Press kit
Oathslide 1.0
Version 1.0 · Fact sheet updated 20 August 2026
Everything a store listing, a reviewer, or a writer needs, in one page. Every claim here is true of the build being submitted; where a number could move with balance tuning, it is not claimed at all.
- Fact sheet
- Listing copy
- Screenshot sequence
- Content & age rating
- Privacy disclosures
- Submission URLs
- Brand assets
- Contact
Fact sheet
| Title | Oathslide |
| Subtitle | The Merge Puzzle Fights Back |
| Developer | Alex Simukovic — independent |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad (native app, submission pending) · browser companion build |
| Price | Free. No in-app purchases. No advertising. |
| Categories | Games — Puzzle (primary) · Games — Strategy (secondary) |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Release | To be announced |
| Languages | English (U.S.) |
| Modes | Open-ended Classic runs and a shared-seed Daily challenge, at Easy, Normal, or Hard |
| Online | Optional replay-verified leaderboards, one board per difficulty. No account, no sign-in. |
| Offline | Core play works with no connection |
Listing copy
Promotional text
The board fights back. Forge light on a hostile 4×4 grid, strike the Gloom before their timers crack it, draft run-changing Relics, and break the returning Eclipse.
Keywords
strategy, swipe, offline, endless, roguelite, brain, casual, tile, leaderboard, tactics, merging
“Merge” and “puzzle” are deliberately absent: Apple indexes the title and subtitle alongside the keyword field, and the subtitle already carries both.
Description
Keep the light alive on a board that fights back.
Oathslide is a merge puzzle with something on the other side of it. Slide to forge Sparks into stronger light. Strike the Gloom before their timers crack the board. Hold the Hearth while every slide you make advances the threat.
EVERY SLIDE COMMITS
One swipe moves everything. Merge equal Bearers into the next rank, or send one into a Gloom — and if its rank falls short, you lose the Bearer and a Hearth with it.
THE BOARD FIGHTS BACK
Gloom tiles don't drift. They sit, they count down, and at zero they Fracture the cell beside them. Fractured ground does not come back on its own.
NINE RELICS, TWO SLOTS
Every phase offers a choice of two. Stop the timers, seal the Fractures, forge a rank, or purge the board — then decide which one you're willing to lose.
THE ECLIPSE ALWAYS RETURNS
Break it and it comes back with more health, a higher bar, and a sharper board. Rebuilding between Eclipses is the real game.
THREE WAYS IN
Easy gives you room to learn. Normal is the balanced tactical game. Hard starts under pressure and does not let up.
FREE, AND NOT FREEMIUM
No ads. No energy. No in-app purchases. No cross-app tracking. The whole game works offline.
Carry the light. Keep the oath.
What's new in 1.0
- Open-ended Classic runs and a shared-seed Daily challenge
- Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty levels with distinct rules
- Nine draftable relics and recurring Eclipse bosses
- Journey levels, palettes, records, and 12 achievements
- Optional replay-verified leaderboards with report, block, and delete controls
- Responsive iPhone, iPad, and web play
Screenshot sequence
Six frames, each answering one question, each provable by the image beneath it. Captured from the signed release build with clean status bars and no developer overlays.
| # | Headline | Support line |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The merge puzzle fights back | Glooms hold their ground. Every slide advances the threat. |
| 2 | Every slide commits | Merge, strike, or leave yourself nowhere to move. |
| 3 | They count down. The board breaks. | Read the threat before the ground goes. |
| 4 | Nine relics. Two slots. | Take one. Lose the other. |
| 5 | The Eclipse always returns | Break it. Rebuild. Meet a stronger night. |
| 6 | Free. And not freemium. | No ads, no energy, nothing to buy. Just the board and the oath. |
Content & age rating
- Made for Kids: no. Oathslide is not directed to children under 13.
- Gambling or loot boxes: none.
- Advertising: none.
- Messaging or chat: none.
- User-generated content: public leaderboard display names only — filtered, reportable, blockable, and removable. See the Community Rules.
- Violence: stylized abstract tiles. No blood, realistic weapons, injury, fear content, or graphic violence.
- Content rights: Oathslide's code, generated assets, music system, and copy are first-party.
Privacy disclosures
Oathslide has no third-party analytics or advertising SDK, no ads, no account email, and no payment system. Nothing is used for tracking across apps or websites. The full text is in the privacy policy.
| Data type | What it is | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers — User ID | Random private install ID and a separate public player ID | App functionality, analytics |
| User Content — Gameplay Content | Score, difficulty, turns, highest rank, bosses, seed, and replay actions | App functionality, analytics |
| User Content — Other User Content | Optional public display name and leaderboard safety reports | App functionality |
| Usage Data — Product Interaction | A fixed, allow-listed set of first-run and funnel events | Analytics |
On the native iOS app, product analytics is off until a player opts in under Settings → Privacy → Share limited product analytics. Leaderboard submission is always a deliberate action on a qualifying run.
Submission URLs
The addresses this site publishes for App Store Connect. If the site moves to a custom domain, every one of these changes together.
| Field | URL |
|---|---|
| Marketing URL | https://oathslide.com/ |
| Support URL | https://oathslide.com/support.html |
| Privacy Policy URL | https://oathslide.com/privacy.html |
| User Privacy Choices URL | https://oathslide.com/privacy.html#your-choices |
| Terms of use (EULA) | https://oathslide.com/terms.html |
| Community rules | https://oathslide.com/community.html |
| Playable web build | https://oathslide.com/play/ |
| Press kit | https://oathslide.com/press.html |
Brand assets
Free to use when writing about Oathslide. Please don't alter the artwork or the wordmark.
- Title card — Guide Spark with the wordmark (JPEG)
- Launch card — Guide Spark, no wordmark (JPEG)
- Guide Spark — transparent cut-out (PNG)
- Social card — 1200 × 630 (JPEG)
Palette: night #150E28 · gold #FFC857 · gem #4EDBC4 · hearth #FF7A8A.
Contact
Press, review builds, and questions: see the contact route on the support page.