#FOTH Kotallo

[r4d14t3lov3]

Finally, I was able to take time to slowly play through and enjoy #FOTHKotallo. What a beautiful story of - them. Together, trusting, caring, knowing.

Such wonderful, heartfelt art and words @fogsblue @mayalli @astralpaint @picksleydust @steelsartcorner @quiche-draws @fantasy-girl974

Always Kotaloy 💖✨🙏🏻

[focusontheheart]

We are very happy to present to you: Focus on the Heart - A Visual Novel Fangame!

💘 A game made by fans, for fans.💘

Focus on the Heart is a CYOA-style Visual Novel fangame project featuring 8 characters for Aloy to romance! This game is the combined community efforts of 40+ fans, with unique art styles for every character route, narratives crafted with love, and smooches for all.

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💜Focus on the Heart is NOW AVAILABLE to download FOR FREE at the above link on itch.io! 💜FOR PC & MAC 💜Please follow the instructions HERE to download the game and unpack the files 💜You can watch the trailer HERE 💜If you want to tag our socials with your hype, please use #FOTHreact and #FOTHcharactername (i.e. #FOTHErend, #FOTHTalanah, etc.) for the respective routes to prevent spoilers for other players.

We wish you happy playing, and thank you very much for your support!! 💘

[horizon-forbidden-memes]

I'm so excited to play the entirely fan-made game Focus On The Heart! Congrats to all of the @focusontheheart team for working so hard on this game! To celebrate its upcoming release, here is some silliness (affectionate) with the eight eager love interests and the Savior of their hearts, Aloy.

Can't wait to see every character! Gotta woo them all!

[i-lavabean]

Is it too early to make fanart of Focus on the Heart?

Kotallo's path was such a wonderful story and some of my very favorite people did amazing work on it! Seriously if you haven't played FOTH check it out; it's a beautiful fan made work of art.

[quiche-draws]

Posting my CG art for @focusontheheart's Kotallo route written by the lovely @fogsblue and @mayalli!

I can't believe it's been a year since I was first asked to contribute for this project (I was still doing internships and had to delay starting it till a few months later 🤭), and I'm so glad to have taken part in it, even if a small bit.

Seeing the final product makes me all happy and giddy inside. Thank you to the entire team for giving me this opportunity and for the stories you've all shared. It's been a wonderful experience getting Aloy her smooches teehee

Check it out if you'd like to play!

Also throwing in my thumbnails when I was first brainstorming the layout back around August-September 2023 under the cut!

[picksleydust]

Oh hey y'all! The Spoiler embargo is finished and I can share what I made for @focusontheheart <3.

Firstly, my CG for my beloved Kotallo route (as well as all the sprites) showing my precious Blorbos going through their bonding swim <3.

Next I made a full CG for the beautiful Petra:

Walking through the Daunt, learning the focus and preparing for the adventure ahead!

And finally, my BOY, Drakka!

As they fall away from a Thunderjaw barrage, into an underground lake and on to their adventure!

My thanks to @fogsblue and @mayalli for the Kotallo and Petra guidance and love. ALSO an extra special thanks to the delightful @chloefraazers For the guidance with Drakka <3 and being a fellow Drakka stan as well!!

[fogsblue]

Along with all the other amazing @focusontheheart people, the Kotallo path was lucky enough to bring in some extra artists willing to do CGs with not a lot of information, to create some amazing pieces of art you can find while playing 🎨🖌️🌄

So huuuuuge thanks and love to @astralpaint @quiche-draws @steelsartcorner and @fantasy-girl974 💛💙💚

And a huge shoutout to @picksleydust for taking on even more work and doing one 💜

[cicadaknight]

A smirky Kotallo for @focusontheheart

[fogsblue]

Star was such a champion, we approached her about one CG, and it was exciting and she created something amazing, and some changes were made later, and when we asked if she'd be up for another ... she knocked it out of the park a second time! 💙💜

thank you so so much for these beautiful, awesome pieces for Kotallo and Aloy's story, you Champion 💛🧡

After 300 years, I can finally show you the two CG illustrations I've done for @focusontheheart!

It was a challenging, yet exciting task because it was a huge project, and I was determined not to make any mistakes. However, thanks to the creators, I completed the work. I am grateful to them for selecting me to work on this project.

[focusontheheart]

Follow Aloy on this new adventure, unlike any she's experienced before!

