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:
Happy Holidays 🎄 and see you in 2025!
23 days ago
– Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 02:22:52 AM
Just want to say goodbye for 2024 to all Backers and wish you a wonderful Christmas time🎄!
You can also expect the next huge roadmap content update (0.8) in mid/end January and for this i will post a bigger dev update + more news! So stay tuned!
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Get a glimpse of the vibrant world of River Towns with our free demo on Steam! Featuring six carefully crafted levels, the demo invites you to explore the game’s strategic puzzles and creative town-building mechanics.
First Major Content Update available!
2 months ago
– Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 06:10:22 AM
The wait is over! The first major Early Access content update is available on Steam 🎉
It does ot only come with the planned roadmap progress, but also with several improvements and smaller new features based on our communities feedback💪
WORDS FROM THE DEVS TO OUR KICKSTARTER BACKERS
With Ova Magica currently being still in Early Access on Steam the update is only available there.
But our main priority is to progress the roadmap updates the following months leading up to the 1.0 version so also our console backers can play hopefully in 2025 soon 💚 !
I (Claudia) made a summary of the new content below and it's pretty long. So before i want to share some news of my dear dev friends, Gentle Troll, so it's not buried at the very bottom:
Here’s a bit of extra information about what to expect:
One and a half years after the events of Tavern Talk, young detective Melina finds a mysterious mechanism and breaks it, accidentally unleashing the chaotic spirit trapped inside. Melina and her friends must now race to stop a Primordial storm from wreaking havoc on their freshly saved world!
And you can also currently support the Tavern Talk Kickstarter campaign for super cute and beautiful stickers!
It's time to give the characters of Tavern Talk a special place in your life. Maybe on your laptop, your stickerbook, or even on your bathroom mirror! 🤩 Whatever suits you best. 💜
Treat yourself to this glittering collection of colorful stickers or give it to a beloved friend as a thoughtful and unique gift. If you liked our game Tavern Talk or are just a fan of cool fantasy designs then you are in the right place. 💯
And now lets continue with the Ova Magica update!
NEW ROADMAP CONTENT First we want to share the updated roadmap with you!
Side note: we moved the 6th blob world from the 0.9 to the 1.0 version because we want the time between 0.8 and 0.9 shorter an it feels more balanced with each update leading to 1.0 having one new blob world.
⚠️Attention: Below the roadmap pic are descriptions with SPOILERS of the new content! Stop reading here if you do not want to be spoilered.
NEW BLOB WORLD: CANDY KINGDOM🍬 The adventurers Cenx and Redigit need your help to get their blobs back who stayed behind in the Candy Kingdom blob world. The new blob world comes with several unique rewards like cute furniture, cherry tree seeds and an auto-petter blueprint.
SEWERS The sewers come with new blobs and also an upgrade for your return wand.
With the new Homeward Wand you can now teleport to your house from any location, and not only use the wand to leave the blob worlds.
NEW BLOBS + ABILITIES You can collect 7 new "base blobs" coming with 4 new abilities in the 0.7 version. Here are the new abilities:
Candy Blob: Produce Candy (Passive)
Poop Blob: Fertilizer: Progresses the growth of crops by 1 day (only once per day per crop
Dog Blob - Plant Seeds: Plant several seeds from the player's bag at once (Multi-Planting)
Queen Blob: Petting Chain (Passive) - When petted it affects all blobs in the same barn and team. A blob with this ablity can be placed on the new Auto-Petter (blueprint), which will pet all blobs in the barn overnight.
BLOB DYE CENTER You can comission Charoi to build the building. In it you can recolor your blobs in exchange for color powder to your liking.
Buildings: Beachside Eatery (Saphir), Library (Opal) Note: The Library is similar to the Theater (Citrine) still WIP and will get more features for the 1.0 version or in one of the next updates.
BEACHSIDE EATERY Progress Saphir's friendship to unlock the new building "Beachside Eatery". It comes with several new dishes (seasonal variety) and learnable recipes.
HOUSE UPGRADE Comes with more place and most important a new fast travel point on your farm!
GOLD CUP TOURNAMENT Test your blob trainer skills in the Gold Cup tournament! (unlocked with all NPCs friendship being level 3)
IMPROVEMENTS + SMALLER NEW FEATURES + BALANCING
FAST TRAVEL REVAMP The fast travel target location is now selected via the map and not like before via dialog Fast travel is now also possible on festival day Added new fast travel location "Train Station" near the museum/train station area 1st house upgrade comes with the "Farm" fast travel location (see above)
FLINT BLOB STORAGE Instead of giving blobs up for adoption you can now store up to 256 blobs at Flint and get them back anytime. The usual "give blob for adoption" is now a 2nd step.
Note: All blobs given up for adoption before the 0.7 version are in the "Flint Storage". When a player has given up more then 256 blobs for adoption the oldest are permanently removed from the game.
STORAGE CONTAINER/CHEST BLUEPRINT Can be placed on your farm, home or blob barn and store 16 items. Recolorable.
