Thank you! A Petal Among Thorns was always meant to be a side project, so it was small in scope and there was only one love interest. A Moment of Bliss opened up the world and showcased a lot more characters and story.
I'm sincerely happy to hear you're enjoying it. The series will be concluded sometime next year with the completion of the third installment, Over the Moon.
I'll try to do that for those who bought A Moment of Bliss here. It would be easiest for me to do this through Discord though. Contact me again when the game has been released and I'll request some keys from Steam.
I'm enjoying the game just wish there was more options on what you do or don't want to do so far i have not had any kind of disappointed im sorry but this is not even a game its all reading any no interaction total let down you did somewhat good in the first one with interaction and to think i paid for these
Dieses Spiel verdient wirklich ein Lob. hab die Zero Version angefangen und hat mich schon überzeugt. Finde die Story und die Characktere wirklich gelungen und bin wirklich geneigt Patreon zu werden.
Danke schön! Ich freue mich zu hören, dass Ihnen meine Arbeit gefallen hat. Die Fortsetzung von A Moment of Bliss ist in Arbeit. Es heißt Over the Moon und ich sollte die erste Veröffentlichung noch vor Jahresende herausbringen.
Unfortunately you cannot change that one. I didn't want to overwhelm the player with too many inputs. Sorry, Drakenvan. If the world wasn't so prudish and controlling, we could enjoy things the way they are supposed to be.
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of devs saying that itch.io is becoming a pain to deal with. Guess I'll have to start looking at Fap-Nation and Lewdninja more.
I believe because of the subject matter Steam doesn't want it on their platform. Maybe he can change the dynamic relationships between the MC and the girls and put them on Steam. Lockheart had mentioned this before about not being able to put it on Steam platform.
Well, ask for proof of purchase to be sent to an email, then send a link to the customer to download it. There is more than one option. In any event, based on what IS on Steam, I doubt they would have a problem. After all, it's you that name them daughters rather than just apartment friends!
Yeah well Steam also updated their Terms of Service, it's now harder to have games with the subject matter being qualified for sale there. Sure there are games with this type of relationships on Steam, but those were before they updated their rules. I'm not a developer so I don't know all the details.
Censorship is constantly increasing these days. I have no doubt that they're going to tighten the belt even further, as are all other platforms. The safest route would be to stop making adult content altogether. I haven't decided to go that far yet, but the thought has certainly crossed my mind. We just have to push back as a community, and do everything we can to stop censorship from taking away our freedom to enjoy what we want to enjoy in fantasy stories.
If you join my Discord, I can get you the latest version. I'm going to have the final out for A Moment of Bliss next week. Sorry about the inconvenience.
I have never used Discord - and talk about confusing! I checked every damn icon looking for "post message" and found nothing! I have bought your game, so what the hell do I do, outside of Discord, which is so unfriendly!
I can't control the decisions that itch.io makes. They have chosen that they no longer wish to be in business with me. I had no say in this decision, and I have no recourse. They won't even allow me to make it right somehow. Believe me, I'm upset about it too. itch.io was half my income.
There are no platforms willing to carry A Petal Among Thorns and A Moment of Bliss other than Patreon and SubscribeStar, and I have links on Discord. I'm sorry, but those are the only platforms right now willing to allow my content.
Can't you explain in a paragraph how the hell I post a message in Discord and how I can log in when it asks to create a new account but then says I have already used my email! Why can't DIscord be like every other site and say "Log in" or Create an Account"?!
I can see, at this rate, either you find a link for Itch purchasers to download updates, or just expect much more piracy, as that will be the only option, and I am sure it's available!
Funny how another developer, of another AVN found another way I could download - google drive! As to Discord, first time ever I get a text from discord to put in a code, and Discord says it's been used by a new customer - what the hell does that mean?! First time the code hasn't been accepted!
Discord is a pain in the backside. Its sign-in experience can only be described as smashing your privates with a hammer. Often, you'll end up with multiple identities, one with an email, one with just a username, and only one of them actually works to sign you in, and possibly zero, because you may need the password from one of the username identities with the email address from the other one. :-(
If worst comes to worst, create a new Discord account with a different email address.
The code failure might be because you haven't verified your Discord account with a phone number (according to somebody who posted down below). Worth a try.
I can get you setup to be able to download all my works if you join my Discord. I know it's a hassle, but I'm running out of platforms to stand on unfortunately.
Hey Your the Good guy here. Itch is the Asshat in this Matter.so far i use Itch only to keep updated on the games i have. Not getting any more from them unless i have to!!!
I really do not understand why Steam won't allow your trilogy. I bought Sisterly Lust, Dreams of Desire, Picture Perfect, Summer With Mia...etc., all on Steam. ALL of them are INCEST games, unpatched. I don't remember anything in your games that is any worse than what is in those others. I kind of hate it, because it makes it difficult to buy your games. I am kind of like some of the other people here, and HATE Discord, mainly because it seems overly complicated, causing me to have to spend more time on it than I like. I would like very much to know how to purchase your stories. Thank you.
