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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 08/10/2026

#LudoNarraCon 2026 is LIVE! The Official Selection is full of amazing games waiting for you: 📚 Browse the selection ❤️ Wishlist your faves 🎮 Decide what you're playing first 💬 Jump into our Discord and argue about which game is the best 🚶 bit.ly/LNCTheatreTab

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 08/10/2026

@saltstonestudios.bsky.social has served up an appetiser demo for The Hearth & Harbour, now live as part of #LudoNarraCon 2026! 🥘 Step into the seaside city of Lewthport, restore The Silver Spoon, build relationships with the locals and shape your place in the community 💗 🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We are as good at making games as we are at cooking :)

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Short news blog post today gang - the demo announcement, Ludonarracon, and other events we have coming up this month! saltstonestudios.com/2026/10/08/a... ✨Appetiser Demo goes LIVE today at 6pm GMT!!✨

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Announcement – APPETISER DEMO!!

Updates! Announcements! Demos! Events! Ahhh! Hello everyone! Exciting news – the Ludonarracon Appetiser Demo for The Hearth and Harbour goes live TODAY! At 10am Pacific / 6pm GMT! Ahh!!! Here…

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

✨✨Demo tomorrow! ✨✨ We’re calling it the Ludonarracon Appetiser Demo, and to help yous know what to expect, we’ve put together an explainer!

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Support so far for the announcement has been class, thank yous so much! Hop into the discord to report bugs and leave feedback if you give the demo a try! ✨ discord.gg/TX6XGyTmSC ✨ (Got a fun little thing planned 👀)

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Demo in 3 days!!! This is not a drill!!!!!!!!

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BLUESKY!! WE NEED YOUR HELP!! The demo for The Hearth and Harbour goes live in just THREE DAYS!! @fellowtraveller.games‘ Ludonarracon is featuring a tonne of great indie games, we’re so excited to be a part of it 🧡 Spread the word, and see you there!!

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 02/10/2026

The doors of The Hearth & Harbour will be opening very soon 🍻 🥘 Get a first taste of the early demo on October 8 to kick off LudoNarraCon! Don't forget to wishlist the game below 🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sometimes women were on expeditions! Peary was famously criticised for bringing his wife on one and Inuit women as well as men were invaluable guides and sources of information to the Arctic… “visitors”.

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Theres a rich history of female explorers who travelled on their own when they weren’t permitted to travel with the men. We were also inspired by modern day female dog mushers!

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We just decided that this was the kind of story we wanted to tell, so some liberties were taken - but they weren’t wholly unprecedented. (Cordell is also our art director Jess’ favourite character)

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Women are always in history! We just have to look for them a little harder sometimes (because of who usually writes history and takes credit for it)

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The extremely talented Katie drew most of the gossip emotes (and designed most of the characters in the game!)!! 🧡

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A dedication to some of the female characters we’ve designed for our games. It was a bit of a fight to get women into The Pale Beyond, but we managed it - and The Hearth and Harbour is full of them! Wall to wall ladies!

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We’re so excited for you to meet The Hearth and Harbour girls in our demo soon… (and the boys too, but this isn’t about them)! 🧡

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 30/09/2026

What do Harvest Moon and It's a Wonderful Life have in common? They both helped shape the small town of Lewthport! 🚢 Eric Rivers (Writer & Narrative Designer) of @saltstonestudios.bsky.social shares the biggest narrative inspirations behind The Hearth & Harbour 📚

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Narrative Design and Inspirations for The Hearth and Harbour

Writer and Narrative Designer Eric Rivers discusses The Hearth and Harbour’s narrative influences and inspirations – from other games, to films, literature and stage plays Any game, any…

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 28/09/2026

🌟 Presenting the LudoNarraCon 2026 Official Selection 🌟 🎮 51 narrative indie games 🗓️ October 8–15 PT on Steam 💙 Supported by @jacobgeller.com, @lookingfor.game, @remapradio.bsky.social & @thisweekinvideogames.com 🌐 More info at bit.ly/FTLNC2026 📬 Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated!

