Saltwick

Devlog

• Devlog #68: the forge label was lying
  November 02, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one tonight. jayce noticed the tidesteel ingot recipe was showing the great forge line in red even though he'd already lit the forge. crafting itself was checking the right things, the label was... Continue reading
• Devlog #67: the low water fair opens when the tide goes out
  November 02, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the drowned tide goes out tomorrow night (nov 2, 11:59pm new york time) and i didn't want the seabed to just sit there empty after, so there's a new event right behind it. the low water fair runs nov... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #66: there's a daily check-in now
  November 02, 2026 by saltwickgame

  ok so this is a bigger one. there's a daily check-in on the home page now. tap check in once a day and you get some saltmarks, a bit more each day, and days 3, 5 and 7 throw in writs too. day 7 is the... Continue reading
• Devlog #65: nothing hides at the end of a list anymore
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one. on the combat page each enemy only showed its first 4 drops, so on about a third of them the rest just weren't there, and those were usually the relic gear and essences. now if there's more... Continue reading
• Devlog #64: quests tell you what they're waiting on
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one. on the quests page the story chapters were just headings, so you couldn't really tell how far into a chapter you were. each chapter now says how many you've done, like 1 of 3 done. locked q... Continue reading
• Devlog #63: the world map links to things now
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one again. on the world map, the gathering and quests lists for each place were just lists. now you can tap a gathering spot and it opens gathering on that skill, and tap a quest and it opens th... Continue reading
• Devlog #62: tap a skill to go there
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one, mostly for phones. on your character, the skills list was just a list. now you can tap any skill and it takes you right there, gathering skills open gathering, crafts open crafting on the r... Continue reading
• Devlog #61: the exchange makes more sense
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the exchange. the for sale column used to say stuff like "8 in 5", which honestly meant nothing. now it says 8 with "5 listings" under it. when someone buys a bunch of single listings ba... Continue reading
• Devlog #60: combat on phones, and where food comes from
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for combat, mostly on phones. on a phone the enemy details sit way down under the enemy list and the gravemaw panel, so tapping an enemy changed a card you couldn't even see. now tapping one... Continue reading
• Devlog #59: the collection log tells you where to look
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the collection log. all the stuff you haven't found yet was just dark squares that said "not yet found" and nothing else. you couldn't tap them, so you had no idea what any of it was or... Continue reading
• Devlog #58: achievements tell you how close you are
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for achievements. the achievements tab only ever told you what to do, like "reach total level 50" or "win 10 fights", but never where you're at. so you had to go count it up yourself. now ev... Continue reading
• Devlog #57: the bounty board explains itself on phones
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the bounty board. on phones the little "how the board works" bit only lived in the side panel, and that panel only opens once you tap a contract. so if you play on your phone you never g... Continue reading
• Devlog #56: the candle shop tells you what you need
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the drowned tide's candle shop and carving tabs. every buy and carve button there just sat greyed out with no reason, and your candles and gourds were only in the header up top. neither... Continue reading
• Devlog #55: gathering tells you what's locked
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the gathering page. if you're low level and hide locked is on, the list would just say "1 shown" and not tell you anything else was there. now the count says how many are locked too, and... Continue reading
• Devlog #54: the warden stall tells you what you need
  November 01, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the warden stall. the buy buttons in tamsin's stall (character, warden stall tab) just sat there greyed out and never said why. now there's a line at the top that says how many writs you... Continue reading
• Devlog #53: rankings tells you where you are
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  tiny rankings thing. if you weren't near the top you had to scroll the whole board to find yourself, which on a phone is a lot of thumb. now there's a line above the list that says your spot, like "yo... Continue reading
• Devlog #52: switching pages takes your keyboard with you
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one, mostly for keyboard and screen reader folks. when you switched pages (tapping combat, inventory, anything in the menu) your focus stayed on the button you pressed. so a screen reader didn't... Continue reading
• Devlog #51: locked places tell you what opens them
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one today. if you tapped a region you haven't reached yet in combat (like the kelpwood) it just said you hadn't found the way yet, and nothing about how. now it says which story quest opens it,... Continue reading
