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The Salt Hold is a text journey (think interactive fiction with Select Your Own Journey and RPG mechanics) and could feel familiar to fanatics of classic gamebooks and fantasy fiction in general. - THE STORY - Set in a high fantasy globe with low fantasy stakes, the character-driven story of The Salt Hold follows a struggling merchant named Doyle who stumbles into a life-or-death mystery. During the latest legs of a months-long adventure as a traveling salesman, Doyle stops in the seemingly deserted village of Cardwyke to meet a mate who has promised to assist hold him financially afloat, but what he finds is even more risky than the crushing weight of debt. - THE SETTING - The globe of The Salt Hold could be familiar to any fanatic of fantasy — it has breastplates, and swords, and another fun items like that — but is shaped by the vaguely industrial and creeping decline of feudalism. Sprawling merchant conglomerates and faceless business structures pull the levers of power as much as the dukes and knights. The globe is meant to be both a reflection of traditional fantasy settings (the England-coded sword and sorcery and D&D-style places we're used to) and an reply to some of their most frustrating tropes. It's not a globe of prophesied characters doing Good Man Theory or of grimdark anti-heroes exposing the essential evil of humanity, but of ordinary medieval schlubs trying to survive within alienating and oppressive political systems. In another words, it's not a globe a hero like Doyle has any hope or intention of changing; he only means to survive. - THE GAMEPLAY - The Salt Hold is a text-based mini game, so the action is described through text and the user navigates and makes choices via button inputs. Through these primary mechanics, you'll be able to: - Tutorial Doyle through the village and the towering hold that looms above it as he searches for a means of escape. - Collect stuff and explore their uses. - Equip gear to improve Doyle's ability scores. - Succeed or fail at percentage-based challenges. - Earn experience and level up based on those challenges. - Talk to and work with NPCs to create progress. - Uncover secrets and missable places. - Risk grievous bodily harm. Despite the prevalence of choices and risks, there is no possibility of death or dead-ends. The story always moves forward. In turn, you'll change the outcome of Doyle's story (as well as those of the NPCs) not just through the things you select to do, but through the things you fail to do, and the things you select to ignore. - THE DEMO - If you wish to spend some time in the globe of The Salt Hold before you commit, you can play a demo in the browser here: https://smallgraygames.itch.io/the-salt-keep The demo contains the prologue and first chapter of the mini game, and any progress you create can be transferred to the full ver. - CONTACT - To be notified of updates on the mini game or future mini games, consider following on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/smallgraygames Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/smallgraygames Screenshots were made using screenshots.pro.