This very small patch for Ocean's Heart includes a fix for overly sensitive controller input in menus.

Happy Tuesday!

With our friends over at Limited Run Games, we are elated to announce that Ocean's Heart on Nintendo Switch™ is setting sail on a new journey - A Physical Edition!

This beautiful, new, and *very limited* physical edition of Ocean's Heart will make a great addition to your game collection, mantle, or any other spot where you keep your most prized possessions!

Join the creator of Ocean's Heart Max Mraz's playthrough session, and if you haven't already, use the opportunity to snag Ocean's Heart for 50% OFF!

Experience Tilia’s thrilling journey on Nintendo Switch, starting February 10th.

Hey everyone!

The Steam Awards are here, and here I am, asking you to nominate our game for the Sit Back and Relax Steam Award!

When I was working on Ocean's Heart, I didn’t want to create just another adventure game where you breeze through vague fields or caves fighting slimes. When I want to relax, I take a walk through a forest or cycle through the countryside. Everywhere you can go is a different place - if you stop to poke around there is a unique character or surprise or vibe to a place. I wanted to make a game where you could get lost in places. Where you might discover a new weapon or monster, but you can also discover the foundations of a long-gone house, a worn trail leading to a hidden ravine, or a kind of plant that only grows here. The small stories we learn as we take in a place.

After a whole year has passed, I think this teleportation machine of a game works. You turn the game on, and you're transported into a land brimming with places; with unique stories to take in. theThe only trouble is to choose what you want to do next - collect enough coins to upgrade your weapons, go monster hunting, help out your friends, or go and learn a magic spell that could protect you from that tougher-than-usual boss fight you've been putting off for a few days now.

I like to think that in a world where we often couldn’t travel or explore as much as we’d like to this past year, Ocean’s Heart was a way to escape. If my game helped you in that regard, and let you relax or explore for at least a second, I feel like I've done my job.

Knowing this, I am extremely humbled and thankful for every one of you who played my game, shared your experiences and feedback, so I could improve, and get inspired to chase my dream once more.

Thank you so so much,

Max

Hey Adventurers,

Since day one the game was released, we received hundreds of messages asking for Japanese localization. Today that day has finally arrived, as we are releasing version 1.0.2, which along with various bug fixes to the game adds the Japanese language! Below you can find a list of what will be changed after installing the newest Update!

Ocean's Heart 1.0.2 features:
-Japanese localization

Ocean's Heart 1.0.2 bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug where if you saved in the wrong place, you could load the game stuck in a wall or into a black screen. Now we check where we're loading and if we're in a wall, move Tilia somewhere else.
- Added the ability for the engine to read file paths containing non-Latin characters like Russian or Chinese.
- Fixed a math error in calculating the total number of achievements. If you went through a very specific sequence of events, you could finish 33/32 quests, which didn't trigger the achievement.
- Unplugging / re-plugging in headphones previously caused audio problems. The engine will now deal with this when it happens instead of just getting confused.
- Prevented backslash key (\) from being used as a keyboard mapping as it causes the save file to be unreadable.
- Fixed a bug where visiting certain areas would reset the quest "The Seabird's Tear" and prevent its completion.
- Fixed a bug where a certain series of events could lock you out of Fykonos Island without getting your spear back.
- Fixed several small collision errors throughout the world.

-Japanese localization

Ocean's Heart 1.0.2 bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug where if you saved in the wrong place, you could load the game stuck in a wall or into a black screen. Now we check where we're loading and if we're in a wall, move Tilia somewhere else.
- Added the ability for the engine to read file paths containing non-Latin characters like Russian or Chinese.
- Fixed a math error in calculating the total number of achievements. If you went through a very specific sequence of events, you could finish 33/32 quests, which didn't trigger the achievement.
- Unplugging / re-plugging in headphones previously caused audio problems. The engine will now deal with this when it happens instead of just getting confused.
- Prevented backslash key (\) from being used as a keyboard mapping as it causes the save file to be unreadable.
- Fixed a bug where visiting certain areas would reset the quest "The Seabird's Tear" and prevent its completion.
- Fixed a bug where a certain series of events could lock you out of Fykonos Island without getting your spear back.
- Fixed several small collision errors throughout the world.