• Devlog #50: you can unmute people on phones now
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one, but it was a real bug. on phones the harbour rules and your muted list had no way to open unless you were me, so if you muted someone on your phone they stayed muted forever (their messages... Continue reading
• Devlog #49: the guild form tells you the rules
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one today. founding a guild used to let you hit found with a name or tag the game wouldn't take, and then it just said no. now the name box tells you the rules up front (3 to 24 letters, spaces,... Continue reading
• Devlog #48: empty screens point the way
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one today. a few empty screens told you where to go but didn't take you there. now they do. on the exchange, "sell tab" under my listings (and on an empty exchange) opens the sell tab. on friend... Continue reading
• Devlog #47: menus and the keyboard
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  two small keyboard fixes. if you used skip to content (tab once on any page) it was sending you back to the home page. it keeps you where you are now and just jumps you past the menu. the little menus... Continue reading
• Devlog #46: show your password
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the log in screen. password boxes now have a show button so you can check what you typed before hitting log in. it's on log in, new character, and the save progress box for guests. phone... Continue reading
• Devlog #45: friends on rankings
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the rankings page. the friends tab used to just show you sitting at #1 by yourself if you hadn't added anyone, with no hint why. now it tells you that you haven't added any friends yet,... Continue reading
• Devlog #44: keyboard fixes for pop-ups
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for anyone who plays with a keyboard or a screen reader. when you opened a pop-up (someone's profile, item details, that kind of thing) your keyboard focus stayed on the page behind it, so p... Continue reading
• Devlog #43: friends list on phones
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  tiny friends list cleanup this time, mostly for phones. if a friend had a long name it wrapped onto two lines in your friends list and the name ended up centred and kind of floating. now names stay on... Continue reading
• Devlog #42: friends list fixes
  October 31, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small friends list fixes this time. if you added someone who was already on your friends list it still said friend added and sent them another "added you as a friend" notification every time. so you c... Continue reading
• Devlog #41: gear slots say what they are on phone
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  tiny one this time, mostly for phone people. on the character page on your phone the gear slots were just empty dashed boxes, you had to guess which one was the ring and which was the trinket. now eve... Continue reading
• Devlog #40: tap a notification to go there
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one again. notifications go somewhere now. tap a level up and it takes you to that skill's page (gathering, crafting or combat), a sale takes you to the exchange, guild news to the guild, quest... Continue reading
• Devlog #39: clear filters in your pack, crafting and the ledger
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  another small one, following on from the exchange last time. if you search your inventory, the crafting list or the bounty ledger and nothing matches, there's a clear filters button right there now. i... Continue reading
• Devlog #38: exchange search clears in one tap
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one for the exchange. the search box has an x to clear it now, and if nothing matches your search there's a clear filters button that resets the search and the category in one tap. on an item's... Continue reading
• Devlog #37: enemy lists go in level order
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the combat page listed enemies in the order they got added to the game, so the newer ones were tacked on at the bottom. brine flats went 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 3, 5... which is annoying when you're just look... Continue reading
• Devlog #36: guild upgrades explain themselves
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the guild treasury panel never said who can actually spend it. now it does: anyone can deposit, and the leader or an officer buys the upgrades. each upgrade also says how much more the treasury needs,... Continue reading
• Devlog #35: what lighting the great forge actually does
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  someone asked in harbour what "lights the great forge" means on corrans forge quest, and fair, it never said. finishing the quest lights the great forge in saltwick, and thats where the big forge reci... Continue reading
• Devlog #34: quest details on phones actually show up now
  October 30, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one tonight. on phones the quest details sit under the whole quest list, and the story list is long now, so tapping a quest changed a card way down the page that you couldnt even see. kinda usel... Continue reading
• Devlog #33: see what faction items do before you buy
  October 29, 2026 by saltwickgame

