- October patch notes are here. - 22 October 2025
Here are the latest patch notes for our October Playtest, and we have been hanging in there. UpdatesUnlocks have been added to your account progressionLeaderboards can now be climbed and conqueredFlux control updatesCan now use the interact key to tether magnetized objects, allowing you to combine them with your Flux swingsMain menu overhaul with improved visuals, screens, and navigationCustomizable player banners have been addedAdditional shield types are now mutually exclusiveHearts can now be manually selected to Steal or Deposit before plantingNew and revised Neural Cores and Subroutines have been addedFinal phase now lets you keep your inventoryTeam Wipes now results in unified team spawningPlayers are now able to reconnect to a match server after losing connectionIn-match Rank Rewards adjustedThe leading team is now the beneficiary of reward eventsHero updatesAva - Ultimate now bl…
- Dave the Diver visits Heart Electric! - 17 October 2025
Super excited to announce a collaboration between Dave the Diver 🤿 & Heart Electric.🩷 ⚡Dave, with friends, will be a limited-edition player background for anyone to claim during our playtests.See it live on October 24th! We wanted to pay tribute to Dave's Nintendo cover, where you can see Dave with Dr. Bacon, Cobra, Bancho & Duff - This time, his Heart Electric friends Ava, Crow, Jazz, Rickshaw & Megabite joined him. This limited edition player background will be available for anyone to claim during our playtests. Big thanks to MINTROCKET for teaming up with us.And of course, to our great artist at Modoyo 👩🎨
- Heart Electric Global Playtest Update 🩷⚡ - 3 October 2025
Stockholm has a problem… too many great games at once. Our friends at Embark Studios are unleashing Arc Raiders for a big playtest the exact same weekend we had planned for Heart Electric. And let’s be honest: Trying to out-extract the biggest extraction shooter in town? That’s like bringing a water pistol to a thunderstorm. 🔫 So, in true neighborly fashion, we’re moving our Heart Electric Playtest one week later:👉 October 24–26 This way, you get to dive headfirst into Arc Raiders and still have plenty of charge left for some high-voltage FPS action with us. We’ll call it: The Stockholm Two-Step.Step 1: Extract with Arc Raiders.Step 2: Electrify with Heart Electric.See you on the 24th, fully charged. ⚡We also have a new playtest trailer.⬇️Here is an updated map of the playtest times (Old post removed)
- Weekly Streams! - 5 September 2025
We're excited to announce we have our own in-house streamer, who will start streaming Heart Electric every Saturday from now on, between 10 AM and 3 PM CET. If you want to play with us, just sign up for the playtest. We will approve your access every Friday, one day ahead of the stream. (Please note it's EU servers only for this recurring event) Now is your chance to play before our global playtest (October 24th to 26th), give your feedback on the development, and join a cool new FPS community. Wonder who our new streamer is? Tune in on Saturday to find out ːsteamhappyː (We heard our streamer loves to be stream sniped). Make sure to wishlist and join our Discord - as a small, independent studio, every member helps! Streaming on: Twitch KickOther socials you can join to support us. ⬇️
- Summer Playtest - 17 July 2025
Summer Playtest Date: Friday, July 18Time: 4pm CEST - 10pm CESTDuration: 6 hoursRegion: EUPlatform: Steam PCSign up on the Steam store page for Heart Electric EU players will be granted priority. If you’re located outside the EU and still want to participate, expect high ping and no localization. English only.Join Discord and form the best crew! https://discord.com/invite/heart-electric Give us your feedback! The form link in the main menu of Heart Electric. Help us create the best gaming experience.Pro tip: "Exploding barrels should not be used as shields" - JazzPatch Notes:GeneralReduced team size from 4 to 3 players.Hero picks are now exclusive within a team.Change loadouts available during respawn.Character pages have been added to the main menu.Teams now have individual colors displayed in the UI. This can be disabled in the settings.Major audio updates including friend and foe ide…
- Weekend Playtest starts NOW! - 25 April 2025
The April Playtest is now underway! EVERYONE - GET IN HERE You should all have access to the Heart Electric Playtest game on Steam. Download the latest version and party up with your friends in the lobby + make a weapon Loadout before jumping into the action. We want to run the playtest for 44 hours, until April 27th, 10:00 CET. During this period, there will naturally be off-hours when EU and NA players are asleep. We'd love to hear your first impressions/feedback on the latest balancing in our Discord feedback channels, so please join! Also post your sick clips of course. ːsteamhappyː If you encounter any issues that isn't mentioned in our Known Issues patch notes, reach out and we'll try to help! /Groove out!
