Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios

Founder/Lead Developer of Heartstrings Studios. Currently working on the Indie JRPG "Witch" @WitchJRPG!

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

Our first trailer is live! "Witch" has come a long way and we have even further to go but we're proud of the work we've done and can't wait to show even more of what we have to offer! #indiedev #gamedev #jrpg #indiegamedev

https://t.co/Z2WLLWpPrY

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

Still hard at work, and have a lot to show for it! Give us a little more time before our next major release of information, we're getting a lot done and focusing on Tokyo Game Show, but we'll showcase more soon!

["Witch" (ウィッチ) Indie JRPG @WitchJRPG]

We're hard at work getting a demo done up for Tokyo Game Show 2022 and we're proud to announce it will also be available to the public once we're done! For now, here's a preview of some of what we've been working on:

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@b0tster Ask me how I know you posted something on Twitter that pissed people off. If you guessed "someone DMed me to demand I fire you" then you win a prize.

That prize is me not firing you. You win. Hooray.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

...fine I'll finish the new video.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@Pankodays

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

We know people have been patiently waiting on updates, and I was ready to post the devlog, then realized there's a few key things we need to add in. So instead, we're posting the boss battle music early!

["Witch" (ウィッチ) Indie JRPG @WitchJRPG]

After we finished the most recent devlog, a few cool things came up and I wanted to include them, so expect it in a few days. In the meantime, we decided to release this early: the Boss Battle music for our WITCH!

https://t.co/cCYKXhG2dD

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@BrapsodyStreams Do yourself a favor, give a shot to Alice in Borderland.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

Hey @UnrealAlexander, I told you if you uploaded more, I'd do this. You did. So I did. (Special thanks to @UE4Memes for the ending bit)

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@UnrealAlexander Post more and I will turn that into this:

https://t.co/0KZOtoI9AX

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@b0tster Oh no, you had what I had, oh noooo

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@b0tster As long as "golly" never goes away, we're good here.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@Katkatteroo You should check your Discord.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@UnrealAlexander Steambot is top tier though. Also from that era: Metal Saga, a JRPG where you play as tanks and uh...this...is a thing...

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@partyinpangolin Had no idea this was a thing. Now I have one on the way. Thank you!

Buy it. The tongue moves.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@b0tster Both?

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@jakefriend_dev Long story short, the wording was clearly designed to get me not only to sign over my IP entirely but then be indefinitely bound to the company or they keep everything and I have no further access to my own creation.

Devs, if you can, have contract lawyers check your contracts.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@jakefriend_dev Also, if they offered me a terrible contract for any future games and I turned them down, I'd also lose full rights. Instantly.

Beyond that, they would have rights to use the IP to make further games if it was successful. They had every right to make a mobile gacha game.

[Ben Cross - Heartstrings Studios @HeartstringsDev]

@EmilyEMeo It's my downtime go-to. As long as you don't have any serious issues with MMO addiction, it's worth a go. Story is pretty solid, free trial gives you tons and tons and tons of content (I won't repeat the oft-repeated meme)...there's even FF Tactics related content.