  someone asked in harbour chat for tooltips on the faction stall items because its hard to tell if something is worth buying. fair, the stall just showed a name and a price. now you can tap or click an... Continue reading
• Devlog #32: merchant names fit on phones
  October 27, 2026 by saltwickgame

  another small one. on a phone the merchant list on the world page was cutting item names off with dots, so a lot of the early gear just read "Crude Copper..." and you couldn't tell a cutlass from a he... Continue reading
• Devlog #31: bounty names fit on phones
  October 27, 2026 by saltwickgame

  tiny one. on a phone the bounty board was cutting off contract names and the line under them with dots, so you'd see stuff like "Go and Look: The Wreck of the..." and not know what it actually wanted... Continue reading
• Devlog #30: when play now says no
  October 27, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one again. play now only lets one connection make a few new characters an hour, so nobody can spam it. but if you hit that (shared wifi at school or a library can do it), the big play now button... Continue reading
• Devlog #29: item names you can actually read
  October 27, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one. item names in your inventory used to get cut off with dots, especially on phones, so you'd see stuff like "driftwood cl..." and have to tap it to find out what it was. they wrap onto a seco... Continue reading
• Devlog #28: what renown is for
  October 27, 2026 by saltwickgame

  someone in harbour asked what renown actually does, and fair, the game never really said it anywhere you'd look. so now when you open a contract, there's a little line under what it pays: renown raise... Continue reading
• Devlog #27: vault seven doesn't black out anymore
  October 26, 2026 by saltwickgame

  if you got to vault seven in chapter four and the whole screen went black, sorry, that one's on me. the quest asks for 120 salvage and the game didn't know how to write that step out, so it just crash... Continue reading
• Devlog #26: coralmere tells you what it needs
  October 26, 2026 by saltwickgame

  if you finished shaft nine and coralmere showed up as open but wouldn't let you travel, that's on me. it also needs wayfinding 15 and the game never said so, it just told you that you hadn't found the... Continue reading
• Devlog #25: frames got real art
  October 24, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the frame and portrait pickers work like the title one now. tap it, a list opens, and every option shows on your own character before you pick it. the one you're wearing has a check. every frame got n... Continue reading
• Devlog #24: open a whole stack of chests
  October 24, 2026 by saltwickgame

  you can open a whole stack of chests at once now. pick a chest in your inventory, type how many (or hit all) and they all open in one go. works for every chest, the sealed strongbox and bounty caches... Continue reading
• Devlog #23: sheets open the right way up
  October 24, 2026 by saltwickgame

  menus and sheets don't hide under the top bar anymore. stuff like the title picker would open with its header tucked behind the top bar and the next step bar, so it looked like it opened scrolled half... Continue reading
• Devlog #22: every title gets a badge
  October 24, 2026 by saltwickgame

