Tidehook

Take the wheel of Mallow, a small tug with a stubborn heart, and bring the sea's lost treasures home. The heavier your find, the more room it needs to turn and the harder Mallow has to work. Explore three coastal voyages around Brindle Bay. Hook drifting crates and heavy machinery, guide your tow between rocks, and ease into the harbour ring to watch the weathered dock crane hook, lift and land your cargo. Spend earned salvage coins on upgrades and harbour repairs. Gentle bumps are forgiving; heavier collisions call for more care. The opening voyages let you learn at your own pace. The final voyage adds a weather countdown, brief fog banks and a lighthouse lens to recover. Desktop or laptop recommended. WASD, arrows or a click on the water steer Mallow. E hooks a nearby find, X releases it, Space gives a short engine boost, R requests a paid hull repair at the harbour, and Esc pauses. Music, sea sounds and gentler motion are adjustable. Completed voyages, banked coins, upgrades, hull condition and settings save in this browser. An unfinished voyage does not resume after a reload, and saves do not transfer across sites or devices. Created by Emile du Toit / Mafuta Games through iterative AI-assisted development with GPT-6 Astra, generated artwork, and code-composed music and sound effects. Feedback and bug reports: dutoit.emile@gmail.com. Please include your voyage and browser.