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Update 2/18/2024

Half of our current dev team has left the project in a burnout-induced exodus due to outside circumstances beyond any of our control. As a result, I need:

New programmers, preferably ones who have a copy of RPG Maker MV

New artists to draw not only the facial expressions of each character, but also to draw the backgrounds and animate 1 or 2 cutscenes (hello, Mark's black tears!)

Tileset artists to make 3 pairs of Outside/Inside tilesets and 6 Dungeon tilesets (they're not actually dungeons, they're just Inside tilesets that don't need a matching Outside)

Possibly a new Project Manager, if our current one also drops out of the project

If you still want to make this happen, message me @i-might-be-vanny or on Discord @relapsed1417 and let me know what skills you can contribute to the game.

Preparing to make the best of the worst case scenario,

Vanessa

#hearts mending #hearts and heroes #markiplier fangame #markiplier #mod vanessa

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Yeah, we're not allowed to use any H&H assets in the development of Hearts Mending. We either have to find new assets from somewhere else or make our own.

- Vanessa

Where can I find the assets for this game? I'm another fan game dev who's looking for some good enemy graphics (you guys did some really good ones, from what I remember), and you seem to know what you're doing with music. Are these assets available to use, or are they not allowed for use in other games?

Many of the assets for the game were made custom by the team or were gotten from the free asset library for RPG Maker. All the music for the game was also custom made or edited from existing music, specifically Crazy la Paint and Haunted.

The assets are for personal use only and we ask that people not use them in their own games.

Thank you~

#hearts mending #hearts and heroes #mod vanessa

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An Update

So my previous Discord account got deleted, and I have to rejoin all 24+ servers my old account was in. My new account is relapsed1417, and I hope everyone on imightbevanny1417's friends list will add me once again.

- Vanessa

#mod vanessa #hearts mending #hearts and heroes

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Update 2/9/2024

I feel like a whole new person! I took a course on RPG Maker MV, upgraded the crap out of my Generator, figured out that the Sci-Fi tilesets give me more of the stuff I need to design the levels most accurately to the game, and even started resurrecting some assets that were previously lost to time!

I still need a more experienced tileset artist to help me make 3 pairs of Outside/Inside tilesets, as well as 6 possible Dungeon tilesets. (They're the same as Inside tilesets, they just stand on their own. Trust the process.)

I also have a total of 26 Enemies that need to get drawn, and so far 19 of them have already been finished. I am currently working on converting my PCs and NPCs from VX Ace size to MV size, going so far as to even redesign them from scratch myself (which is where the Generator remains my best friend)

I have calculated a maximum of 40 characters that can fit into 1 game, and made a private document sorting all the characters into their respective PC/NPC slots.

I have composed a total of 6 soundtracks for just one level, and I'm still working on all the extra sound effects that MV does not have.

My back is starting to hurt from carrying this game through production hell.

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #hearts and heroes #markiplier fangame #markiplier #mod vanessa

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However, if you're looking for an H&H-adjacent game to get excited about, we're making a spinoff called Hearts Mending! The core plotline is about four broken people helping each other heal, and while the game's on hiatus now I promise we will eventually start working on it again.

(I hope. I'm going to hold onto hope. Everyone else is too busy with offline tasks right now, but I've got to hold onto hope.)

- Vanessa

Will there be a sequel to Hearts and Heroes?

Unfortunately, no, we don’t plan on making a sequel to Hearts and Heroes. We’ve all moved on to other projects and places in our lives.  However, the game will always always hold a place in our hearts, and we absolutely love to see that people are still talking about the game.  -m0rkl

#hearts and heroes #hearts mending #markiplier fangame #hearts and heroes won't get a sequel but it will get a spinoff

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Textured hair really isn't that hard to draw, I just have a skill issue.

- Vanessa

#to be fair i also struggled to draw flat hair so ig i really do have a skill issue with drawing hair #and a skill issue with drawing in general if you look at how the clothes came out #does anybody know how to draw hair for a project like this? #the style i'm going for is a ponytail made out of box braids #also i finally figured out how to sign my posts on desktop yay! #hearts mending #hearts and heroes #markiplier fangame #rpg maker mv

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In honor of @hearts-and-heroes, and the development of its fanmade spinoff @heartsmending, I present to you

Tuumptober 2023

Day 1: Hub Portal

Day 2: Class Choice/Weaponry

Day 3: Training Room

Day 4: Shop

Day 5: Rescue Mission

Day 6: Infirmary

Day 7: Self-Insert/OC

Day 8: Terrorling

Day 9: Party Games

Day 10: Waking World

Day 11: Player Conflict

Day 12: Markiplier

Day 13: Mark's Friends

Day 14: Another Hub

Day 15: Somni

Day 16: Favorite Character

Day 17: Fetch Quest

Day 18: Cosplay

Day 19: Favorite Trope

Day 20: Pride

Day 21: Holiday

Day 22: Alternate Universe/Timeline

Day 23: Group Chat

Day 24: Cabin of the Chosen

Day 25: Hearts Mending

Day 26: Incorrect Quote

Day 27: Angst

Day 28: Fluff

Day 29: Dev Team

Day 30: FNAF

Day 31: Darkiplier

I came up with this in the Hearts and Heroes Discord server, and I think it's going to really catch on with the Markiplier community. Here's hoping for the best!

