
Heat Source
A downloadable Visual Novel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
"Welcome to Northern Forests!"
Hewoo guys! Ari here, greetings from MEXICO! ;p
This is a (mostly) linear story. After some years of development, now we have a final chapter, but there will come some more mini chapters/ side stories, sprites, CGs and stuff in the future.
You play as an otter among big species, so expect SIZE DIFFERENCE, romance, drama, slice of life and a lot of NSFW!
This files are supposed to be for MATURE AUDIENCE! n.n'
Patrons are able to check the newest build a month earlier! You can support this project on patreon and check out exclusive content!!
check out the discord and discuss the latest build! (Unlock more channels by becoming a patron!)
Remember you can contact me faster on twitter if you want to make any advice on coding or grammar! (english is not my mother lenguage)! ;D
Our friend Parrt and Axel Beary volunteered to make a CHINESE TRANSLATION up to version 0.24.3! Look for the latest file and download in this link! (中文版)
Note: Axel Beary specifies that the chinese translation might not be accurate! Sorry about that!
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (504 total ratings) |
Author | Ari Guardian |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Made with | Ren'Py, Clip Studio Paint |
Tags | bear, Furry, Gay, LGBT, NSFW, otter, rottweiler, size-difference, yiff |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English, Chinese |
Links | Twitter/X |
Download
Install instructions
Hewoo! This is+18 content!
Download a file depending on your device (Android/Win/Mac/Lin).
Use the "Chapter Select" button to jump directly to the part of the story you want! ;D
If you downloaded the game before, avoid loading a previous save, as they might pop up errors due to monthly code update! (sorry about that! n.n')
-Android: download the files and select "install app". It will say something like "This files could be dangerous" and stuff, but that is shown in every visual novel app, just continue the installation ;)
- PC: Open the zip file>>double click on the folder>> double click on "HeatSource">> click "extract all" >> double click again on "Heat Source"
Development log
- Small typos fixing ;dDec 26, 2024
- Latest chapter "The Heat Source"Dec 22, 2024
- NEW CHAPTER IS HERE!!!🤩💖🥰💦Nov 09, 2024
- little big Bug Fix!Aug 06, 2024
- NEW CHAPTER 27 AVAILABLE!✨✨🥰😘Aug 03, 2024
- New chapter & RELEASED PATREON CONTENT!Jun 01, 2024
- NEW CHAPTER AVAILABLE!Apr 08, 2024
Comments
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I rate this 9.5/10! The story is great and just freaking loved the whole VN. Also I know that there will be side stories that may or may not be involved with the main characters and more so with the world building itself but is there gonna be a part about what happened after the clash with ____________? I mean, I don't know it feels like it ended abruptly. Flashforward and the bam the end. I can't explain it but that's my thought anyway. On the bright side like I said I love it non the less and I mean the size difference it just lovely as always.
Thanks for the review bro!!!
Hello sir Ari My name is ALEX I came to tell you About my brother who had cancer He died two weeks after the surgery Before my brother died he told me about you and the games you made You were the reason for making him happy when he was in a state of depression I just want to thank you for everything you've done You made him happy in his last days of his life I will never forget this and I thank you for everything you have done
Woahhh... I'm very sorry for your loss.... The news make me feel terribly sad, but also, I'm happy that this story could have been a little ease in the last days of his great battle, bro... May his soul be resting in a beautiful violet beach with a pleasing warm water .... 🙏💝🕯️ May his soul be happy there, swimming with the playful waves towards a new journey...🕯️🥂🥺💖
My little brother was the last person left of my family Now I'm back in college And I live with my boyfriend This is my last year in college I am about to get married soon after I finish college (I think this is a strange coincidence because my boyfriend name is xiao Also he is a fat man His major in college is computer science) I think my brother wasn't joking when he told me my boyfriend looks like xiao
OH MY DOG NO WAY!!! WHAT A CUTE COINCIDENCE!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
absolute cinema all the way through this is one of the only storys to ever make me cry in a goodway
Cheers for more of those stories !! 🥂 🙌💖 Thanks for your kind words,💖💖💖
How much longer, man? I can't wait.🥺🥺
Yo! Sorry I was very sick all march so there was a big delay . Also mom was in hospital last week, but everything seems to be fine now. I'm a few days away to release for supporters, then after a few weeks it will be released here too! Sorry again for the wait and thanks for being here bro! 😘💖🥰
Oh, okay, I will wait until that day. I hope you will be better and better.😘😘😘
thank you broooo🥰🥰
Omg ari i love your pfp im obsessed 😍
Hehe thanks! me too 🥰🥰🥰 seems like the only time I do art for myself is when I do a gift 🤪🤭
Hey, i like the vn so far! (im like on 5 minutes of reading it but whatever) but i noticed you wrote settl somewhere in the beggining- im pretty sure that you meanr settle..