P.S. Ah, I found what you already said further down. Maybe there is a way to send you money through PayPal, or something?
It's all pretty complicated right now. You're welcome to subscribe to my Patreon if you'd like. All supporters get all my works for donating. Other than that, I just don't have a platform to put my work on right now. Sorry, Sparklin.
That is the other problem. Patreon and I, as well as several others that I know of, have issues. I removed myself from their site as a customer and producer. I write short stories. I found out that several people besides myself had issues with them. Simple things that done multiple times, such as double and triple charging, that you have to go through hoops to fix with them. And their customer service is far from easy. Every time that I have had to deal with them, they acted arrogant about the situations. Things eventually got settled, but not until I had to jump through their hoops and talk to multiple persons to find the right one that could fix the issues.
That final Chapter is almost done. I should have it finished before the end of June. I'm going to do a bonus release as well which is going to add a few more lewd scenes. I'm not sure when that'll be finished though.
itch.io will no longer allow me to do business transactions through them. In order to acquire the game, you'll have to subscribe to my Patreon. Subscribing for even just one month gives you access to all my works. There is no other way for me to sell A Petal Among Thorns and A Moment of Bliss.
I can't find any platforms willing to sell my work except for Patreon and SubscribeStar. It's not my intention for those to be the only way for you to purchase my works, but with censorship on the rise it's becoming more and more difficult for me to find ways to sell my novels. Unfortunately, until a platform comes along willing to carry my games, Patreon and SubscribeStar are all I've got. Sorry, runmesometickets.
I just checked itch.io also removed them from purchase library as well. Not sure why they did that. You are going to have to go through his discord to get the next chapter since itch.io remove every download options here.
I have already bought the game, I go to discord, sign in - AND IT WON'T ACCEPT MY INVITE. Tell me how I am supposed to get the fucking rest of the game I PAID FOR! Why is everything so geared to Patreon?! So I get an invite from you and it doesn't allow it because I am underage!!! What does it need, a photocopy of my damn birth certificate? If there has been any further updates, I am going to check pirate sites. Because at the moment, I feel like a Communist spy trying to get to your discord server!
There is potential for pregnancy in the sequel, Over the Moon. But there won't be any pregnancy in A Moment of Bliss.
However, one of the main themes of The Judas Ghost is trying to get a bunch of women pregnant. You may enjoy that one quite a bit. I'll be releasing the first version of that game in July.
I would recommend Over the Moon. One of the girls does get pregnant, but she isn't showing yet. You can pick it up by subscribing to any tier of my Patreon or SubscribeStar. I'm about to release Chapter 3 of Over the Moon. Only two chapters are currently available.
Apologies the first comment was not phrased well. I know this is a rough situation for you and I'm sorry you're dealing with this. I know the 6.99 many of us spent on this one time here isn't a lot, but will we still be able to get the updates?
I know that not everyone is financially able, or willing, to subcribe to every developer whose games they want to play, but perhaps you can direct people to "Follow" you on Patreon, and to do a one-time "Subscribe" on Patreon so that they can enjoy your updates and you can still get paid without Itch?
I am directing people over to my Patreon page through itch.io for now. I know a lot of people just don't like Patreon though. I'm going to start a Steam page for The Judas Ghost when I have some content ready to put up on Steam. That's my play right now. I'm just trying to survive long enough to get that game out into the world.
Thank you, Majah Flavah. It will be a few months before The Judas Ghost has a page up. I'll definitely let you know when it happens. I appreciate your help here.
Both links are not working for me. I tried with the Windows Desktop app, Edge, and Firefox. I get the error, "Unable to accept invite". Tried both clicking on the link and being redirected to the app, and directly putting in the invite link in the "Join a server" option in Discord.
Not sure if anyone else is seeing this error. EDIT: Ah I see the issue. My account needed to be verified with a phone number.
A couple of minor grammar nits (and thanks for not having any major ones):
"Give in" is a phrasal verb, in which the word "in" completely changes the meaning of "give". So it should be "gave in to", not "gave into" (unless you're placing a gift inside something). Same with "giving in" (two places) for the same reason.
If you "run into the office," it might hurt a lot . I'd suggest that you "run to the office" instead, if you're far away, or perhaps "run inside the office" if you're in the parking lot. 😁
The phrase "penetrate into" is redundant (delete "into").
I haven't tried any of Lockhart's games yet. I am super turned off by incest and loli scenarios. Based on that, which games would folks recommend and which to avoid?
Avalon by Lockheart, may be something you are looking for. But I warn you up front, that story may put you out, and into the real world more than you may be ready for. But again, I do not know you, your age, or any of Your background, but since you have found this site, and this novel by Lockheart, you have some lust and pleasure to seek out. I can write about Avalon, but what about you check out my comment there, and you get some more information about what I mean.
