Heart Fragment (tuxdb.com)

Update Notes (September 15, 2021)

Hello everyone! Back with a few more updated custom backgrounds, some minor bug fixes, and a few notes for Book Two and beyond!

Custom backgrounds added for: cafe (outside), flowerfield, school, Shannon's bedroom, MC's bedroom at Lana's house, the store.
Small update made to Gray's living room background to add a photo of the MC's mother to the wall.
Fixed an error with the glossary/notes to self section that displayed an entry too soon.
Minor typo fixes and narrative fixes.

Now, a few notes for future developments... As you likely know, Heart Fragment was Kickstarted in 2020. Since then, the game has grown significantly and along with that growth have been a lot more expenses than originally planned for - and the cost of the creation makes Book Two, Book Three, and the Finale harder to finish within a reasonable time. I've also done the best as I can to be upfront about how the exchange rate from my country's CAD to the usually used USD and rising PayPal fees made for unplanned expenses. Since all future additions to the game will be FREE, I've needed to consider a few other options. I have made the decision to start a Kickstarter that will fund the remainder of costs for creating everything from Book Two to the Finale. This will help me make things as quickly as possible AND allow me to offer some wonderful stretch goals. The Kickstarter will also include... *drumroll* physical merchandise in the form of chibi charms / keychains! Stretch goals will be added to include more full voice acting in major scenes, a Nintendo Switch port in the future, and a physical copy of the artbook. There will also be additional tier rewards for custom characters that can be added starting in Book Two. To clarify, anyone who backed the previous Kickstarter will receive any newly added digital rewards at the tiers they backed! Additionally, an 'add-on' tier would be added for people who want physical merchandise only. More updates will be posted on this soon. Please know that while your help is appreciated, you're of course not required to back the upcoming books. You will still receive your copy of Book Two and beyond that are promised along with your purchase of Book One. Thank you so much for supporting Heart Fragment. I hope you are all enjoying the game so far and that I can continue to provide you with an enjoyable experience!

[ 2021-09-15 22:06:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Heart Fragment
HF Gaming

Developer

HF Gaming

Publisher

2020-12-15

Release

RPG Simulation Singleplayer

Tags

FREE

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

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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.