An underwater arena shooter with a shocking twist. 8 players battle in a classic respawn arena to capture the reactor and boil the competition!

## About This Game
ABOUT THIS GAME
Set deep underwater Tidal Shock is fast-paced, easy to pick up and hard to
master. That’s right, the Tidal Shock arena is submerged and not confined to
gravity. Bullets will rain down, snipers will lurk below and attacks can come
from any angle. There’re respawns but no loadouts – shields, weapons and
charge are pickups that you’ll drop on death. The question is, are you hunting
for more or protecting what you have?

Tidal Shock has a winner take all objective. The player who slams 100 charge
onto the ever-moving reactor will “tidalshock” the competition and earn a
coveted “Charge Cube”

KEY FEATURES
* 4-8 multiplayer arena with one king of the hill objective
* 7 aquatic weapons classes with 5 rarity levels
* Dashes, blocking walls and a rideable torpedo sled!
* Balanced for respawning, winner-takes-all tension
* Free for all matches with all your Steam friends
* Match stats and leaderboard
* Flashy taunts!

REACTOR
Scattered around the map are charge cells that you’ll need to collect and
bring to the Reactor, a glowing beacon that changes position every 60 seconds.
The first player to fully charge the Reactor wins. Each Reactor position
creates a new battleground, with different obstacles, map features and item
spawns. Fittingly, you can also collect charge from fallen players, so
sometimes the best offense is… a good offense. How you approach the Reactor
will decide your fate. Will you race to it immediately to get there first?
Will you attempt to predict its next location and set up camp? Will you try to
intercept oblivious on their way to deliver charge? Or will you dive in guns
blazing and test your mettle directly? Or will you mix it up, and choose your
strategy based on your current weapon loadout? We can’t wait to see how
gameplay emerges throughout the Tidal Shock Arena. Share your strategies on
our Discord please.

SKINS, WEAPONS & ENVIRONMENT
The skins in Tidal Shock don’t represent classes or have powers, but they do
represent you. The skin you wear, the weapon you carry and your position in
the environment matter. When you shoot or move you glow. The more Reactor
charge you carry, the more you glow as well. The environment is foggy and
moody with both dark and light areas.

There are 5 skins you can earn in-game and 8 that can be purchased via DLC. As
a small indie studio, we chose a DLC skins model to keep the base Tidal Shock
game competitively priced.

EMERGENT GAMEPLAY
Tidal Shock is different. We didn’t have a bunch of rules to follow or
examples to copy when designing a 360 Degree Aquatic Arena . We set a dynamic
stage with clear objectives and (hopefully) balanced combat mechanics. How
Tidal Shock matches unfold, the winning strategies and styles of play will be
set by players – you.

MATURE CONTENT DESCRIPTION
It’s set in a sci-fi bathtub. You don’t get cleaner than that.

Tidal Shock