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Thomas Hislop

@thislop.bsky.social
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Co-Director & Founder of @saltstonestudios.bsky.social. Creative Director of 'The Pale Beyond'. Freelance Narrative Designer & Unity Programmer. By Pale on Steam!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/…

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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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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
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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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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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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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
Thoughts on the Altman film?
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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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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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brad alert
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 17/09/2026
An excellent and thoughtful piece on failure in RPGs, which I got to contribute some words to: "I'm putting you through failure in order to give you something that I think you will enjoy. I try to earn that trust from the player."
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 17/09/2026
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...
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The most dangerous game(r)
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
JESS
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@felbryn-studios.bsky.social
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marina grlica 🌱 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
see you space cowboy tim curry
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The irony isn't lost on me that my surname literally means, owner of slop, now.
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Bring a book, the ultimate defense
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Have fun!
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Will 🌱 @willmesilane.com · 18/08/2026
Thinking of boycotting GTA6? Don’t. Support the fired workers and help us fight for justice. We’re raising funds that go straight to supporting our legal battle in the huge fight we have ahead of us. I believe in our case so much I’m traveling to Edinburgh from Australia in September. ✊🌱
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do itttttttttt. If it can capture John Romero, there's something there.
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Sarah Thwaites @sarahathwaites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My final piece for @theguardian.com's Summer Games Previews is live! I sat down with @remysiu.com of @sunsetvisitor.studio about the studio's next game, Prove You're Human! 🤖 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...
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Convince an AI it’s not alive in psychological horror game Prove You’re Human
Sunset Visitor studio’s founder tells us about their new, unnerving Captcha-filled world which prompts players to ask what it means to have a ‘meat body’
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New Bobby fingers youtu.be/vGt7-WnWdhE?...
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Johnny Depp's Bed
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Still owe you a Pale vinyl!
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tiny Chomsky? The gnome?
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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ebenezer Scrooge? The London financier?
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@jessanight.bsky.social
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
youtu.be/IxPzZr-GZYw?... Peter can theil deez nuts (Keep the kanban killings outta the NHS)
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Palantir’s Deepest DARKEST Secret EXPOSED
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
✂️ fuck
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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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 🥧
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Lol
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Vampiric literary/film inspo list pls!
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c_u...
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The Hearth And Harbour Dev Update Trailer - Story Rich Showcase 2026
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inkle @inkle.co · 07/07/2026
ink/Unity users! New release via @tomkail.bsky.social - the ink/unity integration is now up to 2.0.0, a major new release that changes a few things under the hood to make things more stable. github.com/inkle/ink-un...
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Release 🎊 2.0.0 is out! 🎊 · inkle/ink-unity-integration
This is a major overhaul of the Unity side of the plugin, taking advantage of various new features Unity have added over the last few years. The main change is that the plugin no longer needs to ge...
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Perhaps after David B. Mitchell www.imdb.com/name/nm20225...
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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Josh Sawyer?
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Tom O @vgtomo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
(The Hearth and Harbour, 2026)
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Porco Rosso: Iconic Anime Film Scene
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 25/06/2026
🚀Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch 2! Play the critically acclaimed series in its smoothest, most beautiful, handheld form: CS 1: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... CS 2: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Enjoy higher resolution and framerates, with a free upgrade for owners ⭐
Citizen Sleeper and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector SWITCH 2 EDITION
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 23/06/2026
There's still time to submit your game for #LudoNarraCon 2026, running from Oct 8-12 📚 You can apply to have your game featured in our Official Selection or the Narrative Game Sale ✍️ Submit via the link below (closes June 28!)👇 bit.ly/LNCapply
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 22/06/2026
ICYMI: Two weeks ago, @saltstonestudios.bsky.social gave us a brand new look at The Hearth & Harbour, including more of Lewthport, The Silver Spoon, and the choices that shape your story. Catch up now: 📺 youtu.be/tNFlgNJxBqw And don't forget to wishlist the game on Steam! 🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...
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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…
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Is at true Jeffrey? (It was in fact true)
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🫡
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Wa
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I still read ink scripts out loud where I can!
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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 19/06/2026
On pacing dialogue.
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Pacing dialogue
I’ve been thinking about how we pace dialogue in our games.
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 19/06/2026
We premiered the Story-Rich Showcase at the start of the month, our first-ever show during Summer Game Fest ☀️ It was an honor for us to highlight upcoming narrative games from our favorite indie devs 📚❤️ 📺 If you missed it: The VOD is available below 👇
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Story-Rich Showcase 2026
The Story-Rich Showcase is a brand-new video showcase dedicated entirely to story-rich indie games and taking place within Summer Game Fest on June 6th at 10am PT An initiative of indie label Fellow…
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Carol Kane and Gene Wilder for The World’s Greatest Lover (1977)
Black and white promotional photo of Cain and Wilder and embrace she is leaning back in almost a swoon he is clutching her his eyes open wide both of them giving their best silent film star emoting
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Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Would also recommend this: open.spotify.com/episode/3gWe...
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Why internashional fashists are so interested in Ireland
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