2026-04-02 15:20 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Today marks the release of the very first localization project for Three Bees. Perfect Tides is now available in Russian. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41004115/92e8448beb05738c1682fd805768faa2c77f1bcb.png There has been much chatter about localization lately, and while I can only speak to my own experience, I believe it's very personal to translate the writing of a single author, and should be treated the same way in games as it is in books. The truth is when it comes to games with a small audience and a mountain of words, this kind of work will never be part of any economic strategy. It's a ton of work
2024-02-13 15:28 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
If you've enjoyed Perfect Tides, have I got a sequel for you. Perfect Tides: Station to Station, currently in development, has a free demo starting today! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41004115/d81a8f0b86312ca730dbcd19d3411a91cdc0798c.png To play, head to the Perfect Tides: Station to Station store page. And while you're there, please wishlist the game! It keeps you abreast of game updates, feeds the Steam algo, and is a big help toward getting the word out about these games. Hope you enjoy playing!
2024-02-11 15:33 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Perfect Tides for Mac now has the 2.0 update the PC version received last fall. This includes improvements to the UI and controller support. For now, it is in Beta, and you can opt in by doing the following: Navigate to Perfect Tides in Steam, and click the gear. Go to the "Betas" tab. Enter the code "macbetaplease" to opt in to the beta. NOTES ABOUT THIS RELEASE: This update will break saved games. To restore your saved games, remove the opt-in code and revert to the latest release version. Steam Achievements do not work. The developer (me!) has sadly hit a wall with this one, but hopefully i
2024-01-23 15:15 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Greetings from the other side of MAGFest! As it turns out, this has been quite the milestone for Perfect Tides: Station to Station. The demo played beautifully, with dozens of people racking up multiple days of gameplay. The feedback was tremendous and players were engaging deeply with the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42861559/8957e03c5adf5aa0003e2e89f391a8a021484e06.png So, what does this mean for us at home? It means we are very close to an online demo. If all goes well, a playable build should be available by February. This version will include 1 full day (of 16) in the game's story, with about
2023-10-23 17:16 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Patch fixes various UI and graphical bugs. Please note that if you'd like to access your save files from before the 2.0 release, you can revert to the prior release by going to Properties -> Betas, and under Beta Participation selecting "Previous".
2023-10-10 14:07 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Perfect Tides 2.0 for PC has now been released! A long time in the making, this update to Perfect Tides includes controller/Deck support + Achievements! NEW IN THIS VERSION: -Overhauled UI system with new display windows for narration and speech -Steam Achievements -Computer IM conversations are now skippable at any time using the standard “skip” button/key, rather than a separate UI -Active inventory cursors now have an arrow for easier clicking -Skipping Cutscenes can now be enabled/disabled for both Mouse and Keyboard. Please be aware that *YOUR OLD SAVES WILL NOT WORK* with this update! If
2023-09-21 14:00 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Welcome to the public beta of Perfect Tides 2.0! PERFECT TIDES v2.0 for PC (Mac coming soonish!) Welcome to the public beta of Perfect Tides with controller/Deck support + Achievements! Your experience playing Perfect Tides with either a gamepad or Steam Deck will be of enormous value prior to this release. TO PLAY THE BETA: -Go to “Perfect Tides” in your Steam library -Right-click and select “Properties”, and select the “Betas” tab -Under “Beta Participation”, select “controller-public-beta - Controller Support Public Beta” -From here, Steam should download the latest build of this branch. Pl
2022-08-08 19:42 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Today I am delighted to bring you a first peek at Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the upcoming sequel to Perfect Tides. My team and I will be fundraising for the next month. If you would like to be a part of this independent player-supported project, click the link below. Check out the Kickstarter here! Hoping to have more (good) news for you soon!
2022-03-07 19:52 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Quick PC + Mac update coming at you today! This Mac update consolidates the previous updates from PC build 1.0.1. Changes in this version: Volume slider now working correctly UI now notifies player when they’ve reached max saves (50) Framed close-ups can now be exited by pressing any key small bugs fixed lots of typos fixed Known Issues: Game music stutters when the user tabs out under fullscreen mode. This is a known AGS issue, and a fix I was attempting (that wasn't working) has been removed. I am still trying to find a decent fix for this. However, hopefully removing the aforementioned feat
2022-02-24 20:06 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
So far so good with our very first release! This is just a quick patch for the PC build. Since these changes are so minor, and Mac builds are far more time-consuming, these changes will be folded into the next regular-sized update for Mac. Changes in this version: fixed a bug that caused a collectable object to reappear moved some NPCs that were blocking a walk path fixed a typo fixed a UI bug that prevented the game from pausing when menus are open Known Issues: Mac users have been reporting odd screen alignment when they start up their game in windowed mode. I'm looking into this, but for no
2021-10-05 16:43 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Come and watch me play my own game, scrutinize small details, read everything in a really cool not annoying voice, and answer your questions!
2021-08-10 15:54 UTC · Community Announcements · punkybird
Welcome to the very-first Perfect Tides playtest! I'm thrilled (and a little terrified) to be offering an early look to people who want to test out the game. As usual I’m doing all of this for the first time and am ill-prepared for how it will go. But I have a few notes about this build, and will likely be adding more. 1. This demo includes the first 2 (of 4) chapters of the game. For now the game will end after you finish act 2. 2. With the exception of the theme music and downtown song, ALL music is placeholder! It’s meant to convey tone - please forgive how generic and inconsistent it sound
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