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2016 · Adventure · Indie

Clockwork

Clockwork, set in the great mechanical city of Watchtower, is a story about unlikely friends coming together to try to fix an imperfect world. The city’s mysterious past is questioned when Atto’s trusty pocket watch suddenly wakes up and introduces itself as Milli. Renewed with a sense of purpose, Atto and Milli must explore the city, control time and confront terrifying bosses, before it’s too late.

Released: 10 October 2016
Platforms: Windows macOS
Genres: Adventure Indie Platformer Puzzle Puzzle-platformer Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: Australia
Languages: English
Time to beat: 5hmain story6hcompletionist

About

Clockwork is a puzzle-platform game developed and published by Sydney, Australia based video game studio Gamesoft. The game has a steampunk theme and is set in a city in a dystopian future.

›Story

In the ruins of a dead world stands the great city of Watchtower. The city has survived for four hundred years, longer than most of its citizens can remember. A few whisper about the time of the great plague; a time when the desperate survivors grew so afraid of their fleshly bodies that they encased themselves in metal ones - bodies that would rust and break down, but never sicken and die. Since then they have waited, counting the days as the city falls into ruin.

Atto was only eight years old when his body was encased in metal. He remembers nothing of the time before. He only knows that someone must have given him his beautiful pocket watch, and a restless urge to fix things.

Milli is a masterpiece of mechanical ingenuity. She has detailed knowledge of the workings of Watchtower. And more importantly: of time itself. Yet, she knows nothing of her origins, except that she was meant for a great purpose.

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Story

Clockwork is set in the dystopian future city of Watchtower; As Atto you try to get by day to day, until he discovers his watch is inhabited by the spirit of a girl known as Milli. Atto decided to return Milli to her creator, and the two need to work together to get through the dangerous obstacles of Clocktower with Milli's mysterious power to reverse time.

Development

Gamesoft, a video game studio based in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia, began development of Clockwork in 2014. Vishal Gumber, the CEO of Gamesoft, said the game took two years to finish with a team of twenty five people.

Reception

Reviews for the game largely praise the art and soundtrack for being beautiful and bringing the steampunk work of Clocktower to life. However, bugs in the gameplay and some confused game design in the latter part of the game have caused mixed reviews on Steam.