The Paliessie

The machine war is over. In a quiet farmstead in the Paliessie marshes, one family is learning to live again — and to grow food on what is left of civilisation. The Paliessie is a puzzle game about signals. Every greenhouse device wants its own schedule: the lamp should shine when there is no sun, the vent should open when it gets hot, the watering should come three hours later. You build that schedule yourself, by patching old Soviet electronics together like a modular synthesizer. PATCH SIGNALS, GROW A HARVEST • Connect modules with cables: a solar panel, an Okean radio, a Horizont TV, Integral chips, a Vesna tape deck • Invert, compare, delay, mix and count signals — and watch the waveforms change on each little screen • Run the season and see the greenhouse come alive: lamps, vents and sprinklers follow your circuit • About 30 modules, each introduced on its own card, from a simple inverter to timers and counters A YEAR WITH THE FAMILY • 7 chapters and 63 levels: the farmstead, winter, the spring flood, voices on the air, Dziady, the Kupalle gathering and Hramnicy • Kasia, Lioša, Alieś, Paulina and Jan ask for help, each in their own voice • The seasons change the farm: snow, floodwater, storks and cranes flying over • Three stars for every level: a harvest, no hints, the most elegant circuit CALM AND HONEST • Ambient music on an old analog synth, sounds of the marsh and haptics you can feel • No ads, no energy, no timers • Play in English, Russian or Belarusian The first chapter is free. One purchase unlocks the whole game, including future chapters.