Gatewright: A Craft Without Nails

A wooden gateway. A master’s drawings. An apprentice’s hands.

Step into an old Chinese courtyard and discover the craft of traditional timber joinery. In Gatewright, you play as both a young apprentice and an experienced master, switching between two perspectives to bring a wooden gateway to life.

As the apprentice, pick up, rotate, and connect wooden pieces. Assemble smaller sections on the ground, carry them in your equipment slot, and climb your portable ladder to reach the higher joints.

As the master, study the construction drawings from your seat on the scaffold. Look closely, understand how the pieces fit, and return to the apprentice to put that knowledge into practice.

Inspired by traditional Chinese sunmao—mortise-and-tenon joinery—Gatewright is a single-player building puzzle about observation, spatial thinking, and craftsmanship.

No nails. Just timber, patience, and the right connections.