A Unique Dark Slavic Witchcraft & Sorcery RPG - REKA

REKA Gameplay with Splattercat! Let's Play REKA and check out a game where you'll become apprentice to baba yaga, the legend of the woods and do her bidding.
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[@Splattercatgaming]

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.

[@RoseKindred]

You got my hopes up and then shattered!!! Just kidding, these things happen. I still added to follow for later.

[@plumbthumbs9584]

Fellow He-Haw fan? Doom! Despair! And agony on me! Deep, dark depression, excessive misery!

[@roboninja1]

All good dude, still one to look forward to. Definitely has an interesting hook.

[@TheWretchedOwl]

Well I’m going to watch the video anyway so it’s not really a loss 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mirrortherorrim]

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 b) an old woman (its affectionate form "babushka" means grandmother), c) in its outdated use, a married woman (although I've never heard of Baba Yaga being married).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.

[@AtticusKarpenter]

Not the fire, the god of sky, right? Eastern slavs has the god of fire, but his name is forever lost to history (too many burned Russian capitols with achives in it, Kiev in mongolian invasion, Moscow in Napoleonic one, so there is really big gaps in data about Rus' paganism that must be acknowledged, while neopagans just fill them with fanfiction). Also Finland and Baltic ethnicities have their own analogues of Baba Yaga in their mythology, hag that guard border between life and death and open path in it when need for hero to travel in lands of dead and return is arise. Slavic mythology also has this border as Smorodina river (not as name of berry but as Smrad, so "river of hellish stink") but its ties to Baba Yaga as its guardian is less clear

[@Noizzed]

So, like Baba Yagá?

[@cefcephatus]

Funny that Baba is also a word for "Granny" in Japanese. I'm not Japanese, I just know. "Granny Hag" is "Kuso Baba", if you ever heard in an anime. Anyways, thanks for the folklore that is needed to delve into this story line.

[@cernunnos_lives]

I think Baba Yaga is what's left from an ancient goddess deep in time. Perhaps a reference to a being from thousands of years ago. She held something important that we forgot about. There are clues like the mortal and pestle, the connection to the tiaga (forest) and animals. And all of the childhood stories about magic and curses. There's something big we are missing here from the myths. I think it's tied to when mankind spread across the Eurasian steppe into territory that belongs to something else.

[@JohnMiller-zr8pl]

Thank you for this explanation, what books of slavic folklore do you recommend?

[@ZippytheHappyChimp]

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

[@yawarapuyurak3271]

my fondness for him is as great as my hate for his direction sense.

[@dealwolfstriked272]

@@yawarapuyurak3271 haha

[@rodrigodeus8730]

@@yawarapuyurak3271 "my fondness for him is as great as my hate for his direction sense." - HAHAHA! Amazing!

[@0num4]

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

[@MadMadNomad]

Seriously! How cool would that be?

[@msolomonii9825]

Oh-my-god(s) YES!!!

[@AtticusKarpenter]

Ooh Thats sounds more than awesome (but they need original authors as consultants to not fuck up universal sex symbol of the internet, the Howl himself)

[@plumbthumbs9584]

This is an outstanding idea. My dude, your career as an indie-game developer has just been born. Now get your butt over to Kickstarter!

[@Bandit2033]

Maybe even a.... Mortal Engine? 😏

[@krsanth-4142]

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

[@insultinsultan705]

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

[@Noizzed]

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

[@plumbthumbs9584]

But perhaps a little clucky.

[@RoseKindred]

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.

[@l1qu1dm3t4lIV]

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

[@ImpreccablePony]

But the classic witch hut of Baba Yaga is described as a hut with no doors and no windows.

[@msolomonii9825]

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.

[@brigandboy1425]

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.

[@Cuestrupaster]

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...

[@plumbthumbs9584]

Mobile Chicken Gundam.

[@legomacinnisinc]

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

[@ImpreccablePony]

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

[@spacequack5470]

Obviously...

[@AnotherBrownAjah]

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

[@wrongthinker843]

Looks like generic survival-crafting stuff so far.

[@kingdomrains]

Check out Blacktail if you have not already.

[@GlawiousAldredMarci]

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

[@BenjaminStaver]

That was my thought. When he was saying that he didn't see many game mechanics I kept thinking "my man, you're playing the game right now!" Wandering the woods, collecting ingredients, interacting with magical elements. This video really hooked me hard.

[@classycasual3910]

Everybody gansta til the house starts walking...

[@shockmonkey1842]

Reka is word for river in lot of Balcan countries like Serbian, Croatian an so on.

[@JanHavel]

Interesting, we have "řeka" in Czech republic (too).

