Happy May, everyone! Since the last update, many things have happened both in terms of development and in terms of the upcoming release schedule. As many of you know, the release date is schedule for July 31, 2021. This release date still stands but with a few alterations. It seems unprofessional to get into the details too deeply, but the brief summary of the situation is that my mother has been sick and I sadly do not have many more months left to spend with her. As I am writing and programming Heart Fragment alone this hasn't left me with a schedule nearly as open as I had expected for development. There is also a secondary issue: Heart Fragment has ended up being a much longer story than originally intended when the Kickstarter launched! The common route & fantasy fragment routes (aka Kay and Clive's routes) alone have anywhere from 8 to 15 hours of gameplay depending on your reading speed and whether or not you intend to get 100% completion. Originally this was meant to be the length of the full game. Long story short, the schedule needs to be changed slightly. Right now the plan is to decide between one of these options:

• Options 1: Heart Fragment releases in early access at the end of July with the first "book" (the Fantasy Fragments, Kay & Clive) available to play immediately. The following "books" (Belief Fragments with Lana and Shannon & the Despair Fragments with Jasper & Natalia) will be released episodically as free automatic updates.
• Option 2: Heart Fragment releases the first "book" as mentioned above and the next two books are released as DLC.

The difference is minor. Either way the release schedule is the same, but option 1 involves buying the game as early access and waiting on the updates while option 2 involves buying each "book" individually, meaning you can buy them as they release instead of paying for the full game at once. I want to make this as simple as possible for everyone involved, so if anyone has suggestions, comments, concerns, or would simply like to voice their preference between the two options, please feel free to do so! Thank you all so much for being so patient with me throughout this development. I will continue doing my absolute best to create an amazing experience for you all.

[ 2021-05-18 04:20:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Enter the world of Heart Fragment, an upcoming indie visual novel otome. As the protagonist (default name Xani, but customizeable) you'll enter a world of mystery that has 18 potential endings. Collect the fragments each ending contains to unlock the truth.


- four romance routes and one route based on the concept of "found family", for a total of 18 planned endings
- you influence the story by making what you believe are suitable choices, and at the same time have the potential to influence the protagonist's personality
- renameable protagonist and a cast of lovable characters
- partial voice acting, with CG scenes being fully voiced
- custom soundtrack by Cylight Studios and Joshua Mock



Years into our future and years into the game’s past, scientists attempted an experiment with one particular goal in mind - to create a drug that would force human evolution to its next step. The experiment succeeded. Those the first human test was completed on gained powers beyond their wildest imaginations.

Increased mental capacity. Telekinesis. Telepathy. Super strength.

But no success story can happen without it’s downfalls, and an unforeseen side effect occurred. They began to lose their humanity. It only happened in short bursts, but when it did, together with their new found powers, they became extremely dangerous. And so they were euthanized, their lives ended as humanely as possible, and the experiment was marked a failure. The risks were too great to continue any further.

But one man - the lead scientist of the project - escaped. Desperate for his life’s work not to go unnoticed he created one last version of the drug, in an attempt to remove the side effects. Seemingly, it worked. However, with the results of the last experiment clear, this scientist too was considered a danger. He fled into hiding with his family.

The man was never found, and with complete silence from him perhaps proving him to have kept his sanity, eventually the search was called off. The failed experiment was called to a close and buried.

Years later, mysterious accident after accident has led to the death of both the scientist and all members of his family. Only one remains; his great granddaughter, protected since birth by a small group among the last of those that still know about the experiment, and from whom the secret of her past has been kept for years. But she’s about to find out.