Heartstring Bugs
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Description: After having a disappointing first year of high school, Elly wants to open herself up to more people. A chance encounter with a baby virus grants her the ability to see the emotions of other people, which also gives her an extra boost of confidence. Raise Elly's stats and watch the events unfold in her last three years of high school!
This is a slice of life, high school dating sim where you raise your stats to trigger events.
More: This is the first dating sim made by me for fun back when I was learning. I am still making new games! This game is free to play. If you want to support me, follow me here, on discord or social media for future games, or leave a review! Have a good day!
IMPORTANT UPDATES: Octobter 2022:
Version 1.2 and above adds the ability to speed up most animations with the skip button active or holding the ctrl key (the skip button on you keyboard)
-V1.2 and above should work with newer versions of mac. If it does not, please try the older version
-V1.2 may not work with your old saves. If you want to play your old saves, please download the older version
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Development log
- Version 1.3 ReleasedMar 09, 2023
- Version 1.2 ReleasedOct 17, 2022
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OMG I CANT BELIEVE TO STILL SEE THIS GEM TILL THIS DAY AND TIME NOW!!!! MARVELOUS!!!!!
I really love how much this game got huge reference from Tokimeki Memorial !!!ðŸ˜ðŸ’•ðŸ’–(My fav is 3rd story btw)
It's been so long to play parameter simulation gameplay in Otome (I rly don't know how to call this game system in Eng, sorry if it sound weird😔...) Thank you for giving us to play awesome game like this again!
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Omg, that's so lovely seeing you here and with a new update! This game brings back so many memories in my mind, I remember having a whole playlist to play it and so many pleasant memories associated with the songs within bc of this game ...
But anyway ! I would love to follow you on discord but I don't see your discord being linked anywhere ;w; hope you're well and cannot wait to see what you come up with next!
Hi. I do have my discord linked on my website, under socials. But I can see it's hard for everyone to find it!
The link is https://discord.gg/vBGyxG4x9s
I'll try to add the links everywhere so it's more noticeable.
Also, I'm happy this game gave you good memories! Having and giving a good experience is one of the reasons why I make these things!
I am beyond happy that I get to play this again. I remember playing this when you first released it. I've already spent several hours into the game, my only issue is I wish the walkthrough was just a little more detailed. I'm trying so hard to get all the cgs. Still love the game, this is super nostalgic and adorable for me and I appreciate all the work that you been into it and anything else you have worked on. :)
Ah, I didn't see this until now as I was still tweaking everything!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree the walkthrough can be more detailed but I also am unsure if it would be info overload for other people so I played it safe.
I also won't be able to make a proper walkthrough now as it's been a while and this is one of the most complicated projects for me. I didn't think it would be when I first started the project. Sorry about that!
I love it! Glad to see it's here. There are so many things and possibilities. It's the only novel with stats progression that feels natural to me.
Oh, I'd like to mention that there are, on my opinion, 7 good endings. And despite the tag "dating sim", you don't have to date anyone to achieve a good ending. The story is more about pursuing what you like. You can even change your mind in the middle of the game and not get punished like in the other games where you need to solely focus on some specific stats only.
P. S.: Don't forget to change your clothes. Or do forget, because this is hilarious :D
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