Thanks! Gonna check it out! 🫡💖
and also you typed rol somewhere when they were in the lobby if i remember, its role:3
Thanks! 🙌
How long will it take? I can't wait. I hope it will be finished soon.😘😘Come on, thanks for your hard work.
Eh... 😅Sorry I was sick for literally an entire month😵 this one might take some more while...🤧
Oh, my God, what's going on? Is your condition all right? I hope you feel better soon. Then take a good rest and don't worry.
Don't worry, take a little time to cultivate yourself.😊😊I wish you get better and better.
Thanks!now on April I have been feeling so much better!
Hello again I want to confess something that I have been hiding for a long time I found out a while ago that I have cancer and my chances of survival are very small I just want to tell you that I enjoyed playing your games they made me feel better I just hope to live longer so that I can try the rest of your games in the future I hope so thank you for everything goodbye until next time
Aww bro I'm sorry to hear that😔I hope for the best of scenarios🙏🙏🙏
and thanks a lot for your kind words 😽
This keeps getting better & better & I can't wait for more
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I really liked this one! The pacing can be a bit odd starting very fast then slowing down to a more casual pace. Then the ending was also pretty abrupt and, in my opinion, left quite a lot of drama within the story unresolved.
Knowing that there are bonus chapters to be added I really hope to see some kind of epilogue or slight time skip to explore some of the emotional rifts still left in the cast. As well as a few plot points that weren't explored. Especially involving the MC, Mar and his parents.
Overall a pretty solid read, with only minor spelling and grammar errors; very impressive for what I'm assuming is a first VN for a solo creator.
SPOILERS FOR THE END BELOW PLEASE READ THE VN FIRST
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This first point is a personal preference, but I'd love a content warning/skip option for the cheating scenes. I understand as a writing decision to have it move the plot forward and change the character dynamics. It is just I personally find that kind of explicit content uncomfortable. and would like a bit of a heads up before hand.
My second spoiler point reiterates one of my earlier points; all the drama between the Angel, Mar, and Damian love triangle feels completely unresolved and unexplored. They just go through a major tragic event together and the game ends with a scene of them cuddling.
I've grown to really care for and want to see these characters happy, so to see all the tension involving the cast kind of swept under the rug to just time skip to a happy ending was a bit disappointing in my opinion.
Even with my minor criticisms towards the VN I really hope to see more! Definitely one of my top 5 VNs and I hope you can see my criticisms come out of a place of care and joy for the experience. :)
i hope in the future i can bring more quality stories❤️🔥Thanks for your feedback, it really means a lot to me that you take time to write all that!🥂🙏❤️🔥
So when can other articles be published?I really like your work.Played more than 10 times!I hope to publish other chapters soon.Love you, my brother.😘😚
These next few weeks will be working on a silly mini chapter. It's not gonna be a big thing, but I'll put my heart on it💖 that's what's currently scheduled.
Oh, well, thank you for your reply. I hope that day will come soon. ☺️
Just need at least two more weeks 🤭
I am a Chinese.This is the best visual novel I've ever seen.Although the ending is a little fast.But I can think of some special articles more clearly.When exactly? My brother.
Thanks for your kind words and feedback, bro! More chapters will come, mostly mini chapters and 1 extra chapter in between 😸🙌
Loved the story up until the end. I think the end could have been clearer. I thought something very bad happened until I read posts here saying otherwise.
when I try to play the game ascending to the end they compatible what happened An I Love Play It
Sorry can you elaborate what do you mean? 😅
I try to change See If there any updates so I can update the game but when I didn't see it didn't have any and when I try to play it wouldn't let me cuz shows Mac no updates for Mac game file Show No Mac File Other than that I love the game
You can try uninstalling then install again the latest version🤔
hello! it should work now! Sorry it was a lil button mistake😅 hope you like the chapter!🥰🥰🥰
Are there more than 1 route yet?
There are some decisions that could lead you to a bad ending or good ending.
so no route with the canine?
I'll suggest to try the VN 😅
Simplesmente perfeito.