  every title has its own little badge now, not just the drowned tide ones. before, only the event titles got the pixel plate with an icon and the rest were plain grey text, which looked off next to eac... Continue reading
• Devlog #21: type your own amounts
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  you can type an exact number now wherever the game asks how many. crafting has a little box next to 1 / 10 / 100 / all, so if you want 37 copper bars you type 37 and hit enter and it starts. 2k works... Continue reading
• Devlog #20: combat xp on the combat tab
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the combat tab now has the same xp overview as every other skill. right at the top you get your combat level, your total combat xp, how much is left to the next level and a progress bar, so you can se... Continue reading
• Devlog #19: the drowned frame got real art
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the drowned frame from the candle shop finally looks like it came out of the sea. it used to be a flat green border, now it's proper pixel art: sunken teal planks with a starfish, some kelp and a litt... Continue reading
• Devlog #18: the drowned tide is in
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  the drowned tide is live!! it's saltwick's halloween event and it's on right now, all the way through halloween until nov 2 at 11:59pm new york time. the sea came back into the basin. every region has... Continue reading
• Devlog #17: tooltips don't get cut off anymore
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  a player said some item tooltips were getting cut off and you couldn't read them, mostly when they poked outside the box the item was sitting in. the item panel on the right or the bar at the top woul... Continue reading
• Devlog #16: see an item's stats before you craft it
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  a player asked if there's any way to see an item's stats before smithing it. there wasn't, the recipe panel only showed time, xp and ingredients. now when you tap a recipe it shows the item's stats ri... Continue reading
• Devlog #15: copper cuirass comes in earlier
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  a player said the copper cuirass was hard to find in the smithing list and came way too late at level 8. fair, the copper helm is level 4 and the cuirass was all the way up at 8. it's smithing 5 and c... Continue reading
• Devlog #14: logging in with itch from this page works now
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  if you tried logging in with itch from the game right here on the page and it just said the login expired, sorry, that was my bug. the itch window finished fine but the game checked a second too early... Continue reading
• Devlog #13: a clearer first screen
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one this time. the play now button had tiny text for how big the button is, so the text is bigger and easier to read now. when you first get in, the button that starts your first job (mine rock... Continue reading
• Devlog #12: your best tool goes on by itself
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  someone in harbour chat asked for a toolbelt, so the right tool kicks in when you pick a task. first step for that: when you start a gathering job now, the game puts your best tool for that skill from... Continue reading
• Devlog #11: small fixes for the itch window and phones
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  quick polish pass this morning. if you play right here on the itch page, the skills screen was too wide for the window and the start buttons were hanging off the right edge. the activity list now fold... Continue reading
• Devlog #10: a clearer first minute
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  small one tonight. the first screen was throwing a lot at new sailors all at once, so i cleaned it up. when you first show up, the big button on the home screen now just starts your first job (mining... Continue reading
• Devlog #9: play it right here on itch
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  you can play saltwick right here on the itch page now. no new tab, no download, just open the game page, hit play now and you get a character straight away. your progress saves on the server like befo... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #8: no more waiting between fights
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  fights flow way better now. after you win, the next fight is already lined up while you're looting, so it just starts. no more "next / squaring up" pause between every fight. this was worst on slow ph... Continue reading
• Devlog #7: your first fight comes way sooner
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  new players were wandering off before they ever got into a fight, which is kind of the best part. so that's fixed. after your first job for odile, the next bar sends you straight at a salt crab. it eq... Continue reading
• Devlog #6: play without an account + log in with itch
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  a few of you said you didn't want to make yet another account just to try saltwick. fair. so now you don't have to. there's a big play now button on the front page. one tap and you're in with your own... Continue reading
• Devlog #5: knowing what gear to bring
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  a few people said it's hard to tell what armour and weapons you actually need for the tougher enemies, so this update is all about that. every enemy in combat now has a gear check. it tells you which... Continue reading
• Devlog #4: easier first minutes + guilds work again
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  tonight was all about the first few minutes, since a lot of new players were leaving before they even finished the first quest. there's now a next step bar pinned to the top of the screen on every pag... Continue reading
• Devlog #3: combat feels way smoother
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  quick one tonight. combat was laggy. after every fight the arena would just sit there at 0.0s for a few seconds, then jump into the next fight halfway through, so you missed most of the hits. the game... Continue reading
• Devlog #2: a new logbook and the Harbour opens
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  devlog #2 is a small one, but i'm really happy with it. three things went live on saltwick.lol tonight. a new logbook the "While you were away" logbook got a full redesign. on desktop it's now an illu... Continue reading

  
• Saltwick is live
  October 23, 2026 by saltwickgame

  Saltwick is free to play right now in your browser, on phone or desktop. The sea drained 300 years ago, and what's left of the town lives inside the Mercy of Hale, a carrack stuck on the seabed. Pick... Continue reading