Knotty Navy: a wooden sea battle
Press kit, October 2026

WHAT IT IS
Knotty Navy is a sea battle in a wooden case, made for iPhone Duo. The
phone is the case. Open it to see your own sea and your shots, and shut it
to hand it over. The cover screen is the lid, and it says who opens it
next and what the last salvo did.

Each player hides four toy ships on an 8 by 8 sea and hunts for the other's
with pegs: white for a miss, red for a hit. The wood, the ships and the
brass are all drawn on the phone.

FACTS
Launch:       On its way to the App Store. No date yet.
Price:        Free to play. One $3.99 purchase, the full set, opens the
              three higher ranks of computer opponent and every game
              against a friend after the first. No subscription, no ads,
              no accounts, no data collected.
Platform:     iPhone and iPad, iOS 27 or later. Made for iPhone Duo. On
              other iPhones and on iPad there are Open, Done and Pass
              buttons in place of the hinge.
Languages:    English
Developer:    Aaron Peabody, an independent developer

WHAT'S IN IT
- Two players on one phone: shut it to pass it, and nobody sees the other
  fleet
- Salvo rules: a shot for every ship you still have afloat, all at once
- One shot a go, for a gentler and longer game
- The computer at four ranks: Deckhand, Shipmate, Captain and Commander,
  each beaten to reach the next
- Four wooden ships: a battleship, a cruiser, a submarine and a tug
- A finished game to share as a picture
- VoiceOver, large text and Reduce Motion support

LINKS
Website:      https://aaronpeabody.dev/knotty-navy/
Contact:      aaron@aaronpeabody.dev

IN THIS FOLDER
icon/                    the app icon, 1024 x 1024
screenshots-iphone/      five captioned screenshots, 1206 x 2622
screenshots-iphone-duo/  four captioned screenshots at the size of iPhone
                         Duo's inner display, 2007 x 2853
screenshots-ipad/        three captioned screenshots, 2064 x 2752
art/                     a wide banner and the case on the open Duo

The screenshots were captured in Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo
simulators. You are welcome to use anything here in coverage of
Knotty Navy.
