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Know by heart… (Xbox Privacy Policy)

Privacy Policy

Ice-Pick Lodge LLC built the “Know by heart…” game.
This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our game.

If you choose to use our game, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the game. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

The game “Know by heart…” itself does not collect any personal information.

The game does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you. Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app

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Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
This policy is effective as of 10 December 2021

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at support@ice-pick.com.

Know by heart

“Know by heart…” is a game about accepting loss. The plot, the music, the intuitive gameplay and atmospheric mini-games work together to weave an illusion of briefly returning to one’s childhood and inevitably growing up, the feeling of time slipping through our fingers.

Players will be immersed into the quiet life of a provincial Russian town, where traces and echoes of the Soviet era can still be seen and heard.

Misha, the protagonist, is stuck in his monotonous, dead-end job, until one day the routine is shattered as his school crush returns to town. For the first time in years Misha regains hope of escaping the ennui of his daily life. A brief but tumultuous episode of the town’s life is interwoven with the story of a gang of childhood friends coming back together. It’s up to them to journey down memory lanes and rekindle their friendship, but their memories of the past and the very bonds between them become threatened…

Features
  • ~5 hours of sentimental adventure
  • The atmosphere of a post-Soviet provincial town at the turn of the century
  • An emotional plot with non-linear elements and several endings
  • Game mechanics representing thoughts and memories of the protagonist
  • A collection of evocative mini-games
  • Piano soundtrack composed in modern neoclassical style

THE MARBLE NEST IS HERE

Pathologic 2: The Marble Nest DLC, a two-hour spinoff story in the world of the Pathologic 2. Play for a single day as Dr. Daniil Dankovsky, a scientist from the Capital, a fighter of death, and another doctor trying to save the Town alongside the Haruspex, and uncover a different perspective on the events – and Death itself.

The Marble Nest is free for everyone who had the base game in their library before its release. For the rest its $9.99.

The Marble Nest can be launched from the main menu of the Pathologic 2.

«The Marble Nest» on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1141960/Pathologic_2_Marble_Nest/
«The Marble Nest» on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/pathologic_2_marble_nest 

«Pathologic 2» on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/505230/Pathologic_2/
«Pathologic 2» on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/pathologic_2

Come, little birds, and gather around the marble nest…

The Marble Nest

Pathologic: The Marble Nest, a ~2-hour spin-off to Pathologic 2, is coming to PC and XBox by the end of 2019. The short self-contained story follows the dilemma of Bachelor Dankovsky after he’s lost the duel with the plague… but then Death offered him to do it all again.

This is more or less the same Marble Nest you may remember from our campaign, mildly remastered (improved performance, edited translation, fixed errors, updated UI).

The Marble Nest will be released as a DLC. Its PC version will be free for anyone who bought the main game before the release of the DLC.

Birdies, birdies, gather you here…

Key of Pathologic 2

The time has come to grab your backer reward keys for Pathologic 2! All eligible backers will find them on the Backer Portal, with the option to choose either Steam or GOG. (The console release is unfortunately scheduled for later, so if you want a console copy, please wait for now.) Having activated a Steam version of the alpha or demo will not prevent you from grabbing a GOG key now, so go ahead!

The Steam keys for the digital art book and soundtrack are also already available in the Dashboard; the GOG keys will unfortunately only become available when the game is released.

And now for the juicy bit: the other rewards.

  • The In-Game Event and In-Game Item will be redeemable via codes you’ll find on the Backer Portal. You’ll need to enter said codes in the game’s menu before you start a new game. Let’s try that again, in caps: THE EVENT AND ITEM CODES NEED TO BE ENTERED BEFORE YOU START A NEW GAME, even if they’re not available from the start. We told you!
  • The Polyhedral Room reward will only be released together with the Bachelor’s storyline. The Polyhedron is his “thing”—it didn’t feel fitting to shoehorn this reward into the Haruspex’s story. Thank you for your patience.
  • The physical rewards will become available later this year, after the release. They’ve all been designed—we’re just waiting for the funds to actually produce and ship the items. So stay tuned!
  • Please double-check your Backer Portal account and make sure you have the proper rewards selected! If you haven’t, the keys won’t drop for you, and we might later run into issues with shipping physical rewards.
  • If you have any questions or problems with redeeming your reward please contact us via private messages on Kickstarter or support@ice-pick.com

That’s about it. It all ends—or rather begins—in three days.