#markiplier #hearts and heroes #hearts mending #markiplier fangame #tuumptober #tuumptober 2023 #markiplier fanart #fanart prompt #mod vanessa

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I’m a huge fan of this, I really hope it turns out well. The original H&H was an amazing game (I’ve played it so damn many times) and this looks great from what I’ve seen so far. Just wanted to tell you that I’m a fan.

#hearts mending #markiplier fangame #submission #oh my goodness thank you! #we're working on it i promise #the dev team is just a little burnt out right now #we're also really busy with offline tasks #also one of the people in the dev gc left #so if you're a pixel artist there's a spot open #i am once again asking for assistance #mod vanessa

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Here they all are together. I decided to add a portal in the background, as well as a kintsugi mosaic of all four of their hearts. I might make this the new blog header, if Breana gives me her permission.

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #markiplier fangame #markiplier #hearts and heroes #promo art

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Everyone's character sheets! Big thanks to OptiBoo on Discord for drawing these for me! (Although I am the one who filled out everybody's profiles...)

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #markiplier fangame #hearts and heroes

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Well, I guess I don't need you to pray for me now. The problem seems to have resolved itself.

- Vanessa

An Update (Vent)

So I learned that no one on the dev team knows how to draw character sprites or design custom tilesets in MV. Least of all, me. And I signed up for the job title back when we were using VX Ace.

I tried purchasing every MV-compliant DLC under the sun, but I was completely lost as to how to install it. I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry my eyes out, I wanted to piss on Ronald Reagan's grave.

3 other people have MV, but no one knows how to design characters in it. So as of 2 days ago, the team is officially without a Sprites and Tilesets artist.

This game is going to never see the light of day if I can't find anyone who can actually draw everything out pixel by pixel. And I can't even blame anyone in my team. Too many shades of one color is just not worth the psychic damage.

I'd ask you to pray for us, but something bad happens to me every time someone does.

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #markiplier fangame #markiplier #hearts and heroes #no more hiatus? please god let me get this game off hiatus #gimp ✍️ is ✍️ available ✍️ for ✍️ free ✍️ on ✍️ google ✍️

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An Update (Vent)

So I learned that no one on the dev team knows how to draw character sprites or design custom tilesets in MV. Least of all, me. And I signed up for the job title back when we were using VX Ace.

I tried purchasing every MV-compliant DLC under the sun, but I was completely lost as to how to install it. I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry my eyes out, I wanted to piss on Ronald Reagan's grave.

3 other people have MV, but no one knows how to design characters in it. So as of 2 days ago, the team is officially without a Sprites and Tilesets artist.

This game is going to never see the light of day if I can't find anyone who can actually draw everything out pixel by pixel. And I can't even blame anyone in my team. Too many shades of one color is just not worth the psychic damage.

I'd ask you to pray for us, but something bad happens to me every time someone does.

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #markiplier fangame #markiplier #hearts and heroes #help needed #please don't let this game collapse under the weight of its own expectations #i really don't want this to be a sunk cost #i have invested WAY too much time and effort into this game #and i will delete my blog if it never gets completed #please. i need a pixel artist good enough to work with mv #i can't let this go to waste #everyone i invite to the team keeps neglecting their own responsibility due to burnout and it's happening to me too #please for the love of everything that is gamejolt #HELP. ME.

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I'm getting better at using IbisPaint X.

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #markiplier fangame #markiplier #hearts and heroes

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Update: We have a project manager, and a couple of people who know their way around programming. I still need to learn to design/edit custom sprites and tilesets for MV.

- Vanessa

An Update

So far, progress has slowed to a halt due to burnout amongst the various devs from outside influence.

We're using RPG Maker MV, but we're struggling badly with... well, everything from the battle design to the event scripting, and even the character creation process. (It's so hard designing and redesigning a total of 40 humanoid characters, let alone all the custom tilesets for all the various levels.)

So we're considering looking for an RPG Maker MV expert, someone who uses MV professionally. We'll even consider paying them actual money, even though this project is designed to be a non-profit game.

If you have programmed a game with RPG Maker MV before, or you know someone who has, please let us know and we'll talk about it either in DMs or on Discord.

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #hearts and heroes #markiplier fangame #markiplier

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The Core Four as tarot cards

- Vanessa

#you will understand when the game comes out #in the meantime i refuse to elaborate on anything #hearts mending #markiplier #hearts and heroes #markiplier fangame #fangame of a fangame

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I got bored and did a thing on Gacha

- Vanessa

#hearts mending #markiplier #hearts and heroes #markiplier fangame #incorrect quotes #source: vine #olive: i was over on the bench!

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Rose actually has blue eyes in the document (and so does Indigo), but that's incredible! Can we put that in the Behind The Scenes area?

-Vanessa

Super excited for this game!

@heartsmending The second I saw this character I wanted to draw them. I didnt know the eye color so I made it brown. Ill probably be drawing the other characters as well. Theres just not alot of details to go off of right now.

#hearts mending fanart #hearts mending #hearts and heroes #markiplier #indie games #fanart