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OvO is a stick-figure parkour platformer. You run left to right through a course of ramps, gaps, spinning saw blades, pits and walls, and the whole game is about reading the next obstacle and clearing it without breaking stride. One mistake and you restart, which is why it suits quick, repeated attempts.

It sits a little apart from the rest of We Become What We Behold, where most pages are about choices and stories. OvO is the opposite: no dialogue, no decisions, just momentum and timing. That makes it a good break between the heavier games on the site, and it loads in the browser with nothing to install.

The appeal is the movement. Your runner keeps its speed through slopes and slides, jumps carry further when you take them cleanly, and walls can be used to climb, so a good run looks more like a flowing chain of moves than a series of separate jumps. Levels are short, so a failed attempt costs seconds rather than minutes.

How to play

Left and right arrows or A and D move your runner. Up or Space jumps. After a crash, pressing a key restarts the attempt. On a phone, tap and swipe to control the runner.

A typical level goes like this: you start on flat ground, a few simple jumps teach the pattern, then the course adds a hazard that needs a specific move, such as a jump timed to a moving blade or a leap off a ramp. Each level adds a twist to the previous one, so you keep learning something new as you go.

Tips

• Watch the obstacle ahead, not your runner. Deciding on your next jump before you reach the gap gives you time to line it up.
• Do not hold the direction key when you land. Changing speed in mid-air is easier than fixing a bad landing.
• After a crash, spend the first few seconds of the next try noticing what killed you. Most levels repeat the same trick in a slightly different form later on.
• If a section keeps failing, slow down. Rushing into a jump is more often the cause than a mistimed button press.

Similar games on We Become What We Behold

Nothing else here plays quite like OvO, since the neighbouring titles are mostly narrative. Whack Your Boss is the closest in pace, with short, repeatable sessions that you can pick up and drop in a minute. Life: The Game and Breaking the Bank are better if you want choices and consequences, and We Become What We Behold itself is a short, quiet piece you can finish in a few minutes.

OvO suits anyone who wants a few minutes of focused play, works best with a keyboard, and is still playable by touch on a phone.