Pine Hearts news & patch notes

Hi friends, We've just released a very small patch today.

Patch Notes:

• Adjustments and improvements to Autosave functionality

• General bug fixes

Please make sure you update to the latest version which is v1.5.0.285. As always, if you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, he now has a blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers! Today we’re releasing a small patch which addresses a few issues across all platforms. Patch Notes:

• Fixed issues surrounding the quest log displaying incorrect data following save migration from previous patches.

• Fixed issues with the Golf Course Primary Quest allowing more than the desired number of golf clubs for quest progression.

• Fixed issue where settings would not save between sessions after changing a volume slider, causing the new game button on the main menu to act as the continue button.

• Fixed minor collision issues.

• Resolved security issue with Unity version.

• Added support for 16KB page sizes on Android Play Store

Please make sure you update to the latest version which is v1.4.5.268. As always, if you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, he now has a blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers!

To celebrate the launch of Pine Hearts on iOS and Android, we’re giving you the chance to win a bundle of official Pine Hearts merch. 🎉

It includes:

1 x beanie

1 x T-shirt

1 x camping mug

1 x Beastie Observation and Great Unknown Society iron-on patch

1 x Pine Hearts postcard

1 x sticker sheet

3 x pin badges

Enter for your chance to win: Pine Hearts: Mobile Launch Celebration Giveaway

Competition open worldwide. T&C’s apply. Entrants must be over 18 to enter. The competition ends at 12:00pm BST on Tuesday 7th October.

Good luck to anyone entering the competition.

Mobile Launch 

Ready for a spot of wild camping? Pine Hearts is now available on iOS and Android devices, letting you take a nostalgic trip around the Scottish Highlands wherever you are in the real world. Trial it for free now on App Store and Google Play Store. As always, if you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Melissa and Vicki

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers!

Today we’re adding a small patch to Pine Hearts on Steam, as well as Nintendo Switch, which introduces some of your most wanted features, including secondary quest tracking, collectibles tracking and touchscreen support, as well as some performance optimisations. 

Here’s a breakdown of what to expect:

New Features 

● New Secondary Quest Tracker - You can now keep track of all side-quests in Tyke’s journal.

● New Droplet Tracker - You can now keep track of all the Droplets you have collected and how many you can find in each region of the game. 

● New Supported Languages - You can now play Pine Hearts in Korean, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. 

● Touch Screen Support - You can now use your device’s touch screen to play Pine Hearts. 

QOL Features

● Tyke’s local region map is now on its own page of the journal, and has been enlarged and made clearer. 

● Improved performance across all platforms.

● Cutscenes now have their own audio controls and should perform better across devices.

Bug Fixes

● Fixed issues with the “Skip UI Animations” option.

● Fixed issues with swapping input devices.

● Fixed issues with Tyke being able to move during certain interactions. 

● Fixed bugs caused by closing and reopening the game. 

● Fixed minor interaction, audio and UI bugs.

● Fixed issues with UI scaling across different aspect ratios and removed in-game letterboxing. Please note: This patch has been applied to both Steam and Switch versions but the patch numbers are different, so please make sure you’re playing on the correct version. Steam: v1.3.0.246 Switch: v1.2.0.202

Mobile Launch Plans, Plus a New Look!

We’re also excited to announce that Pine Hearts is coming to iOS and Android devices on September 23rd, so you can take Tyke with you wherever you wander. You can pre-order now on the App Store and Google Play Store. Also, did you see our beautiful new keyart?

As always, if you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, he now has a blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Melissa and Vicki

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers! Open up your adventure journal and prepare to take notes so that you don’t miss these wholesome hidden moments that lie just off the beaten path in Pine Hearts.

They're not signposted, nor are they part of your main quest, but these wholesome moments will bring you joy as you play, enhance your experience, and may even reward you for engaging with those seemingly innocuous objects.

From finding treasure maps to wildlife encounters, we’re here to make sure you don’t miss them. 

Campsite

• If you’re a fan of skipping stones, you’ll find the perfect pile of rocks close to the Lone Campers HQ just waiting to be skipped across the water.

