Heart Machine

Wallpapers Galore!

Pulled out some real gems from the archives for this month's wallpaper drop! Some incredible works from Nick Carver and Danny Moll (peep the file names for the artist credit).

September 2025 Drop!!!

In this drop: sound stuff from HLD zones SFX, Rei vs. mini Reis??, character + enemy concepts and turnarounds...

PW: darbistank

Original Solar Ash Kingdom GDD [some info redacted]

For aspiring game devs - it's rough out there trying to pitch a game in this market!

Wayyyy back in the day, we pitched Solar Ash, which was eventually picked up by Annapurna! Wow.

Here's a draft of the original Solar Ash Kingdom GDD (with some content removed because it didn't ultimately make it into the game and we might want to use it later).

Perhaps it will be helpful for those of you who are working on your own game pitches...

Hyper Light Breaker - August '25 Show + Tell 👑

Hey Breakers,

We hope you've been enjoying our massive August update "Double Down" - how have the twins been treating you?

Because our last update was such a hefty one, this month the team's been mostly working on tightening up some existing things. But not to worry, there's still some good previews and such to share 👇👇👇

⚙️ Design

First off, we've heard from the wider community that ya'll are always interested in more glimpses behind the c...

Possessor(s) - August '25 Show + Tell 😈

Hello! 🦞

Similar to July, we are still in the process of bug fixing and polishing passes on POSSESSOR(S). 🪲 🧼 ’coz.. you know.. There are still just a few months left in the year. 👀

Anim & VFX

Ivan has been CRANKING out VFX over the past few weeks; see for yourself! ✨

So. Many. New. Projectiles.

Also, a fun, very unique, dangerous one...

Rusted Dockyard [Cut Possessor(s) Content]

by the incomparable Danny Moll, Art Director

What song is she dancing to?

an Anna Vrieling masterpiece

August 2025 Drop!!!

In this drop: sound stuff from Troupe Gammage, the new guy's character art, a rare HLD .psd file, Exus concept art, and more bits n bobs.

This month's password is inspired by this one line in an early character design doc for Dro:

PW: DroIsGarfield

Hyper Light Breaker - July '25 Show + Tell 👑

Hey Breakers, we're soooo excited for this next upcoming content drop for Breaker, featuring a whole load of goodies and, yes, performance / QOL improvements.

Since the team's been heads down on actually pushing the update out, we didn't get much of a chance to get into show and tells. But here are a few tidbits...

Character Art

Wolf Elite

Missile Dirk

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Possessor(s) - July '25 Show + Tell 😈

Hi! 🦞

After June, we’ve been hard at work responding to the feedback we have received from our Demo, as well as continuing to finalize and polish POSSESSOR(S). Here’s some stuff the team as worked on!

Animation & VFX

Ivan spent some time wrapping up colors on Luca's weapons! ⚾ 🏒 Look at her goooo!

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Zeliska Blast Gun - 3D PRINT FILE!

Thanks to Jack Covell and Danni Wallace for doing all the work of making this available to our Patreon supporters!!!

Get the 3D print ready files + instructions + terms and conditions here:

https://forms.gle/m9gG2Xdg9mJyGhLSA

Alx do Beach

Cool off at the beach with this month's multi-wallpaper drop! It's Alx's early Solar Ash concept art made using a Microsoft Surface.

For those complaining that Exus is too easy...

it wasn't always that way.

From the Animation Team playtest 6/6/23 - feat: Chris Bullock, Abdul Fawaz, Anna Vrieling, Jordan Campbell.<...

Hyper Light Breaker Style Pillars

Learn to make art like we make art.

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July 2025 Drop!!!

We got a popular request for "a very comprehensive dump of all (non-spoiler) HLB concept art" including scrapped items, so let's see what we got in the archives here...

PW: conceptualcraziness

Possessor(s) - June '25 Show + Tell 😈

Hiya hot demon lovers 😈 ❤️‍🔥

June was PACKED for Possessor(s)! Let’s get a little recap and behind-the-scenes, shall we?

Summer Game Fest, Tribeca + Demo!

We were part of the Day of the Devs showcase, launching our first out of four(!!) animated shorts featuring a new character no one has seen yet: Professor Foss.

Have you watched it on YouTube? There are a few...

Hyper Light Breaker - June '25 Show + Tell 👑

The team has been hard at work refining gameplay, cleaning up bugs, and performance improvements. And of course, more content! Here’s a look at what everyone's been up to this past month:

💃Animation

First of all, we're so excited to announce that Abdul Fawaz, legendary mocap performance artist, is back with us!

Meanwhile, Anna has been finishing up Salt Devil's att...

A Farewell To Sarah Morris - Wallpaper Drop

You may have already seen Sarah Morris's announcement that she's made the decision to move on from Heart Machine. In honor of her incredible 4 years with us and wonderful work, this month's wallpaper drop is one of her pieces for Possessor(s)...

The evolution of Maw

Maw WIP sequences by Anna Vrieling.

Sometimes, procedural generation gives you exciting new worlds to explore...

and sometimes, procedural generation puts an elevator underwater.

saltdevil.exe has crashed

Tech Art is Magic...that's why it's called Houdini

A walkthrough by Randi Reynolds, Technical Artist, all about cliffs.

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Possessor(s) - May '25 Show + Tell 😈

Hey Lobster(s) fans! 🦞

Remember last month when I said there were surprises on the horizon… well, one of them got announced! More stuff is brewing, so you should really put down this next date on your calendar: June 6th. 👁️

Day of the Devs - Digital Showcase

If you have missed the news, we will be part of the DOTD Digital Showcase on Friday, June 6th! The showcase will start aft...

Hyper Light Breaker - May '25 Show + Tell 👑

We’re approaching the halfway mark of Early Access, and we couldn’t be more grateful for everyone who’s joined us so far. 💜

Thanks to your feedback and support, Hyper Light Breaker has moved from Mixed to Very Positive reviews on Steam - a huge milestone for the team, and one we’re so proud of and grateful for. 🙏

We’re keeping the momentum going with new content, polish, and a lot of behind-the-scenes work. Here’s a look at what...

Crystal Cave

Early Crystal Cave concepts by the brilliant Nick Carver. Instead of one image cut up 3 different ways, we're giving you 3 different images of the series to cut up how you like as wallpapers!

June 2025 Drop!!!

Featuring HLD x HLB reference sheets, Solar Ash NPC sketches, Alx...from college?

PW: heyjunedont

To tide you over while we're working on this month's drop...

See some WIP of our Edge cover for Hyper Light Breaker. How do you feel about the direction we ultimately went?