Mobile game studio
In a Russian log house, the gornitsa was the clean, bright room where guests were welcomed. We make games like that for RuStore: calm, honest and clear from the very first minute.
Games
Votchina is out on RuStore and in the browser, Long Nardy and Uzory are out on RuStore; Anamnesis and Skazy are in development, and Skladno is planned. The titles of the new games are working titles for now.
Build cities, roads and monasteries and share the land with your neighbors. Each turn you draw a tile and place it on the shared map so the edges match.
Classic long nardy (long backgammon) under the official rules of Russia’s Ministry of Sport. Play a bot at seven levels, two on one phone, or online with a friend or a rated opponent — no sign-up.
Patients come to you with real illnesses and injuries, and almost every sign stays hidden until you ask, examine or order a test. Make a diagnosis, choose a treatment and see the outcome — and between shifts, build your own hospital.
A leisurely role-playing game inspired by Russian fairy tales. Gather your druzhina, send it on campaigns and drop in for five minutes a day.
Cross-stitch by numbers: pick a thread and stitch with a tap or a swipe. Folk ornaments, paintings and old Russia in colour, a new picture every day, calm music and no rush.
Durak in its podkidnoy and perevodnoy forms for two to four players. Against bots offline; online with family at one table by link or with an opponent of your rating, no sign-up. The game is in Russian.
Word puzzles from Dahl’s collections: proverbs, riddles, old words — in Russian, for those who know the language. One daily puzzle for everyone, themed notebooks offline, free hints.
Planned
How we make games
We have read more than two thousand reviews of games on RuStore. People complain about the same few things again and again, and you won’t find them in our games.
Tiles and dice favor neither the bot nor paying players. In Long Nardy each online roll is built from parts supplied by the server and both phones, and you can verify it after the game.
Games against bots and two players on one phone work offline. To play a friend by correspondence, a link in a messenger is all you need.
A nickname is all you need to play online: we never ask for an email, a phone number or a password.
Votchina, Anamnesis, Skazy and Uzory have no ads at all. In Long Nardy they appear only between games, and a single purchase turns them off for good.
News
We have picked the next game: Bukvitsa, word puzzles in Russian. Its card with the “Planned” label is on the home page; the title is a working one for now.
The studio now has its own Telegram channel and VK community, both in Russian: news about our games and notes on how we make them — where the rules come from, how we draw with code and why a game leaves something out.
Colours, type, the mark, the ornament and the rules our games follow to wear the studio brand are now on the Brand book page, together with the mark in SVG and PNG for anyone writing about our games.
“A house is beautiful not for its corners, but for its pies.” A Russian proverb we keep in mind when deciding what to add to a game
Gornitsa is a small independent studio. We make games that parents, grandparents and friends enjoy after work: clear rules, big buttons, an unhurried pace.
We release every game on RuStore first and support it ourselves: we answer emails, read reviews and fix whatever gets in the way.
Game won’t start, a purchase didn’t arrive, or you have an idea? Email us. Answers to common questions are on the support page.