• Keep a look out for a very good boy waiting patiently for some pets if you’re on your way to the Ruined Castle. Just don’t let Bonnie see.

Ruined Castle

• The Castle Wall has a number of cannons placed along it which can all be interacted with. You may even find something useful inside one of them.

• Find a penny, pick it up, for the rest of the day you’ll have good luck. Especially if you throw it into the wishing well near the Ruined Castle.

• Watching the butterflies flit about among the gravestones is wholesome in itself, but once you have the right tools and abilities, you may find there’s more to them once you come back…

Caravan Park

• Fancy a kick-about? Try your best to score a goal at the pitch close to the Play Park. 

• There’s nothing more Scottish than The Highland Games. You can attempt to beat the current champion just a log’s toss from the Gala.

• Just a hop, skip and a jump away from the Pitchside Lets, you’ll find a fun and nostalgic way to indulge your inner child.

Golf Course

• If there’s one thing we highly recommend, it’s searching around the Golf Course for the Otter’s Den. If you take the time to find it beyond the blossom trees, you’ll be in for a treat.

Rockpools

• The Rockpools offer a diverse habitat for wildlife. If you’re lucky, you may encounter the elusive King Crab, as well as a family of seals, both of which offer wholesome and entertaining interactions.

• There’s nothing more fun than scaring seagulls, which you’ll be able to do by pressing some big red buttons near the lighthouse.

• Once you have earned the fishing rod, you’ll be able to fish at any of the many fishing spots around Pine Hearts. You might find some interesting things while fishing, and if not, it’s a pleasant way to pass some time.

• We’ve left a special piece of treasure lying around somewhere near the Rockpools, we just can’t quite remember where. Keep your eyes peeled for a message in a bottle which we're sure will offer a clue as to where to find it.

If you’ve found any more wholesome moments we may not have included in the list (there are a lot!), please share them in the comments so that others can find and enjoy them.

Stay tuned, as we’ll soon be exploring some easily missed side quests, but for now, if you’re ready to begin your adventure, Pine Hearts is 25% off in the Steam Summer Sale until July 10. If you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, drop by his blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there. Chat soon! Melissa and Vicki Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers! Today we’re releasing a small patch which contains some subtle but effective quality of life updates and minor bug fixes, the biggest of which is the “Gameplay prompts have been adjusted and improved” which has been done to improve game feel and make interactions feel more engaging and natural. Full Patch Notes:

New Publisher Recognition

• Secret Mode logo added to start screens

• Secret Mode credits added

• Copyright notice updated

QOL Updates

• Gameplay prompts have been adjusted and improved

• The UI for the Headlamp has been improved

• (Switch) New game and Continue flow was added

Bug Fixes

• Tyke can no longer get stuck in a small area next to the river in the Caravan Park

• Fixed a change in lighting that occurs before entering the dungeon in Ruined Castle

• Lighting changes reset when players select “New Game”

• (Switch) Fixed a visual error in the final cutscene

As always, if you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, he now has a blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Melissa and Vicki

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers!

This Sunday is Father’s Day here in the UK, and while not everyone will observe this occasion, with Pine Hearts having a heavy focus on Tyke’s childhood memories of his dad, we thought today would be the perfect time to dedicate a whole blog post to the devs and their dads.

You may not know this about Pine Hearts, but it was created after the creative director at Hyper Luminal Games, Rob, lost his dad to cancer. Not only did Pine Hearts provide him with a way to channel his grief, but it was a great way to honour his dad and the times they shared together visiting the Cairngorms National Park up in sunny old Scotland.

Melissa Cocker (Social Media and Community Coordinator @ HLG)

“My Dad and I have always bonded over our love for music. He took me to my first gig when I was 11 to see My Chemical Romance, and he’s continued to completely inspire my taste in music as I’ve grown up. We’ve continued to be gig buddies, having the privilege to see many of our favourite bands together over the years. He’s also the person who got me interested in sci-fi and fantasy, so he’s played a big role in shaping the interests and passions that make me who I am.”

