Heart of the Woods News

Hello, everyone!

Heart of the Woods 2.0.4 has just been released, which fixes quite a number of issues.

Thank you for your support across these many years!

〜 Karen/あけみ (akemin_dayo) and adirosa

[h2]Changelog for 2.0.4:[/h2]

• Fixed broken (※ incorrectly encoded) strings in the German (Deutsch) translation.
• Restored missing lines in the German (Deutsch) translation.
• Restored missing localised game name in the Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) translation.
• Fixed an issue where the default text size used during the accessibility onboarding would be too large.
• Created proper iconsets and updated the game icon across all locations.
• Corrected previously-incorrect DPI values.
• Removed persistent save data that was previously erroneously included — gallery items should now no longer be all unlocked from the beginning.
• Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur while entering the gallery screen.
• Updated Ren'Py SDK version to 8.0.3.22090809.

Thank you all so, so much for your support over the last two years. We really couldn't ask for more!
Some of you have already noticed, but now that it's official and actually available to all players...


[h2]We've added achievements![/h2]

We've added 12 achievements to the game! Thank you all so much for playing: we hope the addition of achievements will motivate you to play through the game, recommend it to a friend, or just rack up some more numbers on your profile.


[h2]New merch![/h2]
Our store has added a lot of new merchandise over the last couple years. If you've ever wanted a cool tote, shirt, or stickers, why not get one that represents gay ghosts and wintery wonderlands?


[h2]Fixes![/h2]
Sorry. It's really fixed now. Thank you everyone who's submitted VA issues to us: we think we've FINALLY nailed them all down!

And that's it for this update. Thank you, everyone, for all the love, support, and kindness. We hope you've had a safe year. We'll have more news soon, especially regarding consoles, but for now... Enjoy the achievements! Take care!


PS: I Told You So! , our dubiously canon chibi spinoff, was updated last year! Check it out if you're hungry for more HOTW content. Also, it's moddable, so have fun with that.

Yes, it should've been called "Art of the Woods."

Regardless, we're happy to announce that the Heart of the Woods Official Artbook is now available for purchase. It collects all of the beautiful art from the game, as well as commentary from us and some recollections. It also includes three short stories that were originally written for our Patreon, and that come with illustrations by minute and adirosa. I'm biased, but it's a really pretty book, and I hope you'll check it out.

Grab it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1412330

Hey gamers,

We're super excited to say that we pushed the button, and the voice acting update for Heart of the Woods is now live! Super big thanks to our amazing cast and crew, as well as our Kickstarter backers who made this all possible!

Maddie Raines - Allie Goodell
Abigal - Heidi Tabing
Tara Bryck - Stephanie "Teffi" Arata
Morgan Fischer - Kira Bucklan
Evelyn Fischer - Tara Langella
Fairy Queen - Emaline Tuck
Fairies - Anairis Quinones, Lisa Reimold, Tina Kim
Casting - Studio Coattails
Direction - Wyatt Abernathie
Engineering - Lisa Reimold, Nikki Kaelar

We hope you guys enjoy this update as much as we do. It's been a dream come true being able to do this.

《森灵之心》已更新官方中文版本，感谢 Hakui Project 提供的汉化支持！

Hey everyone,

We're excited to announce that, courtesy of our friends at Hakui Project, Heart of the Woods is now available in Simplified Chinese! They're the same folks who translated our other game, Highway Blossoms.

This is a text-only translation, and doesn't/won't affect the voice acting. You can enable it from the Options menu anytime! If you notice any issues or typos, please feel free to post 'em in the Discussion section and we'll fix them in a patch sometime.

Also, for anyone wondering about the voice acting update: it's currently in beta testing, and rather close to the end. The actual timing of the release will depend on some other stuff, but we're crossing our fingers that it'll happen sometime next month.

We'll post our next update when that happens. Until then, take care!