VARIOUS - Added "Stack Transfer" to the magical storage and shipment box. Holding the "Transfer (Single)" button for a short time will open a dialog box in which you can enter the exact number of items you wish to transfer. - A "Breeding/Searching for partner" icon is now shown in the blob barn UI on blobs (to avoid moving blobs which are currently breeding) - Added a magical storage to the ruin - Wild blobs in the mine now stop chasing you after some distance - Confirming escape in battle is only asked when not other blob is already trying to escape (avoid having to confirm 3 times) - Added a "Cancel" choice for the thermostat in the blob barn (when accidently interacting with it) - Reduced all blob rune prices (vendor: Harold - Adventurers' Club) - Reduced the material costs of several buildings (Charoi) - Changed type of the Sheep blob from Storm to Forest - Changed type of Kookies Dessert blob from Magma to Storm
BUG FIXES - Fixed missing fish in the Ceres season for the lake near the mine/train station area. - Fixed hills in the Clover Valley area having wrong seasonal grass texture in Ceres and Frigus - Fixed using fertilizer on flowers which were at stage 2/4 instantly progressed them to 4/4 - Fixed missing movement collider for the table blueprint available at the Sleigh Swap festival - Fixed right+left stick deadzone being not active on Steam Deck which caused camera rotation being too sensitive (rotated vertical too when wanting only horizontal) - Fixed reordering blob skills didn't work correct for skills at the right and bottom position
Early Access Release Day
6 months ago
– Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 05:08:54 AM
Today Ova Magica launches in Early Access on Steam! Today's updates contains following sections:
EARLY ACCESS DETAILS
INFO FOR CONSOLE BACKERS
HOW-TO ACCESS AND ACTIVATE YOUR STEAM KEY
SHOUTOUT: TINY GARDEN
IMPORTANT NOTE : The release day and week is especially busy for our small team. We apologize ahead if we need some time to get back to messages and provide support. We try to process requests asap during this week - but we ask to be patient in case it takes some more time ♥
EARLY ACCESS DETAILS
We want to say a huge thank you to all our backers for making this day possible and us finally releasing - even when it's still Early Access ♥ !
On the Steam Page is a rough overview of the already available features (when expanding the "Early Access" section).
We continue working hard towards the full game version (1.0) in 2025 which will release on consoles. We created a rough roadmap for you. We will post from now on a Kickstarter update for every of the "main version releases" (the future updates will be timed on our Early Access progress).
INFO FOR CONSOLE BACKERS
If you do not want to wait until full 1.0 release in 2025 to play: You can request a change of the platform of your digital key to Steam. Just reach out to us here via DM or via Discord. The option to change the platform from console to Steam is available any time until full game release 1.0 in 2025.
Additional info: Ova Magica is 100% playable on the Steam Deck
Memo: The physical edition came with an additional digital key. You can have a Switch physical and still select Steam as platform for your digital key.
Note: Switching the platform from Steam to console is no longer possible after the EA launch and the Steam keys being distributed.
HOW-TO ACCESS AND ACTIVATE YOUR STEAM KEY
Step 1) Log in into your Backerkit account and select Ova Magica. If your reward has a Steam key you can access it via the "Get Your Digital Downloads" button.
Step 2) Copy the key and open the Steam Client. Click in the lower right corner on "Add a game" and then "Activate a Product on Steam". Enter the key and Ova Magica should be added to your library. NOTE: You can download the game as soon as it is released public on Steam which is: 23rd July 10am EST / 2pm UTC / 7am PDT / 4pm MESZ
Hey there gardeners! This is Tiny Garden, a game about making your own magical garden inside a 90s toy. Plant your vegetables and trade them for furniture to customize tiny gardens in this delightful mix of farming, puzzle, and strategy🌱
We have a Steam and Nintendo Switch key available in our Kickstarter campaign, among many other rewards such as an artbook, the relaxing lo-fi OST from our game and even you can put your name on the bottom of the toy, like Andy in Toy Story.
You can check out our campaign here! See you in the tiny garden!
Little Heads-Up Before Tomorrow: Steam Early Access Launch
6 months ago
– Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 02:12:08 AM
Just wanted to leave a quick heads-up before the Early Access Steam launch tomorrow. I will post another update tomorrow ♥.
In our last Kickstarter update, we announced the Early Access Steam launch and also the possibility for console backers to swap the platform of your digital keys to Steam if you don't want to wait until the full release in 2025.
(Note: Switching back from Steam to console is not possible after the Steam keys have been distributed tomorrow.)
STEAM KEY ACCESS FOR LAUNCH TOMORROW
You can download your Steam key tomorrow in your BackerKit account. The keys will be available shortly before or after (plus/minus 10 min) the game launch time (10 am EST / 2 pm UTC / 7 am PDT / 4 pm MESZ).
As soon as the Kickstarter update goes live tomorrow, the keys will be available for download. I will also include a "How-To access your key" tutorial for BackerKit in the update. ♥
See you tomorrow! ~ Claudia
Early Access Coming July 23rd
7 months ago
– Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 12:41:38 PM
After a long wait, Ova Magica is finally releasing on July 23 into Early Access🎉💪!
