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Magical Warrior Diamond Heart [Common Route]
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Last Update: 9/18/2024 (Chandra e14)
The Crystal Kingdom of Chalcedonia was once a beautiful place, under the rule of Princess Rosalia, they lived happy peaceful lives. Until one day, monsters called Nightmares destroyed the kingdom. Princess Rosalia and her fairy knight Diana hid deep in the castle, praying that their last hope, the magical Rose Crystal Mirror would produce a miracle, and save their home, however, they were attacked by the leader of the Nightmare Agency, Druzy. Diana fought helplessly before finding herself transported to Earth, but her Princess was nowhere to be seen.
Unfortunately, the nightmares began to attack this new world too. Valerie Amaranth, an ordinary 16-year-old, has her world changed forever when she receives the powers of the Legendary Crystal Warrior Diamond Heart. Now with the help of Diana, she must find her allies, defeat the Nightmares, and rescue the missing princess Rosalia.
This game contains content that may be frightening or upsetting to some players including graphic violence, abuse, blood, body horror, and severe mental health struggles. Click here for a more detailed content warning list.
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Magical Girl, Comedy, Drama, Action
Magical Warrior Diamond Heart is made to be played multiple times. The game has multiple endings and scene variations depending on your relationship with the cast, and characters will react to and remember previous choices you've made. Characters may even react differently depending on how the player chooses to interact with others, meaning tons of content to explore!
The free-to-play version of the game will have
- Male, female, and a nonbinary love interests to pursue for a total of FOUR adorable and distinct characters to smooch (Sophie, Ethan, Zacharie, and Opal)
- A friendship route with the fairy Amber if you'd rather not smooch anyone at all!
- Accessibility options:
- Choose between 3 font options: Quicksand, Hyperlegible, and OpenDyslexic
- Change the font size, and spacing.
- Toggle-able sound captions
- Toggle off disorienting animations
- Self-voice toggle for screen-readers (only available on desktop)
- Dark mode GUI
- Lots of achievements to unlock. Explore the story and collect them all!
- Partial English voice acting from a very talented voice cast!
- About 16 hours of content to explore!
DLC content to include:
- Even more adorable DLC characters to smooch! (Alex, Liam, Clover, Chandra, and Diana) for a total of nine romance routes
- Extra bonus episodes for the cast!
- Twice as much story as the F2P version!
Meet the protagonist of the story, Valerie, and the six magical warriors that join her on her mission to protect the world from the Nightmare Agency! Learn more about the cast on the official website!
Please note that all assets such as artwork and sounds are yet to be finalized. This is a demo and is meant to give you an idea of the full game but doesn't fully represent the final product in mind.
Some artworks, music, sounds, may be missing or unavailable!
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Development log
- Chandra e13 Added to the game64 days ago
- Small fixes + additional voiced scenes for liam and alex :3cMay 23, 2024
- minor scene fix in e12 lolMay 04, 2024
- Last variant for E9 is in!May 01, 2024
- Achievement BugfixMar 28, 2024
- E9 update, E14, and Achievements!Mar 27, 2024
- Small update + Bug FixesDec 18, 2023
- Alex e13 is now live!Nov 06, 2023
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Question: you mention paid is teice the story, does that mean it ADDS that much? or that the free version is eviscerated to a half?
there are 5 free routes, and 5 paid routes. each route is a complete storyline, meaning twice as much story if you have the full version. now the free version doesn't eviscerate anything. I'm giving out half of it away for free on my own terms. the demo is about 8 hours long on it's own.
rad, just what i wanted to know.
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i love this game
I WANNA MAKE FANART SO BAD EJKSDFS(KF(K(FKDSKRGFKDFMGMDFGMDIM THIS IS SO GOOOOOOOOOD AHHHHHHHHH/pos
"Common Route"?
What's with that phasing?
Common route is the section of a visual novel before the story splits off into individual story arcs. IE the route that all other routes have in common with eachother.
I recommend watching this video about visual novel terminology in order to better understand this medium.
唯神麽美柚钟文 喔药遂吊了!
POC MAGICAL PEOPLE I LOVE THEM SOSOSOSOS MUCH!!
