HeartStrings Play
A consent-first social board game
for private groups.
Premium adult social play designed around intentional connection, shared agency, and escalating card-based experiences. For private groups of two to eighteen players.
The Game
Designed for intentional play.
HeartStrings Play is a premium adult social board game where players move across a board of action squares and draw from six escalating tier decks as the session builds. Each session is shaped by the players in it — not by a fixed script.
Decree cards allow any player to skip or redraw at any time. Consent is built into the game structure, not handled separately. The Consent Cup is available at any time for any player to end or pause play gracefully.
The Box
Box front and back.
On the Board
Action squares drive each turn.
As players move around the board they land on action squares that trigger game actions. The action squares are a board mechanic, separate from the escalation tiers below, and they keep each turn varied without a fixed script.
Six Escalation Tiers
Progress at your pace.
Decree Cards
Any player can play a Decree card at any time to skip a card or redraw. Maximum two Decree cards per hand. Built-in pressure relief without requiring a verbal request.
The Consent Cup
The Consent Cup is available at all times. Any player can use it to pause or end the session without explanation. It is not a game mechanic — it is a standing option.
The Board
The game ships in three board versions: a 20x20 board, a larger 20x40 board, and an ultimate double-sided board that unfolds and flips, with a different layout on each side to change how the game is played.
How It Plays
One shared session, set by the group.
Players take turns moving around the board and landing on action squares that trigger game actions. Cards are drawn from the six escalation tier decks, and the group moves up the tiers together, at whatever pace everyone agrees to.
There is no fixed script and no forced escalation. A Decree card or the Consent Cup is always within reach, so any player can redirect or pause the session at any time.
What's in the Box
350 cards, six tiers, three boards.
Six tier decks (300 cards)
One 50-card deck for each escalation tier: Initiate, Connect, Seduce, Stimulate, Edge, and Climax.
Decree deck (50 cards)
A separate 50-card deck. Decree cards let any player skip, redraw, or redirect play at any time.
The board (three versions)
A 20x20 board, a larger 20x40 board, and an ultimate double-sided board that unfolds and flips to change how the game is played.
Player Scaling
From two players to eighteen.
HeartStrings Play is built for private groups of 2 to 18 players — an intimate session for a couple or a larger gathering of friends who have agreed to play together.
Digital Companion
A companion app is in development.
HeartStrings Connect is a private Android companion in active development alongside HeartStrings Play. It is not available in any public app store. Screenshots show current private test UI.
HeartStrings Play has not been released for retail sale. No purchase date has been announced. Product design is complete. Manufacturing is in preparation. To express interest or be notified when pre-orders open, contact below.
Express InterestPart of the ByteLite LLC ecosystem.
HeartStrings Play is the first public-facing product in a broader privacy-first company. Broader deterministic systems research remains private and proof-gated. The Architecture →