Heavy Hearts Development Report

Thank you so much for your patience!

Here is the latest on the development of Heavy Hearts:

We are trying to get published on GOG.com!! But their process is a little different than steams… in order to get our game published, we need you to vote on it!
Please follow this link to vote on the game… and write a little story if you can!

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/heavy-hearts-2021
Getting us on GOG will help us immensely due to censorship on other platforms. Stand up against censorship and vote for us on Gog!

Now, for the rest of the news:

Version 0.8 is complete!
Yes, we skipped 0.7 because of all of the content that is included in this coming update.

Currently, the main story arc is completed. You can now play Heavy Hearts from start to finish, and get one ending. There are several side achievements that are not available that will have lewd encounters, they just have not been completed yet. Expect Steam promotion to ramp up significantly.

I have sent the build to a few confidants of mine to check it for playability, and im surprised how much worked on the first shot. There were some bugs that got fixed, but I see that I managed to minimize the impact before it even got to the testers.

The endings work based on how many Stars you have acquired during your adventure. The 2nd ending is available if you got them all (so I guess this is the “Good” ending).

Currently, all 51 stars are not available so it is impossible to get anyway.

I worked really hard on this ending, and I believe it is emotional and satisfying even if it is not the “completion” ending.

So… the update is done!... Why are you not releasing it, Dammitbird?

Well, there is one thing. There was some sudden drama that erupted. A former artist that I used to work with crashed out on twitter over us.

Here is what went down:

Artist worked for me on some pixel stuff. It was really good, and I enjoyed working with them.
Artist left the project a few times due to personal reasons but usually came back after some time.
Artist leaves work on HH permanently, again for personal reasons.
I hire another pixelartist to pick up where the former one left off.
Fast forward several months, the former artist crashed out on twitter and all of their socials accusing my new pixelartist of plagiarism and accusing me of not paying.
In response, this person uploads all of my paid work for the game online for anyone to download.
I’ve filed multiple copyright claims and takedown notices and have had to deal with this over the past few days.

As a result – there are some things that I feel like I should remove from the game – namely some NPC’s that this artist gave to me for free. This does not remove anything as far as content goes --- They are being redrawn by my artist so as to remove any conflict or claim from this person.

So anyway, please look forward supporters getting their hands on this build within the week!

Thank you so much for your support! 
As you know censorship has been killing us. I get less than half of the traffic I used to get to this game since August. If you can subscribe to our Patreon, that would help us immensely!! You can do it here: https://www.patreon.com/galewindgames

Have a great day!