Next for me is your turned off statement, and I totally understand those feelings, and the written form of it, that again not put you into the lewd area. I am and adult man, with children and lived one life with my ex wife. In the story telling, by the artist, every character in his games are of 18+ age! With that, and the mindset, means they're can, and should take their own decision, baste on their perspective.
The word incest, is somewhat twisted in terms of what it means to you, to me, to maybe a different meaning to everyone. The big difference goes to what your society put people into classes, boxes, and thereafter force down a set of rules, regulations, bans, do and do-not, this list goes on so I stop here. Where I am raised, come from, and live, the words meaning are abuse of children under 18, 16 years old, and the absolute majority are without the ability or power to stop it from happening, bye the youngest involved.
I am a little thoughtful about if I shall post this or not, but I decide to do so.
Lockheart and his novel, present some of the most family secrets that are silenced, by the family, and sometimes part of the public community. That «treatment» destroys good peoples, and too many times let real bad ones go free, due to unbelievable causes. Too much money, community power are some of those.
Enough from me, I recommend Avalon, by I have to ware you, you may be hooked on the art from Lockheart, as I am now.
Thanks for the tip about Avalon, I will try it out!
Regarding my loli and incest comments. Certainly anything suggesting underage or non-consensual is revolting to me. It's as arousing as a car crash. A lot of AVNs on itch seem to regard the EULA as a challenge, and clearly just tiptoe along that line to tell the same story regardless. For example "landlord" stories - I.e. main character is clearly having an incestual relationship with legal-aged sister/mom/niece/stepchild/aunt, but within the story they're called "landlord" and "tenant" despite that making no sense in the context. Likewise female characters that look like and act like children, but are introduced as 18 regardless. All of which is gross to me. There could have been a great accompanying story, but I just wouldn't be able to make it through it. For me this would be like watching the porno remake of Schindler's List.
If you are looking for AVN's that avoid a lot of the AVN tropes like those, then Our Red String and Opportunity: A Sugar Baby Story are a great place to start. There's also Paradise Inc, Rise Of The White Flower, Price of Freedom, The Last Sovereign (also one of the 2 best RPGM games I've played), Starship Inanna, Out of Touch! and Rogschard too.
Unbelievable! Your chapter 4 are just UNBELIVABLE!
I thought the previous ones was amazing, but those are now down some tiers, or let me be honest here, the rating scale has now more tiers, if that make any sense. You blow the bar, this time.
I am honoured to be able to enjoy your art, Thank you, Lockheart, Thank You
Just finished Chapter 4, what a stonking update! Tons of content and some good ol' story twists! You are a craftsman, Sir! Can wait for "Over the Moon" in 2026! :)
I buy all your games, two novels behind you, and an obvious high IQ is what tells me a game is going to be good. All I ask is please have some girls with pubic hair, a little a lot, stubble, whatever. All bald is not immersive. You haven't let me down so far - thank you, Sir!
Yeah I don't mind them having a landing strip at least. Maybe the third daughter Moon, I mean all their names are what hippie parents would named their kids, you'd think they at least have some hairy bush. But alas this is 2023 so you gotta go with the trend I guess.
Been single all my life. Slept with about 70 women from 1990 to 2020. In the beginning, they were all hairy to some degree or other, but toward the end of 2010 and onward, there were more "baldies", but never more than about 30%. On that basis, as least 3 girls should have hair!
love your games ive played penny for your thoughts, a petal among thorns and Amob looking forward to the next installment of amob. i forget the oldest daughters name for amob and apat but id love to see you make a game that takes care of her unless you decide to include her later in amob and i plan on playing avalon as well.
Thank you for the kind words, SalCalGus! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying The Rose Garden Trilogy. There will be a third game in development after A Moment of Bliss that will focus on Moon, the eldest ward. I appreciate your support! Let me know what you think of Avalon after you finish.
thanks for the heads up Lockhart definitely looking forward to and I will let you know as soon as I complete it but can’t imagine it being a bad game as all the titles I’ve played of yours so far have been top notch especially on the story that’s my main thing with these types of games I get invested in the characters
Love your work I've played all of them can't wait for the next installment of A Moment of Bliss. Also I would love to see some action involving Jinx is that a possibility?
Penny's story will come around again when I can find the right fit for Penny in this current market. Until then, we won't see much from Jinx unfortunately. I always hate to disappoint fans, but I simply have too much on my plate right now. I adore Penny and her story so I will definitely return to it in the future.
