My friend got me Salt and Sanctuary since it’s on sale and I have to say it’s hype. I’m loving the 2D Dark Souls and not the anime kind of 2D :)

Salt and sactuary boss progression

Boss 1: man with a greatsword

Boss 2: woman made of greatswords who can summon fallen heros greatswords

I sorta made Pike Trickfoot in Salt & Sanctuary

W16 / D3

I just cried because I can’t get pass a Boss in Salt and Sanctuary on Vita.

Let’s be more active shall we?!

Here’s some Salt and Sanctuary armor concepts I made from back in development. You may notice the first two made it in and the second two did not. Not really sure why. I think the ninja outfit was too derivative and maybe the robes were too generic.

Now that the game is out I can dump things like this now!

- Shelldragon

The Trees of Salt and Sanctuary

Time for another trip down game development memory lane and concept art dump. Trees! edition.

This may be a bit spoilery with the description of the trees so: spoiler warning!

Sort of last minute, and by last minute I mean January of this year, I was struck with the idea that the end scene needed a different tree in the background depending on what creed you were following and ending you chose at the end of the game. We launched on PS4 in March so this was veryyyy last minute but we’re not the kind of game studio that has what other studios call “content lockdown”. If we want to do it, we bloody well do it because we have no boss MWAHAHAHHA!

Ahem, anyway here are some trees I put probably too much time into considering you don’t even see them until the end of the game (avg. 20 hours to beat the game the first time) and you only see it for maybe 30 seconds. Even then, you only see the one that corresponds to your creed/ending choice and it’s faded into the background. Probably a very small percentage of people even noticed this so A++, you are seriously the best if you did notice it.

A lot of research went into this 30 seconds of background visual! I picked the brain of friend and colleague, @murderblonde, about trees. I have some base knowledge of some tree species and had a general idea of what I wanted but she was able to help confirm some ideas and suggest other great ideas.

To get a better idea of the words that helped discover a tree to represent each creed with each ending type, you can refer to the ending poems if you aren’t bothered by spoilers or have already seen the endings you wish to: http://saltandsanctuary.wiki.fextralife.com/Endings

The Iron Ones - public const int CREED_IRON = 1; They get the Bristlecone Pine. I wanted a harsh looking tree with sparse leaves and started by searching trees that lived on mountains. They are great in surviving harsh conditions, a quality which the Iron Ones need being a creed that rejects the use of magic.

Devara’s Light - public const int CREED_CLERIC = 2; The silver birch was immediately my first thought, being a gorgeous silver-white tree. This choice was confirmed by the shape, standing tall with thin branches which seems to indicate the single goddess worship of Devara’s Light.

The Three - public const int CREED_THREE = 3; The oak was pre-chosen, being the tree seen in the game logo, most representative of the game. The Three is a creed most common in this world and it made the most sense that their tree be the sturdy, majestic oak. The art for this tree is the most symbolic and flat because it was derived from a medieval mural of an oak tree. I thought about filling it out to match the other ending trees but wanted it to be recognizable as the silhouette of the tree you see the most in Salt and Sanctuary.

Stone Roots - public const int CREED_WOODS = 4; We honeymooned in Maui in 2012 and while hiking, saw magnificent trees known as the banyan tree. Interestingly, that is also when the first building blocks of Salt and Sanctuary were programmed on James’ laptop. With support roots that shoot up from the ground all around and connect with the branches and even the way its seeds are spread, there is no better tree, to me, that represents the sprawling, interconnected nature of forests than the banyan.

Order of the Betrayer - public const int CREED_DARK = 5; I had seen manzanitas in southern California before, but I didn’t know at the time what these smooth, red barked trees were called. Annie immediately knew what they were called and all about them. The way they seem to peel and bleed with bright red flesh, the manzanita was perfect for the Order of the Betrayer. 

House of Splendor - public const int CREED_SPLENDOR = 6; This was a little tricky at first but I remembered seeing a tree in my parents’ back yard with yellow gold blossoms during a very specific time of year. Sure enough, the laburnum is sometimes called golden chain. The domination ending will show a flowerless tree, choked by golden vines.

Keepers of Fire and Sky - public const int CREED_FIRE = 8; Searching for trees that appear as though made by magic, I came across the jacaranda. I hadn’t heard of it before and the photos of it seemed color enhanced but after some research found they really are that vibrant. I added a bit of gold to the flowers to be just a little more magical.

~Shelldragon

Happy Valentine’s from Ska Studios! http://ska-studios.com/2017/02/14/a-very-salty-valentines-from-ska-studios/

We’re on iTunes now in addition to Bandcamp! Gradually working on this music distribution thing!

Salt and Sanctuary Comes To PS Vita March 28th

Salt and Sanctuary Comes To PS Vita March 28th

Few games wear their inspirations quite so openly as Salt and Sanctuary, Ska Studios punishing 2D action RPG which proclaims proudly that it is a loving tribute to From Software’s ‘Souls series. Even fewer games can reproduce those influences almost mechanic-for-mechanic and still…

My mother’s boyfriend and I play Salt and Sanctuary. Pre warning there is a lot of swearing which is unusual for me. I picked it up from work.

Salt and Sanctuary Tonight!

Come watch me die a whole bunch tonight! I’ll be starting a blind playthrough, and I’d love to have you guys around. Come goof around in chat, and keep me company as I learn through pain. It’ll be on my beam channel as usual, at 10:30pm eastern. See you there!

@saltandsanctuary plz nerf

Salt and sanctuary

Hey everyone, this is Squiggs again, and I’ve made a new glitch video for Salt and Sanctuary regarding the Long Jump/Ladder Glitch, and how to use it to get to the secret Dev shop. via /r/glitches