James Law (Art Manager @ HLG)  

“My Dad taught me a billion things: he built us a proper action-figure sized concrete castle outside in our wee garden and filled around it with sand, he would hide surprise presents at the end of a treasure hunt, he always protected us seeing the fallout from what must have been tough experiences as a paramedic, he always supported my artistic pursuits and when he taught me how to paint he gave me this advice: 'never judge it until it's finished.' So now when I'm halfway through anything and can see the wobbles and doubt the outcome, I hold steady until it's at least complete. Then you can do better next time, or you surprise yourself with how it turned around. His dad also died before I was born, so he never had the luxury, as I do, of being a dad and going to his own father for advice.”

Mihai Georgescu (Principal QA @ HLG)

"I can't say I've had an idyllic relationship with my dad, but I still cherish the short times we spent together. Several years ago, we went on a family road trip across Romania. There were a few more disagreements on the way than any of us would have liked, but wherever we ended up staying for the night, dad and I would stay up and share a drink in silence, taking in the atmosphere of the summer air. In hindsight, I wish either of us had been brave enough to speak, but I'm still grateful for those few quiet moments together."

Vicki Fieldhouse (Senior Community Manager @ Secret Mode)

"My dad was the best. I have so many great memories from my childhood, from the piggy back rides to helping him build things in the back garden, but the memory that really sticks out is him reading The Hobbit to me and my brother. He'd do all the voices, sing all the songs and really brought the characters to life. Even to this day, it's one of my favourite books, but only because of the way he read it. He's also the reason I got interested in games. He introduced me to games really early on and never saw them as a waste of time, but something that could be enjoyed together, either with him or with my brother, and I'm so grateful for that."

We'd love to hear about your favourite memories of your dads, feel free to share them in the comments.

As always, if you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, he now has a blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Melissa and Vicki

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers!

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase returns for its third year, with a Steam event highlighting games that have gone the extra mile to include accessible settings and design choices. Making Pine Hearts as accessible as possible is really important to us here at Hyper Luminal Games and Secret Mode, and we’re super proud that Pine Hearts has been selected to take part in this year’s showcase.

You can watch the Access-Ability Summer Showcase on YouTube on Friday 6th June 2025 at 4pm BST, 11am ET, 8am PT. How did we make Pine Hearts accessible?

You can access the Accessibility menu as soon as you load Pine Hearts - and you’ll see it’s broken down into three sections: Gameplay, UI Support, and Visual Support.

Gameplay

Run Mode allows you to adjust the default movement speed for Tyke, giving you the choice between a run or a slower walking pace, while Simplified Controls reduces the timed and held button presses for actions, replacing them with easy single-button presses.

UI Support

Here you’ll be able to adjust text size and spacing, switching to a dyslexic-friendly font, as well as having the option to turn off UI animations.

Visual Support

Here you can adjust the contrast, turn off screen shake, switch to black and white mode, and even colour blocking, which highlights the most important aspects of a scene with 4 colour blind-friendly palettes to choose from.

The Hyper Luminal Games team have built this accessibility toolkit which can now be imported into future projects, ensuring all of our games continue to be as accessible as possible. Pine Hearts will be 25% off during the Access-Ability event.

If you’d like to chat more about Pine Hearts, you can join us over on Discord, and if you’d like to follow Tyke’s Adventures, he now has a blog on Tumblr. We’d love to see you there.

Chat soon!

Melissa and Vicki

Pine Hearts Community Team

Hey Campers! 👋

The team have been working hard behind the scenes and we're excited to let you know that Pine Hearts is now officially Verified on Steam Deck!🎉

Bug Fixes and Quality of Life Updates:

• Fixed an issue where the game could not be reliably closed from the Steam Deck
• Fixed an issue which caused lighting inconsistencies throughout the game when Tyke entered the castle dungeon
• Improvements to loading screens on 16:10 resolutions

Hey Campers! 👋

Why Should You Nominate Pine Hearts?

