Have you been playing The Black Heart? Nope? What are you waiting for?!
For a few more days and until the Halloween event finishes, the game and the Soundtrack DLC continue with a 10% of discount. So grab them now! 💸
But also and in case you didn't know, there's something called Chaos Bundle, which includes both: the game and the Soundtrack DLC but with an additional 15% of discount 🦑
And we also wanted to inform you that later today: 6:30pm (PST), the creator Andres is going to be live on his Twitch channel talking about The Black Heart. He'll be speaking in our native language Spanish; but if you ask him anything in English, he will answer you back in English as well. See you there at 6:30pm 👇
https://www.twitch.tv/andresborghi
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The long awaited day of launch has finally arrived! The definitive version of The Black Heart is ready on Steam to download and start killing 💀
And in the mid time, check out the amazing launch trailer created by Andrés Borghi, and discover the incredible story behind this ambitious project:
As you can see in the video, besides Shar-makai’s chapter 6 from the Story Mode, THE PRINCE JANOS HAS ENTERED THE ARENA! Can you find him? Defeat him? And eventually control him?
The game now includes new songs and all the music has been remastered by audio specialist David Levill. You can listen to the full soundtrack in this new official DLC, which includes the work of Andrés and great guests Pablo Borghi, Miguel Borzi y Natacha Nocetti:
The new stage “The Pantheon”, the place where the king’s murder took place, which was only seen in the cinematics, is now available in-game:
Speaking of cinematics, now you can rewatch them from the new gallery mode as you progress through the Story Mode:
Lots of other features, fixes and improvements have been made for this new version1.4. You can check the entire list below 👇
It’s time now… Time to continue fighting in the search for The Black Heart 🖤
Thank you for your support. Enjoy!
Tobías and Andrés
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Full list of chances and improvements from new version 1.4:
New character Janos, available as enemy and as unlockable
New chapter 6 of the Story Mode (Shar-makai)
Character Final is now unlockable
Over 30 new unlockable palettes
New levels The Phanteon and Csejthe Castle
New songs added and all music is now remastered
New gallery system to rewatch the animated sequences
New unlock system for characters and levels
New Easy difficulty
Balanced the Normal difficulty
Improved the fog in The Attic
Improved stage Chaos
Infinite continues in Story Mode
Fatal move of Animus transforms Noroko and Ananzi their male versions
First confrontation in Story Mode avoids mirror matches
Killer Modes of Peketo and Shar-makai are more aggressive
And there's something more...
TODAY IS THE DAY! 👁️
Good morning, dear creatures! 🧟
At 9am (PST) the definitive version of The Black Heart will release on Steam! WISHLIST NOW!
Also at that time, the launch video will be published:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ehGC-Ne274 We ask you to please support us by sharing our posts of today, including the video when it launches. So together we can allow The Black Heart to go as far as possible 🙏
Creator Andres Borghi has just finished rendering the launch trailer for tomorrow, and we can only say one thing about it... YOU WILL LOVE IT ❤️
The video will be released together with the final game tomorrow: Thursday, Oct 21 at 9am (PST). But you better add a reminder to it by following this link!
Cheers and please share the news! Thank you!
Tobias
1 DAY LEFT! FINAL 🦑
The FINAL countdown starts today! Only 1 day remains until The Black Heart achieves its final form... WISHLIST NOW!
The scary and all powerful Final is the character of this last day, check out his facts below!
Final is considering by many as one of the toughest bosses in a fighting game 🤕
And his quote "¡Es el final!" in Spanish, means "It's the end!" in English.
Fanart by Carla Gimenez
"Final" was actually there from the very "beginning" 🤯
His creator Andres Borghi designed him back in 2001, when the creator was still at high school:
According to Andres, most of the inspiration for the design of Final came from Lovecraft, Urotsukidoji and Elder God 👁️
And Final's face was based on the creature that appears on the background of the Queen Beryl's lair from the anime Sailor Moon 🌙
2 days and counting for The Black Heart to reach the light in its complete form. Wishlist now!
Shar-makai is the protagonist of Story Mode chapter 6, which will be available in the final release. Check the facts below!
"Makai" in Japanese means "World of demons/spirits" 😈
And the sprites and animations of Shar-makai where the first created by @andres, when he wasn't even thinking about making a full game (just separated characters for the Mugen platform).
The first time that Shar-makai was seen was in the (previously mentioned) Necropolis movie (2001), which was also created by Andres Borghi.
Below you will find the first concept art drawn by Andres:
In Necropolis, you can also see a two leg version of Shar-makai, which was inspired by the character Boreworm from the game Splaterhouse 3 💀
Everything with a new mastering made by audio specialist David Levill, known for his outstanding work in videogames like Hellbound and Doorways 🤘
And with a great cover art painted by artist Cadavercito 🖌️
This soundtrack will be a DLC (downloadable content), and it will be released on October 21. So if you're interested in it, you can add it to your Wishlist as well:
4 days left for The Black Heart to launch in its final form. WISHLIST NOW!
Look for the comments below, you'll find some interesting facts about one of the most twisted characters in gaming history: ANIMUS 👁️
The name Animus represents the male part of a female personality ♂️♀️
But also, in Transylvania (the place where Animus was locked up inside an iron maiden), they called "Animus Magnanimous" to the warriors of higher range 🏰
More info about Animus: https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Animus_(The_Black_Heart)
The face of Animus was inspired by the character Nemesis from the Resident Evil saga, and his/her costume by Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 🧟
His level, The Prison, also shows some obvious references from "The Otherworld" of Silent Hill 🏚️
And the question everyone asks... Why does Animus change his/her genre every time?
Animus is the representation of the biggest wishes of his/her Mother, a bloody countess who always wanted to be a man to kill in battles 🩸🗡️
