Little Hearts

About this game

LittleHearts is a turn-based strategy simulation game set in a fantasy world of swords and sorcery. The game is played by carefully and thoughtfully manipulating characters on the map to defeat enemies, and completing the Conditions of Victory set for each chapter will advance you to the next chapter.

The protagonist of the story and his team of 17 characters each have their own weapons, skills that they acquire as they grow, and a variety of personalities depending on the direction they choose in the 'Class Change' option, which gives them a significant boost in power. Make use of their abilities, defeat enemies and advance the story.

Story

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This is a world of swords and magic, where three nations rule the earth.
People lived while fighting demons that appeared from somewhere and attacked people.

One day, a revolutionary army rose up in the Lieav Empire in the snowfields of the southwest.
The revolution is accomplished at breakneck speed.
A new emperor ruled the land.

The remaining two countries, the Kingdom of Feal and the Principality of Lots, held a tripartite meeting to find out the intentions of the new emperor.
The people of the Empire were in a state of poverty and the new emperor wanted assistance to save his people.
Neither the Kingdom nor the Principality was negative about the aid itself, but the scale of the aid demanded by the new Empire was so great that the three countries could not come to terms with each other.

The Empire, in desperation, declared war against the Kingdom.
It was expected that this would be too reckless in a situation where they were seeking support, but in a very short time the newborn Empire fell the capital of the kingdom.


Then, fleeing with a handful of soldiers from the fallen capital, the
The story begins when Alma, the princess of the kingdom, meets Klaus, a young man from a mercenary squad. ......

Game Features

• Nimble 2D dot combat animation.
  
• Simple and enjoyable system and balance for beginners, but a tough SRPG in hard mode.
  
• The story and drama of those who fight for their beliefs, rather than for good or evil.
  
• After clearing the game, an extra mode is provided that eliminates the element of luck and allows the player to conquer each stage of the main story.

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.As of 22 December 2023, you may post videos of the game Little Hearts in accordance with the following guidelines.

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The video must not aim to damage the image of the content.
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Latest news

• Patch Notes·30 Sept 2024Official

  Update to version 1.4.0.

  Thank you for playing Little Hearts or looking at the information with interest. We are pleased to inform you that we have updated the game to 1.4.0. The content of this update is that we have added conversations with each character in the information collection menu in the last chapter, and After clearing the game, you can now view a commentary with the character's growth rate and other information. Please note that English support will be available as soon as the translation is finished. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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• Patch Notes·26 Aug 2024Official

  Update to 1.3.3.

  （Sorry! Due to a problem with the English version, the update to 1.3.3 is currently delayed. We will catch up with the version as soon as possible.） Thank you for playing Little Hearts or looking at the information with interest. We have updated to version 1.3.3! (Please note that the version notations have been skipped, but this is due to internal adjustments.) Fixed a case where the exclusive motion of the highest rank was not played when a critical hit was made. The War Master could not use the item Assault Armour. Other typographical errors have been corrected. Regarding the correction of the resolution at the time of the initial start-up, which was announced in advance, due to the wide range of content that needs to be adjusted and confirmed We have postponed it for now. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. There is a known issue with the menu displaying a blank field. This is a bug that occurred during the English support and the text in the suspended menu is no longer displayed. This will be fixed in a future update. Thank you for your continued support of Little Hearts. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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• Patch Notes·22 Dec 2023Official

  Update to version 1.3.0 English language support

  Thank you for playing Little Hearts or looking at the information with interest. This time we would like to inform you that the update is to 1.3.0. The main content of this update is "English localisation support". Players can now play in English. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40482651/637224dae09611b7cf3bdeaec0b3250006280312.jpg The dialogue text and information in the window have been translated so that users who do not understand Japanese can now play the game without any problems as long as they can read English. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40482651/7a85573d345f93ce3459cc5322a2498e5649f9b3.jpg If the Steam language setting is set to English, the English version will be downloaded, otherwise the Japanese version will be downloaded, but both versions can be downloaded from any country by setting the language in the Steam client's properties. We hope that those who have been interested in the game but have not been able to play it in Japanese only will be able to play it. This update is basically a localisation-only change, but we have also made some minor adjustments to message positions and other details to match some of the language support. Accuracy of translation, and parts of the game that remain in Japanese, etc.. The English version of Little Hearts has been localised using AI translation by DeepL. Although we have tried to make the text as natural as possible by re-translating it, there may be some phrases that are not appropriate for the characters and some grammar may be unnatural. In addition, line breaks to fit the width of the game window may be difficult to read. We will do our best to address any obvious problems here. We will be setting up a thread in the community for players of the English version of the game, so if you have any points to point out, please post them there. (However, please note that we may not be able to respond to some of the personal preferences in expression.) If there are parts of the game that are still in Japanese, we will fix them in an updat...
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• Patch Notes·21 Nov 2023Official

  Update to version 1.2.2

  Updated to version 1.2.2. Implementation of a function to change resolution By opening "game.ini" in the game installation folder with Notepad, etc. and changing "HardwareFullScreen=0" to 1, it is now possible to change the game screen resolution (screen size expansion) from the in-game preferences. (However, this function cannot be used with the mouse. this is a specification of the game development tool, so it is difficult to resolve this issue. Please understand.) In accordance with the above, the access method to "game.ini" is now displayed when the game is started from the beginning and in the manual.
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• Patch Notes·28 Aug 2023Official

  Update to version 1.2.0

  Thank you for playing Little Hearts or viewing the information with interest. We are pleased to inform you that this update is to 1.2.0. This update includes an update to the game.ini file. Basically, if you have not configured the file from your local files, there is no need to be concerned, but if you have made changes to the file, please reconfirm the contents. Title screen update. The title screen image has been replaced with a new one. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40482651/23bd71516f4ab0dab4e7ed3171a3f2bee339f595.png. Added many conversations at the start of the battle. Added a number of conversations between the boss characters on each map and the two main characters when they first engage in battle. We have added a number of conversations that take place between the characters when the two main characters first engage in battle with the boss characters present on each map. Basically, conversations are now held between the named characters and the two main characters. In addition, there are also conversations between some of the other characters. Other fixes. At the start of the extra mode, there was a text stating that there was a high difficulty ver MAP. This text was left over from the beta version and is no longer playable. This text was deleted because it is not playable at this time. Future update schedule. First, we continue to work on the English version from before. For this one, we have finished the translation of the main story and are in the process of starting the conversations at the bases and so on. Although this is a machine translation, we will try to make it as accurate as possible by re-translating and so on. We will try our best to avoid outputting text that is obviously abnormal. Other We would like to add and correct the fact that the battle backgrounds in some maps are not appropriate for the situation (e.g., a snowy mountain with a green floor and a mountain background). We will be waiting for the above mentioned extra mode high difficulty vermap...
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