Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️
@saltstonestudios.bsky.social
A team of 8 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
Wishlist THE HEARTH AND HARBOUR:
🥘 https://bit.ly/HearthHarbourSteam
Play The Pale Beyond:
❄️ https://bit.ly/3CY2jA9
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thank you Dilf Destroyer on tiktok for reminding us who it is we make games for ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thank you Dilf Destroyer on tiktok for reminding us who it is we make games for ❤️
Thanks so much for reading our little thread on art style and inspiration! We’re going to be sharing more behind the scenes as we get through development! Stay tuned!!
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thanks so much for reading our little thread on art style and inspiration! We’re going to be sharing more behind the scenes as we get through development! Stay tuned!!
And finally, we’re irish, so we couldn’t help ourselves but put some ancient history in there as well. The local pub is built around standing stones, and market cobblestones depict old mythology that can’t quite be stamped out…
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And finally, we’re irish, so we couldn’t help ourselves but put some ancient history in there as well. The local pub is built around standing stones, and market cobblestones depict old mythology that can’t quite be stamped out…
To represent a place that’s going through change, we also looked at older eras - art nouveau in particular for UI and architecture. The ornateness of it contrasts so well with industrial brutalism.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To represent a place that’s going through change, we also looked at older eras - art nouveau in particular for UI and architecture. The ornateness of it contrasts so well with industrial brutalism.
John Lines is a current day artist who inspired a sense of authenticity, to help our city feel real and grounded.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
John Lines is a current day artist who inspired a sense of authenticity, to help our city feel real and grounded.
We loved Edward Hopper’s paintings for the vibe and tone - the contrast between cold streets and warm interiors, the strange isolating voyeuristic feeling characteristic of viewing city life through windows…
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We loved Edward Hopper’s paintings for the vibe and tone - the contrast between cold streets and warm interiors, the strange isolating voyeuristic feeling characteristic of viewing city life through windows…
The Hearth and Harbour is set in a city however, and as a new restaurant-owner, you’re not struggling against the forces of nature, but capitalism instead. So we started our research with advertisements !
Leyendecker’s warmth in character depiction was massively influential
Leyendecker’s warmth in character depiction was massively influential
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Hearth and Harbour is set in a city however, and as a new restaurant-owner, you’re not struggling against the forces of nature, but capitalism instead. So we started our research with advertisements !
Leyendecker’s warmth in character depiction was massively influential
Leyendecker’s warmth in character depiction was massively influential
Because Pale was set in on a 1910’s Antarctic expedition, our influences were Victorian etchings, and paintings of polar scenes (fun fact: this Edwin Landseer painting is reported to be haunted)
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Because Pale was set in on a 1910’s Antarctic expedition, our influences were Victorian etchings, and paintings of polar scenes (fun fact: this Edwin Landseer painting is reported to be haunted)
How did we design an art style for a sequel game set in the same universe as The Pale Beyond, but that has a totally different setting and tone?
(Thread —>)
(Thread —>)
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
How did we design an art style for a sequel game set in the same universe as The Pale Beyond, but that has a totally different setting and tone?
(Thread —>)
(Thread —>)
Bonus <3
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bonus <3
Lewthport citizens sit normally in a chair challenge
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lewthport citizens sit normally in a chair challenge
Enjoy a doom scroll smoke break with Kit… 🚬
(Headphones recommended for lovely juicy rain and soft music 🤍)
(Headphones recommended for lovely juicy rain and soft music 🤍)
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Enjoy a doom scroll smoke break with Kit… 🚬
(Headphones recommended for lovely juicy rain and soft music 🤍)
(Headphones recommended for lovely juicy rain and soft music 🤍)
Join our lovely sound designer @jamessaltstone.bsky.social on a day out field recording for our new game The Hearth and Harbour ⚓️
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join our lovely sound designer @jamessaltstone.bsky.social on a day out field recording for our new game The Hearth and Harbour ⚓️
This month, we discuss post-release soup, how we invented a world for The Pale Beyond and then ignored it, and The Irish-British version of The Bear ☘️
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This month, we discuss post-release soup, how we invented a world for The Pale Beyond and then ignored it, and The Irish-British version of The Bear ☘️
The physical edition of The Pale Beyond is available for preorder NOW !!
Our friends at Super Rare Games have done an amazing job putting this together and we’re so excited to hold The Pale Beyond in our own hands 🤲
❄️ Preorder here: superraregames.com/collections/...
Our friends at Super Rare Games have done an amazing job putting this together and we’re so excited to hold The Pale Beyond in our own hands 🤲
❄️ Preorder here: superraregames.com/collections/...
October 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The physical edition of The Pale Beyond is available for preorder NOW !!
Our friends at Super Rare Games have done an amazing job putting this together and we’re so excited to hold The Pale Beyond in our own hands 🤲
❄️ Preorder here: superraregames.com/collections/...
Our friends at Super Rare Games have done an amazing job putting this together and we’re so excited to hold The Pale Beyond in our own hands 🤲
❄️ Preorder here: superraregames.com/collections/...
(She’s helping them beat the hard parts of the game)
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
(She’s helping them beat the hard parts of the game)
If you’d like to keep up to date with studio announcements and behind the scenes development, and you LOVE to read blog posts and/or emails - we’ve set up a newsletter! Our first post will be going out TOMORROW!
You can subscribe here: saltstonestudios.com/blog/
You can subscribe here: saltstonestudios.com/blog/
October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you’d like to keep up to date with studio announcements and behind the scenes development, and you LOVE to read blog posts and/or emails - we’ve set up a newsletter! Our first post will be going out TOMORROW!
You can subscribe here: saltstonestudios.com/blog/
You can subscribe here: saltstonestudios.com/blog/
October 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Also
Guinness Kit
Guinness Kit
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Also
Guinness Kit
Guinness Kit
SaltStone directors @thislop.bsky.social @jamessaltstone.bsky.social and @jessanight.bsky.social are hanging out at Nexus Dublin the next few days!
If you find any of us you can collect our trading card 🃏
If you find any of us you can collect our trading card 🃏
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
SaltStone directors @thislop.bsky.social @jamessaltstone.bsky.social and @jessanight.bsky.social are hanging out at Nexus Dublin the next few days!
If you find any of us you can collect our trading card 🃏
If you find any of us you can collect our trading card 🃏
Exciting things are happening over on the 30-year-old-is-learning-new-things server
September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Exciting things are happening over on the 30-year-old-is-learning-new-things server
September 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We’ve also been discussing The Pale Beyond theories, and sharing little development sneak peaks of The Hearth and Harbour!
Come hang out! 🧡 discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
Come hang out! 🧡 discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
September 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve also been discussing The Pale Beyond theories, and sharing little development sneak peaks of The Hearth and Harbour!
Come hang out! 🧡 discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
Come hang out! 🧡 discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
If you join the Saltstone Studios discord, there’s a transparent downloadable Gamer Kit™️ waiting for you
Just one click away 👀: discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
Just one click away 👀: discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If you join the Saltstone Studios discord, there’s a transparent downloadable Gamer Kit™️ waiting for you
Just one click away 👀: discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF
Just one click away 👀: discord.gg/qxq33eQcmF