Where is my Heart?

On March 2, 2012, Die Gute Fabrik announced plans to release the game for Windows, macOS, and Linux in the spring of 2012, a date which was pushed back, eventually seeing the Windows and macOS versions released on May 29, 2014, with the Linux version "still on the way.."

• Title — Where is my Heart? • Developer — * Schulenburg Software • Die Gute Fabrik • Publisher — Die Gute Fabrik • Released — PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Windows, macOS May 29, 2014 Linux TBA • Genre — * Platform • puzzle • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — * PlayStation 3 • PlayStation Portable • Microsoft Windows • macOS • Linux

Where is My Heart? tells the story of a family of three monsters who find themselves lost in the forest after setting out to find their home (a tree) after it mysteriously floats away one day. Elements of familial struggle and working together are sprinkled throughout.

• Illustration — An example of a level broken up into shuffled frames, which the player must figure out how to navigate. The game starts out as any platformer might, but soon the image breaks into frames of varying sizes, often shuffling them. The player must then try to navigate their way through the level, by piecing together where their character appears to be in any given frame, as well as collecting hearts or figuring out other puzzles that might feature in a level. The player is able to switch between one of the three monster characters at will, each of them having a special ability that can aid in solving a level.

The idea for the game was derived from Die Gute Fabrik designer Bernhard Schulenburg's memories of being lost in the woods as a child while on a hike with his parents. The game is also an homage to platformers of the 1980s and '90s, and its story and art direction are inspired by "German fairytales, the mythical creatures of Central Europe, and Japanese pictogram aesthetics."