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Tidewick

Cozy Idle Fishing by cocolitocollective, released October 27, 2026. Free in your browser.

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Page by the PlayNewt team. Checked in our browser on October 27, 2026, still live on October 28, 2026.

PlayNewtTidewick is a free cozy idle clicker released on itch.io on October 27, 2026, made for AI Browser Game Jam 5 with the theme Torch. You click a fisher to haul a line, hire a crew and grow a small cove on a rock into a working harbour with a jetty, smokehouse, market, trawler and finally a lighthouse. Then you can hold the Lantern Festival to start over with permanent bonuses.

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How to play Tidewick

  • Click a fisher or a boat to haul; hold to keep hauling.
  • When a "!" appears over a fisher, click it to land the fish for your Catch Book.
  • Buy crew, boats and buildings in the strip at the bottom. Upgrades multiply them for good.
  • Click a shoal's glint before it swims off.

Torches and the Lantern Festival

At dusk the cove lights its torches and fish bite twice as often until dawn; one odd fish only bites by torchlight. Once the lighthouse stands, the Lantern Festival folds the cove back to the hut and you keep its lanterns. Each lantern adds to your income permanently. You choose whether to fold early or wait for more.

Screenshots

Tidewick running in the browser, screen 1 captured by PlayNewt on October 27, 2026
Our capture: first screen after loading
Tidewick running in the browser, screen 2 captured by PlayNewt on October 27, 2026
Our capture: after the first click

Questions players ask

Is Tidewick free?

Yes. It is free and plays in your browser on this page.

What does the Lantern Festival do?

It resets the cove to the hut but keeps lanterns that add to your income permanently.

When do fish bite most?

At night, when torches are lit, bites come twice as often.

What jam was Tidewick made for?

AI Browser Game Jam 5, theme Torch.

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