Heart Fragment News

Two exciting things! First, you can add Book Two DLC to your wishlist on Steam now. This DLC will be FREE to add on to Book One, and comes with the full routes for Lana & Shannon. The planned release is early March.

Next......... 💕



Sign up to be notified when it launches officially - some tiers have limited backer discounts. If you already have the game but still want that physical merch, a "merch only" tier is available as well.

Stretch goals include:

• a Nintendo Switch port
  
• a male protagonist option with new CGs
  
• epilogues for all good endings & some bad endings
  
• more fully voiced scenes
  
• flashback scene CGs
  

I've stated a number of times throughout development that the cost of assets, the exchange rate from CAD to USD, PayPal fees, etc have brought forth numerous struggles with budgeting. This will allow me to finish development at a much faster pace & offer new additions to the game - plus the previously mentioned physical merch in the form of double-sided acrylic charms of the main cast.

Rest assured, the game will be completed no matter what. You will not be left hanging. This Kickstarter will simply expedite the process, making the story available to you faster and making more additions to the game possible.

Merchandise design reveals will be starting soon on twitter & tumblr. Here is a sneak peek preview of some revamps to come following the Kickstarter!

Happy October, everyone! Here are the updates for the latest patch:

• More custom background updates (forest, alleyway, cafe, streets in the city)
  
• Normalized the volume of sound effects that were too loud in comparison to everything else
  
• Fixed an error with the configuration screen that appears when starting a new game that adjusted the wrong setting for one of the buttons
  
• Minor typo/bug fixes
  
• Added in a few more StarxSocial media feed prompts in the mid-to-late game
  
• People with screen effects on can now view an opening cut scene
  

Some people made note of the protagonist being inside of her own head too much, spending too much time doing inner monologue. This has been reduced in places where inner monologue does not add meaningful context to the scene.

Almost done replacing all the backgrounds! Just a few more to go!

Hello everyone! Back with a few more updated custom backgrounds, some minor bug fixes, and a few notes for Book Two and beyond!

• Custom backgrounds added for: cafe (outside), flowerfield, school, Shannon's bedroom, MC's bedroom at Lana's house, the store.
  
• Small update made to Gray's living room background to add a photo of the MC's mother to the wall.
  
• Fixed an error with the glossary/notes to self section that displayed an entry too soon.
  
• Minor typo fixes and narrative fixes.
  

Now, a few notes for future developments...

As you likely know, Heart Fragment was Kickstarted in 2020. Since then, the game has grown significantly and along with that growth have been a lot more expenses than originally planned for - and the cost of the creation makes Book Two, Book Three, and the Finale harder to finish within a reasonable time. I've also done the best as I can to be upfront about how the exchange rate from my country's CAD to the usually used USD and rising PayPal fees made for unplanned expenses. Since all future additions to the game will be FREE, I've needed to consider a few other options.

I have made the decision to start a Kickstarter that will fund the remainder of costs for creating everything from Book Two to the Finale. This will help me make things as quickly as possible AND allow me to offer some wonderful stretch goals. The Kickstarter will also include... *drumroll* physical merchandise in the form of chibi charms / keychains!

Stretch goals will be added to include more full voice acting in major scenes, a Nintendo Switch port in the future, and a physical copy of the artbook. There will also be additional tier rewards for custom characters that can be added starting in Book Two.

To clarify, anyone who backed the previous Kickstarter will receive any newly added digital rewards at the tiers they backed! Additionally, an 'add-on' tier would be added for people who want physical merchandise only.

More updates will be posted on this soon. Please know that while your help is appreciated, you're of course not required to back the upcoming books. You will still receive your copy of Book Two and beyond that are promised along with your purchase of Book One.

Thank you so much for supporting Heart Fragment. I hope you are all enjoying the game so far and that I can continue to provide you with an enjoyable experience!

I hope August has been wonderful for everyone! Here's a summary on the update that just went live:

• Updated notes to self system - there is now a huge expansion to the 'notes to self' including category navigation, more notes added, character specific notes with details about each character as you learn about them, and a full timeline that will arrange all the information you learn in the order of events.
  
• New contacts menu in the phone
  
• Contact screens are updated to look more like actual social media profiles; they also link directly to the character's gallery page and their notes to self section
  
• Due to a lot of confusion about how the hearts or stars next to names work in regards to affection level, this has been revamped. Character contact pages now have separate bars for level of platonic bond & level of romantic bond that fill up as your bond does. This makes it easier to picture where exactly you are on the scale instead of guesswork based on colors alone.
  
• To make accessing the new affection system easier, once you are on a character's route you will find a "quick access contact" on the phone's home screen which will take you quickly to their profile
  
• Texting system now shows the entire chat log for that scene instead of one message at a time
  
• New custom background for Gray's living room & new custom hospital background
  
• Bug fix with one of Clive's bad endings that made sprites appear larger than intended + fixed a variable that could lead to an exception error occurring
  

Additionally, I updated from Ren'py 7.4.4 to Ren'py 7.4.8 for this build (aka the latest version). Based on initial testing it doesn't seem like this update should interfere with anything, but if anyone runs into bugs/errors do not hesitate to report them to me.

Thank you and have a nice day!

I hope you are all doing well today! Here is an update summary for you:

• When viewing the NMCI document, the "click to continue" button wasn't disappearing until the next scene. This has been fixed.
  
• An issue was preventing people from unlocking Clive's branch 2 social media CG scene because of the phone menu being hidden. Fixed; if you already viewed the scene, you should be able to unlock the CG easily by using the skip feature and checking the final scene!
  
• Fixed the coloring for Clive's CG #1 sunset version. You will not need to view the scene again to unlock it if you already have it, it will be in your gallery in place of the old one.
  
• Fixed an issue with Clive's body being slightly over top of the table during the branch 2 finale.
  

I'm so sorry for any inconvenience these bugs may have caused. Wishing you well. :)