Oshaq: Steppe Hearth

A jut has come: the killing winter of the steppe. You wake in a frozen yurt. The hearth is dead and snow falls through the shanyrak. Tap the hearth and the fire catches. Its light draws Sheber Apa, an old craftswoman lost in the blizzard. She builds snares, a sled and yurts. Gather saxaul, hunt, invite nomads to your auyl and give each a trade: hunter, tanner, curer, miner, smith. Then the compass points into the Great Steppe. Ride out to dark kurgans, ruined caravanserais, the mines of Ulytau and the old cities of the Silk Road. Fight wolves, the zhalmauyz hag, the dau giant and the albasty. Uncover the secret of the Golden Kurgan: the curse of the jut lies in the Golden Warrior's armour. • One-thumb play: just taps and swipes • A world that slowly unfolds, from a single spark to a whole people and the Great Steppe • 48 auyl events: wolf raids on your flock, Kazakh traditions (tusaukeser, kokpar, aitys…) with short notes on each custom, and the hard years of steppe history • Herd sheep, earn abyroi (honour) and blessings • 19 places, 50+ foes, the ride up Khan Tengri • Kazakh legends, ornament and the sound of the dombra • Kazakh, Russian and English