In just 5 days The Black Heart will launch in its final form on Steam. WISHLIST NOW!
Check out the comments below where we tell you some facts about today's character: PEKETO 🤡
Peketo's real name is actually Ivan Perke. And before he turned into the cute-creepy guy we all know, Ivan was a normal kid but also a victim of an abusive and alcoholic Father who traumatized him for life...
Read more about Peketo's story at his Wiki: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Peketo
During Killer Mode, Peketo throws his head. And while his head is detached, he (@andres_borghi) sings songs from classic arcade games:
🦖 Bubble Bobble 💀 Splatterhouse 2 🛡️ Ghosts n' Goblins
I wanted to let you know about the projects in which we're currently working at Saibot Studios. Let's start with the one next to release...
THE BLACK HEART (OCT 2021)
The game The Black Heart, created in its majority by Andrés Borghi, a very talented multimedia artist with whom we had the pleasure to work with for promotional videos of Doorways and Hellbound.
The past year we joined forces with Andres to publish his masterpiece on Steam. We started with Early Access, we kept improving the game and we finally got a definitive version ready to launch 🙌
The full game release is next Thursday: October 21. IN LESS THAN A WEEK!
So go to the store page and take a look. And if you like it, add the game to your Wishlist:
By the way, the new cover for The Black Heart was made by one of the main artists of Hellbound: the great Fernando Muzzio
And the music for the release version is going to be remastered by the sound especialist of Doorways and Hellbound: David Levill
OUT OF BOUNDS (EARLY 2022)
On my side, during August I participated in the Unreal Megajam 2021, and I managed to create a little full game on my own in just 7 days 🤯
You can play that version for free on Itchio; but since I really liked the results, I decided to keep working on this project and to invite another great former-Saibot so we can get the game to the next level: the master of art Viktor Ahmed
The idea is to keep improving it for a couple of months and release a new version during early 2022. So if you like it, add it to your Wishlist as well!
And outside Saibot, our friends and coleagues who helped us in the past with our games created together Pal'Sur Studios. They are working on an action RPG that looks and plays spectacular 👌
I had the luck to play directly with the creators. So I can really recommend you to add it to your wishlist as well, without a doubt:
Cheers and have you all an amazing end of the week!
Tobias
6 DAYS LEFT! NOROKO 👹
Only 6 days before the final release of The Black Heart. WISHLIST NOW!
And check out the facts and videos below to know more about today's character: NOROKO
The name Noroko comes from the mix of "Noroi" (which means "curse" in Japanese) and "ko" (which is comonly used for female names in Japan like "Sadako", "Kayako" or "Kimiko") 👺
The phrase Noroko says when a confrontation starts is "Taskete" and it means "Help me". The idea was taken from a part of the japanese movie Kairo (Pulse, 2001) 📺
You can watch the Kairo trailer here, where you can also listen to those words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BEBY-VCKPM
The actress who gives life to the famous fatality of Noroko is named Marcela and she actually has Japanese descent 🏮
But that is not the only time we can see her in a live action version...
Check out the 2007 video trailer by creator @andres_borghi 📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37kq5-aULVc
The terrorific and peculiar fatality of Noroko received in 2013 the second place of the best fatalities acording to the popular youtuber Dross 🤠
You can watch the complete Top 10 in the next link (it's in Spanish though): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVtuK4_3HEo
And the past year (2020), the channels at TikTak Draw made a very interesting video about Noroko. Check it out! 🎎 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zfiQv38Sek
In 7 days the full version of The Black Heart will release on Steam. WISHLIST NOW!
And check out the facts for each character next to the image below!
Hashi belongs to an ancient race of wood men who were the main workers that shaped and constructed the Earth. And he's the only of his race who loves to fight 👊
Want to know more about the story of Hashi? Check out the fandom Wiki: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Hashi
The character was created by Andres Borghi because he wanted to have a character who throws spikes from the ground. But this feature actually ended up being used by Animus 🌱
What Hashi says in his victory "¡Está amargo!" means "It's sour!" and it's a very common phrase in the culture of Argentina, the country where Hashi and the creator are from 🧉
Finally, fireflies appear around Hashi while he fights, and they represent the current amount of green power bars 🦟
It was a fighting engine where creators from all around the world added characters from different universes to fight each other in epic never seen battles: from Goku vs. Superman, to Ronald Mcdonald vs. Homer Simpson...
But Andres wanted to create his own characters. At the beginning he wasn't actually thinking about creating a full game, but building only his individual creatures.
The community loved them! So Andres decided to get things to the next level 😎
Andres created the story for each character and then a story in common titled "El Corazón Negro" (The Black Heart) 🖤
Then designed all the sprites, interfaces and cinematics; recorded the male voices; built the sound effects; and composed most of the soundtracks.
After six years of hard work (October of 2009), Andres published the first playable version of The Black Heart on Game Jolt 🙌
And a decade later, he returned to his creation and ported the game to the Ikemen engine so we all can play The Black Heart in its final form on Steam 👽
We're doing very well. And together with the creator Andres Borghi, we are super busy preparing everything for the final release of October 21 🎃
During this last week, we have been sharing HUNDREDS of paints and other beautiful art creations made by the amazing community of The Black Heart during the last years...
So to end up the week, here you the 7 posts we did on Twitter, where we included each of fanart from every character as threads in the comments. Check them out!
GROUPS (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Meriichan
HASHI (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Uri Vig 22
NOROKO (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Mandranatoon
PEKETO (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Zebra
ANIMUS (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Marile Art
ANANZI (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Devillefort
SHAR-MAKAI (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Datenshikyouki
FINAL (click on the image to see them all)
Above image by Carla Gimenez
And the upcoming week we're going to start sharing some interesting facts about The Black Heart, including background and never seen images and videos. So if you're not following us yet, do so now!
Lovely creatures from the other side! How was your week? 👻
Today we bring you the amazing new official cover, created by the talented artist and friend of us Fernando Muzzio (let's follow him on Instagram!)
Click image to see it in high definition on Twitter
We have just started October, the month of horror and the month of our launch...
The full version of The Black Heart will be released in less than 3 weeks, everybody! More precisely, October 21 (Thursday). And together with the creator Andres Borghi, we are working hard in all the details 🙌
Don't forget to follow us at our social networks, where we're going to start sharing some interesting facts about the background of the game:
Cheers and have you all an amazing-creepy weekend!
Tobías
🖤 Full Release Announcement! 🖤
Creatures from the other world! How are you? 💀
We finally have a full Steam release date for The Black Heart:
🔥 OCTOBER 21 IS THE DAY! 🔥
In just 4 weeks, the game will go from the current Early Access state, to its FINAL form. And it will include:
Chapter 6 of the Story Mode (Shar-makai)
New and improved unlockable palettes for all characters
A Gallery with all the cinematics
Final as an unlockable playable character
Remastered music by David Levill
And also… A BIG SURPRISE! Which we’re going to reveal on launch
Today starts the final countdown for a project in which Andrés Borghi started working almost 2 decades ago...
That’s why we want to ask you, our lovely and faithful fans from the other world, to follow and support us as much as you can during this campaign for the definitive release.
From Saibot Studios and together with Andrés, we’re going to post a lot of things in our social media accounts, so The Black Heart can reach even more gamers all around the world when the final release arrives. But we need your help 🙌
Follow us and share our posts:
Also follow Andrés Borghi on his personal accounts:
And join us at the server created by fans:
Thank you once again for all your support. And get ready! Because the definitive version of The Black Heart WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART!