Thank you for this it made me laugh and cry, truly an unforgettable story that I think everyone should experience. Funnily enough it was the first time I was able to use my second language for anything but a singular class I took in school; it made the whole story even funnier. 😊❤ Thank you again for creating this masterpiece, I am eagerly looking forward to the "fillers"
💖💖💖💖 cheers for more to come! 💦💦💦🥂
Well, i'm a French guy and i really want to express my congratulation for your VN.
My english isn't accurate so, sorry for some mistakes i will do but i wanted to let a comment for your work.
I really love this VN, and this is the first time i'm really invested into a VN.
That was a beautiful experience, with beautifuls characters, and a great story. I really love each parts of this story, i'm happy for them.
Also, i'm looking for the last song we hear, when the MC remember the goods moments, i'm really love it but i don't find it in the google drive.
Well, that's all, i'm waiting so much for others parts you will do.
Congratulation and all my love for Mar, Angel and Damian <3
Awww thanks bro! Sorry I might forgot to update those last sounds! Gimme like 24 hours! Just wanna fix some things!
Don't worry bro, you can take your time, i finally found it in the game's folder, thanks so much for your reply too <3
It's not the complete version! I'll upload today! And notify you here!
Oh, ok, i will wait your update then
Thanks :)
Sorry for the wait! The file is now on the link to songs and is called "Mazapil". the thing is.. I'm not even sure if this song is royalty free 😅 I downloaded that song from a very old video from youtube that disappeared. it was some sort of a tour video from a place called Mazapil. but never find the original source of the song 😅
Awesome! Thanks for sharing :)
It escalated quickly at the end, for sure wasn't expecting it haha reminded a lot of Tacco Crew :P
Waiting for those "fillers"
I have a question for you, will there be a special story for the character xiao because I really hope that he gets his own story where he meets the person he falls in love with who will be the hero of the next story because I really hope for this because I love this huge brown panda even if it takes years I will wait until I get it ❤️ I hope to get an answer
That's a great idea! There are still planned some short stories before that tho 😅
Damn this VN is pure gold!!! I cried a lot last night, reading it non stop!! But it's still worth it to read this vn.
Thank you so much Ari for this masterpiece!! I LOVE IT!!😭🥰😽🫰💖
(Filipino Furry here!👋)
I would love to know about Spanish since Filipinos also have Spanish in some of our languages. But I'm still learning🥹
Awww 💖 🔥 💖 🥰 💖 thanks bro! Cheers for more stories to come! 🥂🥰🥰🥰
Essa vai ser minha história favorita pra sempre 🦦 ❤️🔥 🐻
Obrigado Ari🌸
Fofo! 🥰✨💖🥰✨💖🔥🔥
Just finished the story and omg It was amazing from beginning to end! The music and sound effects are great. The character sprites, facial expressions and drawn scenes are nice. Don't even get me started on the animated ones 😳. Whoo😮💨😵, that was just something else! I love all of the characters I think they're very well done! Lots of funny moments. Overall very immersive, interesting, fun and hornee story start to finish. Not to mention consistent updates ever since this game released😯 sheesh... Props for that🫡. I don't see anybody talk about that. Definitely a furry vn I think everyone should have as one of their favorites.
Your words are incredibly cute 🥺 🥰 thanks for your kindness buddy! 🤟🔥💖🔥💖🔥🥰
Oh my god!!! I can't believe HeatSource has ended. This ending is so perfect. I thought they all went to heaven together. Fortunately, it is the ending I most hoped for. I love HeatSource so much!!! Thanks ARI and Chinese translate LOVE YOU ALL!!!❤️❤️❤️
Maybe add 2 routes? After finishing short horns vn, i really love your vn ari💗🥰
I love this VN even from chapter one, I even remember the first angel look before you remake him ... But, my heart can't accept that end... Damn you, you made me cry, like a lot, I cried like a damn night with that end... I really want to see them together and you did in the end. Please tell me it's not gonna end that way, my heart skip a beat to read that "The End". I love this VN, you make me feel that wheels of emotion. And thanks for your hard work, I can say, this VN the 2nd favorite of mine (sorry but adastra still number 1).
