
Welcome to "Waking Tides," a small but captivating atmospheric adventure game that thrives on experimentation. Delve into a world where augmented reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
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Delve into a first person adventure game world where augmented reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.
Here's a small overview on how the AR companion "hint" app works. The AR is based on native smartphone WebAR technology (Android/Apple AR quicklook technolgy) - no extra app download needed.

In the murky haze of an unsettling fog, a fateful bond is shattered as your faithful companion vanishes into the watery abyss. When consciousness returns, you find yourself stranded on an enigmatic oil rig, a haunting testament to the unknown. Bizarre and otherworldly objects litter the rig's deck, their unearthly presence mocking the laws of reality. As a pulsating pain grips your skull, an enigmatic and perilous odyssey unfolds, beckoning you to uncover the secrets that lie hidden within this twisted realm.
THEMES
Atmospheric Adventure
Augmented Reality
Lovecraftian
Walking Simulator
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 27 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
画质还可以,玩法一头雾水,价格与内容不符。
Os desenvolvedores souberam fazer uma arte muito bonita para o jogo, porém se esqueceram de adicionar uma jogabilidade minimamente utilizável, jogo é cheio de bugs, nota 3/10.
game aesthetic feels like a movie, definitly worth a shot
Gorgeous visuals on extreme setting. Fun walking Simulation/puzzle game and I recommend it. Only criticism would be that the keys are way too hard to see. There were two cases where I was pointed directly at the key and still couldn't see it. Only found them by the change in center cursor. Can you make them bigger or color that doesn't match the background? The availability of hints is always a welcome addition.
Kinda meh game. Bugs and puzzles are kinda bad.
Great atmosphere in this game! Lots of creepy moments. The sound does a lot too, especially with headphones. The AR stuff is fun, but the puzzles are rather easy. Try it, you won't be disappointed.
I finished the game in roughly 45 minutes. I didn't do much exploration because there's not a real reason presented that explains why I should. For the most part you can completely avoid the AR aspects, and just find the things you need hidden around the game's various environments. The AR will either just give you a picture that tells you where to look, or potentially an actual clue you can use. It sadly feels far more like a gimmick than anything truly useful. It would have made much more sense to have items you could pick up and inspect to find the hints or whatever. But that's just me. The story is.... I have no idea. Your dog disappears. Maybe. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe it's been gone for a long time? I don't know, and it isn't explained. I can only assume this happens because your dog barks open a portal to some kind of eldritch horrorspace. And even then I'm mostly guessing, because aside from a very few minor plot points we are just left to our own imagination to put the pieces together. And my mind became more focused on pizza, because I'm hungry. The game is essentially a bunch of levels tied together through portals, without any understandable connection. A shame, because the set pieces are quite good for the most part. There are some clipping issues, and a variety of areas that simply don't look right... But overall the atmosphere looks and feels good. There's just no reasonable justification for any of what we're experiencing. This is definitely a time I wish Steam offered us the ability to make our recommendation somewhere in the middle between Yes and No. It's a short experience with no real replay value in my opinion, so while I'll give it the most hesitant of recommendations - you may want to wait for a sale.
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