Love all of your work as its truely amazing but damn why did you sour it by adding the whole premise of blackmail in a moment of bliss. I really liked nixie but its been ruined by the fact it wasn't fate but situational abuse that brought things to were they are and its made it harder to enjoy her character knowing whats been revealed
@Lockheart I believe ragajaga69 is talking about the character that threatens to reveal to the world that the Mc is sleeping with his wards if he doesn’t help with AI
Oh, yeah, she's a terrible witch. Our protagonist handled that situation like a champ though. There's got to be some drama, or it isn't a Lockheart work.
that is true it was pretty good too cause I’ve also gotten invested into the AI because of the way you put her story which is both awesome and interesting
Hello. First of all I want to congratulate you for all of your incredible work. Your games have a real quality of writing. I finished APAT which I loved and here is my question. I still hesitate to take this sequel because I played by making Petal my real biological daughter. Could I find this same relationship with her in this sequel?
Hey Polza, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed A Petal Among Thorns! Petal is absolutely darling, I had a lot of fun working with her. You can change the relationship titles of the characters in the sequel. Thanks for playing!
Yeah choosing them to be the daughter's makes more sense. I guess that's how you intended the story to go. Making them roommates, MC guardian or Land lord etc.. wouldn't make any sense to the story. I can see why you have to have options, figures it's taboo and credit card companies wouldn't kindly accept payments for these kinds of visual novels. Hence why Steam are now strict on games like these.
You have an interesting story in the makings but for me there is WAY TOO MUCH Domination going on. Also why wasn't this kink included in the set tags?!?!? What's next? Full BDSM? NTR? It would've been better to drop a few hints in either the tags or description rather than have someone pay for it and get hit with it like that. I'm fully aware that there are people who are into things like this but also at the same time there are those who are not. All I'm saying is let people know before hand is all. You really do have an interesting story going but it hard to fully enjoy it when rushing through certain parts due to content. Please don't get me wrong here, I'm not asking to change the story or anything, just the description or tags.
Hey i habe yet to play this one so i don't know whats there tbh,but to expect i clearly seen tags of Dom, BDSM,pet play,spanking and such as future and current tags,so why outrageous over it? When it was clearly mentioned in above,you are acting like there aren't tags of it,well NTR tag isnt so that could be a thing to get angry over if there is any in avn
i just finished a petal among thorns. looking forward to this but at the moment im broke so i will be subscribing to your patreon soon so i can enjoy this as much as petal and Avalon.
The file downloads, no issue there. Start to stage the application and I'm asked if I want to install an update. I answer yes, the installation proceeds for a few more seconds and then I get the message, "app not installed". I've made sure everything is on internal storage. I've deleted the update and downloaded again. I have installed an update to another game with no issue.
That last update was quite substantial. I was surprised! April is a long way away with the predicament you left my MC in! Have a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year!
It's out, it's fixed. You have to redownload it, but it's been out for a while now. You can see on the download page it's 'A Moment of Bliss Chapter 3 - FIXED'.
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Damn, Lockheart!
I loved A Petal among Thorns a lot. What a great story line! Wow.
Now... the sequel never is better, or just equally good. We all know that.
And then there is this: A Moment of Bliss...
Dammit you thrown me off-balance with this! This story is even better than the one in Petal among Thorns!
My absolute sincere congratulations! This is really amazing! I'm really impressed and in awe!
Thank you! A Petal Among Thorns was always meant to be a side project, so it was small in scope and there was only one love interest. A Moment of Bliss opened up the world and showcased a lot more characters and story.
I'm sincerely happy to hear you're enjoying it. The series will be concluded sometime next year with the completion of the third installment, Over the Moon.
I appreciate your kindness, Kennin!
Now that your game will be released on Steam, will you be offering people who bought the game here that no longer have access a Steam key? Thanks
I'll try to do that for those who bought A Moment of Bliss here. It would be easiest for me to do this through Discord though. Contact me again when the game has been released and I'll request some keys from Steam.
You sir are both a gentleman and a scholar.
I'm enjoying the game just wish there was more options on what you do or don't want to do so far i have not had any kind of disappointed im sorry but this is not even a game its all reading any no interaction total let down you did somewhat good in the first one with interaction and to think i paid for these
I purchased this back when it was in development, do i have to subscribe to your patreon to get the full version still?
itch.io will no longer allow me to sell my work here. If you contact me on Discord I can get you a copy. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Dieses Spiel verdient wirklich ein Lob. hab die Zero Version angefangen und hat mich schon überzeugt. Finde die Story und die Characktere wirklich gelungen und bin wirklich geneigt Patreon zu werden.
Danke schön! Ich freue mich zu hören, dass Ihnen meine Arbeit gefallen hat. Die Fortsetzung von A Moment of Bliss ist in Arbeit. Es heißt Over the Moon und ich sollte die erste Veröffentlichung noch vor Jahresende herausbringen.
Subscribe star is free to subscribe or the monthly payment subscribe?
can we change the "household" title like we can change other things in the relationships options? it be nice to have the full experience.
