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BABA & KOKUM: Porch Print Shop

INV-07 · Puzzle game

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scarf.babakokum.com (opens in a new tab)

A cozy puzzle game about the printed floral kokum scarf, a cloth shared by Ukrainian and Plains Cree family traditions. Built for web, iOS and Android from one codebase.

BABA & KOKUM rules card: six scoring patterns for placing printed tiles on a scarf grid and the five ink colours. (open full-size screenshot)
Fig. 1 How the print-shop puzzle scores.

Problem

Stories of how Ukrainian settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada shared everyday objects rarely reach people outside museums and festivals.

Solution

A short print-shop puzzle with a daily scarf, nine guests and four seasons. It runs fully offline, and the store apps make no network requests.

Technology

Vanilla JavaScript game, no framework · Expo shell around an offline copy · Service-worker offline play · Telegram Mini App

Where it stands

On the App Store since 24 September 2026, playable on the web (itch.io, Game Jolt) and as a Telegram Mini App; Android in Google Play testing.

INV-07 · stage 05 Deploy · Live

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One connected system that runs a Ukrainian cultural festival in Carleton Place, Ontario: public site, applications, participant cabinets, sponsor and finance registers, and certificates anyone can verify online. Built for the Ukrainian Community of Lanark County, a non-profit co-founded by INNOVA’s founder.

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INV-02 · Lost & found network

FoundWall

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