Heartbound News

v 1.0.9.62



As always you can watch us build the game live on Twitch.

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
  
• Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
  
• Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
  

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Shelly has new talky animations.
  
• Shelly has new standy animations.
  
• Shelly's storyline has been finished.
  This portion of Animus is finally complete. Both Shelly and Sheldon have 36+ possible routes in their respective rooms for the Forest Stroll section. There are only a handful of rooms left in Animus before we move on to Jotunheim. Estimated release date for Animus is now December 2023. Will let you know if that changes as we get closer but I doubt it will!
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Multiple dialog errors have been fixed in French.
  
• Multiple dialog errors have been fixed in English.
  
• Muspelheim no longer crashes the client.
  
• The credits no longer crash the client.
  

[h2]Bug Reporting[/h2]

• Please report any issues via DM on Discord to Thor#5264.
  
• You can also send these to [email protected]
  
• Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
  

[h2]Upcoming Content[/h2]

• The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
  
• The next step is the resolution of the Mossbacks family quarrels.
  
• After this Animus will be completed. We're targeting December 2023!
  

As always you can watch us build the game live on Twitch.

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
  
• Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
  
• Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
  

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Pending Valves review Heartbound should now be fully compatible with Steam Deck.
  I will put out an announcement when they approve us!
  
• Forest March has been added to the OST.
  
• Miserable Manic Shadows has been added to the OST.
  
• Meandering Shadows has been added to the OST.
  
• Shelly has a number of new talky animations.
  
• Shelly's storyline has been extended.
  This isn't the entire storyline but it's a good start for her personality. I'm pretty happy with the direction for now and will continue fleshing it out this month. By the end of the month I plan to have the game in the next environment dealing with Ramul/Reme. Should be a lot of heavy story as it's the final step before the end of the chapter.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• New detections have been made for a certain kind of player.
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• The OST now plays in the correct order when launching it through Steam.
  This is actually a Steam bug and required every song to have the track number placed before the title.
  
• The D-Pad no longer breaks if you Pause the game on Steam Deck using the power button and then resume the game.
  
• The D-Pad no longer breaks if you use Volume Up/Down on Steam Deck.
  Another steam bug this time dealing with Key IDs. If you're a developer out there Steam Deck appears to use Virtual Keypresses that return an ID of 0. Don't swap control types on 0 inputs and it should fix this right up. Additionally you should also not swap inputs on Media Keys which are 173-179.
  

[h2]Bug Reporting[/h2]

• Please report any issues via DM on Discord to @piratesoftware.
  
• You can also send these to [email protected]
  
• Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
  

[h2]Upcoming Content[/h2]

• The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
  

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As always you can watch us build the game live on Twitch.

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
  
• Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
  
• Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
  

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Sheldons storyline has been finished and implemented.
  There are a few different routes here and it took some time to get it feeling right. Really happy with the outcome. As a writer I have found Sheldon and Shelly to be the most difficult to write for. I have very little personal experience that relates to their personalities and life perspective. They have ideas and behaviors far outside of what is normal for me. To help out with this I talked to a lot of people I know that have similar feelings to these characters. The more I learn about people the easier it is to write a facsimile of them effectively. Hope you like how it's come together!
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• The Heartbound font is no longer haunted.
  
• Shelly and Sheldon no longer vibrate off the screen when angry.
  
• The French translation has had a pass to add correct accent marks.
  
• It is no longer possible to break a textbox in the Iron Mines.
  
• 'Fixed' a pixel on the volume slider. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  

[h2]Bug Reporting[/h2]

• Please report any issues via DM on Discord to Thor#5264.
  
• You can also send these to [email protected]
  
• Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!
  

[h2]Upcoming Content[/h2]

• The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
  

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

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