We are so excited to finally share the game with everyone. Thank you ALL for your continued support and interest, especially in light of prior delays and development difficulties. The team is incredibly proud of what we've created, and cannot wait for you to all play Ova Magica!
We will share more info about the development roadmap leading to the full game (1.0) soon! We aim is to release the full game on all platforms in 2025.
INFOS FOR OUR KICKSTARTER BACKERS At the last section of the update we go a bit more into detail why we do an Early Access. But we want to provide you these infos first:
All backers who selected as platform "Steam" will be able to download their digital key via backerkit on EA launch day.
To all backers who got the game for console and do not want to wait until 1.0 release in 2025 to play: You can request a change of the platform of your digital key to Steam. Just reach out to us here via DM or via Discord. The option to change the platform from console to Steam is available until full game release 1.0 in 2025.
Memo: The physical edition came with an additional digital key. You can have a Switch physical and still select Steam as platform for your digital key.
Additional info: Ova Magica is 100% playable on the Steam Deck.
Physical rewards will be shipped 2025 for full game release.
EARLY ACCESS CONTENT Though it is launching in Early Access, Ova Magica already comes jam-packed with tons of content! Here’s a brief overview of what you can expect from the Early Access, as well as some hints for what’s coming in the future!
GENERAL INFO
🎮🖱️ Playable with mouse+keyboard or controller. Fully playable on the Steam Deck.
🌎 Language: English (Full 1.0 release will also include: German, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Japanese)
FARMING + LIFE SIM FEATURES
💇♀️ Customize your own character with tons of options and unique hair styles!
🥕 Grow a wide variety of crops and fruit trees on your farm, and decorate it to your liking!
🌻🍂❄️ Play through all 3 seasons (Solis, Ceres, Frigus) with unique weather, crops, events and blobs!
🐰🎃🎄 Visit all 12 festivals in Clover Town with unique items, blobs, decorations and mini-games!
🧑🤝🧑 Meet 13 befriendable characters and learn their stories and personalities! (Marriage available for full 1.0 release).
💛 Raise the Heart Level of each character and unlock Heart Events to obtain unique quests and buildings! Each character has 3-4 (out of 7) available Heart Events in Early Access.
⚒️ Gather resources with upgradable tools to craft new furniture, decorations and buildings!
🏠 Upgrade and decorate your house and farm, and unlock loads of craftable blueprints!
🎣🦋 Catch a variety of fish and bugs that change along with the time and seasons!
🏛️ Donate items to the Clover Town Museum to get unique rewards!
🚧🎡 Construct buildings to unlock new features like the Boutique, Beauty Salon, Spa, Theater, Ferris Wheel and more!
🍳 Unlock tons of food recipes to cook for you and your blobs!
📷 Photograph every resident and their blobs for the Clover Town census!
...And more!
BLOB + ADVENTURE FEATURES
🥚 Choose your starter blob! Pick one of three unique blobs to join you on your adventure!
🌊💣 Use your blobs to help you with everyday tasks like fishing, watering crops, removing barriers and more!
🐄 Raise blobs in your own Blob Barn to produce items like milk, wool, and more!
🐾 Collect up to 40 (out of 66) unique first-generation blobs, each with unique skills and appearances!
❤ ️ Breed your blobs to create even stronger blobs! Choose from thousands of combinations and create the blob that’s perfect for you!
🎾 Pet, feed, and play with your blobs to deepen your bond, and watch them grow even stronger!
🧭 Join the Adventurers' Club, and uncover the mysteries behind the ancient ruins!
🗺️ Journey into the untamed Blob Worlds, teeming with wild blobs. Visit 3 (out of 7) worlds in Early Access, each with a unique theme, new blobs, and hidden treasure!
⚔️ Travel with up to 3 blobs in your team and engage in strategic, turn-based battles with real-time action elements!
🥊 Challenge anybody in Clover Town to a blob battle, or try your luck against wild blobs!
🏆 Participate in the Clover Cup Tournament to compete against Clover Town’s greatest blob trainers, and win the grand prize! (Up to IRON League in Early Access)
👩🏫 Visit the Blob League Academy and take classes to learn more about blobs!
...And more!
WHY EARLY ACCESS? We want to be as transparent as possible with you about why we are doing an Early Access release, even though we have stated multiple times that there will only be a full game launch and not EA, especially in terms of fairness to console backers.
The truth is that this was not planned from the beginning. We are a first time developer and a small team, and development has taken longer for personal reasons, dragging out the process and making the original timelines and budgets unrealistic.
One important piece of content that EA is missing is localization. The Early Access version will only be playable in English. The full game is around 200k words and translation is a large and expensive task. Delays in development have severely impacted localization as it is usually the last thing to be done (after all content is fully tested and polished).
We are using the Early Access to give us more time to finish the game without time and financial pressure and hope to get a lot of feedback from players to make Ova Magica even better for the full 1.0 release!
