Ova Magica - An adorable farming and monster taming game!
Created by ClaudiaTheDev
Inspired by Stardew Valley, Slime Rancher and beloved classics like Harvest Moon and Pokémon! For PC, Switch, XB1/SX and PS4/5.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
June Dev Update
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 01:24:55 PM
Hello together! Claudia here♥!
I'll also start with the most important news right away:
Closed Early Access for Backers and Preorders planned for September 2022
The team is trying to keep the announced date(Q3) and if everything goes as planned, the Early Access will launch towards the end of September this year🥳 Keep in mind this is no settled date yet and smaller delays are possible but we will keep you updated every month.
Working on the Closed Early Access is also the reason why I'm going to keep this and the next updates shorter until launch (writing them takes a lot of time). The team wants to use all available time to work on the game and try holding the date💪. Some of you might have noticed that I'm already less active on social media than usual🙃.
But If you have any questions, you can ask them here in the comments or in our Discord!
Now I'll share a few screenshots with you, but I won't add a lot of text (which would have cost me several hours of work otherwise).
Saturation Settings
The game is very colorful and for some it can be a bit tiring for the eyes. Because of that i started working on color and saturation settings which you can change to your liking♥
Painted Eggs festival
I completed this actually for easter but kept it secret until this year's Wholesome Direct Showcase. You participate in an egg hunt mini game and can trade the eggs for various items and blueprints.
Town Square Boots
What about an ice cream?
"FREE DAILY SPIN!!! Making Clover Town a healthier place, one spin at a time!"
Kiwi Blob (designed for backer midnightfire29 for the reward "Blob Designer")
New Blob Skills
Applies one of 5 negative status effects to the enemy or all 5 when a 6 is rolled.
AK-xolotl is a top-down roguelite shooter with extra modes, featuring the cutest amphibian. You're an axolotl with an AK (duh!) that goes on a rampage, shooting down their next meal!
Key Features:
Nurture and care for baby axolotls that grow up to be playable.
The ultimate pond inspired experience: beautiful pixel art graphics filled with pond-like details, filled with rich colors and a variety of different sceneries.
Tons of different enemies, weapons and power-ups: your gaming experience will be fully customizable as you progress through the game, and each run will feel unique and fresh.
May Dev Update
almost 2 years ago
– Tue, May 31, 2022 at 04:46:50 AM
Hi there, everybody! Claudia here! It's been a whole month already.
First of all, I would like to invite you to join our Discord♥ (if you are not already a member). There I regularly post updates and answer questions:
New Locations
I'm still working on filling the world of Ova Magica with life. I share with you some new places you can visit.
Beekeepers
The beekeepers are side NPCs which know all about bees and bee blobs and sell bee related products and blueprints.
Mine
The inside isn't fully finished yet, so i can't share it yet. But here is the entrance and also a new fishing/lake area. In the mine you can gather coal and some common ores. But to get the rarest and most valuable ores you still need to visit the dangerous blob worlds.
New Feature: Fast Travel
In Ova Magica, time runs in days and seasons like in a typical farm sim. So every hour in the game is valuable. The Steamboard is your best friend for moving faster. The new fast travel feature now allows you to additionally skip long distances.
All potraits done
Our artist Ichigo*ranch has finally finished all the character portraits! There are currently 131 high quality hand-drawn portraits in the game! And most of them are completely different in pose and expression (not only facial changes). Also each romanceable character has a unique swimwear and wedding outfit. I'm showing some of Citrine here because she hasn't gotten that much attention yet♥.
New Battle Skills
There are many blobs and even more skills in Ova Magica. Here is a selection of some new ones that were added in May.
(I am still experimenting and working on the battle balancing. So do not wonder when some numbers appear odd, like too low or high. All skill videos represent a test situation for development.)
Hacking
Lowers all stats of one enemy.
Wood Shield
Raises the defense of your whole party.
Balloons
A fun skill, hurting all enemies.
Royal Sword
A strong attack affecting one enemy
(ignore the low damage number in the video :-P it isn't balanced yet, it shall be strong)
Other stuff
I can't share everything we work on in the updates because it's either still very WIP, not so relevant or i am just too busy to record so many videos and write a lot of text. But here are some other things which happened in May:
Created around 7 new side NPCs for the town
The writers worked A LOT on side NPCs and character dialogs the last weeks
Until now battle skills had a fixed strength/attack number. This was replaced by a strength/attack grade (A-F) which you can improve solely with breeding. You can see the change in some of the battle skill videos above but it's still WIP. I want to share the full system in next update.
Improved the UI for entering your birthday in the character creation
Made progress on Lapis and Lazulis home interior
Worked further on improving the blob breeding algorithm
Fixed some bugs (as always :-P)
Worked on some in-game quests
Thank you for reading so far! I wish you all a wonderful June♥!
~Claudia
PS
Below i share some awesome Kickstarter campaigns of some dev friends of mine. Please consider supporting them♥!
Niche - a genetics survival game merchandise has been requested by fans for a long time! Now Stray Fawn Studio is finally running a merch Kickstarter with tons of Niche themed goodies like plushies, keychains, pins, stickers and more!
