OVIVO

OVIVO turns movement itself into the puzzle, with black-and-white spaces that swap roles as you travel through them. By our assessment, its best trick is how cleanly it turns platforming into a simple rule set that still asks for attention and rhythm, so the whole thing feels more like reading a pattern than fighting controls. The downside is that once you understand the trick, the game has less room for escalation than longer puzzle-platformers. In practice it is quiet, precise, and very much about flow from one screen to the next. It sits near the artful end of the indie platformer world, where style and mechanics are tied together tightly. OVIVO is for players who like elegant movement puzzles and do not need constant new systems to stay interested.