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.

<h2 class="bb_tag" >About the Demo</h2>The Messy Hearts Demo contains Volume 1 of the Visual Novel. The volume is made up of 9 chapters, and it takes about an hour to play through.<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4044260/extras/5dfa51f18eb62e9024d1f78ec0ae014b.avif?t=1770759913" width=1560 height=242 /><h2 class="bb_tag" >About the Game</h2>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.<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4044260/extras/cd196ffc59190f85655ce6f661a4052c.avif?t=1770759913" width=1560 height=242 /><h2 class="bb_tag" >Florence and Their Messy Life</h2>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 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.<h2 class="bb_tag" >How to Play</h2>Messy Hearts is a single-player narrative with some choices that take the form of journal entries on mental health.<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4044260/extras/e4f52ad08119fa31363d201dee23f9f4.avif?t=1770759913" width=1560 height=242 />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.<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4044260/extras/2b2a78e99b6c03517eaf150d2fe8a060.avif?t=1770759913" width=1560 height=242 />Characters along the way can be collected, along with a log of our choices and why they matter.<img class="bb_img" src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4044260/extras/b4a3f73f9f65cfb3c148a834c410e4e7.avif?t=1770759913" width=1560 height=128 />

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