This 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 easier to make this place overall.
- 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
- The Muspelheim Throne Room is now completed. This environment has a ton of greebling and some environmental story telling with the Flipper Five. Trying some new stuff with visuals to give more interesting depth options. Should add a lot of visual detail to this chapter and give more exploration options later on.
- Wrote out the entire storyline for the Flipper Five. Much like with OScar these characters were meant to be a side gag and have transformed into the main story beat. It's been a lot of fun writing them and feels natural for the progression of the chapter overall. Lots of stealth, puzzles, and some combat along the way. Hope you guys like it.
- Designed the combat system for Muspelheim and worked a bit on the fight with Muus. This encounter is based around cards while the mirror encounter is based around dice. Posted some art for all of this down below. I'll have more to share on that in a month or two.
- Added unlimited greebles. No, seriously.
- Extended the ARG to keep up with the front-running teams again. 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
- There is no longer a softlock when choosing Shelly pre-picnic and treating her badly but not too badly.
- 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 Inner Gate and Slums.
- The Flipper Five introduction.
- The Aspects encounter polish.
Upcoming Content
More from Heartbound
Other announcements
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