RUMAH KAYUTHE WOODEN HOUSE

A MALAYSIAN TRADITION

Congkak

R U M A H   K A Y U

SENJA DI SERAMBI
A timeless game.
A whole new atmosphere.

YouNEAR SIDE
Choose a house
0IN RUMAH
THE MATCHRound 0198 seeds in play
ComputerFAR SIDE
Ready
0IN RUMAH
COMPUTER →YOU ←
YOUR RUMAH0
THEIR RUMAH0
Choose your opening houseOPENING

Pick any of your seven houses. Both players begin together.

0IN HAND
Choose a glowing house to pick up its seeds
SOWING PACE

LEARN THE RHYTHM

A little counting.
A little foresight.

Seven houses on each side, seven seeds in every house. Fill your rumah and outthink your opponent.

01

Sow clockwise

Choose a house on your side. Drop one seed in each next house and your own rumah. Skip their rumah and burned houses.

02

Keep the rhythm

Finish in an occupied house? Scoop it up and keep sowing. Finish in your rumah? Choose another house.

03

Make a tembak

After a full circuit, finish in an empty house on your side. Capture that seed and the seeds opposite, if there are any.

04

Play the long game

An empty landing house ends your turn. Both sides empty? Refill houses with seven seeds; unfilled houses burn.

Both players sow together at the opening, then alternate. An empty side passes. The match ends when one player cannot refill a house. The richer rumah wins. Regional customs vary.

EVERY SEED COUNTS

YOU0
:
COMPUTER0

RUMAH KAYU

A tradition,
beautifully kept.

Congkak is a Malaysian game of counting, patience and capture. This version follows seven-house play with a simultaneous opening and successive burned-house rounds.

Made with care

"Fine Grained Wood" by Rob Tuytel (Poly Haven, https://polyhaven.com/a/fine_grained_wood), licensed CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Changed by Patch: 1K JPEG maps selected, credit added to each file.

Typography: Cormorant Garamond by Christian Thalmann, and Manrope by Mikhail Sharanda. SIL Open Font License 1.1. Fonts bundled for offline play.

Board, seeds, interface and game created for Congkak: Rumah Kayu. Your match saves on this device.

A FRESH HANDFUL

Begin a new match?

Your current match will be replaced. A fresh board starts with seven seeds in each house.

SUASANA PERMAINAN

Set the mood.

Take a moment. Sowing pauses while this panel is open.

Senja di SerambiOriginal Malay-inspired instrumental · no vocals
Seeds & celebrationsSoft sowing, rumah and tembak sounds

Instrumental inspired by gambus-style plucks, bamboo flute, gong and rebana. An original synthesised composition for this game.

BUKU REKOD · THIS DEVICE

Every match
leaves a story.

0FINISHED MATCHES
0PLAYERS

Only complete matches count. Win = 3 points · Draw = 1 point. Rankings and history are saved on this device, not shared globally. Ties: wins, then best seed count.

YOUR SEAT AT THE BOARD

Make your mark.

Choose exactly five letters or numbers for your record-book name.

FOLLOW THE SEEDS

Your next move.

01

Choose a glowing house on your side.

02

Seeds move clockwise, including your own rumah.

03

Occupied house: relay. Your rumah: another choice. Empty house: stop or tembak.