Hey Campers! 👋

1.0.3 Update Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a few instances where Tyke could get stuck walking in place trying to reach an object or NPC to interact with them.
• Improved visibility of an important quest item.
• Fixed an issue causing the Blue Knight’s helmet to appear invisible.
• Fixed an NPC being a little too generous with droplets.
• Reworded ‘Quit to Menu’ confirmation pop-up to be less concerning when it comes to save data! It will now let you know if your game will be saved or if you will be returned to a previous autosave if quitting while saving is not possible (such as in a Memory). Sorry about the frights!
• Fishing and Digging spots now accurately reflect whether or not you’ve already interacted with them after loading a save.
• The game now pauses if a controller is disconnected.
• Black and White Mode now remains active if it was enabled in a saved game.
• Fixed several issues with the Reset All confirmation pop-up appearing at the wrong time and activating other commands.
• Fixed an issue with some incorrect actions being described in the controller remapping menu.
• Fixed Options Menu closing when backing out of a controller remapping confirmation.
• Fixed an issue that would lead to the Controls tab appearing in other tabs of the Options menu
• Fixed an issue that could lead to players having an empty Quest Log.
• Fixed a bunch of issues we made while trying to fix the above issues 😅

Quality of Life Bug Fixes

• Added non-letterboxed support for 16:10 aspect ratios.
• Fixed Bonnie’s barks appearing misaligned on some resolutions.
• Fixed prompts for the Band not being fully visible on certain resolutions.
• Fixed Lost ‘n’ Found Achievement not triggering if the Ruined Castle was left too soon.
• The game can no longer be controlled if the game window is no longer active (i.e.: if switching to another window or if the Steam Overlay is open).
• The Mouse cursor is now automatically hidden when using a controller (until the mouse is moved).
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the Gameplay Data screen from displaying its status accurately.

Hey Campers! 👋

Hey Campers! 👋

A quick PSA from the dev team:

Hey Campers!!

Pine Hearts is now LIVE!

Exciting News Campers!!

🎉🌲Pine Hearts will be releasing on the 23rd of May!🌲🎉

We can't wait to welcome you to Pine Hearts

Hey Campers! 🍃

We’ve got a very exciting update to share with you today 💚 We recently organised a behind-the-scenes day for creators with various needs and understandings of the importance of accessibility options in games to have a hands-on experience with Pine Hearts!

Hello Campers!

We heard your feedback from our demo asking for more Quest Markers and Non-Playable Character locations to be included in the map, and I'm happy to share a peek of the updates we've made!

• 🌎 Updated world map
• ⛳ Updated regional maps for each area of Pine Hearts
• 🏃‍♂️ Added Player Character marker, to keep track of where you are in the world!
• ⭐ Added markers for Primary Quest Interactions
• 🏌️‍♂️ Added markers for Primary NPCs
• ⛺ Added markers for Secondary Quest Interactions
• 👩 Added markers for Secondary NPCs

We've also included a couple images that show off the maps for newer regions of the park, yet to be explored. Get yourself over to twitter for some more sneak peeks!

Hello campers! 👋

Melissa here with some piping hot news for you: we've updated our game trailer on our steam store page!

There's so much more to see and we can't wait to share it with you⛺💚

Hey Campers! 👋

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts from everyone here on the Pine Hearts team for all of the love and kind words about our wee demo 💚

Thank you for the feedback 💪

• We have the UI assets for PS5 controllers ready and they'll be in the game for launch
• We're looking into the screen resolution bugs currently and have some promising leads thanks to your feedback. This should be resolved for launch
• We've got some shiny new map markers which should help with navigation and quest completion
• Many more little updates based on your feedback!

Keep up to date with our progress 🔨

Pack up your camping gear and get ready for an adventure! 🎒

She'll be showing off some of the features you can find within the demo, such as:

• The Accessibility onboarding flow
• Our Dyslexic font options
• Colour blocking mode gameplay
• Simplified input controls

✨PLUS!✨ She'll be giving you some tasty behind the scenes developer secrets as well as hints and tips!

Hello campers! ⛺

We hope you've all been enjoying your visit to Pine Hearts this Next Fest 💚

🐶 Dog Pet Crash

Join us for some head empty vibes as we play through the Pine Hearts demo.

Demo is LIVE!

The Pine Hearts demo is available as part of Steam Next Fest until the 12th of February so stick on your hiking boots and get adventuring!

Hello Campers! 👋

We've been working hard preparing the campsite for your arrival! 🧹