Good morning/evening to all of my awesome supporters!

Here we are again with the eight episode of our fourth visual novel, Thief of Hearts!

We’d like to welcome any new supporters who are here for the first time or for any fans returning.

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out our other games that have now been completed!

They are all included with your subscription.

A huge thank you to our $25+ tier members who played the beta version of the game (released last weekend) and gave us their feedback.

It allowed us to have the time to fix any bugs found or errors we made. Your help is always greatly appreciated.

THE STORY

Welcome back to the next highly anticipated chapter of {i}Thief of Hearts{/i}, where every choice could mean the difference between continued freedom… or a cold, windowless cell.

Episode 8 continues the story as you attempt to enjoy a rare holiday escape with the people closest to you. But peace never lasts long in your world, which you may have noticed.

As the previous episode ended, through blurred vision and fading consciousness, a familiar face appeared beside you — or at least, that’s how it looked.

Could this finally be the moment you uncover where Zora has been all this time?

Before you can fully process what’s happening, trouble comes calling once again.

If you’ve earned the trust of either Megan or Lucy, one of them will reach out with a problem only you can help solve… though whatever awaits won’t take place until your holiday is over.

With your time in this quiet yet picturesque seaside town severely limited, it’s time for you to enjoy the local beach with the three women closest to you. But relaxation comes with complications.

Your loyalty, relationships, and secrets will all be put to the test as you decide who deserves your time — and whether these dangerous romances are worth continuing at all.

What happens when two women you’re secretly seeing cross paths unexpectedly? Will you stay calm under pressure, tell the truth, manipulate the situation… or simply improvise and hope for the best?

Your relationships with characters like Juliet, Officer Justice, Megan, and Lucy could prove crucial, regardless if romance is involved or not.

One wrong sentence, one suspicious glance, or one poorly timed mistake could expose the truth you’ve worked so hard to hide:

That you’re a professional thief.

Certain people may need to be avoided entirely in this update, including Officer Justice’s husband, Cristian, while others, like the aggressive and Bella-obsessed muscle head, Guy, may force you into confrontation once again, even somewhere as ordinary as the local supermarket.

As these storylines collide, your future continue to take shape. Will you finally leave the criminal life behind forever?

Or will your actions push you toward becoming something far more dangerous… a feared mastermind thief?

The choice is yours.

As always, know who to trust, back your instincts and above all else, don’t get caught!

Changelog for v0.0.8.1:

– 3500+ Renders

– 22 x New Scenes

– 1000+ x Lewd Images

– 120+ x Animations

– 80 x New Secret Images (Maximum) to be found!

– 90 new songs + sound effects added to this Episode

– 4 x Hot Scenes added to the Replay Gallery

– 2 x New Non-Canon “Hot” Scenes

– 3 x New Tasks set

– 1 x HEART each is available for four of the love interests in the story.

Fixes since the Beta Test:

– Fixes to the Game Walkthrough

– Fixed/replaced several renders across various scenes

– Missing details on various variables (that caused exception errors)

– Missing Bonus images sections for Juliet and Officer Justice

– Cleaned up some old coding. Also removed some old code logic that is no longer needed.

– Edited some image sequence coding

– Fixed an issue with some missing animations for the Episode 05, Day 02 scene with Ariel.

– Fixed some variables that were missing for the Part 3 transfer related to some of the unlocked wallpapers, and also some that were missing from starting a new game.

– Fixed certain renders that were missing a pause after them during montage moments so it could be seen correctly in several scenes.

– Other minor spelling, dialog and grammar fixes.

– Edits to the Final Review Screens

– The “Montage click to continue” setting now works with nearly every image or animation that has a pause for it.

– Adjusted all sex related sound effects to use the sex audio channels.

– Added the images and animations to the Episode 08, Day 01 bedroom scene with Bella.

– Added additional animations to the Episode 08, Day 01 scene at the beach with Vivian.

– Added additional renders to the Episode 08, Day 03 scene with Officer Justice.

– Fixed an issue with the final review screen displaying the incorrect number of tasks for Juliet.

– Fixes made for some future tasks.

– Many renders and animations throughout different scenes that had issues have been fixed.

– Various spelling, grammar, dialog and timing fixes have been made throughout each scene.

Also, we have added some brand-new animations to scenes in Part 2, with more animations to also be added to Part 1 scenes (soon).

Be sure to check them out!

Save Transfer from Part 2

Episode 8 is the beginning of Chapter 3. In order to continue from where things ended in Episode 7, you will need to re-download Part 2 again,

and then make a save at the end of the seventh episode.

Then when you open Part 3, you can load your save from Part 2 which will contain all your stats with each love interest, unlocked wallpapers and tasks you have completed.

NOTE: If you use the Manual Entry option, you will need to input your Vault code again for the tier you are on, to unlock all your benefits.

Montage click to continue

During the making of Episode 7, we added in a new feature to the Game Menu. Throughout the story, we sometimes add in a montage of images (with no dialogue) that play automatically until a character says or thinks something.

You can now choose to disable it (choose “Wait”) so that each of these montage images can be clicked through individually.

You can view the FULL Changelog in the bottom corner of the main menu to read our bug fixes between updates, and also a brief description for what to look forward to in this new episode.

We have also updated and included three Walkthroughs to download and view to help you during your play-through if you get stuck or can’t find anything.

Please let us know if you find any errors or mistakes in these walkthroughs.

By making this Beta test available, we’d like for you to play this new update (the sooner the better) and let us know if you find any bugs, potholes, inconsistencies, issues with your saves, or any information that would be useful for us so we can make fixes before the game is officially released next weekend.

So here is the Beta Version of “Thief of Hearts: Episode 8”…Enjoy!

MrDots & The Team