Tide Clerk

Resources pour in while the tide rises and drain away while it falls — buy generators and storage during high water and lean on your cisterns to outlast each low.

How to play

Tide Clerk is a real-time resource-management sim built around an oscillating tide. When the tide is rising and above the midline your generators add resources; when it falls below the midline your stockpile drains and upkeep bites. Spend during the high, survive the low on stored reserves, and push your peak total up to the target to win. Hit zero on a falling tide and you wash out.

• Watch the tide bar: green rising means generating, red falling means draining.
• Buy upgrades while resources are flush — Generator (gain), Cistern (capacity), Pump (less drain) and Tide Reader (both).
• Bigger cisterns let you bank more before the crest so you can weather a longer fall.
• Reach the target peak to win; drop to zero during a drain and the run ends.

Controls

• Desktop: click an upgrade card to buy the next level (cost rises each purchase).
• Phone & tablet: tap upgrade cards — fully touch playable, no keyboard needed.

Game modes

• Daily: a shared tide pattern (period, amplitude and phase) for everyone that day.
• Practice: a fresh randomized shift each time.

Tips & strategy

• Front-load storage so a high tide does not overflow your cap and waste generation.
• Time generator purchases for the rise; a pump or reader pays off most when the falling drain is about to threaten zero.

About Tide Clerk

Tide Clerk is an original incremental resource sim whose entire economy breathes with a tide clock, rewarding purchases timed to the swing. It is a free browser game made in-house for PlayPendium.

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