- Patch 1.3.2 - 3 October 2025
Found another minor crash.FixedCrash when checking the Clant Estate background in the gallery
- Patch 1.3.1 - 3 October 2025
Just a quick hotfix for a crash reported by users!FixedCrash when you got a face card
- Update 1.3.0 - Acessibility update! - 29 September 2025
Welcome to the third feature update of Pivot of Hearts! It includes something we have been looking forward to for a while now: accessibility improvements!Reminder that Pivot of Hearts is 20% off right now! What better moment to give Wen's story a chance now that it has become even more accessible?Screen reader / text-to-speech supportWhile Ren'Py does come with screen reader support out of the box, its default settings added to our heavily customized interface and features made it very lacking. With the help of specialized consultants, including vision-impaired people, we made several changes to help share Wen's story without relying only on reading and visually navigating the game's UI.The first change is that the controls for the screen reader are rather obscure in the Ren'Py, so we added dedicated menus and a starting prompt so that vision-impaired people do not have to find that men…
- Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival - 24 September 2025
Pivot of Hearts is taking part in the Fall In Love Visual Novel Festival!!!https://store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinlovefestival2025To celebrate the occasion, both the game and its soundtrack will be 20% off for a limited time!Make sure to check out other games in the festival too ;)
- Pivot of Hearts in the Debut Festival - 7 August 2025
We at Dragonroll Studio are very proud to announce we are taking part in the Debut Festival, happening now on the Steam storefront. Our debut game, Pivot of Hearts, means a lot to us and we hope it is the first of many stories we will share with all of you. Here's to a great start!You can check out the free demo of Pivot of Hearts right now. The full game and its soundtrack are available as a discounted bundle. We still have upcoming quality-of-life and accessibility updates scheduled for the game, so follow us and stay tuned!
- Pivot of Hearts OST Released - 3 July 2025
The official soundtrack of Pivot of Hearts is now available! 🎵🎉Pivot's soundtrack was created during the game's 5 years of development. Each song was written with a lot of care and research into the musical genres that inspired it. And there are many of them! There's city pop, forró, funk carioca, bossa nova, power metal, marcha-rancho, pisadinha...We hope you enjoy this OST, which is so dear to us and features very special collaborations.
- Official Pivot of Hearts OST release date! - 27 June 2025
The much awaited OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK of Pivot of Hearts has a release date: July 3, next week! 🎵 Make sure to wishlist it and get ready to vibe to the unforgettable tunes from Wen's journey! ✨Also, Pivot of Hearts is taking part in the Summer Sale! Now's your chance to grab or gift it!https://store.steampowered.com//app/3840880
- Update 1.2.0 - 26 June 2025
The second feature update for Pivot of Hearts is here! The highlight this time is something players have been asking since the early days after release: the art gallery!About the galleryIn the gallery — which we placed under the "Extra" option along with the "Achievements" menu — you can revisit your favorite moments across Wen's journey. Leaf through all the game's original background and CG art, vibe to the unforgettable tunes that give life to the story, fool around with the character voice overs, and re-watch the opening animation to your heart's content! We even added the amazing promotional art showcased during the launch campaign, made by our incredible guest artists!Some of the sections in the gallery will unlock content as you play the game, while others unlock all at once after reaching one of the good endings for the first time. This means you have a great excuse to play Pivo…
- Patch 1.1.2 - 5 June 2025
From now on we'll try to deploy patches or updates once a week around Wednesday or Thursday, unless something urgent comes up and we need to patch it in ASAP. For this week there is only some minor fixes!FixedPressing F1 no longer opens unsupported Ren'Py help screenMany typos, gramatical errors, etc.
- Patch 1.1.1 - 2 June 2025
This patch tries to fix a performance problem many players reported on low-end machines. If that was your case, please give it a go and let us know if the problem persists. Added Some missing license credits Changed Ren'Py version downgraded to 7.8.6 to fix a possible memory leak
- Update 1.1.0 - 29 May 2025
This is the first feature update of Pivot of Hearts! We still have lots of planned features for the game, especially regarding accessibility. We hope to keep these updates coming in small steps but often, so stay tuned! For this particular update, here is what is new in Pivot of Hearts: Added Autosave support Message after the ending informing when a new route is unlocked A few more translation/cultural notes SFX for Sigur's vicious mockery cantrip Fixed Many typos, grammatical errors, etc.