Unfortunately you cannot change that one. I didn't want to overwhelm the player with too many inputs. Sorry, Drakenvan. If the world wasn't so prudish and controlling, we could enjoy things the way they are supposed to be.
well it was worth a try to ask. Thanks for responding
WTF can't get final chapter. What a rip off. Gives me a Discord link which expires immediately
How do I down load the last chapter
I've got you on Discord. Can you set me up with a link to the game?
Why is it saying I can only download the Demo when I have already purchased the game? Where do I download the latest version
itch.io removed his content without warning because of their new terms of service. You have to get new updates though his discord.
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of devs saying that itch.io is becoming a pain to deal with. Guess I'll have to start looking at Fap-Nation and Lewdninja more.
If Chapter 5 is the finished game, (?) why not put it on Steam, give an email address to send proof of purchase to, then send out a free key?!
I believe because of the subject matter Steam doesn't want it on their platform. Maybe he can change the dynamic relationships between the MC and the girls and put them on Steam. Lockheart had mentioned this before about not being able to put it on Steam platform.
Well, ask for proof of purchase to be sent to an email, then send a link to the customer to download it. There is more than one option. In any event, based on what IS on Steam, I doubt they would have a problem. After all, it's you that name them daughters rather than just apartment friends!
Yeah well Steam also updated their Terms of Service, it's now harder to have games with the subject matter being qualified for sale there. Sure there are games with this type of relationships on Steam, but those were before they updated their rules. I'm not a developer so I don't know all the details.
Censorship is constantly increasing these days. I have no doubt that they're going to tighten the belt even further, as are all other platforms. The safest route would be to stop making adult content altogether. I haven't decided to go that far yet, but the thought has certainly crossed my mind. We just have to push back as a community, and do everything we can to stop censorship from taking away our freedom to enjoy what we want to enjoy in fantasy stories.
Damn I was looking forward to the last Chapter of Bliss and your upcoming Over the Moon series.
If you join my Discord, I can get you the latest version. I'm going to have the final out for A Moment of Bliss next week. Sorry about the inconvenience.
Hey not your Problem it is Itch's Problem. they are the Ones that went and got soft and changed there tos. Bunch of Pansies!!
I have never used Discord - and talk about confusing! I checked every damn icon looking for "post message" and found nothing! I have bought your game, so what the hell do I do, outside of Discord, which is so unfriendly!
I can't control the decisions that itch.io makes. They have chosen that they no longer wish to be in business with me. I had no say in this decision, and I have no recourse. They won't even allow me to make it right somehow. Believe me, I'm upset about it too. itch.io was half my income.
There are no platforms willing to carry A Petal Among Thorns and A Moment of Bliss other than Patreon and SubscribeStar, and I have links on Discord. I'm sorry, but those are the only platforms right now willing to allow my content.
Can't you explain in a paragraph how the hell I post a message in Discord and how I can log in when it asks to create a new account but then says I have already used my email! Why can't DIscord be like every other site and say "Log in" or Create an Account"?!
I can see, at this rate, either you find a link for Itch purchasers to download updates, or just expect much more piracy, as that will be the only option, and I am sure it's available!
Funny how another developer, of another AVN found another way I could download - google drive! As to Discord, first time ever I get a text from discord to put in a code, and Discord says it's been used by a new customer - what the hell does that mean?! First time the code hasn't been accepted!
Discord is a pain in the backside. Its sign-in experience can only be described as smashing your privates with a hammer. Often, you'll end up with multiple identities, one with an email, one with just a username, and only one of them actually works to sign you in, and possibly zero, because you may need the password from one of the username identities with the email address from the other one. :-(
If worst comes to worst, create a new Discord account with a different email address.
The code failure might be because you haven't verified your Discord account with a phone number (according to somebody who posted down below). Worth a try.
Another dev asked for a copy of proof of purchase, then gave me a Google link to download the game, so some devs care, some don't.
Damm that Sucks. Looks like i need to do more Prunning on my Patron List so i can Put you on there!
I can get you setup to be able to download all my works if you join my Discord. I know it's a hassle, but I'm running out of platforms to stand on unfortunately.
Hey Your the Good guy here. Itch is the Asshat in this Matter.so far i use Itch only to keep updated on the games i have. Not getting any more from them unless i have to!!!
Have you looked into Steam?
I'm going to try to get The Judas Ghost on Steam. Avalon is already on Steam. The Rose Garden trilogy isn't allowed on Steam.
I really do not understand why Steam won't allow your trilogy. I bought Sisterly Lust, Dreams of Desire, Picture Perfect, Summer With Mia...etc., all on Steam. ALL of them are INCEST games, unpatched. I don't remember anything in your games that is any worse than what is in those others. I kind of hate it, because it makes it difficult to buy your games. I am kind of like some of the other people here, and HATE Discord, mainly because it seems overly complicated, causing me to have to spend more time on it than I like. I would like very much to know how to purchase your stories. Thank you.
