Ova Magica is a Farm Simulator with Creature Capture mixed genre game. I normally wait for a games full release before reviewing it, but even in the state it is in most of the core game seems done. The gameplay is fun and art style is good.

Gameplay is similar to Harvest Moon in that you start by farming and a small town and your relationship with the townspeople matters as they can unlock quests, recipes to craft, and the ability to bring them into dungeons. The Blobs are creatures you can hatch from eggs that come from rewards during festivals or in combat. You have to not only keep an eye on your own stamina which depletes mostly during farming, but your monsters stamina as well which depletes during combat. Combat is turn based with an emphasis on readying your moves. Your monster will act in one of three ways the first is resting where you can take average damage and comes after acting, readying which is almost the same as resting, and acting where you can defend, attack, or use an item. In acting you can take critical damage which is why you need to defend if both you and the opponent are there. There are three types and depending on the skill used can do more or less damage. There is a lot in this game and the fact that it is in early access doesn’t really stop it from being a good game. It definitely is further along than other early access games and has a lot going for it. It is easy to tell a lot of this game is done and even in the current state it does have an unfinished feel in some areas, but it is still in development and getting actively worked on.