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- 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 at… Read more: Designing a City’s Worth of Characters - We were interviewed by our publisher!
Fellow Traveller talked to Saltstone Studios directors James, Thomas and Jess about our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour. Hello everyone! We hope you’re enjoying all the summer games parties… Read more: We were interviewed by our publisher! - ANNOUNCEMENT – We’re coming to Story Rich Showcase!
HELLO! Short one this month gang – we just wanted to let you know we’re taking part in a brand new event, hosted by our friends and publisher Fellow Traveller!… Read more: ANNOUNCEMENT – We’re coming to Story Rich Showcase! - Deep Dive – Player Character Design
How we designed our player for The Hearth and Harbour Hello readers! Last week I posted a cheeky little video about our player character, Kit Purcell, being hot. I asked… Read more: Deep Dive – Player Character Design - The Music of The Hearth and Harbour
Composer James’ approach to music creation for games Hello readers! This month, James, the game director, composer and sound designer for The Hearth and Harbour, is here to talk to… Read more: The Music of The Hearth and Harbour - Paper Prototypes
Designing the Game ‘on paper’ Hello readers! First, a few little mini announcements: The Pale Beyond turned 3 last week! Its release anniversary was 24th February, and we definitely didn’t… Read more: Paper Prototypes - Game Design Deep Dive PART 2
An Interview with the game designer and game director about our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour Hello again! Welcome back! On our first day back to work, I sat… Read more: Game Design Deep Dive PART 2 - Game Design Deep Dive PART 1An Interview with the game designer and game director about our upcoming game, The Hearth and Harbour Hello everyone! Welcome to a new year! On our first day back to… Read more: Game Design Deep Dive PART 1
- Game Design Pillars
The building blocks of video game production… Hello lovely readers! If any of you know anything about game development, it’s likely you’ve heard of Game Design Pillars before. Thomas and… Read more: Game Design Pillars - From Pale to Harbour…
How we came up with the idea for The Hearth and Harbour How did we go… … from this… … to this? Hello sailors! The Pale Beyond launched on 24th… Read more: From Pale to Harbour… - October News – Announcements!
The Hearth and Harbour Reveal Trailer The Pale Beyond Physical Edition for Nintendo Switch OUT NOW !! Hi everyone! If you missed it, the first teaser for our new upcoming… Read more: October News – Announcements!
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