It's so lovely to see magical girls that actually look like me and my friends!! (yes I'm totally using the images for matching pfps later) AHH ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MC DRESSES LIKE ME AND HAS MY EXACT SKINTONE AAAHHHH the artstyle is soooo adorbs!! KENDRICKKK!! DROP MORE ARTWORK OF VALERIE SOPHIE AND ZACHARIE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!! I'm yapping so much I love this gammeee <3 (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ
(also!! i noticed this weird thing that steam achievements doesn't sync with itch.io so if anyone else sees it you wont be able to get the achievements if you start on here!!) ૮(˶ㅠ︿ㅠ)ა
Thank you!! Demos on steam can not have achievements , the full version of the game on itch syncs the achievements with the full version on steam, but they're not a feature in steam demos
When I got to rainbow hearts with Liam I went to tap his little profile to see what it says and it gave me a white screen w a bunch of words and the options I had were, "rollback, quit, return" n some other things I can't remember, i play on android ! This game was BEAUTIFUL THOUGH I love Liam sm arhhh
Hi if you have a bug to report please take any screenshots or recordings you can and fill out the form on the contact page or submit a ticket on discord! Without additional information in the forms it makes bugfixing a whole lot of blind fumbling around ;w;
Okay!!
Excuse me! The server link is invalid! I hope you can fix this :((
sorry about that! just fixed the links earlier!
i love the story sm!! I'm wondering if i read it wrong but during one of the scenes after an argument with Dia Ambers name randomly switched to amy? im so confused
I just started and am in love!!!
Its such a mix of precure and madoka and its so good!!! The artsyles, character, and story is amazing! 10/10
HOW DO I NOT KILL ALEX AND DIANA :(
Alex needs to be at yellow hearts/best friends level to get through his version of e13 otherwise you'd have to hangout with someone else (Right now, only Liam is available but Ethan should be available soon this month too)
If Val has a crush on Alex though, he needs to be at pink hearts. OR he can be at green hearts if Liam is at pink hearts
HI!!! i've known about this game for a while and finally got around to checking it out
розовая девушка похожа на душечку из омори, и кстати я не собираюсь это скачивать, просто заметила
PLEASE OMG IM IN LOVE WITH OPAL HES SO FUNNY 😭😭 AND I LOVE HOW HES SO CUTE AND MAD AT EVERYONE
Hello! First of all I love this game! I remember downloading it a while ago and playing till Episode 9! I absolutely love the concepts, art, and story (and it's the right kind of work to scratch my Inclusive Magical Girl Video Game itch). Again, love this piece of work, I can feel all the effort (and time, and revisions) you put into this! Now, onto my second point...
OMG HELP- I downloaded the new update just now and I got a bazillion error codes- I tried playing without them (but I had to play the game from the start), and I got to the end of Episode 2 then it crashed... Is it something wrong with my computer? Or the itch.io file? Cause it seems to work fine for everyone else-
Hi another user had a similar error. I copied my response from them here
Basically it's trying to pull a file that no longer exists for some reason (it wants to use the old main menu background art despite it being replaced) i've seen similar bugs before where it's for some reason trying to grab files or displaying images sometimes that haven't been used in an extremely long time.
deleting the game (and any other stray copies you might have) and reinstalling it entirely seems to work. it's not an issue with entirely fresh installs, though, and it's not an error i can replicate on my end either
If deleting the cache and reinstalling it isn't working you might wanna try grabbing it through steam instead since i feel like it's an issue with the way the itch app is installing updates.
Thanks! I think my mistake was that I copied the new files into the old folder, and the copies were replaced by the files in the new folder. And I've sorted it! Can't wait to get back in.
And am currently resisting the urge to play it in my revision time-
Hello Dreamy !! I just finished episode 14 and I absolutely adore this series!! As a black/hispanic girl who loves sailor moon/magic girl concept but has never really seen myself presented in that side of the media, It made me so emotional and happy to finally see that in your work. From her personality, to the fashion, interests, kind nature, constant anxiety, shortness lol and overall appearance, I genuinely saw myself in Val. 🥹Thank you for that. 💖Also the inclusivity in general is gorgeous!! Being bi myself, it was so refreshing to finally play a game that was so respectful to the community, and was open to many love routes. Your passion & hard work for the series really shows in every single episode. It's so so so fun, funny, colorful, and addicting! lol. I want more!! pls tell me ur working on more! you're very talented 🥰
Me reading these comments:
Show post...
This was adorable!! I appreciated the representation in this game
I LOVE THIS GAME OML- i was stuck at the first two bad endings, and i admit- i cheated, and used the website, BUT OMFG THE ART IS SO CUTE AND THE STORYLINE (as cringy as it might seem) IS PRETTY F-CKING COOL
WAIITT THERE ARE GOOD ENDINGS? THE ENDING I GOT (not rlly am ending but what the developer is still continuing) was with that Luna girl who looks like Valerie , is that a bad ending? I didn't know there was good endings!
