Clockwork Heart
A living bronze clockwork diorama that keeps the real time. Its hands read your actual wall-clock; gears turn at true horological ratios driven by a swinging pendulum and ticking escapement. The camera slowly orbits; toggle Cutaway or X-ray to watch the movement work behind the dial, and the bells strike on the hour.
# 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.
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