[@shockmonkey1842]

Thats because we are Slavic brothers 😁

[@mirrortherorrim]

So, same as in Russian. And Belarus, I believe.

[@slawomirr12]

and there is "rzeka" in Polish

[@linxaus2521]

Thanks for the great videos mate! ❤

[@Ramk0sh]

Избушка-избушка, повернись к лесу передом...

[@MrTurtleThief]

"Deep Forest Ukranian Cadillac" had me dying

[@msolomonii9825]

Man has the gift-of-gab

[@Druforithe]

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

[@kingwafflemonger5703]

Comments for Splat! Witch hexes upon KZbin!

[@kareningram6093]

13:39 "Baba Yaga's creepy ass devil chair." I don't know why this made me laugh, but it did.

[@adorbstotesadorbs.9371]

I heard Splattercat killed 3 men... with a pencil. A fricken pencil.

[@classycasual3910]

Ya wanna see a magic trick? I can make this pencil... Disappear!

[@adorbstotesadorbs.9371]

@@classycasual3910 Tbh I never got the joke.. Like, whenever anyone talks about how deadly he is, they talk about the pencil... I feel like someone of Wick's talents could do waaaay more with just a plastic spoon.

[@Majber]

Looks like another good sandbox game that I will never ever play.

[@aidkik580]

THIS is literally the most unique game ive seen in years, the potential here is limitless, it would honestly, given proper funding, compete with skyrim or fallout. The premise is excellent and leaves so much room for magical encounters, hundreds of unique creatures or demons or kings and crusaders who are at odds with the witch, an then theres room to introduce other playable mythological entities like howls magic castle style. God the potential here is insane

[@classycasual3910]

Nice lighting on this one! Thanks for covering it, splat!

[@CoolSs]

The world doesn't have enough witch's games.

[@plumbthumbs9584]

It's an Inquisition conspiracy. I'll bet when you woke up this morning, you didn't think someone would mention the Inquisition, because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@ttsymphonyg]

Character animations look awesome on this one

[@thirteen_candles9806]

So this is Ancient magus bride the game. I love it

[@DeadPool-pb2fi]

feels like it

[@thirteen_candles9806]

@@DeadPool-pb2fi river kitten=little puppy. It's so spot on. The first thing the bones reminded me of when she helped the king of the cats get rid of the blight.

[@loloxloloxlolox]

Smells like a lot of lore

[@bluecadet4309]

"They all look the same to me" -Splattey Boi on chickens

[@DawnChatman]

This looks so cute. I've had it wishlisted for a bit now, I'm glad you tried it.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Well, this looks promisingly intriguing.

[@remethtiamat7950]

Oh wow I really want to play this one! Thanks Splattercat!

[@cycle1990]

i love slavic folklore, my grandmother always told me storys back in the day about baba yaga and stuff :D

[@ximiony]

Graphics look like if Witcher 3 and For The King had a baby.

[@muzboz]

Really pretty, love the art style. :D

[@Spruehwuerstl]

Thats what i want to see! Something creative! It looks amazing too!

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for showcasing. ^^

[@chicaoterror]

Nice mechanics and great video.

[@cringof5879]

this was truly dope

[@rickdaniel7341]

10:30 Arise, Chicken. Chicken, Arise.

[@joewilson3393]

I saw Lady Shelab play this one too, and it looks pretty decent. Reminds me a lot of what I liked about Black Book.

[@Qadupae]

4:44 Yup, pretty much. I usually have to get a bunch of ingredients and shit for stuff lol

[@celenity1705]

LOL this was my exact thought

[@Haiphong778]

I want it! I hope indeed that the game's development progresses well!

[@jimobrien7315]

"if we aren't doing this to charge up Chain Lighting, why are we doing this?"... I mean, let's be honest... we were all thinking that.

[@joeyj6808]

That sure don't seem like the Baba Yaga my babushka told me about when I was little.

[@joelmitchell7597]

It's certainly nice to look at

[@chickenmadness1732]

cool concept

[@Axvil]

Everyone wants to be a witch of the woods, until the lyrium addict templars and the pissed off villagers show up..

[@danjohnson887]

My kind of game!!!! I'm getting this on release.

[@chrisstokoe3169]

This looks mad good nothing like it that I can remember that let's u bring back and drive the chicken hut

[@helldvan]

Reka means River thta why she call you river kitten

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

Cool concept. I'm interested in what it'll look like after a year of work is put into it.

[@mephistophelicpierogi]

Like the vibe. There's not a lot out there flavored with Slavic paganism. Part of why I liked Witcher 3 was that they used some of the demon names, and runes had names of some of the deities. Too early to tell exactly what kind of game this'll be

[@fulke1994]

demo seems not to be available anymore. But as a D&D Fan i like the idea of a game where you play basically Tasha :D soo.. whishlist!

