Shut the Duo: Shut the Box
Press kit, October 2026

WHAT IT IS
Shut the Duo is Shut the Box, the old pub dice game, made for iPhone Duo.
The phone is the box. Shut it to pick up the dice, shake it to rattle them,
and open it to see what you rolled. Stand it half open, like a laptop, and
the tiles hang on the upright half while the dice land on the flat one.

The wood, the felt and the dice are drawn on the phone, each throw is worked
out by a small physics simulation, and every sound is synthesized. Nothing
is a photo or a recording.

FACTS
Launch:       October 22, 2026, the day before iPhone Duo goes on sale
Price:        Free to play. One $3.99 purchase unlocks two-player matches
              after the first, and the other woods, felts, dice and icons.
              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 you tap Roll.
Languages:    English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Developer:    Aaron Peabody, an independent developer

WHAT'S IN IT
- Shut the phone to pick up the dice, shake it, and open it to roll
- A stood-up box when the Duo is half open
- Dice that tumble by a physics simulation, with synthesized sound
- A daily box: the same dice for everyone in the world, and one go at them
- Two players across one phone, lowest total after three rounds
- A hint that points at the best tiles to shut
- Three woods, four felts and three sets of dice
- A Game Center leaderboard and achievements, a home screen widget and a
  daily reminder
- VoiceOver, large text and Reduce Motion support

LINKS
Website:      https://aaronpeabody.dev/shut-the-duo/
App Store:    https://apps.apple.com/app/id6818948748  (live on October 22)
Contact:      aaron@aaronpeabody.dev

IN THIS FOLDER
icon/                    the app icon, 1024 x 1024
screenshots-iphone/      six captioned screenshots, 1320 x 2868
screenshots-iphone-duo/  six captioned screenshots at the size of iPhone
                         Duo's inner display, 2007 x 2853
screenshots-ipad/        four captioned screenshots, 2064 x 2752
art/                     a wide banner and the box on the open Duo
video/                   an 18-second preview with sound

The screenshots and video were captured in Apple's iPhone and iPhone Duo
simulators. You are welcome to use anything here in coverage of
Shut the Duo.
