Development Blog

Hey there! We’ve been wanting to send out this update for a good while now, but we needed a couple of things to line up as you’ll see below. Thanks for your patience! New All-Backers Demo! Status on Release Window We’ll get straight to it. Heart Forth, Alicia will not […]

New Elite Backer Alpha, New Gameplay Video, Release Window Adjustments, Development Updates, PlayStation Experience & GIFs! Hey there! It’s been a long time coming for this update, and we’ve got a lot to share with you, including a new gameplay video and new alpha for the elite backers! But first: […]

Hey! With the end of the year drawing near, it’s time we take a look back at the development stages the game’s gone through and the things we accomplished in 2015.  This update is packed with in-depth information on the game’s development, and there’s a host of new and old images […]

Hey guys! Time for another update. I know I said I’d be talking about the game’s story in this update, but a pretty cool thing happened a few weeks ago and I thought it’d be great to dedicate this update to it. If you’re a backer, there’s a couple of […]

So Heart Forth, Alicia went to E3! We got to show the game to dozens of people each day, several of whom—to my surprise— where backers of Heart Forth, Alicia! I had a chance to get to know each one and personally thank each one for backing the project. As […]

In a little over a week’s time, we’ll be flying over to E3 expo in LA to show a playable build of Heart Forth, Alicia! It will be on display at PlayStation’s Area in the West Hall of the Convention Center. The demo will contain a vertical slice of the […]

Hey guys, time for another update! I’ll try to be brief. If you want to read about the game’s production status, jump down to the “Development & Release Status” section. Belated GDC Report! :D We’ve been so immersed running the Private Demo stage and working on the game that we […]

Hey guys! It’s time for another news post! Please excuse the gaps between updates—for this past couple of months we’ve given full priority to working on the game. In order to maintain focus, we’ll keep on doing updates this way for now, but rest assured we’re steadily working on the […]

Hey guys, it’s about time for another update! This one’s a bit lengthy, so I’ll cut straight to the point.Lots of stuff has happened! Other than making sure the project is walking fine on all fronts, that the team members are getting enough feedback/guidance with their work, and taking care […]

The last few weeks have been pretty exciting! Everyone on the team has been working hard to move the game forward. Just recently I shared a small video through our Twitter account to show you a Vine of HFA’s first test on the Wii U Devkit. If you haven’t seen […]

General Update More than a month has passed since the end of the Kickstarter, and a lot of things have happened since! Admittedly, ever since the campaign began, I haven’t had the chance to get the website up to speed with all the cool stuff that’s going on, but rest […]

What an amazing journey this past month has been! I will make a big writeup once the campaign ends, but I wanted to make a quick post just to let you know we have only 14 more hours to go! Heart Forth, Alicia – Kickstarter Trailer Click to go to […]

Heart Forth, Alicia – Kickstarter Trailer Click to go to the Kickstarter page! I’m so excited to let you guys know that a Kickstarter campaign is up and running! We have been working very hard for the last few months getting everything ready for the launch. There’ll also be a […]

Hey everybody! Today we have a little bit of backstory prepared for you, courtesy of the villagers of Alicia’s hometown: Brenia.  

Hey everybody! Today we’re going to talk a little bit about bosses, mini-bosses, Alicia’s rewards for triumphing over them, and a special friend of Alicia, another wizard named Linna:  

Hi everybody! Today I want to talk a little bit about melee combat: Alicia battles a pickaxe-tossing skeleton in the mines Despite being a wizard, melee combat is a vital part of the way in which Alicia deals with her enemies. Alicia is more like a Gandalf-type warrior wizard than […]

I think this is the first time I’ve posted back-to-back in 7 years! Anyway, I wanted to give you a heads up on what I’ve been doing these last few weeks. I’ve been reshaping and in some cases redesigning some game mechanics, partly because I felt the game needed it, […]

It’s been a bit since the last update! I will make an update shortly to let you know how things are going. But first: let me show you the first ever full portrait of Alicia! Isn’t she awesome? There will be more amazing illustrations coming along in the next months, […]

Best upcoming games lists I was happy to find out HFA was included in a couple of upcoming games for 2014 articles! Thanks very much to the editors for including the game! It’s awesome for HFA to be listed among some very cool upcoming projects. Indiestatik — Top 100 Most […]

A couple of weeks ago, I released a beta to the tester group, and they’ve provided a huge amount of feedback and ideas to help improve the game. The quality of the feedback is outstanding, and their impressions of the whole thing were generally good! The story/plot was well received, […]