The "endings" so to speak are
the 2 game overs in e7 (Val giving up or failing to defeat the Nightmare)
a gameover in Alex E13 (Having low relationship with him when visiting)
and then the 3 (soon 4 as another will be added in the next update) E14 endings: Kidnapped, Alex saves Val, Liam saved Val. Chandra's is unreachable currently but once her e13 is done and updated into the game you'll be able to get a version with her as well.
I started this on my phone and I am loving it. It’s like if precure had a game cousin that is queer. I can’t stop picking up on stuff that reminds me of various precure series, especially doki doki precure with the phone transformation and smile precure with the wolf guy who reminds me of wolfrun. Keep up the great work and creativity! As a precure fan I absolutely adore and love this game so much <3
AYO I JUST SAW ONE OF THE COMMENTS AND SOME CHARACTERS ARE NEURODIVERGENT???? MY AUTISTIC ADHD PRECURE LOVING SELF IS IN HEAVEN WITH THIS GAME 🥺🥺🥰😍🥹
MY DUMBASS JUST NOTICED THE PRECURE POSTERS IN THE BACKGROUND OF VAL’S ROOM 😭 Love the reference <3
when will the full game be realesed?
I’m loving the demo <3 and so impressed with the amount of animations and artworks put into this! You’ve really captured the magical vibe vibe^^ The characters are interesting, I liked the funny moments too!
Is there gonna be a Love Route if you know what I mean 18 year old in the boy is the main character now
(already? is the main character I didn't read description before riding this comment)
I do wonder about opal's route. will it include us swaying them to our side, the side of dreams, or Opal swaying us to their side, the side of nightmares...either way would be interesting. especially seeing a villain arc for our MC, but also trying to redeem Opal would probably also be neat.
Will this story go into any deep topics, like ethics, philosophy, or anything? I wonder if it will be a subversion of the tropes of the older magical girl things, there are a lot of cliches, so that means there are many things that could or could not be subverted...either way, I def will get this game once it's purchasable on steam.
Some routes do discuss ethics and morality, particularly Alex who is otherwise a pacifist and deeply dislikes fighting. I wouldn't necessarily describe the story as a subversion, but there are some deeper topics that get discussed and and the magic does tie in symbolically into different themes in each route
huh, I just read a bit about chandra on your website, I can relate to her. I don't like loud noises, I am a gemini, I like werewolves as well (wonder how she'd react to opal..) I don't have the most friends I feel, and also a bit more cynical and otherwise, yeah I can relate to her.
I wonder if any characters have Autism...I have autism, so that's why I asked.
Yes, Sophie, Liam, Zacharie, and Chandra are all autistic with Zacharie being autism + ADHD (the protagonist, Valerie also has ADHD n_n)
huh, neat. well I def enjoy how this game seems so far, has a lot of effort put into it. good luck with everything.
Love this game! Though im a bit confused, is it supposed to go back to the loading screen after getting the achievement "captured"? If not would you or anyone reading know how to fix this?
Thank you! Yes, it is supposed to go to the loading screen! That's my fault for not making it more clear n_n; My bad!
The common route ends at the end of the fight in e14, and after that point, the story would permanently split into character routes.
in the full game, that particular ending would lead into Opal's route, but his story is not coded in to the game yet. Right now it serves as a "bad ending" to the common route, so the player would have a place to be sent if they didn't have enough points to unlock Liam or Alex's versions at the end
(Each pursueable character has their own variation on the fight in e14, but as of right now, only Liam and Alex's are currently available, I'm currently working on getting everyone else's versions into the game n_n;)
Thank you so much!! Your doing an amazing job I loved this game so much! Keep up the good work!! 😊
Wow new update. I see the character from Aikatsu in the background hehe. I love it that its such a smooth transition especially when it turn to Cgs. The voice acts is also good. I like the magical concept too, this is the type of anime's I've watched when I was a kid haha. I also love that each characters have their own characteristics. I like those sfx and how they portray their reactions eith effects like wah so cute and those tiny chibi cut ins ack
I guess I got the previous version cuz it bugged out in achievement
Will this game be fully voiced?
no sorry
the poster?? is it easter egg? it look like cookie run's character or maybe im wrong..
