"Waking Tides" takes players on an immersive first-person adventure, where augmented reality adds a unique dimension, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The game features challenging puzzles, allowing players to summon optional hints through the accompanying webAR application. What makes this truly exceptional is that the AR functionality directly utilizes smartphones' native webAR capabilities, eliminating the need for external app downloads—a symbiosis currently unparalleled in the gaming world. Developed using the powerful Unreal Engine 5, the game's AR models are direct exports from the 3D engine, crafted through a proprietary workflow. Impressively, the entire project was developed by just one person, with occasional support from temporary freelancers, over a development journey spanning more than a year.