Some of the games that inspired our game (except they get a little more unhinged as they go on...) #indiedev #indiegames
Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️
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Small team in Northern Ireland making narrative games with heart 🖤 Wishlist THE HEARTH AND HARBOUR: 🥘 https://bit.ly/HearthHarbourSteam Play The Pale Beyond: ❄️ https://bit.ly/3CY2jA9
The Pale Beyond is joined by a collection of amazing stories in the Narrative Masterpieces Humble Bundle! 🎁 Experience your next unforgettable game while supporting Worldreader. 📚 www.humblebundle.com/games/narrat...
Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️@saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Pale Beyond is (extremely flatteringly) part of the Narrative Masterpieces Humble Bundle! $185 worth of gorgeous video game stories for $13, and a chunk of change donated to charity for your trouble 💖 ✨ www.humblebundle.com/games/narrat... ✨
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
Spooky Doorway@spookydoorway.com · 6d agoName a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
Full disclosure, the discord did vote for Stanberry, but Stanberry couldn’t even be trusted with the captain’s hat
everyone in our discord is super sound and sexy btw you should join discord.gg/TX6XGyTmSC
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Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
Spooky Doorway@spookydoorway.com · 6d agoName a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
From a faceless placeholder to a fully realised protagonist, Jess from @saltstonestudios.bsky.social shares the research, design and visual language behind The Hearth & Harbour's handsome (and slightly dishevelled) player character, Kit Purcell 😍 Check out the full breakdown below 👇
The Hearth and Harbour - Steam News Hub
Updates, events, and news from the developers of The Hearth and Harbour.
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Was the "Narrative Masterpieces" Humble game bundle on your radar? We've got The Pale Beyond, Immortality, Wednesdays, Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker, and more! Get cozy and lose yourself in the plot! @saltstonestudios.bsky.social @mrsambarlow.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social @humblebundle.com
Explore the intriguing tales of the Narrative Masterpieces bundle with games like: - Immortality - Wednesdays - Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker - and more! Supports Worldreader | https://bit.ly/3UvbPTX
The Pale Beyond is (extremely flatteringly) part of the Narrative Masterpieces Humble Bundle! $185 worth of gorgeous video game stories for $13, and a chunk of change donated to charity for your trouble 💖 ✨ www.humblebundle.com/games/narrat... ✨
In The Hearth & Harbour, Lewthport is brimming with unique characters to create a fully realised city 🏠 But how many characters are enough? How should they look? 🎨 Lead Character Artist Katie from @saltstonestudios.bsky.social digs deeper into the design process in the monthly blog
The Hearth and Harbour - Designing a City’s Worth of Characters - Steam News
Lead Character Artist Katie talks about how they approached designing a city’s worth of characters
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Some of the games that inspired our game (except they get a little more unhinged as they go on...) #indiedev #indiegames
Hey! Are you an indie dev who doesn't use gen AI and have a game you're currently promoting? I'm looking to make a starter pack and you could be in it! Reply below with a link to your game 👇 go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y
Hello! We don’t use AI for any of our games (we actually hand-draw most of our art)! We’re currently working on our next game, a restaurant management narrative RPG called The Hearth and Harbour ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/2528170/...
The Hearth and Harbour on Steam
Transform a run-down restaurant and build a new life for yourself in this management RPG. Decide what kind of restaurant you want to create and what kind of person you want to be. As a storm brews out...
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This month's blogpost is by character and prop artist Katie Noble!! Katie talks us through the challenges of designing enough characters that the city of Lewthport feels alive, and the player feels part of a bustling community 🥞 saltstonestudios.com/2026/08/10/d...
Designing a City’s Worth of Characters
Lead Character Artist Katie talks about how they approached designing a city’s worth of characters for our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour I’m Katie, character and prop artist [another c…
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Before a single line of code, @saltstonestudios.bsky.social's The Hearth and Harbour started on paper. Ethan shares how a handmade board game prototype helped shape the restaurant gameplay, stress systems, and core game loop! 📝
post-pale trans woman nutlee .. one of these days ill design her a real actual outfit.. i just wanted to draw her happy #thepalebeyond | #art
Today is newsletter day! 🗞️ This month I explore the broad literary influences that have fed into the development of Signet City. 📖 Maybe you’ll find something fresh to read among them - open.substack.com/pub/jumpover...
SIGNET CITY: Reading the City
A summer reading list for you all.
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Here's how a trailer is made! 💋 The game announcement trailer for Red Kiss involved: 📝 Storyboarding 🖋️ WIP animation ✂️ Final animation + graphics pass 🎞️ Final trailer Easier said than done! Take a look at the different stages in the video 🎬
Curious to learn more about The Hearth & Harbour? 🥘 We had the privilege of interviewing the lovely team at @saltstonestudios.bsky.social last month! Thank you to James, Jess, and Thomas for their incredible insights (plus food recs 😋) The full interview is on their YouTube channel below 🎙️
Story-Rich Interview with Saltstone Studios Directors | The Hearth and Harbour
A chill lofi discussion with the directors of Saltstone Studios about their upcoming restaurant management game The Hearth and Harbour. Topics include; whether Hearth is a cosy game or not, the…
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Erik has a great take on one of the core pillars of The Pale Beyond in this lovely bitesize podcast 🩵❄️
“Fun” & Games Podcast@funandgamespod.bsky.social · 2mo agoSide Quests is back and this episode's host is podcaster, writer and First Mate, Erik aka @dovetail.bsky.social! The game he is talking about today is The Pale Beyond by @saltstonestudios.bsky.social & @fellowtraveller.games. funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...
Big shout-out to @funandgamespod.bsky.social for letting me elaborate on why I find The Pale Beyond so special!
“Fun” & Games Podcast@funandgamespod.bsky.social · 2mo agoSide Quests is back and this episode's host is podcaster, writer and First Mate, Erik aka @dovetail.bsky.social! The game he is talking about today is The Pale Beyond by @saltstonestudios.bsky.social & @fellowtraveller.games. funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...
Side Quests is back and this episode's host is podcaster, writer and First Mate, Erik aka @dovetail.bsky.social! The game he is talking about today is The Pale Beyond by @saltstonestudios.bsky.social & @fellowtraveller.games. funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...
How It Started -> How It’s Going A collection of Concept Art vs recent screenshots of our upcoming restaurant management game The Hearth and Harbour 🥧
Good bug today fellas
How It Started -> How It’s Going A collection of Concept Art vs recent screenshots of our upcoming restaurant management game The Hearth and Harbour 🥧