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Entry for the 2014 Indie Game Maker Contest!
If you enjoyed our game you can vote us for People's Choice from July 1 to July 30.

Art has blessed many people with freedom, expression, and innovation. When a world that cherishes art through the use of the magical art, Pictomancy, one could say the art where paints come to life is a unique cultural gift for all to enjoy. If only that apex of cultural renaissance could stay that way like a dream.

Near the village of Appleby, a young and aspiring painter, Corbin, is prodded into the cathedral’s painting to cleanse the vibrant world from cultural extinction by the Pestilence. To this day, nobody knows where the Pestilence had come from, and Corbin is even less sure how he can help restore the infected painting.

Painted Heart is an episodic tale of friendship, humor, and overcoming fears and trials.


Features

Painted Heart is an hour-long sidescrolling RPG which features beautiful painted graphics as well as original music to create a whimsical experience. Its battles use the Trinity Battle System, a never-before-seen system created specifically for this RPG.

Summary
  • Individually painted scenery

  • Animated Characters and Battlers

  • Never-before-seen Trinity Battle System

  • Original music with beautiful vocal tracks


What is the Trinity Battle System?

This system places a new twist on turn-based battles by emphasizing strategy and coordination. The player controls three characters-- two fighters and one supporter. In Attack Mode, the two fighters each have a set of skills they perform at the same time, and each set is assigned to the keys A, S, and D respectively. After performing their dual attack, the fighters switch to Defense Mode where the front line fighter can Defend or where the back line fighter can use a Guard Skill.

Strategy is vital in this battle system as each action has a number of consequences. Heavy skills use up AP (art points), and if too much AP is consumed the fighters will skip a turn. Attacks change the fighters' base elements, affecting their resistance to the enemy onslaught. Players and enemies can switch the front and back row fighters to gain the upper hand. In most cases only the front row fighter takes damage in battle, so placing the fighter with strong elemental resistance in the front can help you plow through the enemy.

Characters


Corbin, otherwise known as Cor, is the protagonist of the game. Slightly pessimistic and very wimpy, Cor manages to bumble through the painting and restore the land with the help of two summoned drawings.


Zophie is an angel dedicated to the Goddess. She takes pride in strength and loyalty, and tends to solve problems with violence.


Though he looks scary, the demon Agiel is a friendly and intelligent companion. He enjoys teasing Cor and Zophie and is the coolheaded counterpart to Zophie's rashness.

Download the full OST at Bandcamp!

Credits
Programming, Music, Trinity Battle System Eventing: Trass
Art, Dialogues: accha
Proofreading, Story Editing: Chaude
Song Vocals: Usachii

Latest Blog

Painted Heart now released!

We've tried our best to make a beautiful and light game for you to enjoy-- if you give it a try, I hope you have fun!

If you think our game is pretty cool, please consider supporting us in the contest ;D

Feel free to share this game with friends and family. This game is appropriate for all ages-- no trickery this time!

With any luck there won't be any major bugs, but to ensure that you have a smooth playthrough please don't button mash. The game is 99% evented with a lot of custom button actions, so who knows what madness will happen if you do? (Hint: nothing good).

Anyway, have fun!
  • Completed
  • accha
    Trass
  • Chaude
  • RPG Maker VX Ace
  • RPG
  • 06/23/2014 02:02 PM
  • 06/28/2022 03:05 PM
  • 06/30/2014
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Posts

Hi,this is SI.
Though my English is poor,I think Chinese fans will certainly want to play it,so may I have your permission to translate this work into Chinese?
I hope Chinese fans will know about this work and you.
I will certainly put your name in a conspicuous position if I get your permission.
If my request bothers you,I won't insist on it.
From China
shayoko
We do not condone harassing other members by PM.
515
Upon Finishing this title a second time im officially content.
overall this story was about

The main character Cor gaining confidence in himself.
he believed that he was useless and couldn't do anything
this experience allowed him to gain faith in his ability's
and grow as a ...Hybrid :3

author=argh
I would have liked to see more female characters. Right now you just have the generic Strong Female Character who has practically no other traits. Why couldn't Corbin be a girl? Why couldn't the sane, intelligent character who has more than one personality trait be the woman? Why couldn't it be the mother, not the father, who features in the prologue? Why not a priestess instead of a priest, especially since they have a female goddess?

I like seeing strong female characters too, I don't see enough of them but I like seeing strong male leads too. (It was a short game or we would have seen more writing and characters) There seems to be a stereotype in a lot of works I've read though where it's the girl who gets to plate the sane intelligent character with more than one personality trait and the guy gets stuck just being there. I'd say why not have the dad escort his son instead of the mom? Both parents would work for the role played in the story Zophie did have some more traits implied in the menu conversations as did Agiel so it kinda helps.

The writing was still wonderful.
shayoko
We do not condone harassing other members by PM.
515
if your going to put it that way everything is generic
but thankfully your wrong
women are usually depicted as weak
so shes the opposite of the norm

agreed on wishing Corbin was a girl instead
well
its fiction
you can pretend,flat chested girl :3
one of the main reasons i care about the gender of a MC is
because male characters have already been overdone a long time ago
its time to have a huge age of cuteness!
Thanks for playing! =D

@SIChina, you have my permission to translate!

author=accha
Thanks for playing! =D

@SIChina, you have my permission to translate!



Thank you!
I want to congratulate and thank both at the same time accha and trass.
his art is full of life, feelings, his creations have their souls in every detail.
both touched my brain and heart at the same time.
I'm a big fan of both and I hope you continue with what you do

Thank you, danieru! I'm very glad that you enjoyed our game. We're both striving to keep creating interesting works. Thanks again for your support, it's wonderful to hear from you.
So I'm playing this right now and I'm really enjoying it. This is really a super unique game tbh, and I also like the style. This is perfect. <3
best fucking game Ive ever played. I loved it. I request more :D
Thank you!! o/

Trass and Chaude are planning now for more Painted Heart games. We'll do our best!
Pretty, and an interesting battle system to boot. Downloading it now.
This was fun; I'd been wanting to play it for a while and recently had time to do so. I kinda wish there was an interactive bit when the main character is painting kinda like Jet Grind Radio, but oh well. I also feel like the elements' names should be shown in battle because although I had an easy time remembering which element was strong against another I struggled to remember which symbol meant what. But again I enjoyed the experience overall. The art is great and the battle system was cool. If I ever have time I might do a review.
Ahh, thanks for playing, Red! Thanks for the feedback as well~ If the sequel gets done I'll see if I can get Trass to make the element chart a pullup menu or something along those lines for easier access. Glad you enjoyed it!


Also, Sycreala has translated Painted Heart to Chinese: http://sycrealastudio.lofter.com/post/1c580c_5cd41b7

Thank you very much for your hard work, it looks very well done! ;w;
I'm really enjoying this game so far, the atmosphere, the art, the characters, the battle system, basically everything. The only issue I'm having is that I can't find any walkthroughs of this game, and I'm stuck at the part in Scene 4 in the Castle of Weisse Blume with the statues. What do I do here? Thanks.
@Kennykit: You have to examine the 4 statues in the right order! You will hear a click if you do it correctly. If you don't, then you have to restart all over again from the first statue!

Thank you very much for liking the game! We're really glad you're enjoying it so far!
This game is AMAZING , the characters are beautiful ,I liked how they are designed
KEEP UP :) ^^
Just finished this game recently!
It's an excellent game!
I hope it was longer..
I may consider to translate this game if I have time.
i am honestly super confused at the Casual Tower of Reptance (sorry if i spelled it wrong). Im at the second lever puzzle,and i am utterly confused. Please send help ;-;