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Messy Hearts Demo
The Messy Hearts demo is the first volume of a pixel-art visual novel about a complicated coworker friendship. Through journal-style narration, Florence unpacks romance, trauma, and messy boundaries in a deeply personal story of mental health and heartbreak. No choices; this is a linear narrative.
Release Date:
October 2025
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Publisher:
Black Heart Games
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Planned Release Date: October 2025

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About This Demo

About the Demo

The Messy Hearts Demo contains Volume 1 of the Visual Novel. The volume is made up of 9 chapters.

About the Game

In this retro-inspired, pixel art visual novel, a workplace friendship begins to unravel.            

Follow two coworkers as their connection deepens, blurs, and ultimately breaks. Set during a painful chapter of life, Messy Hearts explores mental health, trauma, blurry boundaries, and the complicated ways people can hurt each other.

Florence and Their Messy Life

You play as Florence, a game dev, parent, and lonely person trying to stay afloat in a life already full of stress and vulnerability.

When Pete, a married coworker, starts offering unexpected friendship, Florence finds comfort in their growing connection. Their friendship slowly twists into something painful and disorienting, and a slow-motion collision unfolds that they both pretend not to see coming.

This is an all-too-common story, told through fictional characters, and inspired by painful relationships.

How to Play

Messy Hearts is a linear, single-player narrative with no branching paths or choices. Told in a comic book-style format with pixel art, the game invites players to click through Florence’s memories like pages of a journal, a text thread, or a conversation snippet.

There are no quick-time events, puzzles, or branching choices for this game. Just a quiet, interactive story, day by day, scene by scene, and message by message.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
    • Processor: 1.2 GHz processor
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics (e.g. Intel HD Graphics 4000 or later)
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.13 High Sierra+
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel HD Graphics 4000 or later)
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    • Additional Notes: Runs on most modern systems — very lightweight.
    Recommended:
      Minimum:
      • OS: Ubuntu 18.04+ or equivalent
      • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core or better
      • Memory: 2 GB RAM
      • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2 compatible GPU (Intel HD 4000 or better)
      • Storage: 300 MB available space
      • Sound Card: Any
      • Additional Notes: Should work on most modern 64-bit Linux systems.
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