Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy and his dog.
Features
- Follow Lore and Baron on their adventures through time and space.
- Handle combat through a series of unique mini-games reminiscent of Wario Ware.
- Change the story through exploration and interaction with the world.
- A massive series of optional cryptographic puzzles that can be solved as a community.
- Varying environments with unique pixel art, an inspired soundtrack, and tons of extra socks.
- That awful feeling when you do something terrible to someone who loves you.
- More gags than you can shake a stick at. Binder can lend you one of his if you don't bring your own.
Patch 1.0.9.643
With this updated I polished the Emelio and Rhode interactions during The Clash section of the game. These previously had no facial expressions, contained missing dialogue, and the textboxes were all static. It's now much more emotionally impactful and feels correct. Next update will be Fern's entire section for this part of the game. This room is the second to last for all of Animus so there is a lot that needs to be done here.
- Russian language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
- English is the only language past the Mossbacks.
Known Issues
- Facial animations have been updated for all interactions in The Clash.
- Textbox positioning has been updated for all interactions in The Clash.
- A new facial expression for Emelio has been added.
- Music timing has been updated for Emelio in The Clash.
- SFX timing has been updated for Emelio in The Clash.
- Rhodes interactions in The Clash have been updated.
- Emelios interactions in The Clash have been updated.
- The Factus can now make an appearance during The Clash.
- Combat timing for Rhodes Breakdown has been changed to be slightly faster when Hometown interactions are negative.
- New Music has been added to the Heartbound OST.
New Content
- Updated Heartbound to Steam SDK 1.6.1 which should help with Steam Deck issues. If you're unable to play on this platform please use Compatibility mode found in Library > Heartbound > Properties > Compatibility. Proton Experimental option seems to work for most systems.
Bug Fixes
- Please report any issues on our official Discord at https://discord.gg/piratesoftware
- There is a channel called #heartbound-ticket where you can report stuff!
- Include a screenshot, it makes things much easier to fix!
Bug Reporting
- The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
Upcoming Content
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Minimum Setup
- Processor: 1.2Ghz+Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB
- Storage: 500 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: This game is locked to 60 frames per second.
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