What if there was a sound, a frequency, a certain wavelength which, when played at the right volume could disrupt a human heart? What if someone discovered this? What if we were all in danger?

Joseph was an average child. He went to school, he did his homework and he went to hockey practice, at least, most of the time. Life was easy. Life was good. While Joseph never really stood out, he was actually just fine with that. A normal life was all he really wanted. But something happened to him when he was fifteen. Something that changed his life.

The story for this horror themed game follows a female social worker/trained security who is assigned to Joseph's case after both of his parents suddenly disappear under unusual circumstances, with the idea that he might need protection. But when she arrives at Joseph's home, she discovers that he too, has disappeared. Left behind at his house however, is a suspicious note warning her not to call the police or else bombs buried beneath Joseph's school (where her own children attend), as well as her own home will be set off...

At this point the player may choose whether to call the police or not, with both outcomes eventually leading to the female social worker deciding for herself that she will investigate what happens. The game slowly leads the player on an emotional adventure filled with sad scenes as we discover that Joseph unfortunately discovered a sound frequency that could stop hearts while playing with his family dog using computer sounds.. His dog dies, and he tries to revive it using the same sounds only to give his dad schizophrenia. After a while, his dad tries to kill Joseph and Joseph gets stabbed in the heart, patched up and protected by his mother then ends up giving both his mother and his father heart attacks, while he survives due to the amount of padding around his chest. Joseph survives the stabbing, leaves a note and goes to seek medical attention. He finds it in a dodgy street shop and winds up with a bionic heart granting him immunity to the heart attack side of the frequency.

Along the way, the female social worker finds a lot of evidence that Joseph has been captured and tortured, perhaps after someone found out what he has done. Meanwhile heart attack cases are on the rise, both important and unimportant people alike, and no one knows why, except the social worker who knows there's a link with Joseph's frequency. If the player is attentive, finds all the evidence and plays the game correctly, they will get the good ending, discovering that Joseph accidentally gave himself schizophrenia at the same time as his father then being able to give him the medical care he needs. The bad endings include the social worker finding him, but not knowing about his schizophrenia, she tries to find Joseph's captive (remember, there was evidence of one) and gets killed herself by him. Or the social worker could know about the schizophrenia, and protect herself from him while looking for the captive and accidentally lets him get away, allowing him take out his anger on the city by committing a mass murder. Alternatively, the social worker could know about the schizophrenia, and know there is no captive, and the player can choose to end Joseph's' life instead of trying to help him, after all, he's killed a bunch of people.

This game features a lot of jump scares, with evil robot creation (singing a certain song with the frequency at the end)/puzzles being one of Joseph's' personalities hobbies and another one having preference to watching people run from animals that have been driven insane by the frequency. Music or animal sounds should both terrify the player as they have to react differently to both of them.

Heart Beat is a game best played on PC/Console.

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