TIDEWARD, AN IDLE ALMANAC
Press fact sheet, v2, updated July 12, 2026
Press kit: https://manugames.com/press/ · Contact: press@manugames.com

Title            Tideward. Subtitle: An Idle Almanac.
Developer        Manu Games LLC, a one-person studio, self-published
Based            Waynesville, North Carolina, U.S.A. Founded 2026.
Genre            Idle RPG / incremental. An idle almanac. Single player.
Release date     Thursday, February 11, 2027, on the U.S. App Store
Status today     Open TestFlight alpha: https://tideward.app/install/
Platforms        iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch.
                 One Universal app, one purchase, one save.
Price            Free download with a single one-time $9.99 unlock.
                 No subscription, no ads, no consumable purchases.
Languages        14 in-app: English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified),
                 Chinese (Traditional), Filipino, French, German,
                 Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,
                 Spanish, Vietnamese. 13 App Store storefront locales
                 (Filipino and Haitian Creole are in-app only).
Engine           None. Native Swift and SwiftUI on every platform,
                 SwiftData persistence, CloudKit private-database sync,
                 zero third-party SDKs. App Privacy: "Data Not Collected."
Trades           Twenty-four trades across combat, gathering, artisan,
                 and wayfaring lines. A true 24 hours of offline progression.
Game Center      62 achievements, 11 leaderboards (3 weekly recurring),
                 and Challenges. Opt-in.
Trademark        TIDEWARD, USPTO Serial 99800434, filed May 2026
Websites         https://tideward.app (game) · https://manugames.com (studio)
Trailer          https://youtu.be/oTDYV_ZTR9U (60 seconds)
Social           X @tidewardgame · Discord https://discord.gg/hw6w93astV
Press contact    press@manugames.com. Response within 24 hours, Monday to
                 Friday, US Eastern. Embargoes honored when requested in
                 writing.

ABOUT (150 words, copy-paste ready)

Tideward is an unhurried idle RPG, an idle almanac, native on every Apple
device. You tend a small coastal world through twenty-four trades: combat,
gathering, artisan, and wayfaring lines that keep working through a true
24 hours of offline progression. Close the app and the work continues;
nothing nags you to come back. It is built in pure Swift and SwiftUI as one
Universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and Apple
Watch, with SwiftData persistence and CloudKit keeping the one save in the
player's own iCloud. No accounts, no first-party servers. There are no ads,
no subscriptions, no consumable purchases, and no third-party SDKs in the
binary: the App Privacy label reads "Data Not Collected." Tideward is a
free download with a single one-time $9.99 unlock. In open TestFlight alpha
today; version 1.0 ships Thursday, February 11, 2027, from Manu Games LLC
of Waynesville, North Carolina.

CONTENTS OF THIS KIT

screenshots/   11 raw, un-decorated captures (no marketing overlay):
               6 iPhone (1320 x 2868), iPad 13" (2064 x 2752),
               Mac (2560 x 1600), Apple TV (3840 x 2160),
               Apple Vision Pro (3840 x 2160), Apple Watch (416 x 496).
icons/         Tideward app icon, light and dark, 1024 x 1024 PNG.
studio/        Manu Games studio seal and illuminated plates (article art).

All assets are free to use in coverage of Tideward and Manu Games.
Please keep the marks unaltered and out of misleading contexts.