I am renaming my updates from "Roundup" to "Development Report".
The reason? It just sounds more correct. These are development reports to you, the backer who is funding Heavy Hearts moving forward. You are the backers that make this game possible, who's funding pays for the Artwork and programming of this adventure.
This also means that reports are going to be more frequent. A little ways ago I said at least 2 a month, and I am sticking to that. The only exception will be on Release months, because when I release a build I usually take a few weeks to myself. Otherwise, I work on this title basically every day.

But that's enough of that. You want to see whats cooking, right?

We are introducing a new character officially within the game. You may remember her picture popping up here and there in the discord or on this patreon page. This is Phanie, the elven Baroness of Las Luminea Celestean.

She sits on a throne in the main court of the Luminea Towers. Her motives and allegiances are not fully clear, but apparently, she is on the side of Humanity-- She and her constituents are sympathetic to Luccia's cause. In this latest update, Luccia is determined to speak with her.

But how does a ragtag bunch of misfits in Luccia's team gain access to such royalty? Well, that's a tough one, and I don't want to spoil it --- but here is a hint.

I will not be answering any questions about this update, so please do not DM me. My DM's will be closed until after the update is out.

Heavy Hearts 0.6.5 will feature:
1. an extended scene with Alexander
2. A massive amount of pixelated lewd visuals
3. The 2nd Arc of the new continents main mission
4. Multiple fixes and improvements.

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Here is the non-definitive changelog. This will be posted again when the game releases, but there may be some things added:

0.6.5
Major Updates:
-- Added extended H content to Alexander's scene.
-- Added next arc to the main mission, along with all quest journal logs.
-- Added 18 new NPC's, most with nude or fully lewd animations
-- 100% of all explorable maps are now pre-rendered. Visually, it looks the same as before, but requires a significantly smaller amount of processing power.
-- Removed all of the "Mixels" atrocities within the game. I'm sorry those lasted as long as they did.
-- Fully revamped save system that should eliminate the save corruption problem that has been plaguing the game. Once again, sorry that it lasted a long time- but I just couldn't isolate the issue. I'm a much more knowledgeable developer now.
-- Added a new look for Luccia.
-- People have been asking for a pixel art gallery. That has not been implemented yet, but will be in the next one.
-- Added collaboration characters from other Adult Games!

COLLABORATION CHARACTERS:
Melissa Belladonna, Vtuber (https://x.com/TieflingMelissa)
Yu'Hiss, Lewd Artist (https://x.com/LluisAbadias)
Perry, Melissa's familiar.
Astoh, Vage, Deapth, and Theo from Ruins of Vagastia by Eternals Developing! (https://subscribestar.adult/eternalsdev)
Happy & Yghis from Changing Blade by Icarue (https://www.patreon.com/c/icarue)
Bern from Sylvie's Bar by Otis Media (https://x.com/OfOutism)
Berry from Slime Girl Smoothies by Shady Corner (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1630420/Slime_Girl_Smoothies/)
Lilli & Line fron Doki Doki Tri-Line Quest (https://kiwistate.itch.io/dokidoki-tri-line-quest)
Vas from Voidbound by Cursed Atelier (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2500710/VoidBound/)
Kalyskah from Kalyskah by Nobre Lobo (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818660/Kalyskah/)
Valeria from The Pagan Priestess by Gauchobot (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2400650/Valeria_the_Pagan_Priestess/)
Rynn from Draken's Shrine by RareDoggu (https://raredoggu.itch.io/drakens-shrine)

Minor Updates:
-- Increased Alexander's role as a side character.
-- "Exit to World map" is now correctly disabled during certain missions.
-- Fixed a visual issue with some map items.
-- Fixed a problem where skipping the dialogue at the Orc FOB resulted in the 3rd star not unlocking.
-- Made it so that replaying the Colonia Glithe Battle returns the player to the exploration stage after beating it, instead of redoing the airship sequence.
-- Updated battle background for Orc Villa Thorne's combat match, and also updated Orc Villa's exploration map for the last time.
-- Updated Luccia's house inside and outside to remove Mixels.
-- Fixed a critical issue that caused the player to be in an inescapable game over if they died during the Combat Challenge in the cave.
-- Fixed a minor visual bug involving the Glithe Camera.
-- Fixed a minor visual issue where Orcosaurus would glitch out on the map.
-- Fixed some small bothersome problems where thee exit from Ebonveil is a few steps away from the flag.

RELEASE WINDOW: 1 MAY-5MAY

What's Next?
I try to keep the roadmap updated in the Discord. But next up I will be adding more to the main story! I hope to have the main story wrapped up in the next few months and open it up the adding H content after that.

Worlds: Cragshanty, Order of the Berserker, Astralgear, Yulehold.
[New World II] 3rd and Final Arc of 2nd continent. Main story complete. Worlds: End of Days
Cleanup, finalization, last minute bonus lewd content. Full steam release