- 6-1-22 update and Absinthia Kickstarter Launch - 1 June 2022
Hello! A small update released today: Added Twitter and Discord buttons to the start menu as well as an image and link to the Absinthia Kickstarter Added a wolf statue to the Hart City Statue room to offer a link to Absinthia's Kickstarter page if you encounter any problems with this update, feel free to contact me here or via email at Jkweath (@) gmail.com. The Absinthia Kickstarter The Absinthia Kickstarter is LIVE! Here's the link! And here's a quick overview of the reward tiers: Tier 1: Digital Key Tier 2: OST + Desktop Wallpapers Tier 3: Digital copies of Celestial Hearts and Knight Bewitched Tier 4: Absinthia Early Access (~1-2 months in advance) The following tiers also include tiers 1-4 and a unique Discord server role: Tier 5: Leave a message! (on a poster, grave, or book) Tier 6: Design a legendary weapon! (5 slots) Tier 7: Become an NPC! (40 slots) Tier 8: Design an enemy! (1…
- The Absinthia Kickstarter is LIVE! - 30 May 2022
Here's a link to the Kickstarter! And here's a quick overview of the reward tiers: Tier 1: Digital Key Tier 2: OST + Desktop Wallpapers Tier 3: Digital copies of Celestial Hearts and Knight Bewitched Tier 4: Absinthia Early Access (~1-2 months in advance) The following tiers also include tiers 1-4 and a unique Discord server role: Tier 5: Leave a message! (on a poster, grave, or book) Tier 6: Design a legendary weapon! (5 slots) Tier 7: Become an NPC! (40 slots) Tier 8: Design an enemy! (10 slots) Tier 9: Design a boss! (5 slots) Tier 10: Design a quest & NPC! (3 slots) Tier 11: Become a dungeon master! (Design a dungeon, boss, NPC & Quest) If you're strapped for cash or just want a digital Steam key, no problem! For the first 24 hours you can pick up an Early Bird Absinthia key for just $12 (normally $15). FAQ Will there be digital keys offered for other platforms (namely the Nintendo…
- Celestial Hearts News and Absinthia Kickstarter + Demo - 4 April 2022
Hello everyone! I made a couple similar announcements to this one on my other titles Knight Bewitched and Knight Eternal , so I figured I'd make another one! (And if you're seeing this for the 3rd time and thinking, "Why does this look familiar?" sorry!) I wanted to take an opportunity to share a few fun tidbits about Celestial Hearts followed by some news for my upcoming title Absinthia. Originally released on February 15, 2021, Celestial Hearts was my 6th official release (technically my 7th overall, but I'm not counting Roguelite). It was my first title to be built in (what was new at the time) the RPG Maker MZ engine, and also my 2nd title to feature a side-view battle system. To date, Celestial Hearts has sold about 1,200 copies on Steam. With Steam key activations, that number goes up to almost 1,350. Counting sales from other sites like Itch, Aldorlea and Google Play, total copie…
- 3-4-2021 Patch - 4 March 2021
Animations should play more smoothly and cause significantly less lag on lower-end PCs A minor change was made to how achievements are activated to attempt to combat a crashing bug (explained below) I'm currently investigating a bug that can cause the game to hard-crash when attempting to activate an achievement. This only seems to occur when Celestial Hearts has difficulty communicating with Steam (either Steam isn't loaded and connected or the player didn't buy the game through Steam) I'm not 100% sure this update will solve the problem, but I'm still looking into it and will hopefully have a solution soon! If this problem happens to you, or achievements aren't activating, you can email me anytime at [email protected] or leave a comment here.
- 3-2-2021 Bugfix - 3 March 2021
-Fixed a gamebreaking bug that could occur if the player skips entering Port Khalim before a certain major storyline event -The player is required to view the scene in the Port Khalim mansion before the Carbuncle appears in the southern oasis in Kharass If you encounter any further issues or have feedback, you can email me anytime at [email protected].
- 3-2-2021 News - 2 March 2021
Hello everyone! The launch of Celestial Hearts exceeded my expectations, having even outperformed the launches of my previous two best sellers Knight Bewitched 1 and 2. So far I've only needed to release two minor bugfix patches! I mentioned this in my previous patch update, but if you're reading this and you've finished (or are close to finishing) Celestial Hearts, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave a review. Reviews, especially from those who bought the game directly from Steam, are crucial to the continued sales of any indie game including Celestial Hearts. As of this update, I need 6 more reviews to get an official Steam rating. Celestial Hearts for Android The good news is that I'm working on porting Celestial Hearts to the Google Play Store. The bad news is that the engine Celestial Hearts wasn't designed with mobile performance in mind. I'm working on finding ways to im…
- 2-21-2021 Bugfixes--and a request - 22 February 2021
Hello everyone! A small update released last night to fix a couple minor bugs: -The Dragon Horn can now be equipped -The Tail Swipe skill correctly appears when Sylvie has an essence equipped that grants it Thank you all for your support. The release of Celestial Hearts was a huge success! If you have a minute, I'd greatly appreciate if you'd leave a review on the main Steam page (even if you have feedback or complaints!). Reviews are *critical* for keeping indie games in Steam's spotlight. Reaching the 10-review mark within two weeks of release is a necessity for healthy sales in the future. (Technically we have 7 reviews at the time of this post, but only reviews from those who purchased the game from Steam count towards the review score) I'll be back in a week or two to talk more about my next project, Knight Bewitched Enhanced Edition. Have a great week and stay safe!
