Pine Hearts News

[h3]Hey Campers!![/h3]

[h2]Pine Hearts is now LIVE![/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1781010/Pine_Hearts/

We're so excited to finally have you visit the campsite! We can't quite believe this day has finally arrived 💚

Your hike around the park will take around 5 hours to complete, but with so many secrets stuffed throughout the campsite we hope you'll have plenty to keep you busy for a while! 🌲

If you enjoy your visit to Pine Hearts please consider leaving us a review! Reviews are an incredible way to support the games you care about and are especially helpful for indie teams like us.

And check out our launch trailer below!
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Thank you so much for all of your support, and we hope to see you soon at the campsite! 🌲
- Team HLG

[h2]Exciting News Campers!![/h2]

[h3]🎉🌲Pine Hearts will be releasing on the 23rd of May!🌲🎉[/h3]

Grab your camping gear and prepare to be immersed in a cosy narrative-adventure set within the picturesque Scottish countryside, and a heartfelt journey through Tykes' fondest memories💭🌲

Check out the brand new launch trailer, and make sure to wishlist and follow Pine Hearts on steam to keep up with all the latest news on the run up to release!

[h3]We can't wait to welcome you to Pine Hearts[/h3] 💚🌲

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[h2]Hey Campers! 🍃[/h2]

[h3]We’ve got a very exciting update to share with you today 💚
We recently organised a behind-the-scenes day for creators with various needs and understandings of the importance of accessibility options in games to have a hands-on experience with Pine Hearts! [/h3]

Safe In Our World ambassadors therealpengy and Phoebe Hesketh, and content creators psykit and mousewastaken, advocate for and are involved in supporting accessibility and mental health awareness in games. We wanted to give them a hands on opportunity to test our accessibility features and learn more about the game's story and themes and why building something inclusive was so important to us at Hyper Luminal Games.

They got to chat with members of the team including Creative Director Rob Madden, UX/UI Designer and Accessibility Lead Searra Leishman, and Social and Community Coordinator Melissa Cocker about all things Pine Hearts. As well as testing various accessibility settings and our accessibility hardware set up for events, we chatted about the origins of the game's stories and themes.

You can see how the day went and hear more from everyone involved in the video below!
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For future updates make sure to wishlist and follow Pine Hearts on steam!

[h2]Hello Campers![/h2]

[h3]We heard your feedback from our demo asking for more Quest Markers and Non-Playable Character locations to be included in the map, and I'm happy to share a peek of the updates we've made![/h3]



Our in-house cartography team (our UX/UI and art specialists 💪🎨) have been hard at work sharpening up our map designs across the whole park, as well as adding a whole host of new features, including:

• 🌎 Updated world map
  
• ⛳ Updated regional maps for each area of Pine Hearts
  
• 🏃‍♂️ Added Player Character marker, to keep track of where you are in the world!
  
• ⭐ Added markers for Primary Quest Interactions
  
• 🏌️‍♂️ Added markers for Primary NPCs
  
• ⛺ Added markers for Secondary Quest Interactions
  
• 👩 Added markers for Secondary NPCs
  

[h3]We've also included a couple images that show off the maps for newer regions of the park, yet to be explored. Get yourself over to twitter for some more sneak peeks![/h3]

That's all for now, but lots more news coming your way soon! Make sure to wishlist Pine Hearts and follow the store page to keep up with the latest news! 💖
- Melissa (Community Manager)