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 28/09/2026

Ready for a first taste of The Hearth & Harbour? 🥘 The first-ever demo will be playable on Steam for LudoNarraCon on October 8th! Make sure you wishlist below to receive all the latest updates 🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...

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Ben Kosmina @kosmologyb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m really, really excited for you to see what @saltstonestudios.bsky.social has been cooking up (pardon the pun) They’ve been working incredibly hard, it’s gonna be really exciting to see people play it! Whip up some eggy bread to celebrate!

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

there's a reason there are romance options in the next one!!

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

finding out about the polar fandom after pale came out has been an incredible learning experience (that learning experience is that we should have been WAY hornier in our marketing haha)

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think your kid should be in charge of naming all the characters in your next game

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

was delighted to discover the polartwinks tumblr account tbh

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did yous know we have a community discord? It's the best place for cool sexy people to get progress on the The Hearth and Harbour's development progress, mostly through uhh fun and exciting new bugs 👉 discord.gg/TX6XGyTmSC 👈

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We also may or may not be working on a The Pale Beyond tumblr sexyperson competitive bracket... Don't you want your favourite The Pale Beyond character to also be voted to be the hottest? Then join the Discord and have your say! 🍑 discord.gg/TX6XGyTmSC 🍑

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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The orange order isn’t going to survive another 2 generations. It’s the sweaty after thought, the ideological algae of a clogged colonialist beer belly gone wrong.

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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It will be abandoned by its masters, and the rest will eat themselves into something more reasonable. It’s embarrassing to see them sell their wilting power with the time they have left. It’s will me misremembered by the future as a confusing geriatric cosplay and no more.

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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 26/09/2026

Collections of studios owned and run by Black People. I'm sure there are some I missed, so please let me know (please double-check that they are owned by black people), and I will add them. Don't just follow them; check out their games. This list is about equity and ownership. go.bsky.app/4wfgP11

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our directors are, unfortunately for interviewers, the chattiest chatterboxes in the world 😅

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 24/09/2026

Get your reading glasses ready; this is a long one! 👓 @saltstonestudios.bsky.social sat down with us earlier this year to chat about all things The Hearth & Harbour 📖 Cozy up with their extended interview, and don't forget to wishlist The Hearth & Harbour on Steam ☕ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...

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The Hearth and Harbour - Saltstone Studios Extended Developer Interview! - Steam News

For fun, here's the full 8 page interview with Saltstone!

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Offended on the behalf of all adelies everywhere

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 22/09/2026

Haha this makes me so, so happy 🥰

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 22/09/2026

Also, follow @jessanight.bsky.social and @saltstonestudios.bsky.social - they rule and make extremely cool things! 💖

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Haha the Felbryn boys have it up in the hallway outside their office!

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Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time you post a jam I think of this sticker in our office

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In this month's blog post, The Hearth and Harbour writer Eric Rivers talks influences and inspirations for the game! From Harvest Moon to It's a Wonderful Life, and a few things in between! saltstonestudios.com/2026/09/21/n...

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Narrative Design and Inspirations for The Hearth and Harbour

Writer and Narrative Designer Eric Rivers discusses The Hearth and Harbour’s narrative influences and inspirations – from other games, to films, literature and stage plays Any game, any…

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some of the games that inspired our game (except they get a little more unhinged as they go on...) #indiedev #indiegames

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026

The LLM's statistical picture is always incomplete: it sands off, rounds down or truncates the final couple decimal places, and those smoothings make all the difference, the way the pinch of salt makes all the difference to the chocolate.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026

Surprises are *everything*. A surprise is the seam of gold in the wall of quartz; it's the friend who confesses they've fallen in love with you; it's the moment when you and the party and the GM all come up with an amazing way to kill the dragon and then roll a natural 20.

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