As always you can watch us build the game live on Twitch.
- 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.
Known Issues
- 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.
New Content
- New detections have been made for a certain kind of player.
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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.
Bug Fixes
- 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!
Bug Reporting
- The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
Upcoming Content
More from Heartbound
Other announcements
Patch 1.0.9.657This is the monthly update build for August 2026. This month I focused on the Frost Pipes and Throne Room for Niflheim. These rooms are mirrors of the Muspelheim environments with completely different characters, art, and storyline. I was planning on working on the Slums for Muspelheim this month but I think it's a better direction to keep both Niflheim and Muspelheim at the same level progress…Patch 1.0.9.656This is the monthly update build for July 2026. This month I focused on the Throne Room of Muspelheim. This room will be your first interaction with Muus and will set the stage for the rest of the world. Story in this chapter is a lot more straight forward than in Animus so it's going to go fast. Most of my time spent in this world is in environment design and slapstick humor. It's so much easi…Patch 1.0.9.655This is the monthly update build for June 2026. This month I focused on finishing the first room for Muspelheim as well as internal tooling. The "Firepipes" room is now completely done as a result and I now have tools for localization to help into the future. Also added a bunch more animations for the Penguins which will be used throughout the chapter. Known Issues · Russian language has not be…