Friday Dev Update: Steam and Merchant Quests

8:50 AM willsterling23 5 Comments

It's a very good feeling for to finally see our game on Steam. After going through the Greenlight process, we were fairly confident our game would get to Steam eventually, but we weren't sure what kind of time frame that would be. Now that the day has finally come, we can breathe a sigh of relief and know that the hurdle has been jumped.

Because the process of getting Salt on Steam has been fairly time consuming, we've had to put dev time on hold for the past week or so. We're happy to say we are now getting back to work on the updates and can't wait to get them out there. So what is the next update going to feature?

Merchant Quests


The big thing we are focusing on for the next update is what we are calling merchant quests. These will basically be quests that you can pick up from various merchants you find around the world. It will usually involve you getting a certain item for the merchant which may be a challenge to acquire. Once you get the item, you'll be able to turn it in to the merchant for an exclusive item reward that can only be gotten at that merchant. 

This is meant to add a small RPG element into the game. It isn't meant to replace an overarching questline which will come with the game's backstory and development. The main story questline will be more of an emergent storytelling type of mechanic that you choose to pursue on your own. It won't be forced upon you, but it will be there for you to pursue. In the mean time, we figured merchant quests would be a good way to add goals and challenges with good rewards. 

As with any update, merchant quests will be implemented and then added upon in future updates. This means upon the initial update there will be a decent bit of merchant quests and rewards, but that will continue to be expanded upon as the game develops. 



We are very excited to be on Steam and are even more excited to be back working on the game. Let us know what you think about merchant quests and even any ideas you may have for them! 



- Will Sterling (Audio and Game Design)

5 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 17, 2014 at 6:49 PM

    Good Job Guys

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  2. UnknownOctober 17, 2014 at 7:05 PM

    Will I still be able to play through the salt patcher, or will updates only come through steam now?

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    1. willsterling23October 18, 2014 at 8:44 AM

      Updates will come both through the patcher and Steam!

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  3. UnknownOctober 19, 2014 at 1:03 PM

    Can you release it on mac too? please...

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    1. willsterling23October 20, 2014 at 11:12 AM

      We will be supporting a Mac and Linux version at some point! We are currently working hard to get that done asap.

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