Nova Hearts News

First Chapter delayed

[h3]Dear players,[/h3]

We would like to inform you that the free first chapter "Nova Hearts - The Spark" will be postponed from its initial launch on January 17, 2024. The release date is moved by a few days. The first chapter, downloadable for free, will be officially playable end of January.

One of our core values is to be transparent and to make honest communications. We want your game experience to be the best possible and believe that postponing its release is the best decision we can make.

We are sorry for the inconvenience and are pleased to see that so many of you are excited to play the game. We ask you for some patience and thank you for your understanding.

The Lightbulb Crew team

Discover Nova Hearts!

After three years of development, we’re proud to announce our new game Nova Hearts!

A mysterious force of power transforms you and other highly attractive people in your area into superheroes and villains! TEXT, DATE and FIGHT your friends and enemies alike.

Do you like Sailor Moon? Texting, dating and fighting? Then Nova Hearts is the game for you!
[h3]First Chapter "Nova Hearts: The Spark" available for free on January 17th, 2024.[/h3]

Then, the full game will be available in Summer of 2024.

[previewyoutube]https://youtu.be/UFjAvu_0_jw[/previewyoutube]
[h3]Support us, don’t forget to wishlist Nova Hearts![/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506290/Nova_hearts/

Join our Discord to chat with us and other players! https://discord.gg/UrbUgkVrMj

- Lightbulb Crew devs

The creators of Othercide, the grimmest TRPG ever made, are making a superhero dating sim

Othercide from French developer Lightbulb Crew is one of my favourite recent tactics RPGs. It's an atmospheric and rewardingly meticulous experience that typically pits you against overwhelming numbers, where victory comes about by carefully exploiting reaction abilities, positioning your troop of weary warriors just-so, and manipulating the initiative bar. At times, for me, it's up there with Into The Breach.

But I do acknowledge that it's an acquired taste, not least because the narrative and extra-dimensional setting are relentlessly unpleasant - a terrible soup of mother metaphors and Penny Dreadful imagery, in which you pit clones against Silent Hill monsters, then liquefy the survivors to spawn new characters. What's the appropriate way to follow up a game like that? Ah yes, with an episodic dating sim.

Othercide from French developer Lightbulb Crew is one of my favourite recent tactics RPGs. It's an atmospheric and rewardingly meticulous experience that typically pits you against overwhelming numbers, where victory comes about by carefully exploiting reaction abilities, positioning units just-so, and manipulating the initiative bar. At times, for me, it's up there with Into The Breach.

But I do acknowledge that it's an acquired taste, not least because the story and setting are relentlessly unpleasant, a terrible soup of mother metaphors and Penny Dreadful imagery, in which you pit clones against Silent Hill monsters, then liquefy the survivors to fuel new characters. What's the appropriate way to follow up a game like that? Ah yes, with an episodic dating sim.