L2 SPEAK is a game that immerses you in the language that you want to learn. You'll explore new areas, try new activities, and meet new people, seamlessly learning the language of your choice as you go. We're the world’s first free, immersive mobile social-sim designed to turn learning a language from something you labor to do, to something you love to do.
April Dev Update
about 2 years ago
– Sun, May 01, 2022 at 11:50:20 PM
Hello together!
As always, here comes our regular monthly Dev Update♥!
New Feature: Mailbox
In some cutscenes and events, you will receive items even though the inventory is full. These are now sent to your mailbox.
It would be a pity to use the mailbox only for this purpose. What do you think about occasional letters and gifts from friendly NPCs?
New Feature: All side NPCs can level up after battle
The NPCs in Clover Town all have their own blobs and you can challenge them to a battle. However, not all of them are equally strong. Defeating the frost prince and current Clover Cup champion Lapis is almost impossible. Some Npcs, on the other hand, don't take their blob training too seriously and are easy opponents.
What is special in Ova Magica:
If an NPC loses a fight against you, they will level up and I will be stronger next time. So there is always a challenge waiting.
New Festival: The Night of Roses
The famous performer duo Alto and Altair visit Clover Town and need a third for their show! The theme of the night is all about roses and music. You can also buy special items and blueprints.
In a mini game you and your blobs have to prove your skills by pressing buttons to a rhythm. Depending on your performance, the crowd reacts differently.
Put on a great show and you'll be showered with roses and impress the townsfolk of Clover Town!
But the response of the audience is not always positive...
Thanks for reading ♥! Before I say bye I would like to introduce below a game of dev-friends of mine that currently has its Kickstarter campaign live!
~Claudia
You are a first-year student of the magic arts, arriving at the Academy of Greifenstein. Set in a world and time like ours, you are excited to live and learn together with your fellow students and professors at the impressive magical castle.
“Spells & Secrets” is a 3D action-adventure game with puzzle mechanics and procedural elements that offers a magical sandbox for you to explore. Get ready to discover a wide range of unique spells, powerful artifacts and useful potions.
A special update - helping a friend!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 06:18:29 AM
Some friends of ours are currently running a Kickstarter for their awesome game, and it deserves your support! Toasty: Ashes of Dusk is a heart-warming, nostalgic and jovial tribute to games such as Earthbound, A Link To The Past and Final Fantasy VII. Toasty is the tale of the Marshmallow Knight, Marshall, who travels across the world of Geldia in search of an identity. They also have a special edition physical game for Kickstarter backers, which you can see below!
With no history or clue about as to an identity, Marshall faces many tests, makes many great (weird and zany) friends and allies, and faces the most devilish evil - all the while, trying to answer that one tricky question... why is he a talking marshmallow? Through the murkiness of Shroomville, to the neon lights of Avarice City, and then the heights of Mt. Ash, the answer lies somewhere in the world of Geldia!
Toasty has gorgeous art, wonderful and quirky characters, and a heroic journey for a soft squidgy hero. If you can, please consider helping their campaign!
March Dev Update
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 05:52:48 AM
Hello together! We hope you had a wonderful March♥!
New Logo Animation
The Ova Magica logo now has a new animation with sound effects! What do you think about it?
(Animation by @cimysz)
Magical Storage
We have finally completed the magical storage. You can find them in several strategic locations around Clover Town.
If you store something in it, you can access it from all magical storages. This will save you long trips if you need inventory space or forgot important items before your expedition to the blob world.
Even better, your workbench automatically grabs materials from the magical storage. This way you don't have to have the items in your inventory when building and decorating your farm and home. It's best to simply store all materials in the magic storage.
Mixer
The mixer machine is also new. It belongs to the category of "Makers" and processes items. Do you have ideas what could be mixed or special recipes for it?
Decorative Items
In March we also created some decorative items for your farm and home. One of them is rose bushes in two sizes. What other colors would you like to see? (At the moment there are red and white ones).
Effect over harvestable crops
We have and also decided to display an effect over crops that can be harvested. Do you like the idea? What do you think about the example of the exclamation mark? Is it too "aggressive"? Do you have other ideas?
News about the Closed Early Access (Closed Beta)
We have received more questions about it and want to be always transparent with you! We are not able to tell an exact date yet, but we would like to mention 2 important points.
1. we have decided to change the name from "Closed Beta" to "Closed Early Access".
Why? Here is a common definition of a beta:
"Beta' is a standard term to denote a milestone release during production in which game functionality is included and optimized (but may have bugs), game content is finished (but may have some implementation errors), and which is considered nearly complete."
Since the game will not be released until 2023 and we still want to allow you to play before then, the content will of course not be "nearly complete". That's why we think the name "Closed Early Access" is more appropriate.
2. The Closed Beta was announced for 2022 Q2/Q3. Unfortunately, we hereby have to say that it definitely won't be in Q2. Nevertheless, we are very confident that it still will work out for Q3! As soon as there is new news or changes on this, we will report♥!
Fanart
We also received this beautiful fanart from victory.awesomeking! We are always very happy about fanart and motivating words♥
Thank you for reading so far!
We are looking forward to the end April and to showing you many new things soon. We're already working hard on a lot of content that we haven't shared yet.
