A Unique Dark Slavic Witchcraft & Sorcery RPG - REKA

Hey I recorded this on monday and they pulled the demo today, so as per usual the story of my life. Sorry about that. If it weren't for bad luck I'd have none at all.

In Russian, we pronounce the name "Baba Yaga" with the stress on last syllable of "Yaga", not the first. The name itself means something like "Granny Hag", in Russian the word "baba" means a) a rude way to refer to a woman, like "wench", or "broad". b) an old woman (its affectionate form "babushka" means grandmother), c) in its outdated use, a married woman (although I've never heard of Baba Yaga being married). Some hypotheses of Baba Yaga's origins claim that the hut on chicken's legs may refer to an ancient Slavic burial tradition of placing a dead person in a small wooden tomb on tree stumps that kinda look like chicken legs. That is why Baba Yaga in Russian fairy tales is often described as lying in her hut legs against the door, head at the opposite side, and nose touching the ceiling. It's also why a hero who comes to her for advice asks the hut to turn its back to the forest and front to him - the coffin was turned towards the wood so that the dead leave and don't come back to the living. And it's also why she is nicknamed "baba Yaga kostyanaya noga" (granny Hag bony leg, if we translate it literally). So, Baba Yaga is considered to be an undead witch. Some of her depictions are also believed to be references to Slavic witch doctors. In some Russian fairytales Baba Yaga is depicted trying to eat a child, and before that - baking the child in an oven wrapped whole in dough. Wrapping a child in dough and putting them into a hot oven is believed to be an ancient Russian way of healing tuberculosis, although children must've been really terrified of the process. Oh, and Svarog (stress on second syllable) is, indeed, a Slavic pagan god of fire, sometimes referenced as father of Khors, god of moon.

"I don't want to talk to each villager!" later "where are all the quests?" Oh Splatter

"A box inside a box." Must have been an Amazon delivery.

Now I want a game where I build & manage Howl's Moving Castle

Wow, that wood filling in feature so you don't need a bunch of angle shapes is amazing, also the trees getting knocked down by the hut was a nice touch

The art style is incredible, the consistency of it is so well thought out. The movement is smooth enough to not feel clunky.

I see Baba-Yaga, I click like. Don't care. Not my normal genre, but I will keep it in mind for later. I wanna see how they do the folklore.

Oh Splatty I'm with you 100%, this is like my absolute dream-job, be happy as can be to be a witch in the wood. - and who doesn't want a walking magic mobile home (bigger on the inside then out hopefully) like Sheelba of the Eyeless Face. Hope this gets fleshed out into something wonderful.

This is a really cool idea, and I like the way they have implemented it. Yeah, it's a little rough around the edges, but I love this.

Everybody gansta til the house starts walking...

Kind of disappointed he didn't go with the classic "face" on the chicken hut with two windows on either side of a door..

Избушка-избушка, повернись к лесу передом...

Thanks for the great videos mate! ❤

Loving the vibe of this one. I'll definitely keep an eye out for it once it's a little more polished

This game is the one that come closer to what I want, wich is a base building game where I can have a mobile base... although isn't exactly the base building game that I wanted, which was something more survival oriented, still I'll try this one...

Witches apprentice sandbox rpg? Did they pull my 12 y/o self dream game? The demo is no longer available 😢

“i wanna drive a chicken caddie.” words i never imagined i’d hear splatty say. 🤣

Reká means river in most Slavic languages. Might be a hint to why the Bába Yagá calls her River Kitten.

Ancient magic is about foraging, growing plants and fetching stuff, a lot of it is what inspired alchemy and later medicine making. :)