- Celestial Hearts is available on discount and with a new bundle! - 15 February 2021
Celestial Hearts is available now for 15% off on its first week! In addition, I also have a new bundle available: The Yuri Bewitched Bundle You can purchase this bundle--which contains Knight Bewitched 1 & 2 and Celestial Hearts--for an additional 15% off your purchase. If you run into any problems or have feedback for Celestial Hearts, feel free to email me anytime at [email protected]. This is the fastest way to contact me as I don't actively monitor the discussion boards. I'll be back soon to announce more details on my next project, the Knight Bewitched Enhanced Edition. Have a great week and stay safe!
- Celestial Hearts release date and my next project - 24 January 2021
Hello again! The new battle sprites were finished ahead of schedule, so I went ahead and began distributing pre-release keys to Kickstarter backers and Steam curators. I'm keeping the release date at February 15 to give me time to implement feedback and to give content creators time before the game's release. My next project I generally don't announce projects before they're at least 25% finished, but my next likely project is a complete remastered edition of Knight Bewitched. Knight Bewitched was my second title (for context, Celestial Hearts is my 8th). I've debated with myself whether I should re-do Knight Bewitched for awhile now, and came to the conclusion that I should after realizing that I don't feel comfortable recommending content creators play it in its current state. I don't have any details to reveal about the remaster itself, but the goal is to keep the story mostly the sa…
- Celestial Hearts is 100% funded! Now let's talk stretch goals... - 17 November 2020
Hello again! As of today, we've hit 100% of the campaign goal for Celestial Hearts! I never imagined we'd hit it this fast. I greatly appreciate everyone who's helped us come this far! For this update, I want to talk about the three stretch goals I lined out on the main Kickstarter page, and also to clarify a couple other details on the "Become a Statue" backer tiers: Those who back at the $20 tier and up will have a statue for themselves placed in this room. The character on the statue will be randomly generated (though I can take small requests for how the character should look). Backers will be asked the following questions: -What name to leave on the statue (if I don't receive a reply, I'll go with your Kickstarter name. Full names will have their last name abbreviated) -Whether you'd like to show your contribution ('no' by default) -A short message you'd like to leave If requested,…
- Kickstarter and Progress Update - 12 November 2020
Hello everyone! We're not far into the campaign and we've already passed the 50% mark! That's great news, and I'm really happy that people are as excited for Celestial Hearts as I am. There's 16 days left, and we still have a long way to go! All 25 of the $7 Early Backer Rewards have been taken, but (at the time of this update) there are still some Early Backer Pre-Release rewards left. For just $3 more, you can have Celestial Hearts two weeks in advance! Anyway, I wanted to share that I've added a new $50 backer tier: Design a weapon! Unlike my previous releases (like Knight Bewitched), Celestial Hearts uses a side-view battle system. Thanks to that, you can actually see the weapons each party member is equipped with--and if you're interested, you can design your own! Of course, if you're not an artist, you can simply describe how you want the weapon to look, and I can either pull from…
- The Celestial Hearts Kickstarter is LIVE! - 5 November 2020
Here's the link! If you plan on purchasing Celestial Hearts, you can contribute $7 (first 25 backers only) or $8 after that to receive a discounted copy at launch! This is an all-or-nothing campaign - so if you back the project and it doesn't reach the campaign goal ($1200), you won't be charged. If you'd like to contribute, here are the other backer rewards tiers: $3: Have your name featured in the end-game credits! $7: The first 25 backers at this tier will receive a 30% discounted copy at launch! After the first 25, this reward will increase to $8. $10: The first 25 backers at this tier will receive a pre-release copy two weeks before launch! (Estimated release date: Early February 2021) $20: In addition to the above rewards, you'll have a statue with your name on it featured in the Hart City statue room, one of the main towns in Celestial Hearts. $25: In addition to the above reward…
- Kickstarter Pre-Launch page is up! - 27 October 2020
Hello everyone! The Kickstarter for my next release, Celestial Hearts, will launch on November 5. The game itself is planned to launch in early February 2021. Here is the Kickstarter pre-launch page. You can follow it now to be notified when it goes live! My funding goal is $1200, the majority of which will go toward funding in-game art illustrations. A few noteworthy Kickstarter reward tiers: Back $3 to have your name featured in the game's credits! Also, thank you for contributing :) The first 25 people to Back at $7 or more will receive a discounted copy at launch! The game will launch at $8.99 for one week and $9.99 thereafter. The first 25 people to Back at $10 or more will receive a pre-release copy 2 weeks before launch! Back at $25 or more to receive 2 digital copies, a statue with your name on it in-game and full-size PNG files of all cover art and in-game art illustrations as…
