Brussels, Belgium, April 1st 2024: Previously announced Waking Tides is officially released on PC via STEAM™. Designed and produced by Dries Schaballie publishing as AirshipFX, Waking Tides promises an innovative and captivating atmospheric adventure game that thrives on experimentation. Get ready to delve into a world where Augmented Reality extends your gameplay, seamlessly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Crafted in Unreal® Engine 5 get ready to solve puzzles with webAR hints, seamlessly integrated with your smartphone. A visually stunning artbook is also available today as a DLC.

Waking Tides introduces a compelling story: 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.

Waking Tides takes players on an immersive first-person adventure, where AR adds a unique dimension, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The game features challenging puzzles, allowing players to summon optional hints through the accompanying webAR application. What makes this truly exceptional is that the AR functionality directly utilizes smartphones' native webAR capabilities, eliminating the need for external app downloads—a symbiosis currently unparalleled in the gaming world.

KEY FEATURES
• Atmospheric Adventure
• Augmented Reality
• Lovecraftian
• Walking Simulator

but I don't understand a thing about "weBar" and smartphones.