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The story of

OVO

Honza, a teenager from Brno, has recently started

working as an apprentice to the renowned watchmaker

and jeweller Johan Ovesenson. Master Johan not only

repairs broken clocks, but also creates incredible

mechanical jewellery pieces. Animals,

insects, vehicles, and even music-box eggs.

On one occasion, a prince from a nearby

town commissioned Master Ovesenson to make

a mechanical jewellery egg with a surprise inside,

which he intended to give to his daughter Klara

for her 10th birthday. The apprentice Honza

closely observed the old master’s entire

creative process. Just before the prince and

his daughter were due to visit, he accidentally

jammed the egg’s mechanism and realised

too late that one component was missing from inside.

The cover, along with the entire egg, was taken to the palace for

the grand birthday celebration. The part that was missing from inside was the butterfly key, which set off the beautiful song of the surprise nightingale. The boy, realising his mistake, wanted to return the key, but the carriage carrying the prince had already set off for the palace. Honza knew he could not let his master down, so he ran off with the key to make it in time for the ceremonial opening of the egg.

Meanwhile, back at the palace, the guests watched as the girl solved each of the puzzles; the boy, taking a shortcut through the castle gardens, arrived just in time to present the heiress with a beautiful jewelled key, which she could use to wind up the music box and delight all the guests with the lovely song of the mechanical nightingale. The final surprise prepared by Master Ovosenson is the secret behind how the key works. Will Honza and Klara manage to solve the riddle of the egg and the key?

Help them open the mechanical surprise egg; put your mind to the task whilst immersing yourself in relaxing music and enjoying the sight of the bright, jewelled puzzles.

Teaser

Gameplay

OVO is a 3D puzzle game.

OVO is inspired by 18th-century European artistry, where the precision of watchmaking meets the beauty of fine jewellery and intricate musical automata.

Solve ingenious spatial puzzles, immerse yourself in elegant courtly melodies, and unlock the secrets hidden within a magnificent jewelled egg.

Discover a world of beauty, mystery, and mechanical wonder.

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Tom Nedved

Kat Garstka

www.katgarstka.art

We are a two-person team.

Kat an artist, 3D graphic designer and motion designer, and Tom a animation director and VFX director.

OVO is our debut game.

Find out more about our work.

About us

OVO is a 3D puzzle game in which a single player, in first-person view, solves the mystery of a locked jeweller’s and watchmaker’s surprise egg. The puzzles are arranged sequentially; the player is guided to the next puzzle after solving the previous one. The puzzles take the form of locks, codes and spatial puzzles, which unlock and activate the next mechanism within the watchmaker’s egg. The aim of the game is to open and activate the music box – a mechanical nightingale – which is the centrepiece of the puzzle. The game is primarily designed for Apple iPad devices, but will also be available on PC.Our aim is to create an intelligent, positive and aesthetically pleasing game with relaxing background music. A game designed for players ranging from school age right up to 100 years old.

1.Idea

2. Starat

-erly designs

-research

-puzzles sketches

3. 3D Modeling, puzzles prototyping

4. First level completed

5. First 3 levels completed

6. Erly demo & Teaser completed

7. All levels completed

8. Debuging/publising

9. Release of the game on the Steam platform, release of the game on the Apple App Store/promotion