Clockwork Heart

A self-running mechanical showpiece — no player, no fail state, just a beautifully machined bronze clock that keeps the actual current time.

What it does

• Real time — the hour, minute and second hands read your system's wall-clock. The gear train turns at true seconds→minutes→hours ratios.
• Living movement — a pendulum swings at a fixed period; every swing extreme ticks the escapement, which steps the escape wheel one tooth. A mainspring barrel turns slowly below.
• Auto-orbit camera — a slow, gentle orbit around the mechanism with a soft height bob. Toggle it (and its speed) from the HUD.
• Cutaway / X-ray — hide the dial to reveal the gear train, escapement and pendulum working behind it; hide the housing too for the bare movement.
• Day–night light — the key light follows the real time of day: warm gold at midday, deep amber at dusk, cool and dim at night.
• Bells — strike on the hour, N times for the hour.

Controls

• Enter the diorama from the main menu.
• Menu / Esc pauses the camera and sound (the clock keeps time).
• Settings — master/tick/chime volume, orbit speed, captions, default view, and whether the light follows the time of day.