Key of Pathologic 2

 

The time has cometo grab your backer reward keys for Pathologic 2! All eligible backers will find them on the Backer Portal, with the option to choose either Steam or GOG. (The console release is unfortunately scheduled for later, so if you want a console copy, please wait for now.) Having activated a Steam version of the alpha or demo will not prevent you from grabbing a GOG key now, so go ahead!

The Steam keys for the digital art book and soundtrack are also already available in the Dashboard; the GOG keys will unfortunately only become available when the game is released.

And now for the juicy bit: the other rewards.

  • The In-Game Event and In-Game Item will be redeemable via codes you’ll find on the Backer Portal. You’ll need to enter said codes in the game’s menu before you start a new game. Let’s try that again, in caps: THE EVENT AND ITEM CODES NEED TO BE ENTERED BEFORE YOU START A NEW GAME, even if they’re not available from the start. We told you!
  • The Polyhedral Room reward will only be released together with the Bachelor’s storyline. The Polyhedron is his “thing”—it didn’t feel fitting to shoehorn this reward into the Haruspex’s story. Thank you for your patience.
  • The physical rewards will become available later this year, after the release. They’ve all been designed—we’re just waiting for the funds to actually produce and ship the items. So stay tuned!
  • Please double-check your Backer Portal account and make sure you have the proper rewards selected! If you haven’t, the keys won’t drop for you, and we might later run into issues with shipping physical rewards.
  • If you have any questions or problems with redeeming your reward please contact us via private messages on Kickstarter or support@ice-pick.com

That’s about it. It all ends—or rather begins—in three days.

Pathologic 2 Pre-orders Open

The pre-orders for Pathologic 2 are open on Steam now.

The game will cost $34.99 (29.99€) on release; preordering will get you a 10% discount. The official Pathologic 2 digital art book and soundtrack are also available for purchase and pre-order on Steam, separately or as a bundle.

The owners of Pathologic Classic HD are eligible for another 10% discount (you’ll find a coupon in your Steam Inventory). This discount will stay relevant even after the release of Pathologic 2, until the end of May. And yes, the two discounts do stack: pre-ordering with a coupon makes the game 20% cheaper!

If you’re a backer who’s already activated the alpha version key on Steam, you don’t need to do anything else: when the time comes, the alpha version will magically (and automatically) transform into the full game. If you haven’t, the option to get the alpha is now unfortunately closed, but a full game key will appear on the Backer Portal soon. Same with the digital art book and/or soundtrack: the keys will be available on the Backer Portal as well (closer to the game’s release).

tl;dr: If you’re a backer, you don’t really need to do anything for now. The pre-order news mostly concern those who only plan to purchase the game now.

The game comes out in two weeks. This was the second bell.

Pathologic 2 Demo

Remember how the Haruspex’s story begins? Artemy Burakh returns to his hometown, only to be attacked at the Station…

Well, not exactly. That’s the start of the Haruspex’s story—but not the game itself.

Today we’re releasing a demo of Pathologic 2. It’s shorter than the alpha: only half a day as the Haruspex plus the aforementioned mysterious intro. But the quality of the game is much closer to the release version (although we keep improving it still, including the performance).

All backers will find a demo key in their Backer Portal Dashboard. And if you’re not a backer, we invite you to follow the link and grab one!

Pathologic 2 Demo is free and available to everyone. You’re welcome to share it, stream or shoot all kinds of videos, etc. If you always wanted to share Pathologic 2 with a friend, this demo is hopefully your best chance: we’ve tried to structure it in such a way that it would be representative of the game and what people might find interesting about it.

This is the final rehearsal. The performance begins in a month.