Bug fixes: - Fixed that crab blob of female waiter was getting unlocked in resident overview when photographing Nara,the deer blob, in the restaurant - Fixed missing dialog for troublemaker kids trio in Clover Valley - Fixed that in the blob abilities course the plant fields were watered automatic on a rainy day which caused the turtle Sprinkler step to be completed without actually doing it
Battle Balancing + Tweaks: - cannot attack anymore own blobs in battle - the exp after using a skill is now not always 10% but determined based on the enemy blob count and power level difference compared to own team - improved enemy KI to not use non-stacking buffs or status effects several times - status effects Silent, Sleep and Distract can now only be applied once per battle on a blob - updated status effect Silent bubble to now displays how many rounds are left until it loses effect - reduced miss chance when affected by the Blind status effect from 60% to now 40%
Hotfix: Demo - Version 0.532
Hotfix: Demo - Version 0.532
Bugfixes: -Fixed the game freezing when placing the "colored egg" decoration via workbench and leaving farm or house.
Content: - An additional message is now shown when out of energy and trying to use tools - Reduced bug net energy costs from 10 to 5
Hotfix: Demo - Version 0.531
Hotfix: Demo - Version 0.531
Bugfixes: - fixed game freezing when moving a blob which is breeding from barn into the team - fixed calendar week days spelling error in menu
Patch: Demo - Version 0.53
Patch: Demo - Version 0.53
Content Changes: - coin bubble is now displayed over the shipment box when new money can be collected - short fishing info is shown before first fishing - wild blob count in fishing battles is now matched towards own team size (to avoid being overwhelmed in early gameplay) - wild blobs in mine do not respawn on same day after leaving and re-entering mine. They respawn on next day.
Bug Fixes -Major: removed second house update which was unintentional available for the demo in Charoi's build store. Getting it broke the game on next in-game day. -Minor: Fixed some typos in quest texts -Minor: Fixed that Kay couldn't be targeted in photo mode -Minor: Fixed invisible wall near mine near Troublemaker Kids NPCs
Content Changes: -Changed battle rewards for NPC Johnny
Demo release - Out now! + Additional Upcoming News
Our demo is OUT NOW! You can find it on the Steam homepage. We're extremely excited to be able to share this with you, after so much hard work and years of effort.
The below is a message from Claudia, the developer of the game:
For the Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration 2024 on Steam, we've launched our very first public demo💚! The demo will be available until the end of the Steam Next Fest (10th-17th June) for everyone to play.
To all content creators🌟: You can help us immensely with getting some extra boosted visibility in the Steam Next Fest if you share Ova Magica during or shortly before it launches (10th-17th June). There are a lot of games this year from other big publishers and studios. As small indie dev, it can be hard to get attention, so regardless how small or big your audience is: Please share Ova Magica🙏.
Next, we have also some more exciting news below⬇️!
GUERILLA COLLECTIVE We're happy to announce that we will make a HUGE announcement on Guerrilla Collective showcase! This will be part of our publisher, Top Hat Studios, included showcase. Make sure to tune in on June 6th @ 10AM PST!
(Don't worry! After the showcase we will also post the news in an update here, just in case you miss or can't watch the show.)
Announcing Participating in Upcoming Next Fest + Dev Update
Hi everyone!
Mirroring some major news from the developer here.
First, we'll share the biggest news:
Ova Magica will be available in the Steam Next Fest June 17th with a public demo for all to play🎉.
Around this time we will also post the Q2 update 2024 with news about the release date🥳.
Now, onto some updates from the developer on the game:
Dev update: As already communicated in the last update of 2023, i currently can't share much new things with you because we need the "new stuff" for marketing. It's sometimes hard to hold back because i have actually A LOT new amazing things but needed to restrict myself here a lot. As always you can reach out in Discord if you have questions💚!
Improved breeding symbols Instead of an egg you can now see the progress (in days) towards the new egg. And maybe some of you already noticed: the new egg is purple. Now "base blob" eggs are green and all brood eggs are purple.
Character creator Polished the character creator more and added more options. I separated the "glasses" from the "accessoires" (flower icon) category so you can have even more freedom and options. Also added various new outfits + stuff.
Here are some characters i created
Census Preview Photograph every resident +their blobs of Clover Town to unlock their entries and gets ome infos about them.
Time of Day display Finally implemented in the upper right corner a bar to display what day time it is (day, evening, night). This was on my Todo list for years but now i did it haha. All these small details really pile up at the end♥
Ova Magica at PAX East!
The Ova Magica Preview Demo is playable at PAX East!
At the Top Hat Studios booth you can try out a bunch of fun games. Other than Ova Magica, you can play Tiny Life, Elementallis and Athenian Rhapsody.
Here's a little snippet of the map, so you know where to find the booth! As you can see, the booth number is 15093. Have a great time!
Runs on Steam Deck! + PC Game Show Inclusion
The past few months, the currently most asked question to us has been:
"Can I play Ova Magica on the Steam Deck?"
And the answer is:
"YES!"
In fact, the Steam Deck is currently the developers' favorite console for testing the game! (Who says you aren't allowed to work on the couch ːsteamhappyː?)
Tell us in the comments if you would to play Ova Magica on the Steam Deck or prefer your regular setup :) ?
We're also happy to announce that we're taking part in the upcoming PC Gaming Show Preview of 2023! We're very excited to be showcased within this huge event, which takes place thursday at 1PM EST / 6PM GMT. We'll be showing off lots of new content and never before seen footage in an all new trailer. Stay tuned!