P.S. Ah, I found what you already said further down. Maybe there is a way to send you money through PayPal, or something?
It's all pretty complicated right now. You're welcome to subscribe to my Patreon if you'd like. All supporters get all my works for donating. Other than that, I just don't have a platform to put my work on right now. Sorry, Sparklin.
That is the other problem. Patreon and I, as well as several others that I know of, have issues. I removed myself from their site as a customer and producer. I write short stories. I found out that several people besides myself had issues with them. Simple things that done multiple times, such as double and triple charging, that you have to go through hoops to fix with them. And their customer service is far from easy. Every time that I have had to deal with them, they acted arrogant about the situations. Things eventually got settled, but not until I had to jump through their hoops and talk to multiple persons to find the right one that could fix the issues.
How many chapters are you intending for this story, Lockheart? Looking forward to diving into it soon!!!
That final Chapter is almost done. I should have it finished before the end of June. I'm going to do a bonus release as well which is going to add a few more lewd scenes. I'm not sure when that'll be finished though.
Awesome - I'll pop on your Patreon in a bit closer to release :-)
Cant i buy the game?
itch.io will no longer allow me to do business transactions through them. In order to acquire the game, you'll have to subscribe to my Patreon. Subscribing for even just one month gives you access to all my works. There is no other way for me to sell A Petal Among Thorns and A Moment of Bliss.
Is there any way to purchase this that doesn't include a monthly sub?
I can't find any platforms willing to sell my work except for Patreon and SubscribeStar. It's not my intention for those to be the only way for you to purchase my works, but with censorship on the rise it's becoming more and more difficult for me to find ways to sell my novels. Unfortunately, until a platform comes along willing to carry my games, Patreon and SubscribeStar are all I've got. Sorry, runmesometickets.
All good, if that's all that's available then there's nothing you can do about it.
steam might be viable
I'm going to try to get The Judas Ghost up on Steam as soon as I can. We're still many months away from a viable build of TJG though.
how do i download chapter 4? as all it comes up with is the demo not the actual game and i bought it a while ago
I just checked itch.io also removed them from purchase library as well. Not sure why they did that. You are going to have to go through his discord to get the next chapter since itch.io remove every download options here.
I have already bought the game, I go to discord, sign in - AND IT WON'T ACCEPT MY INVITE. Tell me how I am supposed to get the fucking rest of the game I PAID FOR! Why is everything so geared to Patreon?! So I get an invite from you and it doesn't allow it because I am underage!!! What does it need, a photocopy of my damn birth certificate? If there has been any further updates, I am going to check pirate sites. Because at the moment, I feel like a Communist spy trying to get to your discord server!
Hi dev first of all your game is great and is there any chance of pregnancy in future updates for this game
There is potential for pregnancy in the sequel, Over the Moon. But there won't be any pregnancy in A Moment of Bliss.
However, one of the main themes of The Judas Ghost is trying to get a bunch of women pregnant. You may enjoy that one quite a bit. I'll be releasing the first version of that game in July.
ok keep it up buddy
Do any other of the games you've already released have impreg?
I would recommend Over the Moon. One of the girls does get pregnant, but she isn't showing yet. You can pick it up by subscribing to any tier of my Patreon or SubscribeStar. I'm about to release Chapter 3 of Over the Moon. Only two chapters are currently available.
Apologies the first comment was not phrased well. I know this is a rough situation for you and I'm sorry you're dealing with this. I know the 6.99 many of us spent on this one time here isn't a lot, but will we still be able to get the updates?
Yes, I'll still provide you with the update. Please join my Discord so I can get you all setup. Thank you for your support, richard.
The Discord link doesn't work for me. Can we get a new one?
They're working fine for me. Try messaging me directly on Discord at Lockheart#1998.
I know that not everyone is financially able, or willing, to subcribe to every developer whose games they want to play, but perhaps you can direct people to "Follow" you on Patreon, and to do a one-time "Subscribe" on Patreon so that they can enjoy your updates and you can still get paid without Itch?
I am directing people over to my Patreon page through itch.io for now. I know a lot of people just don't like Patreon though. I'm going to start a Steam page for The Judas Ghost when I have some content ready to put up on Steam. That's my play right now. I'm just trying to survive long enough to get that game out into the world.
I'm subscribed to you on Patreon, so I'll be sure to put Judas on my Steam Wishlist once you send out a notification that the store page is up.
Thank you, Majah Flavah. It will be a few months before The Judas Ghost has a page up. I'll definitely let you know when it happens. I appreciate your help here.
I'm unable to join the discord link on this page... I purchased this and the previous game.
You may need to try a different browser, but here's another link you can try; Discord.
