Harvest Moon Cute? please ?

Question

Okay so I'm trying to woo Marlin in the game , problem is....I'm having trouble getting him up from a black heart to a purple heart! =[ for 2 months(in the game) I've been giving him gifts like wine at the beginning then changed to wild grapes cause I couldn't afford the money for wine. It's late summer in the game and he still has a black heart =[ is my game defected or something? it's getting annoying!

Answer 1

His affection points are going down because you are littering.

Any littering (dropping any item on the ground, including weeds), outside your farmland/mines will result in a drop in affection and friendship points.

Buy the Love Bangle, upstairs in the Sprite Company Tree (casino). You can equip this and see what Marlin's AP/FP is when you talk to him. Same with any other character.