This 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.
- Russian language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
- English is the only language past the Mossbacks.
- There are missing visual assets in the fight with The Aspects.
Known Issues
- Finished up the Firepipes environment in Muspelheim. This environment now has a number of different penguins, new interactions, new lines of dialogue, and all of the environment polish is finished. When I start work on Niflheim it will be the blueprint for that mirror environment as well. This also sets the tone for environments in this zone going forward.
- Made some new internal tools to help work on language management for the future. This lets me take snippets of any text in the game and display it in all localizations quickly and easily. Should make our localization team faster overall and will work both in Heartbound and on future projects.
- Added all new animations for the Fire Penguins which can be seen below. Each penguin now has walking and standing animations in NSEW directions.
- The fire penguins now have names and an overall story has been written for their group. Hope you have fun with the Flipper Five.
- Extended the ARG to keep up with the front-running teams. This update ties back into the game client so you might need to do some digging. If you'd like to start it yourself you can find the ARG trailhead on https://gopiratesoftware.com/games/Heartbound/ by clicking the crack in the bottom right corner. To see where the general community is you can also find their wiki here. https://heartbound.pirate.wiki/ARG
New Content
- 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
- Muspelheim throne room and combat system.
- The Flipper Five introduction.
- The Aspects encounter polish.
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 1.0.9.654This is the monthly update build for May 2026. Most of my work this month was doing implementation for some of the penguins and feeling out how they should interact. I really like how their language style came together and plan to expand this throughout the chapter. Known Issues · Russian language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus. · English is the only language past the Mossbacks.…