[@Maniacman2030]

Is Tasha supposed to be the Baba Yaga of D&D? With spells like Hideous Laughter, I thought more Wicked Witch. Unless something changed circa 5e.

[@fulke1994]

@@Maniacman2030 No. Baba Yaga herself is in dnd, with the chicken hut and everything. And tasha was her apprentice / raised by her.

[@8bitSpartan141]

This is actually really cool tbh

[@sergeykoshelev4566]

Nice and fun. Though, chicken hut is a coffin and Baba Yaga is a dead-living corpse. The rest is ay OK.

[@sisbonetta]

The Baba-Yaga woohoo 😊. Thanks for what u do bub

[@Mongaloose]

Arise, chicken! Chicken, arise!

[@stardusttraveler8766]

Oh yeah i saw this on instagram actually it looked very interesting

[@Cassandra112]

aww man. missed the demo. and heck yeah, I love playing hedge witches in like every open world survival game. Game itself does seem rough. just fetch quests? how much are spells rituals? and how much is everything preset? feels like progression and gameplay is going to be really on rails.

Ah, my home language. River.

[@TheWretchedOwl]

When I saw the description of this game I thought it was going to be about that other baba yaga game, which like… weird that there’s more than one. 🤔

[@ryanorionwotanson4568]

Id like to try this

[@igorthelight]

Fun fact about Baba Yaga: she was a neutral character. But when Christianity became the main religionшт Kievan Rus' - Baba Yaga became just an evil witch ;-)

[@Marshal_Nemesis]

Wishlisted..looks promising.

[@TheCyrusX7]

Arise chicken, arise!

[@cefcephatus]

This game really get me interest. The environment also looks cozy and half terrifying. I don't think it's a survival game, more like an interactive visual novel. I don't know what happened with the demo, I saw the post about it but I can't see the download, is it on another page?

[@badgercdlyons]

I would very much like to play a game where I am John Wick's assistant.

[@13_faces]

Art style reminds me of plague tale, which is a good thing

[@yeetrpg]

C'mon, Splat, we do not chant "Hut". We chant: "Hut, hut" and then demand from hut (izbushka) on chicken legs, also. If you say hut just one time it wouldn't work!

[@yeetrpg]

Also, reka means river

[@JohnMiller-zr8pl]

With more work in it will be interesting.

[@RobWright1981]

It looks like it should be Valheimesque.

[@olympicjbrag5913]

Doing some cool games lately. I'm not big on the top down games but you did THE LONG DARK once. Don't you think its time for an update?? Lots of new shit to check out my guy.

[@AVD223]

there is an incredible book with a similar premise: the dungeon that walks like a man

[@apoisonedgift4966]

Gdi splat... the demo is nolonger available :P Why you get me excited like this haha

[@mbielcik]

🖤

[@Willow1w]

Interesting game river kitten.

[@djwindkind]

Yo Splat, have you ever thought of going floatplane? Pretty sure they would accept you...

[@HappyAspid]

Definetly has potential. But need to know more about gameplay first. Visuals are quite good.

[@PatrickLambert81]

❤

[@CythereaEressea]

Devs saw this video and quickly pulled the demo...

[@operatori]

Can the chicken hut shoot atomic laser beams?

[@TalonWren]

I am not seeing the demo download link.

[@aidkik580]

Lol watchin granny baba run, also wen you said magic was gathering the grain for you uhh how you gon dis them crows flyin round who obviously were doing the work

[@robertb8673]

I was wondering why this games name is Reka but the girls Name is River. Reka means river in some slavic languages.

[@spatialdistortion223]

I never understood the John Wick analogue to an old witch.

[@ryonalionthunder]

Probably a fuck up. Babayaga sounds similar to “babaka” would apparently have meant “the boogieman” which certainly fits more.

[@kevinmagee8185]

And here I am not turning people's children into toads for free. Like an idiot.

[@ericheft6184]

Hey, lets play a game of pick a chicken!

[@MrAgmoore]

Chicken 🐔 stew 🍲

[@imalonedik9903]

Reka, it means river in Serbian/Slavic

[@Ace0hSpades]

Disappointing that the player character doesn’t wave her hand when she is placing objects down. Would be cool to have that visual with the building.

[@sisbonetta]

U have a weed problem? I can suggest a great chemical. It's kinda what I do😊

[@kylemackinnon5696]

For the algorythm

[@reka10]

This is a weird coincidence.

[@ohdubwest7533]

It bothers me that the “pine branch” is definitely not pine.

[@Tyfyss]

This is giving me some Howl's Moving Castle vibes without the Calcifer.