Bad news for hero’s heart ( big hiatus incoming?) (Patreon)

Hey peeps, i’m still not done with my break but something has come up with meek so i’ll let him talk about it right away :

“Four years ago, BC and I started Hero's Heart. We've worked hard to bring you guys a wide-spanning NSFW fantasy choose-your-own-adventure tale where the audience could personally participate and influence the story.

Working on a project like this has never been easy—BC's poured his blood, sweat and tears drawing beautiful art to bring the characters to life—I've spent four days a week for the past several years working on outlines, scripts, sorting comments—we've both done a lot to try and make this goofy messy story work. There've been ups and downs, but we've found a lot of satisfaction doing it.

I pay the bills by drawing commissions in my own time. BC has Zap and Andy, Fenris High, and Androcosm to consider. Neither of us really make money off of Hero's Heart; it's a passion project between two friends and a community.

Two years ago, a different friend of mine approached me to work on a visual novel together. I turned it down. I simply don't have the time, energy, or money to juggle writing a visual novel, a complex CYOA webcomic like Hero's Heart, and pay the bills, on top of real-life affairs. It's not feasible.

Time passes, cut to July 2026, during our summer hiatus. My same friend approaches me regarding their visual novel; they told me they needed my help. They'd been working on it by themselves, drawing the art, programming the thing, and writing it, and the stress was becoming too much. But they're set up with various big money contracts—furry conventions, merchandisers, big companies—to have the game completed (in a 1.0 state at least) by a certain deadline.

They made it clear that if I didn't write the visual novel, the visual novel was not going to get made, and additionally negotiated a large profit for me if I agreed to help. Once again, I was stuck between continuing Hero's Heart, commissions, and writing this visual novel—except now the pressure is on, and only two of those options pay me.

In an ideal world, I would halt my commissions to write the webcomic and this visual novel full-time, but that's entirely unfeasible. I have to continue drawing comms. That means choosing between HH and the VN, and, well... I'm choosing the VN.

I know that's not what you guys want to hear. I'd love to return to Hero's Heart after the visual novel is done, and greatly appreciate your patience—and BC's—as I refocus my attention on something more pressing. How long will it take to write the visual novel?

I'll be free again around February 2027.

Ouch. Just typing that hurts. After how much we've poured into Hero's Heart, I don't want it to end this way. I want to come back to it and finish Wolf and Cherry and Dominic's story. BC and I are scared that the audience isn't going to be there when we return, and I wish I had infinite money to put all my effort into the passion project, but I can't pay my rent by writing Hero's Heart, and honestly, BC also has a game of his own—Zap and Andy—to finish. We both have a lot of non-HH on our plate.

And this is still a huge fucking bummer. As I'm writing this, I'm wondering still if I'm making the correct decision. It's been really difficult, but I'm going to own up to it. I want to do it. Besides my friend needing help on his visual novel—I want to do it. I want to write the VN. I want to be paid to write the VN and seize this opportunity, and I hope that when I'm done that you guys will be willing to return to Hero's Heart too.

We'll see what happens come next year. Until then, thank you for reading and for your support these past few years. Whatever happens next, it's really meant a lot. Thank you.”

So, tldr, hero’s heart is probably going on hiatus for a long time, at least until meek has finished the vn, wich is due to this fall. I’m not sure how I’ll approach this, i’ll probably need some extra break time to reorganize myself. But i’ll let you know what i decide asap.