about game development, life, the universe, and everything in-between. While the grand majority of Heartbound is developed off stream this is a great place to ask questions. That being said from June 1st to around June 8th Thor is just playing Diablo 4 on there. He worked at Blizzard Entertainment for 7 years and Diablo is his favorite IP. Demon killing vacation is the best vacation.
A Discord button has been added to the main menu. We're at almost 5,000 active members in the Discord now! Tons of players didn't realize we had this place setup. Hopefully this new button fixes that.
A YouTube button has been added to the main menu. The channel has a lot of gameplay videos for different releases. We also put the monthly update videos here!
PT-PT is now a disabled option on the Language menu. This is actively being worked on so I hope you all enjoy it when we're done!
FAN is now a disabled option on the Language menu. Eventually we plan to release a Fan Translation system. This should let you put in your own translation for the game. It's far off and something we plan to release after the full launch.
A new song appears in the latest cutscene.
A new song is now in the OST.
# has been added to the Heartbound font.
A number of facial expressions have been added for Sheldon.
Full Steamdeck Support has been added!
Full PS4 and PS5 Controller support.
Bug Fixes
The Pocketwatch is no longer on the wrong layer after a sequence in the mines.
It is no longer possible to softlock by talking to Sheldon while he leaves the house.
It is no longer possible to softlock by answering a question in the same frame it was asked.
The credits text no longer fails alignment if you pause during it.
Fern no longer talks outside the box when it all goes wrong.
# in names no longer cause newlines on the credits screen.
A textbox in lunch rush no longer breaks out of bounds
The pause menu no longer shows the room behind it along the edges while moving.
Lighting no longer remains on characters when a light is turned off while they stand in a lightsource.
Screenshakes no longer break lighting in Animus.
The cursor no longer goes under the Language menu.
Fixed an animation pop for Sheldon when turning.
Fixed an animation pop for Shelly when turning.
'Fixed' a pixel on the volume slider. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bug Reporting
Please report any issues via DM on Discord to Thor#5264.
You can also send these to GoPirateSoftware@Gmail.com
Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
Upcoming Content
The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
