Ova Magica News

[EDIT: Please update to 0.631 so trees can be planted again and foregable items respawn - i apologize for the inconvenience ♥ !]

Before the weekend we have another patch for you with some new things based on your feedback. We hope this update improves your gameplay experience further 💚



Make sure to update the game to 0.63 version.
(If Steam doesn't do the update automatic close and restart Steam.
On Steam Deck sometimes the Deck doesn't start games after updates, in this case restart the Steam Deck.)

[h3]New Skills[/h3]

With the new "Botanist" skill you can now display crop and tree information when hovering over them with the cursor in the workbench mode.



The new "Battle Analysis" skill allows displays the type and power level when targeting a blob in battle.



Note:
All skill points will be reset when loading your save file. You need to unlock the skills in the menu/inventory in the skills category.

[h3]New Battle Difficulty Setting[/h3]
Based on the feedback that the early game or specific bosses are too hard for some players we added a new setting.



You can change it anytime in-game which can especially help when you are stuck on blob world bosses or want to feel safer when fishing and exploring. The setting needs to be set BEFORE the battle (in battle the settings menu is not available).

[h3]Bug Fixes + Balancing[/h3]

Shooting Star Event

• There is now a small possibility that in addition to copper ores other ores drop depending on blob world progress. Beating 1st world boss ->unlocks iron ore, 2nd world->unlocks gold ore.
  
• Improved items falling in not reachable areas a lot (it can still happen very seldom - but should be now an exception). This makes also makes collecitng items easier and more convenient.
  
• Fixed that item drop rate was scaled based on real-time and not game-time which resulted longer/shorter day duration settings to not have the intended spawn rate and dropping way more items. Intended is t get 5-11 star shards in one event (1-2 wishing stars) when really searching/trying to collect the items
  

Various

• fixed fruits falling sometimes trough ground when shaking trees
  
• fixed bug that one blob of the arrogant girls trio wasn't shown as unlocked in the resident overview when photographing it
  
• fixed bug that when eating in Restaurant with 2 instead of 3 blobs in your team one blob was placed on the gound with no food.
  
• balanced health increase for feeding blob cravings:
  - simple/not-cooked food: +2 (before +1)
  - cooked food(2 ingredients): + 3( same as before)
  - cooked food(3 ingredients): + 4 (before + 5)

[h3]Final Words[/h3]
Thank you for reading so far💚! The team will continue working hard towards the next major content update and more feedback + bug fixes.

Some of you also asked how they can support us. Here are some things you can do:

• report bugs and feedback in the Steam forums or Discord
  
• help other players with questions in case you know the reply
  
• share Ova Magica with your friends, on social media or create a video/lets play
  
• one of the most important: If you enjoy the game please leave a review. We are a small slowly growing indie team without a huge budget and reviews help us immensly to get some more visibility
  

We hope you enjoy playing further! See you until next update💚

- Added "Confine cursor to window" to settings menu with default option checked (mainly relevant for "Windowed" mode)
- Improved invisible mouse cursor still clicking things
- Fixed blob food cravings not being determined correctly

[EDIT: Please update to 0.629 - it has a mouse cursor fix/improvement when playing in "Windowed" mode]

Hello💚!



Another patch with several bug fixes and improvements is available! Please make sure to update to 0.628 version.

(If Steam doesn't do the update automatic close and restart Steam.
On Steam Deck sometimes the Deck doesn't start games after updates, in this case restart the Steam Deck.)

[h3]New item: Wishing Star🌟[/h3]

Have you ever gazed up at Clover town's night sky hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star? And in that quiet, hopeful instant, it feels like anything is possible and that maybe, just maybe, your (blob egg) wish will come true 🌠!

This part contains spoilers, so if you prefer finding out yourself do not click :


We got a lot if feedback the current 2% egg drop rate from wild blobs is too low. This won't change and it is intended for blob eggs to feel rare and special. But there is now a new item in-game which will help you to 100% get your desired wild blob egg:

During the shooting star event in addition to copper ores now also "Star Shards" fall from the sky. They can be melted with the furnace into a "Wishing Star". Using the Wishing Star on a wild blob will guarantee it 100% dropping an egg after the battle (careful: do not waste it on bosses).

[h3]New: Choose your difficulty for the Night of Roses festival game[/h3]
We got a lot of feedback regarding the rythm arrow game being too hard - so hopefully the new change will help with this 💚

You can now choose between 3 difficulties: Easy, Normal, Challenging (was the only default before). Easy difficulty offers in addition to way less arrows also a bigger area/time window for hitting the arrows.

(Note: You can get the same reward when scoring A , regardless of difficulty. The reward is not unique/missable in case you prefer not playing the game)



[h3]Improvements + Balancing[/h3]

• mouse cursor is now only confined to the game window when playing with the settings “Fullscreen” and not for windowed modes.
  
• items dropped during shooting stars have now an additional visual effect for better visibility + slightly bigger collect radius
  
• basketball mini game is now slower
  
• Replaced “Sleeping Powder” skill from Mystic Forest blob world boss to make it slightly easier
  
• reduced Pirate Island blob world wild blob level by 3.
  
• reduced growth level of unripe palm tree fruits in Pirate Island blob world
  
• nerfed Treejuvenation blob ability + progress tree fruit growth from 2 to 1 day
  
• added additional hint how to progress Saphir heart event 1 when talking to Oliver

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• fixed sliding puzzle not stopping time when standing on an empty field
  
• fixed that blob product, eggs and poops sometimes were moved out of the visible blob barn area and barnd couldn#t be cleaned/cleared
  
• fixed that stew pot could be used after Blob Banquet festival event
  
• fixed a bug with apple trees on Jades farm causing the game being stuck on loading screen when trying to enter Clover Valley
  
• fixed bug that rose bushes were not recolored correctly in the different seasons
  
• removed one duplicate/overlapping bush in Clover Valley (is gone when next season starts)
  
• fixed cleaners Npcs sometimes overlapping with trainer family in blob league plaza
  
• fixed crow and crab blob eggs having too long name text
  
• fixed Emerald and Flint friendship when talking to them after the Sleigh Swap festival event
  
• fixed some Npcs not being able to be photographed when in bed or in a selling booth
  
• fixed several typos

Thanks for reading and hopefully this update will make your turtle blob wishes come true🌠💚
The team continues to work hard to improve Ova Magica with the next upcoming patches.

~Claudia

Fixed game freezing when interacting with traders in the Ceres season.

Forgot to update the countdown calendar also to 20 days in update 0.625. This hotfix fixes it♥