Hey everyone!
A number of reviews lately have been saying that we've abandoned Heartbound or are no longer working on major updates. Not only is this not true we actually stream the development of Heartbound for 6-8 hours a day every day except for Sunday. This is my full time job and I literally don't do anything else. The last major update was around 3 months ago and we're almost done with the next one. In terms of completion Animus has 92% of the needed tasks finished for a full launch of the chapter.
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https://piratesoftware.live
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https://discord.gg/piratesoftware
Animus has a huge number of routes for Avocados storyline.
- I've been working on hammering down every possible route through this section and adding dialog and cutscenes for all of it.
- Avocados section splits off dramatically and can lead to the end of the chapter under some circumstances so it needed to be completed along every route at once.
- The cutscenes in this section used a ton of new art, audio, and writing assets that needed to be built as they don't exist anywhere else in the game. Much like the mini-games for Fern/Rhode these assets are unique and used only for this scene.
- Unlike other areas these all need to be completed together because they can all be reached based on different things done in Animus. Waiting on any of them would lead to a terrible experience and ruin stuff for a lot of people.
We've updated the scene between worlds.
- Quite simply this cutscene didn't fit the narrative.
- It now has a ton of dialog and interaction with The Artifact.
- I also removed the chapter plates because they didn't look or feel right.
We've started releasing a ton of backstory content on Ko-Fi.
- Patreon was taking 8% of every transaction and Ko-Fi takes 0%.
- As a small studio this was a pretty big deal so we migrated over to them.
- Our Ko-Fi stuff has tons of physical rewards and write ups for each character every month.
- You can find our Ko-Fi by clicking this link.
I hope that clears up some rumors or perceived lack of work ethic. All we do is work on Heartbound every day, all day, and we do so very publicly. Come hang on stream and watch it come to life!
Can't wait to launch this next bit.
Thanks and have fun out there!