Both links are not working for me. I tried with the Windows Desktop app, Edge, and Firefox. I get the error, "Unable to accept invite". Tried both clicking on the link and being redirected to the app, and directly putting in the invite link in the "Join a server" option in Discord.
Not sure if anyone else is seeing this error.
EDIT: Ah I see the issue. My account needed to be verified with a phone number.
Sorry to hear this development, so what are the options available to those of us who bought all the versions of the games so far?
If you purchase a game, does it include future versions, or do I have to buy each subsequent chapter separately?
It will include the future versions.
A couple of minor grammar nits (and thanks for not having any major ones):
I haven't tried any of Lockhart's games yet. I am super turned off by incest and loli scenarios. Based on that, which games would folks recommend and which to avoid?
Avalon by Lockheart, may be something you are looking for. But I warn you up front, that story may put you out, and into the real world more than you may be ready for. But again, I do not know you, your age, or any of Your background, but since you have found this site, and this novel by Lockheart, you have some lust and pleasure to seek out. I can write about Avalon, but what about you check out my comment there, and you get some more information about what I mean.
Next for me is your turned off statement, and I totally understand those feelings, and the written form of it, that again not put you into the lewd area. I am and adult man, with children and lived one life with my ex wife. In the story telling, by the artist, every character in his games are of 18+ age! With that, and the mindset, means they're can, and should take their own decision, baste on their perspective.
The word incest, is somewhat twisted in terms of what it means to you, to me, to maybe a different meaning to everyone. The big difference goes to what your society put people into classes, boxes, and thereafter force down a set of rules, regulations, bans, do and do-not, this list goes on so I stop here. Where I am raised, come from, and live, the words meaning are abuse of children under 18, 16 years old, and the absolute majority are without the ability or power to stop it from happening, bye the youngest involved.
I am a little thoughtful about if I shall post this or not, but I decide to do so.
Lockheart and his novel, present some of the most family secrets that are silenced, by the family, and sometimes part of the public community. That «treatment» destroys good peoples, and too many times let real bad ones go free, due to unbelievable causes. Too much money, community power are some of those.
Enough from me, I recommend Avalon, by I have to ware you, you may be hooked on the art from Lockheart, as I am now.
Thanks for the tip about Avalon, I will try it out!
Regarding my loli and incest comments. Certainly anything suggesting underage or non-consensual is revolting to me. It's as arousing as a car crash. A lot of AVNs on itch seem to regard the EULA as a challenge, and clearly just tiptoe along that line to tell the same story regardless. For example "landlord" stories - I.e. main character is clearly having an incestual relationship with legal-aged sister/mom/niece/stepchild/aunt, but within the story they're called "landlord" and "tenant" despite that making no sense in the context. Likewise female characters that look like and act like children, but are introduced as 18 regardless. All of which is gross to me. There could have been a great accompanying story, but I just wouldn't be able to make it through it. For me this would be like watching the porno remake of Schindler's List.
If you are looking for AVN's that avoid a lot of the AVN tropes like those, then Our Red String and Opportunity: A Sugar Baby Story are a great place to start. There's also Paradise Inc, Rise Of The White Flower, Price of Freedom, The Last Sovereign (also one of the 2 best RPGM games I've played), Starship Inanna, Out of Touch! and Rogschard too.
Unbelievable! Your chapter 4 are just UNBELIVABLE!
I thought the previous ones was amazing, but those are now down some tiers, or let me be honest here, the rating scale has now more tiers, if that make any sense. You blow the bar, this time.
I am honoured to be able to enjoy your art, Thank you, Lockheart, Thank You
Glad to hear you're enjoying it. Lots more to come! Thank you for your support.
Just finished Chapter 4, what a stonking update! Tons of content and some good ol' story twists! You are a craftsman, Sir! Can wait for "Over the Moon" in 2026! :)
I buy all your games, two novels behind you, and an obvious high IQ is what tells me a game is going to be good. All I ask is please have some girls with pubic hair, a little a lot, stubble, whatever. All bald is not immersive. You haven't let me down so far - thank you, Sir!
Yeah I don't mind them having a landing strip at least. Maybe the third daughter Moon, I mean all their names are what hippie parents would named their kids, you'd think they at least have some hairy bush. But alas this is 2023 so you gotta go with the trend I guess.
Been single all my life. Slept with about 70 women from 1990 to 2020. In the beginning, they were all hairy to some degree or other, but toward the end of 2010 and onward, there were more "baldies", but never more than about 30%. On that basis, as least 3 girls should have hair!
In the Lockverse, pubic hair does not exist.
Shame....!
love your games ive played penny for your thoughts, a petal among thorns and Amob looking forward to the next installment of amob. i forget the oldest daughters name for amob and apat but id love to see you make a game that takes care of her unless you decide to include her later in amob and i plan on playing avalon as well.
