Tiller & Towpath
Coming soon
Quite possibly the slowest game on the App Store.
Four miles an hour on an English canal, where a lock is eight taps in the right order and getting it wrong costs you nothing at all.
What kind of game is Tiller & Towpath?
A cosy narrowboat game for iPhone, iPad and Android. You cruise an English canal at four miles an hour and work through what comes up: locks, water points, swing bridges, and lines of moored boats to creep past.
This one is for you if
- You want a game that never once tells you to hurry up
- You like doing a procedure properly
- You have stood at a lock and wondered how it actually works
A lock is a procedure
Far gates shut, far paddles down, near paddles drawn, near gates open, take her in, shut behind, wind up, open up. Eight taps, the real order, the real thing.
Getting it wrong costs nothing
Tap the wrong thing and nothing happens. No buzzer, no penalty, no timer telling you off. It is the only game we make where being right beats being quick.
Well worked
A lock done cleanly pays a bonus, and clean locks in a row stack it up. That is this game’s version of a streak, and it rewards care rather than speed.
- 8
- taps in a lock, in a fixed order, and nothing else does anything
- 4 mph
- cruising speed, on purpose. Nothing ever asks you to hurry
- 0
- ways to fail. Tap the wrong thing and nothing happens
Before you tap
- Can I lose?
- No. There is no fail state anywhere in the game. Tapping the wrong thing simply does nothing, and the only cost of a fumble is the bonus for a job done cleanly.
- Is a lock really eight steps?
- Yes, and in the right order, because that is how a lock works. Shut the far gates, drop the far paddles, draw the near ones, open the near gates, take her in, shut behind you, wind up and open up.
- When is it out?
- Tiller & Towpath is finished and heading to the App Store and Google Play. Email [email protected] if you want to hear when it lands.
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