it's my sister's OC, she helps draw some of the chibi artworks https://twitter.com/Mochiskii/status/1680024117225967616
IT SO CUTE :D (their cookie run oc :3👍)
I love the game so far! Absolutely amazing work on the art, character writing, story, EVERYTHING! I'm so excited to play the full thing plus whatever you have in store for the DLC! Honestly this game is helping me become a little more secure in my gender (Nonbinary They/He) and my sexuality. Keep up the good work and I can't wait to see what else you make if you have future plans past this game. Hope you have a wonderful day Dreamy Pyon and other players! <3 :D
Omg I absolutely love this game! It's amazing how every character have their own unique backstory and pronouns. The design of this game is so adorable and this game is is like no other visual novel that I have ever read. I'm looking forward to all the future updates. Happy new year!
No. You can not customize the casts pronouns or names as the protagonist and all of the characters are established characters with set personalities.
Um well. OK.
1. in this instance, the character's personalities very much do have to do with their chosen pronouns, this is part of their writing and their characterization. it's not a frivolous character trait. They aren't paper dolls for the player to customize however they like.
and 2. it's extremely weird to expect the ability to change an established, non-customizable character's pronouns at all. This isn't a kingdom or god simulation where you are in charge of everyone, it's a narrative visual novel. And it's especially an odd request for trans and non-binary characters. This would be a horrendous idea to implement and would only encourage transphobia and bad-faith arguing that the character's gender's are "up for interpretation". We live in a world where transphobes demand that trans people change their language and presentation for cis comfort. Because it's "weird" or "hard to understand" and it's just "easier" to use a different term. While I am not saying that YOU'RE asking this because their transness makes you feel discomfort, I do think this is something you should keep in mind next time you get it in your head to request something like this.
None of what you said fucking matters. I am nonbinary myself, first off. So you can quit with the condescending bullshit. And I never once claimed all nonbinary people used they/them. Point to me the part of my reply where I did. I would be delighted to see it.
This is about SPECIFIC CHARACTERS pronouns. Specific characters with SET CHARACTERIZATIONS. You can not change this SPECIFIC person's pronouns because in this story, and in this game, much like real life, it's not YOUR decision what OTHER people's pronouns are.
If you read my reply again, SLOWLY you will see that. But you got so concerned and offended over the idea that I MIGHT have called you transphobic that your brain must have turned off.
Mind you, if you read my reply again SLOWLY you will see I also never claimed you WERE. I gave you the benefit of the doubt and tried to explain why your frankly ridiculous question (how often do video games let you customize NPCs? be fucking for real.) could come across as disrespectful and offensive. Because saying that you find a trans characters pronouns hard to understand reminds me, as a NB person myself, how people justify misgendering me and people like me, because it's simply "too difficult" to learn. But I get the sense that you clearly don't care about how other people feel.
Learn how to read before you fix yourself to say some stupid shit in other people's replies.
i love this game so so so much!!!!!! i found it from a lil video on my tiktok fyp it had me in TEARS ( not even bc i was sentimental ) bc this game is just. mwah. ever since ive played it and it has changed my life. my skin is clear and my depression has been reversed. the game ui is literally so helpful and cute too like get u a girl who can do both. i love every character in this game!!!! even if this is just the demo its so addicting... like i just wanna keep coming back and look at the pretty artwork and experience this game. if u like mahou shoujo, homosexuality, and good art this game is for u! <3
Oh my gosh okay!! So I just finished playing 3 routes (as far as possible at least) and this game is just so much fun!! It just gets more and more compelling with each chapter! I can tell just how much love is being put into this game, especially with how long it's been in production while constantly updating. I first came across MWDH about 6 years ago, but until recently I just thought it had been abandoned... then I found out... it wasn't abandoned! I'm just so happy to come back to it after all this time and see it flourish! Congratulations to everyone working on this game, you all truly did (and are still doing) a wonderful job!!!!! I hope to keep supporting you all!!!!!!!
This game looks so beautiful!
//SPOILERS FOR EP 14 (I THINK)
Me deciding to play this game thinking it'd be a cute magical girl game:
Me at the end of ep 14: WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS EVERYTHING SO GLITCHY AND WHY IS VAL CAPTURED-
FR RIP VAL SHE SEEMED SO TERRIFIED-
FR
IM HALF WAY FINISHED WITH THE DEMO AND LEMME JUST SAY IM IN LOVE WITH EVERYBODY
Kommt bald noch ein Update, wo alles funktioniert (auf Android)?
I love the game I can’t wait for the next update