Happy Valentine's, heartbreakers~!
It's officially been a whole year since I released the first alpha of Heartbreaker Episode 1.

So, one year on, what's the state of the game?

Development slowed down tremendously after last April due to personal circumstances and my income crashing - Meaning it's been hard to hire VAs or our usual composer.
However, I've still been chipping away at it while trying to focus on... y'know, making a living.

The other Plots are completely written and all their dialogue & branches programmed, and I'm currently working on the cutscenes for the Befriend Plot.
I also need to hire a VA for Aisha - I've had several auditions come in, and still need to go through them.
Clipper's prospective VA is currently sorting out her lines, and should be ready in time for the next update.

Once I've finished the cutscene, I'll be releasing that update containing three new Plots - Befriend, and two secret ones.
Ideally, it should be ready for Easter Sunday, or at least that's the plan.
The Murder cutscene alone took about three months, but I'm trying to ensure this current effort won't be as complex.
While I love working on Heartbreaker and have become super attached to it, it's key to remember that I'm the writer, programmer, AND main artist - I'm doing the majority of the work myself, and receive zero funding or financial support; All of this is funded out of pocket.

Hell, I'd love to find time to do promotional or bonus artwork, but that's rarely possible.

A while ago I decided to place more emphasis on the episodic nature of the game's chapter system - It's best to think of Heartbreaker as an episodic series rather than a single thirteen-episode game.
With that said - It will only ever be one single game. Anyone who purchases Episode 1 will have access to all subsequent episodes in the same game as it gets updated (provided VNM doesn't do something to screw with that).

Thank you all for your continued support & patience - I hope to have the Befriend update done in time for Easter!