🥹🥹🥹🥹💖💖💖💖💖that's so sweet broooooooo
Новелла шикарная, было приятно читать, радует что в новелле много горячих и смешных CG артов/гифки, но жаль что нет галереи чтобы можно их посмотреть вновь без сохранении
Some more details, fixings and extra mini chapters will be added soon!
dude this is the shit, after reading and playing it damn i cried lol and thinking for like 4 hours staring into the ceiling, this is kinda the firtst vn i read that spoiler alert the mc and his partner are not in a same place for long time i just want to know is there like a different path only for angel and mc i reallly like really fall in love with his charm i wish i had a partner like him :crieeee, as i said again this is the shitttttt i recomend it 10 fingers ups lol, love it so muchhh~~~ i wish the author always have a comfy cold pillow to sleep every night
Wow! I'm very honored that this was your first VN! My first was Adastra and it inspired me a lot!!
Also, SPOILER:
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Sorry, currently there's no route only for Angel 😅 but the will come up done more mini chapters! 🥰
Esto es una joya maestra hasta me sorprende que esté gratis 😍 gracias
Gracias hermano! Y se vienen más 🥰🥰💦💦💦 (historias) hehe 🤭
Wow encerio 😺😻 los espero con ansias
Unsure of how I have not seen this before, but I am excited to give it a shot.
I would love to know your opinion🙌🥰
Simply incredible from beginning to end. Mar might be my favorite protagonist in any VN so far, he's so cute and relatable!!
Lots of CGs and great world building, the sound design is so immersive and relaxing! A breath of fresh air in a saturated market of furry VNs and that's saying something!
Can't say much without spoilers but it definitely is worth checking out, you won't regret it! It melted my heart, made me laugh and cry! So many emotions...
AWWWW this is such a golden review! Thanks for taking some time to let us know your sweet words broooooooo 🥰 💖 🔥 🔥 🔥
Love this vn so much ❤️ and alss love Ari work!!
Uwufff!! 🥰 Cheers for more to come 🥂💖🔥😈💦
SPOILER!!!
Since this update is the ending of the main story, I want to give my honest review on it. The first part of it really got my heart pumping(I feel like my blood pressure shoot up). I commend the writing and the flow of story.
But the ending does not give me the feeling of conclusiveness. It feels like a cliff hanger to me. The problems of the characters were not addressed after the confrontation which is what I was waiting for for the ending (I honestly thought they died and went to paradise lol).
This is only a constructive criticism and I hope you won't take this in a bad way. I love the story and the characters (except Don Hernan) though i still haven't forgiven the mc. That's enough of me yapping.
Thank you so much for the story you made and I hope I can read more from you!
xoxo
Que gran finaaaaaaal!! Me encantooooooo!!!! Ari porfa sigue así!!,fue una hermosa novela próximamente te estaré apoyando en patreon,no estoy llorando se me metió algo a los ojos 😭,ojalá en un futuro alguna actualización mostrando que paso después 🥺
AWWWW 🥹🥰🥰🥰 FELICES FIESTAS!
Meow,
I can say I will feel "saudades". I wanted to end with the panda guy. =^.~= or with all they three together.
Still felt tense reading it.
But seen those big bear balls every time starting the story reminds me of some bears guys I fell in love years ago, more ones that visited my dreams
Have a good Happy New Y-mas.
Mewing,
Pandrine
P.S.: Added a Mexican bull that I miss sometimes.
That's sweet!!! 🥰💖🥂💦💦
SPOILER
ME ENCANTO, rece tentó para que los tres terminaran juntos. aaaaaa hora ya pregunte esto y mencionaste que al finalizar la novela después lo traducirías al español, me pregunto si trabajaras en las historias secundarias o en la traducción.
saludos y abrazos de OSO.
Edita esto, ponle SPOILER, y deja unos 20 espacios hermano 😅
Also, si, creo que pronto debería trabajar en la traducción 😅
Spoiler!!!
This was amazing, I had a slight suspicion that things would work out this way, but it was still amazing, I'm happy for them... Can I start begging for the sequel?
Yei UWU
Actually a sequel is cooking but there are many planned stories ready to be worked on that I would like to show you guys first 😅
A sequel probably would take a couple years, maybe😅🤭🥰
SPOILER
ARI, DID THEY DIE????
Lol no , sorry it might be too dramatic 😅
Phew😪
Guess I'll have wait until tomorrow to read this when I'm hopefully alone at home.
I wanna know your opinion!!! 👁️👄👁️🤭
You gotta wait like I have to. Cause I have a very strong feeling that NSFW moments are gonna be in here and I can't risk my parents seeing me wrestling the meat.
PFHAHAHAHAHA OKAY OKAY 😅🥰
Just read it today.
Well beautiful ending. No beating of meats in that way, but OK.
It was shorter than I was expecting.
Beautiful ending? Aww 🥰 💖 🔥