Cross sabres. Hold the sky. Build a new world. Discover the games and books of Loca Deserta, from the Cossack lands of Loca Deserta to the Star Hetmanate. Created in Ukraine by Dmytro Gladkyi.
SICHA is now on the App Store! Cross sabres on iPhone and iPad: 35 heroes of four nations, 12 combos, the Cossack’s Path campaign and Wi-Fi duels with a friend. Also available on Android; Steam comes later.
Hold the sky. Keep the power on. Command mobile fire teams, protect Ukrainian cities from drones and missiles, and upgrade your defenses at dawn. A pixel-art campaign spanning 40 nights from Kramatorsk to Kyiv.
Pixel-art sabre duels from the age of the Cossacks: 35 heroes of four nations, 12 combos, dozens of sabres, the Cossack's Path campaign and Wi-Fi duels with a friend. Out now on Google Play.
A side-view pixel-art caravan defence game in the spirit of Kingdom Two Crowns. Lead a Cossack salt caravan 1,130 km from Kerch to Kyiv: trade and hire guards by day, defend the icon of the Pokrova from Ukrainian folklore creatures by night. 50 nights, a boss every 5th. Android first, then iOS.
A macro-economic space colony builder inspired by The Settlers III/IV. Free to play, with an in-app purchase that unlocks the full game. Mobile only: coming first to Android phones and tablets, then the App Store.
Stories about Hetmanate Federation terminators in orbital drops and Cossack Plastun scouts on bot-horses on planet Dyke Pole-17. Read on the site, Booknet, Apple Books, or download EPUB.
Published the foundational Ukrainian military space sci-fi novel on Apple Books, Booknet, and full online reader, alongside the lore portal scifi.locadeserta.com.
Launched daily dev builds of our 20v20 team shooter in Roblox and 9 custom Fortnite Islands by creator @DmytroGladkyi.
From Ukrainian Cossack games to modern air defense in DefendUS and space strategy: sabre duels, real-time tactics, caravan defence, RPG, city building, trading and interactive fiction. Filter by era and platform.
Hold the sky. Keep the power on. A pixel-art air-defense action game: command mobile fire teams, protect Ukrainian cities from waves of drones and missiles, and upgrade your defenses at dawn. A 40-night campaign from Kramatorsk to Kyiv. Coming soon to Android.
Pixel-art sabre duels from the age of the Cossacks. 35 heroes of the Hetmanate, the Commonwealth, the Ottomans and the Crimean Tatars, 12 combos, dozens of sabres, the Cossack's Path campaign and Wi-Fi duels with a friend. Out now on iOS and Android. Steam is coming later.
A side-view pixel-art caravan defence game in the spirit of Kingdom Two Crowns. Lead a Cossack salt caravan 1,130 km from Kerch to Kyiv: trade and hire guards by day, defend the icon of the Pokrova from Ukrainian folklore creatures by night. 50 nights, a boss every 5th. Android first, then iOS.
Real-time tactics in the battles of Khmelnytsky's war, 1648–1655. Command regiments of the Cossack Hetmanate, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire, where terrain and morale decide the fight: a 12-battle campaign from Zhovti Vody to Okhmativ, skirmishes and two-phone battles over Wi-Fi. Coming soon to Google Play.
A macro-economic space colony builder inspired by The Settlers III/IV set in the Loca Deserta Sci-Fi universe. Harvest asteroids, chain production buildings, expand territory with Towers, and colonise planets named after Ukrainian regions — Podillia, Zhovti Vody, Kryvbas. Free on Android phones and tablets, with an in-app purchase that unlocks the full game. Mobile only: pre-registration is open on Google Play; the App Store follows.
Settle the south of Ukraine in Khadjibey-Odesa! Take on the role of a Cossack pioneer: complete 70+ interconnected quests, help Budjak Tatars and Cossack chieftains, dig up 5 ancient Ukrainian treasures, and enjoy 100% Ukrainian & English voice acting and songs.
A 3D low-poly settlement builder and production simulator set in the Zaporozhian Host. Start with an axe and pickaxe, construct 40+ buildings with 3 upgrade tiers, manage 14 production chains (from timber to cannons & ships), and unlock 6 valleys to the Black Sea.
Become a XVII-century Ukrainian Chumak salt-and-goods trader! Start at Zaporozhian Sich with one wagon, analyze market margins across 25+ historical towns (Chyhyryn, Kaniv, Cherkasy, Baturyn), hire Otamans, unlock trade perks, and build town manufactories.
The classic turn-and-season strategy game at the edge of the Great Meadow (Velykyi Luh). Manage workers, build smithies and powder cellars, train armed Cossacks, send aid to the central Sich server, and explore two handcrafted maps through changing seasons.
The game that started the universe! A series of branching historical interactive stories with 9+ adventures (Khotyn Night Raid, Escape after Cicora with 18 endings, Yellow Waters Ambush, Kodak Night) plus a built-in cross-platform Story Creator.
A tactical hexagonal puzzle and territory expansion game. Start from a single central hex, harvest free grain tiles, combine resources to recruit Cossacks, cannons, wagons, and boats, and break through the 15th-ring enemy fortress walls!
A team-based 20v20 multiplayer action shooter in Roblox! Cossacks vs. Tatars, objective-based warfare, weapon progression, custom skins, and the Assault on Kerch.
An alternate timeline where after 1657 the Cossack Hetmanate united Europe, reached the stars, and after the Martian Division of the Universe founded Star Sich in the Virgo Supercluster and secret colony "Loca Deserta-17".
The foundational novel of Ukrainian military space sci-fi. In Star Era 281 (2424 AD), the Hetmanate Federation establishes secret colony "Loca Deserta-17" guarded by three regiments of Space Haiduks. In SE 323, all contact with the colony is lost...
Planet Loca Deserta-17. Otaman Bohdan Tytar leads three Plastun scouts on bot-horses armed with a heavy "Hornet" flamethrower deep behind Empire of the Sun lines to destroy an enemy melta-convoy.
When elite Samanaks of the Empire of the Sun seize a warp station on an abandoned moon, 2nd-grade Terminator Ivan Donets and the Hetmanate assault regiment launch an orbital drop into a plasma-scorched labyrinth.
Multiplayer 20v20 team-based shooter: Cossacks vs. Tatars, weapon progression, skins, and map objectives. Play the live developer build now!
High-signal community for Fortnite (UEFN) and Roblox creators. To request an invite: purchase Loca Deserta: Odesa or Sloboda 2 on any platform and DM your receipt screenshot to Dmytro Gladkyi (dmytrogladkyi) on Discord.
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