Sandcastles vs the Tide
The tide is coming in! Build sand walls, moats and towers to keep your keep dry, wave after wave.
PlayFree, nothing to install. Open it once with the internet, then play it again offline.
About the game
On the beach, your lovely sandcastle is in danger: the tide is coming in! Before each tide, you can see the waves on their way, so you can plan ahead: where will you put your walls, moats, towers and channels, with only a few buckets of sand? Then the waves roll in one by one, wear down your walls and look for a way through to the keep. Shoo away the crabs that dig holes, pick up shells to make your walls stronger and grab the lost buckets. Keep the keep dry and save some buckets to earn three stars, and unlock new flags, decorated towers and sunset beaches across 24 tides.
How to play
Your goal: the water must never reach the keep. Before the tide, pick a tool at the bottom of the screen, tap a square of sand to build (or click with the mouse), then tap “Start the tide”. On a keyboard, the arrows pick a square, Space builds, 1 to 5 switch tools, A shows the preview, L starts the tide and U undoes. Between waves, you can still fix your walls, tap crabs to shoo them away and pick up shells and buckets. A dry keep earns one star, plus one or two more depending on the buckets you save. If the water gets in, try again. Over the 24 tides come towers, crabs, two keeps, channels and giant waves.
Who is it for?
Recommended from age 8.
Skills it builds: planning ahead, spatial reasoning, managing a stock of buckets, quick reactions