Thank you for the kind words, SalCalGus! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying The Rose Garden Trilogy. There will be a third game in development after A Moment of Bliss that will focus on Moon, the eldest ward. I appreciate your support! Let me know what you think of Avalon after you finish.
thanks for the heads up Lockhart definitely looking forward to and I will let you know as soon as I complete it but can’t imagine it being a bad game as all the titles I’ve played of yours so far have been top notch especially on the story that’s my main thing with these types of games I get invested in the characters
Love your work I've played all of them can't wait for the next installment of A Moment of Bliss. Also I would love to see some action involving Jinx is that a possibility?
Thank you! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying AMoB.
Penny's story will come around again when I can find the right fit for Penny in this current market. Until then, we won't see much from Jinx unfortunately. I always hate to disappoint fans, but I simply have too much on my plate right now. I adore Penny and her story so I will definitely return to it in the future.
I appreciate all your support, mrkmh.
Love all of your work as its truely amazing but damn why did you sour it by adding the whole premise of blackmail in a moment of bliss. I really liked nixie but its been ruined by the fact it wasn't fate but situational abuse that brought things to were they are and its made it harder to enjoy her character knowing whats been revealed
Can you be more specific? What blackmail are you referring to?
@Lockheart I believe ragajaga69 is talking about the character that threatens to reveal to the world that the Mc is sleeping with his wards if he doesn’t help with AI
Oh, yeah, she's a terrible witch. Our protagonist handled that situation like a champ though. There's got to be some drama, or it isn't a Lockheart work.
that is true it was pretty good too cause I’ve also gotten invested into the AI because of the way you put her story which is both awesome and interesting
Hello. First of all I want to congratulate you for all of your incredible work. Your games have a real quality of writing. I finished APAT which I loved and here is my question. I still hesitate to take this sequel because I played by making Petal my real biological daughter. Could I find this same relationship with her in this sequel?
So far all the characters are related biologically. Petal, Bliss, and Moon are all the main protagonists daughters.
Hey Polza, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed A Petal Among Thorns! Petal is absolutely darling, I had a lot of fun working with her. You can change the relationship titles of the characters in the sequel. Thanks for playing!
Yeah choosing them to be the daughter's makes more sense. I guess that's how you intended the story to go. Making them roommates, MC guardian or Land lord etc.. wouldn't make any sense to the story. I can see why you have to have options, figures it's taboo and credit card companies wouldn't kindly accept payments for these kinds of visual novels. Hence why Steam are now strict on games like these.
Thank you for your response. Petal is amaizing and absolutely darling. Congratulation for creating this absolute wonder. I buy this one right away
You have an interesting story in the makings but for me there is WAY TOO MUCH Domination going on. Also why wasn't this kink included in the set tags?!?!? What's next? Full BDSM? NTR? It would've been better to drop a few hints in either the tags or description rather than have someone pay for it and get hit with it like that. I'm fully aware that there are people who are into things like this but also at the same time there are those who are not. All I'm saying is let people know before hand is all. You really do have an interesting story going but it hard to fully enjoy it when rushing through certain parts due to content. Please don't get me wrong here, I'm not asking to change the story or anything, just the description or tags.
Which scenes did you feel like were domination scenes?
Hey i habe yet to play this one so i don't know whats there tbh,but to expect i clearly seen tags of Dom, BDSM,pet play,spanking and such as future and current tags,so why outrageous over it? When it was clearly mentioned in above,you are acting like there aren't tags of it,well NTR tag isnt so that could be a thing to get angry over if there is any in avn
i just finished a petal among thorns. looking forward to this but at the moment im broke so i will be subscribing to your patreon soon so i can enjoy this as much as petal and Avalon.
Just bought chapter3 Android update, the fixed version, it refuses to install.
I have had no reports of this from anyone else. Can you give me more details about the error?
The file downloads, no issue there. Start to stage the application and I'm asked if I want to install an update. I answer yes, the installation proceeds for a few more seconds and then I get the message, "app not installed". I've made sure everything is on internal storage. I've deleted the update and downloaded again. I have installed an update to another game with no issue.
The new file is not an update. It's the game in full. You don't want to update, you want to do a fresh install.
Thanks for this! My last update was 2.2.1. Is that correct?
Yes, which concluded Chapter 2. The current release is the complete Chapter 3.
That last update was quite substantial. I was surprised! April is a long way away with the predicament you left my MC in! Have a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year!
Thank you, UK_John. So happy to hear you enjoyed it. April will be here before you know it.
Any idea when the android fix will come? I'm not trying to hurry you, I'm just curious. Thanks
It's out, it's fixed. You have to redownload it, but it's been out for a while now. You can see on the download page it's 'A Moment of Bliss Chapter 3 - FIXED'.
Thanks, I just finished it and am loving where it's going. That was an awesome end to the chapter.
I always love hearing when people enjoyed their time. Thank you for playing.