Merry Christmas!!!

This is the last bug-fix patch before a major content push. There was a ton wrong with our Steamdeck builds and this should resolve most of them. This was over 160 tickets of issues all drilled into a month and a half so we should be stable for the foreseeable future! If you're still having issues on Deck please make sure you're running the game at 60fps on the latest firmware. The Demo will be updated in the next few days as well.

I wanted to get a content patch out this month but the community has increased over 50x due to an explosion of our YouTube content. This took a lot of management and time to batten down the hatches and get everything organized. As a studio we're WAY stronger now as a result and there are so many of you here and enjoying the game that it's overwhelming. Thank you for everything and I hope you enjoy what comes next.

Check out the daily streams on Twitch.[piratesoftware.live]
You can now also watch on YouTube!

Known Issues
• RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
  
• Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
  
• Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.
  
• If you are triggering piracy detection on Linux or Deck please uninstall and reinstall the game.

New Content
• The Settings menu now has an option to disable/enable wiggle text.
  
• New facial expressions have been added for Sheldon.
  
• New facial expressions have been added for Shelly.
  
• Sheldons Stroll cutscene has been updated with better effects.
  
• Shellys Stroll cutscene has been updated with better effects.
  
• The Pause Key can now be used to Pause the game in addition to Escape.
  
• Spacebar can now be used to accept things and move conversations forward.
  
• Hitting Cancel on controller while on the close menu button now closes the menu.

Bug Fixes
• PC and Linux no longer crash by spamming controller inputs.
  
• Steamdeck no longer crashes on startup intermittently.
  
• Steamdeck now has improved performance.
  
• Steamdeck asset caching has been improved in all environments.
  
• Steamdeck lighting performance has been improved.
  
• Steamdeck OLED no longer crashes by spamming controller inputs.
  
• A number of Shellys animations are now on the correct texture page.
  
• Rotating text has been slowed down to be more readable.
  
• Cleaned up some PT-BR translation errors.
  
• Cleaned up some JA-JP translation errors.
  
• Cleaned up some ES-MX translation errors.
  
• The third eyeball in the Barghest encounter is now visible.
  
• A hidden page in the Darkworld is now visible.
  
• A textbox should no longer remain forever in the mines.
  
• Mushrooms no longer appear on top of Lore.

Bug Reporting
• Please report any issues on our Discord[discord.gg] in the Heartbound-Ticket channel.
  
• Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!

Upcoming Content
• The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
  
• The next step is the resolution of the Mossbacks family quarrels.
  
• After this Animus will be completed.

It's time for the Steam Awards again and this year Heartbound is up for the Labor of Love award!

We've been updating Heartbound for a number of years now and I'm excited to get everything fully finished and out there next year. During this event we've put the game on sale for 20% off and I hope all of you new players have a blast.

You can find the stream on Twitch[www.twitch.tv] or YouTube!
You can also join the community on Discord[discord.gg]!

Have a great holiday and stay tuned for what comes next! :HBHeart:

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As always you can watch us build the game live on Twitch.[piratesoftware.live]

Known Issues
• RURU language has not been updated past Fern/Rhode in Animus.
  
• Our translator lives in Moscow and cannot be paid due to the war.
  
• Once we have a way of fixing this the RURU translation will move forward.

New Content
• Shelly has new talky animations.
  
• Shelly has new standy animations.
  
• Shelly's storyline has been finished.
  This portion of Animus is finally complete. Both Shelly and Sheldon have 36+ possible routes in their respective rooms for the Forest Stroll section. There are only a handful of rooms left in Animus before we move on to Jotunheim. Estimated release date for Animus is now December 2023. Will let you know if that changes as we get closer but I doubt it will!

Bug Fixes
• Multiple dialog errors have been fixed in French.
  
• Multiple dialog errors have been fixed in English.
  
• Muspelheim no longer crashes the client.
  
• The credits no longer crash the client.

Bug Reporting
• Please report any issues via DM on Discord to Thor#5264.
  
• You can also send these to [email protected]
  
• Include a screenshot, it makes it much easier to fix!

Upcoming Content
• The rest of Animus (Chapter 3) is being actively developed.
  
• The next step is the resolution of the Mossbacks family quarrels.
  
• After this Animus will be completed. We're targeting December 2023!