8 love interests await 7 different Aloys, with a plethora of side characters, 25+ backgrounds, 40+ original songs and 45+ full illustrations that feature in this adventure. Crafted by 30+ fans, this labor of love boasts over 20 different endings for you to explore and experience alongside Aloy.

Free to play Spring 2024 for PC and Mac!

[horizon-forbidden-memes]

Just one more day until the Focus On The Heart game releases on May 24th! @focusontheheart

Who will you smooch first?

[fogsblue]

Steel!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GORGEOUS ART! 🩵

It's absolutely stunning and I hope so many people play and see it. And THANK YOU FOR THIS TOO! 💙💙

He looks amazing and hey, you're just getting with the game vibes (little hint there for people who haven't played). 😏

@focusontheheart has bought so many people together and thank you for being part and hope everyone gives the game a try!

Horizon Fan Game Released!

In celebration of the release of the Horizon fan game/visual novel @focusontheheart today, I was moved to attempt this Hades-ish style portrait of my favorite Horizon character.

I was doubly honored to be asked to do an illustration for the Kotallo narrative (not the above, you’ll have to play to see it! It’s the wet one. I can’t say more.)

A lot of excellent and dedicated fans worked hard on this game and I can’t wait to play it myself this weekend. Check out @focusontheheart to download it for FREE from itch.io.

(Yes I made his hair too long but I claim dramatic effect. This is also why he is tits out. Expand for better detail etc. etc.)

Have fun!

[waitidontgetit]

Holy fucken Christ Batman! foth very quickly became a beloved game from I’d say, maybe four hours after its release? Roughly an hour after I had got some sweet peace and quiet to drool over it. It’s my guilty pleasure now,I can’t lie, because it’s the treat at the end of a day. Had a shitty day for whatever reason? There there, why don’t we play another route of foth, that will make it better.

I’ve played nil, talanah and erend routes so far and they are all phenomenal!! I often don’t go back to replay/reread/rewatch word heavy art but this game has truly gripped me and I’ve done back to these three routes several times (you can’t blame me for having favourites). I won’t deny that it is strongly because of the gorgeous art and the lovingly written stories. So excited to start the others, I am mentally tossing a coin between kotallo and Petra as we speak!

I hope that everyone who has worked so hard to make focus on the heart happen knows they’ve done something truly incredible. It is an absolute joy to play and you have all given something so special to the horizon community. Thank you so much <3

[nerd-artist]

Get to know me!

Thanks for the tag @kelsochronicles 💖

Last song: Europa by Monica Naranjo (give it a shot, I’m belatedly obsessed)

Currently watching: The Regime, and New Girl (again)

Three ships: Aloy/Erend, Talanah/Kotallo, Talanah/Aloy

Favorite color: Black, pinks and turquoises

Currently consuming: My sleeping time lol

First ship: I had no idea it was called like that at the time, but Akane/Ranma made me feel lots of things.

Birthplace: Valencia (Eastern Spain)

Current location: Cats territory (meaning my bed)

Relationship status: Happily single

Last movie: Wild Mountain Thyme

Currently working on: Credits of FOTH, trying to have ideas for Ereloy week, more Horizon Catwalk, secret collab projects…

No pressure tags: @littlelionpaw @chloefraazers @robo-dino-puppies - and anyone else who wants to participate--tag me as your tagger!

[picksleydust]

"Commander."

"Marshal."

Super pumped to share the sprites for Kotallo's story for the @focusontheheart fan made visual novel!

I rocked up late with a coffee for this project, but the team helped me out so much and that allowed me to really travel at the speed of fandom to create these two dweebs!

Our story is written by the wonderful @fogsblue and the sweetest @mayalli!

[mayalli]

Quiche, you did such a beautiful job with this soft moment! I will never get over how he’s looking at her…he absolutely has heart eyes for her and it’s perfect! @fogsblue and I were so lucky to have your art in this!

Posting my CG art for @focusontheheart's Kotallo route written by the lovely @fogsblue and @mayalli!

I can't believe it's been a year since I was first asked to contribute for this project (I was still doing internships and had to delay starting it till a few months later 🤭), and I'm so glad to have taken part in it, even if a small bit.

Seeing the final product makes me all happy and giddy inside. Thank you to the entire team for giving me this opportunity and for the stories you've all shared. It's been a wonderful experience getting Aloy her smooches teehee

Check it out if you'd like to play!

Also throwing in my thumbnails when I was first brainstorming the layout back around August-September 2023 under the cut!