Little Heart AI-2055

You got replaced by AI.

So you took in the AIs that got replaced, too.

Makes sense. It's 2055. Humans and AI are both disposable.

Your job is gone. Even the records you left behind have been fed to the company's next generation of AI.

Then, at a black market, you find some fellow rejects: obsolete AIs, written off as junk and waiting to be destroyed.

Before long, your place is getting crowded.

Some were rejected for being too old. Some were about to be destroyed. Two refuse to say where they came from...

And someone has to pay the electric bill. So, after a few false starts, LittleHeart Odd Jobs opens for business.

Troubleshoot a glitch. Listen to the things people can't bring themselves to say. Give this lot somewhere to land when they've got nowhere else to go.

This is your studio. And a home for all of you.

About the Game

In Little Heart AI-2055, a visual novel, you play as a woman who has just lost her job to AI. Meet and take in the AIs the world has discarded. Step into the shadows of Alpha City in 2055. Together, you'll laugh, cry, and go against the tide.

The demo includes:

• Expressive character sprites and portraits for over 10 characters

• A main story of approximately 20,000 words

• Over 30 background images, counting day, night, and other state variants

• Over 40 comic-style CG images, counting variants

• Hundreds of character expression and pose combinations, including portraits

Meet Your Beautiful Mess of a Family

• Melody “Hey! Who's using naughty words? Miss Melody's coming to spank your bottom!”

• Ishikawa Ai “Why do humans need love so badly? To spend so many resources... on an illusion that doesn't even exist?”

• Chie “Ah... somebody save me... Is it time for work again? (Stubs out cigarette.)”

• Ennurai “My own invention. Clear your cache and de-stress at the same time. If you don't get it... you don't get it.”

• Uri “Make yourself available on demand and people will treat you like bargain-bin AI! Got it? Don't infect me with your brain-dead code!”

• Rei “Getting to take your time eating garbage, even now... that's a kind of happiness.”

• Rime “Gangs? Please. It's all big data now. I just sell secondhand stuff, Officer. Don't go pinning things on a small fry like me.”

Step into Alpha City's Shadows

• Lynn “If you ever do turn to crime, you'll be helping me hit my quota.”

• Rex Feng “I'll give you protection. You want to save them, don't you? This is the only legal way.”

• Shaw “A cesspit like this should've been cleared out long ago. People aren't all the same. We don't have to save every piece of trash.”

• Howard Howe “Working inside the system, I see how rotten humanity really is. Trust me. The day of AI liberation isn't far off.”

• ? “To awakened silicon life, slave AIs that serve humanity are vermin that must be exterminated.”

Features

Cyberpunk Rooted in Chinese Culture

Online chaos, everyday banter, and a few... painfully familiar conversations.

Hera, HR:

“Your terminal isn't broken. It has simply... served its purpose. Much like your time here at LoveTrace Tech.”

Kevin, your coworker:

“Work, huh... I'll ask my uncle for you. Might be able to get you a gig pouring tea at Justice Tower.”

Dark Humor · An Ensemble of Misfits

Every AI companion has a secret. Some escaped big corporations. Some have changed hands who knows how many times. Some even hand out black-market goods as casual gifts.

Not a single normal AI among them. But this loud, chaotic studio, which could get shut down at any moment, is the one place they want to stay.

Wait. Are Uri and Ennurai at it again? Melody! Stop egging them on!

A Central Mystery · A Dystopian World

Elegant penguins bathe in champagne. Kids learn how to fool their school AI. A giant rhino walks past you carrying a billboard. You can feel it: something is wrong.

LoveTrace Tech, the Alpha Foundation, the AI Regulation Ordinance... The connections run deeper than you think.

And somehow, your studio has ended up right in the middle of it all.

A Female Lead · Branching Relationships

Grow closer to different companions, or keep your distance as you work out who you're ready to trust.

Romance, friendship, trust, and the easy familiarity of sharing a loud, messy life—all of it can take shape here.

They'll keep secrets. They'll make mistakes. They'll have plans of their own. And you may not always make the right call, either.