The Heartbeat

The Heartbeat is set in 2077 in New Dunk, where citizens have replaced their flesh with mechanical parts and their senses with biomechanical signals provided by Molig, an oligarch who runs a biomechanical technology company. As people enjoy “cyber-Ed,” a digital virus threatens the city. You are its mayor: after your heart gives out from exhaustion, your secretary fits you with a mechanical one, and you must keep yourself and the city going.

Keep your heart beating

To survive, you listen to the music’s rhythm, watch the prompts on screen and press your heart regularly.

Decide the city’s future

Citizens bring their concerns to you, and your responses can affect both your future and the city’s. You choose between seeking stability at odds with universal morality and showing empathy in an indifferent age. Since you are unable to read the files, your secretary reads their contents aloud for you.