Hello everyone!

We're not far into the campaign and we've already passed the 50% mark! That's great news, and I'm really happy that people are as excited for Celestial Hearts as I am. There's 16 days left, and we still have a long way to go!

All 25 of the $7 Early Backer Rewards have been taken, but (at the time of this update) there are still some Early Backer Pre-Release rewards left. For just $3 more, you can have Celestial Hearts two weeks in advance!

Anyway, I wanted to share that I've added a new $50 backer tier:

Design a weapon!

Unlike my previous releases (like Knight Bewitched), Celestial Hearts uses a side-view battle system. Thanks to that, you can actually see the weapons each party member is equipped with–and if you're interested, you can design your own!



Of course, if you're not an artist, you can simply describe how you want the weapon to look, and I can either pull from a selection of weapons on-hand or commission an artist myself.

Here's the details for this new backer tier:

• The size of the weapon can be up to 48 x 48 pixels. (you could make the weapon smaller, but then you wouldn't be able to see it!)
• You can provide a name (up to 20 characters) and, optionally, a short description around 20 words / 120 characters.
• I will determine the stats of the weapon, but you can specify what stats or elemental affinities you'd rather the weapon be geared toward (is this a "hit-things-first, ask-questions-later kind of weapon? Maybe it's more defensive? Or a lightning-fast dagger, perhaps?)

Here are the weapon types you can choose from, and which character they'll belong to:

• Kayah: hunting horns / horn-like weapons
• Helen: swords, maces / hammers, spears
• Sylvie: bows, crossbows
• Gail: knives, ringblades / fist weapons, scythes / khopesh
• Matthias: staves / staff-like weapons

Of course, you're welcome to be creative (to an extent - let's stay appropriate, please). Want Kayah to wield a giant fish-horn? Go for it! A bow that shoots other bows? Fine by me!

This $50 backer tier has 6 spots available and includes all other rewards below it. If you've already backed the project, you're free to upgrade to this tier anytime.

Game Progress

Long story short - it's coming along smoothly!



I don't have a whole lot to show off right now, but the project has reached its second-to-final stage of development: Writing! Just about everything else is finished, and all that's left to do is actually write the dialogue, design the cutscenes, and then begin the long process of playtesting!

Based on my current rate of progress, I'm thinking Celestial Hearts will be finished by late December and will release in late January/early February. This means that those subscribed to the Early Backer pre-release tier will receive their Steam copies around mid-January.

That's all for now! If you have any questions or comments about Celestial Hearts, the new backer tier (or any other tier), or just want to say something, you can leave a comment here or email me at Jkweath@gmail.com.