- Patch 1.0.3 - 26 May 2025
We worked on some bug reports players sent over the last days! Removed Shopkeeper of board game BG since it was still causing issues Fixed Crash when pressing S to take a screenshot Many typos, gramatical errors, etc.
- Patch 1.0.2 - 22 May 2025
Just a couple of things we wanted to patch in as soon as possible. Changed Adjustment in routes unlocked after beating the game once Fixed A few typos
- Patch 1.0.1 - 22 May 2025
Here are some fixes players already found while playing Pivot of Hearts in the first day! Changed Minor changes in board game BG requested by real world shop owner Fixed Save slots not showing hours of played time, only minutes and seconds Gamepad having access to rollback action
- Pivot of Hearts AVAILABLE NOW - 21 May 2025
Meet Wén Xiàn, a grumpy but reliable young game dev; Etsuko, a steadfast girl with ambitious goals; and Cauã, an outgoing and chill artist. You’ll join their group of close friends for the next weeks, as they play an exciting TTRPG adventure with their best friends, attend heavy metal concerts, wander magical-boy dreams, and, you know, live through the usual young adult dilemmas. Reexamine your old notions of love, play your cards right, and help them to achieve true happiness! There’s no reason we can’t have the best of both worlds, right? Key features: ♥️ Over 100k words of sweet nerdy romance and realistic non-monogamy! ♥️ Authentic Brazilian setting: journey through São Paulo’s vibrant culture and exciting locales, featuring in-game translation and contextual notes. ♥️ A celebration of the Asian diaspora in Brazil: characters with different Asian backgrounds, typical dishes, festiva…
- Demo patch 0.12.2 - 22 April 2025
Hello, dragonrollers! Expect some more news in the near future but, for now, here's a quick patch based on our latest advances in the full game: Added Preference options to disable quick flash visual effects Support for translating phone chat title and clock display Compatibility between focus and sepia effects Character chibis in phone chats after meeting them once English dialogue and Japanese lyrics proofreader to credits Changed English proofreading Dialogue beep SFX so it no longer ducks Sigurd's birth name is no longer undesired, only a lesser preference Fixed Focus effect resetting sprite expression Crash when using focus effect on sprites not shown Title menu options being clickable while showing sub-menus Suit icons being misaligned in some resolutions Undesired dissolve effect when showing or hiding card panel A few sprites with minor issues All text formatting Assorted typos
- Demo patch 0.12.1 - 4 March 2025
Back already! This is just a very minor hotfix for the latest demo update. Here are the changes: Fixed Typo in the pt-BR translation of Luna's preview Award suit animation not playing when gossiping about newcomer at work Title menu BGM not keeping up to Luna's intro
- Demo update 0.12.0 - 3 March 2025
It has been a while but... This is probably the last major update before the full release of the Pivot of Hearts this year! IMPORTANT: Pivot of Hearts is still under heavy development and this updates includes several dialogue changes. As such, expect your saves from the previous demo version (0.11.4) to not be compatible anymore. Saves will become reliably stable only once the full game is released. The highlights for this update are: A new special scene at the end with a preview of content from the full game Scene animations 100% complete Music and sound 100% complete Card choices fully balanced Several UX improvements We are finally reaching the end of a long journey developing Pivot of Hearts. Thank you for playing the demo and stay tuned for a release date announcement in the near future! Detailed CHANGELOG Added Shadow to all cards in the UI Smooth entering animation to phone mess…
- Demo patch 0.10.2 - 7 December 2023
Progress on Pivot of Hearts is slow but steady, we are on our way to finish three out of four chapters. However, we also did several improvements to the game as a whole and we think the demo deserves some love as well. As such, this patch backports these improvements for all of you to enjoy while playing our free demo ;) Here are the main changes: Added Experimental lip-flapping support (only in one place for now - can you find it?) More Wén sprite expressions Bárbara's sillouette when she send voice messages in first scene (see gif above!) Expression variations to Artist Ana's sprites Cool SFX now play when characters speak Changed Assets and scene scripts are now packaged for reduced build size Make most text pauses in Chapter 1 end automatically after a delay Bárbara's tarot tutorial options become hidden after you choose them Tutorial order can be chosen by player Transition animati…
- Pivot of Hearts Next Fest Livestream - 13 June 2022
Pivot of Hearts will be participating in Next Fest! Join us in a livestream of our demo on June 15th, at 4pm Pacific Time!