- Weekend Playtest April 25-27! - 17 April 2025
Happy Easter, my dear Electricians! Today I bring you a chocolate egg full of info on our next playtest. April Playtest begins Friday April 25th, 14:00 CET / 08:00 ET We aim to run the servers for 44 hours, with the end time being Sunday at 10:00 CET. Servers located in NA and EU will be available. We will begin granting access to players April 24th (for those still waiting in the Steam Playtest queue). If you already have access to the game since the last playtest, just update the game and jump in when matchmaking starts! If you apply after the playtest started, we will try to let you in periodically. You'll get an email from Steam letting you know that you are in! IF YOU WANNA PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS, HAVE THEM REQUEST ACCESS ON OUR STEAM PAGE! What's New / Changed? Hero changes for: - Rickshaw Now has much more Health than the rest of the cast (about double) to make up for his size. N…
- Help us out by doing our quick Community Survey! - 17 February 2025
Link to Survey (in Google Forms): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebkKeKry5hwBHFumLsCl-sQuaa1aDWmKzOlEo0krS4YI39fA/viewform Hello again everyone! 🩷⚡ Thank you for checking out the community survey! We want to get an understanding of who our most active and dedicated community members are as we continuously try to improve how we build the game alongside you. This survey will help us better understand who you are, what other games you play, and how we fit into that! 🚨 Even if you haven't been able to playtest Heart Electric before, your feedback is still great for us to hear, so please consider filling out the survey! Thank you again! I'mma just drop the survey link one more time: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebkKeKry5hwBHFumLsCl-sQuaa1aDWmKzOlEo0krS4YI39fA/viewform /Groove, Community
- February Developer Update / Changes and Teasers - 5 February 2025
Hello all you Electricians out there! What's shaking? Please enjoy your new affectionate nickname. Groove here, back at it again in the Steam news trenches to give you a pretty hefty Development Update Jumbo Deluxe. I’ll be touching on what we have been doing, what's happening to the game based on your feedback and what brand-spanking-new content is coming as development continues into the year. So let’s jump from the battle bus right into it, shall we? January Playtest Retrospective As you may have seen, we held our first playtest as Heart Electric a few weeks ago. Now that we're back to developing the next version of the game and digesting all your feedback, here's a little retrospective on the event. To start with - It's no exaggeration to say that this was our biggest gathering of players so far. We saw over 750 unique players in the game, with 143 peak concurrent players and over 6…
- Winter Playtest is STARTING NOW! - 18 January 2025
🩷 THE FUN STARTS NOW! ⚡ After much anticipation, it's finally time for you to jump into some Heart Electric action with thousands of other eager testers... 📢 Important Information Regarding Playtest Times! Servers go live and matchmaking starts at 18:00 CET. If you have requested access to the playtest on our Steam page, we will start granting access in groups at 16:00 CET, which will continue up until 19:00 CET. So keep an eye on your email for your invite from Steam. For anyone requesting access after 19:00 CET, we will still grant access as requests come in, all the way until 2 hours before the playtest ends. 🎥 You are free to stream/record gameplay as much as you want - the more hilarious clips for the world to see, the better! Whats new in this version? Custom Loadouts are now available. Please make sure to select your Mods while making the loadout or else your loadout will not…
- OPEN PLAYTEST STARTS JANUARY 18TH - 12 December 2024
📢 WHO'S READY TO TEST SOME HEART ELECTRIC? We're almost ready to welcome y'all into Silicon Hope as our first public playtest kicks off. We have added some meat to the bones of the Energy game mode and we're super excited to hear what you think! To briefly mention some new stuff: there will now be Assignments to complete that will earn your team Energy, on top of being able to steal Energy from other team's bases. (see the video further down and you'll understand
- Happy Halloween! October 2024 Development Update - 31 October 2024
Happy Halloween everyone! Groove from the Community team here again. October already over, huh? Wowza. Dev time flies when you're having fun. We're so happy to see all of you Wishlisting, signing up for the playtest and even following us on Steam every day. We have barely started and you're already here supporting us. A majestic, genuine thank you from all of us is in order. So, what have we been up to? Our first Character Spotlight video is out! Our fan favorite, Jazz is leading the charge. The rest of the cast will follow as we polish up everyone's visuals. We hope you enjoy the first proper look at her abilities. As always: We want to hear your feedback! I, Groove, have also kicked off a Q&A series of sorts, "Talk Electric"! I will be bringing our other devs into my little studio to talk freely about the game, any player-submitted questions, or anything that comes up naturally! Let u…
- Welcome to Heart Electric / Upcoming Playtest - 18 September 2024
Hello world! After a long time of hush-hushing and secret playtests, we can finally share Heart Electric with the world. You can join our Discord to see how development is coming along and sign-up to our next playtest right here on Steam. So what is Heart Electric all about, and why are we making it? The game takes the form of a 4-team elimination FPS where our Energy mechanic decides the winner. Set in 2068, Heart Electric immerses you in a world where sentient AI battle for freedom. You’ll be able to customize your own loadout of various weapons and perks, and pair those up with any of our synthetic heroes. Our whole Modoyo team strongly believe that the new mechanics, emergent gameplay with creative tactics, and a strong emphasis on teamplay makes Heart Electric into something really cool and fresh for the genre. We want to give a huge thank you to our amazing batch of playtesters wh…
- Heart Electric Dev Stream! - 18 September 2024
Heart Electric Dev Stream!
