HEARTBEAT v1.20 is now live! The full changelog can be found below. During the Steam Summer Sale the game and DLC will also be 50% off. Buy now, or gift to your friends!

v1.20 CHANGELOG

• Blitz's "Bless me Ultima" and Pike's "Slow Cleanse" skills can no longer be used outside of battle.
• Frostbite and Spit-eating Grin now show the proper icon in battles.
• Corrected some misinformation in the description for Io's "All Eyes On ME" skill.
• The Impish Ives form is now correctly set to ice element instead of fire.
• Fixed an issue in the Endurance Circuit where one of the enemies had issues spawning.
• Added a check on the first floor of the Peppy Jack's trial in case the sprout puzzle manages to fail.
• Fixed an issue where a portal would unintentionally appear after recieving a certain Bad End messing with the events of the game.
• Changed the properties of Peppy Jack's moves.
• Corrected the titles of certain tracks in the music player.
• "Absence of a Soul" in the music player now plays the correct track.
• Luca's "Sampling Scrape" skill now drains HP.
• Corrected an issue where one of the bosses in the Endurance Circuit was set to the wrong element.
• Fixed an issue where the Tiny Oni Boombox wouldn't be removed from the player's inventory after doing the associated sidequest.
• The stats of the Vampire++ enemy in Harbei Grotto have been reduced.
• Fixed certain cards displaying incorrect information.
• After leaving Sporegano, sprouts are now automatically removed if you skip talking to certain NPCs.
• The correct sound should play when ramming into things with Chip now.
• Adjusted the stats for certain fish, making them easier to catch.
• The drop rate of Specters in the final area has been improved.
• Fixed an issue where the castle's battle theme would play instead of the regular battle theme.
• Fixed an issue in the Veggie Freighter where the battle screen would stay dark when starting during a flicker.
• Added an NPC in Sunwich that teachs you how to run.
• The moving spikes in the Den Castle now deal reduced damage and is based off difficulty.
• Added an option to mute the text sounds when changing your Messagebox settings.
• Fixed a bug where Blitz temporarily disappears after clearing the invading cluster in Aeros.
• Fixed a bug where the almanac could still be used in certain areas if accessed through the inventory, breaking certain parts of the game.
• Made the flickering on the Veggie Freighter less obnoxious.
• Fixed a bug where Frey could be instantly KO'd.
• Encounters in the Ku-ji Inn now drop Mog Essence as well as other additional items.
• The arrows in the fishing minigame are now animated in a way that makes pressing the keys repeatedly more obvious.
• The effect of the Teleport Snack item now includes all towns.
• Using Cat Scan no longer includes defeated enemies.
• When drawing cards with rare tokens, the rarity value of cards will be reversed and only missing cards will be included.
• A prompt will now appear after drawing cards that will ask if the player would like to draw again.
• When using the almanac's map, a crown will show up next to the current location name if all entries have been obtained for that area.
• Fixed a bug where using the almanac for a long period of time would eventually crash the game.
• The almanac's default map location will now be set to the area you are currently in.
• Fixed a bug where the stats for the invasion event enemies were not being adjusted properly or based off difficulty.
• DNA Fragment trading with Zheng has been overhauled and can now be accessed at any point in the game.
• Rearranged the options when talking to Zheng so DNA Fragments are prioritized.
• Added a hidden NPC to reset a Solburg Tunnel Puzzle.
• Speedy Treat's effects now persist even after reloading the game.
• Credits have been significantly overhauled.
• When using the Energy+ X moth companion, certain cooldowns no longer become negative.
• Fixed a major bug where the moth companion would waste the player's turn after transforming under certain conditions.
• When equipping DNA, an option to sort the list will appear. The list can be sorted by default, element or experience.
• The background for the final battle is now animated. (Animated BGs must be enabled)
• It is now possible to swap the order of equipped DNA by using the dash (Shift) button.
• The delay when receiving a buff or debuff has been reduced significantly.
• Various other typos, passability issues, and fixes.

HEARTBEAT v1.11 is now live! The full changelog can be found below. We've also uploaded 10 new avatars for everyone to use. They can be found by selecting "choose from Official Game Avatars" when changing your avatar.

v1.11 CHANGELOG

• Added instructions on title screen for entering fullscreen.
• Added a proper framerate lock for those running the game higher than 60FPS.
• Added an option to disable animated backgrounds. Can be found under "File" on the in-game menu.
• Fixed an issue with certain files being missing on Linux. (Text2 & Particles3)
• Added the option to skip to a certain point after getting one of the endings.
• Added hints when interacting with missing Cheevos.
• Improved achievement support.
• Fixed a potential gameover when leaving the arena, and also after a cutscene in Harbei Grotto.
• The Mog section of the Sporegano entry in the dex can now be scrolled through.
• Replaced the Red Sewers card with the Ku-ji Inn card.
• Flying enemies in the arena can now be scanned and added to your dex. (NOTE: Endurance Circuit enemies still do not count towards this)
• Fixed an issue where Zappy Oni's "Balloon Pop" would hit 3x instead of 1x.
• Various other typos, passability issues, and fixes.

You can now craft badges and receive emotes and backgrounds via these cards. Keep in mind, while the maximum drops are of 8 cards, you can use gems and turn them into booster packs to get more cards.
There are a total of 10 backgrounds and 10 emotes you can get!
Avatars are also available and you can view them from your profile settings. Every Saturday, we will upload 10 new avatars. Also, you can now use HEARTBEAT in your game showcases if you'd like:
HEARTBEAT v1.11 will be coming out very soon!