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SMYK is a one-tap arcade about the Midnight League: a sport in which Baba Yaga flings house spirits with a pestle for distance, and a raven judges the result. The game is free, has no ads and no purchases, works with no internet, and collects no data.

How to play — three lines

  1. Tap to swing. A marker runs along the meter; the closer to the mark, the further the flight. A perfect hit is the SMYK the game is named after.
  2. Tap in the air to slam. The spirit goes head-down. Over a haystack that is a hard bounce; over bare ground it is a skip, like a flat stone thrown across water; into a spider's web it tears straight through. You only get a few slams per run — each one spends a spark.
  3. Land, then spend your embers. The LEAGUE sells hats, powers and new heroes, and the next run starts further than the last.

How is my progress saved?

Automatically, with no save button. After every run and every purchase the game writes a single file inside its own folder on your device. No account, no internet, nothing sent anywhere.

Why is there no online leaderboard?

Because the game never goes online — it contains no network requests at all. That is deliberate: with no network there is no data collection, no accounts, no advertising and no “sign in to continue”, and the game plays the same on a plane as it does at home. You compete with your own record instead: it is marked by a post out in the field that you fly past on the next run.

How do I mute the sound?

On the main menu, the line reading “SOUND: ON” — tap it and it becomes “SOUND: OFF”. The same control is available from the LEAGUE without leaving a run. Your choice lasts for the current session of the game.

What happens to my progress if I delete and reinstall the game?

It is gone. The progress file lives inside the app, and the system deletes it along with the game. There is no cloud save and we hold no copy — we cannot restore your record, because we never had it. The one exception: if you restore your phone from a backup made before the deletion, the file may come back with that backup. That depends on your device's backup settings, not on the game.

Is the game free? Are there ads or purchases?

Free. No advertising, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions. Embers are earned by flying, and only by flying.

Do I need an internet connection?

No. Never, for anything.

How do I change the language?

There is a RUS / ENG switch in the LEAGUE. On first launch the game follows your device language.

What are embers and sparks?

Embers ◎ are the league's currency — coals still warm from the stove — and they buy hats, powers and heroes. Sparks are your nerve: one spark is one mid-air slam. Out of sparks means you finish the flight as you are.

The game crashes / something is broken

Write to [email protected] and include your phone model, your iOS or Android version, the game version (it is printed on the ABOUT screen) and what happened just before. That is usually enough to find the cause.

How do I contact support?

[email protected]. One person reads that mailbox — the same one who wrote the game — usually within a few days. English and Russian are equally fine.

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