Knotty Navy press kit
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.
Download the press kit (zip, 13 MB): the icon, twelve screenshots, two pictures and a fact sheet.
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.
Pictures
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.
Contact
Email aaron@aaronpeabody.dev.