Thomas Hislop

Thomas Hislop

@thislop.bsky.social

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

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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

After enduring the frozen wastes of The Pale Beyond, Boring Dad Gaming has swapped out his fur-lined coat for an apron! 👨‍🍳 See his impressions of The Hearth & Harbour Appetiser Demo below! And don't forget to try the demo for yourself, now on Steam! 🍽️ bit.ly/HearthHarbou...

youtube.comTHE HEARTH & HARBOUR | Narrative Restaurant Sim | ImpressionsI dive into the demo for The Hearth & Harbour, the latest game from the developers of The Pale Beyond, and set in the same world. This one is less about slowly starving to death in an Arctic…

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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

"The scariest thing about Lovecraft is how it makes assumptions about things." Penguin Colony creator Tali Faulkner spoke to ABC News about colonial myth-making, reinventing Lovecraft, and challenging how we experience games 🎮 Experience the game for yourself: 🐧 bit.ly/PenguinColon...

abc.net.auGame developer explores colonialism through the eyes of a penguinFollowing an award-winning debut, Ngāi Te Rangi developer Naphtali Faulkner turns one of HP Lovecraft's best-known works into an interrogation of colonial myth-making.

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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

Oops... The #LudoNarraCon Megabundle is all bangers! ⛰️A Highland Song 🍕Betrayal at Club Low 🍫Consume Me ⚽Despelote 🐍Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo 🥦Kraken Academy!! 🫆No Case Should Remain Unsolved 💗Until Then 📸Umurangi Generation 💥Wander Stars Hurry, ends October 15! ⏰ bit.ly/SRSMegabundle

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Lile's Indie Corner
@lile.bsky.social

Just played this and it's so fun, you guys! Please try this. The art is still one of my favorite styles in all of video games, the music is great, the writing is amazing and the gameplay is really fun! There's also lore! And great characters! You really get it all here!

Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

✨The demo for The Hearth and Harbour is now LIVE!!!✨ store.steampowered.com/app/2528170/...

store.steampowered.comThe Hearth and Harbour on SteamTransform 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 out...

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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

#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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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️
@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

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!!✨

saltstonestudios.comAnnouncement – 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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DrArchivalGenomics
@ehekkala.bsky.social

Please continue to celebrate the often unsung and, in this case, truly extraordinary #WomenInSTEM who have alway been there, working to expand knowledge behind the veil of science #MargaretHamilton 🧪👩‍💻 . www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

nytimes.comMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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CE (Catie) Murphy
@cemurphy.bsky.social

Oh, man, and watch this video mentioned in the obituary, because it's *beautiful*: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Cn...

youtube.comMargaret Hamilton by Moonlight: Honoring an Apollo 11 IconYouTube video by Google
DrArchivalGenomics@ehekkala.bsky.social

Please continue to celebrate the often unsung and, in this case, truly extraordinary #WomenInSTEM who have alway been there, working to expand knowledge behind the veil of science #MargaretHamilton 🧪👩‍💻 . www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

nytimes.comMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️
@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

Thank you for all the shares and lovely comments!! Yous are all sound!!!! 2 days to go!! 🧡🧡🧡

Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

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

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 📚

saltstonestudios.comNarrative Design and Inspirations for The Hearth and HarbourWriter 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…
Thomas Hislop
@thislop.bsky.social

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.

Thomas Hislop
@thislop.bsky.social

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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Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️
@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

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...

saltstonestudios.comNarrative Design and Inspirations for The Hearth and HarbourWriter 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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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age
@jumpovertheage.com

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."

Rock Paper Shotgun@rockpapershotgun.bsky.social

"If the player trusts you enough, they are not going to savescum": Why the makers of some of the best RPGs on PC want you to get used to failing https://bit.ly/4cPmuPy

rockpapershotgun.com"If the player trusts you enough, they are not going to savescum": Why the makers of some of the best RPGs on PC want you to get used to failingThe makers of Planescape: Torment, Wasteland 3, Citizen Sleeper, and Esoteric Ebb explain why they want to make players accept their failures in RPGs.

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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

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...

Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️@saltstonestudios.bsky.social

The Pale Beyond is (extremely flatteringly) part of the Narrative Masterpieces Humble Bundle! $185 worth of gorgeous video game stories for $13, and a chunk of change donated to charity for your trouble 💖 ✨ www.humblebundle.com/games/narrat... ✨

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Will 🌱
@willmesilane.com

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. ✊🌱

IWGB@iwgbunion.bsky.social

Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IP

youtube.comDon't Boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it.YouTube video by IWGB Union

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Sarah Thwaites
@sarahathwaites.bsky.social

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...

theguardian.comConvince an AI it’s not alive in psychological horror game Prove You’re HumanSunset 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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inkle
@inkle.co

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...

github.comRelease 🎊 2.0.0 is out! 🎊 · inkle/ink-unity-integrationThis 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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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

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

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...

bit.lyThe Hearth and Harbour on SteamTransform 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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Fellow Traveller
@fellowtraveller.games

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 👇

youtu.beStory-Rich Showcase 2026The 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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Freya Holmér
@freya.bsky.social

so I've been looking at my finances, and all my income sources have plummeted I'm gonna have to shift my focus away from #half-edge and giving talks, because unfortunately they're huge money sinks I can't afford if you can, I'd appreciate your support, especially now ❤️ www.patreon.com/c/acegikmo

patreon.comGet more from Freya Holmér on PatreonGet more from Freya Holmér on Patreon. Creating video games & media. Support Freya Holmér and get exclusive access to their work.

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Jesse Boo-rascia 👻
@jesseguarascia.com

Do not miss this today!!!

Fellow Traveller@fellowtraveller.games

The Story-Rich Showcase premieres TOMORROW 📚 Watch our first-ever showcase, featuring outstanding narrative-driven games from some of the best developers across the world 🌎 Tune in tomorrow at 10AM Pacific! 🔴 youtu.be/dRVeYxwjuiI?... 🟣 twitch.tv/fellowtravellergames ⚫ bit.ly/FellowTravel...

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age
@jumpovertheage.com

I'm in the preshow talking about RPGs AND I have [REDACTED] in the show too! I am ⚡THE⚡ PC Gamer.

PC Gamer@pcgamer.com

Don't miss the #PCGamingShow Sunday, June 7! 📺 Join us on X, Twitch, YouTube and Steam 🔢 Featuring over 50 games ✅ Hosted by Mica Burton & Sean @day9tv.bsky.social Plott 🕹️ Don't miss our Pre-Show hosted by Elz & Frankie Ward Set a reminder to watch the show here www.youtube.com/live/tRVxQ7V...