Hey Adventurers,

It's been a month since the game is out and the support from all of you was great! We've been working hard on gathering all the feedback from you and implementing it into a new patch along with various bug fixes. So now the new version of Ocean's Heart (v1.01) is finally out and it contains a lot of goodies, the full list is below, we hope you'll enjoy it!

New Features:

- Keyboard and Controller mapping has been added- the Controls option in the pause menu allows you to rebind your controls
- (note: your previous controls may have changed when switching from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 and you may need to rebind the controls)
- (another note: this does currently mean you must choose between D-Pad and Analog Stick, as both will not work)
- (final note: allowing for both analog stick and the d-pad is planned for a later patch, but I wanted to get the controller mapping out soon)
- The restrictions on cutting bushes and plants have been lifted, now any bush that collides with your sword will be cut
- Invisible Walls have been added around piers for your safety
- 8-directional dodge rolling has been implemented; before it was only 4-directional
- It's now possible to enter the west windmill on Fykonos
- Some small atmospheric effects like falling leaves or clouds' shadows have been added to areas
- Reloading a game starts you at the coordinates of the last map you entered, even if it was a scrolling transition
- Some city streets have been widened to make it easier to pass NPCs
- Salt Candles can now explode weak walls and blocks, just like normal bombs
- An in-game fullscreen/windowed mode toggle has been included with the new control mapping menu
- The shorter I-frames aspect of hard mode is not active by default when accepting the curse, but can still be toggled at its statue
- Made some small map layout tweaks to make navigation easier in a couple of places

Bug Fixes:

- You will no longer respawn inside a stone door in Tern Marsh, or anywhere else
- Collapsing floors take longer to get down to business, an error was causing them to trigger almost immediately
- Errors in the German translation preventing completion of the game have been fixed
- You can regain whichever boomerang the goblins on Fykonos steal from you
- Dying while fighting the attic troll at the dog's birthday party no longer blocks off the attic
- Fixed a math error in Excessively Helpful achievement, it should now be attainable and will unlock at startup if you've completed all sidequests
- Following the robot assembly lines past the walls of Fort Crow no longer allows you to enter the void
- Placed some barrels to prevent unintentionally skipping half the Cemetery of the Waves
- Defeating the Sea Hag on Limestone Island without moving from the entrance no longer traps you in the cave
- The sound effect when you would have been one-hit-KO'd by an enemy has been toned back
- You can no longer become stuck inside stray cannonballs
- If you defeat the beast of Lotus Shoal before taking the quest, you will still be able to complete it
- The bottom pixels of the main/side quest tabs in Russian have been made visible
- The rare event when you fall asleep at the counter in the Ballast Harbor inn no longer puts you inside a patron at the bar when you wake up
- The bridge in Spruce Head all exists on the same plane vertically now and you can't get stuck inside it
- Fixed bugs where some controllers analog sticks went wild on the fast travel screen and language menus
- Allowed the pause menu to close when the cancel button is pressed, instead of only the pause button
- Prevented opening the menu and saving in the middle of a cutscene. To my knowledge, this hadn't caused any bugs yet, but it had lots of potential
- Enemies sometimes were frozen in an invulnerable state when stunned by the boomerang, they will always be vulnerable when stunned now

Hello adventurers!

First of all, we would like to thank you all who played Ocean's Heart since the release. Your time is precious and we appreciate you bought and played our game!

Now onto the fun part. We have great news for all the players in Japan who were waiting for Ocean's Heart translation to Japanese. ( the players even have a Steam thread where they gathered votes to show the support! )

We hear you and we are happy to announce that the game will be fully translated into Japanese! We don't have a release date for it just yet, though we'll have more information to share about it in the near future.

If you are interested to know more about the game before that, Max Mraz did an interview with a Japanese gaming website GameSpark: https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2021/02/02/105757.html

We'll see you soon with more news and updates!