Lockside is a free idle game set on an English canal. You have taken on a narrowboat on a derelict stretch of water, and walkers love a cuppa. Tap the mug to pour tea from your hatch, then open a flapjack tin on the roof. From there the canal comes back to life by itself: painted ware, an ice cream hatch, day-boat hire, a lockside cafe, a canalside pub, a horse-drawn trip boat, hotel boats, a boatyard and, eventually, sky-trips across the aqueduct.
Every trade earns each second, including while the game is closed. Buy 25 of one trade and its takings double, and again at 50, 100, 200 and beyond. Own one of every trade for a Rosette. Upgrades such as a second hatch, clotted cream ice and bunting along the towpath turn up as you go.
When a season's takings reach the next stretch's target, you can end the season. The first lock, the swing bridge, the lock flight, the tunnel and the rest each give a permanent perk, and volunteers join the restoration: every volunteer adds 2% to all takings, for ever. Each new season starts from scratch and races ahead of the last.
No. Your trades keep going for up to 8 hours while you are away (12 once the first lock is restored, 24 later on), and the takings are waiting when you come back.
Yes. Each day Bert the lock-keeper empties the honesty box for you and finds a new flag for your bunting, and one trade is busy and earns triple. There is no streak to lose.
Open the menu and copy your save code, then load it on the other device. Lockside saves in your browser, with no account.
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