
Heart of the Woods is a fantasy yuri visual novel about paranormal investigation, ancient mysteries, and a love between two girls that transcends life and death.
Maddie Raines has had enough. After years of serving as manager, editor, and general business-handler for her best friend Tara's popular paranormal vlog channel, she's finally ready to move forward with her own life. But when she agrees to take one last trip with Tara to the mysterious village of Eysenfeld, she's suddenly swept up in a dangerous supernatural crisis that will change the course of both of their lives forever. A strange young woman named Morgan has promised them undeniable proof of real paranormal phenomena, and what she has to offer eclipses anything they’d ever seen before.
However, out of all the strange occurrences the three of them bear witness to, one in particular captivates Maddie in a way she’s never been before: the ghost of a young woman. This woman is Abigail, the victim of a centuries-old injustice now bound eternally to the forest surrounding Eysenfeld. Drawn to Maddie in a way she can’t explain, Abigail reveals herself to another person for the first time in more than 200 years.
While Tara and Morgan investigate the mysteries surrounding the village itself, Maddie begins to form a bond with Abigail that grows to be more intense than any bond she’s felt before. As she learns the truth about Abigail’s death and imprisonment, she realizes that it falls to her and her friends to break the curse that has ruled over Eysenfeld for centuries. But more importantly than that, it falls to her to finally free the woman she loves.


A part-time manager, part time video editor, and full-time babysitter, Maddie has the thankless job of handling the absolute whirlwind that is her best friend.
She’s professional, meticulous and intellectual; the first person to turn to when a problem needs solving. But when their investigation entangles her in an ancient curse, she's forced to confront phenomena beyond her comprehension, and more importantly, her own self doubt.

For the last two centuries, the ghost of a young woman has haunted the forests of Eysenfeld. That ghost is Abigail, a kind and playful soul forcibly bound to the forest as part of an ancient curse.
Two hundred years of wishing for a life cruelly denied to her have led to a feeling of crushing loneliness and one overwhelming desire: to finally have someone to talk to.

One of the world’s most popular paranormal vloggers (according to her), Tara is unfailingly charismatic and bursting with limitless energy. She’s brash, intrepid, and always seeking something new. That often makes her a magnet for trouble: whether it’s from relentless flirting, minor criminal activities or just plain pig-headedness, things around Tara have a tendency to end in chaos.

A loyal Taranormal viewer and the daughter of Eysenfeld’s mayor, Morgan is...different. When not running her small and mostly empty antique shop, she’s known to disappear into the woods for days at a time. That, combined with her resistance to traditional social standards, has caused her to develop a bit of a notorious reputation in the village.
However, this resistance is not just an act of rebellion: Morgan knows that there’s something sinister deep within Eysenfeld, and she’s not going to stop until she tears it out at the roots.

-Incredible character and CG art from Rosuuri
-Fully original backgrounds and soundtrack
-Approximately 130,000 words with multiple endings
-Ending theme from In Love With A Ghost
-Multiple accessibility options
-Extra features including a music room, CG viewer, and guest art gallery
-At least one really, really gay ghost
Hello, everyone!
Heart of the Woods 2.1.7 and 2.1.6 have just been released, which fix a few minor issues that were either reported by the community, or were found in testing.
Weve also optimised and reduced the games install size by 102 MB (8%) with no quality loss!
As always, thank you all for continuing to support Studio lan!
Karen/ (akemin_dayo)
Changelog for 2.1.7:
On PC, it targets RenPy SDK versions 8.1.3.23091805 7.3.5.606.
In an effort to further bring all our titles in line with each other, the keyboard key \"A\" can now be used to toggle Auto Mode on and off. The legacy Ren\'Py accessibility (AX) menu can still be accessed by pressing \"Shift-A\" instead.
[/*]Deleting save files from the savescreen is now possible again using the \"Delete\" key on your keyboard, or Square / X (Left Button) on your controller.
[/*]Made improvements to localisation system.
[list]When available, audio cues are now translated.
[/*]Save files created on old versions of the game while set to non-English languages will now have their names display correctly in the savescreen, regardless of your current language setting.
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Changelog for 2.1.6:
On PC, it targets RenPy SDK versions 8.1.3.23091805 7.3.5.606.
Optimised and reduced game install size by 102 MB (8%) with no quality loss!
[/*]Fixed an issue with consistency between the game text and voice line in Act 1, Scene 1-4.
[/*]Fixed an issue with consistency between the game text and voice line in Act 5, Scene 5-1 Part 2.
[/*]Fixed a typo in Act 3, Scene 3-5.
[/*]Fixed an issue where a visual effect in a certain scene would not always display correctly.
[/*]Removed UI font that is no longer used.
[/*]Fixed a minor UI layout issue that could occur under rare circumstances.
[/*]Merged changes and improvements made in common code shared with other Studio lan games.
[list]The game will now automatically switch to the game language that best matches with the current operating system language upon first boot, if available.
[/*]Save data location is now written to the log.
[/*]Improved graphical sharpness and presentation on the Steam Deck when launched via SteamOS Gaming Mode (gamescope). ( Specifically, the game will now always launch in fullscreen mode if launched from SteamOS gamescope. Running the game from the KDE desktop environment is unaffected by this change.)
[/*]You can now scroll CGs with the keyboard in the CG viewer by holding down the arrow keys instead of having to rapidly tap them.
[/*]
Made various other internal refactors and improvements.
[/*]Minimum Setup
- OS: Any reasonably modern Linux distribution ( Roughly equivalent to Ubuntu 16.04 or above.)
- Processor: Any 64-bit Intel. AMD. or ARM / Apple Silicon CPU ( Earning Steam achievements / trophies on ARM Linux requires x86_64 translation.)Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any GPU that supports at least OpenGL 2.0 or OpenGL ES 2.0
- Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Tested on Ubuntu 22.10 (x86_64) and Asahi Linux (arm64e. Apple Silicon).
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