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Tidepool Keeper · version 0.2.3
A pool that keeps its own time
You've inherited a tidepool called The Sundry, and the notebook of the keeper before you. The tide comes and goes on its own clock; come back when it does, see what it left, and fill the notebook a page at a time. Here's how it all works.
BrowserAndroidWorks offlineNo accountNo fail state
Chapter 1
Get the game
Two ways to play, the same game.
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In your browserPress Play in Your Browser. On a phone, use Install to Home Screen (in Settings, or the button at the top) and it opens like an app and works offline.Android appDownload
tidepool-keeper-0.2.3-android.apkand open it. The first time, Android asks you to allow installs from your browser: allow it, then tap Install.
Chapter 2
The Sundry
The pool is the home screen.
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Meet the pool
A short tutorial walks you round the first time; skip it or replay it from Settings whenever you like. The card at the top shows whether the tide is coming in or going out, the pool's mood in its own words, and when the next tide arrives.
- The mood follows the tide, the hour, the moon and the season.
Step 1 of the tutorial -
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Tap the water
Tap the pool and it ripples. Now and then a visitor drops by around a tide window, a gull, a crab, a small fish or a moth; tap them too.
The Sundry
Chapter 3
Tides and collecting
Every high and low tide is a window, by day or in the dark, and each one leaves something behind.
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Collect what washes in
When windows have passed, the button says Collect 2 Windows (or however many). Press it and a wave washes the finds onto the pool. Tap each one to pick it up, or Gather All.
- Anything you miss waits for you, up to 7 days.
- There are twelve kinds of finds, three for each kind of window: low tide by day, high tide by day, low tide in the dark and high tide in the dark.
Two windows washed in -
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The Satchel
Everything you pick up, grouped by window. Counts are in words ("a handful"); tap a line for the exact number.
The Satchel -
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The Clipboard
The tide chart, from 12 hours ago to 36 hours ahead, with the dark hours shaded. Every window arrives about 50 minutes later each day, so the rhythm keeps moving. Below it: the moon, the kind of tide, and a forecast of the next windows.
- The Tide Almanac on the Workbench lets you read further ahead: 3, 7, then 14 days.
The tide chart and forecast
Chapter 4
Gear
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The Workbench
Spend what you collect on gear, up to level 5 each. Each piece of gear faces one window; tap a window to point it there, and change your mind whenever you like.
The Drying Rack and Tide Trap
| Gear | What it does | Each level |
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| Drying Rack | Dries and sorts what the water leaves, so more of it is worth keeping. | +15% of everything from the window it faces |
| Tide Trap | A weighted basket set low in the pool for the occasional find. | +6% chance of the occasional find from that window |
| Catch Jar | Sealed jars hold a catch past its window, so a long absence costs less. | +2 days of catches kept from that window |
| Tide Almanac | Lets the Clipboard's forecast read further ahead. | 3, then 7, then 14 days |
Chapter 5
The Notebook
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Fill the pages
Every find gets a page, smudged until you've found it. Each one has a note from the keeper before you; write your own beneath it, then press the rubber stamp to keep the page.
- Edit a stamped page any time, then Stamp Again to keep the change.
- Finish a section, every find from one window, for a small bonus from that window.
The Notebook before any finds
Chapter 6
Settings
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Settings
The button at the top right of the header.
- Replay Tutorial.
- Install to Home Screen (browser version).
- Mode: Follow System, Dark or Light.
Settings
Chapter 7
Good to know
No rush, no failNothing is lost by being away: the pool keeps running, and finds wait up to 7 days.
Offline and privateTidepool Keeper keeps everything on your device and never goes online. No account.
A simplified tideThe tides come from a simple model, not a harbour forecast, so they won't match your local beach.