Press kit
Press information for Glitchplay and Panelka Idle.
About Glitchplay
Glitchplay is a family-run indie game studio based in Tallinn, Estonia. Founded by Viacheslav Bogomazov and Anna Lifareva, the studio is currently developing Panelka Idle, a cozy idle desktop companion game.
- Location
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Viacheslav Bogomazov
- Programming
- Anna Lifareva
- 3D Art & Modeling
Panelka Idle
A cozy idle desktop companion where you build, decorate, and observe a living post-Soviet apartment block at your own pace.
- Title
- Panelka Idle
- Developer
- Glitchplay
- Publisher
- Glitchplay
- Release date
- Fall 2026
- Price
- $6.99 USD
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS (TBA)
- Genre
- Idle desktop companion
- Engine
- Godot Engine
- Planned languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Russian
- Steam App ID
- 4902290
Short description
Panelka Idle is a cozy desktop companion about bringing a post-Soviet apartment block to life. Move in residents, earn coins, customize the building and its surroundings, collect familiar objects, and watch the neighborhood live and change while you work, study, or relax.
Description
Panelka Idle is a cozy idle desktop companion built around a living post-Soviet apartment block. Move in residents, watch them go about their lives, and earn coins automatically over time. Spend those coins on developing and customizing the building and its surroundings.
Residents have their own behaviors and react to the environment around them. They walk through the yard, visit the kiosk, interact with nearby objects, and bring life to the neighborhood while you work, study, or focus on other things.
Customize the facade, roof, basement level, and yard with plants, flowers, trees, birds, and familiar objects found in post-Soviet neighborhoods. Place decorations on the roof and walls, lean objects against the building, repaint its surfaces in custom colors, or add your own mural.
The atmosphere changes throughout the day with wind, fog, rain, thunderstorms, and a full day-and-night cycle. Collect items from the kiosk, play and upgrade a separate arcade mini-game, or use the functional Pomodoro timer styled after an Elektronika 7 clock and placed directly on the roof.
Panelka Idle can be moved anywhere on your desktop, resized, and placed on any monitor. There is no required pace or optimal way to play: build your panelka gradually and let it become part of your everyday desktop.
Key features
- A living desktop companion — Place the building anywhere on your screen, resize it, and move it between monitors.
- Build at your own pace — Residents automatically earn coins over time, which can be spent on development, decorations, and improvements.
- Observe your residents — Watch them walk around the building, visit the kiosk, and react to their surroundings.
- Detailed customization — Decorate the yard, facade, walls, and roof; repaint building surfaces and add a custom mural.
- A changing atmosphere — Experience wind, fog, rain, thunderstorms, and a full day-and-night cycle.
- Collections and a mini-game — Collect familiar neighborhood objects and play an upgradeable arcade mini-game.
- A rooftop Pomodoro timer — Stay focused with a functional timer inspired by the Soviet Elektronika 7 clock.
Trailer
Watch Panelka Idle — Announcement Trailer on YouTube
Screenshots
Gameplay images
Gameplay clips
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Key art
Press & content creators
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